Gerhard Christofori

28.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
163 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Christofori is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Christofori has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Oncology and 39 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Christofori's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (41 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (36 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (23 papers). Gerhard Christofori is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (41 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (36 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (23 papers). Gerhard Christofori collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Gerhard Christofori's co-authors include Ugo Cavallaro, M. Deniz Yilmaz, Ernesta Fagiani, Henrik Semb, Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Petra Wilgenbus, Andreas Wicki, Douglas Hanahan, Mahmut Yilmaz and Maren Diepenbruck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Christofori

163 papers receiving 19.3k citations

Hit Papers

EMT, the cytoskeleton, an... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2009 1998 2004 2006 2012 400 800 1.2k
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  1. EMT, the cytoskeleton, and cancer cell invasion
    2009 1.4k citations Gerhard Christofori et al. profile →
  2. A causal role for E-cadherin in the transition from adenoma to carcinoma
    1998 1.2k citations Henrik Semb, Gerhard Christofori et al. profile →
  3. Cell adhesion and signalling by cadherins and Ig-CAMs in cancer
    2004 1.0k citations Ugo Cavallaro, Gerhard Christofori profile →
  4. New signals from the invasive front
    2006 792 citations Gerhard Christofori profile →
  5. Angiopoietins in angiogenesis
    2012 522 citations Ernesta Fagiani, Gerhard Christofori Cancer Letters profile →
  6. Sox4 Is a Master Regulator of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Controlling Ezh2 Expression and Epigenetic Reprogramming
    2013 394 citations Nathalie Meyer‐Schaller, Gerhard Christofori et al. profile →
  7. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and metastasis: yes, no, maybe?
    2016 388 citations Maren Diepenbruck, Gerhard Christofori profile →
  8. YAP/TAZ and ATF4 drive resistance to Sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma by preventing ferroptosis
    2021 348 citations Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Mairene Coto‐Llerena et al. profile →
  9. Breast cancer as an example of tumour heterogeneity and tumour cell plasticity during malignant progression
    2021 255 citations Fabiana Lüönd, Stefanie Tiede et al. British Journal of Cancer profile →
  10. Distinct contributions of partial and full EMT to breast cancer malignancy
    2021 250 citations Fabiana Lüönd, Nami Sugiyama et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard Christofori Switzerland 71 12.4k 7.1k 4.5k 2.9k 1.8k 163 19.6k
Andres J. Klein–Szanto United States 83 12.0k 1.0× 7.0k 1.0× 4.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 383 21.3k
Gavin Thurston United States 63 13.8k 1.1× 5.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 168 22.1k
Amparo Cano Spain 59 15.7k 1.3× 9.4k 1.3× 4.8k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 134 22.1k
Hideyuki Saya Japan 81 14.2k 1.1× 7.2k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 6.6k 2.3× 1.5k 0.8× 458 23.7k
Erik W. Thompson Australia 70 8.5k 0.7× 6.7k 0.9× 4.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 366 17.5k
Thomas Brabletz Germany 65 15.3k 1.2× 10.2k 1.4× 7.5k 1.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 174 23.0k
Owen J. Sansom United Kingdom 80 14.4k 1.2× 8.8k 1.2× 4.9k 1.1× 3.5k 1.2× 2.6k 1.4× 311 23.8k
Dennis C. Sgroi United States 71 11.1k 0.9× 8.7k 1.2× 6.8k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 173 21.0k
Ann F. Chambers Canada 82 10.6k 0.9× 9.5k 1.3× 5.9k 1.3× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 285 23.1k
Mary W. Brooks United States 24 13.1k 1.1× 10.7k 1.5× 4.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 28 21.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Christofori

