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Michael Sendtner

Michael Sendtner

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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
104
Citations
54347
World Ranking
658
National Ranking
45

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
54327
World Ranking
1230
National Ranking
79

Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
54348
World Ranking
6927
National Ranking
393

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Michael Sendtner is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research encompasses multiple fields, predominantly Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these main fields, Sendtner's work further specializes in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Sendtner has contributed to numerous scientific publications across various respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BioEssays
  • Nature Communications
  • Translational Neurodegeneration
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sendtner are:

  • Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Loss of Tdp-43 disrupts the axonal transcriptome of motoneurons accompanied by impaired axonal translation and mitochondria function, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • The FTLD Risk Factor TMEM106B Regulates the Transport of Lysosomes at the Axon Initial Segment of Motoneurons, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Regulation of TrkB cell surface expression-a mechanism for modulation of neuronal responsiveness to brain-derived neurotrophic factor, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Therapy development for spinal muscular atrophy: perspectives for muscular dystrophies and neurodegenerative disorders, 2022, Neurological Research and Practice

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Sendtner include:

  • Michael Briese
  • Patrick Lüningschrör
  • Sibylle Jablonka
  • Mehri Moradi
  • Abdolhossein Zare

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

    Elisa Majounie;Alan E. Renton;Kin Mok;Elise G. P. Dopper;Elise G. P. Dopper

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

    Michael Sendtner;Georg W. Kreutzberg;Hans Thoenen

  • Association of transcription factor APRF and protein kinase Jak1 with the interleukin-6 signal transducer gp130.

    Claudia Lütticken;Ursula M. Wegenka;Juping Yuan;Jan Buschmann

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor

    Piotr Masiakowski;Vivien Wong;Nikos Panayotatos;Hans Friedrich Erwin Thoenen

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section.

    M Sendtner;B Holtmann;R Kolbeck;H Thoenen

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn–/– mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy

    Umrao R. Monani;Michael Sendtner;Daniel D. Coovert;D. William Parsons

  • Inactivation of the survival motor neuron gene, a candidate gene for human spinal muscular atrophy, leads to massive cell death in early mouse embryos

    Bertold Schrank;Rudolf Götz;Jennifer M. Gunnersen;Janice M. Ure

  • The Notch target genes Hey1 and Hey2 are required for embryonic vascular development

    Andreas Fischer;Nina Schumacher;Manfred Maier;Michael Sendtner

  • Smn, the spinal muscular atrophy–determining gene product, modulates axon growth and localization of β-actin mRNA in growth cones of motoneurons

    Wilfried Rossoll;Sibylle Jablonka;Catia Andreassi;Ann-Kathrin Kröning

  • Na+-D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose-Absorption and Glucose-Dependent Incretin Secretion

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

  • Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines.

    Yoshihiro Arakawa;Michael Sendtner;Hans Thoenen

  • Disruption of the CNTF gene results in motor neuron degeneration.

    Yasuo Masu;Eckhard Wolf;Bettina Holtmann;Michael Sendtner

  • Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor

    K. A. Stöckli;F. Lottspeich;M. Sendtner;P. Masiakowski

  • Molecular pathways of motor neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Laura Ferraiuolo;Janine Kirby;Andrew J. Grierson;Michael Sendtner

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents degeneration of motor neurons in mouse mutant progressive motor neuronopathy

    M. Sendtner;H. Schmalbruch;K. A. Stöckli;P. Carroll

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Janel O Johnson;Erik P Pioro;Ashley Boehringer;Ruth Chia

  • Gene disruption discloses role of selenoprotein P in selenium delivery to target tissues

    Lutz Schomburg;Ulrich Schweizer;Bettina Holtmann;Leopold Flohé

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn(-/-) mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy (vol 9, pg 333, 2000)

    UR Monani;M Sendtner;DD Coovert;DW Parsons

  • Na + -D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose Absorption and Glucose-Dependent

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Klaus V. Toyka
Klaus V. Toyka University of Würzburg
Pamela J. Shaw
Pamela J. Shaw University of Sheffield
Adriano Chiò
Adriano Chiò University of Turin
Bryan J. Traynor
Bryan J. Traynor National Institutes of Health
Andrea Calvo
Andrea Calvo University of Turin
Peter M Andersen
Peter M Andersen Umeå University
Karen E. Morrison
Karen E. Morrison University of Southampton
Friedrich Lottspeich
Friedrich Lottspeich Max Planck Society
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich

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