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Óttar Rolfsson - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Óttar Rolfsson
Íslenska
Professor
of Biochemistry and Systems Biology
Location
Sturlugata 8
Phone
525 - 5854
Email
ottarr [at] hi.is
Unit
Biochemistry
Website
https://systemsbiology.hi.is/the-rolfsson-laboratory/
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-6057
Research portal – Óttar Rolfsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
LÆK408G - Molecular Life Sciences B
LÆK310G - Molecular Life Sciences
LÆK410G - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B
Education
2009
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Leeds
,
PhD from the Astbury Center of Structural Molecular Biology
2005
,
Meistarapróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Organic Synthesis
2001
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Biochemistry
Published works
2024
Temperature Dependence of Platelet Metabolism
Metabolites
LASSO regression shows histidine and sphingosine 1 phosphate are linked to both sepsis mortality and endothelial damage
European Journal of Medical Research
ATG7(2) Interacts With Metabolic Proteins and Regulates Central Energy Metabolism
Traffic
2023
Endothelial Cell Phenotypes Demonstrate Different Metabolic Patterns and Predict Mortality in Trauma Patients
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Fish Skin Grafts Affect Adenosine and Methionine Metabolism during Burn Wound Healing
Antioxidants
2022
Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase 2 (GFPT2) Is Upregulated in Breast Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Responds to Oxidative Stress
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
The Anti-Proliferative Lichen-Compound Protolichesterinic Acid Inhibits Oxidative Phosphorylation and Is Processed via the Mercapturic Pathway in Cancer Cells
Planta Medica
Protein Concentrations in Stored Pooled Platelet Concentrates Treated with Pathogen Inactivation by Amotosalen Plus Ultraviolet a Illumination
Pathogens
Metabolic Response in Endothelial Cells to Catecholamine Stimulation Associated with Increased Vascular Permeability
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Exploratory Investigation of the Plasma Proteome Associated with the Endotheliopathy of Trauma
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
UDP-glucose dehydrogenase expression is upregulated following EMT and differentially affects intracellular glycerophosphocholine and acetylaspartate levels in breast mesenchymal cell lines
Molecular Oncology
2021
Lipid mediator profiles of burn wound healing
Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Analyzing Metabolic States of Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Genome Scale Metabolic Model Reconstruction
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Metabolic and Transcriptional Changes across Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
The Anti-Proliferative Lichen-Compound Protolichesterinic Acid Inhibits Oxidative Phosphorylation and Is Processed via the Mercapturic Pathway in Cancer Cells
Planta Medica
Cerebrospinal Fluid C18 Ceramide Associates with Markers of Alzheimer's Disease and Inflammation at the Pre- And Early Stages of Dementia
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
EMT-derived alterations in glutamine metabolism sensitize mesenchymal breast cells to mTOR inhibition
Molecular Cancer Research
Argininosuccinate lyase is a metabolic vulnerability in breast development and cancer
npj Systems Biology and Applications
Metabolic and transcriptional changes across osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells
Bioengineering
Analyzing Metabolic States of Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Genome Scale Metabolic Model Reconstruction.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2020
Current Status and Future Prospects of Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling to Optimize the Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine.
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Metabolomics study of platelet concentrates photochemically treated with amotosalen and UVA light for pathogen inactivation
Transfusion
Current Status and Future Prospects of Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling to Optimize the Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Visualizing metabolic network dynamics through time-series metabolomic data
BMC Bioinformatics
Metabolic Systems Analysis of Shock-Induced Endotheliopathy (SHINE) in Trauma
Annals of Surgery
Wound healing grafts
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Visualizing metabolic network dynamics through time-series metabolomic data.
BMC Bioinformatics
ECM1 secreted by HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells promotes formation of a vascular niche accelerating cancer cell migration and invasion
Laboratory Investigation
Metabolomics study of platelet concentrates photochemically treated with amotosalen and UVA light for pathogen inactivation
Transfusion
Comparative metabolic network flux analysis to identify differences in cellular metabolism
2019
Combined artificial high-silicate medium and LED illumination promote carotenoid accumulation in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Microbial Cell Factories
Azithromycin induces epidermal differentiation and multivesicular bodies in airway epithelia
Respiratory Research
Pathogen inactivation with amotosalen plus UVA illumination minimally impacts microRNA expression in platelets during storage under standard blood banking conditions
Transfusion
Azithromycin induces epidermal differentiation and multivesicular bodies in airway epithelia.
