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Dietmar Fischer is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans several disciplines within the biological and medical sciences, focusing particularly on mechanisms underlying nerve injury and regeneration.

The primary fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their investigations delve into significant subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Neurology

Key topics explored in their publications are:

  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Dietmar Fischer has contributed to a range of publications across various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • Brain Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their recent papers cover multiple aspects of neuroscience and nerve repair:

  • "Transneuronal delivery of hyper-interleukin-6 enables functional recovery after severe spinal cord injury in mice," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Protective effects of 4-aminopyridine in experimental optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis," 2020, Brain
  • "CXCR4/CXCL12-mediated entrapment of axons at the injury site compromises optic nerve regeneration," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Dose-dependent immunomodulatory effects of bortezomib in experimental autoimmune neuritis," 2021, Brain Communications
  • "VASH1/2 inhibition accelerates functional recovery of injured nerves," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, among them:

  • Marco Leibinger
  • Philipp Gobrecht
  • Charlotte Zeitler
  • Alexander Hilla
  • Anastasia Andreadaki

Best Publications

  • Macrophage-Derived Factors Stimulate Optic Nerve Regeneration

    Yuqin Yin;Qi Cui;Yiming Li;Nina Irwin

  • A Broad Role for Melanopsin in Nonvisual Photoreception

    Joshua J. Gooley;Jun Lu;Dietmar Fischer;Clifford B. Saper

  • Switching Mature Retinal Ganglion Cells to a Robust Growth State In Vivo: Gene Expression and Synergy with RhoA Inactivation

    Dietmar Fischer;Victoria Petkova;Solon Thanos;Larry I. Benowitz

  • Counteracting the Nogo Receptor Enhances Optic Nerve Regeneration If Retinal Ganglion Cells Are in an Active Growth State

    Dietmar Fischer;Zhigang He;Larry I Benowitz

  • Cataractogenic lens injury prevents traumatic ganglion cell death and promotes axonal regeneration both in vivo and in culture.

    Dietmar Fischer;Mitrofanis Pavlidis;Solon Thanos

  • Astrocyte-derived CNTF switches mature RGCs to a regenerative state following inflammatory stimulation

    Adrienne Müller;Thomas G. Hauk;Dietmar Fischer

  • Taxol Facilitates Axon Regeneration in the Mature CNS

    Vetrivel Sengottuvel;Marco Leibinger;Mariana Pfreimer;Anastasia Andreadaki

  • Neuroprotective and Axon Growth-Promoting Effects following Inflammatory Stimulation on Mature Retinal Ganglion Cells in Mice Depend on Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor

    Marco Leibinger;Adrienne Müller;Anastasia Andreadaki;Thomas G Hauk

  • Lens-injury-stimulated axonal regeneration throughout the optic pathway of adult rats.

    Dietmar Fischer;Peter Heiduschka;Solon Thanos

  • Exogenous CNTF stimulates axon regeneration of retinal ganglion cells partially via endogenous CNTF.

    Adrienne Müller;Thomas G. Hauk;Marco Leibinger;Ralf Marienfeld

  • Microglia Are Irrelevant for Neuronal Degeneration and Axon Regeneration after Acute Injury.

    Alexander M. Hilla;Heike Diekmann;Dietmar Fischer

  • Interleukin-6 contributes to CNS axon regeneration upon inflammatory stimulation

    M Leibinger;A Müller;P Gobrecht;H Diekmann

  • Promoting optic nerve regeneration

    Dietmar Fischer;Marco Leibinger

  • Advances in chemistry and bioactivity of parthenolide

    Robert R A Freund;Philipp Gobrecht;Dietmar Fischer;Hans-Dieter Arndt

  • Crystallins of the β/γ-superfamily mimic the effects of lens injury and promote axon regeneration

    Dietmar Fischer;Thomas G. Hauk;Adrienne Müller;Solon Thanos

  • Neuronal STAT3 activation is essential for CNTF- and inflammatory stimulation-induced CNS axon regeneration

    M Leibinger;A Andreadaki;H Diekmann;D Fischer

  • Neuroprotective and axon growth promoting effects of intraocular inflammation do not depend on oncomodulin or the presence of large numbers of activated macrophages

    Thomas G. Hauk;Adrienne Müller;Jieun Lee;Reto Schwendener

  • Transneuronal delivery of hyper-interleukin-6 enables functional recovery after severe spinal cord injury in mice

    Marco Leibinger;Charlotte Zeitler;Philipp Gobrecht;Anastasia Andreadaki

  • Stimulation of Axon Regeneration in the Mature Optic Nerve by Intravitreal Application of the Toll-like Receptor 2 Agonist Pam3Cys

    Thomas G Hauk;Marco Leibinger;Adrienne Müller;Anastasia Andreadaki

  • Boosting Central Nervous System Axon Regeneration by Circumventing Limitations of Natural Cytokine Signaling.

    Marco Leibinger;Anastasia Andreadaki;Philipp Gobrecht;Evgeny Levin

  • Role of mTOR in neuroprotection and axon regeneration after inflammatory stimulation

    Marco Leibinger;Anastasia Andreadaki;Dietmar Fischer

  • Sustained GSK3 activity markedly facilitates nerve regeneration

    Philipp Gobrecht;Marco Leibinger;Anastasia Andreadaki;Dietmar Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry I. Benowitz
Larry I. Benowitz Harvard Medical School
Wolfgang P. Schleich
Wolfgang P. Schleich University of Ulm
Alan R. Harvey
Alan R. Harvey University of Western Australia
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vance Lemmon
Vance Lemmon University of Miami
Frank Müller
Frank Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University
Volker Mailänder
Volker Mailänder Max Planck Society
Thomas J. Schmidt
Thomas J. Schmidt Paul Scherrer Institute
Katharina Landfester
Katharina Landfester Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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