Ester Piek

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ester Piek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ester Piek has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ester Piek's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (25 papers), Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research (6 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (6 papers). Ester Piek is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (25 papers), Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research (6 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (6 papers). Ester Piek collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Sweden. Ester Piek's co-authors include Peter ten Dijke, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, Erwin P. Böttinger, Anita B. Roberts, Yaw-Ching Yang, Jiří Zavadil, Akira Kurisaki, Aristidis Moustakas, Aldo Massimi and Dan Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ester Piek

41 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Specificity, diversity, and regulation in TGF-beta superfamily signaling.

1999 666 citations Ester Piek, Peter ten Dijke et al. PubMed profile →
Specificity, diversity, and regulation in TGF‐β superfamily signaling

1999 566 citations Ester Piek, Carl‐Henrik Heldin et al. The FASEB Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ester Piek Netherlands	27	3.3k	998	491	401	391	42	4.6k
Mitsuyasu Kato Japan	41	3.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	634 1.3×	464 1.2×	453 1.2×	125	5.4k
Carl‐Henrik Heldin Sweden	23	4.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	664 1.4×	508 1.3×	442 1.1×	29	5.7k
Mark P. de Caestecker United States	34	3.0k 0.9×	675 0.7×	406 0.8×	502 1.3×	429 1.1×	71	4.4k
Rotraud Wieser Austria	26	4.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	546 1.1×	447 1.1×	480 1.2×	63	6.0k
Serhiy Souchelnytskyi Sweden	31	3.2k 1.0×	896 0.9×	470 1.0×	322 0.8×	387 1.0×	110	4.1k
Robert J. Lechleider United States	37	3.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	414 0.8×	409 1.0×	342 0.9×	56	4.9k
Azeddine Atfi France	39	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	660 1.3×	209 0.5×	299 0.8×	87	4.4k
Damian Medici United States	15	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	750 1.5×	566 1.4×	274 0.7×	19	3.9k
K Tognazzi United States	22	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 2.6×	578 1.4×	263 0.7×	24	4.4k
Evangelia Pardali Netherlands	30	2.2k 0.7×	815 0.8×	617 1.3×	533 1.3×	171 0.4×	47	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ester Piek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ester Piek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ester Piek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ester Piek 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 Ester Piek. Ester Piek is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Broeder, Nathan den, Ester Piek, Steven Teerenstra, et al.. (2017). The effects of an educational meeting and subsequent computer reminders on the ordering of laboratory tests by rheumatologists: an interrupted time series analysis.. PubMed. 35(3). 379–383. 2 indexed citations

Davidson, E.N. Blaney, et al.. (2011). Catabolic Factors and Osteoarthritis-Conditioned Medium Inhibit Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 18(1-2). 45–54. 80 indexed citations

Haan, Jorn R. de, Ester Piek, René C. van Schaik, et al.. (2010). Integrating gene expression and GO classification for PCA by preclustering. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 158–158. 10 indexed citations

Vaes, Bart, Carolien Lute, Ester Piek, et al.. (2009). Inhibition of methylation decreases osteoblast differentiation via a non-DNA-dependent methylation mechanism. Bone. 46(2). 514–523. 36 indexed citations

Piek, Ester, Eugene P. van Someren, Jorn R. de Haan, et al.. (2009). Osteo-transcriptomics of human mesenchymal stem cells: Accelerated gene expression and osteoblast differentiation induced by vitamin D reveals c-MYC as an enhancer of BMP2-induced osteogenesis. Bone. 46(3). 613–627. 80 indexed citations

Hannink, Gerjon, Ester Piek, José M. A. Hendriks, et al.. (2008). Biological effects of rinsing morsellised bone grafts before and after impaction. International Orthopaedics. 33(3). 861–866. 2 indexed citations

Derynck, Rik, Ester Piek, Richard A. Schneider, Lisa Choy, & Tamara Alliston. (2007). TGF-beta family signaling in mesenchymal differentiation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 50. 613–665. 8 indexed citations

Alliston, Tamara, Ester Piek, & Rik Derynck. (2007). 22 TGF-β Family Signaling in Skeletal Development, Maintenance, and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 50. 667–723. 15 indexed citations

Xavier, Sandhya, Ester Piek, Makiko Fujii, et al.. (2004). Amelioration of Radiation-induced Fibrosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(15). 15167–15176. 170 indexed citations

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Darland, Diane C., Lauren Massingham, Sandra R. Smith, et al.. (2003). Pericyte production of cell-associated VEGF is differentiation-dependent and is associated with endothelial survival. Developmental Biology. 264(1). 275–288. 316 indexed citations

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Yang, Yaw-Ching, Ester Piek, Jiří Zavadil, et al.. (2003). Hierarchical model of gene regulation by transforming growth factor β. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(18). 10269–10274. 177 indexed citations

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Piek, Ester & Anita B. Roberts. (2001). Suppressor and oncogenic roles of transforming growth factor-β and its signaling pathways in tumorigenesis. Advances in cancer research. 83. 1–54. 82 indexed citations

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Wakefield, Lalage M., Ester Piek, & Erwin P. Böttinger. (2001). TGF-β Signaling in Mammary Gland Development and Tumorigenesis. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 6(1). 67–82. 86 indexed citations

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Olsson, Niclas, Ester Piek, Magnus Sundström, Peter ten Dijke, & Gunnar Nilsson. (2001). Transforming growth factor-β-mediated mast cell migration depends on mitogen-activated protein kinase activity. Cellular Signalling. 13(7). 483–490. 50 indexed citations

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Franzén, Åsa, Ester Piek, Bengt Westermark, Peter ten Dijke, & Nils‐Erik Heldin. (1999). Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1, Activin A, and Their Receptors in Thyroid Follicle Cells: Negative Regulation of Thyrocyte Growth and Function1. Endocrinology. 140(9). 4300–4310. 47 indexed citations

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Piek, Ester, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, & Peter ten Dijke. (1999). Specificity, diversity, and regulation in TGF‐β superfamily signaling. The FASEB Journal. 13(15). 2105–2124. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piek, Ester, Mozhgan Afrakhte, Kuber T. Sampath, et al.. (1999). Functional antagonism between activin and osteogenic protein-1 in human embryonal carcinoma cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 180(2). 141–149. 38 indexed citations

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Piek, Ester, Ulrica Westermark, Marianne Kastemar, et al.. (1999). Expression of transforming-growth-factor (TGF)-? receptors and Smad proteins in glioblastoma cell lines with distinct responses to TGF-?1. International Journal of Cancer. 80(5). 756–763. 71 indexed citations

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Valentijn, Karine M., Franck Vandenbulcke, Ester Piek, Jean‐Claude Beauvillain, & Hubert Vaudry. (1998). Distribution, Cellular Localization, and Ontogeny of Preprothyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-(160–169) (Ps4)-Binding Sites in the Rat Pituitary¹. Endocrinology. 139(3). 1306–1313. 6 indexed citations

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Erlacher, Ludwig, John E. McCartney, Ester Piek, et al.. (1998). Cartilage-Derived Morphogenetic Proteins and Osteogenic Protein-1 Differentially Regulate Osteogenesis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 13(3). 383–392. 137 indexed citations

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