Dr. Lydia M. Sorokin
Doctor
Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry
University of Munster
Germany
Biography
1995-1998: Group Leader; Institute for Experimental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. 1998: "Universitetslektor" (C3 Professor) at the Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden/ Rejected. 1999-2002: Junior Professor (Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin), Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, Nikolaus Fiebiger Center, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. 2001: C3 Professor in Vegetative Physiology at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (successor of Prof. A. Frick)/ Rejected 2002-2004: Professor of Tissue Biology (C4), Head of Experimental Pathology, University of Lund, Sweden (successor to Prof. R. Fässler). 2005: C4 Professor of Pathobiochemisty, Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemisty, Münster University, Münster, Germany (sucessor to Prof. H. Kresse)
Research Interest
The structure and function of extracellular matrix molecules, in particular basement membrane proteins.
Publications
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Wegner J, Loser K, Apsite G, Nisch R, Sorokin L, et al. (2016) Laminin 5 in the keratinocyte basement membrane is required for epidermal-dermal intercommunication. Matrix Biol 56: 24-41.
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Langen UH, Pitulescu ME, Sorokin L, Vaquerizas JM, Adams RH, et al. (2017) Cell-matrix signaling of bone endothelial cells during developmental osteogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 19: 189-201.
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Di Russo J, Hannocks MJ, Luik AL, Song J, Sorokin L, et al. (2017) Vascular laminins in physiology and pathology. Matrix Biol. 57-58: 140-148.
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Di Russo J, Luik AL, Yousif L, Budny S, Sorokin LM, et al. (2017) Endothelial basement membrane laminin 511 is essential for shear stress response. EMBO J. 36: 183-201.
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Song J, Zhang X, Buscher K, Wang Y, Sorokin L, et al. (2017) Endothelial Basement Membrane Laminin 511 Contributes to Endothelial Junctional Tightness and Thereby Inhibits Leukocyte Transmigration. Cell Rep 18: 1256-1269.
