Oliver Brüstle

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Oliver Brüstle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Brüstle has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Oliver Brüstle's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (64 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (34 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers). Oliver Brüstle is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (64 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (34 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers). Oliver Brüstle collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Oliver Brüstle's co-authors include Philipp Koch, Marius Wernig, Su‐Chun Zhang, Ian D. Duncan, James A. Thomson, Julia Ladewig, Michael Peitz, Thoralf Opitz, Julius A. Steinbeck and Khalad Karram and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Brüstle

110 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

In vitro differentiation of transplantable neural precursors from human embryonic stem cells

2001 1.5k citations Oliver Brüstle et al. profile →
Copy number variation and selection during reprogramming to pluripotency

2011 693 citations Michael Peitz, Oliver Brüstle et al. profile →
Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury

2015 343 citations Jörg Ruschel, Farida Hellal et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Oliver Brüstle	5.9k	2.3k	2.2k	1.1k	884	113	7.9k
Jun Takahashi	6.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	713 0.8×	112	8.2k
Malin Parmar	6.0k 1.0×	3.6k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	627 0.7×	123	8.1k
Su‐Chun Zhang	5.4k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	944 0.9×	501 0.6×	69	6.8k
Yohei Okada	4.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	612 0.6×	752 0.9×	69	5.6k
Frank Soldner	6.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	865 0.4×	748 0.7×	912 1.0×	25	7.6k
Stuart M. Chambers	5.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	859 0.4×	894 0.8×	768 0.9×	29	6.8k
Ron McKay	6.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	3.0k 1.4×	573 0.5×	470 0.5×	47	8.9k
Hynek Wichterle	7.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.4×	3.6k 1.7×	731 0.7×	761 0.9×	73	11.4k
Oliver Brüstle	3.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	451 0.4×	437 0.5×	77	4.8k
Asuka Morizane	4.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	965 0.4×	715 0.7×	663 0.8×	62	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Brüstle

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Ryan, Sarah, et al.. (2025). Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid induces JAK-dependent intracellular activation of human sensory neurons. JCI Insight. 10(12).

Lenz, Michael, Andreas Schuppert, Michael Peitz, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic and Transcriptional Shifts in Human Neural Stem Cells after Reprogramming into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Subsequent Redifferentiation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3214–3214. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Chung, Anke Leinhaas, Ali Shaib, et al.. (2024). Human neural stem cells directly programmed from peripheral blood show functional integration into the adult mouse brain. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 15(1). 488–488.

Zellner, Andreas, Nils Braun, Thomas Bajaj, et al.. (2023). Loss of function of FIP200 in human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons leads to axonal pathology and hyperactivity. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 143–143. 5 indexed citations

Haupt, Simone, Catherine Bell, Magnus Ingelman‐Sundberg, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of Metabolic Pathways and Stress Response Patterns during Human Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation. Cells. 11(9). 1388–1388. 2 indexed citations

Wischhof, Lena, Michael Peitz, Oliver Brüstle, et al.. (2022). BCL7A ‐containing SWI/SNF/BAF complexes modulate mitochondrial bioenergetics during neural progenitor differentiation. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e110595–e110595. 15 indexed citations

Iefremova, Vira, et al.. (2022). Imaging three-dimensional brain organoid architecture from meso- to nanoscale across development. Development. 149(20). 13 indexed citations

Flitsch, Lea Jessica, et al.. (2022). Reenacting Neuroectodermal Exposure of Hematopoietic Progenitors Enables Scalable Production of Cryopreservable iPSC-Derived Human Microglia. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 19(2). 455–474. 4 indexed citations

Manstein, Felix, Christina Kropp, Caroline Halloin, et al.. (2021). High Density Bioprocessing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Metabolic Control and in Silico Modeling. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 10(7). 1063–1080. 56 indexed citations

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Efstathopoulos, Paschalis, Vincent Millischer, Eric Olsson, et al.. (2018). Mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with psychosis severity and anti-psychotic treatment. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12743–12743. 37 indexed citations

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Merten, Nicole, Julia Fischer, Katharina Simon, et al.. (2018). Repurposing HAMI3379 to Block GPR17 and Promote Rodent and Human Oligodendrocyte Differentiation. Cell chemical biology. 25(6). 775–786.e5. 28 indexed citations

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Ruschel, Jörg, Farida Hellal, Kevin C. Flynn, et al.. (2015). Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury. Science. 348(6232). 347–352. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qin, Jie, Stephanie Sontag, Qiong Lin, et al.. (2014). Cell Fusion Enhances Mesendodermal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 23(23). 2875–2882. 5 indexed citations

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Ladewig, Julia, Philipp Koch, & Oliver Brüstle. (2013). Leveling Waddington: the emergence of direct programming and the loss of cell fate hierarchies. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 14(4). 225–236. 174 indexed citations

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Thier, Marc, Philipp Wörsdörfer, Stefan Herms, et al.. (2012). Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts into Stably Expandable Neural Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 10(4). 473–479. 402 indexed citations

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Koch, Philipp, Irfan Y. Tamboli, Jérôme Mertens, et al.. (2012). Presenilin-1 L166P Mutant Human Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Neurons Exhibit Partial Loss of γ-Secretase Activity in Endogenous Amyloid-β Generation. American Journal Of Pathology. 180(6). 2404–2416. 95 indexed citations

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Lindvall, Olle, Roger A. Barker, Oliver Brüstle, Ole Isacson, & Clive N. Svendsen. (2012). Clinical Translation of Stem Cells in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Cell stem cell. 10(2). 151–155. 72 indexed citations

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Geisthövel, F., et al.. (2008). Wechselwirkung zwischen Embryonenschutzgesetz und Stammzellgesetz - Interdisziplinäre Podiumsdiskussion am 30.11.2007 anlässlich des 2. DVR-Kongresses in Bonn/Bad Godesberg. Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 5(3). 114–120. 1 indexed citations

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Testa, Giuseppe, Lodovica Borghese, Julius A. Steinbeck, & Oliver Brüstle. (2007). Breakdown of the Potentiality Principle and Its Impact on Global Stem Cell Research. Cell stem cell. 1(2). 153–156. 18 indexed citations

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Goßrau, Gudrun, et al.. (2005). High-Purity Lineage Selection of Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Neurons. Stem Cells and Development. 14(1). 55–64. 38 indexed citations

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