Michael Sendtner

37.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
225 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Sendtner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Sendtner has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 102 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 77 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Sendtner's work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (76 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (72 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (56 papers). Michael Sendtner is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (76 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (72 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (56 papers). Michael Sendtner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Sendtner's co-authors include H. Thoenen, Bettina Holtmann, Stefan Wiese, Sibylle Jablonka, Kurt A. Stöckli, Hermann Rohrer, Georg W. Kreutzberg, Martin Raff, Rudolf Götz and Laura Lillien and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Sendtner

218 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

Ciliary neurotrophic fact... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1990 1994 1992 1989 2003 200 400 600
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.

  1. Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy
    1990 725 citations Michael Sendtner et al. profile →
  2. Association of Transcription Factor APRF and Protein Kinase Jak1 with the Interleukin-6 Signal Transducer gp130
    1994 695 citations Michael Sendtner et al. profile →
  3. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section
    1992 614 citations Michael Sendtner, Bettina Holtmann et al. profile →
  4. Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor
    1989 537 citations Michael Sendtner et al. profile →
  5. Smn, the spinal muscular atrophy–determining gene product, modulates axon growth and localization of β-actin mRNA in growth cones of motoneurons
    2003 523 citations Wilfried Rossoll, Sibylle Jablonka et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  6. Inactivation of the survival motor neuron gene, a candidate gene for human spinal muscular atrophy, leads to massive cell death in early mouse embryos
    1997 521 citations Michael Sendtner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. The Notch target genes Hey1 and Hey2 are required for embryonic vascular development
    2004 517 citations Andreas Fischer, Nina Schumacher et al. Genes & Development profile →
  8. Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines
    1990 508 citations Michael Sendtner et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  9. Molecular pathways of motor neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    2011 465 citations Michael Sendtner et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Sendtner 10.0k 8.2k 4.8k 4.0k 2.6k 225 20.1k
Heidi Phillips 11.1k 1.1× 8.0k 1.0× 3.8k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 140 23.3k
David R. Kaplan 16.4k 1.6× 11.0k 1.3× 5.3k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 202 27.9k
Freda D. Miller 10.3k 1.0× 7.9k 1.0× 5.1k 1.1× 2.0k 0.5× 927 0.4× 186 19.5k
Clive N. Svendsen 10.5k 1.1× 7.3k 0.9× 5.5k 1.2× 3.2k 0.8× 3.2k 1.2× 243 19.1k
Theo D. Palmer 9.3k 0.9× 7.9k 1.0× 12.0k 2.5× 3.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 105 23.4k
Lorenz Studer 17.9k 1.8× 7.1k 0.9× 5.2k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 181 23.5k
Ueli Suter 9.2k 0.9× 10.1k 1.2× 4.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 2.6k 1.0× 220 20.0k
Kunlin Jin 7.5k 0.8× 5.2k 0.6× 5.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 226 19.1k
Stanley J. Wiegand 13.8k 1.4× 7.3k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 969 0.4× 150 29.2k
Eleonora Aronica 9.9k 1.0× 9.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 2.5k 0.6× 3.1k 1.2× 503 27.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Sendtner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petyuk, Vladislav, et al.. (2025). Alzheimer's disease-related cortical proteins modify the association of brain insulin signaling with cognitive decline. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 104(3). 667–677.
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Stigloher, Christian, Nurcan Üçeyler, Andreas Metousis, et al.. (2025). Proteomic analysis of isolated nerve terminals from NaV1.9 knockout mice reveals pathways relevant for pain perception. Pain. 166(12). e770–e787.
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Sendtner, Michael, et al.. (2024). Ptbp2 re-expression rescues axon growth defects in Smn-deficient motoneurons. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1393779–1393779.
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Sendtner, Michael, et al.. (2024). An Essential Role for Calnexin in ER-Phagy and the Unfolded Protein Response. Cells. 13(17). 1498–1498. 1 indexed citations
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Peach, Robert L., Uwe Thomas, Robert Blum, et al.. (2024). Standardized wireless deep brain stimulation system for mice. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 153–153. 1 indexed citations
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Selvaraj, Bhuvaneish T., Siddharthan Chandran, Jared Sterneckert, et al.. (2024). Plekhg5 controls the unconventional secretion of Sod1 by presynaptic secretory autophagy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8622–8622. 6 indexed citations
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Knörr, Susanne, Tom Gräfenhan, Andreas Schlösser, et al.. (2024). Peripheral nerve injury induces dystonia-like movements and dysregulation in the energy metabolism: A multi-omics descriptive study in Thap1+/− mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 205. 106783–106783. 1 indexed citations
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Wolf, Daniel H., Thomas Andreska, Noelia Granado, et al.. (2023). Dopaminergic Input Regulates the Sensitivity of Indirect Pathway Striatal Spiny Neurons to Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Biology. 12(10). 1360–1360. 8 indexed citations
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Moradi, Mehri, Teresa Klein, Silke Appenzeller, et al.. (2023). Plastin 3 rescues cell surface translocation and activation of TrkB in spinal muscular atrophy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(3). 14 indexed citations
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Moradi, Mehri, Sebastian Reinhard, Sibylle Jablonka, et al.. (2021). Dynamic remodeling of ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum in axon terminals of motoneurons. Journal of Cell Science. 134(22). 24 indexed citations
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Markert, Sebastian M., Bin Yu, Ben Mulcahy, et al.. (2020). Overexpression of an ALS-associated FUS mutation in C. elegans disrupts NMJ morphology and leads to defective neuromuscular transmission. Biology Open. 9(12). 25 indexed citations
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Horos, Rastislav, Hanna IJspeert, Dagmar Pospı́šilová, et al.. (2011). Ribosomal deficiencies in Diamond-Blackfan anemia impair translation of transcripts essential for differentiation of murine and human erythroblasts. Blood. 119(1). 262–272. 128 indexed citations
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Wiese, Stefan, Sibylle Jablonka, Bettina Holtmann, et al.. (2007). Adenosine receptor A 2A -R contributes to motoneuron survival by transactivating the tyrosine kinase receptor TrkB. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(43). 17210–17215. 92 indexed citations
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Monani, U. R., Michael Sendtner, David Parsons, et al.. (2007). The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn(-/-) mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy (vol 9, pg 333, 2000). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Fischer, Andreas, et al.. (2004). The Notch target genes Hey1 and Hey2 are required for embryonic vascular development. Genes & Development. 18(8). 901–911. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rossoll, Wilfried, Sibylle Jablonka, Catia Andreassi, et al.. (2003). Smn, the spinal muscular atrophy–determining gene product, modulates axon growth and localization of β-actin mRNA in growth cones of motoneurons. The Journal of Cell Biology. 163(4). 801–812. 523 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fischer, André, Cornelia Leimeister, Christoph Winkler, et al.. (2002). Hey bHLH Factors in Cardiovascular Development. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 67(0). 63–70. 31 indexed citations
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Owen, Nicholas, et al.. (2001). Analysis of mutations in Survival of Motor Neuron (SMN1) gene through model systems.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69. 368–368. 1 indexed citations
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Metzger, Friedrich, Stefan Wiese, & Michael Sendtner. (1998). Effect of Glutamate on Dendritic Growth in Embryonic Rat Motoneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(5). 1735–1742. 87 indexed citations

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