Selected publications
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.
Watzlawick R, Sena E, Dirnagl U, Brommer B, Kopp MA, Howell D, Macleod M, Schwab JM (2014). Effect and reporting Bias of Rho-A/ROCK blocking intervention on locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) – a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Neurology, 71:91-9.
Kopp MA, et al. and Schwab J.M. (2013). The SCIentinel study – prospective multicenter study to define the spinal cord injury-induced immune depression syndrome (SCI-IDS) – study protocol and interim feasibility data. BMC Neurol.,13:168.
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.
Riegger T, Conrad S, Schluesener HJ, Kaps HP, Badke A, Baron C, Gerstein J, Dietz K, Abdizahdeh M, Schwab JM (2009). Immune Depression Syndrome Following Human Spinal Cord Injury – A Pilot Study. Neuroscience, 158:1194-9.
- Granted with the Ludwig Guttmann Award 2006 (Paraplegiology)
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.