Zaal Kokaia - Publications#

Total number of peer reviewed publications: 155 (101 as lead author – first, second or last author)
Citation index: all - 28 350; since 2016 - 8 290.
h-index: all - 77; since 2016 - 43.
i10-index: all- 138; since 2016 - 102. Data from Google Scholar. 1.11.2021

Twelve selected publications:

1. Nanobashvili A., Airaksinen M. S., Kokaia M., Rossi J., Asztély F., Olofsdotter K., Mohapel P., Saarma M., Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Development and persistence of kindling epilepsy are impaired in mice lacking glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2000, 97, 12312-12317.

2. Arvidson A., Colin, T., Kirik D., Kokaia Z*. and Lindvall O*. Neuronal replacement from endogenous precursors in the adult brain after stroke * - equal contribution. Nature Medicine, 2002, 8, 963-970.

3. Ekdahl C.T., Claasen J.-H., Bonde S., Kokaia Z. and Lindvall O. Inflammation is detrimental for neurogenesis in adult brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2003, 100, 13632-13637.

4. Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Stem cells for treatment of neurological disorders. Nature, 2006, 441, 1094-1096.

5. Oki K, Tatarishvili J, Wood J, Koch P, Wattananit S, Mine Y, Monni E, Tornero Prietro D, Ahlenius H, Ladewig J, Brüstle O, Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Human induced pluripotent stem cells form functional neurons and improve recovery after grafting in stroke-damaged brain. Stem Cells, 2012, 30, 1120-1130.

6. Kokaia Z, Martino G, Schwartz M. and Lindvall O. Cross-talk between neural stem cells and immune cells: the key to better brain repair? Nature Neuroscience 2012, 15, 1078-1087.

7. Tornero D, Wattananit S, Grønning Madsen M, Koch P, Wood J, Tatarishvili J, Mine Y, Ge R, Monni E, Devaraju K, Hevner RF, Brüstle O, Lindvall O, and Kokaia Z. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons integrate in stroke-injured cortex and improve functional recovery. Brain. 2013,136, 3561-3577.

8. Magnusson JP, Göritz C, Tatarishvili J, Dias DO, Smith EMK, Lindvall O, Kokaia Z. and Frisén J. A latent neurogenic program in mouse astrocytes regulated by Notch signaling. Science, 2014, 346, 237-41.

9. Wattananit S., Tornero D., Graubardt N., Memanishvili T., Monni, E., Tatarishvili J., Miskinyte G., Ge R., Ahlenius H., Lindvall O., Schwartz M. and Kokaia Z. Monocyte-derived macrophages contribute to spontaneous long-term functional recovery after stroke in mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 2016, 36:4182-95.

10. Tornero D., Tsupykov O., Granmo M., Rodriguez C, Smozhanik E., Thelin J., Wattananit S., Tatarishvili J., Grealish S., Brüstle O., Skibo G., Parmar M., Schouenborg J., Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Direct synaptic inputs from stroke-injured brain to grafted human iPS cell-derived cortical neurons are activated by sensory stimuli. Brain, 2017, 140, 692-706.

11. Grønning Hansen M, Laterza C, Palma-Tortosa S, Kvist G, , Monni E, Tsupykov O, Tornero D, Uoshima N, Soriano J, Bengzon J, Martino G, Skibo G, Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Grafted human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons integrate into adult human cortical neural circuitry. Stem Cell Transl Medicine, 2020, Jun 29;9(11):1365-77. doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0134

12. Palma-Tortosa S, Tornero D, Grønning Hansen M, Monni E, Hajy M, Kartsivadze S, Aktay S, Tsupykov O, Parmar M, Deisseroth K, Skibo G, Lindvall O. and Kokaia Z. Activity in grafted human iPS cell-derived cortical neurons integrated in stroke-injured rat brain regulates motor behavior. Proc. Nat. Acad. of Sci. of USA, 2020, 117, 9094-9100.