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3761

Overview

Ben Emery is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, their work covers various subfields including neurology, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, cell biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Emery's research addresses key topics such as neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, multiple sclerosis research studies, RNA regulation and disease, RNA research and splicing, zebrafish biomedical research applications, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Emery showcase a concentration on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to neural integrity and function. Selected publications include:

  • Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions in the Structure and Integrity of Axons, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Periaxonal and nodal plasticities modulate action potential conduction in the adult mouse brain, 2021, Cell Reports
  • PRC2 Acts as a Critical Timer That Drives Oligodendrocyte Fate over Astrocyte Identity by Repressing the Notch Pathway, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Thyroid hormone and thyromimetics inhibit myelin and axonal degeneration and oligodendrocyte loss in EAE, 2020, Journal of Neuroimmunology
  • TREM2 is thyroid hormone regulated making the TREM2 pathway druggable with ligands for thyroid hormone receptor, 2021, Cell chemical biology

Frequent co-authors in Emery's publications include Greg J. Duncan, Katie Emberley, Christian Cordano, Ahmed Abdelhak, and Kirtana Ananth.

Publications featuring Emery's work are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, and Cell chemical biology.

Best Publications

  • A transcriptome database for astrocytes, neurons, and oligodendrocytes: a new resource for understanding brain development and function.

    John D. Cahoy;Ben Emery;Amit Kaushal;Lynette C. Foo

  • Motor skill learning requires active central myelination

    Ian A. McKenzie;David Ohayon;Huiliang Li;Joana Paes de Faria

  • Regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination.

    Ben Emery

  • Dicer1 and miR-219 Are Required for Normal Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination

    Jason C. Dugas;Trinna L. Cuellar;Anja Scholze;Brandon Ason

  • Myelin Gene Regulatory Factor Is a Critical Transcriptional Regulator Required for CNS Myelination

    Ben Emery;Dritan Agalliu;John D. Cahoy;Trent A. Watkins

  • Rapid production of new oligodendrocytes is required in the earliest stages of motor-skill learning

    Lin Xiao;David Ohayon;Ian A McKenzie;Alexander Sinclair-Wilson

  • Distinct Stages of Myelination Regulated by γ-Secretase and Astrocytes in a Rapidly Myelinating CNS Coculture System

    Trent A. Watkins;Ben Emery;Sara Mulinyawe;Ben A. Barres

  • Pharmacogenetic stimulation of neuronal activity increases myelination in an axon-specific manner

    Stanislaw Mitew;Ilan Gobius;Laura R. Fenlon;Stuart J. McDougall

  • LIF receptor signaling limits immune-mediated demyelination by enhancing oligodendrocyte survival

    Helmut Butzkueven;Jian Guo Zhang;Merja Soilu-Hanninen;Hubertus Hochrein

  • Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination in the Central Nervous System

    Ben Emery;Ben Emery;Q. Richard Lu

  • Mechanisms Regulating the Development of Oligodendrocytes and Central Nervous System Myelin

    S. Mitew;C.M. Hay;H. Peckham;J. Xiao

  • MYRF Is a Membrane-Associated Transcription Factor That Autoproteolytically Cleaves to Directly Activate Myelin Genes

    Helena Bujalka;Matthias Koenning;Stacey Jackson;Victoria M. Perreau

  • Myelin Gene Regulatory Factor Is Required for Maintenance of Myelin and Mature Oligodendrocyte Identity in the Adult CNS

    Matthias Koenning;Stacey Jackson;Curtis M. Hay;Clare Faux

  • Purification of Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells from Mouse Cortices by Immunopanning

    Ben Emery;Jason C. Dugas

  • LIF receptor signaling modulates neural stem cell renewal

    M. Pitman;B. Emery;M. Binder;M. Binder;S. Wang

  • Myelin regulatory factor drives remyelination in multiple sclerosis.

    Greg J. Duncan;Jason R. Plemel;Peggy Assinck;Sohrab B. Manesh

  • Functional Characterization of DNA Methylation in the Oligodendrocyte Lineage

    Sarah Moyon;Jimmy L. Huynh;Dipankar Dutta;Fan Zhang

  • Differential Sox10 genomic occupancy in myelinating glia

    Camila Lopez-Anido;Guannan Sun;Matthias Koenning;Rajini Srinivasan

  • Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of CNS myelination.

    Ben Emery

  • Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions in the Structure and Integrity of Axons.

    Greg J. Duncan;Tyrell J. Simkins;Ben Emery

  • Leukemia inhibitory factor signaling modulates both central nervous system demyelination and myelin repair

    Mark P. Marriott;Ben Emery;Holly S. Cate;Michele D. Binder

  • ZFP191 is required by oligodendrocytes for CNS myelination.

    Shen Yi B. Howng;Robin L. Avila;Ben Emery;Maria Traka

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben A. Barres
Ben A. Barres Stanford University
Andrew L. Gundlach
Andrew L. Gundlach Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Linda J. Richards
Linda J. Richards Washington University in St. Louis
Gary F. Egan
Gary F. Egan Monash University
Jennifer Rodger
Jennifer Rodger University of Western Australia
Ann M. Turnley
Ann M. Turnley University of Melbourne
Julia E. Richards
Julia E. Richards University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Graeme C.M. Black
Graeme C.M. Black University of Manchester
Sally A. Camper
Sally A. Camper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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