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Petra Schwarz publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Petra Schwarz sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 79 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Petra Schwarz D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Petra Schwarz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Petra Schwarz is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these areas, their work has a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas including Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA regulation and disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Trace Elements in Health, and Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis.

Petra Schwarz has contributed numerous scholarly articles, with recent publications including:

  • Synaptic FUS accumulation triggers early misregulation of synaptic RNAs in a mouse model of ALS, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide transcriptomics identifies an early preclinical signature of prion infection, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Ribosomal profiling during prion disease uncovers progressive translational derangement in glia but not in neurons, 2020, eLife
  • Glial activation in prion diseases is selectively triggered by neuronal PrPSc, 2022, Brain Pathology
  • A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Brain Pathology

Throughout their career, Petra Schwarz has collaborated with several researchers, notably:

  • Adriano Aguzzi
  • Mario Nuvolone
  • Simone Hornemann
  • Silvia Sorce
  • Claudia Scheckel

Best Publications

  • Nitric oxide synthase isozymes. Characterization, purification, molecular cloning, and functions.

    U Förstermann;E I Closs;J S Pollock;M Nakane

  • Regulation of the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase.

    Hartmut Kleinert;Andrea Pautz;Katrin Linker;Petra M. Schwarz

  • Regulation of the Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase

    Hartmut Kleinert;Petra M Schwarz;Ulrich Förstermann

  • Isoforms of nitric oxide synthase. Properties, cellular distribution and expressional control.

    Ulrich Förstermann;Ingolf Gath;Petra Schwarz;Ellen I. Closs

  • Axonal prion protein is required for peripheral myelin maintenance

    Juliane Bremer;Frank Baumann;Cinzia Tiberi;Carsten Wessig

  • Follicular Dendritic Cells Emerge from Ubiquitous Perivascular Precursors

    Nike Julia Krautler;Veronika Kana;Jan Kranich;Yinghua Tian

  • Complement facilitates early prion pathogenesis.

    M A Klein;P S Kaeser;P Schwarz;H Weyd

  • Endogenous and Exogenous Nitric Oxide Inhibits Norepinephrine Release From Rat Heart Sympathetic Nerves

    Petra Schwarz;Ricarda Diem;Nae J. Dun;Ulrich Förstermann

  • Down-regulation of the expression of endothelial NO synthase is likely to contribute to glucocorticoid-mediated hypertension.

    Thomas Wallerath;Klaus Witte;Stephan C. Schäfer;Petra M. Schwarz

  • Prion strain discrimination using luminescent conjugated polymers.

    Christina J Sigurdson;K Peter R Nilsson;Simone Hornemann;Giuseppe Manco

  • Transmission of scrapie by steel-surface-bound prions.

    Eckhard Flechsig;Ivan Hegyi;Masato Enari;Petra Schwarz

  • A blend of polyphenolic compounds explains the stimulatory effect of red wine on human endothelial NO synthase

    Thomas Wallerath;Huige Li;Ute Gödtel-Ambrust;Petra M. Schwarz

  • Positioning of follicular dendritic cells within the spleen controls prion neuroinvasion

    Marco Prinz;Mathias Heikenwalder;Tobias Junt;Petra Schwarz

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation Specifies the Organ Tropism of Prions

    Mathias Heikenwalder;Nicolas Zeller;Nicolas Zeller;Nicolas Zeller;Harald Seeger;Harald Seeger;Harald Seeger;Marco Prinz;Marco Prinz;Marco Prinz

  • De novo generation of a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy by mouse transgenesis

    Christina J. Sigurdson;K. Peter R. Nilsson;Simone Hornemann;Mathias Heikenwalder

  • Coincident scrapie infection and nephritis lead to urinary prion excretion.

    Harald Seeger;Mathias Heikenwalder;Nicolas Zeller;Jan Kranich

  • Lymph nodal prion replication and neuroinvasion in mice devoid of follicular dendritic cells.

    Marco Prinz;Fabio Montrasio;Michael A. Klein;Petra Schwarz

  • A molecular switch controls interspecies prion disease transmission in mice

    Christina J. Sigurdson;K. Peter R. Nilsson;K. Peter R. Nilsson;Simone Hornemann;Simone Hornemann;Giuseppe Manco

  • A versatile prion replication assay in organotypic brain slices.

    Jeppe Falsig;Christian Julius;Ilan Margalith;Petra Schwarz

  • A neuroprotective role for microglia in prion diseases

    Caihong Zhu;Uli S. Herrmann;Jeppe Falsig;Irina Abakumova

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Aguzzi
Adriano Aguzzi University of Zurich
Ulrich Förstermann
Ulrich Förstermann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich ETH Zurich
Marco Prinz
Marco Prinz University of Freiburg
Hartmut Kleinert
Hartmut Kleinert Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Christina J. Sigurdson
Christina J. Sigurdson University of California, San Diego
Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann University of Florida
Markus Glatzel
Markus Glatzel Universität Hamburg
Thomas Rülicke
Thomas Rülicke University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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