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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

William S. Sly is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The work covers topics that include enzyme function and inhibition, neurobiology, lysosomal storage disorders, and biochemical acid research.

Their frequent coauthors include Ashok Aspatwar, Abdül Waheed, Seppo Parkkila, Martti Tolvanen, and Harlan Barker. Collaborations with Ashok Aspatwar, Abdül Waheed, and Seppo Parkkila are particularly notable, each occurring multiple times in their publication history.

William S. Sly publishes in journals such as Physiological Reviews, The Journal of Physiology, and Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. These venues reflect a focus on physiological, biochemical, and molecular genetic aspects of their scientific inquiries.

Key recent publications include:

  • Carbonic anhydrases in metazoan model organisms: molecules, mechanisms, and physiology (2022) in Physiological Reviews
  • Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase VA and VB: properties and roles in health and disease (2022) in The Journal of Physiology
  • Vestronidase alfa: Recombinant human β-glucuronidase as an enzyme replacement therapy for MPS VII (2020) in Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

The main fields of study registered in their work are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

The subfields of study cover diverse areas such as molecular biology, pharmacology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, and biochemistry.

Their research encompasses a variety of scientific topics, including:

  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Aldose reductase and taurine
  • Biochemical acid research studies
  • Lysosomal storage disorders research
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications

William S. Sly has been recognized with awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994 and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1989.

Best Publications

  • Human Carbonic Anhydrases and Carbonic Anhydrase Deficiencies

    William S. Sly;Peiyi Y. Hu

  • Carbonic anhydrase II deficiency identified as the primary defect in the autosomal recessive syndrome of osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis and cerebral calcification

    William S. Sly;David Hewett-Emmett;Michael P. Whyte;Ya-Shiou L. Yu

  • Expression of Hypoxia-Inducible Cell-Surface Transmembrane Carbonic Anhydrases in Human Cancer

    Sergey Ivanov;Shu-Yuan Liao;Alla Ivanova;Alla Danilkovitch-Miagkova

  • Phosphohexosyl components of a lysosomal enzyme are recognized by pinocytosis receptors on human fibroblasts

    Arnold Kaplan;Daniel T. Achord;William S. Sly

  • Beta glucuronidase deficiency: report of clinical, radiologic, and biochemical features of a new mucopolysaccharidosis.

    William S. Sly;Barbara A. Quinton;William H. McAlister;David L. Rimoin

  • The Hemochromatosis Founder Mutation in HLA-H Disrupts β2-Microglobulin Interaction and Cell Surface Expression

    John N. Feder;Zenta Tsuchihashi;Alivelu Irrinki;Vincent K. Lee

  • HFE gene knockout produces mouse model of hereditary hemochromatosis

    Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu;Robert E. Fleming;Seppo Parkkila

  • Hereditary hemochromatosis: Effects of C282Y and H63D mutations on association with β2-microglobulin, intracellular processing, and cell surface expression of the HFE protein in COS-7 cells

    Abdul Waheed;Seppo Parkkila;Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu

  • Human carbonic anhydrase XII: cDNA cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization of a carbonic anhydrase gene that is overexpressed in some renal cell cancers

    Özlem Türeci;Ugur Sahin;Evi Vollmar;Stefan Siemer

  • Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor Expression and Function in Human Breast Cancer

    Kevin J. Cullen;Douglas Yee;William S. Sly;James Perdue

  • Association of the transferrin receptor in human placenta with HFE, the protein defective in hereditary hemochromatosis

    Seppo Parkkila;Abdul Waheed;Robert S. Britton;Bruce R. Bacon

  • Carbonic Anhydrase II Deficiency in 12 Families with the Autosomal Recessive Syndrome of Osteopetrosis with Renal Tubular Acidosis and Cerebral Calcification

    Sly Ws;Whyte Mp;Sundaram;Tashian Re

  • Hepcidin: a putative iron-regulatory hormone relevant to hereditary hemochromatosis and the anemia of chronic disease.

    Robert E. Fleming;William S. Sly

  • Transferrin receptor 2: Continued expression in mouse liver in the face of iron overload and in hereditary hemochromatosis

    Robert E. Fleming;Mary C. Migas;Christopher C. Holden;Abdul Waheed

  • Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor suppresses invasion of renal cancer cells in vitro.

    Seppo Parkkila;Hannu Rajaniemi;Anna-Kaisa Parkkila;Jyrki Kivelä

  • Decreased liver hepcidin expression in the Hfe knockout mouse.

    Kaashif A. Ahmad;John R. Ahmann;Mary C. Migas;Abdul Waheed

  • The human cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor. Cloning and sequence of the full-length cDNA and expression of functional receptor in COS cells.

    A Oshima;C M Nolan;J W Kyle;J H Grubb

  • Mechanism of increased iron absorption in murine model of hereditary hemochromatosis: Increased duodenal expression of the iron transporter DMT1

    Robert E. Fleming;Mary C. Migas;Xiao Yan Zhou;Jinxing Jiang

  • Hereditary hemochromatosis: Effects of C282Y and H63D mutations on association with b2-microglobulin, intracellular processing, and cell surface expression of the HFE protein in COS-7 cells (degradationyGolgi processingyintracellular transportyironymajor histocompatibility complex class I protein)

    Abdul Waheed;Seppo Parkkila;Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu

  • HFE gene knockout produces mouse model of hereditary hemochromatosis (major histocompatibility complex class I proteinyironyliverygene targeting)

    Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu;Robert E. Fleming;S Eppo Parkkila

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul Waheed
Abdul Waheed Saint Louis University
Jeffrey H. Grubb
Jeffrey H. Grubb Saint Louis University
Seppo Parkkila
Seppo Parkkila Tampere University
Shunji Tomatsu
Shunji Tomatsu Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Anna-Kaisa Parkkila
Anna-Kaisa Parkkila University of Oulu
Tadao Orii
Tadao Orii Gifu University
Bruce R. Bacon
Bruce R. Bacon Saint Louis University
Jaromir Pastorek
Jaromir Pastorek Slovak Academy of Sciences
Hannu Rajaniemi
Hannu Rajaniemi University of Oulu
Silvia Pastorekova
Silvia Pastorekova Slovak Academy of Sciences

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