Maaike van den Born

27.2k total citations · 16 hit papers
34 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Maaike van den Born is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maaike van den Born has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Oncology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Maaike van den Born's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (15 papers) and Digestive system and related health (13 papers). Maaike van den Born is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (15 papers) and Digestive system and related health (13 papers). Maaike van den Born collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Maaike van den Born's co-authors include Hans Clevers, Johan H. van Es, Nick Barker, Harry Begthel, Marc van de Wetering, Jeroen Korving, Hugo J.G. Snippert, Peter J. Peters, Pekka Kujala and Daniel E. Stange and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Maaike van den Born

34 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of stem ce... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2010 2002 2008 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5
    2007 4.3k citations Nick Barker, Johan H. van Es et al. Nature profile →
  2. Paneth cells constitute the niche for Lgr5 stem cells in intestinal crypts
    2010 1.9k citations Toshiro Sato, Johan H. van Es et al. Nature profile →
  3. The β-Catenin/TCF-4 Complex Imposes a Crypt Progenitor Phenotype on Colorectal Cancer Cells
    2002 1.6k citations Marc van de Wetering, Elena Sancho et al. Cell profile →
  4. Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer
    2008 1.6k citations Nick Barker, Rachel A. Ridgway et al. Nature profile →
  5. Intestinal Crypt Homeostasis Results from Neutral Competition between Symmetrically Dividing Lgr5 Stem Cells
    2010 1.4k citations Hugo J.G. Snippert, Laurens G. van der Flier et al. Cell profile →
  6. Notch/γ-secretase inhibition turns proliferative cells in intestinal crypts and adenomas into goblet cells
    2005 1.2k citations Johan H. van Es, Mariëlle van Gijn et al. Nature profile →
  7. Lgr5+ve Stem Cells Drive Self-Renewal in the Stomach and Build Long-Lived Gastric Units In Vitro
    2010 1.2k citations Nick Barker, Pekka Kujala et al. profile →
  8. Lineage Tracing Reveals Lgr5 + Stem Cell Activity in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas
    2012 822 citations Arnout Schepers, Hugo J.G. Snippert et al. Science profile →
  9. Long-Term Expansion of Functional Mouse and Human Hepatocytes as 3D Organoids
    2018 588 citations Huili Hu, Helmuth Gehart et al. Cell profile →
  10. Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin
    2010 585 citations Hugo J.G. Snippert, Andrea Haegebarth et al. Science profile →
  11. De Novo Crypt Formation and Juvenile Polyposis on BMP Inhibition in Mouse Intestine
    2004 584 citations Anna-Pavlina G. Haramis, Harry Begthel et al. Science profile →
  12. Dll1+ secretory progenitor cells revert to stem cells upon crypt damage
    2012 584 citations Johan H. van Es, Toshiro Sato et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  13. Transcription Factor Achaete Scute-Like 2 Controls Intestinal Stem Cell Fate
    2009 546 citations Laurens G. van der Flier, Mariëlle van Gijn et al. Cell profile →
  14. Wnt signalling induces maturation of Paneth cells in intestinal crypts
    2005 518 citations Johan H. van Es, Philippe Jay et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  15. Replacement of Lost Lgr5-Positive Stem Cells through Plasticity of Their Enterocyte-Lineage Daughters
    2016 412 citations Onur Başak, Kay Wiebrands et al. profile →
  16. De Novo Prediction of Stem Cell Identity using Single-Cell Transcriptome Data
    2016 370 citations Kay Wiebrands, Anna Lyubimova 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
Maaike van den Born Netherlands 33 12.2k 9.4k 4.5k 2.9k 2.4k 34 20.7k
Harry Begthel Netherlands 41 10.5k 0.9× 8.8k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 59 18.8k
Daniel E. Stange Germany 32 9.5k 0.8× 9.4k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 67 18.9k
Hugo J.G. Snippert Netherlands 37 8.6k 0.7× 7.6k 0.8× 2.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 53 16.9k
Pekka Kujala Netherlands 32 8.0k 0.7× 7.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 44 16.1k
Marc van de Wetering Netherlands 59 20.7k 1.7× 13.0k 1.4× 6.2k 1.4× 3.9k 1.3× 3.9k 1.6× 84 32.9k
Frédéric J. de Sauvage United States 86 17.7k 1.4× 8.0k 0.8× 4.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 148 31.0k
Glenn Merlino United States 73 10.9k 0.9× 6.1k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 215 17.9k
Margaret A. Goodell United States 74 14.5k 1.2× 5.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 3.2k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 217 24.7k
Jeroen Korving Netherlands 37 7.1k 0.6× 5.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 53 12.1k
Richard Poulsom United Kingdom 77 9.4k 0.8× 4.7k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 5.1k 1.7× 2.8k 1.1× 246 18.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maaike van den Born

