Helena Motaln

1.9k total citations
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Helena Motaln is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Motaln has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Helena Motaln's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (6 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers). Helena Motaln is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (6 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers). Helena Motaln collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Germany and Netherlands. Helena Motaln's co-authors include Tamara T. Lah, Tamara Lah Turnšek, Boris Rogelj, Barbara Breznik, Miloš Vittori, Kristina Gruden, Ana Rotter, Christian Schichor, Nina Recek and Ana Koren and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Helena Motaln

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helena Motaln Slovenia 22 613 374 283 236 176 44 1.2k
Venkata Ramesh Dasari United States 20 656 1.1× 437 1.2× 331 1.2× 296 1.3× 124 0.7× 33 1.6k
Mika Pietilä Finland 17 507 0.8× 290 0.8× 278 1.0× 220 0.9× 102 0.6× 24 1.1k
Kelly Burrell Canada 18 803 1.3× 398 1.1× 191 0.7× 254 1.1× 232 1.3× 26 1.5k
David Cory Adamson United States 15 481 0.8× 344 0.9× 162 0.6× 165 0.7× 111 0.6× 31 992
Paula Yeng Po Lam Singapore 19 927 1.5× 401 1.1× 419 1.5× 309 1.3× 112 0.6× 49 1.6k
Oltea Sampetrean Japan 21 570 0.9× 320 0.9× 296 1.0× 307 1.3× 167 0.9× 51 1.1k
Chung Heon Ryu South Korea 19 553 0.9× 620 1.7× 226 0.8× 158 0.7× 106 0.6× 25 1.2k
Zack Z. Wang United States 20 1.0k 1.7× 199 0.5× 258 0.9× 218 0.9× 174 1.0× 38 1.5k
Maïté Verreault France 16 392 0.6× 259 0.7× 244 0.9× 144 0.6× 179 1.0× 38 873
Tugba Bagcı-Önder Türkiye 21 570 0.9× 203 0.5× 200 0.7× 135 0.6× 214 1.2× 43 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Motaln

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All Works

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Vesel, Alenka, et al.. (2025). Improved Adhesion and Biocompatibility of Chitosan-Coated Super-Hydrophilic PVC Polymer Substrates for Urothelial Catheters. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(5). 2128–2128. 1 indexed citations
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Knific, Tanja, et al.. (2024). Postmortem chondrocyte viability in porcine articular cartilage: Influence of time, temperature, and burial under winter conditions. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 69(3). 1094–1101. 1 indexed citations
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Motaln, Helena & Boris Rogelj. (2023). The Role of c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase in Brain and Its Pathologies. Cells. 12(16). 2041–2041. 18 indexed citations
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Motaln, Helena, et al.. (2020). The Impact of ALS-Associated Genes hnRNPA1, MATR3, VCP and UBQLN2 on the Severity of TDP-43 Aggregation. Cells. 9(8). 1791–1791. 8 indexed citations
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Primon, Monika, Peter C. Huszthy, Helena Motaln, et al.. (2017). Cathepsin L silencing increases As2O3 toxicity in malignantly transformed pilocytic astrocytoma MPA58 cells by activating caspases 3/7. Experimental Cell Research. 356(1). 64–73. 3 indexed citations
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Vesel, Alenka, Nina Recek, Helena Motaln, & Miran Mozetič. (2017). Endothelialization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Treated in SO2 Plasma Determined by the Degree of Material Cytotoxicity. Plasma. 1(1). 12–22. 5 indexed citations
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Breznik, Barbara, Helena Motaln, & Tamara Lah Turnšek. (2016). Proteases and cytokines as mediators of interactions between cancer and stromal cells in tumours. Biological Chemistry. 398(7). 709–719. 41 indexed citations
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Večerić‐Haler, Željka, Andreja Erman, Anton Cerar, et al.. (2016). Improved Protective Effect of Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Transplantation on Cisplatin‐Induced Kidney Injury in Mice Pretreated with Antithymocyte Globulin. Stem Cells International. 2016(1). 3585362–3585362. 9 indexed citations
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Verbovšek, Urška, Helena Motaln, Ana Rotter, et al.. (2015). Expression Analysis of All Protease Genes Reveals Cathepsin K to Be Overexpressed in Glioblastoma (vol 9, e111819, 2014). PLoS ONE. 10(10). 4 indexed citations
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Motaln, Helena & Tamara Lah Turnšek. (2015). Cytokines Play a Key Role in Communication between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Brain Cancer Cells. Protein and Peptide Letters. 22(4). 322–331. 24 indexed citations
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Gruden, Kristina, Andrej Blejec, Vid Podpečan, et al.. (2015). Analysis of Glioblastoma Patients' Plasma Revealed the Presence of MicroRNAs with a Prognostic Impact on Survival and Those of Viral Origin. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125791–e0125791. 25 indexed citations
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Vittori, Miloš, Helena Motaln, & Tamara Lah Turnšek. (2015). The Study of Glioma by Xenotransplantation in Zebrafish Early Life Stages. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 63(10). 749–761. 36 indexed citations
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Blejec, Andrej, Urška Verbovšek, Marjan Koršič, et al.. (2014). Identification of plasma biomarker candidates in glioblastoma using an antibody-array-based proteomic approach. Radiology and Oncology. 48(3). 257–266. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Ke‐Tai, Peng Fu, Helena Motaln, et al.. (2014). The expression of Wnt-inhibitor DKK1 (Dickkopf 1) is determined by intercellular crosstalk and hypoxia in human malignant gliomas. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 140(8). 1261–1270. 20 indexed citations
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Verbovšek, Urška, Helena Motaln, Ana Rotter, et al.. (2014). Expression Analysis of All Protease Genes Reveals Cathepsin K to Be Overexpressed in Glioblastoma. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e111819–e111819. 42 indexed citations
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Jovčevska, Ivana, Nina Kočevar Britovšek, Daniela Cesselli, et al.. (2014). TRIM28 and β-Actin Identified via Nanobody-Based Reverse Proteomics Approach as Possible Human Glioblastoma Biomarkers. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113688–e113688. 27 indexed citations
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Koren, Ana, Helena Motaln, & Tanja Čufer. (2013). Lung cancer stem cells: a biological and clinical perspective. Cellular Oncology. 36(4). 265–275. 37 indexed citations
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Primon, Monika, Peter C. Huszthy, Helena Motaln, et al.. (2013). Cathepsin L silencing enhances arsenic trioxide mediated in vitro cytotoxicity and apoptosis in glioblastoma U87MG spheroids. Experimental Cell Research. 319(17). 2637–2648. 20 indexed citations
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Schichor, Christian, Valérie Albrecht, Alexander Büchner, et al.. (2011). Mesenchymal stem cells and glioma cells form a structural as well as a functional syncytium in vitro. Experimental Neurology. 234(1). 208–219. 51 indexed citations
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Podpečan, Vid, Nada Lavrač, Igor Mozetič, et al.. (2011). SegMine workflows for semantic microarray data analysis in Orange4WS. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 416–416. 14 indexed citations

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