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53
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8897
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16292
National Ranking
394

Overview

Wim J. van Blitterswijk is affiliated with the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in the Netherlands. Their work is situated within clinical and biomedical research environments connected to this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Ceramide: second messenger or modulator of membrane structure and dynamics?

    Wim J van Blitterswijk;Arnold H van der Luit;Robert Jan Veldman;Marcel Verheij

  • The human MDR3 P-glycoprotein promotes translocation of phosphatidylcholine through the plasma membrane of fibroblasts from transgenic mice

    Alexander J. Smith;Johanna L.P.M. Timmermans-Hereijgers;Ben Roelofsen;Karel W.A. Wirtz

  • Properties and functions of diacylglycerol kinases.

    Wim J van Blitterswijk;Brahim Houssa

  • Anti-cancer alkyl-lysophospholipids inhibit the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt/PKB survival pathway.

    Gerald A. Ruiter;Shuraila F. Zerp;Harry Bartelink;Wim J. Van Blitterswijk

  • Ordering of ceramide formation, caspase activation, and mitochondrial changes during CD95- and DNA damage–induced apoptosis

    Annemiek D. Tepper;Evert de Vries;Wim J. van Blitterswijk;Jannie Borst

  • Sphingomyelin Hydrolysis to Ceramide during the Execution Phase of Apoptosis Results from Phospholipid Scrambling and Alters Cell-Surface Morphology

    Annemiek D. Tepper;Paula Ruurs;Therese Wiedmer;Peter J. Sims

  • Accumulation of glycosphingolipids in niemann-pick C disease disrupts endosomal transport

    Danielle te Vruchte;Emyr Lloyd-Evans;Robert Jan Veldman;Robert Jan Veldman;David C.A. Neville

  • Alkyl-lysophospholipid Accumulates in Lipid Rafts and Induces Apoptosis via Raft-dependent Endocytosis and Inhibition of Phosphatidylcholine Synthesis

    Arnold H. van der Luit;Marianne Budde;Paula Ruurs;Marcel Verheij

  • Anticancer alkylphospholipids: mechanisms of action, cellular sensitivity and resistance, and clinical prospects.

    Wim J van Blitterswijk;Marcel Verheij

  • A new class of anticancer alkylphospholipids uses lipid rafts as membrane gateways to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells

    Arnold H. van der Luit;Stefan R. Vink;Jeffrey B. Klarenbeek;Daniel Perrissoud

  • Protein Kinase Cζ Is a Negative Regulator of Protein Kinase B Activity

    Robert P. Doornbos;Marga Theelen;Paul C.J. van der Hoeven;Wim J. van Blitterswijk

  • Anticancer mechanisms and clinical application of alkylphospholipids

    Wim J. van Blitterswijk;Marcel Verheij

  • CD95/Fas-induced ceramide formation proceeds with slow kinetics and is not blocked by caspase-3/CPP32 inhibition.

    Annemiek D. Tepper;Jeanine G. R. Boesen-de Cock;Evert de Vries;Jannie Borst

  • Common Regulation of Apoptosis Signaling Induced by CD95 and the DNA-damaging Stimuli Etoposide and γ-Radiation Downstream from Caspase-8 Activation

    Jeanine G.R. Boesen-de Cock;Annemiek D. Tepper;Evert de Vries;Wim J. van Blitterswijk

  • Cloning of a Novel Human Diacylglycerol Kinase (DGKθ) Containing Three Cysteine-rich Domains, a Proline-rich Region, and a Pleckstrin Homology Domain with an Overlapping Ras-associating Domain

    Brahim Houssa;Dick Schaap;José van der Wal;Kaoru Goto

  • Alkyl-lysophospholipids as anticancer agents and enhancers of radiation-induced apoptosis.

    Gerald A Ruiter;Marcel Verheij;Shuraila F Zerp;Wim J van Blitterswijk

  • CD95 (Fas/APO-1) Induces Ceramide Formation and Apoptosis in the Absence of a Functional Acid Sphingomyelinase

    Jeanine G.R. Boesen-de Cock;Annemiek D. Tepper;Evert de Vries;Wim J. van Blitterswijk

  • The biologically active phospholipid, lysophosphatidic acid, induces phosphatidylcholine breakdown in fibroblasts via activation of phospholipase D. Comparison with the response to endothelin

    R L van der Bend;J de Widt;E J van Corven;W H Moolenaar

  • Accumulation of an alkyl lysophospholipid in tumor cell membranes affects membrane fluidity and tumor cell invasion

    Wim J. van Blitterswijk;Henk Hilkmann;Guy A. Storme

  • Rationale and clinical application of alkylphospholipid analogues in combination with radiotherapy.

    Stefan R. Vink;Wim J. van Blitterswijk;Jan H.M. Schellens;Marcel Verheij

Frequent Co-Authors

Nullin Divecha
Nullin Divecha University of Southampton
Jannie Borst
Jannie Borst Leiden University Medical Center
Wouter H. Moolenaar
Wouter H. Moolenaar Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Jan H.M. Schellens
Jan H.M. Schellens Utrecht University
Alexander M.M. Eggermont
Alexander M.M. Eggermont Institut Gustave Roussy
Harry Bartelink
Harry Bartelink Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Jos Jonkers
Jos Jonkers Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Kees Jalink
Kees Jalink Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Ornella Parolini
Ornella Parolini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Federico Bussolino
Federico Bussolino University of Turin

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