Dana Westphal

3.3k citations

41 papers · 2.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

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Virology top 5%
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Cell death mechanisms and regulation
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Papers in

Molecular Biology 28
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways 12
- Cell death mechanisms and regulation 9
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 5
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research 4
Oncology 9
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers 5

Co-authors: Grant Dewson (9 shared papers)Ruth M. Kluck (7 shared papers)Peter E. Czabotar (7 shared papers)A.Y. Robin (6 shared papers)Peter M. Colman (4 shared papers)Brian J. Smith (3 shared papers)Jerry M. Adams (4 shared papers)Friedegund Meier (18 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Virology (4 papers)Cancers (3 papers)Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2 papers)Neuro-Oncology (2 papers)Cell Death and Disease (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Australia United States

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Dana Westphal

39 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Bax Crystal Structures Reveal How BH3 Domains Activate Bax and Nucleate Its Oligomerization to Induce Apoptosis 2013 · 444 citations

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1	Bax Crystal Structures Reveal How BH3 Domains Activate Bax and Nucleate Its Oligomerization to Induce Apoptosis Cell ·Peter E. Czabotar, Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, Stephen Ma, Colin Hockings, W. Douglas Fairlie, Erinna F. Lee, Shenggen Yao, A.Y. Robin, Brian J. Smith, David C.S. Huang, Ruth M. Kluck, Jerry M. Adams, Peter M. Colman Hit paper breakdown →	2013	444
2	Molecular biology of Bax and Bak activation and action Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, Peter E. Czabotar, Ruth M. Kluck	2010	430
3	Building blocks of the apoptotic pore: how Bax and Bak are activated and oligomerize during apoptosis Cell Death and Differentiation ·Dana Westphal, Ruth M. Kluck, Grant Dewson	2013	337
4	Bak Core and Latch Domains Separate during Activation, and Freed Core Domains Form Symmetric Homodimers Molecular Cell ·Jason M. Brouwer, Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, A.Y. Robin, Rachel T. Uren, Ray C. Bartolo, Geoff Thompson, Peter M. Colman, Ruth M. Kluck, Peter E. Czabotar	2014	128
5	Apoptotic pore formation is associated with in-plane insertion of Bak or Bax central helices into the mitochondrial outer membrane Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, Marie Ménard, Paul Frederick, Sweta Iyer, Ray C. Bartolo, Leonie Gibson, Peter E. Czabotar, Brian J. Smith, Jerry M. Adams, Ruth M. Kluck	2014	91
6	Immunomodulatory effects of BRAF and MEK inhibitors: Implications for Melanoma therapy Pharmacological Research ·M. Kuske, Dana Westphal, Rebekka Wehner, Marc Schmitz, Stefan Beissert, Christian Praetorius, Friedegund Meier	2018	89
7	Bidirectional Crosstalk Between Cancer Stem Cells and Immune Cell Subsets Frontiers in Immunology ·Luise Müller, Antje Tunger, Ioana Plesca, Rebekka Wehner, Achim Temme, Dana Westphal, Friedegund Meier, Michael Bachmann, Marc Schmitz	2020	73
8	A Novel Bcl-2-Like Inhibitor of Apoptosis Is Encoded by the Parapoxvirus Orf Virus Journal of Virology ·Dana Westphal, Elizabeth C. Ledgerwood, Merilyn Hibma, Stephen B. Fleming, Ellena M. Whelan, Andrew A. Mercer	2007	69
9	Restriction of Foamy Viruses by Primate Trim5α Journal of Virology ·Melvyn W. Yap, Dirk Lindemann, Nicole Stanke, Juliane Reh, Dana Westphal, Helmut Hanenberg, Sadayuki Ohkura, Jonathan P. Stoye	2008	56
10	Crystal structure of Bax bound to the BH3 peptide of Bim identifies important contacts for interaction Cell Death and Disease ·A.Y. Robin, K K Saji Kumar, Dana Westphal, Ahmad Z. Wardak, Geoff Thompson, Grant Dewson, Peter M. Colman, Peter E. Czabotar	2015	55
