Herms, Jochen

  • Candlish M, Hofmann J, Brösamle D, Haessler A, DeMeglio M, Skodras A, Tushev G, De Biasi ES, Günther S, Wiegandt R, Theis H, De Domenico E, Hermann NS, Breunig P, Sauerland C, Nilsson KPR, Beyer MD, Looso M, Windbergs M, Roeber S, Herms J, Neher JJ, Chiocchetti AG, Hefendehl JK. Ischemic injury triggers a protective microglial phenotype in models of Aβ pathology. J Neuroinflammation. 2026 Jun 9. doi: 10.1186/s12974-026-03897-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42265753.

  • Chen X, Li S, Neubauer A, Li X, Mao W, Brendel M, Liu J, Zhang M, Yang C, Xu R, Liu J, Shan B, Yuan J, Liu C, Herms J, Zou C. Glucose hypometabolism and hyperphosphorylated Tau synergistically drive neuronal necroptosis. Neuron. 2026 Apr 22:S0896-6273(26)00265-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2026.03.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42025167.

  • DeMeglio M, De Biasi ES, Breunig P, Candlish M, Sauerland C, Günther S, Kawase H, Peguera B, Bohnstaedt C, Herms J, Neubauer A, Neher JJ, Nilsson PR, Hu J, Hille S, Müller O, Acker-Palmer A, Hammock BD, Underhill TM, Junek S, Offermanns S, Fleming I, Hefendehl JK. Soluble epoxide hydrolase drives neurovascular dysfunction in a model of amyloidosis. Brain. 2026 May 22:awag184. doi: 10.1093/brain/awag184. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42170924.

  • Gaur N, Angerer C, Gunes ZI, Ancau M, Wang M, Riemenschneider H, Hurler CA, Mungwa S, Lüningschrör P, Zhiti A, Steinbach R, Briese M, Srivastava M, Plaas M, Hermann A, Sendtner M, Jäkel S, Edbauer D, Herms J, Liebscher S, Grosskreutz J, Brill MS. Constitutive neuronal expression and disease-associated upregulation of chitinases in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. 2026 Feb 28:awag083. doi: 10.1093/brain/awag083. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41762671.
  • Gnörich J, Kusche-Palenga J, Palleis C, Neubauer A, Frontzkowski L, Jäck A, Kling A, Bauer T, Eyob H, Probst K, Roemer-Cassiano SN, Bernhardt AM, Katzdobler S, Marth L, Zaganjori M, Hopfner F, Zwergal A, Häckert J, Rullmann M, Sabri O, Barthel H, Stöcklein S, Werner RA, Simons M, Levin J, Herms J, Franzmeier N, Höglinger GU, Brendel M; German Imaging Initiative for Tauopathies (GII4T). Longitudinal monitoring of tau aggregation in progressive supranuclear palsy with [18F]PI-2620 PET. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Feb;22(2):e71195. doi: 10.1002/alz.71195. PMID: 41736364; PMCID: PMC12932912.
  • Klimmt J, Cardoso Gonçalves C, Montgomery JV, Müller SA, Bublitz M, Filser S, Paeger L, Nuscher B, Dannert A, Roeber S, Pravata V, Schifferer M, Shrouder JJ, Schulz N, González-Gallego J, Cappello S, Misgeld T, Plesnila N, Beltrán E, Herms J, De Domenico E, Beyer MD, Schultze JL, Haass C, Lichtenthaler SF, Carraro C, Paquet D. A reproducible three-dimensional model of human brain tissue to investigate physiological and disease-associated microglia phenotypes. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Aug 4. doi: 10.1038/s41593-026-02367-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42552384.

  • Quattrone A, Bianco MG, Vescio B, Chimento I, Sacilotti A, Oliveti C, Arcuri PP, Stanà C, Tinelli E, Sabatini U, Kaasinen V, Franzmeier N, Stefanis L, Velonakis G, Boxer A, Constantinides VC, Höglinger GU, Quattrone A; PASSPORT Study Group; AL-108-231 Investigators; TAUROS MRI Investigators; DescribePSP group; AL-108-231 Study Group; Tau Restoration on PSP (TAUROS) MRI Investigators; DESCRIBE-PSP Study Group [i.a. Dichgans M, Perneczky R, Levin J, Priller J, Lingor P, Herms J]. Planimetric and Linear MRI Markers for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Classification: A Large Multicohort International Study. Radiology. 2026 Jun;319(3):e251394. doi: 10.1148/radiol.251394. PMID: 42227858.

