Elaine Fuchs

524 total papers · 88.9k total citations
391 papers, 68.8k citations indexed

About

Elaine Fuchs is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine Fuchs has authored 391 papers receiving a total of 68.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Cell Biology, 211 papers in Molecular Biology and 132 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Elaine Fuchs's work include Skin and Cellular Biology Research (174 papers), Hair Growth and Disorders (130 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (78 papers). Elaine Fuchs is often cited by papers focused on Skin and Cellular Biology Research (174 papers), Hair Growth and Disorders (130 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (78 papers). Elaine Fuchs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Elaine Fuchs's co-authors include Cédric Blanpain, H. Amalia Pasolli, Lisa Polak, Howard Green, Linda Degenstein, Ramanuj DasGupta, Géraldine Guasch, Christoph Bauer, Valeri Vasioukhin and Pierre A. Coulombe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Elaine Fuchs

389 papers receiving 67.4k citations

Hit Papers

Defining the Epithelial S... 1980 2026 1995 2010 2003 2020 2004 1994 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Defining the Epithelial Stem Cell Niche in Skin
    2003 1.6k citations Tudorita Tumbar, Géraldine Guasch et al. Science profile →
  2. Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease
    2020 1.6k citations Mihai G. Netea, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  3. Socializing with the Neighbors
    2004 1.3k citations Elaine Fuchs, Tudorita Tumbar et al. Cell profile →
  4. INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS: Structure, Dynamics, Function and Disease
    1994 1.2k citations Elaine Fuchs, Klaus Weber Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
  5. Self-Renewal, Multipotency, and the Existence of Two Cell Populations within an Epithelial Stem Cell Niche
    2004 1.1k citations Cédric Blanpain, William E. Lowry et al. Cell profile →
  6. Directed Actin Polymerization Is the Driving Force for Epithelial Cell–Cell Adhesion
    2000 983 citations Valeri Vasioukhin, Christoph Bauer et al. Cell profile →
  7. Epidermal homeostasis: a balancing act of stem cells in the skin
    2009 937 citations Cédric Blanpain, Elaine Fuchs Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  8. Changes in keratin gene expression during terminal differentiation of the keratinocyte
    1980 917 citations Elaine Fuchs, Howard Green Cell profile →
  9. De Novo Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Hair Tumors in Mice Expressing a Truncated β-Catenin in Skin
    1998 905 citations Uri Gat, Ramanuj DasGupta et al. Cell profile →
  10. Multiple roles for activated LEF/TCF transcription complexes during hair follicle development and differentiation
    1999 854 citations Ramanuj DasGupta, Elaine Fuchs Development profile →
  11. A Structural Scaffolding of Intermediate Filaments in Health and Disease
    1998 812 citations Elaine Fuchs, Don W. Cleveland Science profile →
  12. Asymmetric cell divisions promote stratification and differentiation of mammalian skin
    2005 769 citations Terry Lechler, Elaine Fuchs Nature profile →
  13. Scratching the surface of skin development
    2007 680 citations Elaine Fuchs Nature profile →
  14. Regulation of terminal differentiation of cultured human keratinocytes by vitamin A
    1981 666 citations Elaine Fuchs, Howard Green Cell profile →
  15. Klf4 is a transcription factor required for establishing the barrier function of the skin
    1999 629 citations Julia A. Segre, Christoph Bauer et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  16. Epidermal Stem Cells of the Skin
    2006 617 citations Cédric Blanpain, Elaine Fuchs Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology profile →
  17. A Two-Step Mechanism for Stem Cell Activation during Hair Regeneration
    2009 616 citations Valentina Greco, Ting Chen et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  18. A skin microRNA promotes differentiation by repressing ‘stemness’
    2008 607 citations Rui Yi, Matthew N. Poy et al. Nature profile →
  19. Sticky Business
    2003 595 citations Mirna Pérez‐Moreno, Colin Jamora et al. Cell profile →
  20. Stem Cells
    2000 580 citations Elaine Fuchs, Julia A. Segre Cell profile →
  21. Getting under the skin of epidermal morphogenesis
    2002 578 citations Elaine Fuchs, S. Raghavan Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  22. Point mutations in human keratin 14 genes of epidermolysis bullosa simplex patients: Genetic and functional analyses
    1991 530 citations Pierre A. Coulombe, M. Elizabeth Hutton et al. Cell profile →
  23. A Role for Skin γδ T Cells in Wound Repair
    2002 520 citations Julie Jameson, Nicole Chen et al. Science profile →
  24. Dynamics between Stem Cells, Niche, and Progeny in the Hair Follicle
    2011 482 citations H. Amalia Pasolli, Elaine Fuchs et al. Cell profile →
  25. Inflammatory memory sensitizes skin epithelial stem cells to tissue damage
    2017 461 citations Shruti Naik, Samantha B. Larsen et al. Nature profile →
  26. Plasticity of epithelial stem cells in tissue regeneration
    2014 436 citations Cédric Blanpain, Elaine Fuchs Science profile →
  27. Hair Follicle Stem Cells Are Specified and Function in Early Skin Morphogenesis
    2008 431 citations Jonathan A. Nowak, Lisa Polak et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  28. Emerging interactions between skin stem cells and their niches
    2014 417 citations Ya‐Chieh Hsu, Lishi Li et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  29. Lymphoid enhancer factor 1 directs hair follicle patterning and epithelial cell fate.
    1995 411 citations Ping Zhou, C Byrne et al. Genes & Development profile →
  30. Skin and Its Regenerative Powers: An Alliance between Stem Cells and Their Niche
    2017 306 citations Kevin Andrew Uy Gonzales, Elaine Fuchs Developmental Cell profile →
  31. Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel
    2024 53 citations Shaopeng Yuan, Jorge Almagro et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Elaine Fuchs 37.7k 27.0k 14.3k 8.3k 8.2k 391 68.8k
Fiona M. Watt 18.2k 0.5× 13.0k 0.5× 5.8k 0.4× 5.8k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 432 39.4k
Werner W. Franke 32.8k 0.9× 27.4k 1.0× 4.6k 0.3× 5.4k 0.6× 4.0k 0.5× 624 58.9k
Ralf Paus 10.0k 0.3× 12.7k 0.5× 20.1k 1.4× 1.9k 0.2× 17.0k 2.1× 595 40.6k
Giulio Gabbiani 13.3k 0.4× 7.2k 0.3× 2.0k 0.1× 4.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.3× 361 42.1k
Darwin J. Prockop 28.9k 0.8× 6.3k 0.2× 5.0k 0.4× 8.4k 1.0× 923 0.1× 578 83.9k
Jouni Uitto 12.0k 0.3× 16.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.2× 1.7k 0.2× 5.7k 0.7× 812 37.2k
Michael T. Longaker 15.0k 0.4× 3.9k 0.1× 4.7k 0.3× 3.4k 0.4× 5.4k 0.7× 882 49.3k
Sabine Werner 15.8k 0.4× 4.3k 0.2× 2.4k 0.2× 2.7k 0.3× 3.9k 0.5× 343 34.8k
Anita B. Roberts 31.6k 0.8× 3.7k 0.1× 1.9k 0.1× 10.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.1× 288 53.4k
Tung‐Tien Sun 8.8k 0.2× 8.4k 0.3× 7.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.3× 3.6k 0.4× 312 27.1k

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