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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
100
Citations
45284
World Ranking
526
National Ranking
12

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
48309
World Ranking
1089
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ülo Langel is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and focuses their research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within this broad discipline, their work frequently addresses topics in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Research.

Their research concentrates significantly on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, as well as on advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques. Other notable areas include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Virus-based Gene Therapy Research, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and applications involving Graphene and Nanomaterials.

Langel has contributed to several scientific articles, including:

  • "Gene delivery using cell penetrating peptides-zeolitic imidazolate frameworks" (2020) published in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • "Carbonized chitosan encapsulated hierarchical porous zeolitic imidazolate frameworks nanoparticles for gene delivery" (2020) published in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • "Cell-penetrating peptides in protein mimicry and cancer therapeutics" (2021) published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • "Status update in the use of cell-penetrating peptides for the delivery of macromolecular therapeutics" (2020) published in Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
  • "Cell-Penetrating Peptides and Transportan" (2021) published in Pharmaceutics

Their frequent co-authors include Ly Porosk, Kaido Kurrikoff, Maxime Gestin, Piret Arukuusk, and Heleri Heike Härk, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Langel has consistently published in specific scientific venues with multiple contributions, among them:

  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Pharmaceutics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2013.

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

  • Cell Penetrating Peptides

    Mattias Hällbrink;Margus Pooga;Madis Metsis;Priit Kogerman

  • Mechanisms of Cellular Uptake of Cell-Penetrating Peptides

    Fatemeh Madani;Staffan Lindberg;Ülo Langel;Shiroh Futaki

  • Cell penetration by transportan

    Margus Pooga;Mattias Hällbrink;Matjal Zorko;Matjal Zorko;Ülo Langel

  • Cell-penetrating peptides: mechanism and kinetics of cargo delivery

    Matjaž Zorko;Ülo Langel

  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides : Design, Synthesis, and Applications

    Dana Maria Copolovici;Kent Langel;Elo Eriste;Ülo Langel;Ülo Langel

  • Cell penetrating PNA constructs regulate galanin receptor levels and modify pain transmission in vivo.

    Margus Pooga;Margus Pooga;Ursel Soomets;Ursel Soomets;Mattias Hällbrink;Andres Valkna;Andres Valkna

  • Cell-penetrating peptides as vectors for peptide, protein and oligonucleotide delivery

    Maarja Mäe;Ulo Langel

  • VE-Cadherin-Derived Cell-Penetrating Peptide, pVEC, with Carrier Functions

    Anna Elmquist;Anna Elmquist;Maria Lindgren;Maria Lindgren;Tamas Bartfai;Ülo Langel;Ülo Langel

  • Efficient Intracellular Delivery of Nucleic Acid Pharmaceuticals Using Cell-Penetrating Peptides

    Ikuhiko Nakase;Hidetaka Akita;Kentaro Kogure;Astrid Gräslund

  • Cargo delivery kinetics of cell-penetrating peptides

    Mattias Hällbrink;Anders Florén;Anders Florén;Anna Elmquist;Anna Elmquist;Margus Pooga

  • Delivery of short interfering RNA using endosomolytic cell-penetrating peptides

    Pontus Lundberg;S. El-Andaloussi;T. Sütlü;H. Johansson

  • Deletion analogues of transportan

    U. Soomets;U. Soomets;M. Lindgren;X. Gallet;M. Hällbrink

  • Gene delivery using cell penetrating peptides-zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

    Hani Nasser Abdelhamid;Hani Nasser Abdelhamid;Moataz Dowaidar;Mattias Hällbrink;Ülo Langel

  • Cell-penetrating peptides: A comparative membrane toxicity study

    Külliki Saar;Maria Lindgren;Mats Hansen;Emelía Eiríksdóttir

  • Cell-penetrating peptides: mechanisms and applications.

    S El-Andaloussi;T Holm;Ulo Langel

  • Secondary structure of cell-penetrating peptides controls membrane interaction and insertion.

    Emelía Eiríksdóttir;Karidia Konate;Ülo Langel;Ülo Langel;Gilles Divita

  • Design of a peptide-based vector, PepFect6, for efficient delivery of siRNA in cell culture and systemically in vivo.

    Samir E L Andaloussi;Taavi Lehto;Imre Mäger;Katri Rosenthal-Aizman

  • Cell-penetrating peptides : methods and protocols

    Ülo Langel

  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides.

    Matjaž Zorko;Ülo Langel;Ülo Langel

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamas Bartfai
Tamas Bartfai Stockholm University
Margus Pooga
Margus Pooga University of Tartu
Samir El Andaloussi
Samir El Andaloussi Karolinska Institute
Astrid Gräslund
Astrid Gräslund Stockholm University
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin Karolinska Institute
Hani Nasser Abdelhamid
Hani Nasser Abdelhamid Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute
Andrey Mazarati
Andrey Mazarati University of California, Los Angeles
Gilberto Fisone
Gilberto Fisone Karolinska Institute

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