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Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
21834
World Ranking
16745
National Ranking
878

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Ophthalmology, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Stomatology

Overview

Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research predominantly focuses on ophthalmology and related subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cell biology.

The scientist's work centers on topics including:

  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Some of the recent papers featuring Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt or their close collaborators include:

  • Osteocyte necrosis triggers osteoclast-mediated bone loss through macrophage-inducible C-type lectin, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Potential Functional Restoration of Corneal Endothelial Cells in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy by ROCK Inhibitor (Ripasudil), 2020, American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • L-arginine metabolism inhibits arthritis and inflammatory bone loss, 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Mitochondrial respiration in B lymphocytes is essential for humoral immunity by controlling the flux of the TCA cycle, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Case Report: Neutralization of Autoantibodies Targeting G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Improves Capillary Impairment and Fatigue Symptoms After COVID-19 Infection, 2021, Frontiers in Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt include:

  • Friedrich E. Kruse
  • Theofilos Tourtas
  • Andreas Gießl
  • Naresh Polisetti
  • Berthold Seitz

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells
  • Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde
  • Scientific Reports
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt's research contributions have been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina with an award in 2018 for work spanning ophthalmology, oto-rhino-laryngology, and stomatology.

Best Publications

  • Ocular and Systemic Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Gottfried O.H. Naumann

  • Human optic nerve fiber count and optic disc size.

    J. B. Jonas;A. M. Schmidt;J. A. Müller-Bergh;U. M. Schlötzer-Schrehardt

  • Pseudoexfoliation syndrome for the comprehensive ophthalmologist. Intraocular and systemic manifestations.

    Gottfried O.H Naumann;Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Michael Küchle

  • Identification and characterization of limbal stem cells.

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Friedrich E. Kruse

  • PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME, OCULAR MANIFESTATION OF A SYSTEMIC DISORDER?

    Ursula M. Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Mahmut R. Koca;Gottfried O. H. Naumann;Hildegard Volkholz

  • Histomorphometry of the human optic nerve.

    J B Jonas;J A Müller-Bergh;U M Schlötzer-Schrehardt;G O Naumann

  • Factor H–related protein 1 (CFHR-1) inhibits complement C5 convertase activity and terminal complex formation

    Stefan Heinen;Andrea Hartmann;Nadine Lauer;Ulrike Wiehl

  • Exfoliation (pseudoexfoliation) syndrome: toward a new understanding. Proceedings of the First International Think Tank.

    Robert Ritch;Ursula Schlötzer‐Schrehardt

  • Dose-related structural effects of photodynamic therapy on choroidal and retinal structures of human eyes

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Arne Viestenz;Gottfried O H Naumann;Horst Laqua

  • A stepwise approach to donor preparation and insertion increases safety and outcome of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.

    Friedrich E Kruse;Kathrin Laaser;Claus Cursiefen;Ludwig M Heindl

  • Lymphatic vessels in vascularized human corneas: immunohistochemical investigation using LYVE-1 and podoplanin.

    Claus Cursiefen;Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Michael Küchle;Lydia Sorokin

  • Morphometry of the human lamina cribrosa surface.

    J. B. Jonas;C. Y. Mardin;U. Schlotzer-Schrehardt;G. O. H. Naumann

  • Role of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and its Latent Form Binding Protein in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome ☆

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Matthias Zenkel;Michael Küchle;Lynn Y. Sakai

  • Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in aqueous humor of patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome/glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Jürgen Lommatzsch;Michael Küchle;Anastasios G P Konstas

  • Why is glaucoma associated with exfoliation syndrome

    Robert Ritch;Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Anastasios G P Konstas

  • Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and aneurysms of the abdominal aorta

    S. Schumacher;U. Schlötzer-Schrehardt;P. Martus;W. Lang

  • Characterization of extracellular matrix components in the limbal epithelial stem cell compartment

    U. Schlötzer-Schrehardt;T. Dietrich;K. Saito;L. Sorokin

  • A Histopathologic Study of Zonular Instability in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Gottfried O.H. Naumann

  • Autophagy inhibition promotes SNCA/alpha-synuclein release and transfer via extracellular vesicles with a hybrid autophagosome-exosome-like phenotype

    Georgia Minakaki;Stefanie Menges;Agnes Kittel;Evangelia Emmanouilidou

  • Expression and localization of FP and EP prostanoid receptor subtypes in human ocular tissues.

    Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt;Matthias Zenkel;Rolf M Nüsing

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich E. Kruse
Friedrich E. Kruse University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Gottfried O. H. Naumann
Gottfried O. H. Naumann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claus Cursiefen
Claus Cursiefen University of Cologne
Shigeru Kinoshita
Shigeru Kinoshita Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
André Reis
André Reis University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Robert Ritch
Robert Ritch New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Peter F. Zipfel
Peter F. Zipfel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Jürgen Winkler
Jürgen Winkler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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