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Robert B. Petersen

Central Michigan University · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Neurology
Research interest
Research interests include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neurological diseases and metabolism, and Trace Elements in Health.
h-index
70
citations
17,759
works
288
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Angiopoietin-like protein 8 directs DNA damage responses towards apoptosis by stabilizing PARP1-DNA condensates.
2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
A rationally designed injury kidney targeting peptide library and its application in rescuing acute kidney injury.
2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
β-synuclein regulates the phase transitions and amyloid conversion of α-synuclein.
2024cited by 32position: contributordoi
A renal YY1-KIM1-DR5 axis regulates the progression of acute kidney injury.
2023cited by 41position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Donepezil hcl liposomes: development, characterization, cytotoxicity, and pharmacokinetic study.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of A Real-Time Sensing System for Monitoring Neural Network Degeneration in an Alzheimer's Disease-on-a-Chip Model.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Emerging physiological and pathological roles of MeCP2 in non-neurological systems.
2021cited by 13position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of DNA polymerase θ promotes CAG•CTG repeat expansions in Huntington's disease via insertion sequences of its catalytic domain.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of TNF-α-mediated reduction in inhibitory neurotransmission precedes sporadic Alzheimer's disease pathology in young Trem2R47H  rats.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of When Cognitive Decline and Depression Coexist in the Elderly: CSF Biomarkers Analysis Can Differentiate Alzheimer's Disease from Late-Life Depression.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Continuous Monitoring of Tau-Induced Neurotoxicity in Patient-Derived iPSC-Neurons.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of An astrocyte cell line that differentially propagates murine prions.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of TDP-43 inhibitory peptide alleviates neurodegeneration and memory loss in an APP transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer's disease.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of α-Synuclein filaments from transgenic mouse and human synucleinopathy-containing brains are major seed-competent species.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Long noncoding RNA 00507/miRNA-181c-5p/TTBK1/MAPT axis regulates tau hyperphosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Young blood plasma reduces Alzheimer's disease-like brain pathologies and ameliorates cognitive impairment in 3×Tg-AD mice.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy have distinct α-synuclein seed characteristics.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Trisomy of human chromosome 21 enhances amyloid-β deposition independently of an extra copy of APP.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Does SCFD1 rs10139154 Polymorphism Decrease Alzheimer's Disease Risk?
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Faculty Opinions recommendation of A farnesyltransferase inhibitor activates lysosomes and reduces tau pathology in mice with tauopathy.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature 2019cited by 0position: contributordoi
Prion seeding activity and infectivity in skin samples from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Science Translational Medicine 2017cited by 145position: middledoi
Selective Translation and Degradation of Heat-ShockMessenger RNAs in Drosophila
Enzyme 2017cited by 85position: lastdoi
Quiescin-sulfhydryl oxidase inhibits prion formation in vitro
Aging 2016cited by 6position: middledoi
Prion Protein Protects against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
PLoS ONE 2015cited by 21position: middledoi
Parallels Between Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease: Role of Oxidative Stress and Genetic Vulnerability
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 2014cited by 99position: middledoi
Glycoform-Selective Prion Formation in Sporadic and Familial Forms of Prion Disease
PLoS ONE 2013cited by 43position: middledoi
Recombinant Human Prion Protein Inhibits Prion Propagation in vitro
Scientific Reports 2013cited by 32position: middledoi
Correction: Glycoform-Selective Prion Formation in Sporadic and Familial Forms of Prion Disease
PLoS ONE 2013cited by 19position: middledoi
Activation of the extracellular signal‐regulated kinase pathway contributes to the behavioral deficit of fragile x‐syndrome
Journal of Neurochemistry 2012cited by 99position: middledoi
PrPSc detection and infectivity in semen from scrapie-infected sheep
Journal of General Virology 2012cited by 31position: middledoi

Grants

Controlled Interactions Between Large Coherent Structures inan Axisymmetric Jet
NSF8800086$286,4481988–1991PIRePORTER
On the Amplification of Disturbances in an Axisymmetric Turbulent Jet
NSF8210876$310,6821983–1987PIRePORTER
Industry/University Cooperative Research: Particle Motion in a Turbulent Boundary Layer
NSF8003427$177,9201980–1985PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 20 papers (2019–2025)Bhairavi Srinageshwar · Central Michigan University12 papers (2019–2022)Qingzhong Kong · Case Western Reserve University6 papers (2013–2017)Jue Yuan · Case Western Reserve University6 papers (2013–2017)Wen‐Quan Zou · Jiangxi Provincial Academy of Medical Sciences6 papers (2013–2017)Kun Huang · Huazhong University of Science and Technology5 papers (2021–2025)Ling Zheng · Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine4 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2023–2025)Hong Chen · Shihezi University3 papers (2023–2025)Yi-An Zhan · Nanchang University3 papers (2013–2017)Xiangzhu Xiao · Case Western Reserve University3 papers (2013–2013) · 3 papers (2023–2025) · 3 papers (2023–2025)Baiya Li · Case Western Reserve University3 papers (2013–2017)Brian A. Cobb · PragmatIC (United Kingdom)2 papers (2013–2013)Romany Abskharon · UCLA Health2 papers (2013–2016) · 2 papers (2013–2013)Tetsuyuki Kitamoto · University of Edinburgh2 papers (2013–2013)Robert E. Wyza · Case Western Reserve University2 papers (2015–2017)Jean Laplanche · Université Paris Cité2 papers (2013–2013)