  • Rumpf SL, Strübing FL, Nalbach K, Vargiu CM, Berg G, Lichtenthaler SF, Parchi P, Gao P, Chen W, Brendel M, Gnörich JS, Bernhardt A, Dias Rodrigues L, Höglinger GU, Herms J, Koeglsperger T. Spatial multi-omics identifies early synaptic pruning and context-specific dopaminergic vulnerability in synucleinopathies. Nat Commun. 2026 Jul 21;17(1):6976. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-74961-6. PMID: 42481480; PMCID: PMC13392254.

  • Vöglein J, Arzberger T, Ebner I, Herms J, Roeber S, Ruf V, Danek A, Giese A, Höglinger GU, Levin J. Accuracy of clinical diagnosis in neurodegenerative diseases - a study of 455 autopsy cases. J Neurol. 2026 Feb 20;273(2):156. doi: 10.1007/s00415-026-13680-w. PMID: 41721140; PMCID: PMC12923403.

  • Chatterjee M, Özdemir S, Fritz C, Möbius W, Kleineidam L, Mandelkow E, Biernat J, Doğdu C, Peters O, Cosma NC, Wang X, Schneider LS, Priller J, Spruth E, Kühn AA, Krause P, Klockgether T, Vogt IR, Kimmich O, Spottke A, Hoffmann DC, Fliessbach K, Miklitz C, McCormick C, Weydt P, Falkenburger B, Brandt M, Guenther R, Dinter E, Wiltfang J, Hansen N, Bähr M, Zerr I, Flöel A, Nestor PJ, Düzel E, Glanz W, Incesoy E, Bürger K, Janowitz D, Perneczky R, Rauchmann BS, Hopfner F, Wagemann O, Levin J, Teipel S, Kilimann I, Goerss D, Prudlo J, Gasser T, Brockmann K, Mengel D, Zimmermann M, Synofzik M, Wilke C, Selma-González J, Turon-Sans J, Santos-Santos MA, Alcolea D, Rubio-Guerra S, Fortea J, Carbayo Á, Lleó A, Rojas-García R, Illán-Gala I, Wagner M, Frommann I, Roeske S, Bertram L, Heneka MT, Brosseron F, Ramirez A, Schmid M, Beschorner R, Halle A, Herms J, Neumann M, Barthélemy NR, Bateman RJ, Rizzu P, Heutink P, Dols-Icardo O, Höglinger G, Hermann A, Schneider A. Plasma extracellular vesicle tau and TDP-43 as diagnostic biomarkers in FTD and ALS. Nat Med. 2024 Jun;30(6):1771-1783. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02937-4. Epub 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38890531; PMCID: PMC11186765. 
  • Dinkel L, Hummel S, Zenatti V, Malara M, Tillmann Y, Colombo A, Monasor LS, Suh JH, Logan T, Roth S, Paeger L, Hoffelner P, Bludau O, Schmidt A, Müller SA, Schifferer M, Nuscher B, Njavro JR, Prestel M, Bartos LM, Wind-Mark K, Slemann L, Hoermann L, Kunte ST, Gnörich J, Lindner S, Simons M, Herms J, Paquet D, Lichtenthaler SF, Bartenstein P, Franzmeier N, Liesz A, Grosche A, Bremova-Ertl T, Catarino C, Beblo S, Bergner C, Schneider SA, Strupp M, Di Paolo G, Brendel M, Tahirovic S. Myeloid cell-specific loss of NPC1 in mice recapitulates microgliosis and neurodegeneration in patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Dec 4;16(776):eadl4616. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adl4616. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39630885.
  • Englert B, Roeber S, Arzberger T, Ruf V, Windl O, Herms J. Fast-track neuropathological screening for neurodegenerative diseases. Free Neuropathol. 2024 Aug 6;5:5-16. doi: 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2024-5643. PMID: 39118598; PMCID: PMC11309573.
  • Farrell K, Humphrey J, Chang T, Zhao Y, Leung YY, Kuksa PP, Patil V, Lee WP, Kuzma AB, Valladares O, Cantwell LB, Wang H, Ravi A, De Sanctis C, Han N, Christie TD, Afzal R, Kandoi S, Whitney K, Krassner MM, Ressler H, Kim S, Dangoor D, Iida MA, Casella A, Walker RH, Nirenberg MJ, Renton AE, Babrowicz B, Coppola G, Raj T, Höglinger GU, Müller U, Golbe LI, Morris HR, Hardy J, Revesz T, Warner TT, Jaunmuktane Z, Mok KY, Rademakers R, Dickson DW, Ross OA, Wang LS, Goate A, Schellenberg G, Geschwind DH; PSP Genetics Study Group [i.a. Herms J]; Crary JF, Naj A. Genetic, transcriptomic, histological, and biochemical analysis of progressive supranuclear palsy implicates glial activation and novel risk genes. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 9;15(1):7880. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52025-x. PMID: 39251599; PMCID: PMC11385559.
