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Overview

Ulf Eriksson is affiliated with AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom. Their research combines the fields of medicine with biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad areas, their work specifically addresses subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main research topics covered by their publications include lipid metabolism and disorders, acute ischemic stroke management, barrier structure and function studies, cell adhesion molecules research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, and angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ingrid Nilsson, Manuel Zeitelhofer, Lars Muhl, Linda Fredriksson, and Christina Stefanitsch.

Eriksson has contributed to several publications in notable scientific venues. These include:

  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Journal of Hepatology (1 publication)
  • EMBO Reports (1 publication)
  • Blood (1 publication)

Recent published papers by Ulf Eriksson include:

  • Blocking PDGF-CC signaling ameliorates multiple sclerosis-like neuroinflammation by inhibiting disruption of the blood-brain barrier, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Inhibition of VEGF-B signaling prevents non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development by targeting lipolysis in the white adipose tissue, 2023, Journal of Hepatology
  • VEGF-B signaling impairs endothelial glucose transcytosis by decreasing membrane cholesterol content, 2020, EMBO Reports
  • Thrombolytic tPA-Induced Hemorrhagic Transformation of Ischemic Stroke is Mediated by PKCβ phosphorylation of Occludin, 2022, Blood
  • VEGF-B ablation in pancreatic β-cells upregulates insulin expression without affecting glucose homeostasis or islet lipid uptake, 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor contributes to angiogenesis and plasma extravasation in pathological conditions

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Aernout Luttun;Valeria Vincenti

  • Lack of pericytes leads to endothelial hyperplasia and abnormal vascular morphogenesis.

    Mats Hellström;Holger Gerhardt;Holger Gerhardt;Mattias Kalén;Xuri Li

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor B, a novel growth factor for endothelial cells.

    B Olofsson;K Pajusola;A Kaipainen;G von Euler

  • The PDGF family: four gene products form five dimeric isoforms

    Linda Fredriksson;Hong Li;Ulf Eriksson

  • PDGF-C is a new protease-activated ligand for the PDGF alpha-receptor.

    Xuri Li;Annica Pontén;Karin Aase;Linda Karlsson

  • PDGF-D is a specific, protease-activated ligand for the PDGF beta-receptor.

    Erika Bergsten;Marko Uutela;Xuri Li;Kristian Pietras

  • Imaging of neutral lipids by oil red O for analyzing the metabolic status in health and disease

    Annika Mehlem;Carolina E Hagberg;Lars Muhl;Ulf Eriksson

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) binds to VEGF receptor-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells.

    Birgitta Olofsson;Eija Korpelainen;Michael S. Pepper;Stefano J. Mandriota

  • Comparison of VEGF, VEGF-B, VEGF-C and Ang-1 mRNA regulation by serum, growth factors, oncoproteins and hypoxia

    Berndt Enholm;Karri Paavonen;Ari Ristimäki;Vijay Kumar

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor B controls endothelial fatty acid uptake

    Carolina E. Hagberg;Annelie Falkevall;Annelie Falkevall;Xun Wang;Xun Wang;Erik Larsson

  • The three-dimensional structure of retinol-binding protein.

    M.E. Newcomer;T.A. Jones;J. Aqvist;J. Sundelin

  • Activation of PDGF-CC by tissue plasminogen activator impairs blood-brain barrier integrity during ischemic stroke

    Enming J Su;Linda Fredriksson;Melissa Geyer;Erika Folestad

  • Vascular endothelial growth factors VEGF-B and VEGF-C are expressed in human tumors

    Petri Salven;Athina Lymboussaki;Päivi Heikkilä;Hilkka Jääskela-Saari

  • Differential Binding of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B Splice and Proteolytic Isoforms to Neuropilin-1

    Taija Makinen;Birgitta Olofsson;Terhi Karpanen;Ulf Hellman

  • Mutations in the gene encoding 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase cause delayed dark adaptation and fundus albipunctatus.

    Hiroyuki Yamamoto;András Simon;András Simon;Ulf Eriksson;Eddie Harris

  • Current biology of VEGF-B and VEGF-C

    Birgitta Olofsson;Michael Jeltsch;Ulf Eriksson;Kari Alitalo

  • Angiogenesis stimulated by PDGF-CC, a novel member in the PDGF family, involves activation of PDGFR-alphaalpha and -alphabeta receptors.

    Renhai Cao;Ebba Bråkenhielm;Xuri Li;Kristian Pietras

  • New members of the platelet-derived growth factor family of mitogens.

    Carl-Henrik Heldin;Ulf Eriksson;Arne Östman

  • Genomic Organization of the Mouse and Human Genes for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B (VEGF-B) and Characterization of a Second Splice Isoform

    Birgitta Olofsson;Katri Pajusola;Gabriel von Euler;Dmitri Chilov

  • Role of retinoids in the CNS: differential expression of retinoid binding proteins and receptors and evidence for presence of retinoic acid.

    R H Zetterström;E Lindqvist;A Mata de Urquiza;A Tomac

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Xuri Li
Xuri Li Sun Yat-sen University
Per A. Peterson
Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute
Kristian Pietras
Kristian Pietras Lund University
Peter Boor
Peter Boor RWTH Aachen University
Lars Rask
Lars Rask Uppsala University
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Luc Int Panis
Luc Int Panis Hasselt University
Daniel A. Lawrence
Daniel A. Lawrence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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