Michael Ploug

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
157 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Ploug is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Hematology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ploug has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Cancer Research, 46 papers in Hematology and 44 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Ploug's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (77 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (45 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (37 papers). Michael Ploug is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (77 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (45 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (37 papers). Michael Ploug collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Japan. Michael Ploug's co-authors include Keld Danø, Niels Behrendt, Henrik Gårdsvoll, Vincent Ellis, Ebbe Rønne, Gunilla Høyer‐Hansen, Francesco Blasi, Thomas J. D. Jørgensen, A. L. Jensen and Leif R. Lund and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ploug

155 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Cellular receptor for urokinase plasminogen activator. Carboxyl-terminal processing and membrane anchoring by glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol

1991 518 citations Michael Ploug, Niels Behrendt et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Ploug	4.7k	3.1k	2.3k	2.2k	1.4k	157	8.8k
Hans Pannekoek	3.2k 0.7×	3.8k 1.2×	3.8k 1.6×	589 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	161	9.8k
Peter G.W. Gettins	3.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	713 0.3×	408 0.3×	167	7.3k
Andrew P. Mazar	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	176	7.8k
Yohei Miyagi	1.8k 0.4×	3.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	474 0.3×	324	8.2k
Henry C. Krutzsch	2.3k 0.5×	6.3k 2.0×	790 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	111	9.7k
Raffaella Giavazzi	3.4k 0.7×	6.2k 2.0×	834 0.4×	4.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.9×	232	11.4k
Peter A. Andreasen	4.5k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	158	7.2k
Georgina S. Butler	3.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	940 0.7×	58	6.7k
Stuart R. Stone	1.9k 0.4×	3.7k 1.2×	3.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.5×	312 0.2×	141	8.2k
Barbara Fingleton	5.1k 1.1×	5.1k 1.7×	977 0.4×	5.1k 2.4×	1.4k 1.0×	94	11.7k

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Dutta, Ananya, Henrik Gårdsvoll, Henrik J. Jürgensen, et al.. (2025). Targeting uPAR with an antibody-drug conjugate suppresses tumor growth and reshapes the immune landscape in pancreatic cancer models. Science Advances. 11(3). eadq0513–eadq0513. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Takao, Kazuya Miyashita, Isamu Fukamachi, et al.. (2024). Quantification of lipoprotein lipase in mouse plasma with a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(4). 100532–100532. 2 indexed citations

Song, Wenxin, Patrick J. Heizer, Yiping Tu, et al.. (2023). Intracapillary LPL levels in brown adipose tissue, visualized with an antibody-based approach, are regulated by ANGPTL4 at thermoneutral temperatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(8). e2219833120–e2219833120. 10 indexed citations

Song, Wenxin, Anne P. Beigneux, Thomas A. Weston, et al.. (2023). The lipoprotein lipase that is shuttled into capillaries by GPIHBP1 enters the glycocalyx where it mediates lipoprotein processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2313825120–e2313825120. 6 indexed citations

Winther, Anne-Marie Lund, et al.. (2021). ANGPTL4 sensitizes lipoprotein lipase to PCSK3 cleavage by catalyzing its unfolding. Journal of Lipid Research. 62. 100071–100071. 13 indexed citations

Winther, Anne-Marie Lund, et al.. (2021). Expression and one-step purification of active LPL contemplated by biophysical considerations. Journal of Lipid Research. 62. 100149–100149. 7 indexed citations

Kristensen, Kristian Kølby, et al.. (2021). The Importance of Lipoprotein Lipase Regulation in Atherosclerosis. Biomedicines. 9(7). 782–782. 53 indexed citations

Kristensen, Kristian Kølby, et al.. (2021). The intrinsic instability of the hydrolase domain of lipoprotein lipase facilitates its inactivation by ANGPTL4-catalyzed unfolding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(12). 35 indexed citations

Miyashita, Kazuya, Jens Lutz, Lisa C. Hudgins, et al.. (2020). Chylomicronemia from GPIHBP1 autoantibodies. Journal of Lipid Research. 61(11). 1365–1376. 26 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Kristian Kølby, Haydyn D. T. Mertens, Gabriel Birrane, et al.. (2020). Unfolding of monomeric lipoprotein lipase by ANGPTL4: Insight into the regulation of plasma triglyceride metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4337–4346. 54 indexed citations

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Mertens, Haydyn D. T., et al.. (2019). Did evolution create a flexible ligand-binding cavity in the urokinase receptor through deletion of a plesiotypic disulfide bond?. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(18). 7403–7418. 12 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Kristian Kølby, et al.. (2019). Evolution and Medical Significance of LU Domain−Containing Proteins. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(11). 2760–2760. 29 indexed citations

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Luchini, Alessandra, Nicolai Tidemand Johansen, Mario Campana, et al.. (2019). Peptide Disc Mediated Control of Membrane Protein Orientation in Supported Lipid Bilayers for Surface-Sensitive Investigations. Analytical Chemistry. 92(1). 1081–1088. 16 indexed citations

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Eguchi, Jun, Kazuya Miyashita, Isamu Fukamachi, et al.. (2018). GPIHBP1 autoantibody syndrome during interferon β1a treatment. Journal of clinical lipidology. 13(1). 62–69. 15 indexed citations

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Birrane, Gabriel, Anne P. Beigneux, Brian Dwyer, et al.. (2018). Structure of the lipoprotein lipase–GPIHBP1 complex that mediates plasma triglyceride hydrolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(5). 1723–1732. 63 indexed citations

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Lin, Lin, Cai Yuan, Henrik Gårdsvoll, et al.. (2017). Expression and crystallographic studies of the D1D2 domains of C4.4A, a homologous protein to the urokinase receptor. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 73(8). 486–490. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Xuchen, Geesje M. Dallinga‐Thie, G. Kees Hovingh, et al.. (2017). GPIHBP1 autoantibodies in a patient with unexplained chylomicronemia. Journal of clinical lipidology. 11(4). 964–971. 25 indexed citations

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Mysling, Simon, Kristian Kølby Kristensen, Mikael Larsson, et al.. (2016). The angiopoietin-like protein ANGPTL4 catalyzes unfolding of the hydrolase domain in lipoprotein lipase and the endothelial membrane protein GPIHBP1 counteracts this unfolding. eLife. 5. 99 indexed citations

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Persson, Morten, Masood Hosseini, Jacob Madsen, et al.. (2013). Improved PET Imaging of uPAR Expression Using new ⁶⁴Cu-labeled Cross-Bridged Peptide Ligands: Comparative in vitro and in vivo Studies. Theranostics. 3(9). 618–632. 44 indexed citations

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Connolly, B., Eun Young Choi, Henrik Gårdsvoll, et al.. (2010). Selective abrogation of the uPA-uPAR interaction in vivo reveals a novel role in suppression of fibrin-associated inflammation. Blood. 116(9). 1593–1603. 72 indexed citations

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