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Huili, Helmuth Gehart, Benedetta Artegiani, et al.. (2018). Long-Term Expansion of Functional Mouse and Human Hepatocytes as 3D Organoids. Cell. 175(6). 1591–1606.e19. 588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beumer, Joep, Benedetta Artegiani, Yorick Post, et al.. (2018). Enteroendocrine cells switch hormone expression along the crypt-to-villus BMP signalling gradient. Nature Cell Biology. 20(8). 909–916. 190 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Nobuo, Norman Sachs, Kay Wiebrands, et al.. (2016). Reg4 + deep crypt secretory cells function as epithelial niche for Lgr5 + stem cells in colon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(37). E5399–407. 206 indexed citations
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Koo, Bon‐Kyoung, Johan H. van Es, Maaike van den Born, & Hans Clevers. (2015). Porcupine inhibitor suppresses paracrine Wnt-driven growth of Rnf43;Znrf3 -mutant neoplasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(24). 7548–7550. 126 indexed citations
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Vereecke, Lars, Sara Vieira‐Silva, Thomas Billiet, et al.. (2014). A20 controls intestinal homeostasis through cell-specific activities. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5103–5103. 106 indexed citations
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Schepers, Arnout, Hugo J.G. Snippert, Daniel E. Stange, et al.. (2012). Lineage Tracing Reveals Lgr5 + Stem Cell Activity in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas. Science. 337(6095). 730–735. 822 indexed citations breakdown →
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Es, Johan H. van, Toshiro Sato, Marc van de Wetering, et al.. (2012). Dll1+ secretory progenitor cells revert to stem cells upon crypt damage. Nature Cell Biology. 14(10). 1099–1104. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schepers, Arnout, Robert G. Vries, Maaike van den Born, Marc van de Wetering, & Hans Clevers. (2011). Lgr5 intestinal stem cells have high telomerase activity and randomly segregate their chromosomes. The EMBO Journal. 30(6). 1104–1109. 165 indexed citations
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Sylva, Marc, Vivian Li, Johan H. van Es, et al.. (2011). The BMP Antagonist Follistatin-Like 1 Is Required for Skeletal and Lung Organogenesis. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e22616–e22616. 85 indexed citations
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Snippert, Hugo J.G., Andrea Haegebarth, Maria Kasper, et al.. (2010). Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin. Science. 327(5971). 1385–1389. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sato, Toshiro, Johan H. van Es, Hugo J.G. Snippert, et al.. (2010). Paneth cells constitute the niche for Lgr5 stem cells in intestinal crypts. Nature. 469(7330). 415–418. 1863 indexed citations breakdown →
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Flier, Laurens G. van der, Mariëlle van Gijn, Pantelis Hatzis, et al.. (2009). Transcription Factor Achaete Scute-Like 2 Controls Intestinal Stem Cell Fate. Cell. 136(5). 903–912. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barker, Nick & Maaike van den Born. (2008). Detection of β-Catenin Localization by Immunohistochemistry. Methods in molecular biology. 468. 91–98. 17 indexed citations
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Barker, Nick, Rachel A. Ridgway, Johan H. van Es, et al.. (2008). Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer. Nature. 457(7229). 608–611. 1641 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barker, Nick, Johan H. van Es, Jeroen Kuipers, et al.. (2007). Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5. Nature. 449(7165). 1003–1007. 4255 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haramis, Anna-Pavlina G., Adam Hurlstone, Harry Begthel, et al.. (2006). Adenomatous polyposis coli‐deficient zebrafish are susceptible to digestive tract neoplasia. EMBO Reports. 7(4). 444–449. 130 indexed citations
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Es, Johan H. van, Mariëlle van Gijn, Orbicia Riccio, et al.. (2005). Notch/γ-secretase inhibition turns proliferative cells in intestinal crypts and adenomas into goblet cells. Nature. 435(7044). 959–963. 1233 indexed citations breakdown →
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Es, Johan H. van, Philippe Jay, Alex Gregorieff, et al.. (2005). Wnt signalling induces maturation of Paneth cells in intestinal crypts. Nature Cell Biology. 7(4). 381–386. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haramis, Anna-Pavlina G., Harry Begthel, Maaike van den Born, et al.. (2004). De Novo Crypt Formation and Juvenile Polyposis on BMP Inhibition in Mouse Intestine. Science. 303(5664). 1684–1686. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wetering, Marc van de, Elena Sancho, Cornelis L. Verweij, et al.. (2002). The β-Catenin/TCF-4 Complex Imposes a Crypt Progenitor Phenotype on Colorectal Cancer Cells. Cell. 111(2). 241–250. 1642 indexed citations breakdown →

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