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Overview

Sandra Amor is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary subfields of their work include neurology, immunology, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and developmental neuroscience.

The main research topics explored by Sandra Amor cover various aspects of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, multiple sclerosis research studies, immune cells in cancer, immune response and inflammation, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Recent notable publications by Sandra Amor include the following:

  • Cell-type-specific cis-eQTLs in eight human brain cell types identify novel risk genes for psychiatric and neurological disorders, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • COVID-19 vaccine-readiness for anti-CD20-depleting therapy in autoimmune diseases, 2020, Clinical & Experimental Immunology
  • Cellular sources of TSPO expression in healthy and diseased brain, 2021, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Astrocyte and Oligodendrocyte Cross-Talk in the Central Nervous System, 2020, Cells
  • Translocator protein is a marker of activated microglia in rodent models but not human neurodegenerative diseases, 2023, Nature Communications

Sandra Amor frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Erik Nutma, Manuel Marzin, David Baker, Paul van der Valk, and Markus Kipp.

Their research has been published predominantly in Clinical & Experimental Immunology, with additional frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Glia, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, and Cells.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

    Sandra Amor;Sandra Amor;Fabiola Puentes;David Baker;Paul van der Valk

  • Inflammation in CNS neurodegenerative diseases.

    Jodie Stephenson;Jodie Stephenson;Erik Nutma;Paul van der Valk;Sandra Amor;Sandra Amor

  • Macrophages in inflammatory multiple sclerosis lesions have an intermediate activation status

    Daphne Y S Vogel;Elly J F Vereyken;Judith E Glim;Priscilla D A M Heijnen

  • Inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases – an update

    Sandra Amor;Sandra Amor;Laura A. N. Peferoen;Daphne Y. S. Vogel;Marjolein Breur

  • Human macrophage polarization in vitro: Maturation and activation methods compared

    Daphne Y.S. Vogel;Judith E. Glim;Andrea W.D. Stavenuiter;Marjolein Breur

  • Identification of a microglia phenotype supportive of remyelination

    Marta Olah;Sandra Amor;Sandra Amor;Nieske Brouwer;Jonathan Vinet

  • Myelin-laden macrophages are anti-inflammatory, consistent with foam cells in multiple sclerosis.

    Leonie A Boven;Marjan Van Meurs;Marloes Van Zwam;Annet Wierenga-Wolf

  • Oligodendrocyte-microglia cross-talk in the central nervous system

    Laura Peferoen;Markus Kipp;Paul van der Valk;Johannes M. van Noort

  • Cell-type-specific cis-eQTLs in eight human brain cell types identify novel risk genes for psychiatric and neurological disorders

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  • Two years later: journals are not yet enforcing the ARRIVE guidelines on reporting standards for pre-clinical animal studies.

    David Baker;Katie Lidster;Ana Sottomayor;Sandra Amor

  • Protein microarrays guide tolerizing DNA vaccine treatment of autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    William H. Robinson;Paulo Fontoura;Byung J. Lee;Henry E Neuman De Vegvar;Henry E Neuman De Vegvar

  • Microglial nodules in early multiple sclerosis white matter are associated with degenerating axons

    Shailender Singh;Shailender Singh;Imke Metz;Sandra Amor;Sandra Amor;Paul van der Valk

  • Multiple sclerosis animal models: a clinical and histopathological perspective

    Markus Kipp;Stella Nyamoya;Tanja Hochstrasser;Sandra Amor

  • Clusters of activated microglia in normal-appearing white matter show signs of innate immune activation

    Jack van Horssen;Shailender Singh;Shailender Singh;Susanne van der Pol;Markus Kipp;Markus Kipp

  • Extracellular vesicles as modulators of cell-to-cell communication in the healthy and diseased brain

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  • Preactive lesions in multiple sclerosis

    Paul van der Valk;Sandra Amor

  • Increased White Matter Inflammation in Aging- and Alzheimer's Disease Brain

    Divya Raj;Zhuoran Yin;Marjolein Breur;Janine Doorduin

  • Pro-inflammatory activation of primary microglia and macrophages increases 18 kDa translocator protein expression in rodents but not humans:

    David R Owen;Nehal Narayan;Lisa Wells;Luke Healy

  • Macrophages migrate in an activation-dependent manner to chemokines involved in neuroinflammation

    Daphne Y S Vogel;Priscilla D A M Heijnen;Marjolein Breur;Helga E de Vries

  • Activation status of human microglia is dependent on lesion formation stage and remyelination in multiple sclerosis.

    Laura A.N. Peferoen;Daphne Y.S. Vogel;Kimberley Ummenthum;Marjolein Breur

  • COVID-19 vaccine-readiness for anti-CD20-depleting therapy in autoimmune diseases.

    D Baker;C A K Roberts;G Pryce;A S Kang

  • Epstein Barr virus is not a characteristic feature in the central nervous system in established multiple sclerosis

    L.A.N. Peferoen;F. Lamers;L.N.R. Lodder;W.H. Gerritsen

Frequent Co-Authors

David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Paul van der Valk
Paul van der Valk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Markus Kipp
Markus Kipp University of Rostock
Gavin Giovannoni
Gavin Giovannoni Queen Mary University of London
Christine D. Dijkstra
Christine D. Dijkstra VU University Medical Center
Helga E. de Vries
Helga E. de Vries University of Amsterdam
Gareth Pryce
Gareth Pryce Queen Mary University of London
Jack van Horssen
Jack van Horssen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Cordian Beyer
Cordian Beyer RWTH Aachen University
Bert A. 't Hart
Bert A. 't Hart University of Amsterdam

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