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Cheryl F. Dreyfus is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader domains, their work often focuses on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The core topics that characterize Dreyfus's research include neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, autophagy in disease and therapy, microRNA in disease regulation, nerve injury and regeneration, mitochondrial function and pathology, and DNA repair mechanisms.

Dreyfus has published extensively, with notable papers appearing in a range of scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Reactive Astrocytes as Therapeutic Targets for Brain Degenerative Diseases: Roles Played by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors," 2020, Neurochemical Research
  • "Synaptojanin1 deficiency upregulates basal autophagosome formation in astrocytes," 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "CHPG enhances BDNF and myelination in cuprizone-treated mice through astrocytic metabotropic glutamate receptor 5," 2021, Glia
  • "Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase B Expressed in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells Functions to Promote Myelin Following a Demyelinating Lesion," 2020, ASN NEURO
  • "Tumor suppressor PALB2 maintains redox and mitochondrial homeostasis in the brain and cooperates with ATG7/autophagy to suppress neurodegeneration," 2022, PLoS Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include Yangyang Huang, Talia M. Planas-Fontánez, Kyle S. Saitta, Danielle M. Sainato, and Ashish Patel. This collaborative network highlights an ongoing engagement with researchers specializing in molecular and cellular neuroscience as well as neurodegenerative disease mechanisms.

Dreyfus's work is published in a variety of venues, with multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and articles also appearing in Neurochemical Research, Glia, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and ASN NEURO. These publications reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining molecular biology techniques with neuroscience applications.

Best Publications

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rapidly enhances synaptic transmission in hippocampal neurons via postsynaptic tyrosine kinase receptors

    Eric S. Levine;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Ira B. Black;Mark R. Plummer

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes, and Microglia/Macrophages after Spinal Cord Injury

    Karen D. Dougherty;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Ira B. Black

  • Regional and Cell-Specific Expression of GDNF in Rat Brain

    D G Schaar;B A Sieber;C F Dreyfus;I B Black

  • Oligodendrocytes as providers of growth factors

    Yangzhou Du;Cheryl F. Dreyfus

  • Nerve growth factor promotes cholinergic development in brain striatal cultures.

    H J Martínez;C F Dreyfus;G M Jonakait;I B Black

  • Differential Actions of Neurotrophins in the Locus Coeruleus and Basal Forebrain

    W.J. Friedman;C.F. Ibáñez;F. Hallböök;H. Persson

  • NGF gene expression in actively growing brain glia

    B Lu;M Yokoyama;CF Dreyfus;IB Black

  • VIP-, enkephalin-, substance P- and somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in neurons intrinsic to the intestine: immunohistochemical evidence from organotypic tissue cultures

    Marianne Schultzberg;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Michael D. Gershon;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Astrocyte-Derived BDNF Supports Myelin Protein Synthesis after Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination

    Clifton G. Fulmer;Melissa W. VonDran;Althea A. Stillman;Yangyang Huang

  • Neurotransmitter Plasticity at the Molecular Level

    I. B. Black;J. E. Adler;C. F. Dreyfus;G. M. Jonakait

  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor promotes the survival and morphologic differentiation of Purkinje cells.

    Howard T. J. Mount;Deyrick O. Dean;Jordi Alberch;Cheryl F. Dreyfus

  • Expression of NGF and NGF receptor mRNAs in the developing brain: Evidence for local delivery and action of NGF

    Bai Lu;C.R. Buck;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Ira B. Black

  • Biochemistry of information storage in the nervous system.

    Ira B. Black;Joshua E. Adler;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Wilma F. Friedman

  • Mesencephalic type I astrocytes mediate the survival of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons in culture

    Edward K. O'Malley;Beth-Anne Sieber;Ira B. Black;Cheryl F. Dreyfus

  • Levels of BDNF Impact Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells following a Cuprizone Lesion

    Melissa W. VonDran;Harmandeep Singh;Jean Z. Honeywell;Cheryl F. Dreyfus

  • REGULATION OF TOPOGRAPHIC PROJECTION IN THE BRAIN : ELF-1 IN THE HIPPOCAMPOSEPTAL SYSTEM

    P P Gao;J H Zhang;M Yokoyama;B Racey

  • The Trophic Role of Oligodendrocytes in the Basal Forebrain

    Xudong Dai;Lauren D. Lercher;Patricia M. Clinton;Yangzhou Du

  • Nerve growth factor selectively increases cholinergic markers but not neuropeptides in rat basal forebrain in culture.

    Humberto J. Marti´nez;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;G. Miller Jonakait;Ira B. Black

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor effects on oligodendrocyte progenitors of the basal forebrain are mediated through trkB and the MAP kinase pathway.

    Ashlee Van't Veer;Yangzhou Du;Tanya Z. Fischer;Deborah R. Boetig

  • Regionally specific effects of BDNF on oligodendrocytes.

    Yangzhou Du;Tanya Z. Fischer;Lucille N. Lee;Lauren D. Lercher

  • Depolarizing stimuli regulate nerve growth factor gene expression in cultured hippocampal neurons.

    Bai Lu;Midori Yokoyama;Cheryl F. Dreyfus;Ira B. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira B. Black
Ira B. Black Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Renping Zhou
Renping Zhou Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Long-Jun Wu
Long-Jun Wu Mayo Clinic
Jordi Alberch
Jordi Alberch University of Barcelona
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University
M. Maral Mouradian
M. Maral Mouradian Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Esther Pérez-Navarro
Esther Pérez-Navarro University of Barcelona
Eileen White
Eileen White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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