Mara E. Pitulescu

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Mara E. Pitulescu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mara E. Pitulescu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mara E. Pitulescu's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (11 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (9 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (7 papers). Mara E. Pitulescu is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (11 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (9 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (7 papers). Mara E. Pitulescu collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Mara E. Pitulescu's co-authors include Ralf H. Adams, Inga Schmidt, Rui Benedito, Catherine D. Nobes, Susanne Adams, Magdalena L. Bochenek, Taija Mäkinen, Masanori Nakayama, Urs Lüthi and Laura E. Benjamin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Mara E. Pitulescu

23 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Ephrin-B2 controls VEGF-induced angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

2010 955 citations Yingdi Wang, Masanori Nakayama et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mara E. Pitulescu	2.6k	877	817	518	435	24	3.8k
Yoh‐suke Mukouyama	2.7k 1.1×	900 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	357 0.7×	562 1.3×	73	4.5k
Susanne Adams	2.3k 0.9×	682 0.8×	582 0.7×	459 0.9×	464 1.1×	22	3.5k
Quenten Schwarz	2.1k 0.8×	434 0.5×	809 1.0×	309 0.6×	400 0.9×	65	3.1k
Christiane Bréant	3.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	399 0.8×	802 1.8×	25	4.4k
Akiyoshi Uemura	2.1k 0.8×	461 0.5×	572 0.7×	377 0.7×	398 0.9×	70	3.5k
Kevin Pumiglia	2.2k 0.9×	689 0.8×	464 0.6×	637 1.2×	758 1.7×	43	4.0k
Lise K. Sorensen	2.2k 0.9×	562 0.6×	938 1.1×	462 0.9×	284 0.7×	28	4.1k
Andrea Lundkvist	2.1k 0.8×	708 0.8×	513 0.6×	426 0.8×	313 0.7×	8	3.1k
Rui Benedito	3.3k 1.3×	873 1.0×	413 0.5×	651 1.3×	622 1.4×	36	4.5k
Mandar D. Muzumdar	2.9k 1.1×	477 0.5×	390 0.5×	480 0.9×	713 1.6×	21	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bovay, Esther, Kai Kruse, Emma C. Watson, et al.. (2025). Artery formation in the intestinal wall and mesentery by intestine-derived Esm1+ endothelial cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8423–8423.

Kruse, Kai, Hyun‐Woo Jeong, Susanne Adams, et al.. (2024). Eph-ephrin signaling couples endothelial cell sorting and arterial specification. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2539–2539. 14 indexed citations

Pitulescu, Mara E., Inga Schmidt, Benedetto Daniele Giaimo, et al.. (2017). Dll4 and Notch signalling couples sprouting angiogenesis and artery formation. Nature Cell Biology. 19(8). 915–927. 286 indexed citations

Langen, Urs H., Mara E. Pitulescu, Jung Mo Kim, et al.. (2017). Cell–matrix signals specify bone endothelial cells during developmental osteogenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 19(3). 189–201. 190 indexed citations

Cao, Jiahui, Manuel Ehling, Sigrid März, et al.. (2017). Polarized actin and VE-cadherin dynamics regulate junctional remodelling and cell migration during sprouting angiogenesis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2210–2210. 121 indexed citations

Shah, Aarti V., Graeme M. Birdsey, Claire Peghaire, et al.. (2017). The endothelial transcription factor ERG mediates Angiopoietin-1-dependent control of Notch signalling and vascular stability. Nature Communications. 8(1). 16002–16002. 69 indexed citations

Nunan, Robert, Ryoichi Mori, Mara E. Pitulescu, et al.. (2015). Ephrin-Bs Drive Junctional Downregulation and Actin Stress Fiber Disassembly to Enable Wound Re-epithelialization. Cell Reports. 13(7). 1380–1395. 62 indexed citations

Ottone, Cristina, Benjamin Krusche, Melanie Clements, et al.. (2014). Direct cell–cell contact with the vascular niche maintains quiescent neural stem cells. Nature Cell Biology. 16(11). 1045–1056. 215 indexed citations

Xu, Cong, Sana S. Hasan, Inga Schmidt, et al.. (2014). Arteries are formed by vein-derived endothelial tip cells. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5758–5758. 156 indexed citations

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Tuoc, Tran, Susann Boretius, Stephen N. Sansom, et al.. (2013). Chromatin Regulation by BAF170 Controls Cerebral Cortical Size and Thickness. Developmental Cell. 25(3). 256–269. 127 indexed citations

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Corada, Monica, Fabrizio Orsenigo, Marco Morini, et al.. (2013). Sox17 is indispensable for acquisition and maintenance of arterial identity. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2609–2609. 196 indexed citations

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Pitulescu, Mara E. & Ralf H. Adams. (2010). Eph/ephrin molecules—a hub for signaling and endocytosis. Genes & Development. 24(22). 2480–2492. 211 indexed citations

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Sawamiphak, Suphansa, Sascha Seidel, Clara L. Essmann, et al.. (2010). Ephrin-B2 regulates VEGFR2 function in developmental and tumour angiogenesis. Nature. 465(7297). 487–491. 432 indexed citations

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Wang, Yingdi, Masanori Nakayama, Mara E. Pitulescu, et al.. (2010). Ephrin-B2 controls VEGF-induced angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. Nature. 465(7297). 483–486. 955 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pitulescu, Mara E., Inga Schmidt, Rui Benedito, & Ralf H. Adams. (2010). Inducible gene targeting in the neonatal vasculature and analysis of retinal angiogenesis in mice. Nature Protocols. 5(9). 1518–1534. 315 indexed citations

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Pitulescu, Mara E., Martin Teichmann, Lingfei Luo, & Michael Kessel. (2009). TIPT2 and geminin interact with basal transcription factors to synergize in transcriptional regulation. BMC Biochemistry. 10(1). 16–16. 6 indexed citations

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Asli, Naisana S., Mara E. Pitulescu, & Michael Kessel. (2008). MicroRNAs in Organogenesis and Disease. Current Molecular Medicine. 8(8). 698–710. 71 indexed citations

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Pitulescu, Mara E., Michael Kessel, & Liqiong Luo. (2005). The regulation of embryonic patterning and DNA replication by geminin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 62(13). 1425–1433. 21 indexed citations

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Bart, Jean-Mathieu, Sorin Morariu, Jenny Knapp, et al.. (2005). Genetic typing of Echinococcus granulosus in Romania. Parasitology Research. 98(2). 130–137. 88 indexed citations

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Anghel, Andrei, et al.. (2003). Population genetic study of eight short tandem repeat loci CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, F13A01, FESFPS, vWA, F13B and LPL in the Western Romanian population. Forensic Science International. 131(2-3). 218–219. 6 indexed citations

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