Klaus H. Kaestner

52.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
389 papers, 36.3k citations indexed

About

Klaus H. Kaestner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus H. Kaestner has authored 389 papers receiving a total of 36.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Molecular Biology, 194 papers in Surgery and 166 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Klaus H. Kaestner's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (170 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (65 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (57 papers). Klaus H. Kaestner is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (170 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (65 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (57 papers). Klaus H. Kaestner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Klaus H. Kaestner's co-authors include Jonathan Schug, Joshua R. Friedman, Catherine S. Lee, M. Daniel Lane, Peter White, Daniel E. Martínez, Walter Knöchel, Nan Gao, Geetu Tuteja and Günther Schütz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Klaus H. Kaestner

383 papers receiving 35.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Insulin Resistance and a Diabetes Mellitus-Like Syndrome in Mice Lacking the Protein Kinase Akt2 (PKBβ)

2001 1.5k citations Han Cho, James Mu et al. Science profile →
Unified nomenclature for the winged helix/forkhead transcription factors

2000 966 citations Klaus H. Kaestner et al. profile →
DNA Binding of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Is Not Essential for Survival

1998 880 citations Klaus H. Kaestner et al. profile →
Krüppel-like factor 4 regulates macrophage polarization

2011 601 citations Klaus H. Kaestner et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
KLF Family Members Regulate Intrinsic Axon Regeneration Ability

2009 541 citations Darcie L. Moore, Murray G. Blackmore et al. Science profile →
The evolution of Fox genes and their role in development and disease

2009 514 citations Klaus H. Kaestner et al. profile →
Subepithelial telocytes are an important source of Wnts that supports intestinal crypts

2018 366 citations Ayano Kondo, Shalev Itzkovitz et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klaus H. Kaestner United States	108	22.4k	12.0k	9.4k	4.4k	3.6k	389	36.3k
Mark A. Magnuson United States	95	16.1k 0.7×	12.3k 1.0×	6.4k 0.7×	5.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	249	26.4k
Marc Montminy United States	95	26.6k 1.2×	6.9k 0.6×	6.7k 0.7×	4.2k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	162	39.9k
Graeme I. Bell United States	101	19.9k 0.9×	14.2k 1.2×	11.6k 1.2×	10.0k 2.3×	1.6k 0.4×	389	36.9k
Markus Stoffel United States	77	19.8k 0.9×	7.1k 0.6×	4.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	12.1k 3.3×	200	30.2k
Domenico Accili United States	92	18.8k 0.8×	10.0k 0.8×	4.9k 0.5×	6.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.5×	271	31.5k
Morris J. Birnbaum United States	102	27.6k 1.2×	8.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.3×	5.0k 1.1×	3.6k 1.0×	243	41.3k
Hironobu Sasano Japan	87	11.1k 0.5×	7.3k 0.6×	8.7k 0.9×	9.4k 2.2×	6.1k 1.7×	1.2k	36.3k
Makoto M. Taketo Japan	111	24.0k 1.1×	4.4k 0.4×	7.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	4.1k 1.1×	392	39.1k
Joachim Herz United States	95	15.9k 0.7×	6.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.6×	5.4k 1.5×	284	35.7k
Chu‐Xia Deng United States	119	31.1k 1.4×	3.0k 0.3×	7.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	5.5k 1.5×	414	47.2k

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Kaestner, Klaus H., et al.. (2025). The house mouse maintains constant telomere length throughout life. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(16).

Swisa, Avital, Elisabetta Manduchi, Yemin Lan, et al.. (2022). H3K27me3 Demethylases Maintain the Transcriptional and Epigenomic Landscape of the Intestinal Epithelium. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 15(4). 821–839. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Liu, Diptadip Dattaroy, Luiz F. Barella, et al.. (2021). Gq signaling in α cells is critical for maintaining euglycemia. JCI Insight. 6(24). 17 indexed citations

Kondo, Ayano, Michelle Y. Y. Lee, Daniel Traum, et al.. (2021). Highly Multiplexed Image Analysis of Intestinal Tissue Sections in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology. 161(6). 1940–1952. 30 indexed citations

