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Overview

Elisabeth Sock is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Neuroscience as well. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cancer Research, Neurology, and Immunology.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, microRNA in disease regulation, RNA research and splicing, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and congenital heart defects research.

Several papers authored or co-authored by Elisabeth Sock provide insight into their research scope. Notable publications include:

  • Using the lineage determinants Olig2 and Sox10 to explore transcriptional regulation of oligodendrocyte development, 2021, Developmental Neurobiology
  • Deciphering the regulatory landscape of fetal and adult γδ T-cell development at single-cell resolution, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • Matrix stiffness mechanosensing modulates the expression and distribution of transcription factors in Schwann cells, 2021, Bioengineering & Translational Medicine
  • KLF9 and KLF13 transcription factors boost myelin gene expression in oligodendrocytes as partners of SOX10 and MYRF, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Egr2-guided histone H2B monoubiquitination is required for peripheral nervous system myelination, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acids Research, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Cells.

Collaborative work is an important aspect of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Michael Wegner, Franziska Fröb, D. Chichung Lie, Simone Hillgärtner, and Hannah M. Wüst.

Best Publications

  • Sox10, a Novel Transcriptional Modulator in Glial Cells

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

  • The Sox9 transcription factor determines glial fate choice in the developing spinal cord

    C. Claus Stolt;Petra Lommes;Elisabeth Sock;Marie-Christine Chaboissier

  • Interaction among SOX10, PAX3 and MITF, three genes altered in Waardenburg syndrome

    Nadege Bondurand;Veronique Pingault;Derk E. Goerich;Nicole Lemort

  • SoxD Proteins Influence Multiple Stages of Oligodendrocyte Development and Modulate SoxE Protein Function

    C. Claus Stolt;Anita Schlierf;Petra Lommes;Simone Hillgärtner

  • Cooperative function of POU proteins and SOX proteins in glial cells.

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Janna Enderich

  • Gene Targeting Reveals a Widespread Role for the High-Mobility-Group Transcription Factor Sox11 in Tissue Remodeling

    Elisabeth Sock;Stefanie D. Rettig;Janna Enderich;Michael R. Bösl

  • The Pichia pastoris peroxisomal protein PAS8p is the receptor for the C-terminal tripeptide peroxisomal targeting signal.

    S. R. Terlecky;W. M. Nuttley;D. McCollum;E. Sock

  • Idiopathic Weight Reduction in Mice Deficient in the High-Mobility-Group Transcription Factor Sox8

    Elisabeth Sock;Katy Schmidt;Irm Hermanns-Borgmeyer;Michael R. Bösl

  • Organogenesis relies on SoxC transcription factors for the survival of neural and mesenchymal progenitors

    Pallavi Bhattaram;Alfredo Penzo-Méndez;Elisabeth Sock;Clemencia Colmenares

  • SoxC transcription factors are required for neuronal differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Lifang Mu;Lucia Berti;Giacomo Masserdotti;Marcela Covic

  • Sox12 deletion in the mouse reveals nonreciprocal redundancy with the related Sox4 and Sox11 transcription factors

    Melanie Hoser;Michaela R. Potzner;Julia M. C. Koch;Michael R. Bösl

  • Functional Analysis of Sox10 Mutations Found in Human Waardenburg-Hirschsprung Patients

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Claudia Schmidt;Elisabeth Sock;Véronique Pingault

  • Loss of DNA-dependent dimerization of the transcription factor SOX9 as a cause for campomelic dysplasia.

    Elisabeth Sock;Roberta A. Pagon;Kathelijn Keymolen;Willy Lissens

  • Sequential requirement of Sox4 and Sox11 during development of the sympathetic nervous system

    Michaela R. Potzner;Konstantina Tsarovina;Ellen Binder;Alfredo Penzo-Méndez

  • THE REGULATOR OF EARLY GLIOGENESIS GLIAL CELLS MISSING IS A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WITH A NOVEL TYPE OF DNA-BINDING DOMAIN

    Jörg Schreiber;Elisabeth Sock;Michael Wegner

  • SOX9 controls epithelial branching by activating RET effector genes during kidney development

    Antoine Reginensi;Michael Clarkson;Michael Clarkson;Yasmine Neirijnck;Yasmine Neirijnck;Benson Lu

  • Functional interaction between the POU domain protein Tst-1/Oct-6 and the high-mobility-group protein HMG-I/Y.

    H Leger;E Sock;K Renner;F Grummt

  • Impact of transcription factor Sox8 on oligodendrocyte specification in the mouse embryonic spinal cord.

    C. Claus Stolt;Simone Schmitt;Petra Lommes;Elisabeth Sock

  • Copy number variation of two separate regulatory regions upstream of SOX9 causes isolated 46,XY or 46,XX disorder of sex development

    Gwang-Jin Kim;Elisabeth Sock;Astrid Buchberger;Walter Just

  • SoxD proteins influence multiple stages of oligodendrocyte development and modulate SoxE protein function

    CC Stolt;A Schlierf;P Lommes;T Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Wegner
Michael Wegner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ernst R. Tamm
Ernst R. Tamm University of Regensburg
Michael R. Bösl
Michael R. Bösl University of Würzburg
Andreas Schedl
Andreas Schedl Grenoble Alpes University
Dieter Chichung Lie
Dieter Chichung Lie University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dominic Grün
Dominic Grün Max Planck Society
Jürgen Winkler
Jürgen Winkler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt
Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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