Knut Woltjen

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Knut Woltjen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Knut Woltjen has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Knut Woltjen's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (45 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (41 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (12 papers). Knut Woltjen is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (45 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (41 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (12 papers). Knut Woltjen collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Canada and United States. Knut Woltjen's co-authors include Keisuke Kaji, Maria Mileikovsky, Paria Mohseni, András Nagy, Hoon‐Ki Sung, Agnieszka Paca, Katherine Norrby, Iacovos P. Michael, Riikka H. Hämäläinen and Jeffrey L. Wrana and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Knut Woltjen

67 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

piggyBac transposition reprograms fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells

2009 1.3k citations Knut Woltjen, Iacovos P. Michael et al. Nature profile →
Virus-free induction of pluripotency and subsequent excision of reprogramming factors

2009 887 citations Keisuke Kaji, Katherine Norrby et al. Nature profile →
Functional Genomics Reveals a BMP-Driven Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in the Initiation of Somatic Cell Reprogramming

2010 777 citations Hoon‐Ki Sung, Knut Woltjen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Knut Woltjen Japan	32	5.3k	915	821	692	556	69	6.1k
Styliani Markoulaki United States	28	5.5k 1.0×	935 1.0×	644 0.8×	580 0.8×	556 1.0×	43	6.3k
Hidenori Akutsu Japan	36	5.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	750 0.9×	606 0.9×	539 1.0×	124	6.8k
Yuin‐Han Loh Singapore	33	7.8k 1.5×	925 1.0×	984 1.2×	903 1.3×	867 1.6×	76	8.6k
April D. Pyle United States	30	3.6k 0.7×	632 0.7×	590 0.7×	546 0.8×	367 0.7×	62	4.5k
Akitsu Hotta Japan	38	4.7k 0.9×	957 1.0×	997 1.2×	665 1.0×	385 0.7×	88	5.7k
Guangming Wu Germany	38	5.0k 0.9×	843 0.9×	678 0.8×	532 0.8×	329 0.6×	87	6.1k
Nimet Maherali United States	16	6.3k 1.2×	764 0.8×	955 1.2×	873 1.3×	855 1.5×	20	6.9k
Thorsten M. Schlaeger United States	35	5.4k 1.0×	795 0.9×	635 0.8×	585 0.8×	693 1.2×	72	6.7k
Manching Ku United States	25	7.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	633 0.8×	484 0.7×	493 0.9×	33	8.8k
Paul J. Tesar United States	32	5.3k 1.0×	668 0.7×	626 0.8×	577 0.8×	269 0.5×	65	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Knut Woltjen

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Kawatou, Masahide, et al.. (2024). Modeling mutation-specific arrhythmogenic phenotypes in isogenic human iPSC-derived cardiac tissues. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2586–2586. 10 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Tomoko, Takayuki Kondo, Kayoko Tsukita, et al.. (2024). Enrichment of Allelic Editing Outcomes by Prime Editing in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. The CRISPR Journal. 7(5). 293–304. 2 indexed citations

Ono, Hiroki, et al.. (2023). Programmable mammalian translational modulators by CRISPR-associated proteins. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2243–2243. 11 indexed citations

Sakai, Kouji, Mandy Siu Yu Lung, Tomoko Matsumoto, et al.. (2023). ACE2 knockout hinders SARS-CoV-2 propagation in iPS cell-derived airway and alveolar epithelial cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1290876–1290876. 2 indexed citations

Penfold, Christopher A., Kazuaki Kojima, Haruka Yabukami, et al.. (2023). mRNA-based generation of marmoset PGCLCs capable of differentiation into gonocyte-like cells. Stem Cell Reports. 18(10). 1987–2002. 6 indexed citations

Ito, Kenji, Kohei Nagata, Sho Ohta, et al.. (2022). The oncogene-dependent resistance to reprogramming unveils cancer therapeutic targets. Cell Reports. 39(4). 110721–110721. 10 indexed citations

Reinhardt, Anika, Harunobu Kagawa, & Knut Woltjen. (2020). N-Terminal Amino Acids Determine KLF4 Protein Stability in 2A Peptide-Linked Polycistronic Reprogramming Constructs. Stem Cell Reports. 14(3). 520–527. 9 indexed citations

Monlong, Jean, Michiko Nakamura, Miki Nagai, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide microhomologies enable precise template-free editing of biologically relevant deletion mutations. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4856–4856. 32 indexed citations

Kagawa, Harunobu, Shin‐Il Kim, Fabian Oceguera-Yañez, et al.. (2019). OVOL1 Influences the Determination and Expansion of iPSC Reprogramming Intermediates. Stem Cell Reports. 12(2). 319–332. 9 indexed citations

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Kim, Shin‐Il, Tomoko Matsumoto, Harunobu Kagawa, et al.. (2018). Microhomology-assisted scarless genome editing in human iPSCs. Nature Communications. 9(1). 939–939. 45 indexed citations

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Ikeda, Takashi, Takafusa Hikichi, Hisashi Miura, et al.. (2018). Srf destabilizes cellular identity by suppressing cell-type-specific gene expression programs. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1387–1387. 26 indexed citations

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Sone, Masamitsu, Nobuhiro Morone, Tomonori Nakamura, et al.. (2017). Hybrid Cellular Metabolism Coordinated by Zic3 and Esrrb Synergistically Enhances Induction of Naive Pluripotency. Cell Metabolism. 25(5). 1103–1117.e6. 57 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Mitsuhiro, et al.. (2015). Synthetic lateral inhibition governs cell-type bifurcation with robust ratios. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6195–6195. 67 indexed citations

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Shoji, Emi, Knut Woltjen, & Hidetoshi Sakurai. (2015). Directed Myogenic Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1353. 89–99. 33 indexed citations

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Skylaki, Stavroula, Sergio Ménendez, Shin‐Il Kim, et al.. (2015). Reprogramming Roadblocks Are System Dependent. Stem Cell Reports. 5(3). 350–364. 26 indexed citations

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Ohnishi, K, Katsunori Semi, Takuya Yamamoto, et al.. (2014). Premature Termination of Reprogramming In Vivo Leads to Cancer Development through Altered Epigenetic Regulation. Cell. 156(4). 663–677. 335 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Akihito, Knut Woltjen, Katsuya Miyake, et al.. (2013). Efficient and Reproducible Myogenic Differentiation from Human iPS Cells: Prospects for Modeling Miyoshi Myopathy In Vitro. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61540–e61540. 184 indexed citations

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Nagy, Kristina Vintersten, Hoon‐Ki Sung, Puzheng Zhang, et al.. (2011). Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Equine Fibroblasts. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 7(3). 693–702. 180 indexed citations

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Monetti, Claudio, Koichiro Nishino, Steffen Biechele, et al.. (2010). PhiC31 integrase facilitates genetic approaches combining multiple recombinases. Methods. 53(4). 380–385. 20 indexed citations

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Kaji, Keisuke, Katherine Norrby, Agnieszka Paca, et al.. (2009). Virus-free induction of pluripotency and subsequent excision of reprogramming factors. Nature. 458(7239). 771–775. 887 indexed citations breakdown →

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