Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D.
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Margot Mayer-Proschel, Ph.D.
About Me
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD)
Martha M. Freeman, MD Professorship in Biomedical Genetics - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD)
Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
Dept of Developmental Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK (Mentor: Mark Noble) 1990 - 1995
Education
PhD | Inst. Of Virology & Immunology, Univ of Wurzburg. Virology/Microbiology. 1990
MS | Julius Maximilian University. Immunology. 1986
Awards
Graduate Student Society Faculty Award. 2007
Excellence in Research incentive program Award. 2006
Excellence in Research incentive program Award. 2004
Trainee Academic Mentoring Award. 2004
Research
The concept of progressive lineage restriction is well accepted for hematopoeisis but has not been established in such detail in the developing CNS. We are pursuing how lineage restriction is regulated in various brain ...
The concept of progressive lineage restriction is well accepted for hematopoeisis but has not been established in such detail in the developing CNS. We are pursuing how lineage restriction is regulated in various brain regions of the CNS and have discovered that embryonic glial precursor cells do not directly generate terminally differentiated cell types, but give rise to other, more restricted precursor cell types before terminal differentiation. The identification of these different cell pools is critical for identifying ideal transplantable cells for therapeutic cell replacement approaches.
The therapeutic translation of our knowledge of precursor cells and their derivatives is demonstrated in our collaborative efforts on designing optimal repair strategies for spinal cord injuries. With our colleagues Drs. Chris Proschel, Mark Noble and Stephen and Jeanette Davies at the University of Colorado we showed that the transplantation of a defined embryonic astrocyte population into a dorsal transection models of SCI results in extensive regeneration associated with complete functional recovery. We are now in the process of extending these finding by devising a rational approach to identify the optimal cell source and cell population for SCI repair and by characterizing the graft cells and the injury site in respect to cell death, inflammation and cell division.
2. CNS precursor cells and their derivatives in human disease paradigms
The insights we have gained from studying CNS glial precursor cells has led to the idea that precursor cell populations are targets for a large number of developmental abnormalities associated with myelination defects in humans. Defects in myelination are associated with insults as diverse as genetic defects, exposure to toxicant or to nutritional deficiencies. Based on our precursor cell work, we hypothesize that adequate myelination of large areas of the mammalian brain will only be possible if precursor cells arise in adequate numbers and continue to develop normally throughout development. Any disruption of the precursor cell pool might hence be associated with myelination defects later in development.
Gestational Iron deficiency.
Our hypothesis of precursor cells being a major target during development is especially relevant for the pathology seen as a result of gestational nutritional iron deficiency. This world's most prevalent nutritional deficiency is associated with impaired myelination and results in cognitive defects in affected children. We have shown that embryonic CNS tissue is not protected from iron deficiency during pregnancy, as commonly thought, and that early glial precursor cell populations are highly sensitive to changes in tissue iron concentrations. We have established rat and mouse models of gestation iron deficiency with and without anemia to determine the impact of gestational iron deficiency on brain development with a focus on (i) early embryonic telencephalic development and (ii) myelination of the auditory nerve postnatally.
Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT)
A genetic disorder associated with widespread neurological defects is the devastating disease Ataxia telangiectasia (AT), caused by mutations in the ATM gene. The pathology is characterized by crippling ataxia beginning in late infancy followed by progressive CNS degeneration of the cerebellum. While the majority of research has been focused on the neuronal cell population affected in the cerebellum, we began to determine the extent of glial dysfunction on the progression of AT. Our result indicate that astrocytic function is severely impaired in AT CNS tissue and we show that AT mutant astrocytes are unable to maintain neuronal integrity and survival. This new discovery opens the possibility for generating new therapeutic strategies that target the dysfunction astrocytes in order to halt or abolish neuronal degeneration.
Patents
Transplantation of Glial Restricted Precursor - Derived Astrocytes For Promotion of Axon Growth
Issue date: June 12, 2013
Patent #: ZL200680040380.5
Country: China, People's Republic of
Inventors: Jeannette Davies, Stephen Davies, Margot Mayer-Proschel, Mark D Noble, Christoph Proschel
Telencephalic Glial-Restricted Cell Populations and Related Compositions and Methods
Issue date: September 11, 2013
Patent #: ZL200880012443.5
Country: China, People's Republic of
Inventors: Margot Mayer-Proschel, Frederick Strathmann
Publications
Journal Articles
Rudy MJ, Salois G, Cubello J, Newell R, Mayer-Proschel M
Development.. 2023 October 15150 (20)Epub 03/03/2023.
