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68
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22690
World Ranking
2715
National Ranking
238

Overview

Horst Przuntek is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of study focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Neurology, Speech and Hearing, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The primary topics covered by Przuntek's work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Horst Przuntek include:

  • Propionic Acid Shapes the Multiple Sclerosis Disease Course by an Immunomodulatory Mechanism (2020, Cell)
  • Interventional Influence of the Intestinal Microbiome Through Dietary Intervention and Bowel Cleansing Might Improve Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (2020, Cells)
  • Supplementation with short-chain fatty acids and the prebiotic 2FL improves clinical outcome in PD (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent co-authors associated with Przuntek's research are:

  • Alexander Duscha
  • Tobias Hegelmaier
  • Aiden Haghikia
  • Nissan Yissachar
  • Gabriele I. Stangl

The main publication venues where Przuntek has contributed work include:

  • Cell
  • Cells
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Ala30Pro mutation in the gene encoding alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease.

    Rejko Krüger;Wilfried Kuhn;Thomas Müller;Dirk Woitalla

  • Interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 are elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's and de novo Parkinson's disease patients

    Doris Blum-Degen;Thomas Müller;Wilfried Kuhn;Manfred Gerlach

  • Neural structures associated with recognition of facial expressions of basic emotions

    R. Sprengelmeyer;M. Rausch;U. T. Eysel;H. Przuntek

  • Induction of a non-encephalitogenic type 2 T helper-cell autoimmune response in multiple sclerosis after administration of an altered peptide ligand in a placebo- controlled, randomized phase II trial

    Ludwig Kappos;Giancarlo Comi;Hillel Panitch;Joel Oger

  • MPTP mechanisms of neurotoxicity and their implications for Parkinson's disease

    Manfred Gerlach;Peter Riederer;Horst Przuntek;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: Phenotypic differences in genetically defined subtypes?

    Ludger Schöls;Georgios Amoiridis;Thomas Büttner;Horst Przuntek

  • Facial expression recognition in people with medicated and unmedicated Parkinson's disease.

    R. Sprengelmeyer;A.W. Young;K. Mahn;U. Schroeder

  • Knowing no fear.

    Reiner Sprengelmeyer;Andrew W Young;Ulrike Schroeder;Peter G Grossenbacher

  • Increased susceptibility to sporadic Parkinson's disease by a certain combined alpha-synuclein/apolipoprotein E genotype.

    Rejko Krüger;Ana Maria Menezes Vieira‐Saecker;Wilfried Kuhn;Daniela Berg

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: genotype and phenotype in German kindreds

    Ludger Schöls;Rejko Krüger;Georgios Amoiridis;Horst Przuntek

  • Oral fumaric acid esters for the treatment of active multiple sclerosis: an open-label, baseline-controlled pilot study.

    S. Schimrigk;N. Brune;K. Hellwig;C. Lukas

  • Interleukin-6 levels in cerebrospinal fluid inversely correlate to severity of Parkinson's disease.

    T. Müller;D. Blum-Degen;H. Przuntek;W. Kuhn

  • Riluzole in Huntington's disease: a 3-year, randomized controlled study.

    G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer;Bruno Dubois;Justo Garcia de Yébenes;Berry Kremer

  • Disgust implicated in obsessive–compulsive disorder

    R. Sprengelmeyer;A. W. Young;I. Pundt;A. Sprengelmeyer

  • Mitochondrial impairment in patients and asymptomatic mutation carriers of Huntington's disease.

    Carsten Saft;Jochen Zange;Jiirgen Andrich;Klaus Müller

  • Friedreich's ataxia. Revision of the phenotype according to molecular genetics.

    L Schöls;G Amoiridis;H Przuntek;G Frank

  • Elevated plasma levels of homocysteine in Parkinson's disease.

    W. Kuhn;R. Roebroek;H. Blom;D. van Oppenraaij

  • Sleep disturbance in spinocerebellar ataxias Is the SCA3 mutation a cause of restless legs syndrome

    L. Schöls;J. Haan;O. Riess;G. Amoiridis

  • Trinucleotide expansion within the MJD1 gene presents clinically as spinocerebellar ataxia and occurs most frequently in German SCA patients

    Ludger Schöls;Ana Maria Menezes Vieira-Saecker;Stephan Schöls;Horst Przuntek

  • Mutation analysis and association studies of the UCHL1 gene in German Parkinson's disease patients.

    Philip Wintermeyer;Rejko Krüger;Wilfried Kuhn;Thomas Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Carsten Saft
Carsten Saft Ruhr University Bochum
Daniela Berg
Daniela Berg University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Irene Daum
Irene Daum Ruhr University Bochum
Boris Suchan
Boris Suchan Ruhr University Bochum
Andrew W. Young
Andrew W. Young University of York
Péter Klivényi
Péter Klivényi University of Szeged

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