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Overview

Lars M. Ittner is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on several fields within medical and biological sciences, including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

Their work covers a variety of topics central to neurodegenerative and neurological diseases. Main thematic areas of research include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lars M. Ittner include:

  • Yazi D. Ke
  • Fabien Delerue
  • Magdalena Przybyla
  • Annika van Hummel
  • Julia van der Hoven

They have published multiple papers in well-recognized journals. Some recent works are:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion that compromises neuronal activity" (2023) in Science Advances
  • "Altered serum protein levels in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis indicate calcium and immunity dysregulation" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "TDP-43 and Inflammation: Implications for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia" (2021) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Biomarker discovery and development for frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (2022) in Brain
  • "Loss of LAMP5 interneurons drives neuronal network dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease" (2022) in Acta Neuropathologica

Their research articles frequently appear in these publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Neurochemical Research

Best Publications

  • Dendritic Function of Tau Mediates Amyloid-β Toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models

    Lars M. Ittner;Yazi D. Ke;Fabien Delerue;Mian Bi

  • Amyloid-β and tau — a toxic pas de deux in Alzheimer's disease

    Lars M. Ittner;Jürgen Götz

  • Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

    Jürgen Götz;Lars M. Ittner

  • Amyloid-β and tau synergistically impair the oxidative phosphorylation system in triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice

    Virginie Rhein;Xiaomin Song;Andreas Wiesner;Lars M. Ittner

  • Toll-like receptor engagement converts T-cell autoreactivity into overt autoimmune disease.

    Karl S Lang;Mike Recher;Tobias Junt;Alexander A Navarini

  • Tau aggregation and its interplay with amyloid-β.

    Rebecca M. Nisbet;Juan‑Carlos Polanco;Lars M. Ittner;Jürgen Götz

  • The frontotemporal dementia-motor neuron disease continuum.

    James R Burrell;James R Burrell;Glenda M Halliday;Glenda M Halliday;Jillian J Kril;Lars M Ittner;Lars M Ittner

  • Sodium selenate mitigates tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and functional deficits in Alzheimer's disease models

    Janet van Eersel;Yazi D. Ke;Xin Liu;Fabien Delerue

  • Recent Developments in TSPO PET Imaging as A Biomarker of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Disorders.

    Eryn L. Werry;Fiona M. Bright;Olivier Piguet;Lars M. Ittner

  • Site-specific phosphorylation of tau inhibits amyloid-β toxicity in Alzheimer’s mice

    Arne Ittner;Sook Wern Chua;Josefine Bertz;Alexander Volkerling

  • Parkinsonism and impaired axonal transport in a mouse model of frontotemporal dementia.

    Lars M. Ittner;Thomas Fath;Yazi D. Ke;Mian Bi

  • Neural crest stem cell maintenance by combinatorial Wnt and BMP signaling.

    Maurice Kléber;Hye-Youn Lee;Heiko Wurdak;Johanna Buchstaller

  • Neuronal MicroRNA Deregulation in Response to Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β

    Nicole Schonrock;Yazi D. Ke;David Humphreys;Matthias Staufenbiel

  • Primary support cultures of hippocampal and substantia nigra neurons

    Thomas Fath;Yazi D Ke;Peter Gunning;Jürgen Götz

  • Experimental Diabetes Mellitus Exacerbates Tau Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Yazi D. Ke;Fabien Delerue;Amadeus Gladbach;Jürgen Götz

  • Pronuclear injection for the production of transgenic mice

    Lars M. Ittner;Juergen Gotz

  • Dendritic Tau in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Arne Ittner;Lars M. Ittner;Lars M. Ittner;Lars M. Ittner

  • Design of custom-shaped vascularized tissues using microtissue spheroids as minimal building units.

    Jens M. Kelm;Valentin Djonov;Lars M. Ittner;David Fluri

  • A decade of tau transgenic animal models and beyond.

    Jürgen Götz;Natasha Deters;Amy Doldissen;Laita Bokhari

  • Determination and reduction of translocator protein (TSPO) ligand rs6971 discrimination.

    Renee Sokias;Eryn L. Werry;Sook W. Chua;Tristan A. Reekie

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Götz
Jürgen Götz University of Queensland
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges University of Sydney
Matthew C. Kiernan
Matthew C. Kiernan Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Michael Kassiou
Michael Kassiou University of Sydney
Jillian J. Kril
Jillian J. Kril University of Sydney
Olivier Piguet
Olivier Piguet University of Sydney
Tim Karl
Tim Karl Western Sydney University
Anne Eckert
Anne Eckert University of Basel
Matthias Staufenbiel
Matthias Staufenbiel University of Tübingen

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