Katja Bernfur

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Katja Bernfur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Katja Bernfur has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Katja Bernfur's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (5 papers). Katja Bernfur is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (5 papers). Katja Bernfur collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United Kingdom. Katja Bernfur's co-authors include Sara Linse, Tommy Cedervall, Georg Meisl, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Tânia Lima, Manuel Vilanova, Michele Vendruscolo, Samuel I. A. Cohen, Christopher M. Dobson and Cecilia Emanuelsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Katja Bernfur

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Dynamics of oligomer populations formed during the aggregation of Alzheimer’s Aβ42 peptide

2020 263 citations Katja Bernfur, Georg Meisl et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katja Bernfur Sweden	16	705	494	305	170	154	37	1.2k
Silvia Sesana Italy	19	700 1.0×	377 0.8×	405 1.3×	119 0.7×	167 1.1×	33	1.5k
Ashutosh Kumar India	19	709 1.0×	875 1.8×	253 0.8×	133 0.8×	58 0.4×	64	1.9k
Karunakar Kar India	26	1.1k 1.6×	538 1.1×	693 2.3×	285 1.7×	104 0.7×	53	2.0k
John B. Shabb United States	20	1.3k 1.8×	240 0.5×	159 0.5×	92 0.5×	143 0.9×	34	1.7k
Sabine Hüwel Germany	24	723 1.0×	122 0.2×	304 1.0×	132 0.8×	202 1.3×	33	1.8k
Birgitta Frohm Sweden	23	1.3k 1.9×	1.3k 2.6×	544 1.8×	366 2.2×	131 0.9×	39	2.8k
Deanne W. Sammond United States	16	591 0.8×	153 0.3×	104 0.3×	99 0.6×	309 2.0×	22	970
Risto Cukalevski Sweden	12	508 0.7×	433 0.9×	293 1.0×	101 0.6×	67 0.4×	13	839
Hai‐Ning Du China	28	1.2k 1.8×	345 0.7×	184 0.6×	128 0.8×	109 0.7×	65	2.2k

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Ekström, Simon, Katja Bernfur, M. Moche, et al.. (2025). Regulation of ADP-ribosyltransferase activity by ART domain dimerization in PARP15. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9567–9567.

Wennmalm, Stefan, et al.. (2025). α-Synuclein cooperative binding to lipid membranes is a robust property over a wide range of conditions. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(12). 103024–103024.

Pogostin, Brett H., William E. Fox, Birgitta Frohm, et al.. (2024). Insights into the Hierarchical Assembly of a Chemically Diverse Peptide Hydrogel Derived from Human Semenogelin I. ACS Nano. 18(45). 31109–31122. 3 indexed citations

Carlström, Göran, Olof Stenström, Katja Bernfur, et al.. (2024). Tipping point in α-synuclein-membrane interactions from stable protein-covered vesicles to amyloid aggregation. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(12). 102309–102309. 1 indexed citations

Sanagavarapu, Kalyani, Georg Meisl, Katja Bernfur, et al.. (2024). Serine phosphorylation mimics of Aβ form distinct, non-cross-seeding fibril morphs. Chemical Science. 15(45). 19142–19159. 2 indexed citations

Sjögren, Lars, et al.. (2024). Genomic identification of expressed globulin storage proteins in oat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1418658–1418658. 1 indexed citations

Waudby, Christopher A., et al.. (2023). Morphology-Dependent Interactions between α-Synuclein Monomers and Fibrils. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5191–5191. 15 indexed citations

Tran, Huy Cuong, Katja Bernfur, Kasim Khan, et al.. (2023). An mTRAN-mRNA interaction mediates mitochondrial translation initiation in plants. Science. 381(6661). eadg0995–eadg0995. 10 indexed citations

Pham, Quoc Dat, et al.. (2022). Ganglioside GM3 stimulates lipid-protein co-assembly in α-synuclein amyloid formation. Biophysical Chemistry. 293. 106934–106934. 14 indexed citations

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Bernfur, Katja, et al.. (2021). Purification and HDL-like particle formation of apolipoprotein A-I after co-expression with the EDDIE mutant of Npro autoprotease. Protein Expression and Purification. 187. 105946–105946. 3 indexed citations

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Lima, Tânia, Katja Bernfur, Manuel Vilanova, & Tommy Cedervall. (2020). Understanding the Lipid and Protein Corona Formation on Different Sized Polymeric Nanoparticles. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1129–1129. 194 indexed citations

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Linse, Sara, Tom Scheidt, Katja Bernfur, et al.. (2020). Kinetic fingerprints differentiate the mechanisms of action of anti-Aβ antibodies. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(12). 1125–1133. 154 indexed citations

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Söderberg, Christopher A. G., Cecilia Månsson, Katja Bernfur, et al.. (2018). Structural modelling of the DNAJB6 oligomeric chaperone shows a peptide-binding cleft lined with conserved S/T-residues at the dimer interface. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5199–5199. 38 indexed citations

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Domingo‐Espín, Joan, et al.. (2018). Site-specific glycations of apolipoprotein A-I lead to differentiated functional effects on lipid-binding and on glucose metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1864(9). 2822–2834. 23 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Morten, et al.. (2017). Chaperone‐client interactions between Hsp21 and client proteins monitored in solution by small angle X‐ray scattering and captured by crosslinking mass spectrometry. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 86(1). 110–123. 7 indexed citations

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Söderberg, Christopher A. G., Katja Bernfur, Morten Rasmussen, et al.. (2017). Iron-induced oligomerization of human FXN81-210 and bacterial CyaY frataxin and the effect of iron chelators. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188937–e0188937. 15 indexed citations

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Bernfur, Katja, et al.. (2013). Relative Abundance of Integral Plasma Membrane Proteins in Arabidopsis Leaf and Root Tissue Determined by Metabolic Labeling and Mass Spectrometry. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71206–e71206. 12 indexed citations

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Lambert, Wietske, et al.. (2012). Probing the transient interaction between the small heat-shock protein Hsp21 and a model substrate protein using crosslinking mass spectrometry. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 18(1). 75–85. 10 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Robert, Katja Bernfur, Niklas Gustavsson, et al.. (2009). Proteomics of Plasma Membranes from Poplar Trees Reveals Tissue Distribution of Transporters, Receptors, and Proteins in Cell Wall Formation. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 9(2). 368–387. 53 indexed citations

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Alexandersson, Erik, et al.. (2008). Purification and Proteomic Analysis of Plant Plasma Membranes. Methods in molecular biology. 432. 161–173. 16 indexed citations

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