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Juliane Winkelmann is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research centers on the intersections of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on neurology and genetic aspects of neurodegenerative diseases. The scientist's work spans several subfields including neurology, genetics, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.

Winkelmann's research addresses a range of main topics including Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, neurological diseases and metabolism, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and congenital heart defects research.

Frequent collaborators in Winkelmann's publications include Michael Zech, Robert Jech, Barbara Schormair, Ján Necpál, and Brit Mollenhauer. The scientist's work has been published in journals such as Movement Disorders, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, BMC Neurology, European Journal of Medical Genetics, and Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Juliane Winkelmann include:

  • "A Recurrent VPS16 p.Arg187* Nonsense Variant in Early-Onset Generalized Dystonia" (2021, Movement Disorders)
  • "A de novo BCL11B variant case manifesting with dystonic movement disorder regarding the article "BCL11B-related disorder in two canadian children: Expanding the clinical phenotype (Prasad et al., 2020)."" (2022, European Journal of Medical Genetics)
  • "Neurofilaments and progranulin are related to atrophy in frontotemporal lobar degeneration - A transdiagnostic study cross-validating atrophy and fluid biomarkers" (2024, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • "Private variants in PRKN are associated with late-onset Parkinson's disease" (2020, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders)
  • "RLS-associated MEIS transcription factors control distinct processes in human neural stem cells" (2024, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

    Luke Jostins;Stephan Ripke;Rinse K Weersma;Richard H Duerr

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome

    Jun Horiguchi;Magdolna Hornyak;Ulrich Voderholzer;Meir Kryger

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • A Mutation in VPS35, Encoding a Subunit of the Retromer Complex, Causes Late-Onset Parkinson Disease

    Alexander Zimprich;Anna Benet-Pagès;Walter Struhal;Elisabeth Graf

  • Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions

    Juliane Winkelmann;Barbara Schormair;Peter Lichtner;Stephan Ripke

  • Mutant Adenosine Deaminase 2 in a Polyarteritis Nodosa Vasculopathy

    Paulina Navon Elkan;Sarah B. Pierce;Reeval Segel;Reeval Segel;Tom Walsh

  • Mutations in the gene encoding epsilon-sarcoglycan cause myoclonus-dystonia syndrome.

    Alexander Zimprich;Monika Grabowski;Friedrich Asmus;Markus Naumann

  • Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus.

    Joachim Hallmayer;Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin;Stephanie Hesselson

  • Clinical characteristics and frequency of the hereditary restless legs syndrome in a population of 300 patients.

    Juliane Winkelmann;Thomas C. Wetter;Victor Collado-Seidel;Thomas Gasser

  • Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis

    L Moutsianas;L Jostins;A H Beecham;A T Dilthey

  • Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies nine new risk loci for primary sclerosing cholangitis

    Jimmy Z Liu;Johannes Roksund Hov;Trine Folseraas;Trine Folseraas;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Restless legs syndrome associated with major diseases: A systematic review and new concept

    Claudia Trenkwalder;Richard Allen;Birgit Högl;Walter Paulus

  • Diagnostic standards for dopaminergic augmentation of restless legs syndrome: report from a World Association of Sleep Medicine-International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group consensus conference at the Max Planck Institute.

    Diego García-Borreguero;Richard P. Allen;Ralf Kohnen;Birgit Högl

  • Anxietas Tibiarum : depression and anxiety disorders in patients with restless legs syndrome

    J. Winkelmann;M. Prager;R. Lieb;H. Pfister

  • PTPRD (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type delta) is associated with restless legs syndrome.

    Barbara Schormair;David Kemlink;Darina Roeske;Gertrud Eckstein

  • Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis

    Beben Benyamin;Tonu Esko;Janina S. Ried;Aparna Radhakrishnan

  • Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies nine new risk loci for primary sclerosing cholangitis

    Jimmy Z. Liu;Johannes Roksund Hov;Trine Folseraas;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Peter Lichtner
Peter Lichtner Technical University of Munich
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Richard P. Allen
Richard P. Allen Johns Hopkins University
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Wolfgang H. Oertel Philipp University of Marburg

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