Dr. Dietmar Fuchs
Associate Professor
Biological Chemistry
Innsbruck Medical University
Austria
Biography
1972-1980 studies in chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1977 Mag.rer.nat. (Chemistry/Physics) 1980 Dr.phil. (Chemistry) since 1980 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1986 Habilitation in Medical Chemistry ( Neopterin - a marker for the status of cell-mediated Immunity: Significance for ARC, AIDS and AIDS-risk groups) 1994 Title: tit.ao.Univ.Prof. 1994-1997 Honorary Visiting Fellow, Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. 1995-1999 Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K. 1997 Member of the scientific directorate of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for AIDS Research, Innsbruck, Austria
Research Interest
- Cytokine-mediated cellular processes - Development of immunodeficiency - Formation of neopterin - Degradation of tryptophan - Soluble TNF-receptors - Anemia in chronic disease - Oxidative stress and apoptosis - Redox-sensitive signal transduction pathways - hyperhomocysteinemia - reactive oxygen species
Publications
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Marcos-Pérez D, Sánchez-Flores M, Maseda A, Lorenzo-López L, Millán-Calenti JC, Strasser B, Gostner JM, Fuchs D, Pásaro E, Valdiglesias V, Laffon B. Frailty Status in Older Adults Is Related to Alterations in Indoleamine 2, 3-Dioxygenase 1 and Guanosine Triphosphate Cyclohydrolase I Enzymatic Pathways. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017 Aug 8.
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Gostner J, Sperner-Unterweger B, Fuchs D. Homocysteine biochemistry and cognitive decline in the elderly. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017 Aug 26.
