Christian Schlein

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Christian Schlein is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schlein has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Physiology, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christian Schlein's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers). Christian Schlein is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers). Christian Schlein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Christian Schlein's co-authors include Jöerg Heeren, Ludger Scheja, Alexander W. Fischer, Markus Heine, Alexander Bartelt, Anna Worthmann, Stefan K. Nilsson, Clara John, Caroline Jung and Jimmy F.P. Berbée and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schlein

23 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development

2015 324 citations Jimmy F.P. Berbée, Mariëtte R. Boon et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Schlein Germany	15	1.0k	575	528	330	177	23	1.6k
Miroslav Baláž Slovakia	19	1.1k 1.1×	475 0.8×	558 1.1×	210 0.6×	210 1.2×	47	1.6k
Rubén Cereijo Spain	21	1.7k 1.7×	507 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	481 1.5×	160 0.9×	44	2.3k
Takamasa Higashimori United States	13	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 2.0×	766 1.5×	253 0.8×	213 1.2×	15	2.3k
Nanlan Luo United States	14	781 0.8×	626 1.1×	1.1k 2.0×	332 1.0×	68 0.4×	16	1.9k
Steve Risis Australia	12	752 0.7×	729 1.3×	540 1.0×	100 0.3×	144 0.8×	14	1.5k
Teresa Mampel Spain	25	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	606 1.1×	232 0.7×	296 1.7×	58	2.4k
Véronic Bézaire Canada	21	1.4k 1.3×	793 1.4×	251 0.5×	168 0.5×	474 2.7×	23	1.9k
Myeong Jin Yoon United States	7	941 0.9×	799 1.4×	680 1.3×	153 0.5×	62 0.4×	8	2.2k
Sindre Lee-Ødegård Norway	18	768 0.8×	523 0.9×	276 0.5×	107 0.3×	221 1.2×	51	1.3k
Anna G. Holmes Australia	9	1.1k 1.1×	732 1.3×	443 0.8×	112 0.3×	287 1.6×	9	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Schlein

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Jaeckstein, Michelle Y., Anne Hoffmann, Markus Heine, et al.. (2022). Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine. Nature. 609(7926). 361–368. 101 indexed citations

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Evangelakos, Ioannis, Christian Schlein, Clara John, et al.. (2022). Cold-Induced Lipoprotein Clearance in Cyp7b1-Deficient Mice. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 836741–836741. 4 indexed citations

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Zaremba, Anne, Friedegund Meier, Christian Schlein, et al.. (2022). Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 35(6). 573–586. 1 indexed citations

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Sass, Frederike, Christian Schlein, Michelle Y. Jaeckstein, et al.. (2021). TFEB deficiency attenuates mitochondrial degradation upon brown adipose tissue whitening at thermoneutrality. Molecular Metabolism. 47. 101173–101173. 23 indexed citations

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Fischer, Alexander W., Janina Behrens, Frederike Sass, et al.. (2020). Brown adipose tissue lipoprotein and glucose disposal is not determined by thermogenesis in uncoupling protein 1-deficient mice. Journal of Lipid Research. 61(11). 1377–1389. 15 indexed citations

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Fischer, Alexander W., Jasper M. A. de Jong, Frederike Sass, et al.. (2020). Thermoneutrality-Induced Macrophage Accumulation in Brown Adipose Tissue Does Not Impair the Tissue’s Competence for Cold-Induced Thermogenic Recruitment. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 568682–568682. 14 indexed citations

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Fischer, Alexander W., Christian Schlein, Frederike Sass, et al.. (2019). PID1 regulates insulin-dependent glucose uptake by controlling intracellular sorting of GLUT4-storage vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(6). 1592–1603. 16 indexed citations

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Kraef, Christian, Christian Schlein, Jens Hiller, et al.. (2018). Course of HEV viremia and anti-HEV IgM/IgG response in asymptomatic blood donors. Journal of Clinical Virology. 105. 26–30. 24 indexed citations

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Bartelt, Alexander, Scott B. Widenmaier, Christian Schlein, et al.. (2018). Brown adipose tissue thermogenic adaptation requires Nrf1-mediated proteasomal activity. Nature Medicine. 24(3). 292–303. 139 indexed citations

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Heine, Markus, Alexander W. Fischer, Christian Schlein, et al.. (2018). Lipolysis Triggers a Systemic Insulin Response Essential for Efficient Energy Replenishment of Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in Mice. Cell Metabolism. 28(4). 644–655.e4. 130 indexed citations

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Heine, Markus, Christian Schlein, Rajasekhar Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2018). FoxO transcription factors are required for hepatic HDL cholesterol clearance. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(4). 1615–1626. 14 indexed citations

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Heine, Markus, Alexander W. Fischer, Christian Schlein, et al.. (2018). Lipolysis Triggers a Systemic Insulin Response Essential for Efficient Energy Replenishment of Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in Mice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Worthmann, Anna, Clara John, Malte Rühlemann, et al.. (2017). Cold-induced conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in mice shapes the gut microbiome and promotes adaptive thermogenesis. Nature Medicine. 23(7). 839–849. 227 indexed citations

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Bartelt, Alexander, Clara John, Nicola Schaltenberg, et al.. (2017). Thermogenic adipocytes promote HDL turnover and reverse cholesterol transport. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15010–15010. 111 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, Mark J. W. Hanssen, Franziska Siegel, et al.. (2016). Exosomal microRNA miR-92a concentration in serum reflects human brown fat activity. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11420–11420. 146 indexed citations

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Schlein, Christian & Jöerg Heeren. (2016). Implications of thermogenic adipose tissues for metabolic health. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 30(4). 487–496. 9 indexed citations

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Schlein, Christian, Saswata Talukdar, Markus Heine, et al.. (2016). FGF21 Lowers Plasma Triglycerides by Accelerating Lipoprotein Catabolism in White and Brown Adipose Tissues. Cell Metabolism. 23(3). 441–453. 200 indexed citations

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Wagner, Tobias, Alexander Bartelt, Christian Schlein, & Jöerg Heeren. (2015). Genetic Dissection of Tissue-Specific Apolipoprotein E Function for Hypercholesterolemia and Diet-Induced Obesity. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0145102–e0145102. 16 indexed citations

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Berbée, Jimmy F.P., Mariëtte R. Boon, Padmini P. S. J. Khedoe, et al.. (2015). Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6356–6356. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlein, Christian, Peter Lohse, Alexander Bartelt, et al.. (2014). Homozygosity for a partial deletion of apoprotein A-V signal peptide results in intracellular missorting of the protein and chylomicronemia in a breast-fed infant. Atherosclerosis. 233(1). 97–103. 22 indexed citations

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