Clara Dees

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Clara Dees is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Dees has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Clara Dees's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (63 papers), Mast cells and histamine (20 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (18 papers). Clara Dees is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (63 papers), Mast cells and histamine (20 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (18 papers). Clara Dees collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Czechia. Clara Dees's co-authors include Jörg H. W. Distler, Oliver Distler, Georg Schett, Christian Beyer, Alfiya Akhmetshina, Pawel Zerr, Jochen Zwerina, Alfiya Distler, Katrin Palumbo and Michal Tomčík and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Clara Dees

82 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Activation of canonical Wnt signalling is required for TGF-β-mediated fibrosis

2012 679 citations Alfiya Akhmetshina, Katrin Palumbo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clara Dees Germany	43	2.5k	2.2k	1.3k	1.2k	793	85	5.8k
Swati Bhattacharyya United States	34	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	804 0.6×	760 0.7×	543 0.7×	56	3.5k
Alfiya Akhmetshina Germany	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	724 0.6×	664 0.6×	587 0.7×	37	3.6k
Pawel Zerr Germany	31	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	769 0.6×	662 0.6×	486 0.6×	39	3.4k
George Bou–Gharios United Kingdom	44	3.4k 1.3×	842 0.4×	927 0.7×	578 0.5×	381 0.5×	158	6.6k
Astrid Jüngel Switzerland	37	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	546 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	453 0.6×	67	4.6k
Franck Verrecchia France	40	3.4k 1.3×	749 0.3×	919 0.7×	718 0.6×	494 0.6×	99	6.2k
Maria Trojanowska United States	61	4.6k 1.8×	4.0k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.7k 2.1×	171	10.0k
Hitoshi Okochi Japan	36	3.1k 1.2×	722 0.3×	474 0.4×	942 0.8×	571 0.7×	108	6.3k
Gaetano Magro Italy	39	1.5k 0.6×	792 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	506 0.4×	768 1.0×	300	5.7k
Joseph H. Korn United States	36	951 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	696 0.5×	654 0.6×	737 0.9×	71	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Clara Dees

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clara Dees

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Zhu, Honglin, Yinan Li, Clara Dees, et al.. (2024). Disturbed Spatial WNT Activation—A Potential Driver of the Reticularized Skin Phenotype in Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 77(6). 740–749. 1 indexed citations

Györfi, Andrea‐Hermina, Alexandru‐Emil Matei, Maximilian Fuchs, et al.. (2021). Engrailed 1 coordinates cytoskeletal reorganization to induce myofibroblast differentiation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(9). 33 indexed citations

Zhang, Yun, Honglin Zhu, Xiang Zhou, et al.. (2020). PGC-1α regulates autophagy to promote fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 79(9). 1227–1233. 31 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Debomita, Honglin Zhu, Astrid Jüngel, et al.. (2020). Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 activates a network of profibrotic signaling pathways to promote fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Science Translational Medicine. 12(563). 36 indexed citations

Léger, Bertrand, Clara Dees, Christian Beyer, et al.. (2020). Translational engagement of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 in skin fibrosis: from dermal fibroblasts of patients with scleroderma to tight skin 1 mouse. British Journal of Pharmacology. 177(18). 4296–4309. 20 indexed citations

Mallano, Tatjana, Katrin Palumbo‐Zerr, Christian Beyer, et al.. (2016). SAT0186 The Homeoprotein Engrailed-1 Regulates Canonical TGF-β Signaling via Fibroblast Differentiation and Tissue Fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75. 735–736. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Ruifang, Barbora Šumová, Cinzia Cordazzo, et al.. (2016). The transcription factor GLI2 as a downstream mediator of transforming growth factor-β-induced fibroblast activation in SSc. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76(4). 756–764. 39 indexed citations

Lin, Neng‐Yu, Alfiya Distler, Christian Beyer, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of Notch1 promotes hedgehog signalling in a HES1-dependent manner in chondrocytes and exacerbates experimental osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(11). 2037–2044. 36 indexed citations

Tomčík, Michal, Katrin Palumbo‐Zerr, Pawel Zerr, et al.. (2015). Tribbles homologue 3 stimulates canonical TGF-β signalling to regulate fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(3). 609–616. 36 indexed citations

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Wohlfahrt, Thomas, Matthias Englbrecht, Clara Dees, et al.. (2015). Type 2 innate lymphoid cell counts are increased in patients with systemic sclerosis and correlate with the extent of fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(3). 623–626. 66 indexed citations

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Distler, Alfiya, Christian Beyer, Neng‐Yu Lin, et al.. (2013). Inactivation of evenness interrupted (EVI) reduces experimental fibrosis by combined inhibition of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signalling. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 73(3). 624–627. 26 indexed citations

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Distler, Alfiya, Lisa Deloch, Jingang Huang, et al.. (2012). Inactivation of tankyrases reduces experimental fibrosis by inhibiting canonical Wnt signalling. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 72(9). 1575–1580. 75 indexed citations

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Distler, Alfiya, Veronika Lang, Clara Dees, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of sumoylation prevents experimental fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 71(11). 1904–1908. 32 indexed citations

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Krönke, Gerhard, Nicole Reich, Carina Scholtysek, et al.. (2012). The 12/15-lipoxygenase pathway counteracts fibroblast activation and experimental fibrosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 71(6). 1081–1087. 33 indexed citations

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Zerr, Pawel, Alfiya Distler, Katrin Palumbo‐Zerr, et al.. (2012). Combined Inhibition of c-Abl and PDGF Receptors for Prevention and Treatment of Murine Sclerodermatous Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 181(5). 1672–1680. 24 indexed citations

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Dees, Clara, Alfiya Akhmetshina, Pawel Zerr, et al.. (2011). Platelet-derived serotonin links vascular disease and tissue fibrosis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(5). 961–972. 207 indexed citations

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Dees, Clara, Michal Tomčík, Pawel Zerr, et al.. (2011). Notch signalling regulates fibroblast activation and collagen release in systemic sclerosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 70(7). 1304–1310. 116 indexed citations

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Reich, Nicole, Christian Beyer, Kolja Gelse, et al.. (2010). Microparticles stimulate angiogenesis by inducing ELR+ CXC-chemokines in synovial fibroblasts. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 15(4). 756–762. 46 indexed citations

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Reich, Nicole, Britta Maurer, Alfiya Akhmetshina, et al.. (2009). The transcription factor Fra‐2 regulates the production of extracellular matrix in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 62(1). 280–290. 94 indexed citations

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Siepmann, Kirsten, Clara Dees, Linda Duncan, et al.. (1999). Fas-Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis within aqueous during idiopathic acute anterior uveitis.. PubMed. 40(10). 2258–67. 30 indexed citations

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