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Robert Fredriksson

Robert Fredriksson

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Genetics

D-Index
68
Citations
20138
World Ranking
2416
National Ranking
30

Overview

Robert Fredriksson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience. The work primarily focuses on molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biochemistry, with additional interests in physiology and developmental neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent publication venues for Robert Fredriksson include:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with the scientist are:

  • Kimia Hosseini
  • Helgi B. Schiöth
  • Michael J. Williams
  • Mikaela M. Ceder
  • Francisco Alejandro Lagunas-Rangel

Recent papers by Robert Fredriksson demonstrate the range of research interests, including:

  • Differential Blood-Brain Barrier Transport and Cell Uptake of Cyclic Peptides In Vivo and In Vitro (2023, Pharmaceutics)
  • Probable role for major facilitator superfamily domain containing 6 (MFSD6) in the brain during variable energy consumption (2020, International Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Glutamine Uptake via SNAT6 and Caveolin Regulates Glutamine-Glutamate Cycle (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Off-target effects of statins: molecular mechanisms, side effects and the emerging role of kinases (2024, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • Toll-like receptor 4 methylation grade is linked to depressive symptom severity (2021, Translational Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • The G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in the Human Genome Form Five Main Families : Phylogenetic Analysis, Paralogon Groups, and Fingerprints

    Robert Fredriksson;Malin C. Lagerström;Lars-Gustav Lundin;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • In vivo evolution of HIV-1 co-receptor usage and sensitivity to chemokine-mediated suppression.

    Gabriella Scarlatti;Eleonora Tresoldi;Åsa Björndal;Robert Fredriksson

  • The repertoire of G-protein-coupled receptors in fully sequenced genomes.

    Robert Fredriksson;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Mapping the human membrane proteome: a majority of the human membrane proteins can be classified according to function and evolutionary origin

    Markus Sällman Almén;Karl J V Nordström;Robert Fredriksson;Helgi B Schiöth

  • Comprehensive repertoire and phylogenetic analysis of the G protein-coupled receptors in human and mouse.

    Thóra K. Bjarnadóttir;David E. Gloriam;Sofia H. Hellstrand;Helena Kristiansson

  • The obesity gene, FTO, is of ancient origin, up-regulated during food deprivation and expressed in neurons of feeding-related nuclei of the brain

    Robert Fredriksson;Maria Hägglund;Pawel K. Olszewski;Olga Stephansson

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. XCIV. Adhesion G Protein–Coupled Receptors

    Jörg Hamann;Gabriela Aust;Demet Araç;Felix B. Engel

  • The GRAFS classification system of G-protein coupled receptors in comparative perspective.

    Helgi B. Schiöth;Robert Fredriksson

  • Seven evolutionarily conserved human rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors lacking close relatives

    Robert Fredriksson;Pär J Höglund;David E.I Gloriam;Malin C Lagerström

  • Differences in chemokine coreceptor usage between genetic subtypes of HIV-1.

    Charlotte Tscherning;Annette Alaeus;Robert Fredriksson;Åsa Björndal

  • The Dominant white, Dun and Smoky Color Variants in Chicken Are Associated With Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms in the PMEL17 Gene

    Susanne Kerje;Preety Sharma;Ulrika Gunnarsson;Hyun Kim

  • The human and mouse repertoire of the adhesion family of G-protein-coupled receptors.

    Thóra K. Bjarnadóttir;Robert Fredriksson;Pär J. Höglund;David E. Gloriam

  • The G protein-coupled receptor subset of the rat genome

    David E Gloriam;Robert Fredriksson;Helgi B Schiöth

  • Classification Systems of Secondary Active Transporters

    Emelie Perland;Robert Fredriksson

  • The Melanocortin System in Fugu: Determination of POMC/AGRP/MCR Gene Repertoire and Synteny, As Well As Pharmacology and Anatomical Distribution of the MCRs

    Janis Klovins;Tatjana Haitina;Davids Fridmanis;Zuzana Kilianova

  • The Solute Carrier Families Have a Remarkably Long Evolutionary History with the Majority of the Human Families Present before Divergence of Bilaterian Species

    Pär J. Höglund;Karl J.V. Nordström;Helgi B. Schiöth;Robert Fredriksson

  • The origin of GPCRs: identification of mammalian like Rhodopsin, Adhesion, Glutamate and Frizzled GPCRs in fungi.

    Arunkumar Krishnan;Markus Sällaman Almén;Robert Fredriksson;Helgi B Schiöth

  • G protein-coupled receptor deorphanizations.

    Olivier Civelli;Rainer K. Reinscheid;Yan Zhang;Zhiwei Wang

  • The solute carrier (SLC) complement of the human genome: Phylogenetic classification reveals four major families

    Robert Fredriksson;Karl J.V. Nordström;Olga Stephansson;Maria G.A. Hägglund

  • Fourteen novel human members of mitochondrial solute carrier family 25 (SLC25) widely expressed in the central nervous system

    Tatjana Haitina;Jonas Lindblom;Thomas Renström;Robert Fredriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Helgi B. Schiöth
Helgi B. Schiöth Uppsala University
Allen S. Levine
Allen S. Levine University of Minnesota
Dan Larhammar
Dan Larhammar Uppsala University
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Ulf Gyllensten
Ulf Gyllensten Uppsala University
George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Yi-Lin Yan
Yi-Lin Yan University of Oregon
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University
Lars Lannfelt
Lars Lannfelt Uppsala University

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