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Overview

Edgar Meinl is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany and has a research portfolio primarily centered in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Immunology, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology.

Their main research topics cover a range of immunological and neurological conditions with a focus on T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, and Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders.

Meinl has contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Novel insights into pathophysiology and therapeutic possibilities reveal further differences between AQP4-IgG- and MOG-IgG-associated diseases, 2020, Current Opinion in Neurology
  • Anti-pan-neurofascin antibodies induce subclass-related complement activation and nodo-paranodal damage, 2022, Brain
  • Features of MOG required for recognition by patients with MOG antibody-associated disorders, 2021, Brain
  • MicroRNAs in gray and white matter multiple sclerosis lesions: impact on pathophysiology, 2020, The Journal of Pathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edgar Meinl include:

  • Simone Mader
  • Tania Kümpfel
  • Stephan Winklmeier
  • Heike Rübsamen
  • Franziska Thaler

Meinl's research has been published repeatedly in specific venues, highlighting the scientist's areas of focus and contribution to the field. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Brain
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Current Opinion in Neurology

Best Publications

  • Astrocytes are active players in cerebral innate immunity

    Cinthia Farina;Francesca Aloisi;Edgar Meinl

  • IL-35-producing B cells are critical regulators of immunity during autoimmune and infectious diseases

    Ping Shen;Toralf Roch;Vicky Lampropoulou;Richard A. O’Connor

  • Impairment of mycobacterial immunity in human interleukin-12 receptor deficiency

    Frédéric Altare;Anne Durandy;David Lammas;Jean-François Emile

  • BAFF is produced by astrocytes and up-regulated in multiple sclerosis lesions and primary central nervous system lymphoma

    Markus Krumbholz;Diethilde Theil;Tobias Derfuss;Andreas Rosenwald

  • MicroRNA profiling of multiple sclerosis lesions identifies modulators of the regulatory protein CD47

    Andreas Junker;Markus Krumbholz;Sylvia Eisele;Hema Mohan

  • Chemokines in multiple sclerosis: CXCL12 and CXCL13 up-regulation is differentially linked to CNS immune cell recruitment.

    Markus Krumbholz;Diethilde Theil;Sabine Cepok;Bernhard Hemmer

  • Neurofascin as a novel target for autoantibody-mediated axonal injury

    Emily K. Mathey;Tobias Derfuss;Maria K. Storch;Kieran R. Williams

  • Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

    Romain Marignier;Romain Marignier;Yael Hacohen;Alvaro Cobo-Calvo;Anne Katrin Pröbstel

  • B lineage cells in the inflammatory central nervous system environment: migration, maintenance, local antibody production, and therapeutic modulation.

    Edgar Meinl;Markus Krumbholz;Reinhard Hohlfeld

  • Latent Herpesvirus Infection in Human Trigeminal Ganglia Causes Chronic Immune Response

    Diethilde Theil;Tobias Derfuss;Igor Paripovic;Simone Herberger

  • Long-term follow-up of patients with neuromyelitis optica after repeated therapy with rituximab

    H. L. Pellkofer;M. Krumbholz;A. Berthele;B. Hemmer

  • γ-secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells

    Sarah A. Laurent;Franziska S. Hoffmann;Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Qingyu Cheng

  • B cells and antibodies in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis and therapy

    Markus Krumbholz;Tobias Derfuss;Reinhard Hohlfeld;Edgar Meinl

  • Antibodies to MOG are transient in childhood acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

    A. K. Pröbstel;K. Dornmair;K. Dornmair;R. Bittner;R. Bittner;P. Sperl;P. Sperl

  • Preferential expression and function of Toll-like receptor 3 in human astrocytes.

    Cinthia Farina;Markus Krumbholz;Thomas Giese;Gunther Hartmann

  • Neurofascin as a target for autoantibodies in peripheral neuropathies

    Judy King Man Ng;Joachim Malotka;Naoto Kawakami;Tobias Derfuss

  • Contactin-2/TAG-1-directed autoimmunity is identified in multiple sclerosis patients and mediates gray matter pathology in animals

    Tobias Derfuss;Khyati Parikh;Sviataslau Velhin;Magdalena Braun

  • The utility of cerebrospinal fluid analysis in patients with multiple sclerosis

    Martin Stangel;Sten Fredrikson;Edgar Meinl;Axel Petzold;Axel Petzold

  • Natalizumab disproportionately increases circulating pre-B and B cells in multiple sclerosis.

    M. Krumbholz;I. Meinl;T. Kümpfel;R. Hohlfeld

  • Interleukin-12 Receptor β1 Deficiency in a Patient with Abdominal Tuberculosis

    Frédéric Altare;Armin Ensser;Adrien Breiman;Janine Reichenbach

  • Expression and function of Toll-like receptor 3 in human astrocytes

    Cinthia Farina;Markus Krumbholz;T. Giese;G. Hartmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Hohlfeld
Reinhard Hohlfeld Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hartmut Wekerle
Hartmut Wekerle Max Planck Society
Tobias Derfuss
Tobias Derfuss University Hospital of Basel
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Klaus Dornmair
Klaus Dornmair Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christopher Linington
Christopher Linington University of Glasgow
Stefan F. Lichtenthaler
Stefan F. Lichtenthaler German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Frank Weber
Frank Weber HEMAP AG
Dieter E. Jenne
Dieter E. Jenne Max Planck Society
Francesca Aloisi
Francesca Aloisi Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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