Matthias Behr

1.1k total citations
23 papers, 787 citations indexed

About

Matthias Behr is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Behr has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 787 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Matthias Behr's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (9 papers), Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases (6 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (5 papers). Matthias Behr is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (9 papers), Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases (6 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (5 papers). Matthias Behr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Taiwan. Matthias Behr's co-authors include Dietmar Riedel, Reinhard Schuh, Michael Hoch, Georg Petkau, Kathirvel Ganesan, Ralf Pflanz, Henning Urlaub, Uwe Plessmann, Miroslav Nikolov and Helmut Pospiech and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Cell Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Behr

23 papers receiving 779 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthias Behr Germany 13 508 272 200 198 124 23 787
Johanna Hemphälä Sweden 8 608 1.2× 246 0.9× 54 0.3× 264 1.3× 262 2.1× 8 821
Fernando Roch France 14 594 1.2× 174 0.6× 77 0.4× 253 1.3× 252 2.0× 21 849
Estee Kurant Israel 14 570 1.1× 400 1.5× 97 0.5× 287 1.4× 178 1.4× 25 1.0k
Maura Strigini France 15 1.0k 2.0× 147 0.5× 112 0.6× 283 1.4× 408 3.3× 22 1.4k
Marta Llimargas Spain 18 754 1.5× 257 0.9× 38 0.2× 258 1.3× 378 3.0× 34 1000
Daria E. Siekhaus Austria 18 440 0.9× 275 1.0× 86 0.4× 197 1.0× 309 2.5× 31 885
Kalpana Makhijani United States 15 518 1.0× 376 1.4× 166 0.8× 324 1.6× 140 1.1× 21 1.0k
Helena Araujo Brazil 16 445 0.9× 123 0.5× 122 0.6× 126 0.6× 120 1.0× 43 672
D Fristrom United States 7 319 0.6× 104 0.4× 115 0.6× 288 1.5× 132 1.1× 7 600
Vasilios Tsarouhas Sweden 16 512 1.0× 209 0.8× 68 0.3× 173 0.9× 206 1.7× 22 863

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Behr

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Behr

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Göpfert, Martin C., et al.. (2025). Exoskeletal cuticle proteins enable Drosophila locomotion. Acta Biomaterialia. 202. 377–393. 1 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2024). The biology of insect chitinases and their roles at chitinous cuticles. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 165. 104071–104071. 10 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias & Dietmar Riedel. (2020). Glycosylhydrolase genes control respiratory tubes sizes and airway stability. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13377–13377. 12 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2018). A cell surface protein controls endocrine ring gland morphogenesis and steroid production. Developmental Biology. 445(1). 16–28. 7 indexed citations
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Riedel, Dietmar, et al.. (2016). Chitinases and Imaginal disc growth factors organize the extracellular matrix formation at barrier tissues in insects. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18340–18340. 108 indexed citations
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Riedel, Dietmar, et al.. (2016). Drosophila Chitinase 2 is expressed in chitin producing organs for cuticle formation. Arthropod Structure & Development. 46(1). 4–12. 47 indexed citations
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Pflanz, Ralf, et al.. (2015). Bark beetle controls epithelial morphogenesis by septate junction maturation in Drosophila. Developmental Biology. 400(2). 237–247. 33 indexed citations
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Riedel, Dietmar, et al.. (2015). Obstructor A Organizes Matrix Assembly at the Apical Cell Surface to Promote Enzymatic Cuticle Maturation in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(16). 10071–10082. 56 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2012). The Claudin Megatrachea Protein Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(44). 36756–36765. 30 indexed citations
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Petkau, Georg, et al.. (2012). Obstructor-A Is Required for Epithelial Extracellular Matrix Dynamics, Exoskeleton Function, and Tubulogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(25). 21396–21405. 82 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2011). Time-specific regulation of airway clearance by theDrosophilaJ-domain transmembrane protein Wurst. FEBS Letters. 585(20). 3316–3321. 9 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias. (2010). Molecular aspects of respiratory and vascular tube development. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 173. S33–S36. 14 indexed citations
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Aschenbrenner, Anna C., et al.. (2009). The Wurst protein. Cell Adhesion & Migration. 3(1). 14–18. 7 indexed citations
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Minich, Waldemar B., Matthias Behr, & U. Loos. (2009). Expression of a functional tagged human thyrotropin receptor in HeLa cells using recombinant vaccinia virus. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 105(5). 282–290. 1 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2007). Wurst is essential for airway clearance and respiratory-tube size control. Nature Cell Biology. 9(7). 847–853. 55 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias & Michael Hoch. (2005). Identification of the novel evolutionary conserved obstructor multigene family in invertebrates. FEBS Letters. 579(30). 6827–6833. 66 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, Dietmar Riedel, & Reinhard Schuh. (2003). The Claudin-like Megatrachea Is Essential in Septate Junctions for the Epithelial Barrier Function in Drosophila. Developmental Cell. 5(4). 611–620. 170 indexed citations
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Behr, Matthias, et al.. (2001). Interferon-Stimulated Response Element (ISRE)-Binding Protein Complex DRAF1 Is Activated in Sindbis Virus (HR)-Infected Cells. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 21(11). 981–990. 7 indexed citations
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Speidel, K.‐H., G. Jakob, H. Büsch, et al.. (1996). Range and stopping power dependence of heavy ion-induced demagnetizations of ferromagnetic materials. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 107(1-4). 133–137. 6 indexed citations

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