Marc Tjwa

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Marc Tjwa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Tjwa has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Marc Tjwa's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (19 papers), Congenital heart defects research (6 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers). Marc Tjwa is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (19 papers), Congenital heart defects research (6 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers). Marc Tjwa collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. Marc Tjwa's co-authors include Peter Carmeliet, Aernout Luttun, Monica Autiero, Stefanie Dimmeler, Koen Brusselmans, Andreas M. Zeiher, Lieve Moons, Emmanouil Chavakis, Carmen Urbich and Veerle Compernolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Marc Tjwa

51 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

MicroRNA-92a Controls Angiogenesis and Functional Recovery of Ischemic Tissues in Mice

2009 987 citations Angelika Bonauer, Guillaume Carmona et al. Science profile →
Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice

2002 590 citations Veerle Compernolle, Koen Brusselmans et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Guo‐Hua Fong United States

Peter Oettgen United States

Jun‐ichi Hanai United States

Injune Kim South Korea

Mihail Hristov Germany

N. Ferrara United States

Dorit Shweiki Israel

Joe Kowalski United States

Volkhard Lindner United States

Susan E. Crawford United States

Guo‐Hua Fong United States

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500 ×0.6

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594 ×0.8

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622 ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to Marc Tjwa Marc Tjwa (= 1×) peers Guo‐Hua Fong

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Tjwa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Tjwa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Tjwa

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ridder, Kirsten De, Alexandra Sevko, Anne-Kathleen Rupp, et al.. (2015). Extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of functional RNA in the tumor microenvironment. OncoImmunology. 4(6). e1008371–e1008371. 232 indexed citations

Singh, Neha, Eline Van Craeyveld, Marc Tjwa, et al.. (2012). Circulating Apoptotic Endothelial Cells and Apoptotic Endothelial Microparticles Independently Predict the Presence of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(4). 324–331. 39 indexed citations

Kaluza, David, Jens Krøll, Sabine Gesierich, et al.. (2011). Class IIb HDAC6 regulates endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis by deacetylation of cortactin. The EMBO Journal. 30(20). 4142–4156. 166 indexed citations

Iwasaki, Hiroto, Atsuhiko Kawamoto, Marc Tjwa, et al.. (2011). PlGF Repairs Myocardial Ischemia through Mechanisms of Angiogenesis, Cardioprotection and Recruitment of Myo-Angiogenic Competent Marrow Progenitors. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24872–e24872. 49 indexed citations

Orlandi, Alessia, Emmanouil Chavakis, Florian Seeger, et al.. (2010). Long-term diabetes impairs repopulation of hematopoietic progenitor cells and dysregulates the cytokine expression in the bone marrow microenvironment in mice. Basic Research in Cardiology. 105(6). 703–712. 83 indexed citations

Loges, Sonja, Thomas Schmidt, Marc Tjwa, et al.. (2009). Malignant cells fuel tumor growth by educating infiltrating leukocytes to produce the mitogen Gas6. Blood. 115(11). 2264–2273. 137 indexed citations

Bonauer, Angelika, Guillaume Carmona, Masayoshi Iwasaki, et al.. (2009). MicroRNA-92a Controls Angiogenesis and Functional Recovery of Ischemic Tissues in Mice. Science. 324(5935). 1710–1713. 987 indexed citations breakdown →

Tintu, Andrei N., Ellen V. Rouwet, Stefan Verlohren, et al.. (2009). Hypoxia Induces Dilated Cardiomyopathy in the Chick Embryo: Mechanism, Intervention, and Long-Term Consequences. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5155–e5155. 106 indexed citations

Tjwa, Marc, Lieve Moons, & Esther Lutgens. (2009). Pleiotropic role of growth arrest-specific gene 6 in atherosclerosis. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 20(5). 386–392. 20 indexed citations

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Angelillo‐Scherrer, Anne, Laurent Burnier, Diether Lambrechts, et al.. (2008). Role of Gas6 in erythropoiesis and anemia in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(2). 583–96. 74 indexed citations

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Tjwa, Marc, Rute Moura, Lieve Moons, et al.. (2008). Fibrinolysis‐independent role of plasmin and its activators in the haematopoietic recovery after myeloablation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 13(11-12). 4587–4595. 22 indexed citations

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Umans, Lieve, Luk Cox, Marc Tjwa, et al.. (2007). Inactivation of Smad5 in Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells Demonstrates that Smad5 Is Required for Cardiac Homeostasis. American Journal Of Pathology. 170(5). 1460–1472. 35 indexed citations

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Tjwa, Marc, Mieke Dewerchin, Sandra Jansen, et al.. (2007). Abstract 330: Mobilization Of Bone Marrow Progenitors By Ischemic Tissues Requires An Interplay Between Hematopoietic Cytokines And Placental Growth Factor (plgf). Circulation. 116(16). 48–48. 1 indexed citations

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Vangheluwe, Peter, Marc Tjwa, An Van den Bergh, et al.. (2006). A SERCA2 pump with an increased Ca2+ affinity can lead to severe cardiac hypertrophy, stress intolerance and reduced life span. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 41(2). 308–317. 45 indexed citations

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Brusselmans, Koen, Veerle Compernolle, Marc Tjwa, et al.. (2003). Heterozygous deficiency of hypoxia-inducible factor–2α protects mice against pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction during prolonged hypoxia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(10). 1519–1527. 256 indexed citations

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Tjwa, Marc, Aernout Luttun, Monica Autiero, & Peter Carmeliet. (2003). VEGF and PlGF: two pleiotropic growth factors with distinct roles in development and homeostasis. Cell and Tissue Research. 314(1). 5–14. 129 indexed citations

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Schoonjans, Luc, Pieter Vermeersch, Péter Pokreisz, et al.. (2002). Cardiomyocyte-specific endothelial Nitric Oxide synthase overexpression limits left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in mice. Circulation. 1995. 1 indexed citations

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Compernolle, Veerle, Koen Brusselmans, Till Acker, et al.. (2002). Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice. Nature Medicine. 8(7). 702–710. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luttun, Aernout, Marc Tjwa, & Peter Carmeliet. (2002). Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) and Its Receptor Flt‐1 (VEGFR‐1). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 979(1). 80–93. 172 indexed citations

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Luttun, Aernout, Koen Brusselmans, Hideharu Fukao, et al.. (2002). Loss of placental growth factor protects mice against vascular permeability in pathological conditions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 295(2). 428–434. 68 indexed citations

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