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Wim Annaert

Wim Annaert

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
22336
World Ranking
8981
National Ranking
160

Overview

Wim Annaert is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research focus that spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work predominantly lies within physiology, molecular biology, and cell biology, reflecting a broad engagement with biological systems at both molecular and cellular levels. Neurology and epidemiology also form meaningful parts of their research portfolio.

Their recent publications include a range of studies published in notable journals. Among these:

  • ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export, 2020, Nature
  • A TCF4-dependent gene regulatory network confers resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma, 2024, Cell
  • BNIP3 promotes HIF-1α-driven melanoma growth by curbing intracellular iron homeostasis, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • ATP13A3 is a major component of the enigmatic mammalian polyamine transport system, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The role of Bcl-2 proteins in modulating neuronal Ca2+ signaling in health and in Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

The scientist's research emphasis includes cellular transport and secretion, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, autophagy in disease and therapy, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research. Other specialized topics include calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, lysosomal storage disorders research, as well as endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Wim Annaert frequently publishes in various academic venues, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature

Collaborations play a significant role in Annaert's scientific output. Some of the frequent co-authors contributing to their publications are:

  • Ragna Sannerud
  • Zoë P. Van Acker
  • Marine Bretou
  • Johannes V. Swinnen
  • Anika Perdok

Best Publications

  • A presenilin-1-dependent gamma-secretase-like protease mediates release of Notch intracellular domain.

    Bart De Strooper;Wim Annaert;Philippe Cupers;Paul Saftig

  • Deficiency of presenilin-1 inhibits the normal cleavage of amyloid precursor protein

    Bart De Strooper;Paul Saftig;Paul Saftig;Katleen Craessaerts;Hugo Vanderstichele

  • The disintegrin/metalloprotease ADAM 10 is essential for Notch signalling but not for alpha-secretase activity in fibroblasts.

    Dieter Hartmann;Bart De Strooper;Lutgarde Serneels;Kathleen Craessaerts

  • Mitochondrial Rhomboid PARL Regulates Cytochrome c Release during Apoptosis via OPA1-Dependent Cristae Remodeling

    Sara Cipolat;Tomasz Rudka;Dieter Hartmann;Veronica Costa

  • A novel pathway combining calreticulin exposure and ATP secretion in immunogenic cancer cell death.

    Abhishek D Garg;Dmitri V Krysko;Tom Verfaillie;Agnieszka Kaczmarek

  • Presenilin 2 deficiency causes a mild pulmonary phenotype and no changes in amyloid precursor protein processing but enhances the embryonic lethal phenotype of presenilin 1 deficiency

    An Herreman;Dieter Hartmann;Wim Annaert;Paul Saftig

  • Total inactivation of gamma-secretase activity in presenilin-deficient embryonic stem cells.

    An Herreman;Lutgarde Serneels;Wim Annaert;Desiré Collen

  • Presenilin 1 controls gamma-secretase processing of amyloid precursor protein in pre-golgi compartments of hippocampal neurons.

    Wim G. Annaert;Lyne Levesque;Kathleen Craessaerts;Inge Dierinck

  • Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2.

    Uwe Kornak;Ellen Reynders;Aikaterini Dimopoulou;Jeroen Van Reeuwijk

  • Tumor Vessel Normalization by Chloroquine Independent of Autophagy

    Hannelore Maes;Anna Kuchnio;Aleksandar Peric;Stijn Moens

  • A cell biological perspective on Alzheimer's disease.

    Wim Annaert;Bart De Strooper

  • The amyloid precursor protein (APP)-cytoplasmic fragment generated by gamma-secretase is rapidly degraded but distributes partially in a nuclear fraction of neurones in culture.

    Philippe Cupers;Isabelle Orlans;Katleen Craessaerts;Wim Annaert

  • Restricted Location of PSEN2/γ-Secretase Determines Substrate Specificity and Generates an Intracellular Aβ Pool

    Ragna Sannerud;Cary Esselens;Paulina Ejsmont;Rafael Mattera

  • Novel Research Horizons for Presenilins and γ-Secretases in Cell Biology and Disease

    Bart De Strooper;Wim Annaert

  • Pathogenic APP mutations near the γ-secretase cleavage site differentially affect Aβ secretion and APP C-terminal fragment stability

    Chris De Jonghe;Cary Esselens;Samir Kumar-Singh;Katleen Craessaerts

  • ADP ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6) controls amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing by mediating the endosomal sorting of BACE1.

    Ragna Sannerud;Ilse Declerck;Aleksandar Peric;Tim Raemaekers

  • NuSAP, a novel microtubule-associated protein involved in mitotic spindle organization

    Tim Raemaekers;Katharina Ribbeck;Joël Beaudouin;Wim Annaert

  • Processing of β-Secretase by Furin and Other Members of the Proprotein Convertase Family

    John W.M. Creemers;Diana Ines Dominguez;Evelyn Plets;Lutgarde Serneels

  • ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export

    Sarah van Veen;Shaun Martin;Chris Van den Haute;Veronick Benoy

  • gamma-Secretase activity requires the presenilin-dependent trafficking of nicastrin through the Golgi apparatus but not its complex glycosylation.

    An Herreman;Geert Van Gassen;Mustapha Bentahir;Omar Nyabi

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