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D-Index
47
Citations
7504
World Ranking
18739
National Ranking
550

Overview

Justin J. Yerbury is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to neurology and molecular biology subfields. The scientist's work addresses topics such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research, neurogenetic and muscular disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, prion diseases and protein misfolding, neurological diseases and metabolism, as well as biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Disabled in academia: to be or not to be, that is the question" (2021) published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Proteome Homeostasis Dysfunction: A Unifying Principle in ALS Pathogenesis" (2020) published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Non-Viral Vector-Mediated Gene Therapy for ALS: Challenges and Future Perspectives" (2021) published in Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • "Ubiquitin Homeostasis Is Disrupted in TDP-43 and FUS Cell Models of ALS" (2020) published in iScience
  • "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Proteins, Proteostasis, Prions, and Promises" (2020) published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Yerbury include:

  • Luke McAlary
  • Jeremy S. Lum
  • Natalie E. Farrawell
  • Neil R. Cashman
  • Darren N. Saunders

Their most frequent publication venues reflect a focus on molecular neuroscience and broader scientific communication and include:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Purinergic Signalling

Best Publications

  • Photosystem II: The Reaction Center of Oxygenic Photosynthesis*

    David J. Vinyard;Gennady M. Ananyev;G. Charles Dismukes

  • Intercellular propagated misfolding of wild-type Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase occurs via exosome-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

    Leslie I Grad;Justin J Yerbury;Bradley J Turner;William C Guest

  • ANS Binding Reveals Common Features of Cytotoxic Amyloid Species

    Benedetta Bolognesi;Janet R. Kumita;Teresa P. Barros;Elin K. Esbjorner

  • The extracellular chaperone clusterin influences amyloid formation and toxicity by interacting with prefibrillar structures

    Justin J Yerbury;Stephen Poon;Sarah Meehan;Brianna Thompson

  • Walking the tightrope: proteostasis and neurodegenerative disease.

    Justin J. Yerbury;Justin J. Yerbury;Lezanne Ooi;Lezanne Ooi;Andrew Dillin;Andrew Dillin;Darren N. Saunders;Darren N. Saunders

  • The microglial NLRP3 inflammasome is activated by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis proteins.

    Vandana Deora;John D. Lee;Eduardo A. Albornoz;Luke McAlary

  • CCNF mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

    Kelly L. Williams;Kelly L. Williams;Simon Topp;Shu Yang;Bradley Smith

  • Potential roles of abundant extracellular chaperones in the control of amyloid formation and toxicity

    Mark R. Wilson;Justin J. Yerbury;Stephen Poon

  • Extracellular chaperones and proteostasis

    Amy R. Wyatt;Justin J. Yerbury;Heath Ecroyd;Mark R. Wilson

  • Association of Regulatory T-Cell Expansion With Progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Study of Humans and a Transgenic Mouse Model.

    Rebecca K Sheean;Fiona C McKay;Erika Cretney;Erika Cretney;Christopher R Bye

  • Quality control of protein folding in extracellular space.

    Justin J Yerbury;Elise M Stewart;Amy R Wyatt;Mark R Wilson

  • Clusterin facilitates in vivo clearance of extracellular misfolded proteins

    Amy R. Wyatt;Justin J. Yerbury;Justin J. Yerbury;Paula Berghofer;Ivan Greguric

  • Distinct partitioning of ALS associated TDP-43, FUS and SOD1 mutants into cellular inclusions

    Natalie E. Farrawell;Natalie E. Farrawell;Isabella A. Lambert-Smith;Isabella A. Lambert-Smith;Sadaf T. Warraich;Ian P. Blair

  • The acute phase protein haptoglobin is a mammalian extracellular chaperone with an action similar to clusterin.

    Justin J. Yerbury;Mark S. Rybchyn;Simon B. Easterbrook-Smith;Cindy Henriques

  • Prion-Like Propagation of Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    Luke McAlary;Steven S. Plotkin;Justin J. Yerbury;Justin J. Yerbury;Neil R. Cashman

  • Disease Mechanisms in ALS: Misfolded SOD1 Transferred Through Exosome-Dependent and Exosome-Independent Pathways

    Judith M. Silverman;Sarah M. Fernando;Leslie I. Grad;Andrew F. Hill

  • Extracellular aggregated Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase activates microglia to give a cytotoxic phenotype.

    Kate Roberts;Rafaa Zeineddine;Lisa Corcoran;Wen Li

  • Protease Activation of α2-Macroglobulin Modulates a Chaperone-like Action with Broad Specificity

    Katie French;Justin J. Yerbury;Mark R. Wilson

  • P2X7 receptor activation induces reactive oxygen species formation and cell death in murine EOC13 microglia

    Rachael Bartlett;Justin J. Yerbury;Ronald Sluyter

  • Spinal motor neuron protein supersaturation patterns are associated with inclusion body formation in ALS

    Prajwal Ciryam;Prajwal Ciryam;Prajwal Ciryam;Isabella A. Lambert-Smith;Isabella A. Lambert-Smith;Isabella A. Lambert-Smith;Daniel M. Bean;Rosie Freer

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Wilson
Mark R. Wilson University of Wollongong
Christopher M. Dobson
Christopher M. Dobson University of Cambridge
Heath Ecroyd
Heath Ecroyd University of Wollongong
Neil R. Cashman
Neil R. Cashman University of British Columbia
Julie D. Atkin
Julie D. Atkin Macquarie University
Ian P. Blair
Ian P. Blair Macquarie University
Roger S. Chung
Roger S. Chung Macquarie University
Tim Karl
Tim Karl Western Sydney University
Andrew F. Hill
Andrew F. Hill Victoria University
Carol Dobson-Stone
Carol Dobson-Stone University of Sydney

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