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Petra Boukamp is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing to 16 and 12 publications respectively in these fields. Their work spans several specialized subfields including oncology, molecular biology, immunology, dermatology, and cell biology.

The main topics covered by Petra Boukamp's research include:

  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Petra Boukamp has authored multiple research papers, notably including:

  • "Molecular Profiling of Keratinocyte Skin Tumors Links Staphylococcus aureus Overabundance and Increased Human β-Defensin-2 Expression to Growth Promotion of Squamous Cell Carcinoma," 2020, Cancers
  • "EGFR/Ras-induced CCL20 production modulates the tumour microenvironment," 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • "Characterisation of the novel spontaneously immortalized and invasively growing human skin keratinocyte line HaSKpw," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "UV-type specific alteration of miRNA expression and its association with tumor progression and metastasis in SCC cell lines," 2020, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • "Activation of Nrf2 in fibroblasts promotes a skin aging phenotype via an Nrf2-miRNA-collagen axis," 2022, Matrix Biology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Elizabeth Pavez Loriè
  • Beate Volkmer
  • Rüdiger Greinert
  • Beata P. Plitta-Michalak
  • I-Peng Chen

Petra Boukamp often publishes in a range of scientific journals such as:

  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Best Publications

  • Normal keratinization in a spontaneously immortalized aneuploid human keratinocyte cell line.

    Petra Boukamp;R. T. Petrussevska;D. Breitkreutz;J. Hornung

  • Telomerase activity in the regenerative basal layer of the epidermis inhuman skin and in immortal and carcinoma-derived skin keratinocytes.

    Cosima Härle-Bachor;Petra Boukamp

  • p53 Mutations in human immortalized epithelial cell lines

    Teresa A. Lehman;Rama Modali;Petra Boukamp;Julie Stanek

  • Aging and replicative senescence have related effects on human stem and progenitor cells.

    Wolfgang Wagner;Wolfgang Wagner;Simone Bork;Patrick Horn;Damir Krunic

  • Non-melanoma skin cancer: what drives tumor development and progression?

    Petra Boukamp

  • Multiple stages and genetic alterations in immortalization, malignant transformation, and tumor progression of human skin keratinocytes.

    Norbert E. Fusenig;Petra Boukamp

  • c-Ha-ras oncogene expression in immortalized human keratinocytes (HaCaT) alters growth potential in vivo but lacks correlation with malignancy.

    Petra Boukamp;Eric J. Stanbridge;Debra Yin Foo;Peter A. Cerutti

  • Angiopoietin-like 4 Protein Elevates the Prosurvival Intracellular O2-:H2O2 Ratio and Confers Anoikis Resistance to Tumors

    Pengcheng Zhu;Ming Jie Tan;Royston Luke Huang;Chek Kun Tan

  • UV‐B‐type mutations and chromosomal imbalances indicate common pathways for the development of Merkel and skin squamous cell carcinomas

    Susanne Popp;Stefan Waltering;Christel Herbst;Ingrid Moll

  • The hallmarks of fibroblast ageing

    Julia Tigges;Jean Krutmann;Ellen Fritsche;Judith Haendeler

  • The E6 and E7 Proteins of the Cutaneous Human Papillomavirus Type 38 Display Transforming Properties

    Sandra Caldeira;Ingeborg Zehbe;Rosita Accardi;Ilaria Malanchi

  • Simultaneous Expression of Two Different Types of Intermediate Sized Filaments in Mouse Keratinocytes Proliferating in vitro

    Werner W. Franke;Erika Schmid;Dirk Breitkreutz;Marion Lüder

  • c-Myc induces chromosomal rearrangements through telomere and chromosome remodeling in the interphase nucleus

    Sherif F. Louis;Bart J. Vermolen;Yuval Garini;Ian T. Young

  • Effects of fibroblasts and microenvironment on epidermal regeneration and tissue function in long-term skin equivalents

    Karsten Boehnke;Nicolae Mirancea;Alessandra Pavesio;Norbert E. Fusenig

  • Sustained nontumorigenic phenotype correlates with a largely stable chromosome content during long-term culture of the human keratinocyte line HaCat

    Petra Boukamp;Susanne Popp;Susanne Altmeyer;Andrea Hülsen

  • Characterization of Skin Aging–Associated Secreted Proteins (SAASP) Produced by Dermal Fibroblasts Isolated from Intrinsically Aged Human Skin

    Daniel M. Waldera Lupa;Faiza Kalfalah;Kai Safferling;Petra Boukamp

  • Reproducibility of telomere length assessment: an international collaborative study

    Carmen M Martin-Ruiz;Duncan Baird;Laureline Roger;Petra Boukamp

  • Tumor Progression of Skin Carcinoma Cells in Vivo Promoted by Clonal Selection, Mutagenesis, and Autocrine Growth Regulation by Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor

    Margareta M. Mueller;Wolfgang Peter;Marion Mappes;Andrea Huelsen

  • The three-dimensional organization of telomeres in the nucleus of mammalian cells

    Tony Chih Yuan Chuang;Sharareh Moshir;Yuval Garini;Alice Ya-Chun Chuang

  • Growth and Differentiation Characteristics of Transformed Keratinocytes from Mouse and Human Skin in Vitro and in Vivo

    Norbert E. Fusenig;Dirk Breitkreutz;Rule T. Dzarlieva;Petra Boukamp

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert E. Fusenig
Norbert E. Fusenig German Cancer Research Center
Jochen Utikal
Jochen Utikal German Cancer Research Center
Jean Krutmann
Jean Krutmann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Viktor Umansky
Viktor Umansky Heidelberg University
Eric J. Stanbridge
Eric J. Stanbridge University of California, Irvine
Thomas von Zglinicki
Thomas von Zglinicki Newcastle University
Richard M. Cawthon
Richard M. Cawthon University of Utah
Duncan Martin Baird
Duncan Martin Baird Cardiff University
Peter Schmezer
Peter Schmezer German Cancer Research Center
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester

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