Respiratory Research
2018
Ion mobility-derived collision cross section database
Analytica Chimica Acta
Systems analysis of metabolism in platelet concentrates during storage in platelet additive solution
Biochemical Journal
Metabolic systems analysis of LPS induced endothelial dysfunction applied to sepsis patient stratification
Scientific Reports
Chemical Mutagenesis and Fluorescence-Based High-Throughput Screening for Enhanced Accumulation of Carotenoids in a Model Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Marine Drugs
Altered plasmalogen content and fatty acid saturation following epithelial to mesenchymal transition in breast epithelial cell lines
International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Metabolic systems analysis of LPS induced endothelial dysfunction applied to sepsis patient stratification.
Scientific Reports
2017
Mannose and fructose metabolism in red blood cells during cold storage in SAGM
Transfusion
Elucidating dynamic metabolic physiology through network integration of quantitative time-course metabolomics
Scientific Reports
Metabolic re-wiring of isogenic breast epithelial cell lines following epithelial to mesenchymal transition.
Cancer Letters
Elucidating dynamic metabolic physiology through network integration of quantitative time-course metabolomics.
Scientific Reports
Metabolic re-wiring of isogenic breast epithelial cell lines following epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Cancer Letters
Regenerative and antibacterial properties of acellular fish skin grafts and human amnion/chorion membrane
Military Medicine
Quantitative time-course metabolomics in human red blood cells reveal the temperature dependence of human metabolic networks
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Mannose and fructose metabolism in red blood cells during cold storage in SAGM
Transfusion
Metabolomics comparison of red cells stored in four additive solutions reveals differences in citrate anticoagulant permeability and metabolism
Vox Sanguinis
Quantitative time-course metabolomics in human red blood cells reveal the temperature dependence of human metabolic networks
Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016
Identified metabolic signature for assessing red blood cell unit quality is associated with endothelial damage markers and clinical outcomes
Transfusion
Biomarkers defining the metabolic age of red blood cells during cold storage
Blood
Metabolic fate of adenine in red blood cells during storage in SAGM solution
Transfusion
Direct Evidence for Packaging Signal-Mediated Assembly of Bacteriophage MS2
Journal of Molecular Biology
Metabolic Analysis of Red Blood Cells Stored at High Temperature
Blood
Acceleration of Wound Healing Through Utilization of Fish Skin Containing Omega-3 Fatty Acids.
Today´s Wound Clinic
EGFR Signal-Network Reconstruction Demonstrates Metabolic Crosstalk in EMT
PLoS Computational Biology
Identified metabolic signature for assessing red blood cell unit quality is associated with endothelial damage markers and clinical outcomes
Transfusion
Understanding the Causes and Implications of Endothelial Metabolic Variation in Cardiovascular Disease through Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
2015
Affrumað roð: Eðliseiginleikar sem styðja vefjaviðgerð
Læknablaðið
Affrumad rod
Laeknabladid
Prediction of intracellular metabolic states from extracellular metabolomic data
Metabolomics
Decoding the jargon of bottom-up metabolic systems biology
BioEssays
Metabolomic analysis of platelets during storage
Transfusion
Kinetic analysis of gluconate phosphorylation by human gluconokinase using isothermal titration calorimetry
FEBS Letters
2014
Comprehensive metabolomic study of platelets reveals the expression of discrete metabolic phenotypes during storage
Transfusion
Ion mobility derived collision cross sections to support metabolomics applications
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemical characterization of human gluconokinase and the proposed metabolic impact of gluconic acid as determined by constraint based metabolic network analysis
PLoS ONE
2013
A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism
Nature Biotechnology
Inferring the metabolism of human orphan metabolites from their metabolic network context affirms human gluconokinase activity
Biochemical Journal
2011
The human metabolic reconstruction Recon 1 directs hypotheses of novel human metabolic functions
BMC Systems Biology
2010
Mutually-induced conformational switching of RNA and coat protein underpins efficient assembly of a viral capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
Viral Genomic Single-Stranded RNA Directs the Pathway Toward a T = 3 Capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
2008
RNA packing specificity and folding during assembly of the bacteriophage MS2
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2007
A Simple, RNA-Mediated Allosteric Switch Controls the Pathway to Formation of a T = 3 Viral Capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
2003
Linkage of osteoporosis to chromosome 20p12 and association to BMP2
PLoS Biology
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