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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
109
Citations
61148
World Ranking
987
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Tilman Grune is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research spans several key areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on physiological processes at the molecular level.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to the fields of physiology, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology. Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics such as nutritional studies and diet, adipose tissue and metabolism, nutrition and health in aging, advanced glycation end products research, diet and metabolism studies, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, and autophagy in disease and therapy.

Tilman Grune has published extensively in multiple academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Redox Biology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Nutrients
  • Lebensmittelchemie
  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tilman Grune demonstrate a focus on aging, molecular damage, and nutrition. These include:

  • "Sarcopenia - Molecular mechanisms and open questions," 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Toxicity of fluoride: critical evaluation of evidence for human developmental neurotoxicity in epidemiological studies, animal experiments and in vitro analyses," 2020, Archives of Toxicology
  • "Bioavailability of nutrients from edible insects," 2021, Current Opinion in Food Science
  • "Advanced glycation end products and protein carbonyl levels in plasma reveal sex-specific differences in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Redox Biology
  • "Self-rated health in individuals with and without disease is associated with multiple biomarkers representing multiple biological domains," 2021, Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Tilman Grune has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, notably including:

  • Daniela Weber
  • Christiane Ott
  • Miriam Capri
  • Claudio Franceschi
  • Tobias Jung

The scientist's work encompasses detailed investigations into oxidative stress mechanisms, nutritional biochemistry, and the molecular pathways affecting aging and disease progression. Research often integrates biochemical and molecular biological methods with clinical and epidemiological approaches to better understand physiological changes and metabolic regulation.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Role of advanced glycation end products in cellular signaling

    Christiane Ott;Kathleen Jacobs;Elisa Haucke;Anne Navarrete Santos

  • Degradation of oxidized proteins in mammalian cells.

    Tilman Grune;Thomas Reinheckel;Kelvin J. A. Davies

  • Advanced Glycation End Products and Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Kerstin Nowotny;Tobias Jung;Annika Höhn;Daniela Weber

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Clinical Relevance of Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress

    Jeroen Frijhoff;Paul Graham Winyard;Neven Zarkovic;Sean Ss Davies

  • Decreased proteolysis caused by protein aggregates, inclusion bodies, plaques, lipofuscin, ceroid, and 'aggresomes' during oxidative stress, aging, and disease

    Tilman Grune;Tobias Jung;Katrin Merker;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • β-Carotene Is an Important Vitamin A Source for Humans

    Tilman Grune;Georg Lietz;Andreu Palou;A. Catharine Ross

  • Proteasome inhibition by paired helical filament-tau in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    Susi Keck;Robert Nitsch;Tilman Grune;Oliver Ullrich

  • Selective degradation of oxidatively modified protein substrates by the proteasome.

    Tilman Grune;Katrin Merker;Grit Sandig;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Pathological aspects of lipid peroxidation

    Anne Negre-Salvayre;Nathalie Auge;Victoria Ayala;Huveyda Basaga

  • The proteasomal system.

    Tobias Jung;Betuel Catalgol;Tilman Grune

  • Ubiquitin Conjugation Is Not Required for the Degradation of Oxidized Proteins by Proteasome

    Reshma Shringarpure;Tilman Grune;Tilman Grune;Jana Mehlhase;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Comparative resistance of the 20S and 26S proteasome to oxidative stress.

    Thomas Reinheckel;Nicolle Sitte;Oliver Ullrich;Ulrike Kuckelkorn

  • Proteolysis in cultured liver epithelial cells during oxidative stress. Role of the multicatalytic proteinase complex, proteasome.

    Tilman Grune;Thomas Reinheckel;Minakshi Joshi;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Lipofuscin: formation, distribution, and metabolic consequences

    Tobias Jung;Nicolle Bader;Tilman Grune

  • Degradation of Oxidized Proteins in K562 Human Hematopoietic Cells by Proteasome

    Tilman Grune;Thomas Reinheckel;Kelvin J.A. Davies;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Proteasome inhibition by lipofuscin/ceroid during postmitotic aging of fibroblasts.

    Nicolle Sitte;Michael Huber;Tilman Grune;Axel Ladhoff

  • The immunoproteasome, the 20S proteasome and the PA28αβ proteasome regulator are oxidative-stress-adaptive proteolytic complexes.

    Andrew M. Pickering;Alison L. Koop;Cheryl Y. Teoh;Gennady Ermak

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelvin J.A. Davies
Kelvin J.A. Davies University of Southern California
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Oliver Ullrich
Oliver Ullrich University of Zurich
Efstathios S. Gonos
Efstathios S. Gonos National Hellenic Research Foundation
Alexander Bürkle
Alexander Bürkle University of Konstanz
Thomas Reinheckel
Thomas Reinheckel University of Freiburg
Ewa Sikora
Ewa Sikora Polish Academy of Sciences
Olivier Toussaint
Olivier Toussaint University of Namur
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein University of Innsbruck
Marco Malavolta
Marco Malavolta Advanced Technology Center

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