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71
Citations
17683
World Ranking
6657
National Ranking
3096

Overview

Dragan Maric is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience.

The main subfields of their research include Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology. Their research topics focus on several areas of neurobiology and molecular mechanisms, specifically:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Dragan Maric has contributed to numerous scientific papers, some of which have gained significant citations. Selected recent publications include:

  • A lymphocyte-microglia-astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis, 2021, Nature
  • Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Neurovascular injury with complement activation and inflammation in COVID-19, 2022, Brain
  • A cellular taxonomy of the adult human spinal cord, 2023, Neuron
  • Single cell atlas of spinal cord injury in mice reveals a pro-regenerative signature in spinocerebellar neurons, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for Dragan Maric include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances

Among frequent collaborators, Dragan Maric often coauthors with Matthew R. Sapio, Andrew J. Mannes, Michael J. Iadarola, John D. Heiss, and Prashant Chittiboina, indicating a strong network within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Expression of Notch-1 and its ligands, Delta-like-1 and Jagged-1, is critical for glioma cell survival and proliferation.

    Benjamin W. Purow;Raqeeb M. Haque;Martha W. Noel;Qin Su

  • A lymphocyte-microglia-astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis.

    Martina Absinta;Martina Absinta;Martina Absinta;Dragan Maric;Marjan Gharagozloo;Thomas Garton

  • Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19.

    Myoung Hwa Lee;Daniel P. Perl;Govind Nair;Wenxue Li

  • DJ-1 acts in parallel to the PINK1/parkin pathway to control mitochondrial function and autophagy

    Kelly Jean Thomas;Melissa K. McCoy;Jeff Blackinton;Alexandra Beilina

  • Epigenetic-mediated dysfunction of the bone morphogenetic protein pathway inhibits differentiation of glioblastoma-initiating cells.

    Jeongwu Lee;Myung Jin Son;Kevin D Woolard;Nicholas M. Donin

  • Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease

    Wenxue Li;Myoung Hwa Lee;Lisa Henderson;Richa Tyagi

  • Layer-specific variation of iron content in cerebral cortex as a source of MRI contrast

    Masaki Fukunaga;Tie-Qiang Li;Peter van Gelderen;Jacco A. de Zwart

  • Differentiation of human and murine induced pluripotent stem cells to microglia-like cells.

    Hetal Pandya;Michael J Shen;David M Ichikawa;Andrea B Sedlock

  • Glutamate Acting at NMDA Receptors Stimulates Embryonic Cortical Neuronal Migration

    Toby N. Behar;Catherine A. Scott;Carolyn L. Greene;Xiling Wen

  • Spatiotemporal Control of ULK1 Activation by NDP52 and TBK1 during Selective Autophagy

    Jose Norberto S. Vargas;Jose Norberto S. Vargas;Chunxin Wang;Eric Bunker;Ling Hao

  • A role for interleukin-2 trans -presentation in dendritic cell–mediated T cell activation in humans, as revealed by daclizumab therapy

    Simone C Wuest;Jehad H Edwan;Jayne F Martin;Sungpil Han;Sungpil Han

  • Gadolinium-based MRI characterization of leptomeningeal inflammation in multiple sclerosis.

    Martina Absinta;Luisa Vuolo;Anuradha Rao;Govind Nair

  • CNS stem and progenitor cell differentiation into functional neuronal circuits in three-dimensional collagen gels.

    W. Ma;W. Fitzgerald;Q.-Y. Liu;T.J. O'Shaughnessy

  • Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition induces glioma cell death through c-MYC, nuclear factor-κB, and glucose regulation

    Svetlana Kotliarova;Sandra Pastorino;Lara C. Kovell;Yuri Kotliarov

  • Induction of IL-17 and nonclassical T-cell activation by HIV-Tat protein

    Tory P. Johnson;Karan Patel;Kory R. Johnson;Dragan Maric

  • GABAergic cells and signals in CNS development.

    Barker Jl;Behar T;Li Yx;Liu Qy

  • Prospective cell sorting of embryonic rat neural stem cells and neuronal and glial progenitors reveals selective effects of basic fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor on self-renewal and differentiation.

    Dragan Maric;Irina Maric;Yoong Hee Chang;Jeffery L. Barker

  • Acetylcholine stimulates cortical precursor cell proliferation in vitro via muscarinic receptor activation and MAP kinase phosphorylation.

    Wu Ma;Dragan Maric;Bing-sheng Li;Qian Hu

  • GABA expression dominates neuronal lineage progression in the embryonic rat neocortex and facilitates neurite outgrowth via GABA(A) autoreceptor/Cl- channels.

    Dragan Maric;Qi-Ying Liu;Irina Maric;Sabeen Chaudry

  • Canonical transient receptor potential 1 plays a role in basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)/FGF receptor-1-induced Ca2+ entry and embryonic rat neural stem cell proliferation.

    Alessandra Fiorio Pla;Dragan Maric;So-Ching Brazer;Paolo Giacobini

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery L. Barker
Jeffery L. Barker National Institutes of Health
John M. Hallenbeck
John M. Hallenbeck National Institutes of Health
Giovanna Tosato
Giovanna Tosato National Institutes of Health
Howard A. Fine
Howard A. Fine Cornell University
Zhengping Zhuang
Zhengping Zhuang National Institutes of Health
Michael J. Iadarola
Michael J. Iadarola National Institutes of Health
Mark R. Gilbert
Mark R. Gilbert National Institutes of Health
Dorian B. McGavern
Dorian B. McGavern National Institutes of Health
Avindra Nath
Avindra Nath National Institutes of Health
wei zhang
wei zhang Wake Forest University

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