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Britta Engelhardt

Britta Engelhardt

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Immunology

D-Index
106
Citations
39670
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
14

Medicine

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106
Citations
39723
World Ranking
6560
National Ranking
91

Overview

Britta Engelhardt is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily centers on neuroscience and medicine, with extensive work in subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, immunology, biomedical engineering, and oncology.

The scientist's publications have appeared frequently in journals focusing on the central nervous system and immunology. The top venues where their work has been published include:

  • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • eLife

Britta Engelhardt's research topics cover multiple aspects of brain barrier structure and function, neuroinflammation, and related mechanisms. Key topics featured in their publications include:

  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms

Their recent scholarly articles illustrate their focus on neuroimmune interactions and brain barrier properties. Notable papers include:

  • Immune cell trafficking across the blood-brain barrier in the absence and presence of neuroinflammation, 2020, Vascular Biology
  • How Does the Immune System Enter the Brain?, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Molecular anatomy of adult mouse leptomeninges, 2023, Neuron
  • Intrinsic blood-brain barrier dysfunction contributes to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis, 2022, Brain
  • Perivascular spaces and their role in neuroinflammation, 2022, Neuron

Frequent collaboration appears integral to their research process. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Urban Deutsch
  • Sasha Soldati
  • Hideaki Nishihara
  • Steven T. Proulx
  • Gaby Enzmann

Best Publications

  • A mechanosensory complex that mediates the endothelial cell response to fluid shear stress

    Eleni Tzima;Mohamad Irani-Tehrani;William Kiosses;Elizabetta Dejana

  • C-C chemokine receptor 6-regulated entry of TH-17 cells into the CNS through the choroid plexus is required for the initiation of EAE

    Andrea Reboldi;Caroline Coisne;Dirk Baumjohann;Federica Benvenuto

  • The anatomical and cellular basis of immune surveillance in the central nervous system

    Richard M. Ransohoff;Britta Engelhardt

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • The blood-brain and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers: function and dysfunction

    Britta Engelhardt;Lydia Sorokin

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • The movers and shapers in immune privilege of the CNS

    Britta Engelhardt;Peter Vajkoczy;Roy O Weller

  • The ins and outs of T-lymphocyte trafficking to the CNS: anatomical sites and molecular mechanisms.

    Britta Engelhardt;Richard M. Ransohoff

  • Capture, crawl, cross: the T cell code to breach the blood-brain barriers

    Britta Engelhardt;Richard M. Ransohoff

  • Direct evidence that polysorbate-80-coated poly(butylcyanoacrylate) nanoparticles deliver drugs to the CNS via specific mechanisms requiring prior binding of drug to the nanoparticles.

    Jörg Kreuter;Peter Ramge;Valery Petrov;Stefan Hamm

  • Endothelial Cell Laminin Isoforms, Laminins 8 and 10, Play Decisive Roles in T Cell Recruitment across the Blood–Brain Barrier in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Michael Sixt;Britta Engelhardt;Friederike Pausch;Rupert Hallmann

  • Localization of claudin-3 in tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier is selectively lost during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and human glioblastoma multiforme

    Hartwig Wolburg;Karen Wolburg-Buchholz;Karen Wolburg-Buchholz;Jörg Kraus;Gesa Rascher-Eggstein

  • Brain barriers: Crosstalk between complex tight junctions and adherens junctions

    Silvia Tietz;Britta Engelhardt

  • Strategies to advance translational research into brain barriers

    Edward Neuwelt;N Joan Abbott;Lauren Abrey;William A Banks

  • Mini-review: Transendothelial migration of leukocytes: through the front door or around the side of the house?

    Britta Engelhardt;Hartwig Wolburg

  • Development of the Blood-Brain Barrier

    Britta Engelhardt

  • Molecular mechanisms involved in T cell migration across the blood-brain barrier.

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  • Molecular anatomy and functions of the choroidal blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in health and disease

    Jean-François Ghersi-Egea;Nathalie Strazielle;Martin Catala;Violeta Silva-Vargas

  • Perivascular Spaces and the Two Steps to Neuroinflammation

    Trevor Owens;Ingo Bechmann;Britta Engelhardt

  • α4-integrin-VCAM-1 binding mediates G protein–independent capture of encephalitogenic T cell blasts to CNS white matter microvessels

    Peter Vajkoczy;Melanie Laschinger;Britta Engelhardt

  • Altered vascular permeability and early onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in PECAM-1-deficient mice.

    Donnasue Graesser;Anna Solowiej;Monika Bruckner;Emily Osterweil

Frequent Co-Authors

Urban Deutsch
Urban Deutsch University of Bern
Dietmar Vestweber
Dietmar Vestweber Max Planck Society
Hartwig Wolburg
Hartwig Wolburg University of Tübingen
Peter Vajkoczy
Peter Vajkoczy Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Werner Risau
Werner Risau Max Planck Society
Rémy Bruggmann
Rémy Bruggmann University of Bern
Eugene C. Butcher
Eugene C. Butcher Stanford University
Denis Vivien
Denis Vivien Université de Caen Normandie
Andrea Huwiler
Andrea Huwiler University of Bern

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