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Wilfried Merlevede

Wilfried Merlevede

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
10188
World Ranking
11597
National Ranking
212

Overview

Wilfried Merlevede is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their academic work includes contributions across various research topics, though specific recent publications, co-authors, and publication venues are not listed.

Details regarding Merlevede's fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research have not been specified, indicating that public records or accessible databases do not currently provide this information.

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The scientist is currently living, and further information about their ongoing research activities or academic roles at KU Leuven is not detailed in the source data.

Best Publications

  • Hypericin in cancer treatment: more light on the way.

    Patrizia Agostinis;Annelies Vantieghem;Wilfried Merlevede;Peter A.M. de Witte

  • alpha- and beta-forms of the 65-kDa subunit of protein phosphatase 2A have a similar 39 amino acid repeating structure.

    Hemmings Ba;Adams-Pearson C;Maurer F;Müller P

  • The activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways protects HeLa cells from apoptosis following photodynamic therapy with hypericin.

    Zerihun Assefa;Annelies Vantieghem;Wim Declercq;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Structure of the 55-kDa regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A: evidence for a neuronal-specific isoform

    Regina E. Mayer;Peter Hendrix;Peter Cron;Renate Matthies

  • ATP x Mg-dependent protein phosphatase from rabbit skeletal muscle. II. Purification of the activating factor and its characterization as a bifunctional protein also displaying synthase kinase activity.

    Jackie Vandenheede;Shiaw-Der Yang;Jozef Goris;Wilfried Merlevede

  • The MgATP-Dependent Protein Phosphatase and Protein Phosphatase 1 Have Identical Substrate Specificities

    Alexander A. Stewart;Brian A. Hemmings;Philip Cohen;Jozef Goris

  • ATP x Mg-dependent protein phosphatase from rabbit skeletal muscle. I. Purification of the enzyme and its regulation by the interaction with an activating protein factor.

    Shiaw-Der Yang;Jackie Vandenheede;Jozef Goris;Wilfried Merlevede

  • Okadaic acid, a specific protein phosphatase inhibitor, induces maturation and MPF formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes.

    Jozef Goris;Jacques Hermann;Peter Hendrix;René Ozon

  • p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates a novel, caspase-independent pathway for the mitochondrial cytochrome c release in ultraviolet B radiation-induced apoptosis.

    Zerihun Assefa;Annelies Vantieghem;Marjan Garmyn;Wim Declercq

  • Differential stimulation of ERK and JNK activities by ultraviolet B irradiation and epidermal growth factor in human keratinocytes.

    Zerihun Assefa;Maryan Garmyn;Roger Bouillon;Wilfried Merlevede

  • Purification of porcine brain protein phosphatase 2A leucine carboxyl methyltransferase and cloning of the human homologue.

    De Baere I;Derua R;Janssens;Van Hoof C

  • Structure and expression of a 72-kDa regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A. Evidence for different size forms produced by alternative splicing.

    Peter Hendrix;R E Mayer-Jackel;P Cron;Jozef Goris

  • Dephosphorylation of tau protein and Alzheimer paired helical filaments by calcineurin and phosphatase-2A

    G Drewes;E M Mandelkow;K Baumann;Jozef Goris

  • Hypericin-induced photosensitization of HeLa cells leads to apoptosis or necrosis Involvement of cytochrome c and procaspase-3 activation in the mechanism of apoptosis

    Annelies Vantieghem;Zerihun Assefa;Peter Vandenabeele;Wim Declercq

  • Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 in G2/M phase-arrested cells following photodynamic therapy with hypericin involves a CDK1-mediated signal and delays the onset of apoptosis

    Annelies Vantieghem;Yan Xu;Zerihun Assefa;Jacques Piette

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor measured in platelet poor plasma allows optimal separation between cancer patients and volunteers: A key to study an angiogenic marker in vivo?

    Wim Wynendaele;Rita Derua;Marc Hoylaerts;A Pawinski

  • A simplified procedure for the purification of the protein phosphatase modulator (inhibitor-2) from rabbit skeletal muscle

    Shiaw-Der Yang;Jackie R. Vandenheede;Wilfried Merlevede

  • Initial reactions in the metabolism of D- and L-glyceraldehyde by rat liver.

    Bernard R. Landau;Wilfried Merlevede;Hollis R. Williams

  • Fluorescence detection of flat bladder carcinoma in situ after intravesical instillation of hypericin.

    Marie-Ange D’Hallewin;Peter A. De Witte;Etienne Waelkens;Wilfried Merlevede

  • On the mechanism of activation of the ATP X Mg(II)-dependent phosphoprotein phosphatase by kinase FA.

    S Jurgensen;E Shacter;C Y Huang;P B Chock

Frequent Co-Authors

Jozef Goris
Jozef Goris KU Leuven
Lorenzo A. Pinna
Lorenzo A. Pinna University of Padua
Brian A. Hemmings
Brian A. Hemmings Friedrich Miescher Institute
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Wim Declercq
Wim Declercq Ghent University
Peter J. Parker
Peter J. Parker The Francis Crick Institute

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