Beat Thöny

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Beat Thöny is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Beat Thöny has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 87 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Beat Thöny's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (95 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (34 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (29 papers). Beat Thöny is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (95 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (34 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (29 papers). Beat Thöny collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Beat Thöny's co-authors include Nenad Blau, Günter Auerbach, Ernst R. Werner, Luisa Bonafé, Aurora Martı́nez, Claus W. Heizmann, D.S. Hwang, A Kornberg, Cary O. Harding and Johann Penzien and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Beat Thöny

132 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis, regeneration and functions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Beat Thöny Switzerland	41	3.5k	2.4k	1.1k	1.0k	644	132	6.0k
Niels Gregersen Denmark	47	5.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	762 0.7×	446 0.7×	200	7.9k
Rita Horváth United Kingdom	51	7.1k 2.0×	3.2k 1.3×	884 0.8×	823 0.8×	372 0.6×	280	9.4k
Jared Rutter United States	45	5.9k 1.7×	599 0.2×	1.6k 1.4×	464 0.4×	456 0.7×	119	9.2k
Sarah H. Elsea United States	39	2.9k 0.8×	778 0.3×	423 0.4×	2.0k 2.0×	190 0.3×	171	4.8k
Michael L. McDaniel United States	61	4.1k 1.2×	523 0.2×	3.3k 3.0×	2.3k 2.3×	911 1.4×	160	11.4k
Gino Cortopassi United States	35	4.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	645 0.6×	434 0.4×	158 0.2×	64	6.5k
George Wolf United States	48	3.5k 1.0×	291 0.1×	849 0.8×	850 0.8×	259 0.4×	273	8.1k
Michael Schlame United States	46	6.5k 1.8×	1.4k 0.6×	827 0.7×	252 0.2×	1.0k 1.6×	116	7.7k
Hong Yu United States	50	4.0k 1.2×	423 0.2×	2.0k 1.8×	478 0.5×	315 0.5×	154	9.8k
Dennis R. Hoffman United States	45	2.0k 0.6×	407 0.2×	834 0.7×	234 0.2×	735 1.1×	100	6.9k

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Klaus, Federica, Rebecca J. Schlegel, Erich Seifritz, et al.. (2021). Peripheral biopterin and neopterin in schizophrenia and depression. Psychiatry Research. 297. 113745–113745. 12 indexed citations

Grisch‐Chan, Hiu Man, Gerald Schwank, Cary O. Harding, & Beat Thöny. (2019). State-of-the-Art 2019 on Gene Therapy for Phenylketonuria. Human Gene Therapy. 30(10). 1274–1283. 29 indexed citations

Krishnamoorthy, Navaneethakrishnan, Nader Al‐Dewik, Hatem Zayed, et al.. (2018). In silico and in vivo models for Qatari-specific classical homocystinuria as basis for development of novel therapies. Human Mutation. 40(2). 230–240. 13 indexed citations

Soria, Leandro R., Gabriella Allegri, Dominique Melck, et al.. (2017). Enhancement of hepatic autophagy increases ureagenesis and protects against hyperammonemia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(2). 391–396. 46 indexed citations

Elsayed, Solaf M. & Beat Thöny. (2015). BH4 deficiency with unusual presentations: Challenges and lessons. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(3). 241–242. 1 indexed citations

Sánchez-Alcudia, Rocío, Véronique Rüfenacht, Belén Pérez, et al.. (2015). Functional Characterization of the spf/ash Splicing Variation in OTC Deficiency of Mice and Man. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122966–e0122966. 18 indexed citations

Toelle, Sandra P., et al.. (2014). Sensory stimulus‐sensitive drop attacks and basal ganglia calcification: new findings in a patient with FOLR1 deficiency. Epileptic Disorders. 16(1). 88–92. 20 indexed citations

Thöny, Beat, et al.. (2014). Challenges of experimental gene therapy for urea cycle disorders. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 6 indexed citations

Ramaekers, V., Beat Thöny, J.M. Sequeira, et al.. (2014). Folinic acid treatment for schizophrenia associated with folate receptor autoantibodies. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 113(4). 307–314. 44 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, et al.. (2014). Phenotypic Reversion of Fair Hair upon Gene Therapy of the Phenylketonuria Mice. Human Gene Therapy. 25(7). 573–574. 3 indexed citations

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Heintz, Caroline, Heinz Troxler, Aurora Martı́nez, Beat Thöny, & Nenad Blau. (2012). Quantification of phenylalanine hydroxylase activity by isotope-dilution liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 105(4). 559–565. 26 indexed citations

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Zschocke, Johannes, Martin Lindner, François Feillet, et al.. (2007). Molecular genetics of tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency. Human Mutation. 29(1). 167–175. 144 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, Michal Svoboda, Patrick Robberecht, et al.. (1999). Overexpression of Pterin-4a-carbinolamine Dehydratase/Dimerization Cofactor of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 in Human Colon Cancer. American Journal Of Pathology. 155(4). 1105–1113. 18 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, A. Matasović, Claus W. Heizmann, et al.. (1997). Identification of mutations causing 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency in four Italian families. Human Mutation. 10(1). 25–35. 21 indexed citations

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Leimbacher, W., et al.. (1996). Isolation of 6-Pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin Synthase cDNAs from Human Brain. Pteridines. 7(3). 91–93. 1 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, W. Leimbacher, S Scheibenreiter, et al.. (1995). Mutation Analysis In Patients with 6-Pyruvoyl-Tetrahydropterin Synthase Deficiency. Pteridines. 6(3). 141–143. 6 indexed citations

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Köster, Sandra, Beat Thöny, Peter Macheroux, et al.. (1995). Characterization of Human Pterin-4a-carbinolamine Dehydratase/Dimerization Cofactor of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1α, and of the Cys81-mutant Involved in Hyperphenylalanincemia. Pteridines. 6(3). 123–125. 3 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, et al.. (1995). Characterization of the Human PCBD Gene Encoding the Bifunctional Protein Pterin-4α-carbinolamine Dehydratase/Dimerization Cofactor for the Transcription Factor Hnf-1α. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 210(3). 966–973. 18 indexed citations

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Thöny, Beat, Claus W. Heizmann, & Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi. (1995). Human GTP-cyclohydrolase I gene and sepiapterin reductase gene map to region 14q21–q22 and 2p14–p12, respectively, by in situ hybridization. Genomics. 26(1). 168–170. 16 indexed citations

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Blau, Nenad, Beat Thöny, Claus W. Heizmann, & Jean‐Louis Dhondt. (1993). Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency: From Phenotype to Genotype. Pteridines. 4(1). 1–10. 55 indexed citations

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