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Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

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Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
12980
World Ranking
5451
National Ranking
460

Overview

Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Nephrology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The research topics covered by Hermans-Borgmeyer are diverse and interdisciplinary, with notable focus on:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Recent publications illustrate Hermans-Borgmeyer's engagement with topics in neuroscience, nephrology, and cellular mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • Spastin depletion increases tubulin polyglutamylation and impairs kinesin-mediated neuronal transport, leading to working and associative memory deficits (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • Segregated Expression of ENaC Subunits in Taste Cells (2020, Chemical Senses)
  • Podocyte expression of human phospholipase A2 receptor 1 causes immune-mediated membranous nephropathy in mice (2022, Kidney International)
  • Revisiting the proteolytic processing of cell adhesion molecule L1 (2020, Journal of Neurochemistry)
  • Disruption of tubulin-alpha4a polyglutamylation prevents aggregation of hyper-phosphorylated tau and microglia activation in mice (2022, Nature Communications)

Hermans-Borgmeyer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger
  • Matthias Kneussel
  • Tobias B. Huber
  • Gunther Zahner
  • Tim Rolvien

The scientist often publishes in prominent journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Kidney International
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Bone Reports

Best Publications

  • Sox10, a Novel Transcriptional Modulator in Glial Cells

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

  • Cloning of a novel glutamate receptor subunit, GluR5 : expression in the nervous system during development

    Bernhard Bettler;Jim Boulter;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Anne O'Shea-Greenfield

  • Cloning of a cDNA for a glutamate receptor subunit activated by kainate but not AMPA.

    Jan Egebjerg;Bernhard Bettler;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Stephen Heinemann

  • Disruption of KCC2 Reveals an Essential Role of K-Cl Cotransport Already in Early Synaptic Inhibition

    Christian A. Hübner;Valentin Stein;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Torsten Meyer

  • Nicotine binding and nicotinic receptor subunit RNA after chronic nicotine treatment.

    MJ Marks;JR Pauly;SD Gross;ES Deneris

  • Cloning of a putative glutamate receptor: a low affinity kainate-binding subunit.

    Bernhard Bettler;Jan Egebjerg;Geeta Sharma;Geeta Sharma;Gerlinde Pecht

  • Mutation of the Sry-related Sox10 gene in Dominant megacolon, a mouse model for human Hirschsprung disease

    Beate Herbarth;Veronique Pingault;Nadege Bondurand;Kirsten Kuhlbrodt

  • Expression of the KCl cotransporter KCC2 parallels neuronal maturation and the emergence of low intracellular chloride.

    Valentin Stein;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Thomas J. Jentsch;Christian A. Hübner

  • The Human DIMINUTO/DWARF1 Homolog Seladin-1 Confers Resistance to Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Neurodegeneration and Oxidative Stress

    Isabell Greeve;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Claire Brellinger;Dagmar Kasper

  • Cooperative function of POU proteins and SOX proteins in glial cells.

    Kirsten Kuhlbrodt;Beate Herbarth;Elisabeth Sock;Janna Enderich

  • Ionotropic glutamate‐receptor gene expression in hypothalamus: Localization of AMPA, kainate, and NMDA receptor RNA with in situ hybridization

    A. N. Van Den Pol;I. Hermans-Borgmeyer;M. Hofer;Prabhat Ghosh

  • The Transcription Factors Sox10 and Myrf Define an Essential Regulatory Network Module in Differentiating Oligodendrocytes

    Julia Hornig;Franziska Fröb;Michael R. Vogl;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

  • Spatial pattern of receptor expression in the olfactory epithelium.

    Patrick Nef;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Helene Artieres-Pin;Lora Beasley

  • Calcitonin controls bone formation by inhibiting the release of sphingosine 1-phosphate from osteoclasts

    Johannes Keller;Philip Catala-Lehnen;Antje K. Huebner;Anke Jeschke

  • Mice with a targeted disruption of the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger AE3 display a reduced seizure threshold

    Moritz Hentschke;Martin Wiemann;Suna Hentschke;Ingo Kurth

  • Expression of glutamate receptor genes in the mammalian retina: the localization of GluR1 through GluR7 mRNAs

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  • The glycine receptor deficiency of the mutant mouse spastic: evidence for normal glycine receptor structure and localization

    CM Becker;I Hermans-Borgmeyer;B Schmitt;H Betz

  • Chronic stress induces opposite changes in the mRNA expression of the cell adhesion molecules NCAM and L1

    César Venero;Thomas Tilling;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Rupert Schmidt

  • Role of the G-protein-coupled receptor GPR12 as high-affinity receptor for sphingosylphosphorylcholine and its expression and function in brain development.

    Atanas Ignatov;Julia Lintzel;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer;Hans Jürgen Kreienkamp

  • L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase deficiency protects from metabolic syndrome

    Chi-un Choe;Christine Nabuurs;Malte C. Stockebrand;Axel Neu

  • Identification and characterization of SorCS, a third member of a novel receptor family.

    Hermey G;Riedel Ib;Hampe W;Schaller Hc

  • Genetic Labeling of Tas1r1 and Tas2r131 Taste Receptor Cells in Mice

    Anja Voigt;Sandra Hübner;Kristina Lossow;Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen F. Heinemann
Stephen F. Heinemann Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Stefan Mundlos
Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Society
Carmen Sandi
Carmen Sandi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michel Goossens
Michel Goossens Grenoble Alpes University
César Venero
César Venero National University of Distance Education
Michael R. Kreutz
Michael R. Kreutz Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Evan S. Deneris
Evan S. Deneris Case Western Reserve University
Jeanne B. Lawrence
Jeanne B. Lawrence University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Paolo Gasparini
Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste

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