Cubello J, Peterson DR, Wang L, Mayer-Proschel M
Nutrients.. 2023 September 2215 (19)Epub 09/22/2023.
Hogestyn JM, Salois G, Xie L, Apa C, Youngyunpipatkul J, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M
Molecular and cellular neurosciences.. 2022 December 123 :103770. Epub 08/30/2022.
Warren R, Dylag AM, Behan M, Domm W, Yee M, Mayer-Proschel M, Martinez L, O'Reilly MA
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology.. 2022 April 1322 (4):L581-L592. Epub 02/23/2022.
Warren R, Domm W, Yee M, Campbell A, Malone J, Wright T, Mayer-Proschel M, O'Reilly MA
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology.. 2019 November 1317 (5):L591-L601. Epub 09/11/2019.
Hogestyn JM, Mock DJ, Mayer-Proschel M
Neural regeneration research.. 2018 February 13 (2):211-221. Epub 1900 01 01.
Scott-Hewitt NJ, Folts CJ, Hogestyn JM, Piester G, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble MD
Human molecular genetics.. 2017 August 126 (15):2825-2837. Epub 1900 01 01.
Campbell A, Hogestyn JM, Folts CJ, Lopez B, Pröschel C, Mock D, Mayer-Pröschel M
Scientific reports.. 2017 June 217 (1):3978. Epub 06/21/2017.
Klocke C, Allen JL, Sobolewski M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Blum JL, Lauterstein D, Zelikoff JT, Cory-Slechta DA
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology.. 2017 April 1156 (2):492-508. Epub 1900 01 01.
Allen JL, Oberdorster G, Morris-Schafer K, Wong C, Klocke C, Sobolewski M, Conrad K, M MP, Cory-Slechta DA
Neurotoxicology.. 2017 March 59 :140-154. Epub 12/22/2015.
Rudy M, Mayer-Proschel M
ASN neuro.. 2017 9 (6):1759091417746521. Epub 1900 01 01.
Folts CJ, Scott-Hewitt N, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M
PLoS biology.. 2016 December 14 (12):e1002583. Epub 12/15/2016.
Campbell A, Bushman J, Munger J, Noble M, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M
Glia.. 2016 February 64 (2):227-39. Epub 10/15/2015.
Campbell A, Krupp B, Bushman J, Noble M, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M
Human molecular genetics.. 2015 November 1524 (22):6331-49. Epub 08/26/2015.
Tanner DC, Campbell A, O'Banion KM, Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M
Cell death and differentiation.. 2015 September 22 (9):1489-501. Epub 01/30/2015.
Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Li Z, Dong T, Cui W, Pröschel C, Ambeskovic I, Dietrich J, Han R, Miranda Yang Y, Folts C, Stripay J, Chen HY, Stevens BM
Free radical biology & medicine.. 2015 February 79 :300-23. Epub 12/04/2014.
Greminger AR, Mayer-Pröschel M
ASN neuro.. 2015 7 (1)Epub 1900 01 01.
Allen JL, Liu X, Pelkowski S, Palmer B, Conrad K, Oberdörster G, Weston D, Mayer-Pröschel M, Cory-Slechta DA
Environmental health perspectives.. 2014 September 122 (9):939-45. Epub 06/05/2014.
Greminger AR, Lee DL, Shrager P, Mayer-Pröschel M
The Journal of nutrition.. 2014 July 144 (7):1058-66. Epub 04/17/2014.
Wang J, Bushman J, Wang X, Mayer-Proschel M, Johnson M, Noble M
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2013 October 1633 (42):16805-17. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Pröschel C
Cell stem cell.. 2013 May 212 (5):503-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wang G, Dinkins M, He Q, Zhu G, Poirier C, Campbell A, Mayer-Proschel M, Bieberich E
The Journal of biological chemistry.. 2012 June 15287 (25):21384-95. Epub 04/24/2012.