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lüönd, Fabiana, et al.. (2021). Hierarchy of TGFβ/SMAD, Hippo/YAP/TAZ, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in melanoma phenotype switching. Life Science Alliance. 5(2). e202101010–e202101010. 18 indexed citations
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Saxena, Meera, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Natalia Rubinstein, et al.. (2020). A Pygopus 2-Histone Interaction Is Critical for Cancer Cell Dedifferentiation and Progression in Malignant Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 80(17). 3631–3648. 12 indexed citations
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Tiede, Stefanie, Nathalie Meyer‐Schaller, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, et al.. (2018). The FAK inhibitor BI 853520 exerts anti-tumor effects in breast cancer. Oncogenesis. 7(9). 73–73. 57 indexed citations
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Kunita, Akiko, Vanessa Baeriswyl, Claudia Meda, et al.. (2018). Inflammatory Cytokines Induce Podoplanin Expression at the Tumor Invasive Front. American Journal Of Pathology. 188(5). 1276–1288. 23 indexed citations
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Diepenbruck, Maren, Stefanie Tiede, Meera Saxena, et al.. (2017). miR-1199-5p and Zeb1 function in a double-negative feedback loop potentially coordinating EMT and tumour metastasis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1168–1168. 51 indexed citations
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Bill, Ruben, Ernesta Fagiani, Adrian Zumsteg, et al.. (2015). Nintedanib Is a Highly Effective Therapeutic for Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas (PNET) in the Rip1Tag2 Transgenic Mouse Model. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(21). 4856–4867. 27 indexed citations
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Fantozzi, Anna, Laura Pisarsky, Chantal Heck, et al.. (2014). VEGF-Mediated Angiogenesis Links EMT-Induced Cancer Stemness to Tumor Initiation. Cancer Research. 74(5). 1566–1575. 176 indexed citations
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Wicki, Andreas, Damian Wild, Rosalba Mansi, et al.. (2014). Synergism of peptide receptor-targeted Auger electron radiation therapy with anti-angiogenic compounds in a mouse model of neuroendocrine tumors. EJNMMI Research. 4(1). 9–9. 4 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sampurna, Lukas C. Heukamp, Jakob Schöttle, et al.. (2013). Tumor VEGF:VEGFR2 autocrine feed-forward loop triggers angiogenesis in lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(4). 1732–1740. 164 indexed citations
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Zumsteg, Adrian, Laura Pisarsky, Karin Strittmatter, et al.. (2012). Repression of Malignant Tumor Progression upon Pharmacologic IGF1R Blockade in a Mouse Model of Insulinoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 10(6). 800–809. 6 indexed citations
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Fagiani, Ernesta, et al.. (2011). Angiopoietin-1 and -2 Exert Antagonistic Functions in Tumor Angiogenesis, yet Both Induce Lymphangiogenesis. Cancer Research. 71(17). 5717–5727. 89 indexed citations
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Laurent, Julien, Cédric Touvrey, François Kuonen, et al.. (2011). Proangiogenic Factor PlGF Programs CD11b+ Myelomonocytes in Breast Cancer during Differentiation of Their Hematopoietic Progenitors. Cancer Research. 71(11). 3781–3791. 28 indexed citations
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Wicki, Andreas, Christoph Rochlitz, Annette Orleth, et al.. (2011). Targeting Tumor-Associated Endothelial Cells: Anti-VEGFR2 Immunoliposomes Mediate Tumor Vessel Disruption and Inhibit Tumor Growth. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(2). 454–464. 77 indexed citations
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Galabova‐Kovacs, Gergana, et al.. (2008). B-Raf is required for ERK activation and tumor progression in a mouse model of pancreatic β-cell carcinogenesis. Oncogene. 27(35). 4779–4787. 18 indexed citations
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Schomber, Tibor, Lucie Kopfstein, Valentin Djonov, et al.. (2007). Placental Growth Factor-1 Attenuates Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A–Dependent Tumor Angiogenesis during β Cell Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 67(22). 10840–10848. 41 indexed citations
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Herzig, Michaela, Fabio Savarese, Maria Novatchkova, Henrik Semb, & Gerhard Christofori. (2006). Tumor progression induced by the loss of E-cadherin independent of β-catenin/Tcf-mediated Wnt signaling. Oncogene. 26(16). 2290–2298. 101 indexed citations
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Wicki, Andreas & Gerhard Christofori. (2006). The potential role of podoplanin in tumour invasion. British Journal of Cancer. 96(1). 1–5. 249 indexed citations
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Strittmatter, Karin, Ugo Cavallaro, Lucie Kopfstein, et al.. (2004). Loss of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Induces Tumor Metastasis by Up-regulating Lymphangiogenesis. Cancer Research. 64(23). 8630–8638. 71 indexed citations
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Cavallaro, Ugo, et al.. (2002). Cadherins and the tumour progression: is it all in a switch?. Cancer Letters. 176(2). 123–128. 156 indexed citations
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Gasparini, Giulio, Douglas Hanahan, Gerhard Christofori, et al.. (1996). Basic and clinical research on angiogenesis. Vascular. 2401. 2412–2412. 1 indexed citations

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