Christoph Heier

2.2k total citations
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christoph Heier is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Heier has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biochemistry, 20 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Heier's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (31 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers). Christoph Heier is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (31 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers). Christoph Heier collaborates with scholars based in Austria, China and Germany. Christoph Heier's co-authors include Robert Zimmermann, Ronald P. Kühnlein, Rudolf Zechner, Achim Lass, Guenter Haemmerle, Martina Schweiger, Hao Xie, Monika Oberer, Thomas O. Eichmann and G Grabner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Heier

39 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers

Christoph Heier

BIOCH

PHYSI

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Franz P.W. Radner Austria

Torben Østerlund Sweden

Norbert Tennagels Germany

Marion B. Sewer United States

Aki Uchida United States

Manju Kumari India

Stéphane Fourcade Spain

S.M. Hutson United States

Tong‐Jin Zhao China

Dorte Holst Denmark

Franz P.W. Radner Austria

Christoph Heier

704 ×0.9

BIOCH

669 ×1.0

570 ×1.0

PHYSI

280 ×1.2

SURGE

378 ×1.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Heier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Heier, Christoph, et al.. (2025). Human transmembrane protein 68 links triacylglycerol synthesis to membrane lipid homeostasis. FEBS Journal. 292(11). 2935–2952. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunyan, et al.. (2025). Loss of the acyltransferase TMEM68 leads to growth delay and dysregulation of triacylglycerol and glycerophospholipid homeostasis in the mouse brain. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1870(5). 159622–159622.

Hofer, Peter, G Grabner, Hao Xie, et al.. (2023). Cooperative lipolytic control of neuronal triacylglycerol by spastic paraplegia-associated enzyme DDHD2 and ATGL. Journal of Lipid Research. 64(11). 100457–100457. 9 indexed citations

Heier, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Drosophila Lipase 3 Mediates the Metabolic Response to Starvation and Aging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 800153–800153. 8 indexed citations

Kulminskaya, Natalia, Christoph Heier, Peter Hofer, et al.. (2021). Optimized expression and purification of adipose triglyceride lipase improved hydrolytic and transacylation activities in vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(4). 101206–101206. 20 indexed citations

Heier, Christoph, Oskar Knittelfelder, Harald F. Hofbauer, et al.. (2021). Hormone-sensitive lipase couples intergenerational sterol metabolism to reproductive success. eLife. 10. 13 indexed citations

Kolleritsch, Stephanie, Gabriele Schoiswohl, Clemens Diwoky, et al.. (2019). Low cardiac lipolysis reduces mitochondrial fission and prevents lipotoxic heart dysfunction in Perilipin 5 mutant mice. Cardiovascular Research. 116(2). 339–352. 44 indexed citations

Xu, Yanjun, et al.. (2019). Chronic dysfunction of Stromal interaction molecule by pulsed RNAi induction in fat tissue impairs organismal energy homeostasis in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6989–6989. 11 indexed citations

Heier, Christoph, et al.. (2017). The phospholipase PNPLA7 functions as a lysophosphatidylcholine hydrolase and interacts with lipid droplets through its catalytic domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(46). 19087–19098. 27 indexed citations

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Chang, Pingan, et al.. (2017). Molecular identification of transmembrane protein 68 as an endoplasmic reticulum-anchored and brain-specific protein. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0176980–e0176980. 12 indexed citations

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Heier, Christoph, Ulrike Taschler, Maja Radulovic, et al.. (2016). Monoacylglycerol Lipases Act as Evolutionarily Conserved Regulators of Non-oxidative Ethanol Metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(22). 11865–11875. 13 indexed citations

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Heier, Christoph & Guenter Haemmerle. (2016). Fat in the heart: The enzymatic machinery regulating cardiac triacylglycerol metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1861(10). 1500–1512. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haowen, Hao Xie, Zhiyuan Tang, et al.. (2016). Salicylic acid retention impairs aspirin reactivity in type 2 diabetes. European Journal of Pharmacology. 794. 234–245. 7 indexed citations

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Grabner, G, Ulrike Taschler, Oskar Knittelfelder, et al.. (2015). α/β Hydrolase Domain-containing 6 (ABHD6) Degrades the Late Endosomal/Lysosomal Lipid Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(50). 29869–29881. 41 indexed citations

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Eichmann, Thomas O., Ulrike Taschler, Jürgen Hartler, et al.. (2015). ATGL and CGI-58 are lipid droplet proteins of the hepatic stellate cell line HSC-T6. Journal of Lipid Research. 56(10). 1972–1984. 35 indexed citations

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Heier, Christoph, Franz P.W. Radner, Tarek Moustafa, et al.. (2015). G0/G1 Switch Gene 2 Regulates Cardiac Lipolysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(43). 26141–26150. 33 indexed citations

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Paar, Margret, Christoph Heier, Tarek Moustafa, et al.. (2014). Adipose triglyceride lipase activity is inhibited by long-chain acyl-coenzyme A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1841(4). 588–594. 55 indexed citations

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Thiel, Katharina, Christoph Heier, Peter Thul, et al.. (2013). The evolutionary conserved protein CG9186 is associated with lipid droplets, required for their positioning and for fat storage. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 10). 2198–212. 45 indexed citations

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Pollak, Nina M., Martina Schweiger, Doris Jaeger, et al.. (2013). Cardiac-specific overexpression of perilipin 5 provokes severe cardiac steatosis via the formation of a lipolytic barrier. Journal of Lipid Research. 54(4). 1092–1102. 101 indexed citations

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Heier, Christoph, Ulrike Taschler, Srinivasan Rengachari, et al.. (2010). Identification of Yju3p as functional orthologue of mammalian monoglyceride lipase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1801(9). 1063–1071. 55 indexed citations

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