Oliver Distler

52.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
610 papers, 25.5k citations indexed

About

Oliver Distler is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Distler has authored 610 papers receiving a total of 25.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 441 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 186 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 131 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Oliver Distler's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (419 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (149 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (107 papers). Oliver Distler is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (419 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (149 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (107 papers). Oliver Distler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Oliver Distler's co-authors include Jörg H. W. Distler, Steffen Gay, Georg Schett, Clara Dees, Yannick Allanore, Christian Beyer, Renate E. Gay, Beat A. Michel, Ulf Müller‐Ladner and Alfiya Akhmetshina and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Distler

581 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nintedanib for Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

2019 956 citations Oliver Distler, Masataka Kuwana et al. profile →
Activation of canonical Wnt signalling is required for TGF-β-mediated fibrosis

2012 679 citations Alfiya Akhmetshina, Katrin Palumbo et al. profile →
Systemic sclerosis

2015 575 citations Yannick Allanore, Oliver Distler et al. profile →
Evidence-based detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: the DETECT study

2013 541 citations Oliver Distler, Dinesh Khanna et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
Synovial fibroblasts: key players in rheumatoid arthritis

2006 506 citations Oliver Distler, Steffen Gay et al. profile →
Mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension: prediction by the 2015 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines risk stratification model

2017 438 citations Oliver Distler et al. profile →
MicroRNA‐29, a key regulator of collagen expression in systemic sclerosis

2010 434 citations Britta Maurer, Astrid Jüngel et al. profile →
Standardization of the Modified Rodnan Skin Score for Use in Clinical Trials of Systemic Sclerosis

2017 320 citations Dinesh Khanna, Yannick Allanore et al. profile →
Progressive interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in the EUSTAR database

