Dirk Pohlers

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Dirk Pohlers is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Pohlers has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Rheumatology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Pohlers's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (12 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (5 papers). Dirk Pohlers is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (12 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (5 papers). Dirk Pohlers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, New Zealand and Spain. Dirk Pohlers's co-authors include Raimund W. Kinne, Ivonne Löffler, Günter Wolf, Andreas Stallmach, Carola Leipner, Julia Brenmoehl, Stefan Schultze–Mosgau, Dirk Koczan, René Huber and Reinhard Guthke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Pohlers

26 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. TGF-β and fibrosis in different organs — molecular pathway imprints
    2009 513 citations Dirk Pohlers, Julia Brenmoehl et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease profile →

Peers

Dirk Pohlers
Nicola Maruotti Italy
Masamichi Sugimoto Japan
Masahiko Katayama Japan
Masahide Yamamoto Japan
Olivier Harari United Kingdom
Tue Wenzel Kragstrup Denmark
Jun Murakami Japan
Fanlei Hu China
Anne Crilly United Kingdom
Hans P. Kiener Austria
Nicola Maruotti Italy
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Pohlers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dirk Pohlers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dirk Pohlers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dirk Pohlers. Dirk Pohlers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huber, René, Holger Kirsten, Annu Näkki, et al.. (2019). Association of Human FOS Promoter Variants with the Occurrence of Knee-Osteoarthritis in a Case Control Association Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(6). 1382–1382. 10 indexed citations
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Ondruschka, Benjamin, Michaël Bernhard, Heike Franke, et al.. (2018). Post-mortem in situ stability of serum markers of cerebral damage and acute phase response. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 133(3). 871–881. 22 indexed citations
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Ondruschka, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Acute phase response after fatal traumatic brain injury. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 132(2). 531–539. 41 indexed citations
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Dreßler, Jan, et al.. (2018). Post-mortem biochemistry of NSE and S100B: A supplemental tool for detecting a lethal traumatic brain injury?. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 55. 65–73. 33 indexed citations
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Ondruschka, Benjamin, Dirk Pohlers, Gerald Sommer, et al.. (2013). S100B and NSE as Useful Postmortem Biochemical Markers of Traumatic Brain Injury in Autopsy Cases. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(22). 1862–1871. 39 indexed citations
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Geurts, Jeroen, Dirk Pohlers, Onno J. Arntz, et al.. (2011). A novel Saa3-promoter reporter distinguishes inflammatory subtypes in experimental arthritis and human synovial fibroblasts. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 70(7). 1311–1319. 20 indexed citations
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Anderson, Rebecca Cogwell, Àngels Franch, Margarida Castell, et al.. (2010). Liposomal encapsulation enhances and prolongs the anti-inflammatory effects of water-soluble dexamethasone phosphate in experimental adjuvant arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 12(4). R147–R147. 71 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, Julia Brenmoehl, Ivonne Löffler, et al.. (2009). TGF-β and fibrosis in different organs — molecular pathway imprints. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1792(8). 746–756. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pretzel, David, Dirk Pohlers, Sönke Weinert, & Raimund W. Kinne. (2009). In vitromodel for the analysis of synovial fibroblast-mediated degradation of intact cartilage. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 11(1). R25–R25. 46 indexed citations
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Huber, René, Dirk Pohlers, Dirk Koczan, et al.. (2009). Adapted Boolean network models for extracellular matrix formation. BMC Systems Biology. 3(1). 77–77. 14 indexed citations
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Huber, René, Christian Hummert, Ulrike Gausmann, et al.. (2008). Identification of intra-group, inter-individual, and gene-specific variances in mRNA expression profiles in the rheumatoid arthritis synovial membrane. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 10(4). R98–R98. 82 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, Andreas Beyer, Dirk Koczan, et al.. (2007). Constitutive upregulation of the transforming growth factor-β pathway in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 9(3). R59–R59. 105 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, et al.. (2006). Expression of platelet‐derived growth factors C and D in the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54(3). 788–794. 33 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, Angela Siegling, Eberhard Buchner, et al.. (2005). Expression of cytokine mRNA and protein in joints and lymphoid organs during the course of rat antigen-induced arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 7(3). R445–57. 18 indexed citations
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Kunisch, Elke, et al.. (2002). Was kann die experimentelle Forschung der Rheumatologie heute bieten - die Sichtweise der Molekularbiologie?. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 61(0). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, Carsten B. Schmidt‐Weber, Àngels Franch, et al.. (2002). Differential clinical efficacy of anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies in rat adjuvant arthritis is paralleled by differential influence on NF-κB binding activity and TNF-α secretion of T cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 4(3). 184–9. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Weber, Carsten B., Dirk Pohlers, Angela Siegling, et al.. (1999). Cytokine Gene Activation in Synovial Membrane, Regional Lymph Nodes, and Spleen during the Course of Rat Adjuvant Arthritis. Cellular Immunology. 195(1). 53–65. 31 indexed citations
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Pohlers, Dirk, et al.. (1999). 3-Amino-5-phenoxythiophenes:  Syntheses and Structure−Function Studies of a Novel Class of Inhibitors of Cellularl-Triiodothyronine Uptake. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 42(10). 1849–1854. 3 indexed citations

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