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Rudolf Grosschedl

Rudolf Grosschedl

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
94
Citations
37454
World Ranking
650
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Rudolf Grosschedl is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their work is situated primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these areas, they focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, Genetics, and Cancer Research.

The research topics addressed by Grosschedl include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research

Grosschedl has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Genes & Development
  • Immunity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Selected recent papers by Grosschedl are:

  • "A Prion-like Domain in Transcription Factor EBF1 Promotes Phase Separation and Enables B Cell Programming of Progenitor Chromatin," 2020, Immunity
  • "DNA methylation signatures reveal that distinct combinations of transcription factors specify human immune cell epigenetic identity," 2021, Immunity
  • "EBF1-deficient bone marrow stroma elicits persistent changes in HSC potential," 2020, Nature Immunology
  • "EBF1 and Pax5 safeguard leukemic transformation by limiting IL-7 signaling, Myc expression, and folate metabolism," 2020, Genes & Development
  • "MZB1 enables efficient interferon α secretion in stimulated plasmacytoid dendritic cells," 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Grosschedl include:

  • Pierre Cauchy
  • Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
  • Aurelie Lenaerts
  • Marta Derecka
  • Marc Bayer

Grosschedl was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Functional interaction of beta-catenin with the transcription factor LEF-1.

    Behrens J;von Kries Jp;Kühl M;Bruhn L;Bruhn L

  • Development of several organs that require inductive epithelial-mesenchymal interactions is impaired in LEF-1-deficient mice.

    C van Genderen;R M Okamura;I Fariñas;R G Quo

  • HMG domain proteins: architectural elements in the assembly of nucleoprotein structures

    Rudolf Grosschedl;Klaus Giese;John Pagel

  • Expression of the int-1 gene in transgenic mice is associated with mammary gland hyperplasia and adenocarcinomas in male and female mice.

    Ann S. Tsukamoto;Rudolf Grosschedl;Raphael C. Guzman;Tristram Parslow

  • The HMG domain of lymphoid enhancer factor 1 bends DNA and facilitates assembly of functional nucleoprotein structures

    Klaus Giese;Jeffery Cox;Rudolf Grosschedl

  • Failure of B-cell differentiation in mice lacking the transcription factor EBF

    Haishan Lin;Rudolf Grosschedl

  • LEF-1, a gene encoding a lymphoid-specific protein with an HMG domain, regulates T-cell receptor alpha enhancer function [corrected]

    A Travis;A Amsterdam;C Belanger;R Grosschedl

  • Satb2 regulates callosal projection neuron identity in the developing cerebral cortex.

    Elizabeth A. Alcamo;Laura Chirivella;Marcel Dautzenberg;Gergana Dobreva

  • Structural basis for DNA bending by the architectural transcription factor LEF-1

    John J. Love;Xiang Li;David A. Case;Klaus Giese

  • Integrated genomic analysis identifies recurrent mutations and evolution patterns driving the initiation and progression of follicular lymphoma

    Jessica Okosun;Csaba Bödör;Jun Wang;Shamzah Araf

  • Regulation of LEF-1/TCF transcription factors by Wnt and other signals

    Quinn Eastman;Rudolf Grosschedl

  • Assembly and function of a TCR alpha enhancer complex is dependent on LEF-1-induced DNA bending and multiple protein-protein interactions.

    K Giese;C Kingsley;J R Kirshner;R Grosschedl

  • PIASy, a nuclear matrix–associated SUMO E3 ligase, represses LEF1 activity by sequestration into nuclear bodies

    Shrikesh Sachdev;Laurakay Bruhn;Heidemarie Sieber;Andrea Pichler

  • Cell-type specificity of iminunoglobulin gene expression is regulated by at least three DNA sequence elements

    Rudolf Grosschedl;David Baltimore Whitehead

  • Identification of regulatory sequences in the prelude sequences of an H2A histone gene by the study of specific deletion mutants in vivo

    R Grosschedl;M L Birnstiel

  • Cell adhesion and the integrin-linked kinase regulate the LEF-1 and beta-catenin signaling pathways.

    Anton Novak;Shu-Chi Hsu;Chungyee Leung-Hagesteijn;Galina Radeva

  • SATB2 Is a Multifunctional Determinant of Craniofacial Patterning and Osteoblast Differentiation

    Gergana Dobreva;Maria Chahrour;Marcel Dautzenberg;Laura Chirivella

  • Wnt Signaling Regulates B Lymphocyte Proliferation through a LEF-1 Dependent Mechanism

    Tannishtha Reya;Mary O'Riordan;Ross Okamura;Erik Devaney

  • Wnt3a-/--like phenotype and limb deficiency in Lef1(-/-)Tcf1(-/-) mice.

    Juan Galceran;Isabel Fariñas;Michael J. Depew;Hans Clevers

  • Lef1 expression is activated by BMP-4 and regulates inductive tissue interactions in tooth and hair development.

    K Kratochwil;M Dull;I Farinas;J Galceran

Frequent Co-Authors

James Hagman
James Hagman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Sonia Garel
Sonia Garel École Normale Supérieure
Dominic Grün
Dominic Grün Max Planck Society
Hans Clevers
Hans Clevers Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
Isabel Fariñas
Isabel Fariñas University of Valencia
Peter E. Wright
Peter E. Wright Scripps Research Institute
Harinder Singh
Harinder Singh University of Pittsburgh
Mikael Sigvardsson
Mikael Sigvardsson Lund University
Susan K. McConnell
Susan K. McConnell Stanford University
David Baltimore
David Baltimore California Institute of Technology

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