Jan Brábek

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Jan Brábek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Brábek has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 20 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Jan Brábek's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (13 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers). Jan Brábek is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (31 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (13 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (11 papers). Jan Brábek collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Germany. Jan Brábek's co-authors include Daniel Rösel, Aneta Gandalovičová, Pavel Veselý, Marián Novotný, Ben Fabry, Claudia Tanja Mierke, Karel Smetana, Vladimı́r Čermák, Steven K. Hanks and Ondřej Tolde and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Jan Brábek

83 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 Role of IL-6 in Cancer Cell Invasiveness and Metastasis—Overview and Therapeutic Opportunities

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Brábek Czechia	29	1.4k	1.1k	891	436	402	85	3.1k
Daniel Rösel Czechia	28	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	793 0.9×	382 0.9×	393 1.0×	70	2.7k
Alan Serrels United Kingdom	28	1.5k 1.1×	709 0.6×	740 0.8×	366 0.8×	287 0.7×	40	3.3k
Gerd Bendas Germany	32	1.8k 1.3×	440 0.4×	703 0.8×	359 0.8×	393 1.0×	118	3.3k
Sara Zanivan United Kingdom	27	2.7k 1.9×	940 0.8×	703 0.8×	678 1.6×	271 0.7×	83	4.1k
Jie Sun China	31	1.9k 1.3×	756 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	392 0.9×	751 1.9×	143	4.1k
Ren Xu United States	31	2.3k 1.6×	596 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	992 2.3×	502 1.2×	57	4.0k
Christine Unger Austria	24	1.6k 1.1×	411 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	492 1.1×	635 1.6×	34	3.3k
Victoria Sanz‐Moreno United Kingdom	35	2.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.8×	762 1.7×	423 1.1×	63	4.7k
John C. Dawson United Kingdom	23	1.3k 0.9×	691 0.6×	504 0.6×	230 0.5×	234 0.6×	46	2.4k
Piotr Laidler Poland	26	1.3k 0.9×	904 0.8×	335 0.4×	250 0.6×	409 1.0×	98	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Brábek

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Brábek

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Bizzarri, Mariano, et al.. (2024). Educate, not kill: treating cancer without triggering its defenses. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 30(7). 673–685. 2 indexed citations

Rimpelová, Silvie, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and migrastatic activity of cytochalasin analogues lacking a macrocyclic moiety. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 15(1). 322–343. 3 indexed citations

Sandoval-Acuña, Cristián, Natalia Torrealba, Sandra Lettlová, et al.. (2021). Targeting Mitochondrial Iron Metabolism Suppresses Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Inducing Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Mitophagy. Cancer Research. 81(9). 2289–2303. 101 indexed citations

Kolouchová, Kristýna, Zulfiya Černochová, Jan Brábek, et al.. (2021). Thermo- and ROS-Responsive Self-Assembled Polymer Nanoparticle Tracers for ¹⁹F MRI Theranostics. Biomacromolecules. 22(6). 2325–2337. 36 indexed citations

Wróblewska, Joanna, Michał Lach, Katarzyna Kulcenty, et al.. (2021). The Analysis of Inflammation-Related Proteins in a Cargo of Exosomes Derived from the Serum of Uveal Melanoma Patients Reveals Potential Biomarkers of Disease Progression. Cancers. 13(13). 3334–3334. 21 indexed citations

Vellieux, F.M.D., Petra Tesařová, Zdeněk Kejík, et al.. (2021). Estrogen Receptor Modulators in Viral Infections Such as SARS−CoV−2: Therapeutic Consequences. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(12). 6551–6551. 21 indexed citations

Přechová, Magdalena, et al.. (2020). Vimentin Intermediate Filaments as Potential Target for Cancer Treatment. Cancers. 12(1). 184–184. 179 indexed citations

Brábek, Jan, Milan Jakubek, F.M.D. Vellieux, et al.. (2020). Interleukin-6: Molecule in the Intersection of Cancer, Ageing and COVID-19. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(21). 7937–7937. 50 indexed citations

Smetana, Karel & Jan Brábek. (2020). Role of Interleukin-6 in Lung Complications in Patients With COVID-19: Therapeutic Implications. In Vivo. 34(3 suppl). 1589–1592. 24 indexed citations

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Smetana, Karel, Daniel Rösel, & Jan Brábek. (2020). Raloxifene and Bazedoxifene Could Be Promising Candidates for Preventing the COVID-19 Related Cytokine Storm, ARDS and Mortality. In Vivo. 34(5). 3027–3028. 31 indexed citations

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Čermák, Vladimı́r, Aneta Gandalovičová, Jitka Fučíková, et al.. (2018). RNA-seq of macrophages of amoeboid or mesenchymal migratory phenotype due to specific structure of environment. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180198–180198. 12 indexed citations

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Gandalovičová, Aneta, Tomáš Vomastek, Daniel Rösel, & Jan Brábek. (2016). Cell polarity signaling in the plasticity of cancer cell invasiveness. Oncotarget. 7(18). 25022–25049. 96 indexed citations

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Pataki, Csilla, John Couchman, & Jan Brábek. (2015). Wnt Signaling Cascades and the Roles of Syndecan Proteoglycans. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 63(7). 465–480. 43 indexed citations

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Janoštiak, Radoslav, Jan Brábek, Vera Auernheimer, et al.. (2013). CAS directly interacts with vinculin to control mechanosensing and focal adhesion dynamics. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 71(4). 727–744. 50 indexed citations

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Kosla, Jan, Daniela Paňková, Jiřı́ Plachý, et al.. (2013). Metastasis of aggressive amoeboid sarcoma cells is dependent on Rho/ROCK/MLC signaling. Cell Communication and Signaling. 11(1). 51–51. 34 indexed citations

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Žárský, Viktor, et al.. (2013). Invasive cells in animals and plants: searching for LECA machineries in later eukaryotic life. Biology Direct. 8(1). 8–8. 23 indexed citations

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Janoštiak, Radoslav, Ondřej Tolde, Marián Novotný, et al.. (2011). Tyrosine phosphorylation within the SH3 domain regulates CAS subcellular localization, cell migration, and invasiveness. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(22). 4256–4267. 37 indexed citations

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Brábek, Jan, Claudia Tanja Mierke, Daniel Rösel, Pavel Veselý, & Ben Fabry. (2010). The role of the tissue microenvironment in the regulation of cancer cell motility and invasion. Cell Communication and Signaling. 8(1). 22–22. 147 indexed citations

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Mierke, Claudia Tanja, Daniel Rösel, Ben Fabry, & Jan Brábek. (2008). Contractile forces in tumor cell migration. European Journal of Cell Biology. 87(8-9). 669–676. 127 indexed citations

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Brábek, Jan, et al.. (2002). The Regulatory Region of Prague C v-Src Inhibits the Activity of the Schmidt-Ruppin A v-Src Kinase Domain. Folia Biologica. 48(1). 28–33. 2 indexed citations

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