Beat W. Schäfer

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Beat W. Schäfer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Beat W. Schäfer has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 33 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Beat W. Schäfer's work include S100 Proteins and Annexins (58 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers). Beat W. Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on S100 Proteins and Annexins (58 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers). Beat W. Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Beat W. Schäfer's co-authors include Claus W. Heizmann, Felix Niggli, Marco Wachtel, Evelyn C. Ilg, Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi, Roland Wicki, Florence A. Scholl, Dieter Engelkamp, Michele Bernasconi and Paul Erné and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Beat W. Schäfer

173 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

The S100 family of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins: functions and pathology

1996 908 citations Beat W. Schäfer Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →
The S100 family of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins: functions and pathology

1996 564 citations Beat W. Schäfer et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Beat W. Schäfer Switzerland	57	7.7k	2.0k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	174	9.8k
Carmelo Bernabéu Spain	60	5.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	216	11.7k
Jennifer LeCouter United States	20	6.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	24	10.9k
Ahuva Itin Israel	33	7.9k 1.0×	3.5k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	52	12.9k
Jocelyn Holash United States	34	8.1k 1.1×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	840 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	46	11.9k
Raija Sormunen Finland	50	5.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	965 0.7×	891 0.8×	177	9.0k
Andreas E. Kulozik Germany	54	6.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	995 0.6×	659 0.5×	879 0.8×	230	10.2k
Daniel F. Bowen‐Pope United States	54	6.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	105	13.1k
Akiko Hata United States	51	9.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	109	13.2k
Wun-Jing Kuang United States	12	5.8k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	2.5k 2.2×	12	11.7k
Olga V. Volpert United States	57	8.4k 1.1×	4.0k 2.0×	878 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	2.3k 2.0×	107	12.5k

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Morice, Sarah, Didier Surdez, Olivier Delattre, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the Role of AXL in Fusion-positive Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma Identifies the Small-molecule Inhibitor Bemcentinib (BGB324) as Potent Chemosensitizer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 23(6). 864–876. 1 indexed citations

Pomella, Silvia, Rita Alaggio, Willemijn B. Breunis, et al.. (2023). Genomic and Epigenetic Changes Drive Aberrant Skeletal Muscle Differentiation in Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancers. 15(10). 2823–2823. 3 indexed citations

Porpiglia, Ermelinda, Andrea J. De Micheli, Joana G. Marques, et al.. (2023). Single-cell profiling of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma reveals RAS pathway inhibitors as cell-fate hijackers with therapeutic relevance. Science Advances. 9(6). eade9238–eade9238. 31 indexed citations

Sharma, Ashish, et al.. (2021). Paracrine Placental Growth Factor Signaling in Response to Ionizing Radiation Is p53-Dependent and Contributes to Radioresistance. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(6). 1051–1062. 4 indexed citations

Andrieux, Geoffroy, Michaela Schneider, Manching Ku, et al.. (2021). Negative correlation of single-cell PAX3:FOXO1 expression with tumorigenicity in rhabdomyosarcoma. Life Science Alliance. 4(9). e202001002–e202001002. 9 indexed citations

Selfe, Joanna, Marco Wachtel, Eleanor M. O’Brien, et al.. (2019). Aurora A Kinase Inhibition Destabilizes PAX3-FOXO1 and MYCN and Synergizes with Navitoclax to Induce Rhabdomyosarcoma Cell Death. Cancer Research. 80(4). 832–842. 42 indexed citations

Lopez-Garcia, Laura A., et al.. (2019). USP19 deubiquitinates EWS-FLI1 to regulate Ewing sarcoma growth. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 31 indexed citations

Lopez-Garcia, Laura A., David Herrero‐Martín, Marco Wachtel, et al.. (2014). PLK1 Phosphorylates PAX3-FOXO1, the Inhibition of Which Triggers Regression of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancer Research. 75(1). 98–110. 30 indexed citations

Szyniszewski, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Material characterization and microstructural simulation of hollow spheres and PCM steel foams. View. 1 indexed citations

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Walter, Dagmar, Marco Wachtel, María Salazar‐Roa, et al.. (2009). Cannabinoid receptor 1 is a potential drug target for treatment of translocation-positive rhabdomyosarcoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(7). 1838–1845. 42 indexed citations

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Wachtel, Marco, Ivo Leuschner, Sabine Stegmaier, et al.. (2006). Subtype and Prognostic Classification of Rhabdomyosarcoma by Immunohistochemistry. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24(5). 816–822. 99 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Beat W. & Sándor Ádány. (2005). Understanding and classifying local, distortional and global buckling in open thin-walled members. 10 indexed citations

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Mueller, Andrea, Beat W. Schäfer, Stefano Ferrari, et al.. (2005). The Calcium-binding Protein S100A2 Interacts with p53 and Modulates Its Transcriptional Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(32). 29186–29193. 125 indexed citations

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Klinner, Ulrich & Beat W. Schäfer. (2003). Genetic aspects of targeted insertion mutagenesis in yeasts. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 28(2). 201–223. 38 indexed citations

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Lyons, Gary E., et al.. (2000). Transcriptional regulation of S100A1 and expression during mouse heart development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1498(2-3). 207–219. 45 indexed citations

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Ilg, Evelyn C., et al.. (1998). Clustered organization of S100 genes in human and mouse. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1448(2). 254–263. 71 indexed citations

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Wicki, Roland, et al.. (1997). Repression of the candidate tumor suppressor gene S100A2 in breast cancer is mediated by site-specific hypermethylation. Cell Calcium. 22(4). 243–254. 111 indexed citations

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Remppis, Andrew, Beat W. Schäfer, Peter Hunziker, et al.. (1996). Altered expression of the Ca2+-binding protein S100A1 in human cardiomyopathy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1313(3). 253–257. 136 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Beat W., et al.. (1996). The S100 family of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins: functions and pathology. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 21(4). 134–140. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Durussel, Isabelle, et al.. (1996). Human recombinant alpha-parvalbumin and nine mutants with individually inactivated calcium- and magnesium-binding sites: biochemical and immunological properties. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1313(3). 179–186. 21 indexed citations

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