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Gerd Leitinger

Medical University of GrazORCID 0000-0002-5281-9830Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Amyloid beta aggregation promoted by iron leads to neuronal loss in an ex vivo model of Alzheimer's disease

Sowmya Sunkara, Rahul Krishnamoorthy, Snježana Radulović, Marlene Leoni, Silke Patz, Walter Goessler, Walter Anton Kaufmann, Anna Maria Birkl-Toeglhofer, Johannes Haybaeck, Gerd Leitinger

This study shows that iron promotes Aβ fibrillization and synergizes with Aβ to cause neuronal death in an ex vivo AD model.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Autolysis affects the iron cargo of ferritins in neurons and glial cells at different rates in the human brain

Sowmya Sunkara, Snježana Radulović, Saška Lipovšek, Christoph Robert Birkl, Stefan Eggenreich, Anna Maria Birkl-Toeglhofer, Maximilian Schinagl, Daniel Funk, Michael Stöger‐Pollach, Johannes Haybaeck, Walter Goessler, Stefan Ropele, Gerd Leitinger

The paper examines how autolysis affects iron storage in ferritins of neurons and glial cells in the human brain, showing differential iron loss rates and cell-type-specific ferritin accumulation.

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · Mar 15, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience