Christian Kranjec

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Kranjec is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Kranjec has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Christian Kranjec's work include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (10 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (6 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers). Christian Kranjec is often cited by papers focused on Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (10 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (6 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers). Christian Kranjec collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Norway and United Kingdom. Christian Kranjec's co-authors include John Doorbar, Heather Griffin, Nagayasu Egawa, Isao Murakami, Lawrence Banks, Miranda Thomas, Paola Massimi, Dzung B. Diep, Vjekoslav Tomaić and Kazunori Nagasaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Christian Kranjec

26 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Human papillomavirus molecular biology and disease associ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Human papillomavirus molecular biology and disease association
    2015 624 citations John Doorbar, Nagayasu Egawa et al. Reviews in Medical Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Kranjec Italy 22 826 791 344 299 229 27 1.8k
Iain M. Morgan United States 29 919 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 694 2.0× 274 0.9× 300 1.3× 89 2.1k
Naoya Ohara Japan 27 1.0k 1.3× 456 0.6× 201 0.6× 480 1.6× 96 0.4× 90 2.4k
Ludovic Huot France 20 862 1.0× 333 0.4× 134 0.4× 381 1.3× 77 0.3× 30 1.6k
Nikolaus Machuy Germany 16 748 0.9× 530 0.7× 87 0.3× 514 1.7× 89 0.4× 21 1.6k
Kevin W. Bruhn United States 24 938 1.1× 365 0.5× 605 1.8× 1.5k 5.0× 246 1.1× 36 2.7k
Zhongtian Qi China 27 1.2k 1.4× 599 0.8× 190 0.6× 422 1.4× 444 1.9× 136 2.6k
Frank Rösl Germany 35 1.3k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 789 2.3× 753 2.5× 454 2.0× 85 2.9k
Alan Huett United Kingdom 19 976 1.2× 727 0.9× 92 0.3× 637 2.1× 158 0.7× 31 2.2k
Takahito Sanada Japan 16 703 0.9× 220 0.3× 279 0.8× 547 1.8× 190 0.8× 25 1.5k
Francesca Paolini Italy 20 385 0.5× 580 0.7× 264 0.8× 323 1.1× 122 0.5× 65 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Kranjec

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

All Works

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Kranjec, Christian, et al.. (2021). A bacteriocin-based treatment option for Staphylococcus haemolyticus biofilms. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13909–13909. 24 indexed citations
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Ovchinnikov, Kirill V., Christian Kranjec, Amar A. Telke, et al.. (2021). A Strong Synergy Between the Thiopeptide Bacteriocin Micrococcin P1 and Rifampicin Against MRSA in a Murine Skin Infection Model. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 676534–676534. 25 indexed citations
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Kranjec, Christian, et al.. (2020). A bacteriocin-based antimicrobial formulation to effectively disrupt the cell viability of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 6(1). 58–58. 42 indexed citations
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Ovchinnikov, Kirill V., Christian Kranjec, Tage Thorstensen, Harald Carlsen, & Dzung B. Diep. (2020). Successful Development of Bacteriocins into Therapeutic Formulation for Treatment of MRSA Skin Infection in a Murine Model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(12). 44 indexed citations
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Murakami, Isao, Nagayasu Egawa, Heather Griffin, et al.. (2019). Roles for E1-independent replication and E6-mediated p53 degradation during low-risk and high-risk human papillomavirus genome maintenance. PLoS Pathogens. 15(5). e1007755–e1007755. 27 indexed citations
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Kranjec, Christian, et al.. (2017). Modulation of basal cell fate during productive and transforming HPV‐16 infection is mediated by progressive E6‐driven depletion of Notch. The Journal of Pathology. 242(4). 448–462. 41 indexed citations
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Periyasamy, Manikandan, Anup K. Singh, Carolina Gemma, et al.. (2017). p53 controls expression of the DNA deaminase APOBEC3B to limit its potential mutagenic activity in cancer cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(19). 11056–11069. 60 indexed citations
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Kranjec, Christian & John Doorbar. (2016). Human papillomavirus infection and induction of neoplasia: a matter of fitness. Current Opinion in Virology. 20. 129–136. 24 indexed citations
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Kranjec, Christian, et al.. (2016). The high-risk HPV E6 target scribble (hScrib) is required for HPV E6 expression in cervical tumour-derived cell lines. Papillomavirus Research. 2. 70–77. 25 indexed citations
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Massimi, Paola, Joaquín Manzo-Merino, Vjekoslav Tomaić, et al.. (2016). Interaction of the Human Papillomavirus E6 Oncoprotein with Sorting Nexin 27 Modulates Endocytic Cargo Transport Pathways. PLoS Pathogens. 12(9). e1005854–e1005854. 44 indexed citations
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Nagasaka, Kazunori, Christian Kranjec, Kei Kawana, et al.. (2015). HPV-16 impairs the subcellular distribution and levels of expression of protein phosphatase 1γ in cervical malignancy. BMC Cancer. 15(1). 230–230. 3 indexed citations
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Doorbar, John, Nagayasu Egawa, Heather Griffin, Christian Kranjec, & Isao Murakami. (2015). Human papillomavirus molecular biology and disease association. Reviews in Medical Virology. 25(S1). 2–23. 624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nagasaka, Kazunori, Aki Yamashita, Paola Massimi, et al.. (2013). A Novel Interaction between hScrib and PP1γ Downregulates ERK Signaling and Suppresses Oncogene-Induced Cell Transformation. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53752–e53752. 24 indexed citations
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Pim, David, Martina Bergant, Siaw Shi Boon, et al.. (2012). Human papillomaviruses and the specificity of PDZ domain targeting. FEBS Journal. 279(19). 3530–3537. 72 indexed citations
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Thomas, Miranda, Christian Kranjec, Kazunori Nagasaka, Greg Matlashewski, & Lawrence Banks. (2011). Analysis of the PDZ binding specificities of Influenza A Virus NS1 proteins. Virology Journal. 8(1). 25–25. 38 indexed citations
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Nagasaka, Kazunori, D. Pim, Paola Massimi, et al.. (2010). The cell polarity regulator hScrib controls ERK activation through a KIM site-dependent interaction. Oncogene. 29(38). 5311–5321. 62 indexed citations
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Nagasaka, Kazunori, Paola Massimi, David Pim, et al.. (2010). The mechanisms and implications of hScrib regulation of ERK. Small GTPases. 1(2). 108–112. 9 indexed citations
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Kranjec, Christian, et al.. (1995). Selective Recognition of the Activated Form of Transcription Factor NF-χB by a Monoclonal Anfibody. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 376(1). 9–16. 86 indexed citations

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