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68
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25403
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2705
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Milos Pekny is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and contributes extensively to the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their primary research intersects with neurology, molecular biology, immunology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and pediatric and perinatal health.

The main research topics addressed by Milos Pekny include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Immune cells in cancer

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on astrocyte function and neurobiology. Notable papers include:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • Roles of vimentin in health and disease (2022), published in Genes & Development
  • The Complement System: A Powerful Modulator and Effector of Astrocyte Function in the Healthy and Diseased Central Nervous System (2021), published in Cells
  • Reactive astrogliosis in the era of single-cell transcriptomics (2023), published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) in Blood-A Biomarker Predicting Unfavourable Outcome in the Acute Phase and Improvement in the Late Phase after Stroke (2021), published in Cells

Milos Pekny frequently publishes in scientific venues including:

  • Cells
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Neurochemical Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Glia

Collaborations are a significant part of Pekny's work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Marcela Pekna
  • Anna Stokowska
  • Ulrika Wilhelmsson
  • Yolanda de Pablo
  • Elly M. Hol

Recognition for contributions to science includes membership in Academia Europaea, awarded in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis

    Milos Pekny;Michael Nilsson

  • Astrocyte Reactivity and Reactive Astrogliosis: Costs and Benefits

    Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna

  • Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and the astrocyte intermediate filament system in diseases of the central nervous system.

    Elly M Hol;Elly M Hol;Elly M Hol;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny

  • Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Albee Messing;Christian Steinhäuser

  • The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis.

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Ulrika Wilhelmsson;Marcela Pekna

  • Redefining the concept of reactive astrocytes as cells that remain within their unique domains upon reaction to injury

    Ulrika Wilhelmsson;Eric A. Bushong;Diana L. Price;Benjamin L. Smarr

  • Glial cells in (patho)physiology.

    Vladimir Parpura;Michael T. Heneka;Vedrana Montana;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

  • Protective Role of Reactive Astrocytes in Brain Ischemia

    Lizhen Li;Andrea Lundkvist;Daniel Andersson;Ulrika Wilhelmsson

  • Abnormal reaction to central nervous system injury in mice lacking glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin.

    Milos Pekny;Clas B. Johansson;Camilla Eliasson;Josefina Stakeberg

  • Astrocyte intermediate filaments in CNS pathologies and regeneration.

    Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna

  • Absence of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Vimentin Prevents Hypertrophy of Astrocytic Processes and Improves Post-Traumatic Regeneration

    Ulrika Wilhelmsson;Lizhen Li;Marcela Pekna;Claes-Henric Berthold

  • Mice lacking glial fibrillary acidic protein display astrocytes devoid of intermediate filaments but develop and reproduce normally.

    M. Pekny;P. Levéen;M. Pekna;C. Eliasson

  • Attenuating astrocyte activation accelerates plaque pathogenesis in APP/PS1 mice

    Andrew W. Kraft;Xiaoyan Hu;Hyejin Yoon;Ping Yan

  • Complement: a novel factor in basal and ischemia-induced neurogenesis

    Yalda Rahpeymai;Max Albert Hietala;Ulrika Wilhelmsson;Andrew Fotheringham

  • Modulation of Neural Plasticity as a Basis for Stroke Rehabilitation

    Marcela Pekna;Milos Pekny;Michael Nilsson

  • Reactive gliosis in the pathogenesis of CNS diseases.

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-B–Deficient Mice Display an Atrial Conduction Defect

    Karin Aase;Gabriel von Euler;Xuri Li;Annica Pontén

  • Robust neural integration from retinal transplants in mice deficient in GFAP and vimentin.

    Reiko Kinouchi;Masumi Takeda;Masumi Takeda;Liu Yang;Ulrika Wilhelmsson

  • Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis-A new target in stroke?

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Ulrika Wilhelmsson;Turgut Tatlisumak;Marcela Pekna

  • Neural Plasticity as a Basis for Stroke Rehabilitation

    Michael Nilsson;Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcela Pekna
Marcela Pekna University of Gothenburg
Michael Nilsson
Michael Nilsson University of Newcastle Australia
Elly M. Hol
Elly M. Hol Utrecht University
Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
Johan Liu
Johan Liu Chalmers University of Technology
Vladimir Parpura
Vladimir Parpura University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bertil Rydenhag
Bertil Rydenhag University of Gothenburg
Kristina Malmgren
Kristina Malmgren University of Gothenburg
Maria Bokarewa
Maria Bokarewa University of Gothenburg
Thomas Pannicke
Thomas Pannicke Leipzig University

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