Heiner Westphal

28.3k citations

153 papers · 22.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 73

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Congenital heart defects research
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Renal and related cancers

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 17
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 16
Genetics 50
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction 15
- Virus-based gene therapy research 12

Co-authors: Chin Chiang Ying Litingtung Alexander Grinberg Eric J. Lee Philip A. Beachy Keith E. Young John Drago Hui Z. Sheng
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (19 papers)Development (15 papers)Science (8 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (6 papers)Nature (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Pakistan Cameroon

In The Last Decade

Heiner Westphal

153 papers receiving 22.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Dickkopf1 Is Required for Embryonic Head Induction and Limb Morphogenesis in the Mouse 2001 · 514 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2001 Developmental Cell
2000 Science
1998 Nature Genetics
1998 Molecular Pharmacology
1996 Nature
1996 Nature
1995 Molecular and Cellular Biology
1972 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Ldb1 Is Essential for the Development of Isthmic Organizer and Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Stem Cells and Development ·Soojin Kim, Yangu Zhao, 服部晋明, Woon Ryoung Kim, Marat Gorivodsky, Heiner Westphal, Dongho Geum	2016	9
2	Compensatory Actions of Ldb Adaptor Proteins During Corticospinal Motor Neuron Differentiation Cerebral Cortex ·Dino P. Leone, Georgia Panagiotakos, Whitney E. Heavner, Abishek Shukla, Yangu Zhao, Heiner Westphal, Susan K. McConnell	2016	16
3	Contribution of Abcc10 (Mrp7) to In Vivo Paclitaxel Resistance as Assessed in Abcc10−/− Mice Cancer Research ·Elizabeth Hopper-Borge, Timothy W. Churchill, 周雪根, Émmanuelle Nicolas, Joely D. Jacobs, Karissa L. Sterling, Yehong Kuang, Alex Grinberg, Heiner Westphal, Zhe‐Sheng Chen, Andres J. Klein–Szanto, Martin G. Belinsky, Gary D. Kruh	2011	59
4	Lhx6 and Lhx8 Coordinately Induce Neuronal Expression of Shh that Controls the Generation of Interneuron Progenitors Neuron ·Pierre Flandin, Yangu Zhao, Daniel Vogt, Juhee Jeong, Jason E. Long, Gregory B. Potter, Heiner Westphal, John L.R. Rubenstein	2011	114
5	Nuclear adaptor Ldb1 regulates a transcriptional program essential for the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells Nature Immunology ·LiQi Li, Raja Jothi, Kairong Cui, Arisul Ulumudin, M. Destefanis, Marat Gorivodsky, 탄위티앤 리위융, Yangu Zhao, Sandra M. Hayes, Emery H. Bresnick, Keji Zhao, Heiner Westphal, Paul E. Love	2010	84
6	Generation of mice with a conditional allele for G6pc genesis ·Wentao Peng, Chi‐Jiunn Pan, Eric J. Lee, Heiner Westphal, Janice Y. Chou	2009	14
7	Generalized tetracycline induced Cre recombinase expression through the ROSA26 locus of recombinant mice Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Cristina M. Bäckman, Yajun Zhang, Nasir Malik, Lufei Shan, Barry J. Hoffer, Heiner Westphal, Andreas C. Tomac	2008	15
8	The podocyte-specific inactivation of Lmx1b, Ldb1 and E2a yields new insight into a transcriptional network in podocytes Developmental Biology ·Hani Suleiman, Daniel Heudobler, MATONDO FALANGA J., Yangu Zhao, Qi Zhao, Juan O’Leary, Helga Vitzthum, Marcus J. Moeller, Lawrence B. Holzman, Reinhard Rachel, Randy L. Johnson, Heiner Westphal, Anne Rascle, Ralph Witzgall	2007	42
9	Reduced expression of the LIM-homeobox gene Lhx3 impairs growth and differentiation of Rathke’s pouch and increases cell apoptosis during mouse pituitary development Mechanisms of Development ·Yangu Zhao, Jeudah León Pérez, Edit Hermesz, Woon Kyu Lee, Samuel L. Pfaff, Heiner Westphal	2006	36