Cyphert, Holly A., Emily M. Walker, Yan Hang, et al.. (2018). Examining How the MAFB Transcription Factor Affects Islet β-Cell Function Postnatally. Diabetes. 68(2). 337–348. 33 indexed citations

Cohen‐Tayar, Yamit, Hadar Cohen, Carmit Levy, et al.. (2018). Pax6 regulation of Sox9 in the mouse retinal pigmented epithelium controls its timely differentiation and choroid vasculature development. Development. 145(15). 17 indexed citations

Ackermann, Amanda M., Zhiping Wang, Jonathan Schug, Ali Naji, & Klaus H. Kaestner. (2016). Integration of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq identifies human alpha cell and beta cell signature genes. Molecular Metabolism. 5(3). 233–244. 190 indexed citations

Golson, Maria L. & Klaus H. Kaestner. (2016). Fox transcription factors: from development to disease. Development. 143(24). 4558–4570. 273 indexed citations

Sheaffer, Karyn L., Ellen N. Elliott, & Klaus H. Kaestner. (2016). DNA Hypomethylation Contributes to Genomic Instability and Intestinal Cancer Initiation. Cancer Prevention Research. 9(7). 534–546. 93 indexed citations

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Shin, Soona, John Le Lay, Logan J. Everett, et al.. (2014). CREB mediates the insulinotropic and anti-apoptotic effects of GLP-1 signaling in adult mouse β-cells. Molecular Metabolism. 3(8). 803–812. 48 indexed citations

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Oliver‐Krasinski, Jennifer, Margaret Kasner, Juxiang Yang, et al.. (2009). The diabetes gene Pdx1 regulates the transcriptional network of pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(7). 1888–1898. 126 indexed citations

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Golson, Maria L., John Le Lay, Nan Gao, et al.. (2009). Jagged1 is a competitive inhibitor of Notch signaling in the embryonic pancreas. Mechanisms of Development. 126(8-9). 687–699. 43 indexed citations

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Moore, Darcie L., Murray G. Blackmore, Ying Hu, et al.. (2009). KLF Family Members Regulate Intrinsic Axon Regeneration Ability. Science. 326(5950). 298–301. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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White, Peter, Catherine Lee May, Rodrigo Nunes Lamounier, John Brestelli, & Klaus H. Kaestner. (2007). Defining Pancreatic Endocrine Precursors and Their Descendants. Diabetes. 57(3). 654–668. 66 indexed citations

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Ghaleb, Amr M., Beth B. McConnell, Mandayam O. Nandan, et al.. (2007). Haploinsufficiency of Kruppel-Like Factor 4 Promotes Adenomatous Polyposis Coli–Dependent Intestinal Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 67(15). 7147–7154. 86 indexed citations

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Lee, Catherine S., Diva D. De León, Klaus H. Kaestner, & Doris A. Stoffers. (2006). Regeneration of Pancreatic Islets After Partial Pancreatectomy in Mice Does Not Involve the Reactivation of Neurogenin-3. Diabetes. 55(2). 269–272. 93 indexed citations

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Doliba, Nicolai M., Wei Qin, Marko Z. Vatamaniuk, et al.. (2006). Cholinergic regulation of fuel-induced hormone secretion and respiration of SUR1^−/− mouse islets. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 291(3). E525–E535. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Catherine S., Joshua R. Friedman, James Fulmer, & Klaus H. Kaestner. (2005). The initiation of liver development is dependent on Foxa transcription factors. Nature. 435(7044). 944–947. 455 indexed citations

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Wan, Huajing, Yan Xu, Machiko Ikegami, et al.. (2004). Foxa2 is required for transition to air breathing at birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(40). 14449–14454. 107 indexed citations

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Cho, Han, James Mu, Jason K. Kim, et al.. (2001). Insulin Resistance and a Diabetes Mellitus-Like Syndrome in Mice Lacking the Protein Kinase Akt2 (PKBβ). Science. 292(5522). 1728–1731. 1512 indexed citations breakdown →

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