  • Gnörich J, Koehler M, Wind-Mark K, Klaus C, Zatcepin A, Palumbo G, Lalia M, Monasor LS, Beyer L, Eckenweber F, Scheifele M, Gildehaus FJ, von Ungern-Sternberg B, Barthel H, Sabri O, Bartenstein P, Herms J, Tahirovic S, Franzmeier N, Ziegler S, Brendel M. Towards multicenter β-amyloid PET imaging in mouse models: A triple scanner head-to-head comparison. Neuroimage. 2024 Jul 26;297:120748. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120748. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39069223.
  • Jensen I, Heine J, Ruf VC, Compta Y, Porcel LM, Troakes C, Vamanu A, Downes S, Irwin D, Cohen J, Lee EB, Nilsson C, Englund E, Nemati M, Katzdobler S, Levin J, Pantelyat A, Seemiller J, Berger S, van Swieten J, Dopper E, Rozenmuller A, Kovacs GG, Bendahan N, Lang AE, Herms J, Höglinger G, Hopfner F. Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers on the Diagnostic Performance of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Multiple System Atrophy Criteria. Mov Disord. 2024 Jun 7. doi: 10.1002/mds.29879. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38847384.
  • Kaiser L, Quach S, Zounek AJ, Wiestler B, Zatcepin A, Holzgreve A, Bollenbacher A, Bartos LM, Ruf VC, Böning G, Thon N, Herms J, Riemenschneider MJ, Stöcklein S, Brendel M, Rupprecht R, Tonn JC, Bartenstein P, von Baumgarten L, Ziegler S, Albert NL. Enhancing predictability of IDH mutation status in glioma patients at initial diagnosis: a comparative analysis of radiomics from MRI, [18F]FET PET, and TSPO PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2024 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06654-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38396261.
  • Medina-Luque J, Piechocinski P, Feyen P, Sgobio C, Herms J. Striatal dopamine neurotransmission is altered in age- and region-specific manner in a Parkinson's disease transgenic mouse. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 2;14(1):164. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-49600-5. PMID: 38167878; PMCID: PMC10761704.
  • Rong Z, Mai H, Ebert G, Kapoor S, Puelles VG, Czogalla J, Hu S, Su J, Prtvar D, Singh I, Schädler J, Delbridge C, Steinke H, Frenzel H, Schmidt K, Braun C, Bruch G, Ruf V, Ali M, Sühs KW, Nemati M, Hopfner F, Ulukaya S, Jeridi D, Mistretta D, Caliskan ÖS, Wettengel JM, Cherif F, Kolabas ZI, Molbay M, Horvath I, Zhao S, Krahmer N, Yildirim AÖ, Ussar S, Herms J, Huber TB, Tahirovic S, Schwarzmaier SM, Plesnila N, Höglinger G, Ondruschka B, Bechmann I, Protzer U, Elsner M, Bhatia HS, Hellal F, Ertürk A. Persistence of spike protein at the skull-meninges-brain axis may contribute to the neurological sequelae of COVID-19. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Nov 26:S1931-3128(24)00438-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.11.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39615487.
  • Ruch F, Gnörich J, Wind K, Köhler M, Zatcepin A, Wiedemann T, Gildehaus FJ, Lindner S, Boening G, von Ungern-Sternberg B, Beyer L, Herms J, Bartenstein P, Brendel M, Eckenweber F. Validity and value of metabolic connectivity in mouse models of β-amyloid and tauopathy. Neuroimage. 2024 Jan 6;286:120513. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120513. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38191101.
  • Slemann L, Gnörich J, Hummel S, Bartos LM, Klaus C, Kling A, Kusche-Palenga J, Kunte ST, Kunze LH, Englert AL, Li Y, Vogler L, Katzdobler S, Palleis C, Bernhardt A, Jäck A, Zwergal A, Hopfner F, Roemer-Cassiano SN, Biechele G, Stöcklein S, Bischof G, van Eimeren T, Drzezga A, Sabri O, Barthel H, Respondek G, Grimmer T, Levin J, Herms J, Paeger L, Willroider M, Beyer L, Höglinger GU, Roeber S, Franzmeier N, Brendel M. Neuronal and oligodendroglial, but not astroglial, tau translates to in vivo tau PET signals in individuals with primary tauopathies. Acta Neuropathol. 2024 Nov 24;148(1):70. doi: 10.1007/s00401-024-02834-7. PMID: 39580770; PMCID: PMC11586312.

