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Ingo Bechmann

Ingo Bechmann

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
30910
World Ranking
2678
National Ranking
194

Overview

Ingo Bechmann is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work encompasses significant contributions to the subfields of Neurology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics covered by Ingo Bechmann include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Bechmann demonstrate a focus on microglial biology and neurodegenerative diseases. These papers include:

  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads," 2022, Neuron
  • "Cellular and Molecular Probing of Intact Human Organs," 2020, Cell
  • "Beyond Activation: Characterizing Microglial Functional Phenotypes," 2021, Cells
  • "Classification of Microglial Morphological Phenotypes Using Machine Learning," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "Dystrophic microglia in late-onset Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Glia

Bechmann frequently collaborates with a network of co-authors. Notable co-authors with multiple publications include:

  • Karsten Winter
  • Wolfgang J. Streit
  • Hongcheng Mai
  • Zhouyi Rong
  • Hanno Steinke

The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • Glia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger

Best Publications

  • Origin, fate and dynamics of macrophages at central nervous system interfaces.

    Tobias Goldmann;Peter Wieghofer;Marta Joana Costa Jordão;Fabiola Prutek

  • What is immune privilege (not)

    Ian Galea;Ingo Bechmann;V. Hugh Perry

  • Dystrophic (senescent) rather than activated microglial cells are associated with tau pathology and likely precede neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.

    Wolfgang J. Streit;Heiko Braak;Heiko Braak;Qing-Shan Xue;Ingo Bechmann

  • Targeting gene-modified hematopoietic cells to the central nervous system: Use of green fluorescent protein uncovers microglial engraftment

    Josef Priller;Alexander FLüGEL;T. I. M. Wehner;Matthias Boentert

  • What is the blood–brain barrier (not)?

    Ingo Bechmann;Ian Galea;V. Hugh Perry

  • TGF-β receptor-mediated albumin uptake into astrocytes is involved in neocortical epileptogenesis

    Sebastian Ivens;Daniela Kaufer;Daniela Kaufer;Luisa P Flores;Ingo Bechmann

  • Lasting Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Induces Epileptic Focus in the Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Ernst Seiffert;Jens P. Dreier;Sebastian Ivens;Ingo Bechmann

  • Current concepts in neuroanatomical tracing

    C. Köbbert;R. Apps;I. Bechmann;J.L. Lanciego

  • Anorectic estrogen mimics leptin's effect on the rewiring of melanocortin cells and Stat3 signaling in obese animals

    Qian Gao;Gabor Mezei;Yongzhan Nie;Yan Rao

  • Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding

    Marco Koch;Luis Varela;Jae Geun Kim;Jung Dae Kim

  • Live imaging of astrocyte responses to acute injury reveals selective juxtavascular proliferation

    Sophia Bardehle;Martin Krüger;Felix Buggenthin;Julia Schwausch

  • Perivascular Spaces and the Two Steps to Neuroinflammation

    Trevor Owens;Ingo Bechmann;Britta Engelhardt

  • Alu Elements in ANRIL Non-Coding RNA at Chromosome 9p21 Modulate Atherogenic Cell Functions through Trans-Regulation of Gene Networks

    Lesca M. Holdt;Steve Hoffmann;Kristina Sass;David Langenberger

  • Sickle hemoglobin confers tolerance to Plasmodium infection.

    Ana Ferreira;Ivo Marguti;Ingo Bechmann;Ingo Bechmann;Viktória Jeney

  • Effector T-cell trafficking between the leptomeninges and the cerebrospinal fluid

    Christian Schläger;Henrike Körner;Martin Krueger;Stefano Vidoli

  • Human brain-cell death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)

    Robert Nitsch;Ingo Bechmann;Rudolf A Deisz;Dorit Haas

  • Vascular, glial, and lymphatic immune gateways of the central nervous system

    Britta Engelhardt;Roxana O. Carare;Ingo Bechmann;Alexander Flügel

  • Indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase is expressed in the CNS and down-regulates autoimmune inflammation

    Erik Kwidzinski;Jörg Bunse;Orhan Aktas;Daniel Richter

  • Heterogeneity in the neuropeptide Y-containing neurons of the rat arcuate nucleus: GABAergic and non-GABAergic subpopulations

    Tamas L Horvath;Ingo Bechmann;Ingo Bechmann;Frederick Naftolin;Satya P Kalra

  • CNS pericytes: Concepts, misconceptions, and a way out

    Martin Krueger;Ingo Bechmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Frauke Zipp
Frauke Zipp Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Tamas L. Horvath
Tamas L. Horvath Yale University
Josef Priller
Josef Priller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jon D. Laman
Jon D. Laman University Medical Center Groningen
Wolfgang J. Streit
Wolfgang J. Streit University of Florida
Barbara Steiner
Barbara Steiner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Thomas Deller
Thomas Deller Goethe University Frankfurt
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Alon Friedman
Alon Friedman Dalhousie University

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