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Hermann Rohrer is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work notably spans subfields including physiology, molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, neurology, and immunology.

The scientist's research topics focus largely on neuroblastoma research and treatments, adipose tissue and metabolism, circadian rhythm and melatonin, dietary effects on health, immune cells in cancer, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, as well as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Frequent publication venues for Hermann Rohrer include Cell and Tissue Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Communications, and Nature Genetics. They have contributed multiple papers to these journals over recent years.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Rohrer are:

  • "Reversible transitions between noradrenergic and mesenchymal tumor identities define cell plasticity in neuroblastoma," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Linking human sympathoadrenal development and neuroblastoma," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "The diversity of neuronal phenotypes in rodent and human autonomic ganglia," 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • "Interplay between intrinsic reprogramming potential and microenvironment controls neuroblastoma cell plasticity and identity," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The sympathies of the body: functional organization and neuronal differentiation in the peripheral sympathetic nervous system," 2021, Cell and Tissue Research

Hermann Rohrer collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Sylvain Baulande, Olivier Delattre, Uwe Ernsberger, Amira Kramdi, and Caroline Louis-Brennetot. These collaborations are reflected in multiple co-authored publications, highlighting a networked approach to their research.

Best Publications

  • Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

    Alun M. Davies;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching

  • Involvement of bone morphogenetic protein-4 and bone morphogenetic protein-7 in the differentiation of the adrenergic phenotype in developing sympathetic neurons

    E. Reissmann;U. Ernsberger;P.H. Francis-West;D. Rueger

  • Heterogeneity of neuroblastoma cell identity defined by transcriptional circuitries

    Valentina Boeva;Valentina Boeva;Caroline Louis-Brennetot;Agathe Peltier;Simon Durand

  • Specification of catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons

    Christo Goridis;Hermann Rohrer

  • Parkinson phenotype in aged PINK1-deficient mice is accompanied by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction in absence of neurodegeneration.

    Suzana Gispert;Filomena Ricciardi;Alexander Kurz;Mekhman Azizov

  • Bone morphogenetic proteins are required in vivo for the generation of sympathetic neurons.

    Carolin Schneider;Helmut Wicht;Jana Enderich;Michael Wegner

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor induces type-2 astrocyte differentiation in culture

    Simon M. Hughes;Laura E. Lillien;Martin C. Raff;Hermann Rohrer

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor induces cholinergic differentiation of rat sympathetic neurons in culture.

    S Saadat;M Sendtner;H Rohrer

  • Proliferation and differentiation of embryonic chick sympathetic neurons: effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor.

    Uwe Ernsberger;Michael Sendtner;Hermann Rohrer

  • Essential role of Gata transcription factors in sympathetic neuron development.

    Konstantina Tsarovina;Alexandre Pattyn;Jutta Stubbusch;Frank Müller

  • Type-2 astrocyte development in rat brain cultures is initiated by a CNTF like protein produced by type-1 astrocytes

    Laura E. Lillien;Michael Sendtner;Hermann Rohrer;Simon M. Hughes

  • Relationship between differentiation and terminal mitosis: chick sensory and ciliary neurons differentiate after terminal mitosis of precursor cells, whereas sympathetic neurons continue to divide after differentiation

    H Rohrer;H Thoenen

  • The Phox2 homeodomain proteins are sufficient to promote the development of sympathetic neurons.

    Matthias Stanke;Dirk Junghans;Markus Geissen;Christo Goridis

  • Multiple functions of fibroblast growth factor-8 (FGF-8) in chick eye development

    Astrid Vogel-Höpker;Tsuyoshi Momose;Hermann Rohrer;Kunio Yasuda

  • The transcription factor dHAND is a downstream effector of BMPs in sympathetic neuron specification

    Marthe J. Howard;Matthias Stanke;Carolin Schneider;X. Wu

  • Developmental potential of quail dorsal root ganglion cells analyzed in vitro and in vivo.

    H Rohrer;AL Acheson;J Thibault;H Thoenen

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

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

  • Evidence for an important role of IGF-I and IGF-II for the early development of chick sympathetic neurons

    K Zackenfels;R.W Oppenheim;H Rohrer

  • Bone morphogenetic proteins specify the retinal pigment epithelium in the chick embryo

    Frank Müller;Hermann Rohrer;Astrid Vogel-Höpker

  • Retinoic acid induces NGF-dependent survival response and high-affinity NGF receptors in immature chick sympathetic neurons

    A. Rodriguez-Tebar;H. Rohrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Olivier Delattre
Olivier Delattre PSL University
Thomas Deller
Thomas Deller Goethe University Frankfurt
Yves-Alain Barde
Yves-Alain Barde Cardiff University
Michael Sendtner
Michael Sendtner University of Würzburg
Klaus Unsicker
Klaus Unsicker University of Freiburg
Richard E. Zigmond
Richard E. Zigmond Case Western Reserve University
Gustavo D. Aguirre
Gustavo D. Aguirre University of Pennsylvania
Ronald W. Oppenheim
Ronald W. Oppenheim Wake Forest University
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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