  • Zatcepin A, Gnörich J, Rauchmann BS, Bartos LM, Wagner S, Franzmeier N, Malpetti M, Xiang X, Shi Y, Parhizkar S, Grosch M, Wind-Mark K, Kunte ST, Beyer L, Meyer C, Brösamle D, Wendeln AC, Osei-Sarpong C, Heindl S, Liesz A, Stoecklein S, Biechele G, Finze A, Eckenweber F, Lindner S, Rominger A, Bartenstein P, Willem M, Tahirovic S, Herms J, Buerger K, Simons M, Haass C, Rupprecht R, Riemenschneider MJ, Albert NL, Beyer M, Neher JJ, Paeger L, Levin J, Höglinger GU, Perneczky R, Ziegler SI, Brendel M. Regional desynchronization of microglial activity is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Mol Neurodegener. 2024 Sep 5;19(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13024-024-00752-6. PMID: 39238030; PMCID: PMC11375924.

  • Blume T, Deussing M, Biechele G, Peters F, Zott B, Schmidt C, Franzmeier N, Wind K, Eckenweber F, Sacher C, Shi Y, Ochs K, Kleinberger G, Xiang X, Focke C, Lindner S, Gildehaus FJ, Beyer L, von Ungern-Sternberg B, Bartenstein P, Baumann K, Adelsberger H, Rominger A, Cumming P, Willem M, Dorostkar MM, Herms J, Brendel M (2022). Chronic PPARγ Stimulation Shifts Amyloidosis to Higher Fibrillarity but Improves CognitionFront Aging Neurosci. 2022 Mar 30;14:854031. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.854031. PMID: 35431893; PMCID: PMC9007038.
  • Blume T, Filser S, Sgobio C, Peters F, Neumann U, Shimshek D, Saito T, Saido TC, Brendel M, Herms J (2022). β-secretase inhibition prevents structural spine plasticity deficits in AppNL-G-F miceFront Aging Neurosci. 2022 Jul 22;14:909586. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.909586. PMID: 35936777; PMCID: PMC9354544.
  • Briel N, Ruf VC, Pratsch K, Roeber S, Widmann J, Mielke J, Dorostkar MM, Windl O, Arzberger T, Herms J, Struebing FL (2022). Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling highlights distinct astrocyte signatures in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degenerationActa Neuropathol. 2022 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02483-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35976433.
  • Charidimou A, Boulouis G, Frosch MP, Baron JC, Pasi M, Albucher JF, Banerjee G, Barbato C, Bonneville F, Brandner S, Calviere L, Caparros F, Casolla B, Cordonnier C, Delisle MB, Deramecourt V, Dichgans M, Gokcal E, Herms J, Hernandez-Guillamon M, Jäger HR, Jaunmuktane Z, Linn J, Martinez-Ramirez S, Martínez-Sáez E, Mawrin C, Montaner J, Moulin S, Olivot JM, Piazza F, Puy L, Raposo N, Rodrigues MA, Roeber S, Romero JR, Samarasekera N, Schneider JA, Schreiber S, Schreiber F, Schwall C, Smith C, Szalardy L, Varlet P, Viguier A, Wardlaw JM, Warren A, Wollenweber FA, Zedde M, van Buchem MA, Gurol ME, Viswanathan A, Al-Shahi Salman R, Smith EE, Werring DJ, Greenberg SM (2022). The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy studyLancet Neurol. 2022 Aug;21(8):714-725. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00208-3. PMID: 35841910.
  • Dening Y, Straßl T, Ruf V, Dirscherl P, Chovsepian A, Stievenard A, Khairnar A, Schmidt F, Giesert F, Herms J, Levin J, Dieterich M, Falkai P, Weisenhorn DV, Wurst W, Giese A, Pan-Montojo F. Toxicity of extracellular alpha-synuclein is independent of intracellular alpha-synuclein. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 19;12(1):21951. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25790-2. PMID: 36535974; PMCID: PMC9763379.