Lee DL, Strathmann FG, Gelein R, Walton J, Mayer-Pröschel M
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2012 April 432 (14):5010-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Davies JE, Davies SJ, Pröschel C
Current opinion in neurology.. 2011 December 24 (6):570-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Davies JE, Mayer-Pröschel M, Pröschel C, Davies SJ
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics.. 2011 October 8 (4):677-93. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tanner DC, Cherry JD, Mayer-Pröschel M
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2011 April 2031 (16):6235-46. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mihaila C, Schramm J, Strathmann FG, Lee DL, Gelein RM, Luebke AE, Mayer-Pröschel M
PloS one.. 2011 March 156 (3):e17483. Epub 03/15/2011.
Davies SJ, Shih CH, Noble M, Mayer-Proschel M, Davies JE, Proschel C
PloS one.. 2011 March 26 (3):e17328. Epub 03/02/2011.
Latchney SE, Lioy DT, Henry EC, Gasiewicz TA, Strathmann FG, Mayer-Pröschel M, Opanashuk LA
Stem cells and development.. 2011 February 20 (2):313-26. Epub 08/31/2010.
Noble M, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M
Cell stem cell.. 2011 January 78 (1):1-2. Epub 1900 01 01.
Chen R, Hyrien O, Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M
Biostatistics.. 2011 January 12 (1):173-91. Epub 08/23/2010.
Nout YS, Culp E, Schmidt MH, Tovar CA, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble MD, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC
Experimental neurology.. 2011 January 227 (1):159-71. Epub 10/30/2010.
Hyrien O, Chen R, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M
Biometrics.. 2010 June 66 (2):567-77. Epub 06/09/2009.
Davies JE, Pröschel C, Zhang N, Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Davies SJ
Journal of biology.. 2008 September 197 (7):24. Epub 09/19/2008.
Han R, Yang YM, Dietrich J, Luebke A, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M
Journal of biology.. 2008 7 (4):12. Epub 04/22/2008.
Strathmann FG, Wang X, Mayer-Pröschel M
BMC developmental biology. 2007 April 177 :33. Epub 04/17/2007.
Mock DJ, Strathmann F, Blumberg BM, Mayer-Proschel M
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology.. 2006 December 37 Suppl 1 :S17-23. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hyrien O, Ambeskovic I, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M, Yakovlev A
Theoretical biology & medical modelling. 2006 May 173 :21. Epub 05/17/2006.
Characterization of specific HHV-6 and cell cycle genes implicated in virus-mediated G1/S cell-cycle arrest of glial precursors
Mock DJ; Chugh P; Kim B; Proschel C; Dietrich, J.; Strathmann F; Blumberg BM; Mayer-Proschel M.
Retrovirology. 2006; 21(3 Suppl 1): S65.
Davies JE, Huang C, Proschel C, Noble M, Mayer-Proschel M, Davies SJ
Journal of biology.. 2006 5 (3):7. Epub 04/27/2006.
Dietrich J, Han R, Yang Y, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M
Journal of biology.. 2006 5 (7):22. Epub 1900 01 01.
Dietrich J, Lacagnina M, Gass D, Richfield E, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M, Torres C, Pröschel C
Nature medicine.. 2005 March 11 (3):277-83. Epub 02/20/2005.
Hyrien O, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M, Yakovlev A
Biometrics.. 2005 March 61 (1):199-207. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hyrien O, Mayer-Pröschel M, Noble M, Yakovlev A
Mathematical biosciences.. 2005 February 193 (2):255-74. Epub 01/22/2005.
Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M, Pröschel C
Antioxidants & redox signaling.. 2005 7 (11-12):1456-67. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hill CE, Proschel C, Noble M, Mayer-Proschel M, Gensel JC, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC
Experimental neurology.. 2004 December 190 (2):289-310. Epub 1900 01 01.
Dietrich J, Blumberg BM, Roshal M, Baker JV, Hurley SD, Mayer-Pröschel M, Mock DJ
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2004 May 1924 (20):4875-83. Epub 1900 01 01.
Maragakis NJ, Dietrich J, Wong V, Xue H, Mayer-Proschel M, Rao MS, Rothstein JD
Glia.. 2004 January 1545 (2):133-43. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Pröschel C, Mayer-Pröschel M
Developmental biology.. 2004 January 1265 (1):33-52. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Smith J, Power J, Mayer-Pröschel M
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.. 2003 June 991 :251-71. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Arhin A, Gass D, Mayer-Pröschel M
Developmental neuroscience.. 2003 25 (2-4):217-33. Epub 1900 01 01.
Dietrich J, Noble M, Mayer-Proschel M
Glia.. 2002 October 40 (1):65-77. Epub 1900 01 01.
