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Ulrich Rüther is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research spans several fields within the broader domains of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Specific subfields of research are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Ulrich Rüther's work covers topics such as:

  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Recent significant papers authored by Ulrich Rüther include:

  • The association of Greig syndrome and mastocytosis reveals the involvement of the hedgehog pathway in advanced mastocytosis (2021, Blood)
  • Gain-of-function mutation in Gli3 causes ventricular septal defects (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • In situ proximity ligation assay for analysing spatial interactions between ciliary proteins (2025, BMC Molecular and Cell Biology)

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Christoph Gerhardt
  • Laura Polivka
  • Véronique Parietti
  • Julie Bruneau
  • Erinn Soucié

Ulrich Rüther has contributed to publication venues such as:

  • Blood
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Molecular and Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity

    Julia Fischer;Linda Koch;Linda Koch;Christian Emmerling;Jeanette Vierkotten;Jeanette Vierkotten

  • Bone and haematopoietic defects in mice lacking c-fos

    Zhao-Qi Wang;Catherine Ovitt;Agamemnon E. Grigoriadis;Uta Möhle-Steinlein

  • Easy identification of cDNA clones.

    U. Rüther;B. Müller-Hill

  • Id genes are direct targets of bone morphogenetic protein induction in embryonic stem cells.

    Angela Hollnagel;Verena Oehlmann;Joachim Heymer;Ulrich Rüther

  • Sequence of the lacZ gene of Escherichia coli.

    A Kalnins;K Otto;U Rüther;B Müller-Hill

  • The fat mass and obesity associated gene (Fto) regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry

    Martin E Hess;Simon Hess;Kate D Meyer;Linda A W Verhagen

  • The ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is mutated in cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (Joubert syndrome type B) and Meckel syndrome

    Marion Delous;Lekbir Baala;Rémi Salomon;Christine Laclef;Christine Laclef

  • Serum response factor is essential for mesoderm formation during mouse embryogenesis.

    S. Arsenian;B. Weinhold;M. Oelgeschläger;U. Rüther

  • A link between FTO, ghrelin, and impaired brain food-cue responsivity

    Efthimia Karra;Owen G. O’Daly;Agharul I. Choudhury;Ahmed Yousseif

  • Deregulated c-fos expression interferes with normal bone development in transgenic mice.

    Ulrich Rüther;Christa Garber;Dymitr Komitowski;Rolf Müller

  • Lesion-induced increase in nerve growth factor mRNA is mediated by c-fos.

    Bastian Hengerer;Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Ulrich Ruther

  • Dorsal-ventral patterning of the spinal cord requires Gli3 transcriptional repressor activity

    Madelen Persson;Despina Stamataki;Pascal te Welscher;Elisabet Andersson

  • pUR 250 allows rapid chemical sequencing of both DNA strands of its inserts.

    Ulrich Rüther

  • Regional expression of the homeobox gene Nkx-2.2 in the developing mammalian forebrain

    M. Price;D. Lazzaro;T. Pohl;M. G. Mattei

  • pUR222, a vector for cloning and rapid chemical sequencing of DNA

    Ulrich Rüther;Michael Koenen;Karin Otto;Benno Müller−Hill

  • The Wnt antagonist Dickkopf-1 is regulated by Bmp signaling and c-Jun and modulates programmed cell death

    Lars Grotewold;Ulrich Rüther

  • Ftm is a novel basal body protein of cilia involved in Shh signalling

    Jeanette Vierkotten;Renate Dildrop;Thomas Peters;Baolin Wang

  • Wnt and Bmp signalling cooperatively regulate graded Emx2 expression in the dorsal telencephalon.

    Thomas Theil;Songül Aydin;Silke Koch;Lars Grotewold

  • Posttranscriptional regulation of c-fos mRNA expression

    Hans Jobst Rahmsdorf;Axel Schönthal;peter Angel;Margarethe Litfin

  • Pallister–Hall syndrome phenotype in mice mutant for Gli3

    Jens Böse;Lars Grotewold;Ulrich Rüther

Frequent Co-Authors

Erwin F. Wagner
Erwin F. Wagner Medical University of Vienna
Jens C. Brüning
Jens C. Brüning Max Planck Society
Carsten Bokemeyer
Carsten Bokemeyer Universität Hamburg
Takeshi Tokuhisa
Takeshi Tokuhisa Chiba University
Benno Müller-Hill
Benno Müller-Hill University of Cologne
Lothar Kanz
Lothar Kanz University of Tübingen
Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité
Vincent M. Christoffels
Vincent M. Christoffels University of Amsterdam
Heinz Schwarz
Heinz Schwarz Max Planck Society
James Briscoe
James Briscoe The Francis Crick Institute

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