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2024
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Germany
2024

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Genetics

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94
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34423
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931
National Ranking
78

Medicine

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94
Citations
34768
World Ranking
10435
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Jörg T. Epplen is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans across multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

The main subfields of their work include cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, genetics, and physiology. Their research topics cover areas such as telomeres, telomerase, and senescence; RNA regulation and disease; multiple sclerosis research studies; cancer cells and metastasis; cancer research and treatments; 3D printing in biomedical research; and health and medical studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Association between shorter leukocyte telomeres and multiple sclerosis, 2020, Journal of Neuroimmunology
  • Comparison of hybrid clones derived from human breast epithelial cells and three different cancer cell lines regarding in vitro cancer stem/initiating cell properties, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • Humangenetische Beratung in Deutschland: Entwicklung der Inanspruchnahme, 2020, Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • Endocannabinergic modulation of central serotonergic activity in healthy human volunteers, 2023, Annals of General Psychiatry
  • EFNB3 Frameshift Variant in Weimaraner Dogs with a Condition Resembling a Congenital Mirror Movement Disorder, 2025, Movement Disorders

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as Movement Disorders, Journal of Neuroimmunology, BMC Cancer, Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, and Annals of General Psychiatry.

Frequent collaborators in their scientific work include Larissa Arning, Jörg Schmidtke, Ralf Glaubitz, Cleo Schwarz, and Florian Bartenschlager.

Best Publications

  • Ala30Pro mutation in the gene encoding alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease.

    Rejko Krüger;Wilfried Kuhn;Thomas Müller;Dirk Woitalla

  • Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score: Using disability and disease duration to rate disease severity

    R. H.S.R. Roxburgh;S. R. Seaman;T. Masterman;A. E. Hensiek

  • Mutations in ENPP1 are associated with 'idiopathic' infantile arterial calcification

    Frank Rutsch;Nico Ruf;Sucheta Vaingankar;Mohammad R Toliat

  • Expansion of a novel CAG trinucleotide repeat in the 5' region of PPP2R2B is associated with SCA12.

    Susan E. Holmes;Elizabeth E. O'Hearn;Melvin G. McInnis;Daniel A. Gorelick-Feldman

  • Worldwide Ethnic Distribution of the G Protein β3 Subunit 825T Allele and Its Association with Obesity in Caucasian, Chinese, and Black African Individuals

    Winfried Siffert;Peter Forster;Karl-Heinz Jöckel;David A. Mvere

  • Suppression of experimentally induced autoimmune encephalomyelitis by cytolytic T–T cell interactions

    Deming Sun;Yufen Qin;Johanna Chluba;Jörg T. Epplen

  • Myelin autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis: recognition of myelin basic protein in the context of HLA-DR2 products by T lymphocytes of multiple-sclerosis patients and healthy donors.

    Martin Pette;Kyoko Fujita;David Wilkinson;Daniel M. Altmann

  • DNA finger printing by oligonucleotide probes specific for simple repeats.

    S. Ali;C. R. Müller;J. T. Epplen

  • Genetic and population study of a Y-linked tetranucleotide repeat DNA polymorphism with a simple non-isotopic technique.

    Fabricio R. Santos;Sergio D. J. Pena;Jiirg T. Epplen

  • Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: Phenotypic differences in genetically defined subtypes?

    Ludger Schöls;Georgios Amoiridis;Thomas Büttner;Horst Przuntek

  • Simple repeat sequences on the human Y chromosome are equally polymorphic as their autosomal counterparts.

    L Roewer;J Arnemann;N K Spurr;K H Grzeschik

  • Increased susceptibility to sporadic Parkinson's disease by a certain combined alpha-synuclein/apolipoprotein E genotype.

    Rejko Krüger;Ana Maria Menezes Vieira‐Saecker;Wilfried Kuhn;Daniela Berg

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: genotype and phenotype in German kindreds

    Ludger Schöls;Rejko Krüger;Georgios Amoiridis;Horst Przuntek

  • Submicroscopic duplication in Xq28 causes increased expression of the MECP2 gene in a boy with severe mental retardation and features of Rett syndrome

    M Meins;J Lehmann;F Gerresheim;J Herchenbach

  • Genome-wide association study of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis reveals genomic loci stratified by ANCA status.

    Paul A Lyons;James E Peters;Federico Alberici;Federico Alberici;James Liley;James Liley

  • T cell receptor β chain usage in myelin basic protein-specific rat T lymphocytes

    Johanna Chluba;Christiane Steeg;Andrea Becker;Hartmut Wekerle

  • An isoform of ataxin-3 accumulates in the nucleus of neuronal cells in affected brain regions of SCA3 patients.

    Thorsten Schmidt;G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer;Ina Schmitt;Yvon Trottier

  • Friedreich's ataxia. Revision of the phenotype according to molecular genetics.

    L Schöls;G Amoiridis;H Przuntek;G Frank

  • Optimized oligonucleotide probes for DNA fingerprinting

    Renate Schäfer;Hans Zischler;Uli Birsner;Andrea Becker

  • Polymorphisms in the DLG5 and OCTN cation transporter genes in Crohn's disease

    H. P. Torok;J. Glas;L. Tonenchi;P. Lohse

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Horst Przuntek
Horst Przuntek Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas Lubjuhn
Thomas Lubjuhn University of Cologne
Peter Nürnberg
Peter Nürnberg University of Cologne
Manfred Schartl
Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg
Carsten Saft
Carsten Saft Ruhr University Bochum
Stephan Brand
Stephan Brand Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Indrajit Nanda
Indrajit Nanda University of Würzburg

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