Selected Publications

Kopp MA, Finkenstaedt FW, Schweizerhof O, Grittner U, Martus P, Watzlawick R, Brienza D, Failli V, Chen Y, DeVivo MJ, Schwab JM. Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Long-Term Motor Score Recovery in Patients With Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 2;7(12):e2444983.

Harrigan ME, Filous AR, Vadala CP, Webb A, Pietrzak M, Sahenk Z, Prüss H, Reiser PJ, Popovich PG, Arnold WD, Schwab JM. Lesion level-dependent systemic muscle wasting after spinal cord injury is mediated by glucocorticoid signaling in mice. Science Transl Med. 2023 Dec 20;15(727):eadh2156.

Kopp MA, Meisel C, Liebscher T, Watzlawick R, Cinelli P, Schweizerhof O, Blex C, Lübstorf T, Prilipp E, Niedeggen A, Druschel C, Schaser KD, Wanner GA, Curt A, Lindemann G, Nugeva N, Fehlings MG, Vajkoczy P, Cabraja M, Dengler J, Ertel W, Ekkernkamp A, Rehahn K, Martus P, Volk HD, Unterwalder N, Kölsch U, Brommer B, Hellmann RC, Baumgartner E, Hirt J, Geurtz LC, Saidy RRO, Prüss H, Laginha I, Failli V, Grittner U, Dirnagl U, Schwab JM. The spinal cord injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome: results of the SCIentinel study. Brain. 2023 Aug 1;146(8):3500-3512.

Schwab JM, Haider C, Kopp MA, Zrzavy T, Endmayr V, Ricken G, Kubista H, Haider T, Liebscher T, Lübstorf T, Blex C, Serdani-Neuhaus L, Curt A, Cinelli P, Scivoletto G, Fehlings MG, May C, Guntermann A, Marcus K, Meisel C, Dirnagl U, Martus P, Prüss H, Popovich PG, Lassmann H, Höftberger R. Lesional Antibody Synthesis and Complement Deposition Associate With De Novo Antineuronal Antibody Synthesis After Spinal Cord Injury. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2023 Apr 5;10(3):e200099.

Fouad K, Popovich PG, Kopp MA, Schwab JM (2021). The neuroanatomical-functional paradox in spinal cord injury. Nature Reviews Neurology. 17(1):53-62.

Zrzavy T, Schwaiger C, Wimmer I, Berger T, Bauer J, Butovsky O, Schwab JM, Lassmann H, Höftberger R (2021). Acute and non-resolving inflammation associate with oxidative injury after human spinal cord injury. Brain. 12;144(1):144-161.

Levi AD, Schwab JM (2021). A critical reappraisal of corticospinal tract somatotopy and its role in traumatic cervical spinal cord syndromes. J Neurosurg Spine. Nov 12:1-7.

Watzlawick R, Antonic A, Sena ES, Kopp MA, Rind J, Dirnagl U, Macleod M, Howells DW, Schwab JM (2019). Outcome heterogeneity and bias in acute experimental spinal cord injury: A meta-analysis. Neurology. 2;93(1):e40-e51. [Granted with the Apple Award 2020 (American Spinal Injury Association, ASIA)]

Filous AR, Schwab JM (2018). Determinants of Axon Growth, Plasticity, and Regeneration in the Context of Spinal Cord Injury. American Journal of Pathology. 188(1), 53-62.

Francos-Quijorna I, Santos-Nogueira E, Gronert K, Sullivan AB, Kopp MA, Brommer B, David S, Schwab JM, López-Vales R (2017). Maresin 1 Promotes Inflammatory Resolution, Neuroprotection, and Functional Neurological Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(48):11731–11743.

Prüss H, Tedeschi A, Thiriot A, Lynch L, Loughead SM, Stutte S, Mazo IB, Kopp MA, Brommer B, Blex C, Geurtz LC, Liebscher T, Niedeggen A, Dirnagl U, Bradke F, Volz MS, DeVivo MJ, Chen Y, von Andrian UH, Schwab JM (2017). Spinal cord injury-induced immunodeficiency is mediated by a sympathetic-neuroendocrine adrenal reflex. Nature Neuroscience. 20, 1549–1559.

Kopp MA, Watzlawick R, Martus P, Failli V, Finkenstaedt FW, Chen Y, DeVivo MJ, Dirnagl U, Schwab JM. Neurology (2017). Long-term functional outcome in patients with acquired infections after acute spinal cord injury. Neurology. 88(9):892-900.

Brommer B, Engel O, Kopp MA, Watzlawick R, Müller S, Prüss H, Chen YY, DeVivo MJ, Finkenstaedt FW, Dirnagl U, Liebscher T, Meisel A, Schwab JM (2016). Spinal cord injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome enhances infection susceptibility dependent on lesion level. Brain. 139(Pt 3):692-707.

Failli V, Kopp MA, Gericke C, Martus P, Klingbeil S, Brommer B, Laginha I, Chen Y, DeVivo MJ, Dirnagl U, Schwab JM (2012). Functional neurological recovery after spinal cord injury is impaired in patients with infections. Brain. 135:3238-50. [Granted with the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)-Price 2012 (Paraplegiology)]

Prüss H, Iggena D, Baldinger T, Prinz V, Meisel A, Endres M, Dirnagl U, Schwab JM (2012). Evidence for intrathecal antibody synthesis in stroke – a cohort study. JAMA Neurology. 69:714-7.

Mirakaj V, Brown S, Laucher S, Steinl C, Klein G, Köhler D, Skutella T, Meisel C, Brommer B, Rosenberger P, Schwab JM (2011). Repulsive guidance molecule-A (RGM-A) inhibits leukocyte migration and mitigates inflammation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108:6555-60.

Rosenberger P, Schwab JM, Mirakaj V, Masekowsky E, Mager A, Morote-Garcia JC, Unertl K, Eltzschig HK (2009). Hypoxia-inducible factor-dependent induction of netrin-1 dampens inflammation caused by hypoxia. Nature Immunol. 10:195-202.

Siebert E, Prüss H, Klingebiel R, Failli V, Einhäupl K.M, Schwab JM (2009). Lumbar spinal stenosis: syndrome, diagnostics and treatment. Nature Reviews Neurology, 5:392-403.

Dona M, Fredman G, Schwab JM, Chiang N, Arita M, Goodarzi A, Cheng G, von Andrian UH, Serhan CN (2008). Resolvin E1, an EPA-derived mediator in whole blood, selectively counterregulates leukocytes and platelets. Blood. 112: 848-55.

Schwab JM , Chiang N, Arita M, Serhan CN (2007). Resolvin E1 and protectin D1 activate inflammation- resolution programmes. Nature. 447:869-74. [Granted with the Novartis Award 2010/11 (Pharmacology)]

Meisel C, Schwab JM, Prass K, Meisel A, Dirnagl U (2005). Central nervous system injury-induced immune deficiency syndrome. Nature Reviews Neurosci., 6:775-86.