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66
Citations
11094
World Ranking
8900
National Ranking
3954

Overview

W. Gibson Wood was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research contributions primarily spanned the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these fields, they focused on subfields including Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their scholarly work involved several main topics, highlighting areas such as Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling.

Among their recent publications was the paper titled "Effects of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone on Lipid Isoprenoid and Rho Protein Levels in Brains of Aged C57BL/6 Mice," published in 2020 in the journal NeuroMolecular Medicine.

Frequent coauthors in their research included:

  • Sarah Ötzkan
  • Wernér E.G. Müller
  • Gunter P. Eckert

Their work was published primarily in the venue NeuroMolecular Medicine.

This researcher's contributions to scientific literature reflected a focus on molecular mechanisms and neuropharmacological effects relevant to aging and cellular processes.

Best Publications

  • Membrane cholesterol dynamics: cholesterol domains and kinetic pools.

    Friedhelm Schroeder;John R. Jefferson;Ann B. Kier;James Knittel

  • Lipid Binding to Amyloid β-Peptide Aggregates: Preferential Binding of Cholesterol as Compared with Phosphatidylcholine and Fatty Acids

    Nicolai A. Avdulov;Svetlana V. Chochina;Urule Igbavboa;Christopher S. Warden

  • Chronic administration of statins alters multiple gene expression patterns in mouse cerebral cortex.

    Leslie N. Johnson-Anuna;Gunter P. Eckert;Jan H. Keller;Urule Igbavboa

  • Amyloid beta-protein interactions with membranes and cholesterol: causes or casualties of Alzheimer's disease.

    W. Gibson Wood;Gunter P. Eckert;Urule Igbavboa;Walter E. Müller

  • Increasing Age Alters Transbilayer Fluidity and Cholesterol Asymmetry in Synaptic Plasma Membranes of Mice

    Urule Igbavboa;Nicolai A. Avdulov;Friedhelm Schroeder;W. Gibson Wood

  • Chrysophanol induces necrosis through the production of ROS and alteration of ATP levels in J5 human liver cancer cells

    Chi Cheng Lu;Jai Sing Yang;An Cheng Huang;Te Chun Hsia

  • Cholesterol as a causative factor in Alzheimer's disease: a debatable hypothesis.

    W. Gibson Wood;Ling Li;Walter E. Müller;Gunter P. Eckert

  • Brain membrane cholesterol domains, aging and amyloid beta-peptides.

    W.Gibson Wood;Friedhelm Schroeder;Urule Igbavboa;Nicolai A Avdulov

  • DNA damage and endoplasmic reticulum stress mediated curcumin-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human lung carcinoma A-549 cells through the activation caspases cascade- and mitochondrial-dependent pathway

    Song Shei Lin;Hsuan Pang Huang;Jai Sing Yang;Jeng Yuan Wu

  • Berberine suppresses in vitro migration and invasion of human SCC-4 tongue squamous cancer cells through the inhibitions of FAK, IKK, NF-κB, u-PA and MMP-2 and -9

    Yung Tsuan Ho;Jai Sing Yang;Tsai Chung Li;Jen Jyh Lin

  • RECENT ADVANCES IN MEMBRANE CHOLESTEROL DOMAIN DYNAMICS AND INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRAFFICKING

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Andrey A. Frolov;Eric J. Murphy;Barbara P. Atshaves

  • Distribution and Fluidizing Action of Soluble and Aggregated Amyloid β-Peptide in Rat Synaptic Plasma Membranes

    R. Preston Mason;Robert F. Jacob;Mary F. Walter;Pamela E. Mason

  • Transmembrane distribution of sterol in the human erythrocyte.

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Gyorgy Nemecz;W. Gibson Wood;Clinton Joiner

  • Berberine induced apoptosis via promoting the expression of caspase-8, -9 and -3, apoptosis-inducing factor and endonuclease G in SCC-4 human tongue squamous carcinoma cancer cells

    Yung Tsuan Ho;Chi Cheng Lu;Jai Sing Yang;Jo Hua Chiang

  • RECENT ADVANCES IN BRAIN CHOLESTEROL DYNAMICS : TRANSPORT, DOMAINS, AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    W. Gibson Wood;W. Gibson Wood;Friedhelm Schroeder;Nicolai A. Avdulov;Nicolai A. Avdulov;Svetlana V. Chochina;Svetlana V. Chochina

  • Cholesterol domains in biological membranes.

    Friedhelm Schroeder;Judith K. Woodford;Juraj Kavecansky;W. Gibson Wood

  • Rutin inhibits human leukemia tumor growth in a murine xenograft model in vivo.

    Jing Pin Lin;Jai Sing Yang;Jen Jyh Lin;Kuang Chi Lai

  • Prostaglandin E2 production in astrocytes: regulation by cytokines, extracellular ATP, and oxidative agents

    J Xu;M Chalimoniuk;M Chalimoniuk;Y Shu;A Simonyi

  • Benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) induces G2/M phase arrest and apoptosis in human melanoma A375.S2 cells through reactive oxygen species (ROS) and both mitochondria-dependent and death receptor-mediated multiple signaling pathways.

    Su Hua Huang;Liu Wei Wu;An Cheng Huang;Chien Chih Yu

  • Phospholipase A2 in astrocytes: responses to oxidative stress, inflammation, and G protein-coupled receptor agonists.

    Grace Y. Sun;Jianfeng Xu;Michael D. Jensen;Sue Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter E. Müller
Walter E. Müller Goethe University Frankfurt
Friedhelm Schroeder
Friedhelm Schroeder Texas A&M University
Jai Sing Yang
Jai Sing Yang China Medical University
Grace Y. Sun
Grace Y. Sun University of Missouri
Jing Gung Chung
Jing Gung Chung China Medical University
Gary A. Weisman
Gary A. Weisman University of Missouri
Agnes Simonyi
Agnes Simonyi University of Missouri
Ann B. Kier
Ann B. Kier Texas A&M University
Arlan Richardson
Arlan Richardson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Sheng-Chu Kuo
Sheng-Chu Kuo China Medical University

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