Kristian Pietras

19.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
99 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Kristian Pietras is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristian Pietras has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Oncology and 40 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kristian Pietras's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (20 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (15 papers). Kristian Pietras is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (20 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (15 papers). Kristian Pietras collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Finland. Kristian Pietras's co-authors include Arne Östman, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, Kristofer Rubin, Douglas Hanahan, Ulf Eriksson, Tobias Sjöblom, Elisabeth Buchdunger, Charlotta Olsson, Mats Gullberg and Ulf Landegren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Kristian Pietras

95 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

High interstitial fluid pressure — an obstacle in cancer ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2004 2002 2010 2018 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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. High interstitial fluid pressure — an obstacle in cancer therapy
    2004 1.7k citations Kristian Pietras et al. profile →
  2. Protein detection using proximity-dependent DNA ligation assays
    2002 1.1k citations Kristian Pietras et al. profile →
  3. Hallmarks of cancer: Interactions with the tumor stroma
    2010 862 citations Kristian Pietras et al. profile →
  4. Spatially and functionally distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts revealed by single cell RNA sequencing
    2018 561 citations Michael Bartoschek, Nikolay Oskolkov et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. A SNAIL1–SMAD3/4 transcriptional repressor complex promotes TGF-β mediated epithelial–mesenchymal transition
    2009 535 citations Kristian Pietras et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kristian Pietras Sweden 46 6.4k 4.3k 2.6k 1.8k 1.5k 99 12.2k
Dean W. Felsher United States 59 9.7k 1.5× 4.6k 1.1× 3.6k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 176 15.9k
Olivier De Wever Belgium 54 6.5k 1.0× 3.9k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 225 12.0k
Arne Östman Sweden 63 9.8k 1.5× 4.6k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 165 16.8k
Janice A. Nagy United States 59 7.9k 1.2× 3.0k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 132 14.5k
Jann N. Sarkaria United States 68 9.5k 1.5× 5.4k 1.3× 3.5k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 325 16.2k
Dennis E. Hallahan United States 66 6.5k 1.0× 3.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 267 13.3k
Laura E. Benjamin United States 38 6.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 696 0.5× 70 10.8k
Alnawaz Rehemtulla United States 65 5.1k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 232 13.1k
Kai Kessenbrock United States 30 5.4k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 50 12.4k
Rolf Bjerkvig Norway 59 6.3k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.3× 956 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 235 12.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kristian Pietras

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristian Pietras

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kristian Pietras. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kristian Pietras based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kristian Pietras. Kristian Pietras is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sjölund, Jonas, Paulina Bolívar, Ewa Kurzejamska, et al.. (2025). An activin receptor-like kinase 1–governed monocytic lineage shapes an immunosuppressive landscape in breast cancer metastases. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(5). 1 indexed citations
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Bocci, Matteo, et al.. (2024). Spatial Multiomics Reveals Intratumoral Immune Heterogeneity with Distinct Cytokine Networks in Lung Cancer Brain Metastases. Cancer Research Communications. 4(11). 2888–2902. 1 indexed citations
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Gialeli, Chrysostomi, Annelie Shami, Jianmin Sun, et al.. (2024). The extracellular matrix proteoglycan serglycin is associated with human atherosclerotic plaque inflammation. Cardiovascular Research. 120(Supplement_1).
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Morsing, Mikkel, Jonas Sjölund, Jiyoung Kim, et al.. (2024). Evidence of steady-state fibroblast subtypes in the normal human breast as cells-of-origin for perturbed-state fibroblasts in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 26(1). 11–11. 8 indexed citations
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Watabe, Tetsuro, Kazuki Takahashi, Kristian Pietras, & Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu. (2023). Roles of TGF-β signals in tumor microenvironment via regulation of the formation and plasticity of vascular system. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 92. 130–138. 40 indexed citations
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Bolívar, Paulina, et al.. (2023). Roadmap to the study of gene and protein phylogeny and evolution—A practical guide. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0279597–e0279597. 9 indexed citations
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Ek, Fredrik, Agatheeswaran Subramaniam, Yun-Ruei Kao, et al.. (2023). Ciclopirox ethanolamine preserves the immature state of human HSCs by mediating intracellular iron content. Blood Advances. 7(24). 7407–7417. 2 indexed citations
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Phung, Bengt, Shamik Mitra, Martin Lauss, et al.. (2022). DNA promoter hypermethylation of melanocyte lineage genes determines melanoma phenotype. JCI Insight. 7(19). 9 indexed citations
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Nilsson, Anders, Jan Sternby, Carl M. Öberg, et al.. (2022). Dialysis as a Novel Adjuvant Treatment for Malignant Cancers. Cancers. 14(20). 5054–5054.
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Hansson, Karin, Kristina Aaltonen, Jani Saarela, et al.. (2020). Therapeutic targeting of KSP in preclinical models of high-risk neuroblastoma. Science Translational Medicine. 12(562). 22 indexed citations
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Παπαδάκος, Κωνσταντίνος Σ., Michael Bartoschek, Carmen Rodríguez, et al.. (2018). Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein initiates cancer stem cells through activation of Jagged1-Notch3 signaling. Matrix Biology. 81. 107–121. 38 indexed citations
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Bartoschek, Michael, Nikolay Oskolkov, Matteo Bocci, et al.. (2018). Spatially and functionally distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts revealed by single cell RNA sequencing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5150–5150. 561 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bocci, Matteo, Jonas Sjölund, Ewa Kurzejamska, et al.. (2018). Activin receptor-like kinase 1 is associated with immune cell infiltration and regulates CLEC14A transcription in cancer. Angiogenesis. 22(1). 117–131. 34 indexed citations
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Cunha, Sara I., Matteo Bocci, John Lövrot, et al.. (2015). Endothelial ALK1 Is a Therapeutic Target to Block Metastatic Dissemination of Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 75(12). 2445–2456. 48 indexed citations
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Ehnman, Monika, Edoardo Missiaglia, Erika Folestad, et al.. (2013). Distinct Effects of Ligand-Induced PDGFRα and PDGFRβ Signaling in the Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumor Cell and Stroma Cell Compartments. Cancer Research. 73(7). 2139–2149. 73 indexed citations
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Yoshimatsu, Yasuhiro, Hiroshi Suzuki, Sara I. Cunha, et al.. (2013). Bone morphogenetic protein-9 inhibits lymphatic vessel formation via activin receptor-like kinase 1 during development and cancer progression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 18940–18945. 86 indexed citations
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Roswall, Pernilla & Kristian Pietras. (2012). Of mice and men: a comparative study of cancer-associated fibroblasts in mammary carcinoma. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. 117(2). 196–201. 6 indexed citations
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Thulin, Åsa, Maria Ringvall, Anna Dimberg, et al.. (2009). Activated Platelets Provide a Functional Microenvironment for the Antiangiogenic Fragment of Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(11). 1792–1802. 38 indexed citations
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