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Rita Gerardy-Schahn

Rita Gerardy-Schahn

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Rita Gerardy-Schahn is affiliated with Hannover Medical School in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemical and molecular biology aspects related to immunology and microbiology.

Their work spans several main fields of study including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Virology

The topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • HIV Research and Treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rita Gerardy-Schahn include:

  • Timm Fiebig
  • Christa Litschko
  • Hauke Thiesler
  • Anja Münster-Kühnel
  • Insa Budde

The researcher has published in a variety of venues, with notable repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Chemical Biology

Recent papers by Rita Gerardy-Schahn highlight work on the role of sialic acids and polysialic acid in immune cell survival and function. Selected publications include:

  • "Sialic acids on B cells are crucial for their survival and provide protection against apoptosis," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A multi-enzyme machine polymerizes the Haemophilus influenzae type b capsule," 2023, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Rescue of synaptic and cognitive functions in polysialic acid-deficient mice and dementia models by short polysialic acid fragments," 2023, Neurobiology of Disease
  • "Mix-and-Match System for the Enzymatic Synthesis of Enantiopure Glycerol-3-Phosphate-Containing Capsule Polymer Backbones from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Bibersteinia trehalosi," 2021, mBio
  • "Sialic acids on T cells are crucial for their maintenance and survival," 2024, Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Sialic Acids in the Brain: Gangliosides and Polysialic Acid in Nervous System Development, Stability, Disease, and Regeneration

    Ronald L. Schnaar;Rita Gerardy-Schahn;Rita Gerardy-Schahn;Herbert Hildebrandt;Herbert Hildebrandt

  • The gene defective in leukocyte adhesion deficiency II encodes a putative GDP-fucose transporter.

    Kerstin Lühn;Martin K. Wild;Matthias Eckhardt;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Mice Deficient in the Polysialyltransferase ST8SiaIV/PST-1 Allow Discrimination of the Roles of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Protein and Polysialic Acid in Neural Development and Synaptic Plasticity

    Matthias Eckhardt;Olena Bukalo;Geneviève Chazal;Lihua Wang

  • Molecular characterization of eukaryotic polysialyltransferase-1.

    Matthias Eckhardt;Martina Mühlenhoff;Andrea Bethe;Jaap Koopman

  • A Syndrome with Congenital Neutropenia and Mutations in G6PC3

    Kaan Boztug;Giridharan Appaswamy;Angel Ashikov;Alejandro A. Schäffer

  • The polysialic acid modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule is involved in spatial learning and hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    C.G. Becker;A. Artola;R. Gerardy-Schahn;T. Becker

  • Capsule phase variation in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B by slipped-strand mispairing in the polysialyltransferase gene (siaD): correlation with bacterial invasion and the outbreak of meningococcal disease.

    S Hammerschmidt;A Müller;H Sillmann;M Mühlenhoff

  • Genetic Ablation of Polysialic Acid Causes Severe Neurodevelopmental Defects Rescued by Deletion of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule

    Birgit Weinhold;Ralph Seidenfaden;Iris Röckle;Iris Röckle;Martina Mühlenhoff

  • Crystal structure of the polysialic acid-degrading endosialidase of bacteriophage K1F.

    Katharina Stummeyer;Achim Dickmanns;Martina Mühlenhoff;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Modulation of cell surface sialic acid expression in Neisseria meningitidis via a transposable genetic element.

    S. Hammerschmidt;R. Hilse;J. P. M. Van Putten;R. Gerardy-Schahn

  • Polysialylated Neuropilin-2 Is Expressed on the Surface of Human Dendritic Cells and Modulates Dendritic Cell-T Lymphocyte Interactions

    Sabrina Curreli;Zita Arany;Rita Gerardy-Schahn;Dean Mann

  • Polysialic acid: three-dimensional structure, biosynthesis and function

    Martina Mühlenhoff;Matthias Eckhardt;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Polysialic acid directs tumor cell growth by controlling heterophilic neural cell adhesion molecule interactions.

    Ralph Seidenfaden;Andrea Krauter;Frank Schertzinger;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Expression cloning of the Golgi CMP-sialic acid transporter.

    Matthias Eckhardt;Martina Muhlenhoff;Andrea Bethe;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Mammalian cytidine 5′-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase: A nuclear protein with evolutionarily conserved structural motifs

    Anja K. Münster;Matthias Eckhardt;Barry Potvin;Martina Mühlenhoff

  • Antibodies to Polysialic Acid and its N-Propyl Derivative: Binding Properties and Interaction with Human Embryonal Brain Glycopeptides

    Jukka Häyrinen;Harold Jennings;Howard V. Raff;Geneviève Rougon

  • Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Is Involved in Induction of Long-Term Potentiation and Memory Acquisition and Consolidation in a Fear-Conditioning Paradigm

    Oleg Senkov;Mu Sun;Mu Sun;Mu Sun;Birgit Weinhold;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Membrane topology of the mammalian CMP-sialic acid transporter.

    Matthias Eckhardt;Birgit Gotza;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • Dissecting polysialic acid and NCAM functions in brain development.

    Herbert Hildebrandt;Martina Mühlenhoff;Birgit Weinhold;Rita Gerardy-Schahn

  • The Structures of Bacteriophages K1E and K1-5 Explain Processive Degradation of Polysaccharide Capsules and Evolution of New Host Specificities

    Petr G. Leiman;Anthony J. Battisti;Valorie D. Bowman;Katharina Stummeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark von Itzstein
Mark von Itzstein Griffith University
Rudolf Geyer
Rudolf Geyer University of Giessen
Alexander Dityatev
Alexander Dityatev German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ralf Ficner
Ralf Ficner University of Göttingen
Matthias Frosch
Matthias Frosch University of Würzburg
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ulrich Vogel
Ulrich Vogel University of Würzburg
Manfred Wuhrer
Manfred Wuhrer Leiden University Medical Center
Ken Kitajima
Ken Kitajima Nagoya University
Heidrun Potschka
Heidrun Potschka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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