Manuel Schweighauser

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
17 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Manuel Schweighauser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Schweighauser has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Manuel Schweighauser's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (8 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (6 papers). Manuel Schweighauser is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (8 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (6 papers). Manuel Schweighauser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Manuel Schweighauser's co-authors include Michel Goedert, Sjors H. W. Scheres, Alexey G. Murzin, Bernardino Ghetti, Rubén Vidal, Holly J. Garringer, Kazuko Hasegawa, Masato Hasegawa, Shigeo Murayama and Yue‐De Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Schweighauser

17 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy

2020 510 citations Manuel Schweighauser, Yue‐De Yang et al. Nature profile →
Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β 42 filaments from human brains

2022 310 citations Yang Yang, Diana Arseni et al. UCL Discovery (University College London) profile →
Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

2022 262 citations Yang Yang, Yue‐De Yang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manuel Schweighauser United Kingdom	14	1.2k	950	831	371	314	17	2.1k
Airi Tarutani Japan	12	983 0.8×	675 0.7×	827 1.0×	350 0.9×	318 1.0×	21	1.6k
H. Bea Kuiperij Netherlands	25	716 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	742 0.9×	359 1.0×	328 1.0×	75	2.5k
Hilda Mirbaha United States	11	1.4k 1.2×	886 0.9×	300 0.4×	548 1.5×	469 1.5×	15	1.8k
Virginia M. Lee United States	17	1.3k 1.1×	735 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	498 1.3×	746 2.4×	28	2.5k
Simon Dujardin United States	19	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	352 0.4×	625 1.7×	710 2.3×	30	3.0k
Caitlin Commins United States	14	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	204 0.2×	393 1.1×	501 1.6×	21	2.1k
Lanny J. Haverkamp United States	11	944 0.8×	696 0.7×	820 1.0×	546 1.5×	413 1.3×	19	2.2k
Dawn M. Riddle United States	18	1.4k 1.1×	716 0.8×	1.9k 2.3×	661 1.8×	820 2.6×	18	2.7k
Sarah K. Kaufman United States	7	1.1k 0.9×	689 0.7×	281 0.3×	470 1.3×	349 1.1×	9	1.4k
Allyson D. Roe United States	18	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	213 0.3×	517 1.4×	435 1.4×	22	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Schweighauser

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17 of 17 papers shown

Schweighauser, Manuel, Yue‐De Yang, Alexey G. Murzin, et al.. (2025). Distinct tau filament folds in human MAPT mutants P301L and P301T. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(8). 1470–1478. 4 indexed citations

Ghetti, Bernardino, Manuel Schweighauser, Max Jacobsen, et al.. (2024). TMEM106B amyloid filaments in the Biondi bodies of ependymal cells. Acta Neuropathologica. 148(1). 60–60. 2 indexed citations

Bacioglu, Mehtap, Manuel Schweighauser, Sofia Lövestam, et al.. (2024). Cleaved TMEM106B forms amyloid aggregates in central and peripheral nervous systems. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 12(1). 99–99. 5 indexed citations

Schweighauser, Manuel, Alexey G. Murzin, Jennifer A. Macdonald, et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from the brains of mice transgenic for human mutant P301S Tau. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 160–160. 29 indexed citations

Schweighauser, Manuel, Holly J. Garringer, Therése Klingstedt, et al.. (2023). Mutation ∆K281 in MAPT causes Pick’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 146(2). 211–226. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Wenjuan Zhang, Alexey G. Murzin, et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β filaments with the Arctic mutation (E22G) from human and mouse brains. Acta Neuropathologica. 145(3). 325–333. 49 indexed citations

Eninger, Timo, Stephan A. Müller, Mehtap Bacioglu, et al.. (2022). Signatures of glial activity can be detected in the CSF proteome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2119804119–e2119804119. 15 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Yue‐De Yang, Manuel Schweighauser, et al.. (2022). Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology. Nature. 610(7933). 791–795. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Yang, Diana Arseni, Wenjuan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β 42 filaments from human brains. UCL Discovery (University College London). 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Macdonald, Jennifer A., John Chen, Masami Masuda‐Suzukake, et al.. (2021). Assembly of α-synuclein and neurodegeneration in the central nervous system of heterozygous M83 mice following the peripheral administration of α-synuclein seeds. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 189–189. 16 indexed citations

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Bacioglu, Mehtap, Niklas Schwarz, Marc Welzer, et al.. (2021). Microglial inclusions and neurofilament light chain release follow neuronal α-synuclein lesions in long-term brain slice cultures. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 16(1). 54–54. 21 indexed citations

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Lövestam, Sofia, Manuel Schweighauser, Tomoyasu Matsubara, et al.. (2021). Seeded assembly in vitro does not replicate the structures of α‐synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy. FEBS Open Bio. 11(4). 999–1013. 112 indexed citations

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Schweighauser, Manuel, Yue‐De Yang, Airi Tarutani, et al.. (2020). Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy. Nature. 585(7825). 464–469. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bacioglu, Mehtap, Manuel Schweighauser, Jasmin Mahler, et al.. (2020). Prominent microglial inclusions in transgenic mouse models of α-synucleinopathy that are distinct from neuronal lesions. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 133–133. 21 indexed citations

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Falcon, Benjamin, Wenjuan Zhang, Manuel Schweighauser, et al.. (2018). Tau filaments from multiple cases of sporadic and inherited Alzheimer’s disease adopt a common fold. Acta Neuropathologica. 136(5). 699–708. 247 indexed citations

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Bacioglu, Mehtap, Luı́s F. Maia, Oliver Preische, et al.. (2016). Neurofilament Light Chain in Blood and CSF as Marker of Disease Progression in Mouse Models and in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Neuron. 91(1). 56–66. 295 indexed citations

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Angliker, Nico, et al.. (2013). Ablation of the mTORC2 component rictor in brain or Purkinje cells affects size and neuron morphology. The Journal of Cell Biology. 201(2). 293–308. 179 indexed citations

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