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Wolfgang Patsch is affiliated with Paracelsus Medical University in Austria. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions to medicine. Within these broad categories, their work focuses on molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, immunology, organic chemistry, and physiology.

The scientist's research explores multiple topics including:

  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Galectins and cancer biology
  • Carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • RNA research and splicing

Among Wolfgang Patsch's recent publications are:

  • "O-GlcNAcylation Suppresses the Ion Current IClswell by Preventing the Binding of the Protein ICln to α-Integrin," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "A TOMM40/APOE allele encoding APOE-E3 predicts high likelihood of late-onset Alzheimer's disease in autopsy cases," published in 2020 in Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine
  • "Selective Activation of CNS and Reference PPARGC1A Promoters Is Associated with Distinct Gene Programs Relevant for Neurodegenerative Diseases," published in 2021 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Apolipoprotein E polymorphism influences postprandial retinyl palmitate but not triglyceride concentrations," published in 2020 in UNC Libraries

Wolfgang Patsch has collaborated frequently with several scientists, including Emanuele Bernardinelli, Markus Paulmichl, Silvia Dossena, Selma M. Soyal, and Markus Kwik. This network of coauthors indicates engagement with interdisciplinary research efforts.

Publication venues for the scientist's work include:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Relation of triglyceride metabolism and coronary artery disease. Studies in the postprandial state.

    J R Patsch;G Miesenböck;T Hopferwieser;V Mühlberger

  • Coronary Heart Disease Prediction From Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels, Triglycerides, Lipoprotein(a), Apolipoproteins A-I and B, and HDL Density Subfractions The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

    A.R. Sharrett;C.M. Ballantyne;S.A. Coady;G. Heiss

  • Association of Hormone-Replacement Therapy with Various Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women

    Azmi A. Nabulsi;Aaron R. Folsom;Alice White;Wolfgang Patsch

  • High density lipoprotein2. Relationship of the plasma levels of this lipoprotein species to its composition, to the magnitude of postprandial lipemia, and to the activities of lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase.

    J. R. Patsch;S. Prasad;Antonio Gotto;W. Patsch

  • A common polymorphism in the promoter of UCP2 is associated with decreased risk of obesity in middle-aged humans.

    Harald Esterbauer;Clemens Schneitler;Hannes Oberkofler;Christoph Ebenbichler

  • TCF7L2 is reproducibly associated with type 2 diabetes in various ethnic groups: a global meta-analysis.

    Stéphane Cauchi;Younes El Achhab;Hélène Choquet;Christian Dina

  • Variants of ENPP1 are associated with childhood and adult obesity and increase the risk of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes

    David Meyre;David Meyre;Nabila Bouatia-Naji;Agnès Tounian;Chantal Samson

  • Potential Role of Regulatory T Cells in Reversing Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance and Diabetic Nephropathy

    Kathrin Eller;Alexander Kirsch;Anna M. Wolf;Sieghart Sopper

  • Effects of cyclosporine therapy on plasma lipoprotein levels.

    Christie M. Ballantyne;Ethan J. Podet;Wolfgang P. Patsch;Yadollah Harati;Yadollah Harati

  • Relationship of plasma lipoprotein Lp(a) levels to race and to apolipoprotein B

    J. R. Guyton;G. H. Dahlen;W. Patsch;J. A. Kautz

  • Effects of dietary cholesterol and fatty acids on plasma lipoproteins.

    Gustav Schonfeld;Wolfgang Patsch;Lawrence L. Rudel;Charles Nelson

  • Heme Oxygenase-1 Drives Metaflammation and Insulin Resistance in Mouse and Man

    Alexander Jais;Elisa Einwallner;Omar Sharif;Omar Sharif;Klaus Gossens

  • Associations of lipoprotein cholesterols, apolipoproteins A-I and B, and triglycerides with carotid atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

    A R Sharrett;W Patsch;P D Sorlie;G Heiss

  • Human peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 (PPARGC1) gene: cDNA sequence, genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and tissue expression.

    Harald Esterbauer;Hannes Oberkofler;Franz Krempler;Wolfgang Patsch

  • A single nucleotide polymorphism in the coding region of PGC-1α is a male-specific modifier of Huntington disease age-at-onset in a large European cohort

    Patrick Weydt;Selma M Soyal;G Bernhard Landwehrmeyer;Wolfgang Patsch

  • Polymorphic forms of human apolipoprotein[a]: inheritance and relationship of their molecular weights to plasma levels of lipoprotein[a].

    JW Gaubatz;KI Ghanem;Jr J Guevara;ML Nava

  • Plasma lipid, lipoprotein cholesterol, and apoprotein distributions in selected US communities. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

    S A Brown;R Hutchinson;J Morrisett;E Boerwinkle

  • Characterization of human high density lipoproteins by zonal ultracentrifugation.

    W. Patsch;G. Schonfeld;Antonio Gotto;J. R. Patsch

  • Uncoupling protein gene: quantification of expression levels in adipose tissues of obese and non-obese humans.

    H Oberkofler;G Dallinger;Y M Liu;E Hell

  • A role for low hepatic copper concentrations in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease.

    Elmar Aigner;Michael Strasser;Heike Haufe;Thomas Sonnweber

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio M. Gotto
Antonio M. Gotto Cornell University
Gustav Schonfeld
Gustav Schonfeld Washington University in St. Louis
Harald Esterbauer
Harald Esterbauer Medical University of Vienna
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Gerardo Heiss
Gerardo Heiss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
David Meyre
David Meyre University of Lorraine
Paul D. Sorlie
Paul D. Sorlie National Institutes of Health
Jochen Zwerina
Jochen Zwerina University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota

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