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Pierre J. Verroust

Pierre J. Verroust

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
55
Citations
10511
World Ranking
2278
National Ranking
14

Best Publications

  • The intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor, cubilin, is a high-affinity apolipoprotein A-I receptor facilitating endocytosis of high-density lipoprotein.

    Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Mette Kristiansen;Christian Gerdes

  • Cubilin is an albumin binding protein important for renal tubular albumin reabsorption

    Henrik Birn;John C. Fyfe;Christian Jacobsen;Francoise Mounier

  • Cubilin dysfunction causes abnormal metabolism of the steroid hormone 25(OH) vitamin D(3).

    Anders Nykjaer;John C. Fyfe;Renata Kozyraki;Jörg Robert Leheste

  • Loss of chloride channel ClC-5 impairs endocytosis by defective trafficking of megalin and cubilin in kidney proximal tubules.

    Erik I Christensen;Olivier Devuyst;Geneviève Dom;Rikke Nielsen

  • Cubilin Is Essential for Albumin Reabsorption in the Renal Proximal Tubule

    Sabine Amsellem;Jakub Gburek;Ghislaine Hamard;Rikke Nielsen

  • Megalin-dependent cubilin-mediated endocytosis is a major pathway for the apical uptake of transferrin in polarized epithelia

    Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Pierre J. Verroust;Christian Jacobsen

  • Mutations in CUBN, encoding the intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor, cubilin, cause hereditary megaloblastic anaemia 1.

    Maria Aminoff;Maria Aminoff;Jo Ellen Carter;Robert B. Chadwick;Cheryl Johnson

  • The intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor and target of teratogenic antibodies is a megalin-binding peripheral membrane protein with homology to developmental proteins.

    Søren K. Moestrup;Renata Kozyraki;Mette Kristiansen;James H. Kaysen

  • Cubilin- and megalin-mediated uptake of albumin in cultured proximal tubule cells of opossum kidney

    Xiao Yue Zhai;Rikke Nielsen;Rikke Nielsen;Rikke Nielsen;Henrik Birn;Henrik Birn;Henrik Birn;Karina Drumm;Karina Drumm;Karina Drumm

  • Megalin-mediated endocytosis of transcobalamin-vitamin-B12 complexes suggests a role of the receptor in vitamin-B12 homeostasis.

    Soren K. Moestrup;Henrik Birn;Per B. Fischer;Claus M. Petersen

  • MEGALIN- AND CUBILIN-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS OF PROTEIN-BOUND VITAMINS, LIPIDS, AND HORMONES IN POLARIZED EPITHELIA

    Søren K Moestrup;Pierre J Verroust

  • Membrane Receptors for Endocytosis in the Renal Proximal Tubule

    Erik llsø Christensen;Henrik Birn;Pierre Verroust;Søren K. Moestrup

  • Characterization of an Epithelial ∼460-kDa Protein That Facilitates Endocytosis of Intrinsic Factor-Vitamin B12 and Binds Receptor-associated Protein *

    Henrik Birn;Pierre J. Verroust;Ebba Nexø;Henrik Hager

  • The human intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor, cubilin: molecular characterization and chromosomal mapping of the gene to 10p within the autosomal recessive megaloblastic anemia (MGA1) region.

    Renata Kozyraki;Renata Kozyraki;Renata Kozyraki;Mette Kristiansen;Mette Kristiansen;Mette Kristiansen;Asli Silahtaroglu;Asli Silahtaroglu;Asli Silahtaroglu;Claus Hansen;Claus Hansen;Claus Hansen

  • Megalin and Cubilin are Endocytic Receptors Involved in Renal Clearance of Hemoglobin

    Jakub Gburek;Pierre J Verroust;Thomas E Willnow;John C Fyfe

  • The tandem endocytic receptors megalin and cubilin are important proteins in renal pathology

    Pierre J Verroust;Henrik Birn;Henrik Birn;Rikke Nielsen;Rikke Nielsen;Renata Kozyraki;Renata Kozyraki

  • Characterization of a 280-kD protein restricted to the coated pits of the renal brush border and the epithelial cells of the yolk sac. Teratogenic effect of the specific monoclonal antibodies.

    D Sahali;N Mulliez;F Chatelet;R Dupuis

  • Evidence for the role of megalin in renal uptake of transthyretin.

    Mónica Mendes Sousa;Anthony G.W. Norden;Christian Jacobsen;Thomas E. Willnow

  • Molecular Dissection of the Intrinsic Factor-Vitamin B12 Receptor, Cubilin, Discloses Regions Important for Membrane Association and Ligand Binding *

    Mette Kristiansen;Renata Kozyraki;Christian Jacobsen;Ebba Nexø

  • Megalin mediates renal uptake of heavy metal metallothionein complexes

    R. Bryan Klassen;Kimberly Crenshaw;Renata Kozyraki;Pierre J. Verroust

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Ronco
Pierre Ronco Sorbonne University
Erik Ilsø Christensen
Erik Ilsø Christensen Aarhus University
Søren K. Moestrup
Søren K. Moestrup Aarhus University
Timothy G. Hammond
Timothy G. Hammond Veterans Health Administration
Christian Jacobsen
Christian Jacobsen Aarhus University
Thomas E. Willnow
Thomas E. Willnow Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Olivier Devuyst
Olivier Devuyst University of Zurich
Albert de la Chapelle
Albert de la Chapelle The Ohio State University
Ebba Nexo
Ebba Nexo Aarhus University Hospital

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