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Waldemar Kolanus

Waldemar Kolanus

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
11658
World Ranking
16560
National Ranking
1154

Overview

Waldemar Kolanus is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields and topics, with a focused interest in molecular biology, immunology, cancer research, and cell biology.

Their recent publications include studies in notable scientific journals, such as:

  • Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Maintaining proteostasis under mechanical stress, 2021, EMBO Reports
  • NCX1 represents an ionic Na+ sensing mechanism in macrophages, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • TRIM71 Deficiency Causes Germ Cell Loss During Mouse Embryogenesis and Is Associated With Human Male Infertility, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Multiple centrosomes enhance migration and immune cell effector functions of mature dendritic cells, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bettina Jux
  • Elvira Mass
  • Lucia Torres Fernández
  • Joachim L. Schultze
  • Thomas Quast

The scientist has published predominantly in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EMBO Reports
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nature Neuroscience

Their main fields of study cover:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields in which the researcher is active include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Biology
  • Sensory Systems

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, such as:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA regulation and disease

Best Publications

  • Ultraviolet-radiation-induced inflammation promotes angiotropism and metastasis in melanoma

    Tobias Bald;Thomas Quast;Jennifer Landsberg;Meri Rogava

  • Lymphocyte arrest requires instantaneous induction of an extended LFA-1 conformation mediated by endothelium-bound chemokines.

    Revital Shamri;Valentin Grabovsky;Jean-Marc Gauguet;Sara Feigelson

  • αLβ2 Integrin/LFA-1 Binding to ICAM-1 Induced by Cytohesin-1, a Cytoplasmic Regulatory Molecule

    Waldemar Kolanus;Wolfgang Nagel;Britta Schiller;Lutz Zeitlmann

  • FAN, a Novel WD-Repeat Protein, Couples the p55 TNF-Receptor to Neutral Sphingomyelinase

    Sabine Adam-Klages;Dieter Adam;Katja Wiegmann;Sandra Struve

  • CD62/P-selectin recognition of myeloid and tumor cell sulfatides.

    Alejandro Aruffo;Alejandro Aruffo;Waldemar Kolanus;Gerd Walz;Pam Fredman

  • The nuclear receptor PPAR gamma selectively inhibits Th17 differentiation in a T cell-intrinsic fashion and suppresses CNS autoimmunity.

    Luisa Klotz;Sven Burgdorf;Indra Dani;Kaoru Saijo

  • Induction of Fas ligand expression by HIV involves the interaction of Nef with the T cell receptor zeta chain.

    Xiao-Ning Xu;Bernd Laffert;Gavin R. Screaton;Michael Kraft

  • CD8+ T Cells Orchestrate pDC-XCR1+ Dendritic Cell Spatial and Functional Cooperativity to Optimize Priming.

    Anna Brewitz;Sarah Eickhoff;Sabrina Dähling;Thomas Quast

  • Inhibition of cytohesins by SecinH3 leads to hepatic insulin resistance

    Markus Hafner;Anton Schmitz;Imke Grüne;Seergazhi G. Srivatsan

  • Cellular mechanotransduction relies on tension-induced and chaperone-assisted autophagy.

    Anna Ulbricht;Felix J. Eppler;Victor E. Tapia;Peter F.M. van der Ven

  • Alternative cross-priming through CCL17-CCR4-mediated attraction of CTLs toward NKT cell-licensed DCs.

    Verena Semmling;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek;Christoph A Thaiss;Thomas Quast

  • Crosstalk between Sentinel and Helper Macrophages Permits Neutrophil Migration into Infected Uroepithelium

    Marzena Schiwon;Christina Weisheit;Lars Franken;Sebastian Gutweiler

  • Repression of the genome organizer SATB1 in regulatory T cells is required for suppressive function and inhibition of effector differentiation

    Marc Beyer;Yasser Thabet;Roman Ulrich Müller;Timothy Sadlon

  • Signaling by Human Herpesvirus 8 kaposin A through Direct Membrane Recruitment of cytohesin-1

    Stefanie Kliche;Wolfgang Nagel;Elisabeth Kremmer;Christine Atzler

  • A spectrum of biophysical interaction modes between T cells and different antigen-presenting cells during priming in 3-D collagen and in vivo

    Matthias Gunzer;Carsten Weishaupt;Anja Hillmer;Yasmin Basoglu

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma control of dendritic cell function contributes to development of CD4+ T cell anergy.

    Luisa Klotz;Indra Dani;Frank Edenhofer;Lars Nolden

  • CYTOPLASMIC RNA MODULATORS OF AN INSIDE-OUT SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION CASCADE

    Michael Blind;Waldemar Kolanus;Michael Famulok

  • Dendritic cells take up viral antigens but do not support the early steps of hepatitis B virus infection.

    Andreas Untergasser;Uta Zedler;Anja Langenkamp;Marianna Hösel

  • Cellular Differentiation of Human Monocytes Is Regulated by Time-Dependent Interleukin-4 Signaling and the Transcriptional Regulator NCOR2

    Jil Sander;Susanne V. Schmidt;Branko Cirovic;Naomi McGovern;Naomi McGovern

  • MAPK Signaling and Inflammation Link Melanoma Phenotype Switching to Induction of CD73 during Immunotherapy

    Julia Reinhardt;Jennifer Landsberg;Jennifer Landsberg;Jonathan L. Schmid-Burgk;Bartomeu Bibiloni Ramis

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim L. Schultze
Joachim L. Schultze University of Bonn
Percy A. Knolle
Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich
Christian Kurts
Christian Kurts University of Bonn
Irmgard Förster
Irmgard Förster University of Bonn
Thomas Tüting
Thomas Tüting Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Michael Famulok
Michael Famulok University of Bonn
Hubert Schorle
Hubert Schorle University Hospital Bonn
Elisabeth Kremmer
Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society
Eicke Latz
Eicke Latz German Rheumatism Research Centre
Gernot Glöckner
Gernot Glöckner University of Cologne

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