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Ingo Bechmann

Ingo Bechmann

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D-Index
92
Citations
32589
World Ranking
11269
National Ranking
609

Overview

Ingo Bechmann is a researcher affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany, specializing in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly output spans substantial contributions to subfields such as Neurology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work primarily addresses topics including Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Immune cells in cancer, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, as well as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments. Other focal areas include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Bechmann has published multiple papers in reputable scientific journals, with recent significant publications including:

  • 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)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Bechmann include Karsten Winter, Wolfgang J. Streit, Hongcheng Mai, Zhouyi Rong, and Hanno Steinke. This network supports a multidisciplinary approach to their shared research interests.

Bechmann's findings have appeared repeatedly in leading venues such as Glia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, and 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

  • Widespread hypoxia-inducible expression of HIF-2alpha in distinct cell populations of different organs.

    Michael S Wiesener;Jan Steffen Jürgensen;Christian Rosenberger;Charlotte K Scholze

  • 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

  • Cellular mechanisms of IL-17-induced blood-brain barrier disruption

    Jula Huppert;Dorothea Closhen;Andrew Croxford;Robin White

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

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

  • 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

  • Panoptic imaging of transparent mice reveals whole-body neuronal projections and skull-meninges connections.

    Ruiyao Cai;Chenchen Pan;Alireza Ghasemigharagoz;Mihail Ivilinov Todorov

  • 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

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

    Erik Kwidzinski;Jörg Bunse;Orhan Aktas;Daniel Richter

  • Distinct and Non-Redundant Roles of Microglia and Myeloid Subsets in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

    Alexander Mildner;Bernhard Schlevogt;Katrin Kierdorf;Chotima Böttcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Blüher
Matthias Blüher Leipzig University
Klaus V. Toyka
Klaus V. Toyka University of Würzburg
Jens Eilers
Jens Eilers Leipzig University
Florian Lordick
Florian Lordick Leipzig University
Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll Leipzig University
Ari Waisman
Ari Waisman Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wiebke Möbius
Wiebke Möbius Max Planck Society
Achim Aigner
Achim Aigner Leipzig University
Wolfgang Härtig
Wolfgang Härtig Leipzig University

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