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Ruth F. Itzhaki is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with notable contributions to epidemiology, neurology, biological psychiatry, molecular biology, and physiology.

Their work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Herpesvirus infections and treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Multiple sclerosis research studies
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Their recent publications include:

  • "Do infections have a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease?", 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Overwhelming Evidence for a Major Role for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV1) in Alzheimer's Disease (AD); Underwhelming Evidence against", 2021, Vaccines
  • "Potential Involvement of Varicella Zoster Virus in Alzheimer's Disease via Reactivation of Quiescent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1", 2022, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "Shingles, Zostavax vaccination and risk of developing dementia: a nested case-control study-results from the UK Biobank cohort", 2021, BMJ Open
  • "The association of herpes zoster and influenza vaccinations with the risk of developing dementia: a population-based cohort study within the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink", 2023, BMC Public Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with this researcher include:

  • Dana M. Cairns
  • David L. Kaplan
  • Artitaya Lophatananon
  • Curtis B. Dobson
  • Kenneth Muir

This researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • Vaccines

Best Publications

  • A MICRO-BIURET METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PROTEINS.

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;D.M. Gill

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 in brain and risk of Alzheimer's disease

    Ruth F Itzhaki;Woan-Ru Lin;Dazhuang Shang;Gordon K Wilcock

  • Microbes and Alzheimer's disease

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Ruth F. Itzhaki;Richard Lathe;Brian J. Balin;Melvyn J. Ball

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA is located within Alzheimer's disease amyloid plaques.

    MA Wozniak;AP Mee;RF Itzhaki

  • Herpes simplex virus infection causes cellular β-amyloid accumulation and secretase upregulation

    Matthew A. Wozniak;Ruth F. Itzhaki;Suzanne J. Shipley;Curtis B. Dobson

  • Latent herpes simplex virus type 1 in normal and Alzheimer"s disease brains.

    Gordon A. Jamieson;Norman J. Maitland;Gordon K. Wilcock;John Craske

  • The significance of environmental factors in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease.

    William B. Grant;Arezoo Campbell;Ruth F. Itzhaki;John Savory

  • Apolipoprotein E-epsilon 4 protects against severe liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus.

    Matthew A. Wozniak;Ruth F. Itzhaki;E. Brian Faragher;Martin W. James

  • Infiltration of the brain by pathogens causes Alzheimer's disease.

    R.F. Itzhaki;M.A. Wozniak;D.M. Appelt;B.J. Balin

  • Corroboration of a Major Role for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Ruth F. Itzhaki

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 and Alzheimer's disease: increasing evidence for a major role of the virus.

    Ruth F. Itzhaki

  • Alzheimer's disease-specific tau phosphorylation is induced by herpes simplex virus type 1.

    Matthew A. Wozniak;Alison L. Frost;Ruth F. Itzhaki

  • Antivirals Reduce the Formation of Key Alzheimer's Disease Molecules in Cell Cultures Acutely Infected with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

    Matthew A. Wozniak;Alison L. Frost;Chris M. Preston;Ruth F. Itzhaki

  • Herpesviruses in brain and Alzheimer's disease

    Woan-Ru Lin;Matthew A. Wozniak;Robert J. Cooper;Gordon K. Wilcock

  • Productive herpes simplex virus in brain of elderly normal subjects and Alzheimer"s disease patients.

    Matthew A. Wozniak;Suzanne J. Shipley;Marc Combrinck;Gordon K. Wilcock

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 in Alzheimer's disease: the enemy within.

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Matthew A. Wozniak

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA is present in specific regions of brain from aged people with and without senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.

    Gordon A. Jamieson;Norman J. Maitland;Gordon K. Wilcock;Celia M. Yates

  • Colorimetric method for estimating polylysine and polyarginine

    Ruth F. Itzhaki

  • Do infections have a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Ruth F. Itzhaki;Todd E. Golde;Michael T. Heneka;Michael T. Heneka;Ben Readhead

  • Herpes simplex virus type 1, apolipoprotein E, and cholesterol: a dangerous liaison in Alzheimer's disease and other disorders.

    Ruth F. Itzhaki;Matthew A. Wozniak

Frequent Co-Authors

David Neary
David Neary Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
William L. Irving
William L. Irving University of Nottingham
Chris M. Preston
Chris M. Preston University of Glasgow
Gordon K. Wilcock
Gordon K. Wilcock University of Oxford
Richard Lathe
Richard Lathe University of Edinburgh
Simon D. Taylor-Robinson
Simon D. Taylor-Robinson Imperial College London
Michael T. Heneka
Michael T. Heneka University Hospital Bonn
Kelly Del Tredici
Kelly Del Tredici University of Ulm
Anna Teresa Palamara
Anna Teresa Palamara Sapienza University of Rome
Claudio Grassi
Claudio Grassi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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