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Overview

Jan Bauer is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, contributing extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on neurology and immunology. Their research spans various subfields such as molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and genetics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to medical science.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics primarily centered on autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, multiple sclerosis research, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, immune cells in cancer, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Jan Bauer has published multiple recent papers in respected venues. Key articles include:

  • Acute and non-resolving inflammation associate with oxidative injury after human spinal cord injury, 2020, Brain
  • Tissue-resident CD8 + T cells drive compartmentalized and chronic autoimmune damage against CNS neurons, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Neuropathological Variability within a Spectrum of NMDAR-Encephalitis, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy with GAD antibodies: neurons killed by T cells not by complement membrane attack complex, 2022, Brain
  • The brain penetrant PPARγ agonist leriglitazone restores multiple altered pathways in models of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, 2021, Science Translational Medicine

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Jan Bauer include Romana Höftberger, Roland Liblau, Christian G. Bien, Heinz Wiendl, and Hans Lassmann, indicating strong networks within neurology and neuroimmunology research communities.

Jan Bauer's research is often published in notable journals, with multiple works appearing in Brain, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, Infectious Diseases Now, Journal of Neurology, and Science Translational Medicine.

Their research contributions are mainly situated within the broader field of medicine, specifically with 65 publications related to the discipline. Within this, the dominant subfield is neurology, accounting for 32 publications, followed by immunology with 14, molecular biology with 11, pathology and forensic medicine and genetics both with seven publications.

Best Publications

  • Oxidative damage in multiple sclerosis lesions

    Lukas Haider;Marie T. Fischer;Josa M. Frischer;Jan Bauer

  • Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis

    Christian G Bien;Angela Vincent;Michael H Barnett;Albert J Becker

  • Neuromyelitis optica: pathogenicity of patient immunoglobulin in vivo.

    Monika Bradl;Tatsuro Misu;Toshiyuki Takahashi;Mitsutoshi Watanabe

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocytes in autoimmune and degenerative CNS diseases.

    Harald Neumann;Isabelle M Medana;Jan Bauer;Hans Lassmann

  • The compartmentalized inflammatory response in the multiple sclerosis brain is composed of tissue-resident CD8+ T lymphocytes and B cells

    Joana Machado-Santos;Etsuji Saji;Anna R Tröscher;Manuela Paunovic

  • Rasmussen's encephalitis: clinical features, pathobiology, and treatment advances

    Sophia Varadkar;Christian G Bien;Carol A Kruse;Frances E Jensen

  • Hippocampal Apoptosis in Major Depression Is a Minor Event and Absent from Subareas at Risk for Glucocorticoid Overexposure

    Paul J. Lucassen;Marianne B. Müller;Florian Holsboer;Jan Bauer

  • Destruction of neurons by cytotoxic T cells: a new pathogenic mechanism in Rasmussen's encephalitis.

    Christian G. Bien;Jan Bauer;Thomas L. Deckwerth;Heinz Wiendl

  • The fibrin-derived γ377-395 peptide inhibits microglia activation and suppresses relapsing paralysis in central nervous system autoimmune disease

    Ryan A. Adams;Jan S. Bauer;Matthew J. Flick;Shoana L. Sikorski

  • Widespread Demyelination in the Cerebellar Cortex in Multiple Sclerosis

    Alexandra Kutzelnigg;Jens C. Faber-Rod;Jan Bauer;Claudia F. Lucchinetti

  • T- and B-cell responses to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis.

    Antonio Iglesias;Jan Bauer;Tobias Litzenburger;Anna Schubart

  • Five freely circulating miRNAs and bone tissue miRNAs are associated with osteoporotic fractures.

    Claudine Seeliger;Katrin Karpinski;Alexander T Haug;Helen Vester

  • Lesion genesis in a subset of patients with multiple sclerosis: a role for innate immunity?

    Christina Marik;Paul A. Felts;Jan Bauer;Hans Lassmann

  • Disease-specific molecular events in cortical multiple sclerosis lesions

    Marie Therese Fischer;Isabella Wimmer;Romana Höftberger;Susanna Gerlach

  • Oligodendrocyte Apoptosis and Primary Demyelination Induced by Local TNF/p55TNF Receptor Signaling in the Central Nervous System of Transgenic Mice: Models for Multiple Sclerosis with Primary Oligodendrogliopathy

    Katerina Akassoglou;Jan Bauer;George Kassiotis;Manolis Pasparakis

  • B Lymphocytes Producing Demyelinating Autoantibodies: Development and Function in Gene-targeted Transgenic Mice

    Tobias Litzenburger;Reinhard Fässler;Jan Bauer;Hans Lassmann

  • Contactin-2/TAG-1-directed autoimmunity is identified in multiple sclerosis patients and mediates gray matter pathology in animals

    Tobias Derfuss;Khyati Parikh;Sviataslau Velhin;Magdalena Braun

  • The role of macrophages, perivascular cells, and microglial cells in the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Jan Bauer;Inge Huitinga;Weiguo Zhao;Hans Lassmann

  • Phagocytic activity of macrophages and microglial cells during the course of acute and chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    J. Bauer;T. Sminia;F. G. Wouterlood;C. D. Dijkstra

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor Shedding Controls Thresholds of Innate Immune Activation That Balance Opposing TNF Functions in Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases

    Sofia Xanthoulea;Manolis Pasparakis;Stavroula Kousteni;Cord Brakebusch

  • Distribution of a calcium channel subunit in dystrophic axons in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Barbara Kornek;Maria K. Storch;Jan Bauer;Atbin Djamshidian

  • Changes in enteric neurone phenotype and intestinal functions in a transgenic mouse model of enteric glia disruption

    Aubé Ac;Cabarrocas J;Bauer J;Philippe D

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Otwin Breitenstein
Otwin Breitenstein Max Planck Society
Bert A. 't Hart
Bert A. 't Hart University of Amsterdam
Jon D. Laman
Jon D. Laman University Medical Center Groningen
Roland S. Liblau
Roland S. Liblau Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Christian G. Bien
Christian G. Bien Bielefeld University
Hartmut Wekerle
Hartmut Wekerle Max Planck Society
Christine D. Dijkstra
Christine D. Dijkstra VU University Medical Center
Katerina Akassoglou
Katerina Akassoglou University of California, San Francisco
Christopher Linington
Christopher Linington University of Glasgow

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