Christian Faul

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Faul is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Faul has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Nephrology, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Christian Faul's work include Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (37 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (25 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (22 papers). Christian Faul is often cited by papers focused on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (37 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (25 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (22 papers). Christian Faul collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Christian Faul's co-authors include Peter Mündel, Jochen Reiser, Katsuhiko Asanuma, Kwanghee Kim, Karin Schwarz, Lawrence B. Holzman, Andréy S. Shaw, Matias Simons, Moin A. Saleem and Beatrice Richter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Christian Faul

86 papers receiving 7.2k 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 actin cytoskeleton of kidney podocytes is a direct target of the antiproteinuric effect of cyclosporine A

2008 723 citations Christian Faul, Sandra Merscher et al. profile →
TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal function

2005 647 citations Jochen Reiser, Clemens Möller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Faul United States	38	4.9k	2.9k	1.3k	1.0k	692	89	7.3k
Hermann Pavenstädt Germany	41	4.1k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	979 0.7×	584 0.6×	632 0.9×	122	7.6k
Maria Pia Rastaldi Italy	43	4.1k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	709 0.5×	871 0.9×	1.4k 2.0×	120	7.3k
Francesco Emma Italy	41	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	666 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	686 1.0×	184	6.3k
Liliane J. Striker United States	48	2.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	933 0.7×	491 0.5×	520 0.8×	115	6.9k
Yoshio Ohyama Japan	31	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	589 0.6×	209 0.3×	113	5.8k
Gavin I. Welsh United Kingdom	47	2.0k 0.4×	3.5k 1.2×	606 0.5×	400 0.4×	493 0.7×	141	6.6k
Brigitte Kaissling Switzerland	58	3.1k 0.6×	5.5k 1.9×	982 0.7×	665 0.7×	306 0.4×	133	9.0k
Regina Goetz United States	37	3.3k 0.7×	5.9k 2.1×	2.8k 2.1×	853 0.8×	201 0.3×	52	9.8k
Yutaka Matsumura Japan	20	3.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	563 0.6×	200 0.3×	50	5.3k
Marcus J. Moeller Germany	42	2.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	725 0.5×	392 0.4×	484 0.7×	97	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Faul

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Faul

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fajol, Abul & Christian Faul. (2025). Soft tissue calcifications in chronic kidney disease—beyond the vasculature. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 477(8). 1037–1059. 1 indexed citations

Fajol, Abul, Qing Li, Alexis Sloan, et al.. (2025). Nephrotic syndrome in mice elevates FGF23 levels and leads to cardiac hypertrophy in the absence of hyperphosphatemia. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Richter, Beatrice, Brian Czaya, Christopher Yanucil, et al.. (2024). FGFR4 Is Required for Concentric Growth of Cardiac Myocytes during Physiologic Cardiac Hypertrophy. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 11(10). 320–320. 1 indexed citations

Czaya, Brian, Abul Fajol, Qing Li, et al.. (2024). Hyperphosphatemia Contributes to Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(17). 9308–9308. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Sheila Μ., Qing Li, & Christian Faul. (2023). Fibroblast growth factor 23, klotho and heparin. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 32(4). 313–323. 11 indexed citations

Srivastava, Tarak, Katherine M. Dell, Kevin V. Lemley, et al.. (2022). Gluten-Free Diet in Childhood Difficult-to-Treat Nephrotic Syndrome: A Pilot Feasibility Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 176–183. 1 indexed citations

Yanucil, Christopher, Dominik Kentrup, Xueyi Li, et al.. (2022). FGF21-FGFR4 signaling in cardiac myocytes promotes concentric cardiac hypertrophy in mouse models of diabetes. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7326–7326. 19 indexed citations

Vallejo, Julian, et al.. (2021). Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) induces ventricular arrhythmias and prolongs QTc interval in mice in an FGF receptor 4-dependent manner. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 320(6). H2283–H2294. 14 indexed citations

Faul, Christian, et al.. (2021). The bone at the intersection of kidney and heart disease. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 43(2). 84–86. 2 indexed citations

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Sailland, Juliette, Samuel Chung, John S. Dennis, et al.. (2020). The Effects of the Anti-aging Protein Klotho on Mucociliary Clearance. Frontiers in Medicine. 6. 339–339. 9 indexed citations

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Yanucil, Christopher, Shintaro Ide, Tomokazu Souma, et al.. (2019). FGFR4 does not contribute to progression of chronic kidney disease. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14023–14023. 9 indexed citations

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Trachtman, Howard, Debbie S. Gipson, Kevin V. Lemley, et al.. (2019). Plasma Zonulin Levels in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7. 197–197. 11 indexed citations

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Czaya, Brian, Saurav Singh, Christopher Yanucil, et al.. (2017). Induction of an Inflammatory Response in Primary Hepatocyte Cultures from Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Grabner, Alexander, Sandro Mazzaferro, Giuseppe Cianciolo, et al.. (2017). Fibroblast Growth Factor 23: Mineral Metabolism and Beyond. Contributions to nephrology. 190. 83–95. 25 indexed citations

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Leifheit‐Nestler, Maren, Beatrice Richter, F. Kirchhoff, et al.. (2015). Induction of cardiac FGF23/FGFR4 expression is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(7). 1088–1099. 158 indexed citations

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Kistler, Andreas D., Alejandro Caicedo, Midhat H. Abdulreda, et al.. (2014). In vivo imaging of kidney glomeruli transplanted into the anterior chamber of the mouse eye. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3872–3872. 18 indexed citations

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Leibiger, Ingo B., Tilo Moede, Britta Walter, et al.. (2012). Dynamin-mediated Nephrin Phosphorylation Regulates Glucose-stimulated Insulin Release in Pancreatic Beta Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(34). 28932–28942. 15 indexed citations

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Berghaus, Thomas M., et al.. (2011). Acute pulmonary embolism in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: does it affect the severity of sleep-disordered breathing?. Sleep And Breathing. 16(4). 1267–1269. 11 indexed citations

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Nijenhuis, Tom, Alexis Sloan, Joost G.J. Hoenderop, et al.. (2011). Angiotensin II Contributes to Podocyte Injury by Increasing TRPC6 Expression via an NFAT-Mediated Positive Feedback Signaling Pathway. American Journal Of Pathology. 179(4). 1719–1732. 174 indexed citations

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Reiser, Jochen, Gero von Gersdorff, Martin Loos, et al.. (2004). Induction of B7-1 in podocytes is associated with nephrotic syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 113(10). 1390–1397. 442 indexed citations

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