Michaela Schweizer

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Michaela Schweizer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Schweizer has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Cell Biology and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michaela Schweizer's work include Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers). Michaela Schweizer is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers). Michaela Schweizer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michaela Schweizer's co-authors include Thomas J. Jentsch, Uwe Kornak, Michael R. Bösl, Wilhelm Friedrich, Ansgar Schulz, G. Delling, Edelgard Kaiser, Thomas Braulke, H. Maier and Klaus Rüether and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Schweizer

126 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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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.

Loss of the ClC-7 Chloride Channel Leads to Osteopetrosis in Mice and Man

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michaela Schweizer Germany	47	4.7k	1.9k	1.4k	1.4k	576	127	7.5k
Hisatake Kondo Japan	55	6.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	590 1.0×	297	9.5k
Robert Feil Germany	57	6.0k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	602 0.4×	2.5k 1.8×	564 1.0×	160	10.6k
Jonathan Lytton Canada	43	7.5k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1000 0.7×	464 0.8×	91	10.5k
Randy A. Hall United States	55	6.1k 1.3×	4.0k 2.1×	1.2k 0.9×	744 0.5×	432 0.8×	133	8.5k
Bo Xiao China	35	5.0k 1.1×	4.4k 2.3×	825 0.6×	855 0.6×	498 0.9×	121	9.6k
Toshihide Yamashita Japan	55	4.5k 1.0×	4.8k 2.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	684 1.2×	329	11.9k
Vincenzo Sorrentino Italy	53	6.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	754 0.5×	784 0.6×	498 0.9×	203	9.1k
Kazuhiro Ikenaka Japan	55	5.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.7×	946 0.7×	639 0.5×	778 1.4×	251	10.4k
Xinran Liu United States	48	5.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	3.2k 2.2×	715 0.5×	279 0.5×	108	8.1k
Nobuaki Maeda Japan	45	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	3.0k 2.1×	468 0.3×	343 0.6×	91	7.0k

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Lombino, Franco L., Mohsin Shafiq, Jürgen R. Schwarz, et al.. (2025). Extracellular Vesicles Released From Cortical Neurons Influence Spontaneous Activity of Recipient Neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(9). e70231–e70231. 1 indexed citations

Matschke, Jakob, A. Hartmann, Susanne Pfefferle, et al.. (2024). Inefficient tissue immune response against MPXV in an immunocompromised mpox patient. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(7). e29811–e29811. 2 indexed citations

Yorgan, Timur, Yihao Zhu, Sandra Pohl, et al.. (2024). Inactivation of spermine synthase in mice causes osteopenia due to reduced osteoblast activity. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 39(11). 1606–1620. 1 indexed citations

Schweizer, Michaela, et al.. (2024). Astrocytic uptake of posttranslationally modified amyloid‐β leads to endolysosomal system disruption and induction of pro‐inflammatory signaling. Glia. 72(8). 1451–1468. 3 indexed citations

Mohammadi, Behnam, Santra Brenna, Silke Meister, et al.. (2024). Efficient enzyme‐free isolation of brain‐derived extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(11). e70011–e70011. 6 indexed citations

Bär, Julia, Tomas Fanutza, Lisa Seipold, et al.. (2024). Non-canonical function of ADAM10 in presynaptic plasticity. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 342–342.

Lombino, Franco L., Michaela Schweizer, Markus Glatzel, et al.. (2023). Tetraspanin 15 depletion impairs extracellular vesicle docking at target neurons. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(9). e113–e113. 5 indexed citations

Luther, Julia, Michaela Schweizer, Timur Yorgan, et al.. (2021). Wnt1 Promotes Cementum and Alveolar Bone Growth in a Time-Dependent Manner. Journal of Dental Research. 100(13). 1501–1509. 12 indexed citations

Dottermusch, Matthias, Michaela Schweizer, Hartmut Schlüter, et al.. (2021). Neuroserpin Is Strongly Expressed in the Developing and Adult Mouse Neocortex but Its Absence Does Not Perturb Cortical Lamination and Synaptic Proteome. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 15. 627896–627896. 7 indexed citations

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Hendrickx, Gretl, Anke Baranowsky, Tim Rolvien, et al.. (2020). Enzyme replacement therapy in mice lacking arylsulfatase B targets bone-remodeling cells, but not chondrocytes. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(5). 803–816. 13 indexed citations

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Lopes, André T., Torben J. Hausrat, Frank F. Heisler, et al.. (2020). Spastin depletion increases tubulin polyglutamylation and impairs kinesin-mediated neuronal transport, leading to working and associative memory deficits. PLoS Biology. 18(8). e3000820–e3000820. 41 indexed citations

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Mailer, Reiner K., Marco Heestermans, Michaela Schweizer, et al.. (2020). Xenotropic and polytropic retrovirus receptor 1 regulates procoagulant platelet polyphosphate. Blood. 137(10). 1392–1405. 30 indexed citations

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Schneppenheim, Janna, Michaela Schweizer, Renate Lüllmann‐Rauch, et al.. (2017). The Influence of MHC Class II on B Cell Defects Induced by Invariant Chain/CD74 N-Terminal Fragments. The Journal of Immunology. 199(1). 172–185. 11 indexed citations

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Abramowski, Pierre, Susanne Krasemann, Thomas Ernst, et al.. (2016). Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Do Not Ameliorate Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Are Not Detectable in the Central Nervous System of Transplanted Mice. Stem Cells and Development. 25(15). 1134–1148. 19 indexed citations

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Schmiesing, Jessica, Michaela Schweizer, Henning Tidow, et al.. (2016). Disease-causing mutations affecting surface residues of mitochondrial glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase impair stability, heteromeric complex formation and mitochondria architecture. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(3). ddw411–ddw411. 17 indexed citations

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Thelen, Melanie, Kerstin Cornils, Michaela Schweizer, et al.. (2015). Lrp1/ LDL Receptor Play Critical Roles in Mannose 6‐Phosphate‐Independent Lysosomal Enzyme Targeting. Traffic. 16(7). 743–759. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Shiwei, Fabrizia Cesca, Gabriele Loers, et al.. (2011). Synapsin I Is an Oligomannose-Carrying Glycoprotein, Acts As an Oligomannose-Binding Lectin, and Promotes Neurite Outgrowth and Neuronal Survival When Released via Glia-Derived Exosomes. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(20). 7275–7290. 265 indexed citations

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Pechmann, Yvonne, Corinna Lappe-Siefke, Karen E. Wallace, et al.. (2010). Neuroligin 1 Is Dynamically Exchanged at Postsynaptic Sites. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(38). 12733–12744. 51 indexed citations

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Disanza, Andrea, Michael Kintscher, Luminita Stoenica, et al.. (2009). The Insulin Receptor Substrate of 53 kDa (IRSp53) Limits Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(14). 9225–9236. 65 indexed citations

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Horke, Sven, Kerstin Reumann, Michaela Schweizer, Hans Will, & Tilman Heise. (2004). Nuclear Trafficking of La Protein Depends on a Newly Identified Nucleolar Localization Signal and the Ability to Bind RNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(25). 26563–26570. 60 indexed citations

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