  • Franzmeier N, Brendel M, Beyer L, Slemann L, Kovacs GG, Arzberger T, Kurz C, Respondek G, Lukic MJ, Biel D, Rubinski A, Frontzkowski L, Hummel S, Müller A, Finze A, Palleis C, Joseph E, Weidinger E, Katzdobler S, Song M, Biechele G, Kern M, Scheifele M, Rauchmann BS, Perneczky R, Rullman M, Patt M, Schildan A, Barthel H, Sabri O, Rumpf JJ, Schroeter ML, Classen J, Villemagne V, Seibyl J, Stephens AW, Lee EB, Coughlin DG, Giese A, Grossman M, McMillan CT, Gelpi E, Molina-Porcel L, Compta Y, van Swieten JC, Laat LD, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Robinson JL, Xie SX, Irwin DJ, Roeber S, Herms J, Simons M, Bartenstein P, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Levin J, Höglinger G, Ewers M (2022). Tau deposition patterns are associated with functional connectivity in primary tauopathiesNat Commun. 2022 Mar 15;13(1):1362. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28896-3. PMID: 35292638; PMCID: PMC8924216
  • Hopfner F, Tietz AK, Ruf VC, Ross OA, Koga S, Dickson D, Aguzzi A, Attems J, Beach T, Beller A, Cheshire WP, van Deerlin V, Desplats P, Deuschl G, Duyckaerts C, Ellinghaus D, Evsyukov V, Flanagan ME, Franke A, Frosch MP, Gearing M, Gelpi E, van Gerpen JA, Ghetti B, Glass JD, Grinberg LT, Halliday G, Helbig I, Höllerhage M, Huitinga I, Irwin DJ, Keene DC, Kovacs GG, Lee EB, Levin J, Martí MJ, Mackenzie I, McKeith I, Mclean C, Mollenhauer B, Neumann M, Newell KL, Pantelyat A, Pendziwiat M, Peters A, Molina Porcel L, Rabano A, Matěj R, Rajput A, Rajput A, Reimann R, Scott WK, Seeley W, Selvackadunco S, Simuni T, Stadelmann C, Svenningsson P, Thomas A, Trenkwalder C, Troakes C, Trojanowski JQ, Uitti RJ, White CL, Wszolek ZK, Xie T, Ximelis T, Yebenes J; Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, Müller U, Schellenberg GD, Herms J, Kuhlenbäumer G, Höglinger G (2022). Common Variants Near ZIC1 and ZIC4 in Autopsy-Confirmed Multiple System AtrophyMov Disord. 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.1002/mds.29164. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35997131.
  • Jecmenica Lukic M, Respondek G, Kurz C, Compta Y, Gelpi E, Ferguson LW, Rajput A, Troakes C; MDS-endorsed PSP study group, van Swieten JC, Giese A, Roeber S, Herms J, Arzberger T, Höglinger G (2022). Long-duration progressive supranuclear palsy: clinical course and pathological underpinningsAnn Neurol. 2022 Jul 25. doi: 10.1002/ana.26455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35872640.
  • Messerschmidt K, Barthel H, Brendel M, Scherlach C, Hoffmann KT, Rauchmann BS, Rullmann M, Marek K, Villemagne VL, Rumpf JJ, Saur D, Schroeter ML, Schildan A, Patt M, Beyer L, Song M, Palleis C, Katzdobler S, Fietzek UM, Scherlach C, Hoffmann KT, Rauchmann BS, Rullmann M, Marek K, Villemagne VL, Rumpf JJ, Saur D, Schroeter ML, Schildan A, Patt M, Beyer L, Song M, Palleis C, Katzdobler S, Fietzek UM, Herms J, Boetzel K, Bartenstein P, Levin J, Seibyl JP, Höglinger G, Classen J, Sabri O (2022). 18F-PI-2620 Tau PET Improves the Imaging Diagnosis of Progressive Supranuclear PalsyJ Nucl Med. 2022 Apr 14:jnumed.121.262854. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.121.262854. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35422444.
  • Rupprecht R, Wetzel CH, Dorostkar M, Herms J, Albert NL, Schwarzbach J, Schumacher M, Neumann ID (2022). Translocator protein (18kDa) TSPO: a new diagnostic or therapeutic target for stress-related disorders? Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 20. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01561-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35444254.
  • Shi Y, Cui M, Ochs K, Brendel M, Strübing FL, Briel N, Eckenweber F, Zou C, Banati RB, Liu GJ, Middleton RJ, Rupprecht R, Rudolph U, Zeilhofer HU, Rammes G, Herms J, Dorostkar MM (2022). Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO)Nat Neurosci. 2022 Mar;25(3):317-329. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01013-9. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PMID: 35228700.