Bernd Hoffmann

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Bernd Hoffmann is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Hoffmann has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cell Biology, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernd Hoffmann's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (52 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (17 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (14 papers). Bernd Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (52 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (17 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (14 papers). Bernd Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Bernd Hoffmann's co-authors include Rudolf Merkel, Nils Hersch, Norbert Kirchgeßner, Gerhard H. Braus, Ágnes Csiszár, Nico Hampe, Claudia Schäfer, Ronald Springer, Georg Dreissen and Uwe Schnakenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Hoffmann

164 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Heterochromatin-Driven Nuclear Softening Protects the Genome against Mechanical Stress-Induced Damage

2020 396 citations Michele M. Nava, Yekaterina A. Miroshnikova et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Hoffmann Germany	39	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	534	440	169	5.2k
Frederick Lanni United States	35	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	312 0.6×	568 1.3×	75	4.8k
Frédéric Pincet France	40	3.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.4×	766 0.7×	228 0.4×	616 1.4×	123	5.4k
Armando E. del Río Hernández United Kingdom	40	1.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	166 0.3×	659 1.5×	95	6.6k
Paul J. Bertics United States	48	2.5k 1.2×	884 0.5×	903 0.8×	212 0.4×	210 0.5×	132	6.9k
Jennifer H. Shin South Korea	31	838 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	219 0.4×	514 1.2×	115	3.9k
Sergey Leikin United States	47	3.2k 1.5×	671 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	364 0.7×	670 1.5×	103	6.9k
Thomas C. Irving United States	44	3.5k 1.7×	817 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	508 1.0×	847 1.9×	205	7.6k
Yihua Zhao China	27	933 0.4×	681 0.4×	730 0.7×	766 1.4×	208 0.5×	61	3.3k
Kenneth N. Goldie Switzerland	42	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	398 0.4×	632 1.2×	454 1.0×	87	5.5k
Ming Guo United States	34	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	475 0.9×	274 0.6×	92	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernd Hoffmann

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Hoffmann, Bernd, et al.. (2025). Preclinical validation of PKC412 as a therapy candidate for epidermolysis bullosa simplex across multiple keratin pathogenic variants. British Journal of Dermatology. 193(4). 741–757.

Blaschke, Stefan, Heike Endepols, Dirk Wiedermann, et al.. (2024). Early Blood–Brain Barrier Impairment as a Pathological Hallmark in a Novel Model of Closed-Head Concussive Brain Injury (CBI) in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(9). 4837–4837.

Hoffmann, Marco, Masanari Takamiya, Nils Hersch, et al.. (2023). Smuggling on the Nanoscale—Fusogenic Liposomes Enable Efficient RNA-Transfer with Negligible Immune Response In Vitro and In Vivo. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1210–1210. 7 indexed citations

Sanchez‐Alonso, Jose L., Pamela Swiatlowska, Pavel Novák, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic cell rheology drives junction maturation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4832–4832. 6 indexed citations

Kubo, Yusuke, Bernd Hoffmann, Uwe Schnakenberg, et al.. (2020). Different Frequency of Cyclic Tensile Strain Relates to Anabolic/Catabolic Conditions Consistent with Immunohistochemical Staining Intensity in Tenocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(3). 1082–1082. 22 indexed citations

Blaschke, Stefan, Sabine Ulrike Vay, Monika Rabenstein, et al.. (2020). Substrate Elasticity Exerts Functional Effects on Primary Microglia. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 14. 590500–590500. 21 indexed citations

Nava, Michele M., Yekaterina A. Miroshnikova, Leah C. Biggs, et al.. (2020). Heterochromatin-Driven Nuclear Softening Protects the Genome against Mechanical Stress-Induced Damage. Cell. 181(4). 800–817.e22. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

Blaschke, Stefan, Sabine Ulrike Vay, Monika Rabenstein, et al.. (2019). Substrate elasticity induces quiescence and promotes neurogenesis of primary neural stem cells—A biophysical in vitro model of the physiological cerebral milieu. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 13(6). 960–972. 15 indexed citations

Biehl, Ralf, Bernd Hoffmann, Aurel Rădulescu, et al.. (2016). Structure and domain dynamics of human lactoferrin in solution and the influence of Fe(III)-ion ligand binding. PubMed. 9(1). 7–7. 17 indexed citations

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Hersch, Nils, Zoltán Ungvári, Tripti Gautam, et al.. (2015). Biotin-conjugated fusogenic liposomes for high-quality cell purification. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 30(6). 846–856. 11 indexed citations

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Fabris, Gloria, Reinhard Windoffer, Nicole Schwarz, et al.. (2013). Keratins as the main component for the mechanical integrity of keratinocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(46). 18513–18518. 176 indexed citations

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Walenda, Gudrun, Hatim Hemeda, Rebekka K. Schneider, et al.. (2012). Human Platelet Lysate Gel Provides a Novel Three Dimensional-Matrix for Enhanced Culture Expansion of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 18(12). 924–934. 42 indexed citations

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Kirchgeßner, Norbert, Margret Giesen, Masashi Degawa, et al.. (2009). Direct observation of the tube model in F-actin solutions: Tube dimensions and curvatures. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 14 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Claudia, et al.. (2008). One step ahead: Role of filopodia in adhesion formation during cell migration of keratinocytes. Experimental Cell Research. 315(7). 1212–1224. 57 indexed citations

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Richter, Dieter, Ralf Biehl, M. Monkenbusch, Bernd Hoffmann, & Rudolf Merkel. (2007). Polymer dynamics from synthetic to biological macromolecules. Diffusion fundamentals.. 7. 2 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Bernd, Patrick Gendron, François Major, et al.. (2003). NMR structure of the active conformation of the Varkud satellite ribozyme cleavage site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(12). 7003–7008. 49 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Bernd, Eckhard Strauch, Bernd Appel, & H. Nattermann. (2002). [The relationship of plasmids from environmental Yersinia isolates and the virulence plasmid of enteropathogenic Yersinia strains].. PubMed. 115(5-6). 189–94.

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Strauch, Eckhard, Bernd Hoffmann, Gudrun Heins, & Bernd Appel. (2000). Isolation of a new insertion element ofYersinia intermediaclosely related to remnants of mobile genetic elements present onYersiniaplasmids harboring the Yop virulon. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 193(1). 37–44. 6 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Bernd, Hans‐Ulrich Mösch, Evelyn Sattlegger, et al.. (1999). The WD protein Cpc2p is required for repression of Gcn4 protein activity in yeast in the absence of amino‐acid starvation. Molecular Microbiology. 31(3). 807–822. 41 indexed citations

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Arnold, W., B. Betz, & Bernd Hoffmann. (1986). Surface-acoustic-wave generation by thermoelasticity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 320(1554). 315–318. 1 indexed citations

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