Karin Wertz

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress(18), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes(12), Skin Protection and Aging(4), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress(4), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(4)

Publications37 total

Lycopene in the prevention of renal cell cancer in the TSC2 mutant Eker rat model
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·2015· 30 citedOpen Access
Enhanced autophagy plays a cardinal role in mitochondrial dysfunction in type 2 diabetic Goto–Kakizaki (GK) rats: ameliorating effects of (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2012· 112 cited
152 LYCOPENE IN THE PREVENTION OF RENAL CELL CANCER IN THE TSC2 MUTANT EKER RAT MODEL
The Journal of Urology·2012· 2 cited
Stimulation of GSH synthesis to prevent oxidative stress-induced apoptosis by hydroxytyrosol in human retinal pigment epithelial cells: activation of Nrf2 and JNK-p62/SQSTM1 pathways
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2011· 148 cited
Hydroxytyrosol Is the Major Anti-Inflammatory Compound in Aqueous Olive Extracts and Impairs Cytokine and Chemokine Production in Macrophages
Planta Medica·2011· 146 cited
Lycopene bioavailability and metabolism in humans: an accelerator mass spectrometry study
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·2011· 85 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial dynamic remodeling in strenuous exercise-induced muscle and mitochondrial dysfunction: Regulatory effects of hydroxytyrosol
Free Radical Biology and Medicine·2011· 110 cited
Hydroxytyrosol protects against oxidative damage by simultaneous activation of mitochondrial biogenesis and phase II detoxifying enzyme systems in retinal pigment epithelial cells
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2010· 163 cited
Angiogenesis in Balb/c mice under beta-carotene supplementation in diet
Genes & Nutrition·2009· 10 citedOpen Access
Lycopene Effects Contributing to Prostate Health
Nutrition and Cancer·2009· 52 cited
Targeting mitochondrial biogenesis for preventing and treating insulin resistance in diabetes and obesity: Hope from natural mitochondrial nutrients☆
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews·2009· 129 cited
Hydroxytyrosol promotes mitochondrial biogenesis and mitochondrial function in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2009· 179 cited
Identification of Distinct Topographical Surface Microstructures Favoring Either Undifferentiated Expansion or Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem Cells and Development·2009· 72 cited
Skin Photoprotection by Carotenoids
Birkhäuser Basel eBooks·2009· 14 cited
Transcriptomics does not show adverse effects of β-carotene in A/J mice exposed to smoke for 2 weeks
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·2007· 8 cited
β-Carotene and apocarotenals promote retinoid signaling in BEAS-2B human bronchioepithelial cells
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·2006· 10 cited
β-Carotene-Induced Changes in RARβ Isoform mRNA Expression Patterns Do Not Influence Lung Adenoma Multiplicity in the NNK-Initiated A/J Mouse Model
Nutrition and Cancer·2006· 6 cited
The chemotactic activity of beta-carotene in endothelial cell progenitors and human umbilical vein endothelial cells: A microarray analysis.
PubMed·2006· 4 citedOpen Access
β-Carotene interference with UVA-induced gene expression by multiple pathways
Pure and Applied Chemistry·2006· 5 citedOpen Access
The effect of β-carotene and its derivatives on cytotoxicity, differentiation, proliferative potential and apoptosis on the three human acute leukemia cell lines: U-937, HL-60 and TF-1
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease·2005· 26 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Regina Góralczyk(14), Georges Riss(8), Petra Buchwald Hunziker(7), Peter Weber(6), Nicole Seifert(6), Weili Shen(5), Zhihui Feng(5), Jiankang Liu(5), Willi Hunziker(5), Ernst‐Martin Füchtbauer(4), Bernhard G. Herrmann(4), Ulrich Siler(3), J. Hartwich(3), Anna Polus(3), A. Dembińska-Kieć(3), Gerd Schmitz(3), Heinrich Bachmann(3), Jiejie Hao(2), Xuesen Li(2), Edward Sharman(2)