C. Florian Bentzinger

7.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

C. Florian Bentzinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Florian Bentzinger has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in C. Florian Bentzinger's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (26 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (11 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers). C. Florian Bentzinger is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (26 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (11 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers). C. Florian Bentzinger collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United States. C. Florian Bentzinger's co-authors include Michael A. Rudnicki, Yu Xin Wang, Julia von Maltzahn, Nicolas A. Dumont, Marie‐Claude Sincennes, Natasha C. Chang, Hang Yin, Alessandra Pasut, Markus A. Rüegg and Shuo Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

C. Florian Bentzinger

30 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Building Muscle: Molecular Regulation of Myogenesis

2012 871 citations C. Florian Bentzinger, Yu Xin Wang et al. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology profile →
Satellite Cells and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

2015 537 citations Nicolas A. Dumont, C. Florian Bentzinger et al. Comprehensive physiology profile →
Skeletal Muscle-Specific Ablation of raptor, but Not of rictor, Causes Metabolic Changes and Results in Muscle Dystrophy

2008 509 citations C. Florian Bentzinger, Klaas Romanino et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers

C. Florian Bentzinger

MB

PHYSI

SURGE

GENET

CB

Eusebio Perdiguero Spain

Fabien Le Grand France

Hang Yin United States

Yu Xin Wang United States

Akiyoshi Uezumi Japan

Elisabeth R. Barton United States

Atsushi Asakura United States

So‐ichiro Fukada Japan

Yuko Miyagoe‐Suzuki Japan

Julia von Maltzahn Germany

Eusebio Perdiguero Spain

C. Florian Bentzinger

4.2k ×1.0

MB

1.7k ×1.4

PHYSI

760 ×0.8

SURGE

699 ×1.1

GENET

656 ×1.0

CB

Citations per year, relative to C. Florian Bentzinger C. Florian Bentzinger (= 1×) peers Eusebio Perdiguero

Countries citing papers authored by C. Florian Bentzinger

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of C. Florian Bentzinger's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by C. Florian Bentzinger with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites C. Florian Bentzinger more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by C. Florian Bentzinger

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by C. Florian Bentzinger. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by C. Florian Bentzinger. The network helps show where C. Florian Bentzinger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Florian Bentzinger

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Lizotte, Farah, et al.. (2025). Endothelial SHP-1 regulates diabetes-induced abnormal collateral vessel formation and endothelial cell senescence. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 202. 50–63. 1 indexed citations

2.

Liu, Yuguo, Svenja C. Schüler, Frédéric Balg, et al.. (2025). TGFβ-Smad3 signaling restores cell-autonomous Srsf1-mediated splicing of fibronectin in aged skeletal muscle stem cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11532–11532.

3.

Mashinchian, Omid, Filippo De Franceschi, Sina Nassiri, et al.. (2022). An engineered multicellular stem cell niche for the 3D derivation of human myogenic progenitors from iPSCs. The EMBO Journal. 41(14). e110655–e110655. 7 indexed citations

4.

Schüler, Svenja C., Yuguo Liu, Michel Grandbois, et al.. (2022). Extracellular matrix: Brick and mortar in the skeletal muscle stem cell niche. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 1056523–1056523. 34 indexed citations

5.

Karaz, Sonia, Pascal Stuelsatz, Uxía Gurriarán‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2019). Aging Disrupts Muscle Stem Cell Function by Impairing Matricellular WISP1 Secretion from Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors. Cell stem cell. 24(3). 433–446.e7. 225 indexed citations

6.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Marie‐Claude Sincennes, Lorenzo Giordani, et al.. (2017). R-spondin1 Controls Muscle Cell Fusion through Dual Regulation of Antagonistic Wnt Signaling Pathways. Cell Reports. 18(10). 2320–2330. 35 indexed citations

7.

Mashinchian, Omid, Addolorata Pisconti, Emméran Le Moal, & C. Florian Bentzinger. (2017). The Muscle Stem Cell Niche in Health and Disease. Current topics in developmental biology. 126. 23–65. 83 indexed citations

8.

Dumont, Nicolas A., C. Florian Bentzinger, Marie‐Claude Sincennes, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2015). Satellite Cells and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. Comprehensive physiology. 5(3). 1027–1059. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

9.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, et al.. (2015). PAX7 is required for patterning the esophageal musculature. Skeletal Muscle. 5(1). 39–39. 11 indexed citations

10.

Dumont, Nicolas A., C. Florian Bentzinger, Marie‐Claude Sincennes, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2015). Satellite Cells and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. Comprehensive physiology. 5(3). 1027–1059. 45 indexed citations

11.

Price, Feodor D., Julia von Maltzahn, C. Florian Bentzinger, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of JAK-STAT signaling stimulates adult satellite cell function. Nature Medicine. 20(10). 1174–1181. 311 indexed citations

12.

Maltzahn, Julia von, et al.. (2013). A truncated Wnt7a retains full biological activity in skeletal muscle. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2869–2869. 37 indexed citations

13.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Shuo Lin, Klaas Romanino, et al.. (2013). Differential response of skeletal muscles to mTORC1 signaling during atrophy and hypertrophy. Skeletal Muscle. 3(1). 6–6. 119 indexed citations

14.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Yu Xin Wang, Julia von Maltzahn, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2012). The emerging biology of muscle stem cells: Implications for cell‐based therapies. BioEssays. 35(3). 231–241. 44 indexed citations

15.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Yu Xin Wang, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2012). Building Muscle: Molecular Regulation of Myogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 4(2). a008342–a008342. 871 indexed citations breakdown →

16.

Maltzahn, Julia von, Natasha C. Chang, C. Florian Bentzinger, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2012). Wnt signaling in myogenesis. Trends in Cell Biology. 22(11). 602–609. 306 indexed citations

17.

Maltzahn, Julia von, C. Florian Bentzinger, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2011). Wnt7a–Fzd7 signalling directly activates the Akt/mTOR anabolic growth pathway in skeletal muscle. Nature Cell Biology. 14(2). 186–191. 191 indexed citations

18.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Julia von Maltzahn, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2010). Extrinsic regulation of satellite cell specification. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 1(3). 27–27. 91 indexed citations

19.

Scimè, Anthony, Vahab D. Soleimani, C. Florian Bentzinger, et al.. (2010). Oxidative status of muscle is determined by p107 regulation of PGC-1α. The Journal of Cell Biology. 190(4). 651–662. 16 indexed citations

20.

Bentzinger, C. Florian, Klaas Romanino, Shuo Lin, et al.. (2008). Skeletal Muscle-Specific Ablation of raptor, but Not of rictor, Causes Metabolic Changes and Results in Muscle Dystrophy. Cell Metabolism. 8(5). 411–424. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact