Leen Timmermans

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leen Timmermans is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leen Timmermans has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cancer Research, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leen Timmermans's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (4 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (2 papers). Leen Timmermans is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (4 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (2 papers). Leen Timmermans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Slovakia. Leen Timmermans's co-authors include Koen Brusselmans, Johannes V. Swinnen, Guido Verhoeven, Frank Vanderhoydonc, Katryn Scheys, Paul P. Van Veldhoven, Etienne Waelkens, Rita Derua, Annelies Beckers and Sophie Organe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Leen Timmermans

11 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

De novo Lipogenesis Protects Cancer Cells from Free Radicals and Chemotherapeutics by Promoting Membrane Lipid Saturation

2010 572 citations Evelien Rysman, Koen Brusselmans et al. Cancer Research profile →

Peers

Leen Timmermans

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Karine Smans Belgium

Wan Fang Han United States

Ellen De Schrijver Belgium

Frank Vanderhoydonc Belgium

Nikos Koundouros United Kingdom

Wai‐Nang Paul Lee United States

Ramani Dinavahi United States

Can Cheng China

Jennifer B. Dennison United States

Hiromi I. Wettersten United States

Karine Smans Belgium

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225 ×1.3

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164 ×1.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Leen Timmermans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leen Timmermans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Leen Timmermans. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Leen Timmermans. The network helps show where Leen Timmermans may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leen Timmermans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leen Timmermans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leen Timmermans 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 Leen Timmermans. Leen Timmermans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Timmermans, Leen, et al.. (2013). Accelerated Aging during Chronic Oxidative Stress: A Role for PARP-1. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2013. 1–10. 31 indexed citations

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Lizárraga, Daneida, Stan Gaj, Karen Brauers, et al.. (2012). Benzo[a]pyrene-Induced Changes in MicroRNA–mRNA Networks. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 25(4). 838–849. 44 indexed citations

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Houben, Joyce M.J., et al.. (2012). Accelerated aging during chronic oxidative stress: a role for PARP‐1?. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Rysman, Evelien, Koen Brusselmans, Katryn Scheys, et al.. (2010). De novo Lipogenesis Protects Cancer Cells from Free Radicals and Chemotherapeutics by Promoting Membrane Lipid Saturation. Cancer Research. 70(20). 8117–8126. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Timmermans, Leen, Roger Godschalk, Jan Theys, et al.. (2010). Diminished Carcinogen Detoxification Is a Novel Mechanism for Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1-mediated Genetic Instability. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(19). 14558–14564. 33 indexed citations

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Brusselmans, Koen, Leen Timmermans, Tine Van de Sande, et al.. (2007). Squalene Synthase, a Determinant of Raft-associated Cholesterol and Modulator of Cancer Cell Proliferation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(26). 18777–18785. 90 indexed citations

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Beckers, Annelies, Sophie Organe, Leen Timmermans, et al.. (2007). Chemical Inhibition of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Induces Growth Arrest and Cytotoxicity Selectively in Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 67(17). 8180–8187. 257 indexed citations

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Beckers, Annelies, Sophie Organe, Leen Timmermans, et al.. (2006). Methotrexate enhances the antianabolic and antiproliferative effects of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 5(9). 2211–2217. 50 indexed citations

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Swinnen, Johan, Annelies Beckers, Koen Brusselmans, Leen Timmermans, & Guido Verhoeven. (2005). Mimicry of a cellular low energy status blocks tumor cell anabolism and suppresses the malignant phenotype: synergism between AICA riboside and methotrexate. 1 indexed citations

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Swinnen, Johannes V., Annelies Beckers, Koen Brusselmans, et al.. (2005). Mimicry of a Cellular Low Energy Status Blocks Tumor Cell Anabolism and Suppresses the Malignant Phenotype. Cancer Research. 65(6). 2441–2448. 110 indexed citations

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Swinnen, Johannes V., Paul P. Van Veldhoven, Leen Timmermans, et al.. (2003). Fatty acid synthase drives the synthesis of phospholipids partitioning into detergent-resistant membrane microdomains. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 302(4). 898–903. 201 indexed citations

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