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59
Citations
10476
World Ranking
12741
National Ranking
189

Overview

Tor Ny is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work has a strong emphasis on wound healing and treatments, supported by multiple publications in related areas.

Their recent publications include:

  • Plasminogen Receptors and Fibrinolysis (2021) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT, plays a role in inflammation and fibrinolysis during cutaneous wound healing in mice (2020) in Cell Death and Disease
  • Plasminogen is a master regulator and a potential drug candidate for the healing of radiation wounds (2020) in Cell Death and Disease
  • The Plasminogen Receptor, Plg-RKT, Regulates Inflammation and Fibrinolysis During Wound Healing (2020) in The FASEB Journal

Their research frequently appears in the journals Cell Death and Disease, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and The FASEB Journal.

Tor Ny collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Małgorzata Wilczyńska
  • Lindsey A. Miles
  • Lina Ny
  • Robert J. Parmer
  • Assar Bäckman

Within medicine, their subfields of study encompass rehabilitation, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, hematology, and orthopedics and sports medicine. Their research topics include:

  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Blood properties and coagulation
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure

Best Publications

  • Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopic Properties of Dipyrrometheneboron Difluoride (BODIPY) Derivatives in Liquids, Lipid Membranes, and Proteins

    Jan Karolin;Lennart B.-A. Johansson;Leif Strandberg;Tor Ny

  • The structure of the human tissue-type plasminogen activator gene: correlation of intron and exon structures to functional and structural domains.

    Tor Ny;Fredrik Elgh;Bjorn Lund

  • Dimers of Dipyrrometheneboron Difluoride (BODIPY) with Light Spectroscopic Applications in Chemistry and Biology

    Fredrik Bergström;Ilya Mikhalyov;Peter Hägglöf;Rüdiger Wortmann

  • Vimentin coordinates fibroblast proliferation and keratinocyte differentiation in wound healing via TGF-β–Slug signaling

    Fang Cheng;Yue Shen;Ponnuswamy Mohanasundaram;Michelle Lindström

  • Localization of Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in Ovarian Cell Types during Follicle Development and Ovulation

    Xiao-Rong Peng;Aaron J. W. Hsueh;Philip S. Lapolt;Lars Bjersing

  • The inhibition mechanism of serpins. Evidence that the mobile reactive center loop is cleaved in the native protease-inhibitor complex.

    Malgorzata Wilczynska;Ming Fa;Per-Ingvar Ohlsson;Tor Ny

  • Cultured granulosa cells produce two plasminogen activators and an antiactivator, each regulated differently by gonadotropins.

    Tor Ny;Lars Bjersing;Aaron J.W. Hsueh;David J. Loskutoff

  • Purification and Characterization of a Melanoma Cell Plasminogen Activator

    Per Wallén;Gunnar Pohl;Nils Bergsdorf;Mats Rånby

  • Matrix remodeling in the ovary: regulation and functional role of the plasminogen activator and matrix metalloproteinase systems.

    Tor Ny;Patrik Wahlberg;Ida J.M Brändström

  • Regulation and localization of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in the mouse ovary during gonadotropin-induced ovulation.

    Anna-Carin Hägglund;Annelii Ny;Göran Leonardsson;Tor Ny

  • Structural insights into serpin-protease complexes reveal the inhibitory mechanism of serpins.

    Malgorzata Wilczynska;Ming Fa;Jan Karolin;Per-Ingvar Ohlsson

  • Structure-function studies of the SERPIN plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1. Analysis of chimeric strained loop mutants.

    Daniel A. Lawrence;Leif Strandberg;Johan Ericson;Tor Ny

  • Purification of active human plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 from Escherichia coli. Comparison with natural and recombinant forms purified from eucaryotic cells.

    Daniel Lawrence;Leif Strandberg;Thomas Grundström;Tor Ny

  • Expression of human luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor: interaction with LH and chorionic gonadotropin from human but not equine, rat, and ovine species.

    Xiao-Chi Jia;M. Oikawa;M. Bo;T. Tanaka

  • The fibrinolytic system of the vascular wall.

    L A Erickson;R R Schleef;Tor Ny;D J Loskutoff

  • Tissue-specific and time-coordinated hormone regulation of plasminogen-activator-inhibitor type I and tissue-type plasminogen activator in the rat ovary during gonadotropin-induced ovulation.

    Yi‐Xun Liu;Xiao‐Rong Peng;Tor Ny

  • Plasminogen is a key proinflammatory regulator that accelerates the healing of acute and diabetic wounds

    Yue Shen;Yongzhi Guo;Peter Mikus;Rima Sulniute

  • A substrate-like form of plasminogen-activator-inhibitor type 1. Conversions between different forms by sodium dodecyl sulphate.

    Tetsumei Urano;Leif Strandberg;Lennart B.‐Å. Johansson;Tor Ny

  • Isolation of cDNA sequences coding for a part of human tissue plasminogen activator.

    Thomas Edlund;Tor Ny;Mats Ranby;Lars-Olof Heden

  • Residues determining the binding specificity of uncompetitive inhibitors to tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase.

    Alexey Kozlenkov;Marie Helene Le Du;Philippe Cuniasse;Tor Ny

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron J. W. Hsueh
Aaron J. W. Hsueh Stanford University
Daniel A. Lawrence
Daniel A. Lawrence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Glenn R. Björk
Glenn R. Björk Umeå University
Thomas Edlund
Thomas Edlund Umeå University
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Lindsey A. Miles
Lindsey A. Miles Scripps Research Institute
Thomas Grundström
Thomas Grundström Umeå University
Matthew T. G. Holden
Matthew T. G. Holden University of St Andrews

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