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Overview

Ulla G. Knaus is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology, microbiology, medicine, and biochemistry. Their research focuses primarily on oxidative mechanisms, immune response, inflammation, and related biological processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, the identified subfields are:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Physiology

Their research topics cover areas such as:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments

Knaus has published several significant papers, including:

  • Oxidants in Physiological Processes, 2020, Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
  • The NADPH oxidase NOX4 regulates redox and metabolic homeostasis preventing HCC progression, 2022, Hepatology
  • Raising the 'Good' Oxidants for Immune Protection, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • NADPH oxidase 4 is protective and not fibrogenic in intestinal inflammation, 2020, Redox Biology
  • VEO-IBD NOX1 variant highlights a structural region essential for NOX/DUOX catalytic activity, 2023, Redox Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in prominent venues such as:

  • Redox Biology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • BIO-PROTOCOL

Ulla G. Knaus collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Ashish Singh
  • Suisheng Zhang
  • Maurice O'Mara
  • Billy Bourke
  • Ramya S. Barre

Best Publications

  • Rho Family GTPases Regulate p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase through the Downstream Mediator Pak1

    Shengjia Zhang;Jiahuai Han;Mary Ann Sells;Jonathan Chernoff

  • Human p21-activated kinase (Pak1) regulates actin organization in mammalian cells.

    Mary Ann Sells;Ulla G Knaus;Shubha Bagrodia;Diane M Ambrose

  • Functional analysis of Nox4 reveals unique characteristics compared to other NADPH oxidases

    Kendra D. Martyn;Linda M. Frederick;Katharina von Loehneysen;Mary C. Dinauer

  • Toll-like receptor 2-mediated NF-kappa B activation requires a Rac1-dependent pathway.

    Laurence Arbibe;Jean Paul Mira;Jean Paul Mira;Nicole Teusch;Lois Kline

  • Regulation of phagocyte oxygen radical production by the GTP-binding protein Rac 2.

    Ulla G. Knaus;Paul G. Heyworth;Tony Evans;John T. Curnutte

  • Rac1 in human breast cancer: overexpression, mutation analysis, and characterization of a new isoform, Rac1b.

    A Schnelzer;D Prechtel;U Knaus;K Dehne

  • NADPH oxidases: not just for leukocytes anymore!

    Gary M Bokoch;Ulla G Knaus

  • Regulation of human leukocyte p21-activated kinases through G protein--coupled receptors

    Ulla G. Knaus;Sharron Morris;Hui-Jia Dong;Jonathan Chernoff

  • Interaction of the Nck Adapter Protein with p21-activated Kinase (PAK1)

    Gary M. Bokoch;Yan Wang;Benjamin P. Bohl;Mary Ann Sells

  • Endogenous, hyperactive Rac3 controls proliferation of breast cancer cells by a p21-activated kinase-dependent pathway

    Jean-Paul Mira;Valerie Benard;John Groffen;Luraynne C. Sanders

  • European contribution to the study of ROS : a summary of the findings and prospects for the future from the COST action BM1203 (EU-ROS)

    Javier Egea;Isabel Fabregat;Yves M Frapart;Pietro Ghezzi

  • Roles of the Rac1 and Rac3 GTPases in human tumor cell invasion

    Amanda Y. Chan;Salvatore J. Coniglio;Ya Yu Chuang;David Michaelson

  • Oxidases and peroxidases in cardiovascular and lung disease: New concepts in reactive oxygen species signaling

    Imad Al Ghouleh;Nicholas K.H. Khoo;Ulla G. Knaus;Kathy K. Griendling

  • A GTPase-independent Mechanism of p21-activated Kinase Activation REGULATION BY SPHINGOSINE AND OTHER BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE LIPIDS

    Gary M. Bokoch;Abina M. Reilly;R. Hugh Daniels;Charles C. King

  • The p21Rac/Cdc42-activated kinases (PAKs)

    Ulla G Knaus;Gary M Bokoch

  • Rac GTPase interacts specifically with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase

    Gary M. Bokoch;Chris J. Vlahos;Yan Wang;Ulla G. Knaus

  • Purification and characterization of Rac 2. A cytosolic GTP-binding protein that regulates human neutrophil NADPH oxidase.

    U G Knaus;P G Heyworth;B T Kinsella;J T Curnutte

  • ROS in gastrointestinal inflammation: Rescue Or Sabotage?

    G Aviello;UG Knaus;UG Knaus

  • NADPH oxidases and ROS signaling in the gastrointestinal tract

    Gabriella Aviello;Ulla G Knaus

  • Silencing of DUOX NADPH oxidases by promoter hypermethylation in lung cancer.

    Sylvia Luxen;Steven A Belinsky;Ulla G Knaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary M. Bokoch
Gary M. Bokoch Scripps Research Institute
Mary C. Dinauer
Mary C. Dinauer Washington University in St. Louis
Jack L. Arbiser
Jack L. Arbiser Emory University
Mark T. Quinn
Mark T. Quinn Montana State University
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt Maastricht University
Jonathan Chernoff
Jonathan Chernoff Fox Chase Cancer Center
Pidder Jansen-Dürr
Pidder Jansen-Dürr University of Innsbruck
William M. Nauseef
William M. Nauseef University of Iowa
Isabel Fabregat
Isabel Fabregat University of Barcelona
Rhian M. Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz McGill University Health Centre

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