Gerd P. Pfeifer

32.3k citations

285 papers · 24.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 88

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.1%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Papers in

Cancer Research 54
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment 31
Molecular Biology 242
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 143
- RNA modifications and cancer 69
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 61
- Cancer-related gene regulation 60
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 38
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 28

Co-authors: Ahmad Besaratinia Mikhail F. Denissenko Seung‐Gi Jin Reinhard Dammann Arthur D. Riggs Tibor A. Rauch Stella Tommasi Moon‐shong Tang
Journals: Oncogene (16 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (15 papers)Cancer Research (13 papers)Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis (12 papers)Biochemistry (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Gerd P. Pfeifer

279 papers receiving 24.5k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Reprogramming of the paternal genome upon fertilization involves genome-wide oxidation of 5-methylcytosine 2011 · 531 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Nature
2005 Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis
2002 Oncogene
2000 Nature Genetics
1996 Science

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1	SMCHD1 maintains heterochromatin, genome compartments and epigenome landscape in human myoblasts Nature Communications ·Zhijun Huang, Wei Cui, Ishara Ratnayake, Kristin L. Gallik, Lorna Cohen, Rabi Tawil, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2025	1
2	TRIM28 secures skeletal stem cell fate during skeletogenesis by silencing neural gene expression and repressing GREM1/AKT/mTOR signaling axis Cell Reports ·Huadie Liu, Yujing Liu, Seung‐Gi Jin, Jennifer Johnson, Hongwen Xuan, Di Lu, Jianshuang Li, Lukai Zhai, Xianfeng Li, Yaguang Zhao, Minmin Liu, Sonya Craig, Joseph S. Floramo, Vladimir Molchanov, Jie Li, Jia‐Da Li, Connie M. Krawczyk, Xiaobing Shi, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Tao Yang	2023	5
3	The chromosomal protein SMCHD1 regulates DNA methylation and the 2c-like state of embryonic stem cells by antagonizing TET proteins Science Advances ·Zhijun Huang, Jiyoung Yu, Wei Cui, Benjamin K. Johnson, Kyunggon Kim, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2021	35
4	Identification of Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Signatures for Thyroid Nodule Diagnostics Clinical Cancer Research ·John H. Yim, Audrey H. Choi, Arthur X. Li, Hanjun Qin, Sue Chang, Sun-Wing T. Tong, Peiguo Chu, Byung-Wook Kim, Daniel Schmolze, Ryan Lew, Yasmine Ibrahim, Valeriy Poroyko, Sylvana Salvatierra, Alysha Baker, Jinhui Wang, Xiwei Wu, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Yuman Fong, Maria A. Hahn	2018	32
5	Analysis of Liver Tumor-Prone Mouse Models of the Hippo Kinase Scaffold Proteins RASSF1A and SAV1 Cancer Research ·Xiaoying Zhang, Cai Guo, Xiwei Wu, Arthur X. Li, Limin Liu, Walter Tsark, Reinhard Dammann, Hui Shen, Steven Vonderfecht, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2016	19
6	Loss of the Polycomb Mark from Bivalent Promoters Leads to Activation of Cancer-Promoting Genes in Colorectal Tumors Cancer Research ·Maria A. Hahn, Arthur X. Li, Xiwei Wu, Richard H. Yang, David A. Drew, Daniel W. Rosenberg, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2014	40
7	5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Is Strongly Depleted in Human Cancers but Its Levels Do Not Correlate with IDH1 Mutations Cancer Research ·Seung‐Gi Jin, Yong Jiang, Runxiang Qiu, Tibor A. Rauch, Yinsheng Wang, Gabriele Schackert, Dietmar Krex, Qiang Lü, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2011	369
8	Reprogramming of the paternal genome upon fertilization involves genome-wide oxidation of 5-methylcytosine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Khursheed Iqbal, Seung‐Gi Jin, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Piroska E. Szabó Hit paper breakdown →	2011	531
9	CpG Island Hypermethylation in Human Astrocytomas Cancer Research ·Xiwei Wu, Tibor A. Rauch, Xueyan Zhong, William P. Bennett, Farida Latif, Dietmar Krex, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2010	105
10	Methods for genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in intestinal tumors Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Maria A. Hahn, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2009	9
11	Methylation of Polycomb Target Genes in Intestinal Cancer Is Mediated by Inflammation Cancer Research ·Maria A. Hahn, Torsten Hahn, Dong-Hyun Lee, R. Steven Esworthy, Byung-wook Kim, Arthur D. Riggs, Fong‐Fong Chu, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2008	154
12	RASSF1A interacts with and activates the mitotic kinase Aurora-A Oncogene ·L. LIU, Cai Guo, Reinhard Dammann, Stella Tommasi, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2008	30
13	The MIRA Method for DNA Methylation Analysis Methods in molecular biology ·Tibor A. Rauch, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2008	54
14	MIRA-Assisted Microarray Analysis, a New Technology for the Determination of DNA Methylation Patterns, Identifies Frequent Methylation of Homeodomain-Containing Genes in Lung Cancer Cells Cancer Research ·Tibor A. Rauch, Hongwei Li, Xiwei Wu, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2006	223
15	Mutation Accumulation in the Intestine and Colon of Mice Deficient in Two Intracellular Glutathione Peroxidases Cancer Research ·Dong-Hyun Lee, R. Steven Esworthy, Christy Chu, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Fong‐Fong Chu	2006	35
16	Involvement of the RASSF1A Tumor Suppressor Gene in Controlling Cell Migration Cancer Research ·Ashraf Dallol, Angelo Agathanggelou, Stella Tommasi, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Eamonn R. Maher, Farida Latif	2005	76
17	The Abnormal Spindle-like, Microcephaly-associated (ASPM) Gene Encodes a Centrosomal Protein Cell Cycle ·Xueyan Zhong, Limin Liu, Ailian Zhao, Gerd P. Pfeifer, Xingzhi Xu	2005	77
18	Genotoxicity of acrylamide in humans and mice: Promutagenic glycidamide-DNA adducts in the human p53 gene and the cII transgene Cancer Research ·Ahmad Besaratinia, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2004	1
19	MBD3L1 and MBD3L2, Two New Proteins Homologous to the Methyl-CpG-Binding Proteins MBD2 and MBD3: Characterization of MBD3L1 as a Testis-Specific Transcriptional Repressor Genomics ·Chun-Ling Jiang, Seung‐Gi Jin, Dong-Hyun Lee, Zi‐Jian Lan, Xueping Xu, Timothy O’Connor, Piroska E. Szabó, Jeffrey R. Mann, Austin J. Cooney, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2002	35
20	An unusual case of Anisakiasis in California, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology ·Omar M. Amin, W. S. Eidelman, W. Domke, J.N. Bailey, Gerd P. Pfeifer	2000	9

About Gerd P. Pfeifer

Gerd P. Pfeifer is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Dermatology, Oncology and Cell Biology, having authored 285 papers that have together received 24.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (143 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (69 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (61 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (60 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (38 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (34 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (31 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (4.7k citations), Molecular Biology (19.3k citations), Oncology (3.5k citations), Genetics (3.5k citations) and Dermatology (1.1k citations). Gerd P. Pfeifer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ahmad Besaratinia, Mikhail F. Denissenko, Seung‐Gi Jin, Reinhard Dammann, Arthur D. Riggs, Tibor A. Rauch, Stella Tommasi, Moon‐shong Tang, Xiwei Wu and Annie Pao. Their work appears in journals such as Oncogene, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research, Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis and Biochemistry.

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