Power J, Mayer-Pröschel M, Smith J, Noble M
Developmental biology.. 2002 May 15245 (2):362-75. Epub 1900 01 01.
Gregori N, Pröschel C, Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2002 January 122 (1):248-56. Epub 1900 01 01.
Human neural precursor cells- an in vitro characterization
Mayer-Proschel, M.; Ying, Liu; Haipeng, Xue; Yuan Yuan, Wu; Carpenter, M.; Rao, M.
Clinical Neurosci. Res. 2002; 2: 58-69.
Morath DJ, Mayer-Pröschel M
Developmental neuroscience.. 2002 24 (2-3):197-207. Epub 1900 01 01.
Morath DJ, Mayer-Pröschel M
Developmental biology.. 2001 September 1237 (1):232-43. Epub 1900 01 01.
Herrera J, Yang H, Zhang SC, Proschel C, Tresco P, Duncan ID, Luskin M, Mayer-Proschel M
Experimental neurology.. 2001 September 171 (1):11-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Boucher K, Zorin A, Yakovlev AY, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Journal of mathematical biology.. 2001 July 43 (1):22-36. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer-Pröschel M
Current protocols in neuroscience. 2001 May Chapter 3 :Unit 3.13. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer-Pröschel M, Morath D, Noble M
Developmental neuroscience.. 2001 23 (4-5):277-86. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zorin A, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M, Yakovlev AY
Mathematical biosciences.. 2000 October 167 (2):109-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Smith J, Ladi E, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 2000 August 2997 (18):10032-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lee JC, Mayer-Proschel M, Rao MS
Glia.. 2000 April 30 (2):105-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaas JH
Progress in brain research.. 2000 128 :173-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Rao MS, Mayer-Proschel M
Progress in brain research.. 2000 128 :273-92. Epub 1900 01 01.
Stringer SE, Mayer-Proschel M, Kalyani A, Rao M, Gallagher JT
The Journal of biological chemistry.. 1999 September 3274 (36):25455-60. Epub 1900 01 01.
von Collani E, Tsodikov A, Yakovlev A, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Mathematical biosciences.. 1999 July 159 (2):189-204. Epub 1900 01 01.
Boucher K, Yakovlev AY, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Mathematical biosciences.. 1999 June 159 (1):47-78. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer-Pröschel M
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum.. 1999 55 :1-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yakovlev AY, Boucher K, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 1998 November 2495 (24):14164-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mujtaba T, Mayer-Proschel M, Rao MS
Developmental biology.. 1998 August 1200 (1):1-15. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yakovlev AY, Mayer-Proschel M, Noble M
Journal of mathematical biology.. 1998 July 37 (1):49-60. Epub 1900 01 01.
Rao MS, Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 1998 March 3195 (7):3996-4001. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Mayer-Pröschel M
Journal of neuro-oncology.. 1997 December 35 (3):193-209. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer-Proschel M, Kalyani AJ, Mujtaba T, Rao MS
Neuron.. 1997 October 19 (4):773-85. Epub 1900 01 01.
Rao MS, Mayer-Proschel M
Developmental biology.. 1997 August 1188 (1):48-63. Epub 1900 01 01.
Progenitor cells of the central nervous system: A boon for clinical neuroscience
Mayer-Pröschel M.; Rao, M.S.; Noble, M.
The Journal of NIH Research. 1997; 9: 31-36.
Ibarrola N, Mayer-Pröschel M, Rodriguez-Peña A, Noble M
Developmental biology.. 1996 November 25180 (1):1-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Noble M, Mayer-Próschel M
Perspectives on developmental neurobiology.. 1996 3 (2):121-31. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer M, Noble M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 1994 August 291 (16):7496-500. Epub 1900 01 01.
Mayer M, Bhakoo K, Noble M
Development.. 1994 January 120 (1):143-53. Epub 1900 01 01.
Groves AK, Barnett SC, Franklin RJ, Crang AJ, Mayer M, Blakemore WF, Noble M
Nature.. 1993 April 1362 (6419):453-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Stem cells and CNS development (2001)
Chapter: PreGlial restricted Precursors
Authors: Noble M., Mayer-Proschel M.
Publisher: Rao M. Humana Press Inc 2001
Isolation and purification of oligodendrocytes (1998)
Authors: Mayer-Proschel M.
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons 1998