Anja Winter

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Anja Winter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anja Winter has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Rheumatology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Anja Winter's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (3 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (3 papers). Anja Winter is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (3 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (3 papers). Anja Winter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and France. Anja Winter's co-authors include Wiltrud Richter, Eric Steck, T. Hennig, Thomas Aigner, Karoliina Pelttari, Tom L. Blundell, Alícia P. Higueruelo, Karin Benz, Dominik Parsch and Hans Hauner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Anja Winter

32 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Premature induction of hypertrophy during in vitro chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells correlates with calcification and vascular invasion after ectopic transplantation in SCID mice

2006 649 citations Karoliina Pelttari, Anja Winter et al. Arthritis & Rheumatism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anja Winter United Kingdom	17	794	743	581	454	421	33	2.0k
Silvia Díaz‐Prado Spain	25	337 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	463 0.8×	390 0.9×	129 0.3×	72	2.0k
Alan D. Murdoch United States	18	566 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	193 0.3×	269 0.6×	213 0.5×	26	2.9k
Paul Zajac Switzerland	27	174 0.2×	654 0.9×	196 0.3×	233 0.5×	107 0.3×	57	2.4k
Ioannis K. Moutsatsos United States	15	161 0.2×	871 1.2×	318 0.5×	324 0.7×	165 0.4×	24	1.7k
Alla Danilkovitch‐Miagkova United States	18	80 0.1×	1.4k 1.9×	632 1.1×	402 0.9×	123 0.3×	21	2.9k
Lionel Fontao Switzerland	27	414 0.5×	606 0.8×	344 0.6×	115 0.3×	86 0.2×	51	2.2k
Sirpa Aho United States	28	344 0.4×	857 1.2×	289 0.5×	106 0.2×	57 0.1×	60	2.0k
Peter Bugert Germany	20	167 0.2×	571 0.8×	222 0.4×	207 0.5×	61 0.1×	60	1.5k
Zhibao Mi United States	20	366 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	139 0.2×	309 0.7×	50 0.1×	30	1.8k
Pamela Hawley‐Nelson United States	17	378 0.5×	791 1.1×	454 0.8×	143 0.3×	102 0.2×	22	2.7k

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Piccinini, Alice, Andrew E. Whitten, Anja Winter, & Sylvain Prévost. (2025). The effect of phosphate buffered saline and osmotic stress on phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 691. 137363–137363. 1 indexed citations

Jenkins, Alec, et al.. (2024). Accessing Active Fragments for Drug Discovery Utilising Nitroreductase Biocatalysis. ChemBioChem. 25(18). e202400428–e202400428.

Piccinini, Alice, et al.. (2024). Effect of cardiolipin on the lamellarity and elongation of liposomes hydrated in PBS. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 669. 844–855. 1 indexed citations

Price, Helen P., et al.. (2024). Galactokinase-like protein from Leishmania donovani: Biochemical and structural characterization of a recombinant protein. Biochimie. 223. 31–40. 2 indexed citations

DiCara, Danielle, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, et al.. (2017). Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9000–9000. 9 indexed citations

Winter, Anja, Anna Sigurdardottir, Danielle DiCara, et al.. (2015). Developing Antagonists for the Met-HGF/SF Protein–Protein Interaction Using a Fragment-Based Approach. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(1). 3–14. 7 indexed citations

Sigurdardottir, Anna, Anja Winter, Marco Fragai, et al.. (2015). Exploring the chemical space of the lysine-binding pocket of the first kringle domain of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) yields a new class of inhibitors of HGF/SF-MET binding. Chemical Science. 6(11). 6147–6157. 18 indexed citations

Jubb, Harry, Alícia P. Higueruelo, Anja Winter, & Tom L. Blundell. (2012). Structural biology and drug discovery for protein–protein interactions. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 33(5). 241–248. 141 indexed citations

Winter, Anja, Alícia P. Higueruelo, M. Marsh, et al.. (2012). Biophysical and computational fragment-based approaches to targeting protein–protein interactions: applications in structure-guided drug discovery. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 45(4). 383–426. 81 indexed citations

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Osman, Asiah, Conan K. Wang, Anja Winter, et al.. (2011). Hookworm SCP/TAPS protein structure—A key to understanding host–parasite interactions and developing new interventions. Biotechnology Advances. 30(3). 652–657. 30 indexed citations

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Perrett, Kirsten P., Anja Winter, Celina Jin, et al.. (2010). Antibody Persistence after Serogroup C Meningococcal Conjugate Immunization of United Kingdom Primary‐School Children in 1999–2000 and Response to a Booster: A Phase 4 Clinical Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 50(12). 1601–1610. 69 indexed citations

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Hu, Nien‐Jen, Adlina Mohd Yusof, Anja Winter, et al.. (2008). The Crystal Structure of Calcium-bound Annexin Gh1 from Gossypium hirsutum and Its Implications for Membrane Binding Mechanisms of Plant Annexins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(26). 18314–18322. 26 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Andreas & Anja Winter. (2008). Towards Understanding the Roles of Prohibitins, Multi-Functional Regulator Proteins. Current Chemical Biology. 2(1). 11–19. 1 indexed citations

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Winter, Anja, Outi Kämäräinen, & Andreas Hofmann. (2007). Molecular modeling of prohibitin domains. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 68(1). 353–362. 43 indexed citations

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Pelttari, Karoliina, Anja Winter, Eric Steck, et al.. (2006). Premature induction of hypertrophy during in vitro chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells correlates with calcification and vascular invasion after ectopic transplantation in SCID mice. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54(10). 3254–3266. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Winter, Anja, et al.. (2006). Biochemical characterization of annexin B1 from Cysticercus cellulosae. FEBS Journal. 273(14). 3238–3247. 13 indexed citations

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Marchini, Antonio, Anja Winter, Sandra Caldeira, et al.. (2004). The Short Stature Homeodomain Protein SHOX Induces Cellular Growth Arrest and Apoptosis and Is Expressed in Human Growth Plate Chondrocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 37103–37114. 86 indexed citations

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Roussi, Stamatiki, Anja Winter, Francine Gossé, et al.. (2004). Different apoptotic mechanisms are involved in the antiproliferative effects of 7β-hydroxysitosterol and 7β-hydroxycholesterol in human colon cancer cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 12(2). 128–135. 63 indexed citations

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Winter, Anja, Stephen Breit, Dominik Parsch, et al.. (2003). Cartilage‐like gene expression in differentiated human stem cell spheroids: A comparison of bone marrow–derived and adipose tissue–derived stromal cells. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(2). 418–429. 373 indexed citations

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Krude, Torsten, Anja Winter, & Rolf Knippers. (1994). Re-replication of SV40 minichromosomes is inhibited at the stage of chain elongation. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(24). 5265–5270. 5 indexed citations

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