Borislav Dejanovic

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Borislav Dejanovic is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Borislav Dejanovic has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Neurology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Borislav Dejanovic's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Borislav Dejanovic is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Borislav Dejanovic collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Borislav Dejanovic's co-authors include Morgan Sheng, Günter Schwarz, Brad A. Friedman, Jesse E. Hanson, Christopher J. Bohlen, William J. Meilandt, Hai Ngu, Tiffany Wu, Corey E. Bakalarski and Ben Chih and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Borislav Dejanovic

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Integrative in situ mapping of single-cell transcriptional states and tissue histopathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

2023 105 citations Hu Zeng, Jiahao Huang et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Borislav Dejanovic United States	14	488	478	347	320	201	20	1.2k
Fumito Endo Japan	15	494 1.0×	504 1.1×	309 0.9×	275 0.9×	121 0.6×	20	1.3k
Tamara Seredenina Switzerland	21	393 0.8×	766 1.6×	291 0.8×	438 1.4×	394 2.0×	34	1.6k
Christian Madry Germany	16	714 1.5×	552 1.2×	349 1.0×	532 1.7×	200 1.0×	27	1.5k
Zhuyu Peng United States	4	706 1.4×	805 1.7×	543 1.6×	195 0.6×	204 1.0×	4	1.5k
Jennifer L. Furman United States	19	356 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	724 2.1×	444 1.4×	241 1.2×	28	2.0k
Marcus Semtner Germany	19	396 0.8×	461 1.0×	130 0.4×	479 1.5×	195 1.0×	32	1.2k
María-Angeles Carrillo-de Sauvage France	16	870 1.8×	479 1.0×	390 1.1×	480 1.5×	237 1.2×	20	1.7k
Julia TCW United States	15	302 0.6×	633 1.3×	394 1.1×	210 0.7×	80 0.4×	25	1.1k
Gai Ayalon United States	13	586 1.2×	991 2.1×	619 1.8×	799 2.5×	207 1.0×	17	2.1k
Jeremy H. Herskowitz United States	20	198 0.4×	563 1.2×	628 1.8×	451 1.4×	70 0.3×	37	1.4k

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Aryal, Sameer, Zohreh Farsi, Yuan Zhou, et al.. (2025). Spatially resolved translational dysregulation in Grin2a +/- mouse model of schizophrenia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1 indexed citations

Gergits, Frederick W., Abigail J. Renoux, Borislav Dejanovic, et al.. (2025). Rescue of in vitro models of CSF1R-related adult-onset leukodystrophy by iluzanebart: mechanisms and therapeutic implications of TREM2 agonism. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 22(1). 26–26. 4 indexed citations

Mirescu, Christian, Borislav Dejanovic, Frederick W. Gergits, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological and functional characterization of the first small molecule TREM2 agonist, VG‐3927, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S6). 4 indexed citations

Gergits, Frederick W., Abigail J. Renoux, Borislav Dejanovic, et al.. (2024). VGL101: An Immunotherapy that Enhances Microglial Survival for Adult-onset Leukoencephalopathy with Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia (ALSP) (P9-9.013). Neurology. 102(7_supplement_1).

Zhou, Jiechao, Sarah D. Wade, David Graykowski, et al.. (2023). The neuronal pentraxin Nptx2 regulates complement activity and restrains microglia-mediated synapse loss in neurodegeneration. Science Translational Medicine. 15(689). eadf0141–eadf0141. 69 indexed citations

Dejanovic, Borislav, Morgan Sheng, & Jesse E. Hanson. (2023). Targeting synapse function and loss for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 23(1). 23–42. 67 indexed citations

Aryal, Sameer, Bryan J. Song, D.R. Mani, et al.. (2023). Deep proteomics identifies shared molecular pathway alterations in synapses of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and mouse model. Cell Reports. 42(5). 112497–112497. 29 indexed citations

Zeng, Hu, Jiahao Huang, Haowen Zhou, et al.. (2023). Integrative in situ mapping of single-cell transcriptional states and tissue histopathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience. 26(3). 430–446. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

Farsi, Zohreh, Sean Simmons, Sameer Aryal, et al.. (2023). Brain region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Kimberly A. Lee, Xiang Li, et al.. (2021). Novel Antibodies for the Simple and Efficient Enrichment of Native O-GlcNAc Modified Peptides. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 20. 100167–100167. 35 indexed citations

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Djémié, Tania, José Angel Santamaria‐Araujo, Catheline Vilain, et al.. (2021). Biallelic gephyrin variants lead to impaired GABAergic inhibition in a patient with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(6). 901–913. 6 indexed citations

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Comer, Ashley L., Tushare Jinadasa, Balaji Sriram, et al.. (2020). Increased expression of schizophrenia-associated gene C4 leads to hypoconnectivity of prefrontal cortex and reduced social interaction. PLoS Biology. 18(1). e3000604–e3000604. 94 indexed citations

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Bohlen, Christopher J., Brad A. Friedman, Borislav Dejanovic, & Morgan Sheng. (2019). Microglia in Brain Development, Homeostasis, and Neurodegeneration. Annual Review of Genetics. 53(1). 263–288. 132 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Melanie A. Huntley, Ann De Mazière, et al.. (2018). Changes in the Synaptic Proteome in Tauopathy and Rescue of Tau-Induced Synapse Loss by C1q Antibodies. Neuron. 100(6). 1322–1336.e7. 321 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Marcus Semtner, Sita Arjune, et al.. (2017). S-sulfocysteine/NMDA receptor–dependent signaling underlies neurodegeneration in molybdenum cofactor deficiency. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(12). 4365–4378. 50 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Tania Djémié, Arvid Suls, et al.. (2015). Simultaneous impairment of neuronal and metabolic function of mutated gephyrin in a patient with epileptic encephalopathy. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 7(12). 1580–1594. 37 indexed citations

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Fröhlich, Michael, Borislav Dejanovic, Hamid Kashkar, Günter Schwarz, & Stephan Nußberger. (2014). S-palmitoylation represents a novel mechanism regulating the mitochondrial targeting of BAX and initiation of apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 5(2). e1057–e1057. 49 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Marcus Semtner, Tobias Lamkemeyer, et al.. (2014). Palmitoylation of Gephyrin Controls Receptor Clustering and Plasticity of GABAergic Synapses. PLoS Biology. 12(7). e1001908–e1001908. 81 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav & Günter Schwarz. (2014). Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase-Dependent S-Nitrosylation of Gephyrin Regulates Gephyrin Clustering at GABAergic Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(23). 7763–7768. 49 indexed citations

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Dejanovic, Borislav, Dennis Lal, Claudia B. Catarino, et al.. (2014). Exonic microdeletions of the gephyrin gene impair GABAergic synaptic inhibition in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Neurobiology of Disease. 67. 88–96. 43 indexed citations

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