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Stefan Schwartz

Stefan Schwartz

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6602
World Ranking
19494
National Ranking
312

Overview

Stefan Schwartz is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, specializing in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple fields including medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, epidemiology, cancer research, immunology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to RNA research and splicing, cervical cancer and HPV research, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, viral infections and immunology, vector-borne animal diseases, and viral-associated cancers and disorders.

Stefan Schwartz has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Journal of Virology
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Virus Genes
  • Viruses

Frequent collaborators of Schwartz include Naoko Kajitani, Xiaoxu Cui, Johanna Jönsson, Chengjun Wu, and Yunji Zheng.

Selected recent papers by Schwartz include:

  • The role of RNA-binding proteins in the processing of mRNAs produced by carcinogenic papillomaviruses (2022, Seminars in Cancer Biology)
  • Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNP A1) and hnRNP A2 Inhibit Splicing to Human Papillomavirus 16 Splice Site SA409 through a UAG-Containing Sequence in the E7 Coding Region (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • Overexpression of m6A-factors METTL3, ALKBH5, and YTHDC1 alters HPV16 mRNA splicing (2022, Virus Genes)
  • hnRNP G/RBMX enhances HPV16 E2 mRNA splicing through a novel splicing enhancer and inhibits production of spliced E7 oncogene mRNAs (2022, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • Role of Viral Ribonucleoproteins in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Gene Expression (2020, Viruses)

Best Publications

  • Cloning and functional analysis of multiply spliced mRNA species of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;D M Benko;E M Fenyö

  • Mutational inactivation of an inhibitory sequence in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 results in Rev-independent gag expression.

    S Schwartz;M Campbell;G Nasioulas;J Harrison

  • Env and Vpu proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are produced from multiple bicistronic mRNAs.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;E M Fenyö;G N Pavlakis

  • Distinct RNA sequences in the gag region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 decrease RNA stability and inhibit expression in the absence of Rev protein.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;G N Pavlakis

  • Translational Inhibition in Vitro of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 L2 mRNA Mediated through Interaction with Heterogenous Ribonucleoprotein K and Poly(rC)-binding Proteins 1 and 2

    Brian Collier;Laura Goobar-Larsson;Marcus Sokolowski;Stefan Schwartz

  • Efficiency of reinitiation of translation on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mRNAs is determined by the length of the upstream open reading frame and by intercistronic distance.

    B. G. M. Luukkonen;Wei Tan;S. Schwartz

  • Regulation of human papillomavirus gene expression by splicing and polyadenylation.

    Cecilia Johansson;Stefan Schwartz

  • Mechanism of translation of monocistronic and multicistronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mRNAs.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;G N Pavlakis

  • A novel human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protein, tev, shares sequences with tat, env, and rev proteins

    D M Benko;S Schwartz;G N Pavlakis;B K Felber

  • Specific Inactivation of Inhibitory Sequences in the 5′ End of the Human Papillomavirus Type 16 L1 Open Reading Frame Results in Production of High Levels of L1 Protein in Human Epithelial Cells

    Brian Collier;Daniel Öberg;Xiaomin Zhao;Stefan Schwartz

  • Long Terminal Repeat Promoter/Enhancer Activity of Different Subtypes of HIV Type 1

    Mojgan H. Naghavi;Stefan Schwartz;Stefan Schwartz;Anders Sonnerborg;Anders Vahlne

  • Expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vif and vpr mRNAs is Rev-dependent and regulated by splicing.

    Stefan Schwartz;Barbara K. Felber;George N. Pavlakis

  • Efficient expression of the human papillomavirus type 16 L1 protein in epithelial cells by using Rev and the Rev-responsive element of human immunodeficiency virus or the cis-acting transactivation element of simian retrovirus type 1.

    Wei Tan;B. K. Felber;A. S. Zolotukhin;G. N. Pavlakis

  • Identification of an hnRNP A1-dependent splicing silencer in the human papillomavirus type 16 L1 coding region that prevents premature expression of the late L1 gene.

    Xiaomin Zhao;Margaret Rush;Stefan Schwartz

  • Role of N-linked oligosaccharide chains in the processing and antigenicity of measles virus haemagglutinin protein.

    Aizhong Hu;Roberto Cattaneo;Stefan Schwartz;Erling Norrby

  • HuR, a Protein Implicated in Oncogene and Growth Factor mRNA Decay, Binds to the 3′ Ends of Hepatitis C Virus RNA of Both Polarities

    Karin Spångberg;Lisa Wiklund;Stefan Schwartz

  • Recognition of prominent viral epitopes induced by immunization with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 regulatory genes.

    J Hinkula;C Svanholm;S Schwartz;P Lundholm

  • HPV‐16 E2 contributes to induction of HPV‐16 late gene expression by inhibiting early polyadenylation

    Cecilia Johansson;Monika Somberg;Xiaoze Li;Ellenor Backström Winquist

  • Binding of the La autoantigen to the hepatitis C virus 3′ untranslated region protects the RNA from rapid degradation in vitro

    Karin Spångberg;Lisa Wiklund;Stefan Schwartz

  • A 57-nucleotide Upstream Early Polyadenylation Element in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Interacts With hFip1, CstF-64, hnRNP C1/C2, and Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein

    Xiaomin Zhao;Daniel Öberg;Margaret Rush;Joanna Fay

Frequent Co-Authors

George N. Pavlakis
George N. Pavlakis Emory University
Britta Wahren
Britta Wahren Karolinska Institute
Jorma Hinkula
Jorma Hinkula Linköping University
Barbara K. Felber
Barbara K. Felber National Institutes of Health
Eva Maria Fenyö
Eva Maria Fenyö Lund University
Erling Norrby
Erling Norrby Karolinska Institute
Joakim Dillner
Joakim Dillner Karolinska University Hospital
Kenji Okuda
Kenji Okuda Yokohama City University
Volker Erfle
Volker Erfle Technical University of Munich
Claes Örvell
Claes Örvell Karolinska University Hospital

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