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Cornelia C. Bergmann

Cornelia C. Bergmann

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Immunology

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58
Citations
9389
World Ranking
3567
National Ranking
1652

Overview

Cornelia C. Bergmann is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields of study, most notably medicine, immunology and microbiology, and neuroscience. Within these domains, Bergmann's work frequently addresses subfields such as immunology, neurology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and oncology.

The main topics covered by Bergmann's research include:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Long-term effects of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Inflammation biomarkers and pathways

Bergmann has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Virology, Journal of Neuroinflammation, EBioMedicine, and the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Bergmann include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2: The biology and clinical data settling the ARB and ACEI controversy" (2020) - EBioMedicine
  • "COVID-19: Coronavirus replication, pathogenesis, and therapeutic strategies" (2020) - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • "Ifit2 deficiency restricts microglial activation and leukocyte migration following murine coronavirus (m-CoV) CNS infection" (2020) - PLoS Pathogens
  • "TNFRSF1B Gene Variants and Related Soluble TNFR2 Levels Impact Resilience in Alzheimer's Disease" (2021) - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Trem2 deficiency impairs recovery and phagocytosis and dysregulates myeloid gene expression during virus-induced demyelination" (2022) - Journal of Neuroinflammation

Frequent collaborators in Bergmann's research include Mihyun Hwang, Jayasri Das Sarma, Amy Burrows, Nikhil Sharma, and Ganes C. Sen, with varying numbers of coauthored publications.

Best Publications

  • Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Microglial Activation and Neuroprotection against Experimental Brain Injury Is Independent of Hematogenous TLR4

    Zhihong Chen;Walid Jalabi;Karl B. Shpargel;Kenneth T. Farabaugh

  • Coronavirus infection of the central nervous system: host–virus stand-off

    Cornelia C. Bergmann;Thomas E. Lane;Stephen A. Stohlman

  • Natural Killer T Cell Ligand α-Galactosylceramide Enhances Protective Immunity Induced by Malaria Vaccines

    Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza;Luc Van Kaer;Cornelia C. Bergmann;James M. Wilson

  • Astrocyte-Restricted Ablation of Interleukin-17-Induced Act1-Mediated Signaling Ameliorates Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Zizhen Kang;Cengiz Zubeyir Altuntas;Muhammet Fatih Gulen;Caini Liu

  • IFN-gamma is required for viral clearance from central nervous system oligodendroglia

    Beatriz Parra;David R. Hinton;Norman W. Marten;Cornelia C. Bergmann

  • Inverted Immunodominance and Impaired Cytolytic Function of CD8+ T Cells During Viral Persistence in the Central Nervous System

    Cornelia C. Bergmann;John D. Altman;David Hinton;Stephen A. Stohlman

  • Early endonuclease-mediated evasion of RNA sensing ensures efficient coronavirus replication

    Eveline Patricia Kindler;Eveline Patricia Kindler;Cristina Gil-Cruz;Julia Spanier;Yize Li

  • CTL Effector Function Within the Central Nervous System Requires CD4+ T Cells

    Stephen A. Stohlman;Cornelia C. Bergmann;Mark T. Lin;Daniel J. Cua

  • Interferon-Induced Ifit2/ISG54 Protects Mice from Lethal VSV Neuropathogenesis

    Volker Fensterl;Jaime L. Wetzel;Srividya Ramachandran;Tomoaki Ogino

  • Flanking residues alter antigenicity and immunogenicity of multi-unit CTL epitopes.

    Cornelia C. Bergmann;Qin Yao;Chung Kang Ho;Simy L. Buckwold

  • CC Chemokine Ligand 3 (CCL3) Regulates CD8+-T-Cell Effector Function and Migration following Viral Infection

    Matthew J. Trifilo;Cornelia C. Bergmann;William A. Kuziel;Thomas E. Lane

  • Mechanisms of Central Nervous System Viral Persistence: the Critical Role of Antibody and B Cells

    Chandran Ramakrishna;Stephen A. Stohlman;Roscoe D. Atkinson;Mark J. Shlomchik

  • SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2: The biology and clinical data settling the ARB and ACEI controversy.

    Mina K. Chung;Sadashiva Karnik;Sadashiva Karnik;Sadashiva Karnik;Joshua Saef;Cornelia Bergmann;Cornelia Bergmann;Cornelia Bergmann

  • Mouse hepatitis virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes protect from lethal infection without eliminating virus from the central nervous system.

    S A Stohlman;C C Bergmann;R C van der Veen;D R Hinton

  • Antibody prevents virus reactivation within the central nervous system.

    Mark T. Lin;David R. Hinton;Norman W. Marten;Cornelia C. Bergmann

  • Liver X receptor activation decreases the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Claudia Hindinger;David R. Hinton;Stefanie J. Kirwin;Roscoe D. Atkinson

  • Coronavirus Translational Regulation: Leader Affects mRNA Efficiency

    Stanley M. Tahara;Therese A. Dietlin;Cornelia C. Bergmann;Gary W. Nelson

  • Kinetics of Virus-Specific CD8+-T-Cell Expansion and Trafficking following Central Nervous System Infection

    Norman W. Marten;Stephen A. Stohlman;Jiehao Zhou;Cornelia C. Bergmann

  • MHV Infection of the CNS: Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Control

    Norman W. Marten;Stephen A. Stohlman;Cornelia C. Bergmann

  • Recombinant Sindbis Viruses Expressing a Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope of a Malaria Parasite or of Influenza Virus Elicit Protection against the Corresponding Pathogen in Mice

    Moriya Tsuji;Cornelia C. Bergmann;Yoshiko Takita-Sonoda;Ken-Ichiro Murata

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Stohlman
Stephen A. Stohlman Cleveland Clinic
David R. Hinton
David R. Hinton University of Southern California
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University
Ganes C. Sen
Ganes C. Sen Case Western Reserve University
Wendy B. Macklin
Wendy B. Macklin University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Daniel J. Cua
Daniel J. Cua Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Michael M. C. Lai
Michael M. C. Lai Academia Sinica
Thomas E. Lane
Thomas E. Lane University of California, Irvine
Volker Thiel
Volker Thiel University of Bern
Robert H. Silverman
Robert H. Silverman Kent State University

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