10	Sfrp5 is not essential for axis formation in the mouse genesis ·Irina A. Leaf, Jason M. Tennessen, Mahua Mukhopadhyay, Heiner Westphal, William Shawlot	2006	20
11	Cloning and characterization of the 5′-flanking region of the Ehox gene Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Woon Kyu Lee, Yongman Kim, Nasir Malik, Desliana Yunita, Heiner Westphal	2006	4
12	Molecular cloning and expression analysis of MPPα-2, a novel mouse transcript detected in a differential screen of pituitary libraries Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Toshinobu Miyamoto, Maria Teresa Fiorenza, Yangu Zhao, Shiga Hasuike, Heiner Westphal	2002	3
13	Mbx, a novel mouse homeobox gene Development Genes and Evolution ·Toshinobu Miyamoto, Atsuo Kawahara, Andreas Teufel, Mahua Mukhopadhyay, Yangu Zhao, Igor B. Dawid, Heiner Westphal	2002	12
14	Essential Role forSonic hedgehogduring Hair Follicle Morphogenesis Developmental Biology ·Chin Chiang, Ryan Z. Swan, Marina Grachtchouk, Ruth Beach, Ying Litingtung, Erin K. Robertson, Michael K. Cooper, William Gaffield, Heiner Westphal, Philip A. Beachy, Andrzej A. Dlugosz	1999	423
15	Interactions between LIM Domains and the LIM Domain-binding Protein Ldb1 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Joseph J. Breen, Alan D. Agulnick, Heiner Westphal, Igor B. Dawid	1998	89
16	Sonic hedgehog is essential to foregut development Nature Genetics ·Ying Litingtung, Lei Li, Heiner Westphal, Chin Chiang Hit paper breakdown →	1998	530
17	Altered Brain Serotonin Homeostasis and Locomotor Insensitivity to 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“Ecstasy”) in Serotonin Transporter-Deficient Mic Molecular Pharmacology ·Dietmar Bengel, Dennis L. Murphy, Anne M. Andrews, Christine H. Wichems, Douglas E. Feltner, Armin Heils, Rainald Mößner, Heiner Westphal, Klaus‐Peter Lesch Hit paper breakdown →	1998	588
18	Expression from the HIV-LTR Is Stimulated by Glucocorticoids and Pregnancy AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Priscilla A. Furth, Heiner Westphal, Lothar Hennighausen	1990	29
19	The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Long Terminal Repeat Is Preferentially Expressed in Langerhans Cells in Transgenic Mice AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·John P. Leonard, Jaspal S. Khillan, Howard E. Gendelman, Akio Adachi, K Haupt, Heiner Westphal, María Ángeles Martín, Monte S. Meltzer	1989	55
20	E1A 13S and 12S mRNA Products Made in Escherichia coli Both Function as Nucleus-Localized Transcription Activators but Do Not Directly Bind DNA Molecular and Cellular Biology ·B Ferguson, B Krippl, Ourania Andrisani, Nicholas C. Jones, Heiner Westphal, Martin Rosenberg	1985	171

About Heiner Westphal

Heiner Westphal is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology, having authored 153 papers that have together received 22.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Congenital heart defects research (29 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (25 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (16 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (15 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (13 papers), Renal and related cancers (13 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (14.9k citations), Genetics (5.8k citations), Reproductive Medicine (1.5k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.0k citations). Heiner Westphal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and Cameroon. Frequent co-authors include Chin Chiang, Ying Litingtung, Alexander Grinberg, Eric J. Lee, Philip A. Beachy, Keith E. Young, John Drago, Hui Z. Sheng, Karl Theiler and Yangu Zhao. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Development, Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature.

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