Eduard Willms

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Eduard Willms is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Eduard Willms has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Eduard Willms's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (12 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Eduard Willms is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (12 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Eduard Willms collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Eduard Willms's co-authors include Pieter Vader, Matthew J. A. Wood, Imre Mäger, Carlos Cabañas, Samir EL Andaloussi, Smith Rjh, Amr Alaarg, Yi Lee, Henrik J. Johansson and Janne Lehtiö and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Eduard Willms

12 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Cells release subpopulations of exosomes with distinct molecular and biological properties
    2016 743 citations Eduard Willms, Henrik J. Johansson et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  2. Extracellular Vesicle Heterogeneity: Subpopulations, Isolation Techniques, and Diverse Functions in Cancer Progression
    2018 733 citations Eduard Willms, Carlos Cabañas et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eduard Willms Australia 10 1.7k 917 249 226 158 12 1.8k
Xabier Osteikoetxea Hungary 15 1.6k 1.0× 755 0.8× 237 1.0× 259 1.1× 120 0.8× 24 1.7k
Barbara W. Sódar Hungary 13 1.6k 0.9× 744 0.8× 277 1.1× 259 1.1× 146 0.9× 14 1.7k
Aleksander Cvjetkovic Sweden 10 1.6k 1.0× 906 1.0× 212 0.9× 225 1.0× 170 1.1× 12 1.7k
Yi Lee Sweden 10 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 257 1.0× 287 1.3× 190 1.2× 13 2.4k
Ganesh Vilas Shelke Sweden 17 1.4k 0.8× 733 0.8× 293 1.2× 161 0.7× 118 0.7× 22 1.7k
Hina Kalra Australia 7 1.7k 1.0× 914 1.0× 255 1.0× 168 0.7× 85 0.5× 7 1.9k
Elisa Lázaro‐Ibáñez Finland 19 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 221 0.9× 394 1.7× 134 0.8× 24 2.4k
Alanna Sedgwick United States 10 1.5k 0.9× 724 0.8× 265 1.1× 134 0.6× 122 0.8× 13 1.7k
Borbála Aradi Hungary 6 1.7k 1.0× 884 1.0× 354 1.4× 204 0.9× 77 0.5× 7 2.1k
Killian P. O’Brien United States 6 1.5k 0.9× 859 0.9× 188 0.8× 161 0.7× 53 0.3× 9 1.7k

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Wakker, Simonides Immanuel van de, Julia Bauzá‐Martinez, Marieke T. Roefs, et al.. (2024). Size matters: Functional differences of small extracellular vesicle subpopulations in cardiac repair responses. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(1). e12396–e12396. 29 indexed citations
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Wakker, Simonides Immanuel van de, William D. Phillips, Eduard Willms, et al.. (2024). Scalable purification of extracellular vesicles with high yield and purity using multimodal flowthrough chromatography. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e138–e138. 13 indexed citations
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Phillips, William D., Andrew F. Hill, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2023). Cellular communication through extracellular vesicles and lipid droplets. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). e77–e77. 16 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, Ruth J. Pye, Julian Ratcliffe, et al.. (2022). Cathelicidin-3 Associated With Serum Extracellular Vesicles Enables Early Diagnosis of a Transmissible Cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 858423–858423. 8 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, Eduard Willms, Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena, et al.. (2021). Extracellular vesicle proteomes of two transmissible cancers of Tasmanian devils reveal tenascin-C as a serum-based differential diagnostic biomarker. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(23). 7537–7555. 7 indexed citations
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Willms, Eduard, Ruud D. Fontijn, Imre Mäger, et al.. (2021). Endothelial-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce Cerebrovascular Dysfunction in Inflammation. Pharmaceutics. 13(9). 1525–1525. 24 indexed citations
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Vlahov, Nikola, Sander Christiaan Steenbeek, Anna M. Grawenda, et al.. (2021). RASSF1C oncogene elicits amoeboid invasion, cancer stemness, and extracellular vesicle release via a SRC/Rho axis. The EMBO Journal. 40(20). e107680–e107680. 13 indexed citations
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Willms, Eduard, et al.. (2021). Intercellular communication through extracellular vesicles in cancer and evolutionary biology. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 165. 80–87. 11 indexed citations
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Phillips, William D., Eduard Willms, & Andrew F. Hill. (2021). Understanding extracellular vesicle and nanoparticle heterogeneity: Novel methods and considerations. PROTEOMICS. 21(13-14). e2000118–e2000118. 75 indexed citations
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Jong, Olivier G. de, Imre Mäger, Eduard Willms, et al.. (2020). A CRISPR-Cas9-based reporter system for single-cell detection of extracellular vesicle-mediated functional transfer of RNA. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1113–1113. 132 indexed citations
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Willms, Eduard, Carlos Cabañas, Imre Mäger, Matthew J. A. Wood, & Pieter Vader. (2018). Extracellular Vesicle Heterogeneity: Subpopulations, Isolation Techniques, and Diverse Functions in Cancer Progression. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 738–738. 733 indexed citations breakdown →
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Willms, Eduard, Henrik J. Johansson, Imre Mäger, et al.. (2016). Cells release subpopulations of exosomes with distinct molecular and biological properties. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22519–22519. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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