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Ingolf E. Blasig is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Subfields of study include neurology, molecular biology, oncology, physiology, and immunology.

Their work focuses on several main topics including barrier structure and function studies, connexins and lens biology, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological diseases and metabolism, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, ginger and Zingiberaceae research, as well as the lymphatic system and diseases.

Frequent co-authors in Ingolf E. Blasig's publications include Reiner F. Haseloff, Rosel Blasig, Zhihai Qin, Sophie Dithmer, and Lars Winkler.

Their publications appear in a range of scientific journals, including the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Controlled Release.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ingolf E. Blasig are:

  • "Tight junctions in the blood-brain barrier promote edema formation and infarct size in stroke - Ambivalent effects of sealing proteins" (2020) in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "The Basic Requirement of Tight Junction Proteins in Blood-Brain Barrier Function and Their Role in Pathologies" (2024) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "A face-to-face comparison of claudin-5 transduced human brain endothelial (hCMEC/D3) cells with porcine brain endothelial cells as blood-brain barrier models for drug transport studies" (2020) in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • "M01 as a novel drug enhancer for specifically targeting the blood-brain barrier." (2021) in Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Claudin-3 inhibits tumor-induced lymphangiogenesis via regulating the PI3K signaling pathway in lymphatic endothelial cells" (2022) in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of claudins.

    Gerd Krause;Lars Winkler;Sebastian L. Mueller;Reiner F. Haseloff

  • Locally renewing resident synovial macrophages provide a protective barrier for the joint

    Stephan Culemann;Anika Grüneboom;José Ángel Nicolás-Ávila;Daniela Weidner

  • Strategies to advance translational research into brain barriers

    Edward Neuwelt;N Joan Abbott;Lauren Abrey;William A Banks

  • Formation of tight junction: determinants of homophilic interaction between classic claudins

    Jörg Piontek;Lars Winkler;Hartwig Wolburg;Sebastian L. Müller

  • Reactive oxygen species alter brain endothelial tight junction dynamics via RhoA, PI3 kinase, and PKB signaling

    Gerty Schreibelt;Gijs Kooij;Arie Reijerkerk;Ruben van Doorn

  • In search of the astrocytic factor(s) modulating blood-brain barrier functions in brain capillary endothelial cells in vitro

    R F Haseloff;I E Blasig;H C Bauer;H Bauer

  • Transmembrane proteins of the tight junctions at the blood-brain barrier: structural and functional aspects.

    Reiner F. Haseloff;Sophie Dithmer;Lars Winkler;Hartwig Wolburg

  • Peroxynitrite Increases the Degradation of Aconitase and Other Cellular Proteins by Proteasome

    Tilman Grune;Tilman Grune;Ingolf E. Blasig;Nicolle Sitte;Birgit Roloff

  • Protein Kinase C Regulates the Phosphorylation and Cellular Localization of Occludin

    Anna Y. Andreeva;Eberhard Krause;Eva Christina Müller;Ingolf E. Blasig

  • In tight junctions, claudins regulate the interactions between occludin, tricellulin and marvelD3, which, inversely, modulate claudin oligomerization

    Jimmi Cording;Johanna Berg;Nadja Käding;Christian Bellmann

  • The Tight Junction Protein Occludin and the Adherens Junction Protein α-Catenin Share a Common Interaction Mechanism with ZO-1

    Sebastian L. Müller;Michael Portwich;Anke Schmidt;Darkhan I. Utepbergenov

  • Tight junction proteins at the blood–brain barrier: far more than claudin-5

    Philipp Berndt;Lars Winkler;Jimmi Cording;Olga Breitkreuz-Korff

  • Serum markers support disease-specific glial pathology in major depression

    Matthias L. Schroeter;Hashim Abdul-Khaliq;Michael Krebs;Albert Diefenbacher

  • On the self-association potential of transmembrane tight junction proteins

    I. E. Blasig;L. Winkler;B. Lassowski;S. L. Mueller

  • Occludin Protein Family: Oxidative Stress and Reducing Conditions

    Ingolf E. Blasig;Christian Bellmann;Jimmi Cording;Giovanna del Vecchio

  • Tubular Epithelial NF-κB Activity Regulates Ischemic AKI

    Lajos Markó;Emilia Vigolo;Christian Hinze;Joon-Keun Park

  • Molecular determinants of the interaction between Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin fragments and claudin-3.

    Lars Winkler;Claudia Gehring;Ariane Wenzel;Sebastian L. Müller

  • Elucidating the principles of the molecular organization of heteropolymeric tight junction strands

    Jörg Piontek;Susanne Fritzsche;Jimmi Cording;Sandra Richter

  • Participation of the second extracellular loop of claudin-5 in paracellular tightening against ions, small and large molecules

    Christian Piehl;Jörg Piontek;Jimmi Cording;Hartwig Wolburg

  • Structure and function of extracellular claudin domains.

    Gerd Krause;Lars Winkler;Christian Piehl;Ingolf Blasig

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartwig Wolburg
Hartwig Wolburg University of Tübingen
Matthias L. Schroeter
Matthias L. Schroeter Max Planck Society
Tilman Grune
Tilman Grune University of Potsdam
Gerd Krause
Gerd Krause Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Otmar Huber
Otmar Huber Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Péter Ferdinandy
Péter Ferdinandy Semmelweis University
Zhihai Qin
Zhihai Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Lange
Peter Lange University of Copenhagen
Michael Fromm
Michael Fromm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Claudia Sommer
Claudia Sommer University of Würzburg

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