Albert Geerts

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Albert Geerts is a scholar working on Hepatology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Geerts has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Hepatology, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Albert Geerts's work include Liver physiology and pathology (42 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (11 papers). Albert Geerts is often cited by papers focused on Liver physiology and pathology (42 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (11 papers). Albert Geerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Albert Geerts's co-authors include Eddie Wisse, P J De Bleser, M. Hautekèete, Hendrik Reynaert, Vera Rogiers, Pieter De Bleser, Karine Hellemans, Krista Rombouts, Toshiro Niki and Dick Knook and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Albert Geerts

110 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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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.

History, Heterogeneity, Developmental Biology, and Functions of Quiescent Hepatic Stellate Cells

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert Geerts Belgium	46	3.4k	2.8k	2.0k	1.6k	619	110	6.6k
Richard A. Rippe United States	45	3.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	579 0.9×	88	6.7k
D. Montgomery Bissell United States	49	3.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	3.6k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	986 1.6×	101	8.5k
Samuele De Minicis Italy	39	3.2k 1.0×	4.3k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	565 0.9×	57	7.1k
Marco Marzioni Italy	47	3.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	3.2k 2.0×	1.4k 2.3×	146	7.1k
Fiona Oakley United Kingdom	41	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	798 0.5×	539 0.9×	105	6.0k
Shuichi Kaneko Japan	42	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	822 0.5×	885 1.4×	191	7.1k
Guido Carpino Italy	45	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	140	5.6k
Heather Francis United States	54	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	3.4k 2.2×	1.8k 2.9×	210	7.9k
Paolo Onori Italy	45	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.7×	980 1.6×	154	5.5k
Tatsuya Yamashita Japan	48	3.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 2.9×	239	8.3k

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Dollé, Laurent, Jan Best, Christophe Empsen, et al.. (2011). Successful Isolation of Liver Progenitor Cells by Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Activity in Na"ve Mice. Hepatology. 55(2). 540–552. 45 indexed citations

Lemmers, Arnaud, Christophe Moreno, Thierry Gustot, et al.. (2008). The interleukin-17 pathway is involved in human alcoholic liver disease # †. Hepatology. 49(2). 646–657. 303 indexed citations

Fraczek, Joanna, Sarah Deleu, Tatyana Y. Doktorova, et al.. (2008). Screening of amide analogues of Trichostatin A in cultures of primary rat hepatocytes: search for potent and safe HDAC inhibitors. Investigational New Drugs. 27(4). 338–346. 10 indexed citations

Reynaert, Hendrik, Naoki Uyama, Nirjhar Chatterjee, et al.. (2007). Expression of somatostatin receptors in splanchnic blood vessels of normal and cirrhotic rats. Liver International. 27(6). 825–831. 10 indexed citations

Vinken, Mathieu, Tom Henkens, Tamara Vanhaecke, et al.. (2006). Trichostatin A Enhances Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Primary Cultures of Adult Rat Hepatocytes. Toxicological Sciences. 91(2). 484–492. 54 indexed citations

Reynaert, Hendrik, Albert Geerts, & Jean Henrion. (2005). Review article: the treatment of non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis with thiazolidinediones. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 22(10). 897–905. 29 indexed citations

Hellemans, Karine, Erik Quartier, Frans Schuit, et al.. (2004). Differential modulation of rat hepatic stellate phenotype by natural and synthetic retinoids. Hepatology. 39(1). 97–108. 76 indexed citations

Bataller, Ramón, Xavier Gasull, Pere Ginès, et al.. (2001). In Vitro And In Vivo Activation of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells Results In De Novo Expression of L–Type Voltage–Operated Calcium Channels. Hepatology. 33(4). 956–962. 50 indexed citations

Rombouts, Krista, et al.. (2001). Influence of aldosterone on collagen synthesis and proliferation of rat cardiac fibroblasts. British Journal of Pharmacology. 134(1). 224–232. 36 indexed citations

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Branden, Christiane Van Den, Dirk De Craemer, Marina Pauwels, et al.. (2000). Renal Antioxidant Enzymes and Fibrosis-Related Markers in the Rat Adriamycin Model. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 86(2). 167–175. 18 indexed citations

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Bleser, P J De, Guoxiong Xu, Krista Rombouts, Vera Rogiers, & Albert Geerts. (1999). Glutathione Levels Discriminate between Oxidative Stress and Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling in Activated Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(48). 33881–33887. 135 indexed citations

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Matsui, Akihiro, Patricia Greenwel, Albert Geerts, et al.. (1997). Up-regulation of type I procollagen C-proteinase enhancer protein messenger RNA in rats with CCl4-induced liver fibrosis. Hepatology. 26(3). 611–617. 36 indexed citations

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Buyssens, N, Mark Kockx, A.G. Herman, et al.. (1996). Centrolobular Liver Fibrosis in the Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit. Hepatology. 24(4). 939–946. 29 indexed citations

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Niki, Toshiro, Teruaki Oka, Junji Shiga, et al.. (1995). Increased S‐100 protein‐immunoreactivity of Kupffer cells is associated with lymphohematological malignancy. Pathology International. 45(10). 742–747. 1 indexed citations

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Smedsrød, Bård, P J De Bleser, Filip Braet, et al.. (1994). Cell biology of liver endothelial and Kupffer cells.. Gut. 35(11). 1509–1516. 151 indexed citations

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Geerts, Albert, Patricia Greenwel, Pieter De Bleser, et al.. (1993). Identification of connective tissue gene transcripts in freshly isolated parenchymal, endothelial, Kupffer and fat-storing cells by Northern hybridization analysis. Journal of Hepatology. 19(1). 148–158. 45 indexed citations

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Geerts, Albert, et al.. (1993). Identification and Localization of 23,000 and Glycosylated Rat Prolactin in Subcellular Fractions of Rat Anterior Pituitary and Purified Secretory Granules. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 5(6). 669–676. 5 indexed citations

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Ogata, Itsuro, Claudia G. Sáez, Patricia Greenwel, et al.. (1993). Rat liver fat‐storing cell lines express sarcomeric myosin heavy chain mRNA and protein. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 26(2). 125–132. 14 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shinji, Takafumi Ichida, Yutaka Miyazaki, et al.. (1992). Tenascin expression in human chronic liver disease and in hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver International. 12(1). 10–16. 40 indexed citations

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Eyken, Peter Van, Albert Geerts, Pieter De Bleser, et al.. (1992). Localization and Cellular Source of the Extracellular Matrix Protein Tenascin in Normal and Fibrotic Rat Liver. Hepatology. 15(5). 909–916. 40 indexed citations

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