Nana‐Maria Grüning

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nana‐Maria Grüning is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nana‐Maria Grüning has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nana‐Maria Grüning's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (4 papers). Nana‐Maria Grüning is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (4 papers). Nana‐Maria Grüning collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Nana‐Maria Grüning's co-authors include Markus Ralser, Mirjam M. C. Wamelink, Hans Lehrach, Michael Breitenbach, Markus A. Keller, Antje Krüger, Katharina Bluemlein, Mohammad Tauqeer Alam, Kevin M. Brindle and Alessandro Prigione and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell Metabolism and Trends in Biochemical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nana‐Maria Grüning

20 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of the pentose phosphate pathway

2014 1.1k citations Alessandro Prigione, Thorsten Cramer et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nana‐Maria Grüning Germany	15	1.2k	499	211	201	146	20	2.1k
Francesco Michelangeli United Kingdom	37	1.9k 1.5×	251 0.5×	221 1.0×	227 1.1×	161 1.1×	92	3.5k
Federica Poletti Italy	12	1.9k 1.6×	237 0.5×	311 1.5×	97 0.5×	130 0.9×	12	2.8k
Sun Hee Lee South Korea	33	2.0k 1.7×	466 0.9×	128 0.6×	267 1.3×	159 1.1×	94	3.1k
Cristina Espinosa‐Díez United States	15	776 0.6×	299 0.6×	146 0.7×	84 0.4×	111 0.8×	22	1.5k
W.G.E.J. Schoonen Netherlands	33	1.1k 0.9×	420 0.8×	89 0.4×	223 1.1×	57 0.4×	78	3.5k
Susan Hester United States	29	1.2k 1.0×	415 0.8×	132 0.6×	188 0.9×	50 0.3×	72	2.8k
David B. Rhoads United States	31	1.8k 1.5×	182 0.4×	443 2.1×	154 0.8×	291 2.0×	66	3.5k
Sek C. Chow Sweden	30	1.9k 1.6×	283 0.6×	196 0.9×	149 0.7×	263 1.8×	72	3.4k
Daniela Mennerich Finland	16	1.0k 0.9×	469 0.9×	213 1.0×	96 0.5×	109 0.7×	24	1.9k
Wen Lin United States	21	2.0k 1.6×	189 0.4×	88 0.4×	157 0.8×	134 0.9×	34	2.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Federica Agostini, Camila Caldana, et al.. (2025). The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 101(2). 751–803. 1 indexed citations

Dablander, Fabian, Maien S. M. Sachisthal, Viktoria Cologna, et al.. (2024). Climate change engagement of scientists. Nature Climate Change. 14(10). 1033–1039. 21 indexed citations

Grüning, Nana‐Maria & Markus Ralser. (2024). Monogenic Disorders of ROS Production and the Primary Anti-Oxidative Defense. Biomolecules. 14(2). 206–206. 7 indexed citations

Varma, Sreejith J., Enrica Calvani, Nana‐Maria Grüning, et al.. (2022). Global analysis of cytosine and adenine DNA modifications across the tree of life. eLife. 11. 14 indexed citations

Grüning, Nana‐Maria & Markus Ralser. (2021). Glycolysis: How a 300yr long research journey that started with the desire to improve alcoholic beverages kept revolutionizing biochemistry. Current Opinion in Systems Biology. 28. 100380–100380. 14 indexed citations

Westenberger, Ana, Christian Beetz, Patrick Scott, et al.. (2019). A novel POC1A variant in an alternatively spliced exon causes classic SOFT syndrome: clinical presentation of seven patients. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(2). 193–197. 9 indexed citations

Bertoli‐Avella, Aida M., José María García-Aznar, Oliver Brandau, et al.. (2018). Biallelic inactivating variants in the GTPBP2 gene cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with severe intellectual disability. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26(4). 592–598. 17 indexed citations

Sirisena, Nirmala D., Nana‐Maria Grüning, Oliver Brandau, et al.. (2018). Dyskeratosis congenita with a novel genetic variant in the DKC1 gene: a case report. BMC Medical Genetics. 19(1). 85–85. 18 indexed citations

Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Dijun Du, Markus A. Keller, Ben F. Luisi, & Markus Ralser. (2014). phosphoenolpyruvate in the feedback-regulation of glycolysis Inhibition of triosephosphate isomerase by. 3 indexed citations

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Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Günter Gisselmann, Sonja Ständer, et al.. (2014). A Synthetic Sandalwood Odorant Induces Wound-Healing Processes in Human Keratinocytes via the Olfactory Receptor OR2AT4. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 134(11). 2823–2832. 177 indexed citations

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Prigione, Alessandro, Thorsten Cramer, Mirjam M. C. Wamelink, et al.. (2014). The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of the pentose phosphate pathway. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 90(3). 927–963. 1055 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Dijun Du, Markus A. Keller, Ben F. Luisi, & Markus Ralser. (2014). Inhibition of triosephosphate isomerase by phosphoenolpyruvate in the feedback-regulation of glycolysis. Open Biology. 4(3). 130232–130232. 85 indexed citations

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Tosato, Valentina, et al.. (2013). Warburg effect and translocation-induced genomic instability: two yeast models for cancer cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 2. 212–212. 24 indexed citations

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Bluemlein, Katharina, Matthias Glückmann, Nana‐Maria Grüning, et al.. (2012). Pyruvate kinase is a dosage-dependent regulator of cellular amino acid homeostasis. Oncotarget. 3(11). 1356–1369. 24 indexed citations

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Bluemlein, Katharina, Nana‐Maria Grüning, René G. Feichtinger, et al.. (2011). No evidence for a shift in pyruvate kinase PKM1 to PKM2 expression during tumorigenesis. Oncotarget. 2(5). 393–400. 212 indexed citations

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Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Mark Rinnerthaler, Katharina Bluemlein, et al.. (2011). Pyruvate Kinase Triggers a Metabolic Feedback Loop that Controls Redox Metabolism in Respiring Cells. Cell Metabolism. 14(3). 415–427. 172 indexed citations

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Krüger, Antje, Nana‐Maria Grüning, Mirjam M. C. Wamelink, et al.. (2011). The Pentose Phosphate Pathway Is a Metabolic Redox Sensor and Regulates Transcription During the Antioxidant Response. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 15(2). 311–324. 129 indexed citations

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Grüning, Nana‐Maria & Markus Ralser. (2011). Sacrifice for survival. Nature. 480(7376). 190–191. 30 indexed citations

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Wamelink, Mirjam M. C., Nana‐Maria Grüning, Erwin E. W. Jansen, et al.. (2010). The difference between rare and exceptionally rare: molecular characterization of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase deficiency. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 88(9). 931–939. 18 indexed citations

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Grüning, Nana‐Maria, Hans Lehrach, & Markus Ralser. (2010). Regulatory crosstalk of the metabolic network. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 35(4). 220–227. 89 indexed citations

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