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  • 2014 - Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease

Overview

Mathias Jucker is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease. Selected papers include:

  • "A soluble phosphorylated tau signature links tau, amyloid and the evolution of stages of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease" (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • "Alzheimer's disease: From immunotherapy to immunoprevention" (2023, Cell)
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics define the natural history of autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease" (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • "Loss of function of the mitochondrial peptidase PITRM1 induces proteotoxic stress and Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in human cerebral organoids" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Segregation of functional networks is associated with cognitive resilience in Alzheimer's disease" (2021, Brain)

Frequent coauthors in Jucker's research include:

  • Randall J. Bateman
  • Johannes Levin
  • Tammie L.S. Benzinger
  • Eric McDade
  • Jasmeer P. Chhatwal

Common publication venues for their work comprise:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Brain

Among the recognitions received is the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease, awarded in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Transmission and spreading of tauopathy in transgenic mouse brain

    Florence Clavaguera;Tristan Bolmont;R. Anthony Crowther;Dorothee Abramowski

  • Two amyloid precursor protein transgenic mouse models with Alzheimer disease-like pathology

    Christine Sturchler-Pierrat;Dorothee Abramowski;Mairead Duke;Karl-Heinz Wiederhold

  • The amyloid state of proteins in human diseases

    David Eisenberg;Mathias Jucker;Mathias Jucker

  • Self-propagation of pathogenic protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases

    Mathias Jucker;Lary C. Walker;Lary C. Walker

  • Aβ42‐driven cerebral amyloidosis in transgenic mice reveals early and robust pathology

    Rebecca Radde;Tristan Bolmont;Stephan A Kaeser;Janaky Coomaraswamy

  • Exogenous induction of cerebral beta-amyloidogenesis is governed by agent and host.

    Melanie Meyer-Luehmann;Janaky Coomaraswamy;Tristan Bolmont;Tristan Bolmont;Stephan Kaeser

  • Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks

    Ann-Christin Wendeln;Ann-Christin Wendeln;Karoline Degenhardt;Karoline Degenhardt;Lalit Kaurani;Lalit Kaurani;Michael Gertig;Michael Gertig

  • Serum neurofilament dynamics predicts neurodegeneration and clinical progression in presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease

    Oliver Preische;Oliver Preische;Stephanie A. Schultz;Anja Apel;Anja Apel;Jens Kuhle

  • Reduction of Abeta amyloid pathology in APPPS1 transgenic mice in the absence of gut microbiota.

    T. Harach;N. Marungruang;N. Duthilleul;V. Cheatham

  • Cerebral Hemorrhage After Passive Anti-Aβ Immunotherapy

    M. Pfeifer;S. Boncristiano;L. Bondolfi;A. Stalder

  • Pathogenic protein seeding in Alzheimer disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

    Mathias Jucker;Lary C. Walker

  • Peripherally Applied Aβ-Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral β-Amyloidosis

    Yvonne S. Eisele;Ulrike Obermüller;Ulrike Obermüller;Götz Heilbronner;Götz Heilbronner;Frank Baumann;Frank Baumann

  • Neuron loss in APP transgenic mice

    Michael E. Calhoun;Karl-Heinz Wiederhold;Dorothee Abramowski;Amie L. Phinney

  • Dynamics of the microglial/amyloid interaction indicate a role in plaque maintenance.

    Tristan Bolmont;Florent Haiss;Daniel Eicke;Rebecca Radde

  • A soluble phosphorylated tau signature links tau, amyloid and the evolution of stages of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease.

    Nicolas R Barthélemy;Yan Li;Nelly Joseph-Mathurin;Brian A Gordon

  • Formation and maintenance of Alzheimer’s disease beta-amyloid plaques in the absence of microglia

    Stefan Grathwohl;R.E. Kälin;T. Bolmont;S. Prokop

  • Abeta is targeted to the vasculature in a mouse model of hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis.

    Martin C Herzig;David T Winkler;Patrick Burgermeister;Michelle Pfeifer;Michelle Pfeifer

  • Neuronal overexpression of mutant amyloid precursor protein results in prominent deposition of cerebrovascular amyloid

    Michael E. Calhoun;Patrick Burgermeister;Amie L. Phinney;Martina Stalder

  • Formation and maintenance of Alzheimer's disease |[beta]|-amyloid plaques in the absence of microglia

    Stefan A Grathwohl;Roland E Kälin;Tristan Bolmont;Tristan Bolmont;Stefan Prokop

  • The benefits and limitations of animal models for translational research in neurodegenerative diseases

    Mathias Jucker

  • Association of microglia with amyloid plaques in brains of APP23 transgenic mice.

    Martina Stalder;Amie Phinney;Alphonse Probst;Bernd Sommer

  • Cryo-EM structure and polymorphism of Aβ amyloid fibrils purified from Alzheimer's brain tissue.

    Marius Kollmer;William Close;Leonie Funk;Jay Rasmussen

  • Expression pattern of the transcription factor Olig2 in response to brain injuries: implications for neuronal repair.

    Annalisa Buffo;Milan R. Vosko;Dilek Ertürk;Gerhard F. Hamann

  • Neurofilament Light Chain in Blood and CSF as Marker of Disease Progression in Mouse Models and in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Mehtap Bacioglu;Luis F. Maia;Oliver Preische;Juliane Schelle;Juliane Schelle

  • The Alzheimer's Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

    Niklas Mattsson;Ulf Andreasson;Staffan Persson;Hiroyuki Arai

  • TRANSMISSION AND SPREADING OF TAUOPATHIES IN TRANSGENIC MOUSE BRAIN

    Florence Clavaguera;Bernardino Ghetti;Gabriel Schweighauser;Hiroyasu Akatsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Staufenbiel
Matthias Staufenbiel University of Tübingen
Hynda K. Kleinman
Hynda K. Kleinman George Washington University
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
John C. Morris
John C. Morris Washington University in St. Louis
Randall J. Bateman
Randall J. Bateman Washington University in St. Louis
Tammie L.S. Benzinger
Tammie L.S. Benzinger Washington University in St. Louis
Martin N. Rossor
Martin N. Rossor University College London
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital
Thomas Deller
Thomas Deller Goethe University Frankfurt
Daniel S. Marcus
Daniel S. Marcus Washington University in St. Louis

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