2020 193 citations Anna‐Maria Hoffmann‐Vold, Yannick Allanore et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dysregulation of circulating collagen turnover markers in very early systemic sclerosis 2024 ·RMD Open ·Rucsandra Dobrotă, Suzana Jordan, (unknown), Nicoletta Del Papa, Britta Maurer, Mike Oliver Becker, Carina Mihai, Anne‐Christine Bay‐Jensen, M.A. Karsdal, Anne Sofie Siebuhr, Oliver Distler	4
2	Low back pain patients with Modic type 1 changes exhibit distinct bacterial and non-bacterial subtypes 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lennart Opitz, (unknown), (unknown), Reto A. Schuepbach, (unknown), Florian Brunner, Aaron J. Fields, Mazda Farshad, Oliver Distler, Stefan Dudli	12
3	POS0203 EVIDENCE-BASED EXPERT CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF ORGAN INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS – A EUSTAR STUDY 2024 ·Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Anna‐Maria Hoffmann‐Vold, (unknown), Ishita Barua, (unknown), (unknown), Ana Maria Gheorghiu, (unknown), Madelon C Vonk, (unknown), Andrea Gabrielli, Oliver Distler	0
4	Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: A Time of Reappraisal 2024 ·The Journal of Rheumatology ·(unknown), (unknown), Oliver Distler, Petros P. Sfikakis	2
5	Does therapy with immunosuppressive drugs improve gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis? 2024 ·RMD Open ·(unknown), (unknown), Mike Oliver Becker, Cosimo Bruni, Rucsandra Dobrotă, Muriel Elhaï, (unknown), Suzana Jordan, (unknown), (unknown), Oliver Distler, Carina Mihai	2
6	Performance of the EULAR Systemic sclerosis Impact of Disease (ScleroID) questionnaire as a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis 2024 ·RMD Open ·Rucsandra Dobrotă, (unknown), Kim Fligelstone, A. Kennedy, (unknown), Yannick Allanore, Patrícia Carreira, László Czirják, Chris Denton, (unknown), Gunnel Sandqvist, Otylia Kowal‐Bielecka, Cosimo Bruni, (unknown), Carina Mihai, (unknown), Ulf Müeller-Ladner, Tore K Kvien, Turid Heiberg, Oliver Distler, Mike Oliver Becker	0
7	Rationale for phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition as a treatment strategy for interstitial lung diseases associated with rheumatic diseases 2024 ·RMD Open ·Martin Aringer, Oliver Distler, Anna‐Maria Hoffmann‐Vold, Masataka Kuwana, Helmut Prosch, Elizabeth R. Volkmann	4
8	The Expression of Toll-like Receptors in Cartilage Endplate Cells: A Role of Toll-like Receptor 2 in Pro-Inflammatory and Pro-Catabolic Gene Expression 2024 ·Cells ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roy Marcus, Christoph J. Laux, Florian Brunner, Mazda Farshad, Oliver Distler, Christine L. Le Maitre, Stefan Dudli	4
9	Bone marrow stromal cells in Modic type 1 changes promote neurite outgrowth 2023 ·Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), José Miguel Spirig, Christoph J. Laux, Florian Brunner, Mazda Farshad, Oliver Distler, Stefan Dudli	1
10	Site-specific assessment of spinal radiographic progression improves detection of TNF blocker-associated disease modification in axial spondyloarthritis: longitudinal observational data from the Swiss Clinical Quality Management Registry 2023 ·Arthritis Research & Therapy ·(unknown), (unknown), Raphael Micheroli, (unknown), Manouk de Hooge, Xenofon Baraliakos, Michael J. Nissen, Burkhard Möller, Pascale Exer, (unknown), Oliver Distler, Almut Scherer, Caroline Ospelt, Adrian Ciurea	2
11	The role of the bone in complex regional pain syndrome 1—A systematic review 2023 ·European Journal of Pain ·(unknown), Maria M. Wertli, Stefan Dudli, Oliver Distler, Florian Brunner	6
12	Sex-specific difference in cardiac function in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with cardiovascular outcomes 2023 ·RMD Open ·(unknown), Federico Fortuni, (unknown), (unknown), Anna‐Maria Hoffmann‐Vold, Ruxandra Jurcuţ, (unknown), L. Groşeanu, Felix C. Tanner, Oliver Distler, Jeroen J. Bax, Jeska de Vries‐Bouwstra, Nina Ajmone Marsan	1
13	Diffuse myocardial fibrosis precedes subclinical functional myocardial impairment and provides prognostic information in systemic sclerosis 2022 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Alexander Gotschy, Suzana Jordan, Christian T. Stoeck, Constantin von Deuster, (unknown), Mareike Gastl, Valery Vishnevskiy, Lukas Wissmann, Rucsandra Dobrotă, Carina Mihai, Mike Oliver Becker, Britta Maurer, Sebastian Kozerke, Frank Ruschitzka, Oliver Distler, Robert Manka	15
14	A Multi-component Intervention (NEXpro) Reduces Neck Pain-Related Work Productivity Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Swiss Office Workers 2022 ·Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation ·(unknown), Manja Deforth, Thomas Volken, Venerina Johnston, Hannu Luomajoki, Holger Dressel, Julia Dratva, Markus J. Ernst, Oliver Distler, Beatrice Brunner, Gisela Sjøgaard, Markus Melloh, Achim Elfering, (unknown)	8
15	Wound Image Quality From a Mobile Health Tool for Home-Based Chronic Wound Management With Real-Time Quality Feedback: Randomized Feasibility Study 2021 ·JMIR mhealth and uhealth ·(unknown), Carina Mihai, (unknown), (unknown), Oliver Distler, Walter Karlen	21
16	Dysregulated Expression of Arterial MicroRNAs and Their Target Gene Networks in Temporal Arteries of Treatment-Naïve Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis 2021 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Tadeja Kuret, Katja Lakota, Saša Čučnik, Vesna Júrčić, Oliver Distler, Žiga Rotar, Alojzija Hočevar, Snežna Sodin‐Šemrl, Mojca Frank‐Bertoncelj	10
17	Translational engagement of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 in skin fibrosis: from dermal fibroblasts of patients with scleroderma to tight skin 1 mouse 2020 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·(unknown), Bertrand Léger, Clara Dees, Christian Beyer, Alfiya Distler, Serena Vettori, (unknown), Jean‐Pierre Bidouard, Matthias Schaefer, Josef Pernerstorfer, Hartmut Ruetten, Alexandre Jagerschmidt, Philip Janiak, Jörg H. W. Distler, Oliver Distler, Stéphane Illiano	20
18	SAR100842, an Antagonist of Lysophaphatidic Acid Receptor 1, As a Potential Treatment for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Phase 2a Study. 2014 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Dinesh Khanna, CP Denton, Alexandre Jagerschmidt, (unknown), Oliver Distler, Yannick Allanore	3
19	Platelet-derived serotonin links vascular disease and tissue fibrosis 2011 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Clara Dees, Alfiya Akhmetshina, Pawel Zerr, Nicole Reich, Katrin Palumbo, Angelika Horn, Astrid Jüngel, Christian Beyer, Gerhard Krönke, Jochen Zwerina, Rudolf Reiter, Natália Alenina, Luc Maroteaux, Steffen Gay, Georg Schett, Oliver Distler, Jörg H. W. Distler	207
20	The inhibitor of differentiation-2 (Id-2) induced by hypoxia promotes bone de radation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 2004 ·ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) ·Mariola Kurowska‐Stolarska, J. Distler, Thomas Pap, Astrid Jüngel, Beat A. Michel, (unknown), Włodzimierz Maśliński, Oliver Distler	1

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