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  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Anatomy and Anthropology
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Elke Lütjen-Drecoll is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Ophthalmology.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry. Topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal diseases and treatments
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Pain mechanisms and treatments
  • Retinal imaging and analysis
  • Phytochemicals and antioxidant activities
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling

Elke Lütjen-Drecoll has published in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Science Advances
  • Diabetes
  • The Ocular Surface
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Their recent papers include:

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3)-mediated gene therapy for glaucoma, 2023, Science Advances
  • Accommodative movements of the choroid in the optic nerve head region of human eyes, and their relationship to the lens, 2022, Experimental Eye Research
  • GPR40 Activation Abolishes Diabetes-Induced Painful Neuropathy by Suppressing VEGF-A Expression, 2022, Diabetes
  • Ocular surface changes in mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and diabetic polyneuropathy, 2023, The Ocular Surface
  • The β4-Subunit of the Large-Conductance Potassium Ion Channel KCa1.1 Regulates Outflow Facility in Mice, 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Frequent collaborators include Martin Schicht, Gerd Geißlinger, Klaus Scholich, Marco Sisignano, and Friedrich Paulsen.

Elke Lütjen-Drecoll has been recognized by the scientific community as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2003, with a focus on anatomy and anthropology. They are also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Cellular Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of the Trabecular Meshwork Inducible glucocorticoid Response Gene Product

    Jon R. Polansky;Don J. Fauss;Pu Chen;Hua Chen

  • Structural changes of the trabecular meshwork in different kinds of glaucoma

    Ozan-Yüksel Tektas;Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Functional morphology of the trabecular meshwork in primate eyes

    Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Quantitative analysis of 'plaque material' in the inner- and outer wall of Schlemm's canal in normal- and glaucomatous eyes.

    E. Lütjen-Drecoll;T. Shimizu;M. Rohrbach;J.W. Rohen

  • Effects of TGF-beta2 in perfused human eyes

    Gottanka J;Chan D;Eichhorn M;Lütjen-Drecoll E

  • Consensus recommendations for trabecular meshwork cell isolation, characterization and culture

    Kate E. Keller;Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya;Theresa Borrás;Thomas M. Brunner

  • The fine structure of the cribriform meshwork in normal and glaucomatous eyes as seen in tangential sections.

    J W Rohen;R Futa;E Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Ultrahistochemical studies on tangential sections of the trabecular meshwork in normal and glaucomatous eyes

    E Lütjen-Drecoll;R Futa;J W Rohen

  • Morphological changes in glaucomatous eyes and the role of TGFβ2 for the pathogenesis of the disease

    Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Morphological study of the anterior segment of cynomolgus monkey eyes following treatment with prostaglandin F2α

    Elke Lütjen-Drecoll;Ernst Tamm

  • Transforming growth factor-beta 2 modulated extracellular matrix component expression in cultured human optic nerve head astrocytes.

    Rudolf Fuchshofer;Marco Birke;Ulrich Welge-Lussen;Daniel Kook

  • Localization of the stress proteins alpha B-crystallin and trabecular meshwork inducible glucocorticoid response protein in normal and glaucomatous trabecular meshwork.

    E Lütjen-Drecoll;C A May;J R Polansky;D H Johnson

  • The effect of TGF-β2 on human trabecular meshwork extracellular proteolytic system

    Rudolf Fuchshofer;Ulrich Welge-Lussen;Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Induction of Tissue Transglutaminase in the Trabecular Meshwork by TGF-β1 and TGF-β2

    U Welge-Lüssen;C A May;E Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Morphology of the murine optic nerve.

    Chr Albrecht May;Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Aqueous humor outflow: what do we know? Where will it lead us?

    Michael P. Fautsch;Douglas H. Johnson;Ted S. Acott;Makoto Aihara

  • Morphological changes in the anterior eye segment after long-term treatment with different receptor selective prostaglandin agonists and a prostamide

    Markus Richter;Achim H.-P. Krauss;David F. Woodward;Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Severity of optic nerve damage in eyes with POAG is correlated with changes in the trabecular meshwork.

    Johannes Gottanka;Douglas Johnson;Peter Martus;Elke Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Species Differences in Choroidal Vasodilative Innervation: Evidence for Specific Intrinsic Nitrergic and VIP-Positive Neurons in the Human Eye

    C Flügel;E R Tamm;B Mayer;E Lütjen-Drecoll

  • Immunomicroscopical study of type VI collagen in the trabecular meshwork of normal and glaucomatous eyes.

    E. Lütjen-Drecoll;M. Rittig;J. Rauterberg;J. Rauterberg;R. Jander;R. Jander

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst R. Tamm
Ernst R. Tamm University of Regensburg
Paul L. Kaufman
Paul L. Kaufman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hans Bloemendal
Hans Bloemendal Radboud University
C. Ross Ethier
C. Ross Ethier Georgia Institute of Technology
Peter Martus
Peter Martus University of Tübingen
Claus Cursiefen
Claus Cursiefen University of Cologne
Peter Humphries
Peter Humphries Trinity College Dublin
Bernd Mayer
Bernd Mayer University of Graz
Dontscho Kerjaschki
Dontscho Kerjaschki Medical University of Vienna
Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu Nagoya University

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