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Wilbert C. Boelens

Wilbert C. Boelens

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
12804
World Ranking
15487
National Ranking
374

Overview

Wilbert C. Boelens is a researcher affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, complemented by contributions to Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, and Cancer Research.

The researcher's main topics of investigation include:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases

Boelens has contributed to multiple publications across various scientific journals. Recent notable papers include:

  • Autoantibodies to neutrophil extracellular traps represent a potential serological biomarker in rheumatoid arthritis, 2020, Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Structural aspects of the human small heat shock proteins related to their functional activities, 2020, Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • Low molecular weight silicones induce cell death in cultured cells, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Dynamics and Composition of Small Heat Shock Protein Condensates and Aggregates, 2023, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Dynamic localization of αB-crystallin at the microtubule cytoskeleton network in beating heart cells, 2020, The Journal of Biochemistry

Their work has appeared in several publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • The Journal of Biochemistry

In their collaborations, Boelens frequently works with coauthors such as Ger J.M. Pruijn, Joep Joosten, Bob van Sluijs, Wilma Vree Egberts, and Martin Emmaneel, with each having multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The HIV-1 Rev activation domain is a nuclear export signal that accesses an export pathway used by specific cellular RNAs.

    Utz Fischer;Jochen Huber;Wilbert C Boelens;Lain W Mattajt

  • Murine leukemia virus-induced T-cell lymphomagenesis: Integration of proviruses in a distinct chromosomal region

    H. Theo Cuypers;Gerard Selten;Wim Quint;Maarten Zijlstra

  • The human genome encodes 10 α-crystallin-related small heat shock proteins: HspB1-10

    Guido Kappé;Erik Franck;Pauline Verschuure;Wilbert C. Boelens

  • Nuclear export of different classes of RNA is mediated by specific factors

    Artur Jarmolowski;Wilbert C. Boelens;Elisa Izaurralde;Iain W. Mattaj

  • Identification of the RNA binding segment of human U1 A protein and definition of its binding site on U1 snRNA.

    D. Scherly;W. Boelens;W.J. van Venrooij;N.A. Dathan

  • NETosis, complement, and coagulation: a triangular relationship.

    Cynthia M de Bont;Wilbert C Boelens;Ger J M Pruijn

  • Crystal structures of alpha-crystallin domain dimers of alphaB-crystallin and Hsp20

    C. Bagneris;O.A. Bateman;C.E. Naylor;N. Cronin

  • Major determinants of the specificity of interaction between small nuclear ribonucleoproteins U1A and U2B'' and their cognate RNAs.

    D. Scherly;W. Boelens;N. A. Dathan;W. J. van Venrooij

  • Preventing thiol-yne addition improves the specificity of strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition

    Remon van Geel;Ger J M Pruijn;Floris L van Delft;Wilbert C Boelens

  • Specific association of small heat shock proteins with the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease brains.

    M M M Wilhelmus;I Otte-Höller;P Wesseling;R M W de Waal

  • The human U1A snRNP protein regulates polyadenylation via a direct interaction with poly(A) polymerase

    Samuel I. Gunderson;Katrin Beyer;Georges Martin;Water Keller

  • The human U1 snRNP-Specific U1A protein inhibits polyadenylation of its own pre-mRNA

    Wilbert C. Boelens;Eric J.R. Jansen;Walther J. van Venrooij;Renata Stripecke

  • The primary structure of the putative oncogene pim-1 shows extensive homology with protein kinases.

    Gerard Selten;H.Theo Cuypers;H.Theo Cuypers;H.Theo Cuypers;Wilbert Boelens;Els Robanus-Maandag

  • Small heat shock proteins inhibit amyloid-beta protein aggregation and cerebrovascular amyloid-beta protein toxicity.

    Micha M.M. Wilhelmus;Wilbert C. Boelens;Irene Otte-Höller;Bram Kamps

  • Autoantibodies to cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase 1A in inclusion body myositis

    Helma Pluk;Bas J. A. van Hoeve;Sander H. J. van Dooren;Judith Stammen-Vogelzangs

  • The Molecular Chaperone αB-crystallin Enhances Amyloid β Neurotoxicity

    G.J.J. Stege;K. Renkawek;P.S.G. Overkamp;P. Verschuure

  • Wrapping the α-crystallin domain fold in a chaperone assembly

    Robin Stamler;Guido Kappé;Wilbert Boelens;Christine Slingsby

  • The growing world of small heat shock proteins: from structure to functions

    Serena Carra;Simon Alberti;Patrick A. Arrigo;Patrick A. Arrigo;Justin L. Benesch

  • The Small Heat-shock Protein αB-Crystallin Promotes FBX4-dependent Ubiquitination

    John den Engelsman;Vivian Keijsers;Wilfried W. de Jong;Wilbert C. Boelens

  • Nup145p is required for nuclear export of mRNA and binds homopolymeric RNA in vitro via a novel conserved motif

    Emmanuelle Fabre;Wilbert C. Boelens;Christian Wimmer;Iain W. Mattaj

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilfried W. de Jong
Wilfried W. de Jong Radboud University
Ger J. M. Pruijn
Ger J. M. Pruijn Radboud University
Marcel M. Verbeek
Marcel M. Verbeek Radboud University
Iain W. Mattaj
Iain W. Mattaj Human Technopole
W. J. Van Venrooij
W. J. Van Venrooij Radboud University
Justin L. P. Benesch
Justin L. P. Benesch University of Oxford
Hans Bloemendal
Hans Bloemendal Radboud University
Heath Ecroyd
Heath Ecroyd University of Wollongong
Simon Alberti
Simon Alberti TU Dresden
Carol V. Robinson
Carol V. Robinson University of Oxford

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