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John Ravits

University of California System · US
Area of research
Neurology · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding.
h-index
58
citations
18,475
works
183
NIH funding
primary concept
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
email

Recent publications

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72: from genetics to therapeutics
The Lancet Neurology 2025cited by 35position: middledoi
Neuronal aging causes mislocalization of splicing proteins and unchecked cellular stress
Nature Neuroscience 2025cited by 26position: middledoi
TDP-43 loss induces cryptic polyadenylation in ALS/FTD
Nature Neuroscience 2025cited by 16position: middledoi
Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Nature 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
RNA triggers chronic stress during neuronal aging
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of antisense oligonucleotide BIIB078 in adults with C9orf72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a phase 1, randomised, double blinded, placebo-controlled, multiple ascending dose study
The Lancet Neurology 2024cited by 65position: middledoi
CK1δ/ε kinases regulate TDP-43 phosphorylation and are therapeutic targets for ALS-related TDP-43 hyperphosphorylation
Neurobiology of Disease 2024cited by 18position: lastdoi
Author Correction: TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A
Nature 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Alternatively spliced ELAVL3 cryptic exon 4a causes ELAVL3 downregulation in ALS TDP-43 proteinopathy.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Stathmin-2 loss leads to neurofilament-dependent axonal collapse driving motor and sensory denervation
Nature Neuroscience 2023cited by 48position: middledoi
Challenges of profiling motor neuron transcriptomes from human spinal cord
Neuron 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A
Nature 2022cited by 499position: middledoi
Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition
Nature Cell Biology 2022cited by 148position: middledoi
Nuclear RIPK1 promotes chromatin remodeling to mediate inflammatory response
Cell Research 2022cited by 53position: middledoi
Cell environment shapes TDP-43 function with implications in neuronal and muscle disease
Communications Biology 2022cited by 50position: middledoi
Enrichment of SARM1 alleles encoding variants with constitutively hyperactive NADase in patients with ALS and other motor nerve disorders
eLife 2021cited by 82position: middledoi
TDP-43 mediates SREBF2-regulated gene expression required for oligodendrocyte myelination
The Journal of Cell Biology 2021cited by 52position: middledoi
An integrated multi-omic analysis of iPSC-derived motor neurons from C9ORF72 ALS patients
iScience 2021cited by 49position: middledoi
Novel STMN2 Variant Linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Risk and Clinical Phenotype
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2021cited by 47position: middledoi
Nuclear depletion of RNA-binding protein ELAVL3 (HuC) in sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
2021cited by 17position: contributordoi
Heat shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition
2021cited by 2position: contributordoi
Phase 1–2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for <i>SOD1</i> ALS
New England Journal of Medicine 2020cited by 533position: middledoi
Primary lateral sclerosis: consensus diagnostic criteria
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2020cited by 237position: middledoi
Reduced C9ORF72 function exacerbates gain of toxicity from ALS/FTD-causing repeat expansion in C9orf72
Nature Neuroscience 2020cited by 234position: middledoi
Validation of serum neurofilaments as prognostic and potential pharmacodynamic biomarkers for ALS
Neurology 2020cited by 200position: middledoi
ALS motor neurons exhibit hallmark metabolic defects that are rescued by SIRT3 activation
Cell Death and Differentiation 2020cited by 84position: middledoi
Machine learning suggests polygenic risk for cognitive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
EMBO Molecular Medicine 2020cited by 27position: middledoi
Preface: promoting research in PLS: current knowledge and future challenges
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 2020cited by 15position: middledoi
Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of human iPSC-derived motor neurons resolves early and predictive ALS signatures
2020cited by 5position: contributordoi
Premature polyadenylation-mediated loss of stathmin-2 is a hallmark of TDP-43-dependent neurodegeneration
Nature Neuroscience 2019cited by 657position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Don W. Cleveland · University of California San Diego10 papers (2012–2024)Matthew B. Harms · Utrecht University6 papers (2013–2021) · 6 papers (2019–2025)Michael W. Baughn · University of California San Diego6 papers (2012–2019)Robert H. Baloh · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center5 papers (2013–2014)Shahram Saberi · University of California San Diego5 papers (2015–2018)María José Gómez-Rodríguez · Hospital de Sant Pau4 papers (2017–2020)Anthony Q. Vu · University of California San Diego4 papers (2012–2018)Kasey R. Hutt · Eclipse Bioinnovations (United States)4 papers (2012–2018)Frank Rigo · Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)4 papers (2013–2019)Jennifer E. Stauffer · Jackson Laboratory4 papers (2015–2018)Sandrine Da Cruz · Allen Institute for Brain Science4 papers (2017–2020)Ranjan Batra · University of Mississippi Medical Center4 papers (2016–2018)Clotilde Lagier‐Tourenne · Massachusetts General Hospital4 papers (2012–2020)G Yeo · Aarhus University Hospital4 papers (2012–2018)Tiffany Y Liang · Resolve Therapeutics (United States)3 papers (2012–2016)Tania F. Gendron · Mayo Clinic in Florida3 papers (2013–2025)Alison Goate · University of Pittsburgh3 papers (2013–2014)Peggy Allred · Columbia University3 papers (2013–2014)Jie Jiang · Emory University3 papers (2017–2020)