Ad Gillis

43.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ad Gillis is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ad Gillis has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Surgery, 48 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ad Gillis's work include Testicular diseases and treatments (62 papers), Renal and related cancers (22 papers) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers). Ad Gillis is often cited by papers focused on Testicular diseases and treatments (62 papers), Renal and related cancers (22 papers) and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers). Ad Gillis collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Ad Gillis's co-authors include Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Hans Stoop, J. Wolter Oosterhuis, Carsten Bokemeyer, Alexander Griekspoor, Eitan Zlotorynski, Remco Nagel, Ying Poi Liu, Carlos le Sage and Gabriella De Vita and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Ad Gillis

83 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Genetic Screen Implicates miRNA-372 and miRNA-373 As Oncogenes in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

2006 1.0k citations P. Mathijs Voorhoeve, Carlos le Sage et al. Cell profile →
POU5F1 (OCT3/4) identifies cells with pluripotent potential in human germ cell tumors.

2003 502 citations Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Hans Stoop et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ad Gillis Netherlands	39	3.6k	2.8k	1.3k	995	990	84	5.5k
Hans Stoop Netherlands	44	4.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	92	6.3k
Vicki Huff United States	39	3.6k 1.0×	431 0.2×	358 0.3×	243 0.2×	845 0.9×	85	4.5k
Ludmila Gorunova Norway	33	1.5k 0.4×	569 0.2×	815 0.6×	127 0.1×	721 0.7×	132	3.5k
Sheila Seal United Kingdom	25	2.9k 0.8×	499 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	534 0.5×	3.3k 3.4×	30	4.9k
Maurizio Genuardi Italy	38	2.3k 0.6×	369 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	112 0.1×	1.7k 1.7×	203	5.1k
Ellen van Drunen Netherlands	27	2.5k 0.7×	392 0.1×	541 0.4×	174 0.2×	529 0.5×	42	3.7k
Sylviane Olschwang France	40	1.9k 0.5×	827 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	65 0.1×	860 0.9×	162	6.3k
Paul Cairns United States	40	4.1k 1.1×	973 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	84 0.1×	616 0.6×	63	5.6k
Elisabet Ars Spain	32	1.5k 0.4×	386 0.1×	139 0.1×	189 0.2×	972 1.0×	95	3.1k
R.S.K. Chaganti United States	30	1.5k 0.4×	497 0.2×	475 0.4×	126 0.1×	393 0.4×	62	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ad Gillis

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eleveld, Thomas F., Ad Gillis, Bernard A. J. Roelen, et al.. (2025). Depletion of TP53 in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Triggers Malignant‐Like Behavior. Advanced Biology. 9(4). e2400538–e2400538.

Schmidtova, Silvia, Lambert C. J. Dorssers, Katarína Kaľavská, et al.. (2020). Napabucasin overcomes cisplatin resistance in ovarian germ cell tumor-derived cell line by inhibiting cancer stemness. Cancer Cell International. 20(1). 364–364. 18 indexed citations

Dorssers, Lambert C. J., Ad Gillis, Hans Stoop, et al.. (2019). Molecular heterogeneity and early metastatic clone selection in testicular germ cell cancer development. British Journal of Cancer. 120(4). 444–452. 29 indexed citations

Killian, J. Keith, Lambert C. J. Dorssers, Britton Trabert, et al.. (2016). Imprints and DPPA3 are bypassed during pluripotency- and differentiation-coupled methylation reprogramming in testicular germ cell tumors. Genome Research. 26(11). 1490–1504. 40 indexed citations

Rijlaarsdam, Martin A., et al.. (2013). miMsg: a target enrichment algorithm for predicted miR–mRNA interactions based on relative ranking of matched expression data. Bioinformatics. 29(13). 1638–1646. 6 indexed citations

Looijenga, Leendert H. J., Ad Gillis, Hans Stoop, Katharina Biermann, & J. Wolter Oosterhuis. (2011). Dissecting the molecular pathways of (testicular) germ cell tumour pathogenesis; from initiation to treatment‐resistance. International Journal of Andrology. 34(4pt2). e234–51. 55 indexed citations

