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Johanna M. Brandner

Researcher at University of Hamburg

Publications -  96
Citations -  6004

Johanna M. Brandner is an academic researcher from University of Hamburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tight junction & Claudin. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 94 publications receiving 5163 citations. Previous affiliations of Johanna M. Brandner include Eppendorf (Germany).

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The skin: an indispensable barrier

TL;DR: Changes in epidermal differentiation and lipid composition lead to a disturbed skin barrier, which allows the entry of environmental allergens, immunological reaction and inflammation in atopic dermatitis.
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Organization and formation of the tight junction system in human epidermis and cultured keratinocytes.

TL;DR: The epidermis contains in the stratum granulosum a continuous zonula Occludens-equivalent structure with typical TJ morphology and molecular composition, characterized by colocalization of occludin, claudins and TJ plaque proteins.
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Tight junctions and compositionally related junctional structures in mammalian stratified epithelia and cell cultures derived therefrom

TL;DR: An unexpected diversity of TJ-related structures is found of which only those showing colocalization with the most restricted transmembrane TJ marker protein, occludin, are presented here.
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Up-regulated expression of zonula occludens protein-1 in human melanoma associates with N-cadherin and contributes to invasion and adhesion.

TL;DR: Data provide the first evidence that increased ZO-1 expression in melanoma contributes to the oncogenic behavior of this tumor and further illustrate that protein products of genes can function in either a pro- or anti-oncogenic manner when expressed in different cellular contexts.