Karen Gertz

Best Publications

• Atorvastatin Upregulates Type III Nitric Oxide Synthase in Thrombocytes, Decreases Platelet Activation, and Protects From Cerebral Ischemia in Normocholesterolemic Mice

  Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Paul Huang;Georg Nickenig

  579
  Citations

• Mechanisms of stroke protection by physical activity

  Matthias Endres;Karen Gertz;Ute Lindauer;Juri Katchanov

  439
  Citations

• Rosuvastatin, a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, upregulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase and protects from ischemic stroke in mice.

  Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Ulrich Dirnagl;Michael Böhm

  393
  Citations

• Suppression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Production After Withdrawal of Statin Treatment Is Mediated by Negative Feedback Regulation of Rho GTPase Gene Transcription

  Ulrich Laufs;Matthias Endres;Florian Custodis;Karen Gertz

  392
  Citations

• CNS Myelin Wrapping Is Driven by Actin Disassembly

  J. Bradley Zuchero;Meng-meng Fu;Steven A. Sloan;Adiljan Ibrahim

  339
  Citations

• Protective effects of PJ34, a novel, potent inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in in vitro and in vivo models of stroke.

  Galaleldin E. Abdelkarim;Karen Gertz;Christoph Harms;Juri Katchanov

  322
  Citations

• Physical Activity Improves Long-Term Stroke Outcome via Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase–Dependent Augmentation of Neovascularization and Cerebral Blood Flow

  Karen Gertz;Josef Priller;Golo Kronenberg;Klaus B. Fink

  318
  Citations

• Mild cerebral ischemia induces loss of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and activation of cell cycle machinery before delayed neuronal cell death.

  Juri Katchanov;Christoph Harms;Karen Gertz;Ludger Hauck

  306
  Citations

• Vascular Effects of Diet Supplementation With Plant Sterols

  Oliver Weingärtner;Dieter Lütjohann;Shengbo Ji;Nicole Weisshoff

  262
  Citations

• Essential role of interleukin-6 in post-stroke angiogenesis.

  Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg;Roland E. Kälin;Tina Baldinger

  234
  Citations

• Withdrawal of statin treatment abrogates stroke protection in mice

  Karen Gertz;Ulrich Laufs;Ute Lindauer;Georg Nickenig

  226
  Citations

• Post-traumatic stress disorder and beyond: an overview of rodent stress models.

  Johanna Schöner;Andreas Heinz;Matthias Endres;Karen Gertz

  159
  Citations

• Exofocal Dopaminergic Degeneration as Antidepressant Target in Mouse Model of Poststroke Depression

  Golo Kronenberg;Mustafa Balkaya;Vincent Prinz;Karen Gertz

  139
  Citations

• Intravenous Rosuvastatin for Acute Stroke Treatment An Animal Study

  Vincent Prinz;Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg

  136
  Citations

• Protein kinase CK2 links extracellular growth factor signaling with the control of p27 Kip1 stability in the heart

  Ludger Hauck;Christoph Harms;Junfeng An;Jens Rohne

  134
  Citations

• Inhibition of histone deacetylation protects wildtype but not gelsolin-deficient mice from ischemic brain injury.

  Ferah Yildirim;Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg;Christoph Harms

  134
  Citations

• Hyperbaric oxygenation induced tolerance against focal cerebral ischemia in mice is strain dependent.

  Konstantin Prass;Frank Wiegand;Pascale Schumann;Melanie Ahrens

  132
  Citations

• Folate Deficiency Induces Neurodegeneration and Brain Dysfunction in Mice Lacking Uracil DNA Glycosylase

  Golo Kronenberg;Christoph Harms;Robert W. Sobol;Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez

  131
  Citations

• Characterization of long-term functional outcome in a murine model of mild brain ischemia.

  Mustafa Balkaya;Jan Kröber;Karen Gertz;Sarah Peruzzaro

  123
  Citations

• The ectonucleotidase cd39/ENTPDase1 modulates purinergic-mediated microglial migration.

  Katrin Färber;Sören Markworth;Ulrike Pannasch;Christiane Nolte

  114
  Citations

• Selective neuronal vulnerability following mild focal brain ischemia in the mouse.

  Juri Katchanov;Christian Waeber;Karen Gertz;Andrea Gietz

  112
  Citations