| BAX to basics: How the BCL2 gene family controls the death of retinal ganglion cells ME Maes, CL Schlamp, RW Nickells Progress in retinal and eye research 57, 1-25, 2017 | 201 | 2017 |
| Targeting microglia with lentivirus and AAV: Recent advances and remaining challenges ME Maes, G Colombo, R Schulz, S Siegert Neuroscience letters 707, 134310, 2019 | 124 | 2019 |
| Microglia enable mature perineuronal nets disassembly upon anesthetic ketamine exposure or 60-Hz light entrainment in the healthy brain A Venturino, R Schulz, H De Jesús-Cortés, ME Maes, B Nagy, ... Cell reports 36 (1), 2021 | 96 | 2021 |
| Completion of BAX recruitment correlates with mitochondrial fission during apoptosis ME Maes, JA Grosser, RL Fehrman, CL Schlamp, RW Nickells Scientific reports 9 (1), 16565, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| The influence of mitochondrial dynamics and function on retinal ganglion cell susceptibility in optic nerve disease NA Muench, S Patel, ME Maes, RJ Donahue, A Ikeda, RW Nickells Cells 10 (7), 1593, 2021 | 44 | 2021 |
| BAX-depleted retinal ganglion cells survive and become quiescent following optic nerve damage RJ Donahue, ME Maes, JA Grosser, RW Nickells Molecular neurobiology 57, 1070-1084, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Sh3rf2/POSHER protein promotes cell survival by ring-mediated proteasomal degradation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase scaffold POSH (Plenty of SH3s) protein M Wilhelm, NV Kukekov, TL Schmit, KV Biagas, AA Sproul, S Gire, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (3), 2247-2256, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
| AAV2-mediated transduction of the mouse retina after optic nerve injury RW Nickells, HM Schmitt, ME Maes, CL Schlamp Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58 (14), 6091-6104, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Live-cell imaging to measure BAX recruitment kinetics to mitochondria during apoptosis ME Maes, CL Schlamp, RW Nickells PLoS One 12 (9), e0184434, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Spink2 Modulates Apoptotic Susceptibility and Is a Candidate Gene in the Rgcs1 QTL That Affects Retinal Ganglion Cell Death after Optic Nerve Damage JA Dietz, ME Maes, S Huang, BS Yandell, CL Schlamp, AD Montgomery, ... PLoS One 9 (4), e93564, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Characteristics of intracellular propagation of mitochondrial BAX recruitment during apoptosis JA Grosser, ME Maes, RW Nickells Apoptosis 26 (1), 132-145, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Optimizing AAV2/6 microglial targeting identified enhanced efficiency in the photoreceptor degenerative environment ME Maes, GM Wögenstein, G Colombo, R Casado-Polanco, S Siegert Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development 23, 210-224, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps ME Maes, RJ Donahue, CL Schlamp, OJ Marola, RT Libby, RW Nickells Molecular Neurodegeneration 18 (1), 67, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase regulates mGluR‐dependent expression of post‐synaptic FMRP target proteins TL Schmit, JA Dowell, ME Maes, M Wilhelm Journal of neurochemistry 127 (6), 772-781, 2013 | 8 | 2013 |
| Increased susceptibility and intrinsic apoptotic signaling in neurons by induced HDAC3 expression HM Schmitt, RL Fehrman, ME Maes, H Yang, LW Guo, CL Schlamp, ... Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 62 (10), 14-14, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Mitochondrial network adaptations of microglia reveal sex-specific stress response after injury and UCP2 knockout ME Maes, G Colombo, FES Uiterkamp, F Sternberg, A Venturino, EE Pohl, ... Iscience 26 (10), 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bclx gene therapy prevents BAX activation and preserves retinal ganglion cell axons in the DBA/2J glaucoma model. R Donahue, JR Gustafson, R Fehrman, M Maes, RW Nickells Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 61 (7), 659-659, 2020 | | 2020 |
| Live Imaging of Mitochondrial BAX Recruitment ME Maes The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 | | 2017 |