Stoop, Hans, Wim J. Kirkels, Gert R. Dohle, et al.. (2011). Diagnosis of testicular carcinoma in situ‘(intratubular and microinvasive)’ seminoma and embryonal carcinoma using direct enzymatic alkaline phosphatase reactivity on frozen histological sections. Histopathology. 58(3). 440–446. 19 indexed citations

Nettersheim, Daniel, Ad Gillis, Katharina Biermann, Leendert H. J. Looijenga, & Hubert Schorle. (2011). The seminoma cell line TCam‐2 is sensitive to HDAC inhibitor depsipeptide but tolerates various other chemotherapeutic drugs and loss of NANOG expression. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 50(12). 1033–1042. 30 indexed citations

Honecker, Friedemann, Hendrik Wermann, Frank Mayer, et al.. (2009). Microsatellite Instability, Mismatch Repair Deficiency, and BRAF Mutation in Treatment-Resistant Germ Cell Tumors. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(13). 2129–2136. 134 indexed citations

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Weber, Susanne N., Dawid Eckert, Daniel Nettersheim, et al.. (2009). Critical Function of AP-2gamma/TCFAP2C in Mouse Embryonic Germ Cell Maintenance1. Biology of Reproduction. 82(1). 214–223. 154 indexed citations

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Gillis, Ad, Andreas von Knethen, B. Sorg, et al.. (2009). Role of DNA methylation and methyl-DNA binding proteins in the repression of 5-lipoxygenase promoter activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1801(1). 49–57. 15 indexed citations

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Hersmus, Remko, Imke M. Veltman, Ad Gillis, et al.. (2007). Gene expression profiling and gene copy‐number changes in malignant mesothelioma cell lines. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 46(10). 895–908. 15 indexed citations

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Looijenga, Leendert H. J., Ad Gillis, Hans Stoop, Remko Hersmus, & J. Wolter Oosterhuis. (2007). Relevance of microRNAs in normal and malignant development, including human testicular germ cell tumours. International Journal of Andrology. 30(4). 304–315. 44 indexed citations

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Looijenga, Leendert H. J., Ad Gillis, Hans Stoop, Remko Hersmus, & J. Wolter Oosterhuis. (2007). Chromosomes and Expression in Human Testicular Germ‐Cell Tumors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1120(1). 187–214. 58 indexed citations

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Jong, Jeroen de, Hans Stoop, Ad Gillis, et al.. (2007). Further characterization of the first seminoma cell line TCam‐2. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 47(3). 185–196. 121 indexed citations

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Looijenga, Leendert H. J., Remko Hersmus, Ad Gillis, et al.. (2006). Genomic and Expression Profiling of Human Spermatocytic Seminomas: Primary Spermatocyte as Tumorigenic Precursor and DMRT1 as Candidate Chromosome 9 Gene. Cancer Research. 66(1). 290–302. 170 indexed citations

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Voorhoeve, P. Mathijs, Carlos le Sage, Mariëtte Schrier, et al.. (2006). A Genetic Screen Implicates miRNA-372 and miRNA-373 As Oncogenes in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. Cell. 124(6). 1169–1181. 1023 indexed citations breakdown →

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Veltman, Imke M., Joris A. Veltman, Irene M. Janssen, et al.. (2005). Identification of recurrent chromosomal aberrations in germ cell tumors of neonates and infants using genomewide array‐based comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 43(4). 367–376. 32 indexed citations

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Roelofs, Helene, Marijke Mostert, Gaetano Zafarana, et al.. (2000). Restricted 12p Amplification and RAS Mutation in Human Germ Cell Tumors of the Adult Testis. American Journal Of Pathology. 157(4). 1155–1166. 82 indexed citations

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Looijenga, Leendert H. J., et al.. (1994). Testicular germ cell tumors of adults show deletions of chromosomal bands 11 p13 and 11p15.5, but no abnormalities within the zinc‐finger regions and exons 2 and 6 of the wilms' Tumor 1 Gene. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 9(3). 153–160. 27 indexed citations

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