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Robert P. Skoff was affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

The scientist contributed to the study of molecular biology and immunology, with a focus on specific topics such as:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

One of Robert P. Skoff's known recent publications is titled "Characterization of the Expression of Vacuolar Protein Sorting 11 (Vps11) in Mammalian Oligodendrocytes", published in 2021 within the journal ASN NEURO.

Throughout their career, the scientist frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Denise Bessert
  • Shreya Banerjee
  • Xixia Luo
  • Ryan Thummel

Their work was predominantly published in ASN NEURO, reflecting their contributions to neurological and biochemical research contexts.

Best Publications

  • Electron microscopic autoradiographic studies of gliogenesis in rat optic nerve I. Cell proliferation

    Robert P. Skoff;Donald L. Price;Adelaine Stocks

  • Electron microscopic autoradiographic studies of gliogenesis in rat optic nerve. II. Time of origin

    Robert P. Skoff;Donald L. Price;Adelaine Stocks

  • Fine structure of dendritic and axonal growth cones in embryonic chick spinal cord.

    Robert P. Skoff;Viktor Hamburger

  • Proliferation and death of oligodendrocytes and myelin proteins are differentially regulated in male and female rodents.

    Mirela Cerghet;Robert P. Skoff;Denise Bessert;Zhan Zhang

  • PPAR δ agonists stimulate oligodendrocyte differentiation in tissue culture

    Inderjeet Saluja;James G. Granneman;Robert P. Skoff

  • Oligodendroglial cell death in jimpy mice: an explanation for the myelin deficit

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  • Electron microscopic studies of wallerian degeneration in rat optic nerves. I. The multipotential glia

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  • The pathobiology of myelin mutants reveal novel biological functions of the MBP and PLP genes

    Anthony T. Campagnoni;Robert P. Skoff

  • Synaptic Dysfunction in the Hippocampus Accompanies Learning and Memory Deficits in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Tat Transgenic Mice

    Sylvia Fitting;Bogna M. Ignatowska-Jankowska;Cecilia Bull;Robert P. Skoff

  • Cultured oligodendrocytes mimic in vivo phenotypic characteristics: Cell shape, expression of myelin-specific antigens, and membrane production☆

    P.E. Knapp;W.P. Bartlett;R.P. Skoff

  • Hypoxic-ischemic injury results in acute disruption of myelin gene expression and death of oligodendroglial precursors in neonatal mice.

    Robert P. Skoff;Denise A. Bessert;John D.E. Barks;Dekun Song

  • Gliogenesis in rat optic nerve: Astrocytes are generated in a single wave before oligodendrocytes☆

    Robert P. Skoff

  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Oligodendroglial Injury in Neonatal Rat Brain

    Yiqing Liu;Faye S Silverstein;Robert Skoff;John D E Barks

  • Increased proliferation of oligodendrocytes in the hypomyelinated mouse mutant-jimpy

    Robert P. Skoff

  • Division of astroblasts and oligodendroblasts in postnatal rodent brain: evidence for separate astrocyte and oligodendrocyte lineages.

    Robert P. Skoff;Pamela E. Knapp

  • Myelin deficit in the Jimpy mouse may be due to cellular abnormalities in astroglia

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  • Member of the peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor family of transcription factors is differentially expressed by oligodendrocytes

    James Granneman;Robert Skoff;Xiaoyi Yang

  • New oligodendrocytes are generated after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in rodents.

    Aliya U. Zaidi;Denise A. Bessert;Jennifer E. Ong;Haiyan Xu

  • Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Proliferation and Maturation Is Differentially Regulated by Male and Female Sex Steroid Hormones

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  • Pattern of myelination and distribution of neuroglial cells along the developing optic system of the rat and rabbit

    Robert P. Skoff;Denise Toland;Edward Nast

  • Expression of galactocerebroside in developing normal and jimpy oligodendrocytes in situ.

    M S Ghandour;R P Skoff

  • Comparison of in vivo and in vitro subcellular localization of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in oligodendrocytes.

    Zhan Zhang;Mirela Cerghet;Chadwick Mullins;Maryann Williamson

  • Expression of mosaicism in females heterozygous for Jimpy

    Robert Skoff;Ilene Nowicki Montgomery

  • Evidence That the Homeodomain Protein Gtx Is Involved in the Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Myelination

    Raj Awatramani;Steven Scherer;Judith Grinspan;Ellen Collarini

  • Sexual dimorphism in the white matter of rodents

    Mirela Cerghet;Robert P. Skoff;Muthulekha Swamydas;Denise Bessert

  • Cerebroside sulfotransferase in Golgi-enriched fractions from rat brain.

    Joyce A. Benjamins;Timothy Hadden;Robert P. Skoff

  • Differential expression of galactocerebroside, myelin basic protein, and 2′,3′‐cyclic nucleotide 3′‐phosphohydrolase during development of oligodendrocytes in vitro

    P. E. Knapp;R. P. Skoff;T. J. Sprinkle

  • Astrocytic hypertrophy in dysmyelination influences the diffusion anisotropy of white matter

    Laura A. Harsan;Patrick Poulet;Blandine Guignard;Nathalie Parizel

Frequent Co-Authors

Faye S. Silverstein
Faye S. Silverstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Pamela E. Knapp
Pamela E. Knapp Virginia Commonwealth University
Thomas D. Bird
Thomas D. Bird University of Washington
Jean de Vellis
Jean de Vellis University of California, Los Angeles
William Guido
William Guido University of Louisville

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