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Rik J. Scheper is affiliated with the VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medical topics within the field of dermatology and related subfields, with published works spanning areas such as wound healing, immunology, and genetic skin conditions.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • The Keloid Disorder: Heterogeneity, Histopathology, Mechanisms and Models (2020) in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Hypertrophic scars and keloids: Overview of the evidence and practical guide for differentiating between these abnormal scars (2020) in Experimental Dermatology
  • Reconstructed human skin shows epidermal invagination towards integrated neopapillae indicating early hair follicle formation in vitro (2020) in Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • T cell infiltration on local CpG-B delivery in early-stage melanoma is predominantly related to CLEC9A+CD141+ cDC1 and CD14+ antigen-presenting cell recruitment (2021) in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

The main fields of study encompassed by their work include Medicine, with specific contributions in the subfields of:

  • Dermatology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Urology

Their research topics cover several aspects of skin and immune science, notably:

  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Genetic and rare skin diseases.
  • Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques
  • Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequent collaborators in their research work include:

  • Susan Gibbs
  • Grace C. Limandjaja
  • Frank B. Niessen
  • Irit Vahav
  • Lenie J. van den Broek

The scientist regularly publishes in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Experimental Dermatology
  • Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Best Publications

  • Congenital jaundice in rats with a mutation in a multidrug resistance-associated protein gene.

    Coen C. Paulusma;Piter J. Bosma;Guido J. R. Zaman;Conny T. M. Bakker

  • The breast cancer resistance protein protects against a major chlorophyll-derived dietary phototoxin and protoporphyria

    Johan W. Jonker;Marije Buitelaar;Els Wagenaar;Martin A. van der Valk

  • The human multidrug resistance-associated protein MRP is a plasma membrane drug-efflux pump.

    G.J.R. Zaman;M.J. Flens;M.R. van Leusden;M. de Haas

  • The drug resistance-related protein LRP is the human major vault protein

    George L. Scheffer;Peter L.J. Wijngaard;Marcel J. Flens;Miguel A. Izquierdo

  • A phase I study of the natural killer T-cell ligand alpha-galactosylceramide (KRN7000) in patients with solid tumors.

    Giuseppe Giaccone;Cornelis J. A. Punt;Yoshitaka Ando;Rita Ruijter

  • Active specific immunotherapy for stage II and stage III human colon cancer: a randomised trial

    Jan B Vermorken;Anke M E Claessen;Harm van Tinteren;Helen E Gall

  • Multidrug-resistance protein 5 is a multispecific organic anion transporter able to transport nucleotide analogs

    J Wijnholds;C A Mol;L van Deemter;M de Haas

  • Antifolate resistance mediated by the multidrug resistance proteins MRP1 and MRP2.

    Jan Hendrik Hooijberg;Henk J. Broxterman;Marcel Kool;Yehuda G. Assaraf

  • Molecular basis of bortezomib resistance: proteasome subunit beta5 (PSMB5) gene mutation and overexpression of PSMB5 protein

    Ruud Oerlemans;Niels E. Franke;Yehuda G. Assaraf;Jacqueline Cloos

  • Mrp4 confers resistance to topotecan and protects the brain from chemotherapy.

    Markos Leggas;Masashi Adachi;George L. Scheffer;Daxi Sun

  • P-glycoprotein expression in malignant lymphoma and reversal of clinical drug resistance with chemotherapy plus high-dose verapamil.

    Thomas P. Miller;Thomas M. Grogan;William S. Dalton;Catherine M. Spier

  • Combined immunotherapy with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-transduced allogeneic prostate cancer cells and ipilimumab in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial

    Alfons J M van den Eertwegh;Jurjen Versluis;H Pieter van den Berg;Saskia J A M Santegoets

  • Multidrug resistance protein 1 protects the choroid plexus epithelium and contributes to the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

    Jan Wijnholds;Elizabeth C.M. de Lange;George L. Scheffer;Dirk-Jan van den Berg

  • Immunochemical Detection of the Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein MRP in Human Multidrug-resistant Tumor Cells by Monoclonal Antibodies

    Marcel J. Flens;Miguel A. Izquierdo;George L. Scheffer;Jan M. Fritz

  • Frequent expression of the multi-drug resistance-associated protein BCRP/MXR/ABCP/ABCG2 in human tumours detected by the BXP-21 monoclonal antibody in paraffin-embedded material.

    Julio E. Diestra;George L. Scheffer;Isabel Català;Marc Maliepaard

  • Tissue Distribution and Induction of Human Multidrug Resistant Protein 3

    George L Scheffer;Marcel Kool;Marcel de Haas;J Marleen L de Vree

  • The Fanconi anaemia gene FANCF encodes a novel protein with homology to ROM

    de Winter Jp;Rooimans Ma;van Der Weel L;van Berkel Cg

  • Soft Tissue Leiomyosarcomas and Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Differences in Clinical Outcome and Expression of Multidrug Resistance Proteins

    Boudewijn E. C. Plaat;Harry Hollema;Willemina M. Molenaar;Gerben H. Torn Broers

  • Vaults are up-regulated in multidrug-resistant cancer cell lines

    Valerie A. Kickhoefer;Kavitha S. Rajavel;George L. Scheffer;William S. Dalton

  • Circulating V(alpha24+) Vbeta11+ NKT cell numbers are decreased in a wide variety of diseases that are characterized by autoreactive tissue damage.

    Hans J.J. van der Vliet;B.Mary E. von Blomberg;Nobusuke Nishi;Martine Reijm

  • The Keloid Disorder: Heterogeneity, Histopathology, Mechanisms and Models.

    Grace C. Limandjaja;Frank B. Niessen;Rik J. Scheper;Susan Gibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

George L. Scheffer
George L. Scheffer VU University Medical Center
Tanja D. de Gruijl
Tanja D. de Gruijl Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
B. Mary E. von Blomberg
B. Mary E. von Blomberg VU University Medical Center
Susan Gibbs
Susan Gibbs Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerrit Jansen
Gerrit Jansen Amsterdam UMC
Thomas Rustemeyer
Thomas Rustemeyer University of Amsterdam
Giuseppe Giaccone
Giuseppe Giaccone Cornell University
Georg Kraal
Georg Kraal Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ben A. C. Dijkmans
Ben A. C. Dijkmans Amsterdam UMC

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