Gerd Schmitz

42.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
661 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

Gerd Schmitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Schmitz has authored 661 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 321 papers in Molecular Biology, 188 papers in Surgery and 100 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gerd Schmitz's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (115 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (80 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (74 papers). Gerd Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (115 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (80 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (74 papers). Gerd Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Gerd Schmitz's co-authors include Gerhard Liebisch, Thomas Langmann, Josef Ecker, Evelyn Orsó, Bodo C. Melnik, G. Rothe, Wolfgang Drobnik, Charalampos Aslanidis, Wolfgang E. Kaminski and Jochen Klucken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Schmitz

644 papers receiving 31.3k 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.

The gene encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 is mutated in Tangier disease

1999 1.3k citations Thomas Langmann, Wolfgang Drobnik et al. profile →
The opposing effects of n−3 and n−6 fatty acids

2007 934 citations Gerd Schmitz et al. profile →
Shorthand notation for lipid structures derived from mass spectrometry

2013 668 citations Gerhard Liebisch, Gerd Schmitz et al. profile →
Regulation of scavenger receptor CD163 expression in human monocytes and macrophages by pro- and antiinflammatory stimuli

2000 589 citations Thomas Langmann, Gerd Schmitz et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gerd Schmitz	14.4k	9.3k	5.4k	4.4k	3.9k	661	32.1k
Joseph V. Bonventre	21.0k 1.5×	8.5k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	5.5k 1.3×	4.6k 1.2×	516	55.9k
Ryozo Nagai	18.1k 1.3×	7.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.5×	4.7k 1.1×	8.1k 2.1×	859	45.6k
Jerrold M. Ward	14.3k 1.0×	4.4k 0.5×	7.3k 1.4×	5.5k 1.2×	2.8k 0.7×	455	34.9k
Tatsuhiko Kodama	20.1k 1.4×	4.8k 0.5×	6.7k 1.2×	9.3k 2.1×	3.1k 0.8×	426	36.3k
Jan L. Breslow	9.7k 0.7×	12.0k 1.3×	2.2k 0.4×	4.2k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	266	29.9k
Jeffrey A. Whitsett	15.8k 1.1×	11.1k 1.2×	3.0k 0.6×	5.9k 1.3×	2.9k 0.8×	563	44.8k
Michael Müller	11.3k 0.8×	4.0k 0.4×	6.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	5.6k 1.4×	478	27.5k
Michael A. Gimbrone	16.2k 1.1×	6.4k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	12.9k 2.9×	4.8k 1.2×	185	42.7k
Ping Wang	13.2k 0.9×	3.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	7.9k 1.8×	5.0k 1.3×	1.3k	37.0k
Franklin H. Epstein	13.0k 0.9×	7.1k 0.8×	2.4k 0.4×	7.0k 1.6×	8.8k 2.3×	252	57.2k

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Melnik, Bodo C., Ralf Weiskirchen, Sabine Weiskirchen, et al.. (2025). Diabetes-preventive molecular mechanisms of breast versus formula feeding: new insights into the impact of milk on stem cell Wnt signaling. Frontiers in Nutrition. 12. 1652297–1652297.

Melnik, Bodo C., Rudolf Stadler, Ralf Weiskirchen, Claus Leitzmann, & Gerd Schmitz. (2023). Potential Pathogenic Impact of Cow’s Milk Consumption and Bovine Milk-Derived Exosomal MicroRNAs in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6102–6102. 12 indexed citations

Eichner, Gerrit, et al.. (2021). A comparative study on the lipidome of normal knee synovial fluid from humans and horses. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0250146–e0250146. 6 indexed citations

Dozio, Elena, Massimiliano Ruscica, Elena Vianello, et al.. (2020). PCSK9 Expression in Epicardial Adipose Tissue: Molecular Association with Local Tissue Inflammation. Mediators of Inflammation. 2020. 1–8. 27 indexed citations

Liebisch, Gerhard, et al.. (2019). The Effect of Dexamethasone, Adrenergic and Cholinergic Receptor Agonists on Phospholipid Metabolism in Human Osteoarthritic Synoviocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(2). 342–342. 3 indexed citations

Vianello, Elena, Elena Dozio, Francesco Bandera, et al.. (2019). Dysfunctional EAT thickness may promote maladaptive heart remodeling in CVD patients through the ST2-IL33 system, directly related to EPAC protein expression. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10331–10331. 9 indexed citations

Karnati, Srikanth, Vannuruswamy Garikapati, Gerhard Liebisch, et al.. (2018). Quantitative lipidomic analysis of mouse lung during postnatal development by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0203464–e0203464. 19 indexed citations

Vianello, Elena, Elena Dozio, Francesca Arnaboldi, et al.. (2016). Epicardial adipocyte hypertrophy: Association with M1-polarization and toll-like receptor pathways in coronary artery disease patients. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 26(3). 246–253. 62 indexed citations

Baessler, Andrea, Christina Strack, Günter A.J. Riegger, et al.. (2012). Growth-Differentiation Factor-15 Improves Reclassification for the Diagnosis of Heart Failure with Normal Ejection Fraction in Morbid Obesity. European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(11). 1240–1248. 33 indexed citations

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Igl, Wilmar, Ozren Polašek, Olga Gornik, et al.. (2011). Glycomics meets lipidomics—associations of N -glycans with classical lipids, glycerophospholipids, and sphingolipids in three European populations. Molecular BioSystems. 7(6). 1852–1862. 16 indexed citations

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Jungbauer, Carsten, Stefan Büchner, Christoph Birner, et al.. (2010). N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide from Fresh Urine for the Biochemical Detection of Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction. European Journal of Heart Failure. 12(4). 331–337. 15 indexed citations

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Yuille, Martin, Thomas Illig, Kristian Hveem, et al.. (2010). Laboratory Management of Samples in Biobanks: European Consensus Expert Group Report. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 8(1). 65–69. 22 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Gerd, et al.. (2006). Influence of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) on reduction of local fat and body weight by physical exercise. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Baessler, Andrea, Matthias Fischer, Christian Hengstenberg, Gerd Schmitz, & G. Riegger. (2006). Paradigmenwechsel im Gesundheitswesen - Paradigmenwandel in der Medizin. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 131(6). 278–281. 1 indexed citations

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Liebisch, Gerhard, Soazig Le Lay, Andreas Böttcher, et al.. (2005). Disturbed cellular lipid efflux and HDL maturation in caveolin-1 deficient mice. FEBS Journal. 272. 238–239. 1 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Gerd, Susanne Heimerl, & Thomas Langmann. (2004). Zinc finger protein ZNF202 structure and function in transcriptional control of HDL metabolism. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 15(2). 199–208. 21 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Gerd & Thomas Langmann. (2001). Structure, function and regulation of the ABC1 gene product. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 12(2). 129–140. 173 indexed citations

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Lackner, Karl J., Hans Dieplinger, Grażyna Nowicka, & Gerd Schmitz. (1993). High density lipoprotein deficiency with xanthomas. A defect in reverse cholesterol transport caused by a point mutation in the apolipoprotein A-I gene.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 92(5). 2262–2273. 39 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Gerd. (1960). Über die ökonomischen Anschauungen in Heines Werken.

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Schmitz, Gerd. (1960). Der dialektische Materialismus in der chinesischen Philosophie. 1 indexed citations

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