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Friedrich A. Grässer

Friedrich A. Grässer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
12411
World Ranking
18581
National Ranking
1272

Overview

Friedrich A. Grässer is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional publications in Medicine. The focus of their studies includes subfields such as Epidemiology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Their recent publications reflect diverse contributions to these research areas. Notable papers include:

  • "Integrative functional genomics decodes herpes simplex virus 1," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "HLA-DRB1*15:01 is a co-receptor for Epstein-Barr virus, linking genetic and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis," published in 2021 in European Journal of Immunology
  • "Induction of the Endoplasmic-Reticulum-Stress Response: MicroRNA-34a Targeting of the IRE1α-Branch," published in 2020 in Cells
  • "Changes of Protein Expression after CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout of miRNA-142 in Cell Lines Derived from Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma," published in 2022 in Cancers

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Friedrich A. Grässer include:

  • Jennifer Menegatti
  • Martin Hart
  • Eckart Meese
  • Adam W. Whisnant
  • Christopher Jürges

Their work is published in a range of journals corresponding to their multidisciplinary approach. Regular publication venues are:

  • Nature Communications
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Cells
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • Identification of Virus-Encoded MicroRNAs

    Sébastien Pfeffer;Mihaela Zavolan;Friedrich A. Grässer;Minchen Chien

  • Identification of microRNAs of the herpesvirus family

    Sébastien Pfeffer;Alain Sewer;Mariana Lagos-Quintana;Robert Sheridan

  • An estimate of the total number of true human miRNAs.

    Alles J;Fehlmann T;Fischer U;Backes C

  • Bidirectional transcripts of the expanded C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat are translated into aggregating dipeptide repeat proteins

    Kohji Mori;Thomas Arzberger;Thomas Arzberger;Friedrich A. Grässer;Ilse Gijselinck

  • Epstein–Barr virus-encoded microRNA miR-BART2 down-regulates the viral DNA polymerase BALF5

    Stephanie Barth;Thorsten Pfuhl;Alfredo Mamiani;Claudia Ehses

  • C9orf72 FTLD/ALS-associated Gly-Ala dipeptide repeat proteins cause neuronal toxicity and Unc119 sequestration

    Stephanie May;Daniel Hornburg;Martin H. Schludi;Thomas Arzberger;Thomas Arzberger

  • Identification of novel Epstein-Barr virus microRNA genes from nasopharyngeal carcinomas.

    Jia Yun Zhu;Thorsten Pfuhl;Natalie Motsch;Stephanie Barth

  • The MicroRNA Profile of Prostate Carcinoma Obtained by Deep Sequencing

    Jaroslaw Szczyrba;Elke Löprich;Sven Wach;Volker Jung

  • Systematic analysis of viral and cellular microRNA targets in cells latently infected with human gamma-herpesviruses by RISC immunoprecipitation assay.

    Lars Dölken;Georg Malterer;Florian Erhard;Sheila Kothe

  • Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) induces the expression of the cellular microRNA miR-146a.

    Natalie Motsch;Thorsten Pfuhl;Jan Mrazek;Stephanie Barth

  • Quantitative analysis and clinico-pathological correlations of different dipeptide repeat protein pathologies in C9ORF72 mutation carriers

    Ian R. A. Mackenzie;Petra Frick;Friedrich A. Grässer;Tania F. Gendron

  • Distribution of dipeptide repeat proteins in cellular models and C9orf72 mutation cases suggests link to transcriptional silencing

    Martin H. Schludi;Stephanie May;Friedrich A. Grässer;Kristin Rentzsch

  • The Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 interacts with an EBNA2 responsive cis-element of the terminal protein 1 gene promoter.

    U. Zimber-Strobl;E. Kremmer;F. Grässer;G. Marschall

  • Monoclonal antibodies directed against the Epstein-Barr virus-encoded nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1): immunohistologic detection of EBNA1 in the malignant cells of Hodgkin's disease.

    FA Grasser;PG Murray;E Kremmer;K Klein

  • MicroRNA profiles of prostate carcinoma detected by multiplatform microRNA screening.

    Sven Wach;Elke Nolte;Jaroslaw Szczyrba;Robert Stöhr

  • microRNA profiling in Epstein–Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoma

    Jochen Imig;Natalie Motsch;Jia Yun Zhu;Stephanie Barth

  • Detection of Borna disease virus (BDV) antibodies and BDV RNA in psychiatric patients: evidence for high sequence conservation of human blood-derived BDV RNA.

    C Sauder;A Müller;B Cubitt;J Mayer

  • Immunohistochemical Detection of the Epstein-Barr Virus–Encoded Latent Membrane Protein 2A in Hodgkin's Disease and Infectious Mononucleosis

    G. Niedobitek;E. Kremmer;H. Herbst;L. Whitehead

  • DETECTION OF BORNA DISEASE VIRUS ANTIGEN AND RNA IN HUMAN AUTOPSY BRAIN SAMPLES FROM NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

    De La Torre Jc;Gonzalez-Dunia D;Cubitt B;Mallory M

  • Characterization of DP103, a novel DEAD box protein that binds to the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear proteins EBNA2 and EBNA3C.

    Adam T. Grundhoff;Elisabeth Kremmer;Özlem Türeci;Andrea Glieden

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Kremmer
Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society
Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch
Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch Saarland University
Gunter Meister
Gunter Meister University of Regensburg
Arndt Hartmann
Arndt Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Eckart Meese
Eckart Meese Saarland University
Markus Landthaler
Markus Landthaler Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller Saarland University
Dieter Edbauer
Dieter Edbauer German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gerald Niedobitek
Gerald Niedobitek University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
John M. Nicholls
John M. Nicholls University of Hong Kong

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