Birgitte Holst

Birgitte Holst

Guest Researcher


  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Overlapping binding site for the endogenous agonist, small-molecule agonists, and ago-allosteric modulators on the ghrelin receptor

    Holst, Birgitte, Frimurer, T. M., Mokrosinski, J., Halkjaer, T., Cullberg, K. B., Underwood, C. R. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2008, In: Molecular Pharmacology. 75, 1, p. 44-59 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    A second disulfide bridge from the N-terminal domain to extracellular loop 2 dampens receptor activity in GPR39

    Storjohann, L., Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2008, In: Biochemistry. 47, 35, p. 9198-207 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Molecular mechanism of Zn2+ agonism in the extracellular domain of GPR39

    Storjohann, L., Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2008, In: FEBS Letters. 582, 17, p. 2583-8 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 2007
  6. Published

    GPR39 splice variants versus antisense gene LYPD1: expression and regulation in gastrointestinal tract, endocrine pancreas, liver, and white adipose tissue.

    Egerod, Kristoffer Lihme, Holst, Birgitte, Petersen, P. S., Hansen, Jacob B., Mulder, J., Hökfelt, T. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2007, In: Molecular Endocrinology. 21, 7, p. 1685-98 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations in obese Czech children: Studies of prevalence, phenotype development, weight reduction response, and functional analysis

    Hainerova, I., Larsen, L. H., Holst, Birgitte, Finkova, M., Hainer, V., Lebl, J., Hansen, T. & Pedersen, O., 2007, In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 92, 9, p. 3689-3696 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Importance of constitutive activity and arrestin-independent mechanisms for intracellular trafficking of the ghrelin receptor

    Holliday, N. D., Holst, Birgitte, Rodionova, E. A., Schwartz, Thue W. & Cox, H. M., 2007, In: Molecular Endocrinology. 21, 12, p. 3100-12 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Identification of an efficacy switch region in the ghrelin receptor responsible for interchange between agonism and inverse agonism

    Holst, Birgitte, Mokrosinski, J., Lang, M., Brandt, E., Nygaard, R., Frimurer, T. M., Beck-Sickinger, A. G. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2007, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282, 21, p. 15799-811 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Allosteric enhancers, allosteric agonists and ago-allosteric modulators: where do they bind and how do they act?

    Schwartz, Thue W. & Holst, Birgitte, 2007, In: TIPS - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 28, 8, p. 366-73 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. 2006
  12. Published

    Metal ion site engineering indicates a global toggle switch model for seven-transmembrane receptor activation

    Elling, C. E., Frimurer, T. M., Gerlach, L., Jorgensen, R., Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2006, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281, 25, p. 17337-46 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    GPR39 signaling is stimulated by zinc ions but not by obestatin

    Holst, Birgitte, Egerod, Kristoffer Lihme, Schild, E., Vickers, S. P., Cheetham, S., Gerlach, L., Storjohann, L., Stidsen, C. E., Jones, R., Beck-Sickinger, A. G. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2006, In: Endocrinology. 148, 1, p. 13-20 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Ghrelin receptor inverse agonists: identification of an active peptide core and its interaction epitopes on the receptor

    Holst, Birgitte, Lang, M., Brandt, E., Bach, Anders, Howard, A., Frimurer, T. M., Beck-Sickinger, A. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2006, In: Molecular Pharmacology. 70, 3, p. 936-46 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Ghrelin receptor mutations--too little height and too much hunger

    Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 116, 3, p. 637-41 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Ago-allosteric modulation and other types of allostery in dimeric 7TM receptors

    Schwartz, Thue W. & Holst, Birgitte, 2006, In: Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction. 26, 1-2, p. 107-28 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Molecular mechanism of 7TM receptor activation--a global toggle switch model

    Schwartz, Thue W., Frimurer, T. M., Holst, Birgitte, Rosenkilde, Mette & Elling, C. E., 2006, In: Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 46, p. 481-519 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 2005
  19. Published

    Studies of relationships between variation of the human G protein-coupled receptor 40 Gene and Type 2 diabetes and insulin release

    Hamid, Y. H., Vissing, H., Holst, Birgitte, Urhammer, S. A., Pyke, C., Hansen, S. K., Glümer, C., Borch-Johnsen, K., Jørgensen, T., Schwartz, Thue W., Pedersen, O. & Hansen, Torben, 2005, In: Diabetic Medicine. 22, 1, p. 74-80 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Nonpeptide and peptide growth hormone secretagogues act both as ghrelin receptor agonist and as positive or negative allosteric modulators of ghrelin signaling

    Holst, Birgitte, Brandt, E., Bach, Anders, Heding, A. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2005, In: Molecular Endocrinology. 19, 9, p. 2400-11 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2004
  22. Published

    A library of 7TM receptor C-terminal tails. Interactions with the proposed post-endocytic sorting proteins ERM-binding phosphoprotein 50 (EBP50), N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF), sorting nexin 1 (SNX1), and G protein-coupled receptor-associated sorting protein (GASP)

    Heydorn, A., Søndergaard, B. P., Ersbøll, B., Holst, Birgitte, Nielsen, Finn Cilius, Haft, C. R., Whistler, J. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2004, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279, 52, p. 54291-303 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Distinct in vitro interaction pattern of dopamine receptor subtypes with adaptor proteins involved in post-endocytotic receptor targeting

    Heydorn, A., Søndergaard, B. P., Hadrup, N., Holst, Birgitte, Haft, C. R. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2004, In: FEBS Letters. 556, 1-3, p. 276-80 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Common structural basis for constitutive activity of the ghrelin receptor family

    Holst, Birgitte, Holliday, N. D., Bach, Anders, Elling, C. E., Cox, H. M. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2004, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279, 51, p. 53806-17 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Constitutive ghrelin receptor activity as a signaling set-point in appetite regulation

    Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2004, In: TIPS - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 25, 3, p. 113-7 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2003
  27. Published

    High constitutive signaling of the ghrelin receptor--identification of a potent inverse agonist

    Holst, Birgitte, Cygankiewicz, A., Jensen, T. H., Ankersen, M. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2003, In: Molecular Endocrinology. 17, 11, p. 2201-10 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Molecular mechanism of agonism and inverse agonism in the melanocortin receptors: Zn(2+) as a structural and functional probe

    Holst, Birgitte & Schwartz, Thue W., 2003, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 994, p. 1-11 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2002
  30. Published

    Metal ion-mediated agonism and agonist enhancement in melanocortin MC1 and MC4 receptors

    Holst, Birgitte, Elling, C. E. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2002, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277, 49, p. 47662-70 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    NK1 receptor fused to beta-arrestin displays a single-component, high-affinity molecular phenotype

    Martini, L., Hastrup, H., Holst, Birgitte, Fraile-Ramos, A., Marsh, M. & Schwartz, Thue W., 2002, In: Molecular Pharmacology. 62, 1, p. 30-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Molecular structure and function of 7TM/G-protein coupled receptors

    Schwartz, Thue W. & Holst, Birgitte, 2002, Textbook of receptor Pharmacology. p. 65-84

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

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