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Josef Priller is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research intersects multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Neuroscience. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields, including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics cover a range of areas centered around brain health and neurological conditions. Key topics include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Immune Cells in Cancer

Josef Priller has contributed to numerous research papers, with recent publications including:

  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads" (2022), published in Neuron
  • "Microglia regulate central nervous system myelin growth and integrity" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Novel Hexb-based tools for studying microglia in the CNS" (2020), published in Nature Immunology
  • "Genetic analysis of the human microglial transcriptome across brain regions, aging and disease pathologies" (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches" (2022), published in Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with a network of researchers notable for their extensive joint work. Frequent co-authors include Oliver Peters, Annika Spottke, Anja Schneider, Jens Wiltfang, and Emrah Düzel.

Josef Priller's publications are often found in venues specializing in neurology and brain research, with repeated appearances in:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cytotherapy
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Best Publications

  • Microglia and brain macrophages in the molecular age: from origin to neuropsychiatric disease.

    Marco Prinz;Josef Priller

  • Microglia Biology: One Century of Evolving Concepts.

    Marco Prinz;Steffen Jung;Josef Priller;Josef Priller

  • Revascularization of ischemic tissues by PlGF treatment, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis, arthritis and atherosclerosis by anti-Flt1

    Aernout Luttun;Marc Tjwa;Lieve Moons;Yan Wu

  • Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution.

    Takahiro Masuda;Roman Sankowski;Ori Staszewski;Chotima Böttcher

  • Origin, fate and dynamics of macrophages at central nervous system interfaces.

    Tobias Goldmann;Peter Wieghofer;Marta Joana Costa Jordão;Fabiola Prutek

  • Microglia in the adult brain arise from Ly-6ChiCCR2+ monocytes only under defined host conditions

    Alexander Mildner;Hauke Schmidt;Mirko Nitsche;Doron Merkler

  • Stroke-induced immunodeficiency promotes spontaneous bacterial infections and is mediated by sympathetic activation reversal by poststroke T helper cell type 1-like immunostimulation.

    Konstantin Prass;Christian Meisel;Conny Höflich;Johann Braun

  • Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis repressed by microglial paralysis.

    Frank L Heppner;Melanie Greter;Denis Marino;Jeppe Falsig

  • Heterogeneity of CNS myeloid cells and their roles in neurodegeneration

    Marco Prinz;Josef Priller;Sangram S Sisodia;Richard M Ransohoff

  • 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

  • Estrogen Increases Bone Marrow–Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cell Production and Diminishes Neointima Formation

    Kerstin Strehlow;Nikos Werner;Jan Berweiler;Andreas Link

  • Erythropoietin Is a Paracrine Mediator of Ischemic Tolerance in the Brain: Evidence from an In Vitro Model

    Karsten Ruscher;Dorette Freyer;Maria Karsch;Nikolai Isaev

  • Bone Marrow–Derived Progenitor Cells Modulate Vascular Reendothelialization and Neointimal Formation: Effect of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibition

    Nikos Werner;Josef Priller;Ulrich Laufs;Matthias Endres

  • The role of peripheral immune cells in the CNS in steady state and disease

    Marco Prinz;Josef Priller

  • Geldanamycin activates a heat shock response and inhibits huntingtin aggregation in a cell culture model of Huntington’s disease

    Annie Sittler;Rudi Lurz;Gerhild Lueder;Josef Priller

  • A new fate mapping system reveals context-dependent random or clonal expansion of microglia

    Tuan Leng Tay;Dominic Mai;Jana Dautzenberg;Francisco Fernández-Klett

  • Targeting Huntingtin Expression in Patients with Huntington’s Disease

    Sarah J. Tabrizi;Blair R. Leavitt;G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer;Edward J. Wild

  • CCR2+Ly-6Chi monocytes are crucial for the effector phase of autoimmunity in the central nervous system

    Alexander Mildner;Matthias Mack;Hauke Schmidt;Wolfgang Brück

  • Pericytes in capillaries are contractile in vivo, but arterioles mediate functional hyperemia in the mouse brain

    Francisco Fernández-Klett;Nikolas Offenhauser;Ulrich Dirnagl;Josef Priller

  • Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis repressed by microglial paralysis (vol 11, pg 146, 2005)

    FL Heppner;M Greter;D Marino;J Falsig

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Laske
Christoph Laske University of Tübingen
Oliver Peters
Oliver Peters German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jens Wiltfang
Jens Wiltfang University of Göttingen
Frank Jessen
Frank Jessen University of Cologne
Emrah Düzel
Emrah Düzel German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Katharina Buerger
Katharina Buerger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner TU Dresden
Michael T. Heneka
Michael T. Heneka University Hospital Bonn
Stefan J. Teipel
Stefan J. Teipel German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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