Birgit Leitinger

6.6k total citations
54 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Birgit Leitinger is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Leitinger has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Birgit Leitinger's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (46 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers). Birgit Leitinger is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (46 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers). Birgit Leitinger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Birgit Leitinger's co-authors include Nancy Hogg, Erhard Hohenester, Richard W. Farndale, Alison McDowall, Dominique Bihan, Paula Stanley, Huifang Xu, Nicolas Raynal, Joanna C. Porter and Celina G. Kleer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Leitinger

54 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Leitinger United Kingdom 38 2.7k 2.0k 1.5k 1.1k 812 54 5.2k
Dwayne G. Stupack United States 46 2.3k 0.8× 4.4k 2.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 438 0.5× 109 7.3k
Gordon W. Laurie United States 32 1.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 498 0.5× 683 0.8× 89 5.1k
M. Peter Marinkovich United States 50 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.2× 3.3k 2.1× 737 0.7× 277 0.3× 131 7.9k
Randall H. Kramer United States 51 3.4k 1.3× 3.5k 1.7× 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 555 0.7× 101 7.1k
Erik H.J. Danen Netherlands 42 2.0k 0.8× 3.4k 1.7× 2.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 323 0.4× 120 6.7k
Jonathan D. Humphries United Kingdom 34 2.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 2.4k 1.6× 571 0.5× 303 0.4× 54 5.3k
Akira Komoriya United States 30 1.7k 0.6× 2.9k 1.4× 717 0.5× 867 0.8× 714 0.9× 55 5.6k
Nancy Boudreau United States 34 1.2k 0.5× 2.9k 1.4× 908 0.6× 920 0.8× 380 0.5× 65 5.4k
Gertraud Orend France 37 1.9k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 264 0.3× 78 5.3k
Pritinder Kaur Australia 35 1.0k 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 924 0.9× 453 0.6× 66 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Leitinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit Leitinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Leitinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Birgit Leitinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Birgit Leitinger 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 Birgit Leitinger. Birgit Leitinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Görlitz, Frederik, et al.. (2019). DDR1 autophosphorylation is a result of aggregation into dense clusters. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17104–17104. 25 indexed citations
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Monteiro, Pedro, Christopher A. Smith, Malti Vaghela, et al.. (2017). Loss of E-cadherin provides tolerance to centrosome amplification in epithelial cancer cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(1). 195–209. 53 indexed citations
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Gao, Hua, Goutam Chakraborty, Zhanguo Zhang, et al.. (2016). Multi-organ Site Metastatic Reactivation Mediated by Non-canonical Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 Signaling. Cell. 166(1). 47–62. 186 indexed citations
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Multhaupt, Hinke A.B., Birgit Leitinger, Donald Gullberg, & John Couchman. (2015). Extracellular matrix component signaling in cancer. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 97. 28–40. 140 indexed citations
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Shitomi, Yasuyuki, Ida B. Thøgersen, Noriko Ito, et al.. (2014). ADAM10 controls collagen signaling and cell migration on collagen by shedding the ectodomain of discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1). Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(4). 659–673. 42 indexed citations
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Valencia, Karmele, C. Ormazábal, Carolina Zandueta, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of Collagen Receptor Discoidin Domain Receptor-1 (DDR1) Reduces Cell Survival, Homing, and Colonization in Lung Cancer Bone Metastasis. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(4). 969–980. 116 indexed citations
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Valiathan, Rajeshwari R., Marta Marco, Birgit Leitinger, Celina G. Kleer, & Rafael Fridman. (2012). Discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinases: new players in cancer progression. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 31(1-2). 295–321. 293 indexed citations
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Xu, Huifang, Dominique Bihan, Francis Chang, et al.. (2012). Discoidin Domain Receptors Promote α1β1- and α2β1-Integrin Mediated Cell Adhesion to Collagen by Enhancing Integrin Activation. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52209–e52209. 116 indexed citations
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Hidalgo-Carcedo, Cristina, Steven Hooper, Peter Williamson, et al.. (2010). Collective cell migration requires suppression of actomyosin at cell–cell contacts mediated by DDR1 and the cell polarity regulators Par3 and Par6. Nature Cell Biology. 13(1). 49–59. 287 indexed citations
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Carafoli, Federico, Dominique Bihan, Antonios D. Konitsiotis, et al.. (2009). Crystallographic Insight into Collagen Recognition by Discoidin Domain Receptor 2. Structure. 17(12). 1573–1581. 110 indexed citations
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Konitsiotis, Antonios D., Nicolas Raynal, Dominique Bihan, et al.. (2008). Characterization of High Affinity Binding Motifs for the Discoidin Domain Receptor DDR2 in Collagen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(11). 6861–6868. 162 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Birgit & Erhard Hohenester. (2006). Mammalian collagen receptors. Matrix Biology. 26(3). 146–155. 311 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Birgit, Andrzej Steplewski, & Andrzej Fertala. (2004). The D2 Period of Collagen II Contains a Specific Binding Site for the Human Discoidin Domain Receptor, DDR2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 344(4). 993–1003. 78 indexed citations
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McDowall, Alison, David Inwald, Birgit Leitinger, et al.. (2003). A novel form of integrin dysfunction involving β1, β2, and β3 integrins. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(1). 51–60. 73 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Birgit. (2003). Molecular Analysis of Collagen Binding by the Human Discoidin Domain Receptors, DDR1 and DDR2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(19). 16761–16769. 166 indexed citations
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Hogg, Nancy, Robert B. Henderson, Birgit Leitinger, et al.. (2002). Mechanisms contributing to the activity of integrins on leukocytes. Immunological Reviews. 186(1). 164–171. 140 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Birgit, Alison McDowall, Paula Stanley, & Nancy Hogg. (2000). The regulation of integrin function by Ca2+. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1498(2-3). 91–98. 121 indexed citations
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McDowall, Alison, Birgit Leitinger, Paula Stanley, et al.. (1998). The I Domain of Integrin Leukocyte Function-associated Antigen-1 Is Involved in a Conformational Change Leading to High Affinity Binding to Ligand Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (ICAM-1). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(42). 27396–27403. 87 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Birgit, Annette Hille‐Rehfeld, & Martin Spiess. (1995). Biosynthetic transport of the asialoglycoprotein receptor H1 to the cell surface occurs via endosomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(22). 10109–10113. 85 indexed citations

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