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Molecular Biology
Sweden
2023

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
100
Citations
42989
World Ranking
527
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Urban Lendahl is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions in molecular biology and neurology.

Their work often addresses key topics such as:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and treatments
  • Developmental biology and gene regulation
  • Cancer cells and metastasis
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

Urban Lendahl has published extensively in notable venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Stem Cell Reports
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Nature

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Urban Lendahl include:

  • Identification, discrimination and heterogeneity of fibroblasts, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell analysis uncovers fibroblast heterogeneity and criteria for fibroblast and mural cell identification and discrimination, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches, 2022, Nature
  • Lack of Evidence of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Expression and Replicative Infection by SARS-CoV-2 in Human Endothelial Cells, 2021, Circulation
  • Regulation of Mammalian Mitochondrial Dynamics: Opportunities and Challenges, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Christer Betsholtz
  • Francesca Del Gaudio
  • Michael Vanlandewijck
  • Lars Muhl
  • Liqun He

Urban Lendahl's publications reflect a strong interdisciplinary approach, combining molecular techniques with clinical insights in medicine. Their work on fibroblast heterogeneity, macrophage subsets in the central nervous system, and mitochondrial dynamics demonstrates a focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms relevant to various diseases and developmental contexts.

Best Publications

  • CNS stem cells express a new class of intermediate filament protein.

    Urban Lendahl;Lyle B. Zimmerman;Ronald D.G. McKay

  • Identification of a Neural Stem Cell in the Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System

    Clas B. Johansson;Stefan Momma;Diana L. Clarke;Mårten Risling

  • Generalized potential of adult neural stem cells.

    Diana L. Clarke;Clas B. Johansson;Johannes Wilbertz;Biborka Veress

  • A molecular atlas of cell types and zonation in the brain vasculature

    Michael Vanlandewijck;Michael Vanlandewijck;Liqun He;Maarj A. Andaloussi Mäe;Johanna Andrae

  • Notch signalling controls pancreatic cell differentiation

    Åsa Apelqvist;Hao Li;Lukas Sommer;Paul Beatus

  • Hypoxia Requires Notch Signaling to Maintain the Undifferentiated Cell State

    Maria V. Gustafsson;Xiaowei Zheng;Teresa Pereira;Katarina Gradin

  • Notch signaling: simplicity in design, versatility in function

    Emma R. Andersson;Rickard Sandberg;Urban Lendahl

  • Notch signaling mediates hypoxia-induced tumor cell migration and invasion

    Cecilia Sahlgren;Maria V. Gustafsson;Shaobo Jin;Lorenz Poellinger

  • Notch Signaling in Development, Tissue Homeostasis, and Disease

    Chris Siebel;Urban Lendahl

  • Independent regulatory elements in the nestin gene direct transgene expression to neural stem cells or muscle precursors

    Lyle Zimmerman;Urban Lendahl;Miles Cunningham;Ron McKay

  • Nestin mRNA expression correlates with the central nervous system progenitor cell state in many, but not all, regions of developing central nervous system.

    Jonas Dahlstrand;Michael Lardelli;Urban Lendahl

  • Rapid, widespread, and longlasting induction of nestin contributes to the generation of glial scar tissue after CNS injury.

    J Frisén;C B Johansson;C Török;M Risling

  • Abnormal reaction to central nervous system injury in mice lacking glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin.

    Milos Pekny;Clas B. Johansson;Camilla Eliasson;Josefina Stakeberg

  • Therapeutic modulation of Notch signalling — are we there yet?

    Emma R. Andersson;Urban Lendahl

  • Constitutive activation of NF‐κB and T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma in Notch3 transgenic mice

    Diana Bellavia;Antonio F. Campese;Edoardo Alesse;Alessandra Vacca

  • The Notch intracellular domain is ubiquitinated and negatively regulated by the mammalian Sel-10 homolog.

    Camilla Öberg;Jinhe Li;Adele Pauley;Elisabeth Wolf

  • Expression of the class VI intermediate filament nestin in human central nervous system tumors.

    Dahlstrand J;Collins Vp;Lendahl U

  • Single-cell analysis uncovers fibroblast heterogeneity and criteria for fibroblast and mural cell identification and discrimination.

    Lars Muhl;Guillem Genové;Stefanos Leptidis;Jianping Liu

  • Cross-talk between the Notch and TGF-{beta} signaling pathways mediated by interaction of the Notch intracellular domain with Smad3

    Andries Blokzijl;Camilla Dahlqvist;Eva Reissmann;Anna Falk

  • The novel Notch homologue mouse Notch 3 lacks specific epidermal growth factor-repeats and is expressed in proliferating neuroepithelium

    Michael Lardelli;Jonas Dahlstrand;Urban Lendahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Jonas Frisén
Jonas Frisén Karolinska Institute
Thimios A. Mitsiadis
Thimios A. Mitsiadis University of Zurich
Lorenz Poellinger
Lorenz Poellinger Karolinska Institute
Ronald D. G. McKay
Ronald D. G. McKay Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Tamas Bartfai
Tamas Bartfai Stockholm University
Isabella Screpanti
Isabella Screpanti Sapienza University of Rome
John E. Eriksson
John E. Eriksson Åbo Akademi University
Rickard Sandberg
Rickard Sandberg Karolinska Institute
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute

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