11	Systemic Therapy of Metastatic Melanoma: On the Road to Cure Cancers ·Julian Steininger, Frank Friedrich Gellrich, Alexander Schulz, Dana Westphal, Stefan Beissert, Friedegund Meier	2021	55
12	Bak apoptotic pores involve a flexible C-terminal region and juxtaposition of the C-terminal transmembrane domains Cell Death and Differentiation ·Sweta Iyer, F. Bell, Dana Westphal, Khatira Anwari, Jacqueline M. Gulbis, Brian J. Smith, Grant Dewson, Ruth M. Kluck	2015	50
13	The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as a preventive target in melanoma brain metastasis Neuro-Oncology ·Cedric Tehranian, Laura Fankhauser, Patrick N. Harter, Colin D.H. Ratcliffe, Pia S. Zeiner, Julia M. Messmer, Dirk C. Hoffmann, Katharina Frey, Dana Westphal, Michael Ronellenfitsch, Erik Sahai, Wolfgang Wick, Matthia A. Karreman, Frank Winkler	2021	48
14	Prototype Foamy Virus Envelope Glycoprotein Leader Peptide Processing Is Mediated by a Furin-Like Cellular Protease, but Cleavage Is Not Essential for Viral Infectivity Journal of Virology ·Anja Duda, Annett Stange, Daniel Lüftenegger, Nicole Stanke, Dana Westphal, Thomas Pietschmann, Scott W. Eastman, Maxine L. Linial, Axel Rethwilm, Dirk Lindemann	2004	44
15	BAX Activation: Mutations Near Its Proposed Non-canonical BH3 Binding Site Reveal Allosteric Changes Controlling Mitochondrial Association Cell Reports ·Michael A. Dengler, A.Y. Robin, Leonie Gibson, Xiang Li, Jarrod J. Sandow, Sweta Iyer, Andrew I. Webb, Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, Jerry M. Adams	2019	40
16	The orf virus inhibitor of apoptosis functions in a Bcl-2-like manner, binding and neutralizing a set of BH3-only proteins and active Bax APOPTOSIS ·Dana Westphal, Elizabeth C. Ledgerwood, Joel D. A. Tyndall, Merilyn Hibma, Norihito Ueda, Stephen B. Fleming, Andrew A. Mercer	2009	35
17	BRAF Inhibitors Amplify the Proapoptotic Activity of MEK Inhibitors by Inducing ER Stress in NRAS-Mutant Melanoma Clinical Cancer Research ·Heike Niessner, Tobias Sinnberg, Corinna Kosnopfel, Keiran S.M. Smalley, Daniela Beck, Christian Praetorius, Marion Mai, Stefan Beissert, Dagmar Kulms, Martin Schaller, Claus Garbe, Keith T. Flaherty, Dana Westphal, Ines Wanke, Friedegund Meier	2017	34
18	Molecular insights into melanoma brain metastases Cancer ·Dana Westphal, Isabella C. Glitza Oliva, Heike Niessner	2017	33
19	Murine Norovirus Replication Induces G₀/G₁Cell Cycle Arrest in Asynchronously Growing Cells Journal of Virology ·Colin Davies, Chris M. Brown, Dana Westphal, Joanna M. Ward, Vernon K. Ward	2015	28
20	Deep learning-based scoring of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes is prognostic in primary melanoma and predictive to PD-1 checkpoint inhibition in melanoma metastases EBioMedicine ·Eftychia Chatziioannou, Jana Roßner, Thazin New Aung, David L. Rimm, Heike Niessner, Ulrike Keim, Lina María Serna-Higuita, Irina Bonzheim, Luis Kuhn Cuellar, Dana Westphal, Julian Steininger, Friedegund Meier, Oltin T. Pop, Stephan Forchhammer, Lukas Flatz, Thomas Eigentler, Claus Garbe, Martin Röcken, Teresa Amaral, Tobias Sinnberg	2023	27

About Dana Westphal

Dana Westphal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Genetics, having authored 41 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (12 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (9 papers), Brain Metastases and Treatment (6 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (133 citations), Molecular Biology (1.6k citations), Immunology (366 citations), Oncology (469 citations) and Cancer Research (201 citations). Dana Westphal has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Grant Dewson, Ruth M. Kluck, Peter E. Czabotar, A.Y. Robin, Peter M. Colman, Brian J. Smith, Jerry M. Adams, Friedegund Meier, Shenggen Yao and Colin Hockings. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Cancers, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, Neuro-Oncology and Cell Death and Disease.

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