Dietmar Zechner

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dietmar Zechner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Dietmar Zechner has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Oncology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Dietmar Zechner's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers), Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (9 papers) and Animal testing and alternatives (8 papers). Dietmar Zechner is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers), Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia (9 papers) and Animal testing and alternatives (8 papers). Dietmar Zechner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Dietmar Zechner's co-authors include Walter Birchmeier, Yasuyuki Fujita, Christopher C. Glembotski, Patrick M. McDonough, Roger A. Sabbadini, Brigitte Vollmar, Thomas Sommer, Jürgen Behrens, Martin Scheffner and Gerd Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Dietmar Zechner

69 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Hakai, a c-Cbl-like protein, ubiquitinates and induces endocytosis of the E-cadherin complex

2002 693 citations Yasuyuki Fujita, Dietmar Zechner et al. profile →
Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. Involvement of the sphingolipid signaling cascade in cardiac cell death.

1996 623 citations Dietmar Zechner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dietmar Zechner Germany	23	2.5k	621	560	511	335	71	3.7k
Attila Braun Germany	37	1.7k 0.7×	682 1.1×	454 0.8×	412 0.8×	255 0.8×	75	4.4k
Despina Sanoudou Greece	37	2.8k 1.1×	448 0.7×	1.0k 1.9×	265 0.5×	404 1.2×	123	4.6k
Vincent Sauzeau France	27	1.8k 0.7×	468 0.8×	509 0.9×	271 0.5×	430 1.3×	51	3.3k
Stefania Petrini Italy	34	2.2k 0.9×	352 0.6×	312 0.6×	353 0.7×	283 0.8×	127	3.7k
Hisakazu Ogita Japan	38	2.4k 1.0×	799 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	465 0.9×	439 1.3×	100	4.9k
Athanassia Sotiropoulos France	26	2.3k 0.9×	700 1.1×	251 0.4×	495 1.0×	315 0.9×	42	3.4k
José M. Vicencio United Kingdom	28	2.3k 0.9×	542 0.9×	502 0.9×	208 0.4×	307 0.9×	40	3.7k
Benjamin J. Wilkins United States	31	3.0k 1.2×	344 0.6×	1.4k 2.5×	408 0.8×	753 2.2×	66	4.2k
Shin‐Ichi Osada Japan	37	3.7k 1.5×	808 1.3×	265 0.5×	542 1.1×	212 0.6×	99	5.1k
Lori A. Walker United States	34	1.7k 0.7×	280 0.5×	1.1k 2.0×	318 0.6×	462 1.4×	102	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dietmar Zechner

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Schulz, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Burrowing Behavior as Robust Parameter for Early Humane Endpoint Determination in Murine Models for Pancreatic Cancer. Animals. 15(9). 1241–1241. 1 indexed citations

Zechner, Dietmar, et al.. (2024). Effects of triggers of senescence and senolysis in murine pancreatic cancer cells. Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international. 23(6). 628–637. 4 indexed citations

Talbot, Steven R., Bernd J. Krause, Robert Jaster, et al.. (2024). Evidence-Based Severity Assessment of Animal Models for Pancreatic Cancer. Biomedicines. 12(7). 1494–1494. 3 indexed citations

Talbot, Steven R., Benjamin Schulz, Christine Häger, et al.. (2023). Robustness of a multivariate composite score when evaluating distress of animal models for gastrointestinal diseases. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2605–2605. 7 indexed citations

Ma, Yixuan, Weibo Kong, Peter Bauer, et al.. (2022). The Inhibitory Response to PI3K/AKT Pathway Inhibitors MK-2206 and Buparlisib Is Related to Genetic Differences in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(8). 4295–4295. 8 indexed citations

Stenzel, Jan, Tobias Lindner, Xianbin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Targeting pancreatic cancer with combinatorial treatment of CPI-613 and inhibitors of lactate metabolism. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0266601–e0266601. 12 indexed citations

Shang, Yuru, Xianbin Zhang, Lili Lu, et al.. (2021). Pharmaceutical immunoglobulin G impairs anti-carcinoma activity of oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells. British Journal of Cancer. 124(8). 1411–1420. 10 indexed citations

Graf, Rolf, Margarete Arras, Dietmar Zechner, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Pain and Analgesia Protocols in Acute Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis in Male C57BL/6 Mice. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 744638–744638. 9 indexed citations

Zechner, Dietmar, et al.. (2021). Voluntary wheel running behaviour as a tool to assess the severity in a mouse pancreatic cancer model. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0261662–e0261662. 3 indexed citations

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Nölte, Ingo, et al.. (2021). Establishment and Characterization of FusionRed Stable Transfected Canine Prostate Adenocarcinoma and Transitional Cell Carcinoma Cells. In Vivo. 36(1). 170–179. 1 indexed citations

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Xiao, Ke, Nicole Ernst, Rupert Palme, et al.. (2020). MicroRNAs as systemic biomarkers to assess distress in animal models for gastrointestinal diseases. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16931–16931. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianbin, et al.. (2019). Metformin and LW6 impairs pancreatic cancer cells and reduces nuclear localization of YAP1. Journal of Cancer. 11(2). 479–487. 12 indexed citations

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Vollmar, Brigitte, et al.. (2019). Galloflavin Plus Metformin Treatment Impairs Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Anticancer Research. 40(1). 153–160. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianbin, et al.. (2019). A novel multi-parametric analysis of non-invasive methods to assess animal distress during chronic pancreatitis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14084–14084. 17 indexed citations

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Pereira, Carina Barbosa, René H. Tolba, Dietmar Zechner, et al.. (2018). Remote Welfare Monitoring of Rodents Using Thermal Imaging. Sensors. 18(11). 3653–3653. 33 indexed citations

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Grambow, Eberhard, et al.. (2013). Contribution of Protein Z and Protein Z-Dependent Protease Inhibitor in Generalized Shwartzman Reaction. Critical Care Medicine. 41(12). e447–e456. 12 indexed citations

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Zechner, Dietmar, Yasuyuki Fujita, Jörg Hülsken, et al.. (2003). β-Catenin signals regulate cell growth and the balance between progenitor cell expansion and differentiation in the nervous system. Developmental Biology. 258(2). 406–418. 403 indexed citations

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Soshnikova, Natalia, Dietmar Zechner, Joerg Huelsken, et al.. (2003). Genetic interaction between Wnt/β-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal–ventral axis in the limb. Genes & Development. 17(16). 1963–1968. 117 indexed citations

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Thuerauf, Donna J., et al.. (1998). p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Mediates the Transcriptional Induction of the Atrial Natriuretic Factor Gene through a Serum Response Element. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(32). 20636–20643. 110 indexed citations

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Zechner, Dietmar, et al.. (1998). The Raf-MEK-ERK Cascade Represents a Common Pathway for Alteration of Intracellular Calcium by Ras and Protein Kinase C in Cardiac Myocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(34). 21730–21735. 66 indexed citations

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