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Overview

Martin Citron is affiliated with Amgen in the United States and contributes primarily to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research focuses extensively on neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments. The scientific work also spans several interconnected subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Martin Citron has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • npj Parkinson's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • mBio

Recent papers include:

  • "Current directions in tau research: Highlights from Tau 2020," published in 2021 in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "In vivo effects of the alpha-synuclein misfolding inhibitor minzasolmin supports clinical development in Parkinson's disease," 2023, npj Parkinson's Disease
  • "Monitoring of a progressive functional dopaminergic deficit in the A53T-AAV synuclein rats by combining 6-[18F]fluoro-L-m-tyrosine imaging and motor performances analysis," 2021, Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Dissecting the differential role of C-terminal truncations in the regulation of aSyn pathology formation and the biogenesis of Lewy bodies," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Spatial recovery of the murine gut microbiota after antibiotics perturbation," 2024, mBio

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • D. L. Price
  • Asma Khan
  • Rachel Angers
  • Á. de Pablo Cárdenas
  • Maria Key Prato

Best Publications

  • Beta-secretase cleavage of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein by the transmembrane aspartic protease BACE.

    Robert Vassar;Brian D. Bennett;Safura Babu-Khan;Steve Kahn

  • Secreted amyloid beta-protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease.

    D. Scheuner;C. Eckman;C. Eckman;M. Jensen;X. Song

  • Mutation of the β-amyloid precursor protein in familial Alzheimer's disease increases β-protein production

    Martin Citron;Tilman Oltersdorf;Christian Haass;Lisa McConlogue

  • Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice

    Martin Citron;David Westaway;Weiming Xia;George Carlson

  • Mice deficient in BACE1, the Alzheimer's beta-secretase, have normal phenotype and abolished beta-amyloid generation.

    Yi Luo;Brad Bolon;Steve Kahn;Brian D. Bennett

  • Alzheimer's disease: strategies for disease modification

    Martin Citron

  • Control of peripheral nerve myelination by the beta-secretase BACE1.

    Michael Willem;Alistair N. Garratt;Bozidar Novak;Martin Citron

  • Elevated beta-secretase expression and enzymatic activity detected in sporadic Alzheimer disease.

    Li Bang Yang;Kristina Lindholm;Riqiang Yan;Martin Citron

  • Both Familial Parkinson’s Disease Mutations Accelerate α-Synuclein Aggregation

    Linda Narhi;Stephen J. Wood;Shirley Steavenson;Yijia Jiang

  • alpha-synuclein fibrillogenesis is nucleation-dependent. Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.

    Stephen J. Wood;Jette Wypych;Shirley Steavenson;Jean-Claude Louis

  • The Swedish mutation causes early-onset Alzheimer's disease by beta-secretase cleavage within the secretory pathway.

    Christian Haass;Cynthia A. Lemere;Anja Capell;Anja Capell;Martin Citron

  • BACE1 deficiency rescues memory deficits and cholinergic dysfunction in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Masuo Ohno;Evgeny A Sametsky;Linda H Younkin;Holly Oakley

  • Strategies for disease modification in Alzheimer's disease

    Martin Citron

  • Anti-Inflammatory Drug Therapy Alters β-Amyloid Processing and Deposition in an Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Qiao Yan;Jianhua Zhang;Hantao Liu;Safura Babu-Khan

  • Amyloid β peptide load is correlated with increased β-secretase activity in sporadic Alzheimer's disease patients

    Rena Li;Kristina Lindholm;Li-Bang Yang;Xu Yue

  • Robust Central Reduction of Amyloid-β in Humans with an Orally Available, Non-Peptidic β-Secretase Inhibitor

    P. C. May;R. A. Dean;S. L. Lowe;F. Martenyi

  • Activation of protein kinase C inhibits cellular production of the amyloid beta-protein.

    A. Y. Hung;C. Haass;R. M. Nitsch;Wei Qiao Qiu

  • Excessive production of amyloid beta-protein by peripheral cells of symptomatic and presymptomatic patients carrying the Swedish familial Alzheimer disease mutation.

    Martin Citron;Carmen Vigo-Pelfrey;David B. Teplow;Christine Miller

  • The Proteolytic Fragments of the Alzheimer’s Disease-associated Presenilin-1 Form Heterodimers and Occur as a 100–150-kDa Molecular Mass Complex

    Anja Capell;Jürgen Grünberg;Brigitte Pesold;Anke Diehlmann

  • Expression analysis of BACE2 in brain and peripheral tissues.

    Brian D. Bennett;Safura Babu-Khan;Richard Loeloff;Jean Claude Louis

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis J. Selkoe
Dennis J. Selkoe Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert Vassar
Robert Vassar Northwestern University
Christian Haass
Christian Haass Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David B. Teplow
David B. Teplow University of California, Los Angeles
Anja Capell
Anja Capell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stephen J. Wood
Stephen J. Wood University of Melbourne
Masuo Ohno
Masuo Ohno Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
John F. Disterhoft
John F. Disterhoft Northwestern University

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