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Rolf Heumann is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and focuses their research on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on neuroscience.

Their work spans multiple interconnected fields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and global and planetary change. The research topics covered by Heumann include neuroscience and neural engineering, cellular mechanics and interactions, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, 3D printing in biomedical research, RNA interference and gene delivery, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and bacterial research centered on Bacillus and Francisella species.

Heumann's publication record includes contributions to several journals and venues. Notable venues where their work has appeared frequently are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecosystems

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Heumann include:

  • "Parallelized Manipulation of Adherent Living Cells by Magnetic Nanoparticles-Mediated Forces" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Magnetic spatiotemporal control of SOS1 coupled nanoparticles for guided neurite growth in dopaminergic single cells" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Parallelized manipulation of adherent living cells by magnetic nanoparticles-mediated forces" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • "Imaging of anthrax intoxication in mice reveals shared and individual functions of surface receptors CMG-2 and TEM-8 in cellular toxin entry" (2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "Neuronal Protection by Ha-RAS-GTPase Signaling through Selective Downregulation of Plasmalemmal Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel-1" (2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Heumann has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sebastian Neumann
  • Emilie Secret
  • Fabian Raudzus
  • Jean-Michel Siaugue
  • Christine Ménager

Best Publications

  • Erythropoietin prevents neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and metabolic stress

    Anna Leena Sirén;Maddalena Fratelli;Michael Brines;Christoph Goemans

  • Changes of nerve growth factor synthesis in nonneuronal cells in response to sciatic nerve transection.

    Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching;Christine Bandtlow;Hans Thoenen

  • Interleukin-1 regulates synthesis of nerve growth factor in non-neuronal cells of rat sciatic nerve.

    Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Michael Meyer;Hans Thoenen

  • Levels of nerve growth factor and its mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat correlate with cholinergic innervation.

    Sigrun I. Korsching;G Auburger;Rolf Heumann;Jacqueline Scott

  • Differential regulation of mRNA encoding nerve growth factor and its receptor in rat sciatic nerve during development, degeneration, and regeneration: role of macrophages.

    Rolf Heumann;Dan Lindholm;Christine Bandtlow;Michael Meyer

  • NGF-Mediated increase of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the neonatal rat forebrain: Evidence for a physiological role of NGF in the brain?

    H. Gnahn;F. Hefti;R. Heumann;M.E. Schwab

  • The physiological function of nerve growth factor in the central nervous system: comparison with the periphery.

    Hans Thoenen;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann

  • Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

    Alun M. Davies;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching

  • Synaptic secretion of BDNF after high‐frequency stimulation of glutamatergic synapses

    Matthias Hartmann;Rolf Heumann;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Synthesis in the Rat Central Nervous System: Comparison between the Effects of Interleukin-1 and Various Growth Factors in Astrocyte Cultures and in vivo.

    Matthias Spranger;Dan Lindholm;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann

  • Nerve growth factor increases choline acetyl-transferase but not survival or fiber outgrowth of cultured fetal septal cholinergic neurons

    F. Hefti;J. Hartikka;F. Eckenstein;H. Gnahn

  • BDNF and NT-4/5 enhance glutamatergic synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurones.

    Lessmann;Gottmann K;Heumann R

  • EphrinB phosphorylation and reverse signaling: regulation by Src kinases and PTP-BL phosphatase.

    Amparo Palmer;Manuel Zimmer;Kai S Erdmann;Volker Eulenburg

  • Relationship between levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its messenger RNA in sympathetic ganglia and peripheral target tissues.

    R Heumann;S Korsching;J Scott;H Thoenen

  • Cellular localization of nerve growth factor synthesis by in situ hybridization.

    C.E. Bandtlow;R. Heumann;M.E. Schwab;H. Thoenen

  • Application of calcium phosphate nanoparticles in biomedicine

    M. Epple;K. Ganesan;R. Heumann;J. Klesing

  • Lesion-induced increase in nerve growth factor mRNA is mediated by c-fos.

    Bastian Hengerer;Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Ulrich Ruther

  • Macrophage dependence of peripheral sensory nerve regeneration: Possible involvement of nerve growth factor

    Michael C. Brown;V. Hugh Perry;E. Ruth Lunn;Siamon Gordon

  • Effective transfection of cells with multi-shell calcium phosphate-DNA nanoparticles.

    Viktoriya V. Sokolova;Ina Radtke;Rolf Heumann;Matthias Epple

  • Regional and cellular codistribution of interleukin 1 beta and nerve growth factor mRNA in the adult rat brain: possible relationship to the regulation of nerve growth factor synthesis.

    C E Bandtlow;M Meyer;D Lindholm;M Spranger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Dan Lindholm
Dan Lindholm Minerva Foundation
Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthias Epple
Matthias Epple University of Duisburg-Essen
Hermann Rohrer
Hermann Rohrer Goethe University Frankfurt
Petra Wahle
Petra Wahle Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas Arendt
Thomas Arendt Leipzig University
Martin E. Schwab
Martin E. Schwab University of Zurich
Volkmar Lessmann
Volkmar Lessmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Christian Herrmann
Christian Herrmann Ruhr University Bochum

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