Andreas Billich

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Andreas Billich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Billich has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Infectious Diseases and 27 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Andreas Billich's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (40 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (31 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers). Andreas Billich is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (40 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (31 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers). Andreas Billich collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Andreas Billich's co-authors include Thomas Baumruker, Frédéric Bornancin, Peter Nußbaumer, Volker Brinkmann, Josef G. Meingassner, Diana Mechtcheriakova, Nicole Urtz, Fritz P. Schmook, Robert Schmouder and P Burtin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Billich

130 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fingolimod (FTY720): discovery and development of an oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Andreas Billich	4.6k	1.1k	866	716	576	131	6.8k
Ingrid Herr	6.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	538 0.6×	432 0.6×	260 0.5×	139	10.2k
Michael Su	6.4k 1.4×	2.6k 2.4×	1.1k 1.3×	316 0.4×	316 0.5×	50	8.8k
Richard A. Rifkind	11.4k 2.5×	1.0k 0.9×	662 0.8×	887 1.2×	1.5k 2.7×	123	14.3k
Manfred Brockhaus	3.9k 0.8×	5.1k 4.6×	546 0.6×	489 0.7×	954 1.7×	83	10.2k
Lawrence M. Pfeffer	5.4k 1.2×	3.6k 3.2×	475 0.5×	276 0.4×	371 0.6×	193	10.7k
Peter McDonnell	4.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	478 0.6×	517 0.7×	612 1.1×	21	7.4k
Didier Decaudin	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	373 0.4×	291 0.4×	250 0.4×	148	7.0k
Junji Yodoi	7.2k 1.6×	3.6k 3.3×	813 0.9×	443 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	209	12.1k
Xu Luo	7.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	648 0.7×	289 0.4×	330 0.6×	67	9.3k
Sophie Roy	7.7k 1.7×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	260 0.4×	864 1.5×	94	10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Andreas Billich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Billich

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Billich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andreas Billich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andreas Billich based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andreas Billich. Andreas Billich is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Loetscher, Erika, et al.. (2013). Assay to measure the secretion of sphingosine-1-phosphate from cells induced by S1P lyase inhibitors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 433(3). 345–348. 17 indexed citations

Briard, Emmanuelle, David Orain, Christian Beerli, et al.. (2011). BZM055, an Iodinated Radiotracer Candidate for PET and SPECT Imaging of Myelin and FTY720 Brain Distribution. ChemMedChem. 6(4). 667–677. 33 indexed citations

Niwa, Satoru, Nicole Urtz, Thomas Baumruker, Andreas Billich, & Frédéric Bornancin. (2010). Ovalbumin-induced plasma interleukin-4 levels are reduced in ceramide kinase-deficient DO11.10 RAG1-/- mice. Lipids in Health and Disease. 9(1). 1–1. 123 indexed citations

Habig, Michael, Viral Patel, Andreas Billich, et al.. (2009). Efficient Elimination of Nonstoichiometric Enzyme Inhibitors from HTS Hit Lists. SLAS DISCOVERY. 14(6). 679–689. 25 indexed citations

Billich, Andreas, et al.. (2009). Synthesis of 7‐Aza‐ and 7‐Thiasphingosines, and Evaluation of Their Interaction with Sphingosine Kinases and with T‐Cells. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 6(5). 725–738. 2 indexed citations

Billich, Andreas & Thomas Baumruker. (2008). Sphingolipid Metabolizing Enzymes as Novel Therapeutic Targets. Sub-cellular biochemistry. 49. 487–522. 36 indexed citations

Mechtcheriakova, Diana, Tamara Kopp, Roland Reuschel, et al.. (2006). Sphingosine 1-phosphate phosphatase 2 is induced during inflammatory responses. Cellular Signalling. 19(4). 748–760. 101 indexed citations

Gräf, Christine, Mei Sun, Markus Jaritz, et al.. (2006). Effects of ceramide-1-phosphate on cultured cells: dependence on dodecane in the vehicle. Journal of Lipid Research. 48(1). 66–76. 23 indexed citations

Billich, Andreas, Melitta Bilban, Nicole Meisner‐Kober, et al.. (2004). Confocal Fluorescence Detection Expanded to UV Excitation: The First Continuous Fluorimetric Assay of Human Steroid Sulfatase in Nanoliter Volume. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 2(1). 21–30. 11 indexed citations

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Nell, Barbara, et al.. (2004). Exploratory Study Reveals Topical Pimecrolimus Is Active Against Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca And Chronic Superficial Keratitis In Dogs.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 131–131. 2 indexed citations

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Nußbaumer, Peter & Andreas Billich. (2004). Steroid sulfatase inhibitors. Medicinal Research Reviews. 24(4). 529–576. 83 indexed citations

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Gräf, Christine, Samantha Stora, Diana Mechtcheriakova, et al.. (2004). Ceramide kinase targeting and activity determined by its N-terminal pleckstrin homology domain. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 324(4). 1215–1219. 44 indexed citations

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Baumruker, Thomas, Frédéric Bornancin, & Andreas Billich. (2004). The role of sphingosine and ceramide kinases in inflammatory responses. Immunology Letters. 96(2). 175–185. 79 indexed citations

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Schreiner, Erwin, Barbara Wolff, Anthony P. Winiski, & Andreas Billich. (2003). 6-(2-Adamantan-2-ylidene-hydroxybenzoxazole)- O -sulfamate: A potent non-steroidal irreversible inhibitor of human steroid sulfatase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(24). 4313–4316. 23 indexed citations

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Nußbaumer, Peter, et al.. (2003). Nortropinyl-Arylsulfonylureas as novel, reversible inhibitors of human steroid sulfatase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(21). 3673–3677. 18 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rolf, et al.. (2001). Steroid Sulfatase in the Human Hair Follicle Concentrates in the Dermal Papilla. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 117(6). 1342–1348. 46 indexed citations

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Billich, Andreas, Peter Nußbaumer, & Philipp Lehr. (2000). Stimulation of MCF-7 breast cancer cell proliferation by estrone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate: inhibition by novel non-steroidal steroid sulfatase inhibitors. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 73(5). 225–235. 89 indexed citations

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Hilgeroth, Andreas & Andreas Billich. (1999). Cage DimericN-Acyl- andN-Acyloxy-4-aryl-1,4-dihydropyridines as First Representatives of a Novel Class of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors. Archiv der Pharmazie. 332(11). 380–384. 13 indexed citations

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Billich, Andreas, Brigitte Charpiot, Gert Fricker, et al.. (1994). HIV proteinase inhibitors containing 2-aminobenzylstatine as a novel scissile bond replacement: biochemical and pharmacological characterization. Antiviral Research. 25(3-4). 215–233. 8 indexed citations

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Zocher, Rainer, Andreas Billich, Ullrich Keller, & Paul Messner. (1988). Destruction of Ethidium Bromide in Solution by Ozonolysis. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 369(2). 1191–1194. 6 indexed citations

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