What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Gene
- DNA
- Transcription factor
Michael Wegner spends much of his time researching SOX10, Cell biology, Transcription factor, Genetics and Neural crest.
His SOX10 study incorporates themes from Megacolon, Molecular biology, SOX Transcription Factors and Oligodendrocyte.
His Cell biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Oligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2, SOX9, Chromatin immunoprecipitation and Cellular differentiation.
His research in Transcription factor intersects with topics in High-mobility group, Gene expression, DNA and DNA fragmentation.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Neuroglia, Schwann cell, Neuron, Stem cell and Neuregulin in addition to Neural crest.
Michael Wegner focuses mostly in the field of Neuregulin, narrowing it down to topics relating to Cell fate determination and, in certain cases, Neuroepithelial cell.
His most cited work include:
- From head to toes: The multiple facets of Sox proteins (767 citations)
- Competing waves of oligodendrocytes in the forebrain and postnatal elimination of an embryonic lineage. (742 citations)
- The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development (728 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Michael Wegner mainly investigates Transcription factor, Cell biology, SOX10, Genetics and Molecular biology.
The various areas that Michael Wegner examines in his Transcription factor study include Chromatin, Promoter and Regulation of gene expression.
Michael Wegner has researched Cell biology in several fields, including Immunology, Myelin, Oligodendrocyte and Cellular differentiation.
His studies deal with areas such as Progenitor cell and Neuroglia as well as Cellular differentiation.
SOX10 is a subfield of Neural crest that he explores.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including POU domain, DNA, Enhancer, Transcription and Binding site.
He most often published in these fields:
- Transcription factor (43.80%)
- Cell biology (41.86%)
- SOX10 (32.95%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?
- Transcription factor (43.80%)
- Cell biology (41.86%)
- Neuroscience (16.28%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Transcription factor, Cell biology, Neuroscience, Myelin and SOX10.
His Transcription factor research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Oligodendrocyte differentiation and Neural crest.
His Cell biology study incorporates themes from Downregulation and upregulation, Chromatin, Enhancer, OLIG2 and Histone.
He combines subjects such as Schwann cell, Gene expression and Cellular differentiation with his study of Myelin.
His SOX10 research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Psychological repression, Function, HEK 293 cells, Molecular biology and microRNA.
His Molecular biology research incorporates elements of SOX9, Knockout mouse and Genetics.
Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Zeb2 is essential for Schwann cell differentiation, myelination and nerve repair. (70 citations)
- Substantial DNA methylation differences between two major neuronal subtypes in human brain (65 citations)
- Copy number variation of two separate regulatory regions upstream of SOX9 causes isolated 46,XY or 46,XX disorder of sex development (63 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Gene
- DNA
- Transcription factor
His scientific interests lie mostly in Neuroscience, Myelin, Oligodendrocyte, Transcription factor and SOX10.
His studies examine the connections between Neuroscience and genetics, as well as such issues in Neural stem cell, with regards to SOXD Transcription Factors, SOXE Transcription Factors and Forebrain.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Genetically modified mouse and Zinc finger in addition to Myelin.
His studies in Oligodendrocyte integrate themes in fields like Lineage, Phenotype, Reprogramming, Immunology and Protein family.
His studies deal with areas such as Embryonic stem cell and Stem cell as well as Transcription factor.
His SOX10 study combines Cell biology and Neural crest studies.
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