Katharina Tepper

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Katharina Tepper is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Tepper has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Katharina Tepper's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Katharina Tepper is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Katharina Tepper collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Katharina Tepper's co-authors include Eckhard Mandelkow�, Jacek Biernat, Eva‐Maria Mandelkow, Satish Kumar, Susanne Wegmann, Daniel J. Müller, Markus Zweckstetter, Senthilvelrajan Kaniyappan, Stephan Irsen and Harindranath Kadavath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Tepper

14 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Tau protein liquid–liquid phase separation can initiate t... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2018 2017 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Tau protein liquid–liquid phase separation can initiate tau aggregation
    2018 769 citations Susanne Wegmann, Bahareh Eftekharzadeh et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  2. The release and trans-synaptic transmission of Tau via exosomes
    2017 505 citations Senthilvelrajan Kaniyappan, Lars Krüger et al. Molecular Neurodegeneration profile →
  3. Tau stabilizes microtubules by binding at the interface between tubulin heterodimers
    2015 394 citations Harindranath Kadavath, Romina Hofele et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katharina Tepper Germany 14 1.7k 1.3k 408 342 337 14 2.6k
Dun‐Sheng Yang United States 19 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 328 0.8× 332 1.0× 533 1.6× 28 2.5k
Nichole E. LaPointe United States 24 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 713 1.7× 323 0.9× 509 1.5× 32 2.9k
Barry Boland Ireland 18 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 416 1.0× 281 0.8× 626 1.9× 26 3.0k
Caroline Smet‐Nocca France 28 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 328 0.8× 171 0.5× 284 0.8× 55 2.3k
Simon Dujardin United States 19 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 710 1.7× 625 1.8× 228 0.7× 30 3.0k
Damian C. Crowther United Kingdom 35 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 479 1.2× 324 0.9× 849 2.5× 72 3.7k
Hwan‐Ching Tai Taiwan 19 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 573 1.4× 365 1.1× 288 0.9× 41 2.3k
Takumi Akagi Japan 25 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 929 2.3× 284 0.8× 394 1.2× 45 3.0k
Zhanyun Fan United States 22 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 802 2.0× 433 1.3× 340 1.0× 34 2.9k
Claire Goldsbury Australia 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 260 0.6× 452 1.3× 389 1.2× 38 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katharina Tepper

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Kaniyappan, Senthilvelrajan, Katharina Tepper, Jacek Biernat, et al.. (2020). FRET-based Tau seeding assay does not represent prion-like templated assembly of Tau filaments. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 15(1). 39–39. 36 indexed citations
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Wegmann, Susanne, Bahareh Eftekharzadeh, Katharina Tepper, et al.. (2018). Tau protein liquid–liquid phase separation can initiate tau aggregation. The EMBO Journal. 37(7). 769 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mari, Stefania A., Susanne Wegmann, Katharina Tepper, et al.. (2018). Reversible Cation-Selective Attachment and Self-Assembly of Human Tau on Supported Brain Lipid Membranes. Nano Letters. 18(5). 3271–3281. 32 indexed citations
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Kaniyappan, Senthilvelrajan, Lars Krüger, Stephan Irsen, et al.. (2017). The release and trans-synaptic transmission of Tau via exosomes. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 5–5. 505 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiang, ShengQi, Natalia Kulminskaya, Birgit Habenstein, et al.. (2017). A Two-Component Adhesive: Tau Fibrils Arise from a Combination of a Well-Defined Motif and Conformationally Flexible Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(7). 2639–2646. 26 indexed citations
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Akoury, Elias, Marco D. Mukrasch, Jacek Biernat, et al.. (2016). Remodeling of the conformational ensemble of the repeat domain of tau by an aggregation enhancer. Protein Science. 25(5). 1010–1020. 25 indexed citations
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Mair, Waltraud, Jan Muntel, Katharina Tepper, et al.. (2016). FLEXITau: Quantifying Post-translational Modifications of Tau Protein in Vitro and in Human Disease. Analytical Chemistry. 88(7). 3704–3714. 102 indexed citations
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Kadavath, Harindranath, Romina Hofele, Jacek Biernat, et al.. (2015). Tau stabilizes microtubules by binding at the interface between tubulin heterodimers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(24). 7501–7506. 394 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tepper, Katharina, Jacek Biernat, Satish Kumar, et al.. (2014). Oligomer Formation of Tau Protein Hyperphosphorylated in Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(49). 34389–34407. 123 indexed citations
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Kumar, Satish, Katharina Tepper, Senthilvelrajan Kaniyappan, et al.. (2014). Stages and Conformations of the Tau Repeat Domain during Aggregation and Its Effect on Neuronal Toxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(29). 20318–20332. 67 indexed citations
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Daebel, Venita, Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi, Jacek Biernat, et al.. (2012). β-Sheet Core of Tau Paired Helical Filaments Revealed by Solid-State NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(34). 13982–13989. 170 indexed citations
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Garvey, Megan, Katharina Tepper, Caroline Haupt, et al.. (2011). Phosphate and HEPES buffers potently affect the fibrillation and oligomerization mechanism of Alzheimer’s Aβ peptide. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 409(3). 385–388. 29 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Ralf P., Katharina Tepper, Raik Rönicke, et al.. (2010). Mechanism of amyloid plaque formation suggests an intracellular basis of Aβ pathogenicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(5). 1942–1947. 245 indexed citations
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Balk, Janneke, Daili J. A. Netz, Katharina Tepper, Antonio J. Pierik, & Roland Lill. (2005). The Essential WD40 Protein Cia1 Is Involved in a Late Step of Cytosolic and Nuclear Iron-Sulfur Protein Assembly. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(24). 10833–10841. 108 indexed citations

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