Hannes Lans

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Hannes Lans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Hannes Lans has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Aging and 7 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Hannes Lans's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (39 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (13 papers). Hannes Lans is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (39 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (13 papers). Hannes Lans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Hannes Lans's co-authors include Wim Vermeulen, Jurgen A. Marteijn, Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, Gert Jansen, Cristina Ribeiro-Silva, Arjan F. Theil, Mariangela Sabatella, Niels Mailand, Adriaan B. Houtsmuller and Nico P. Dantuma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hannes Lans

54 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Understanding nucleotide excision repair and its roles in cancer and ageing

2014 843 citations Jurgen A. Marteijn, Hannes Lans et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
R-loop-derived cytoplasmic RNA–DNA hybrids activate an immune response

2022 167 citations Magdalena P. Crossley, Chenlin Song et al. Nature profile →

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Philipp Oberdoerffer United States

Damien Coudreuse France

Arjan F. Theil Netherlands

Anja Raams Netherlands

Nicholas S. Tolwinski Singapore

David Frescas United States

Suhwan Chang South Korea

Patrick J Hu United States

Tatiana García‐Muse Spain

Frédérique Gay United States

Philipp Oberdoerffer United States

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398 ×0.7

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205 ×0.6

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318 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Hannes Lans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hannes Lans

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hannes Lans

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sluis, Marjolein van, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of transcription-coupled repair and DNA damage surveillance in health and disease. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 27(3). 234–251. 1 indexed citations

Ribeiro-Silva, Cristina, Karen L. Thijssen, Roland Kanaar, et al.. (2024). Persistent TFIIH binding to non-excised DNA damage causes cell and developmental failure. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3490–3490. 5 indexed citations

Steurer, Barbara, Roel C. Janssens, Di Zhou, et al.. (2024). Differential processing of RNA polymerase II at DNA damage correlates with transcription-coupled repair syndrome severity. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(16). 9596–9612. 9 indexed citations

Theil, Arjan F., Alex Pines, José María Heredia‐Genestar, et al.. (2023). Trichothiodystrophy‐associated MPLKIP maintains DBR1 levels for proper lariat debranching and ectodermal differentiation. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(11). e17973–e17973. 8 indexed citations

Helfricht, Angela, Cristina Ribeiro-Silva, Anja Raams, et al.. (2023). Different SWI/SNF complexes coordinately promote R-loop- and RAD52-dependent transcription-coupled homologous recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(17). 9055–9074. 23 indexed citations

Thijssen, Karen L., et al.. (2023). Recovery of protein synthesis to assay DNA repair activity in transcribed genes in living cells and tissues. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(18). e93–e93. 4 indexed citations

Slyšková, Jana, Israel Tojal da Silva, Rodrigo D. Drummond, et al.. (2023). Detection of oxaliplatin- and cisplatin-DNA lesions requires different global genome repair mechanisms that affect their clinical efficacy. NAR Cancer. 5(4). zcad057–zcad057. 4 indexed citations

Crossley, Magdalena P., Chenlin Song, M Bocek, et al.. (2022). R-loop-derived cytoplasmic RNA–DNA hybrids activate an immune response. Nature. 613(7942). 187–194. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

Theil, Arjan F., et al.. (2022). XPG: a multitasking genome caretaker. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(3). 166–166. 13 indexed citations

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Kumar, Namrata, Arjan F. Theil, Vera Roginskaya, et al.. (2022). Global and transcription-coupled repair of 8-oxoG is initiated by nucleotide excision repair proteins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 974–974. 51 indexed citations

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Dias, Mariana Paes, Yifan Zhu, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2021). SMARCAD1-mediated active replication fork stability maintains genome integrity. Science Advances. 7(19). 19 indexed citations

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Thijssen, Karen L., Dick H. W. Dekkers, Mariangela Sabatella, et al.. (2021). C. elegans TFIIH subunit GTF-2H5/TTDA is a non-essential transcription factor indispensable for DNA repair. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1336–1336. 9 indexed citations

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Ribeiro-Silva, Cristina, Mariangela Sabatella, Angela Helfricht, et al.. (2020). Ubiquitin and TFIIH-stimulated DDB2 dissociation drives DNA damage handover in nucleotide excision repair. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4868–4868. 43 indexed citations

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Fang, Qingming, Joel Andrews, Nidhi Sharma, et al.. (2019). Stability and sub-cellular localization of DNA polymerase β is regulated by interactions with NQO1 and XRCC1 in response to oxidative stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(12). 6269–6286. 21 indexed citations

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Ackermann, Leena, Petra Schwertman, Ivo A. Hendriks, et al.. (2019). SUMO ylation promotes protective responses to DNA ‐protein crosslinks. The EMBO Journal. 38(8). 79 indexed citations

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Lans, Hannes, Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, Wim Vermeulen, & Jurgen A. Marteijn. (2019). The DNA damage response to transcription stress. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 20(12). 766–784. 225 indexed citations

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Mandemaker, Imke K., Marit E. Geijer, Karel Bezstarosti, et al.. (2018). DNA damage‐induced replication stress results in PA 200‐proteasome‐mediated degradation of acetylated histones. EMBO Reports. 19(10). 40 indexed citations

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Belle, Gijsbert J. van, Roel C. Janssens, Arjan F. Theil, et al.. (2015). SUMO and ubiquitin-dependent XPC exchange drives nucleotide excision repair. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7499–7499. 93 indexed citations

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Lans, Hannes & Wim Vermeulen. (2015). Tissue specific response to DNA damage: C. elegans as role model. DNA repair. 32. 141–148. 43 indexed citations

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Alekseev, Sergey, Martijn S. Luijsterburg, Alex Pines, et al.. (2008). Cellular Concentrations of DDB2 Regulate Dynamic Binding of DDB1 at UV-Induced DNA Damage. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(24). 7402–7413. 32 indexed citations

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