Petra Wilgenbus

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Petra Wilgenbus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Wilgenbus has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Petra Wilgenbus's work include Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (10 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Petra Wilgenbus is often cited by papers focused on Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (10 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (4 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Petra Wilgenbus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Petra Wilgenbus's co-authors include Gerhard Christofori, Ulf Dahl, Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Henrik Semb, Sven Horke, Ines Witte, Ulrich Förstermann, Maximilian Krüger, Matthew Cotten and Amelia Compagni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Petra Wilgenbus

22 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

A causal role for E-cadherin in the transition from adenoma to carcinoma

1998 1.2k citations Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Petra Wilgenbus et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Petra Wilgenbus Germany	17	1.5k	653	483	345	332	22	2.5k
Narayan Shivapurkar United States	37	2.1k 1.4×	961 1.5×	81 0.2×	815 2.4×	183 0.6×	86	3.5k
María U. Latasa Spain	32	1.5k 1.0×	433 0.7×	126 0.3×	389 1.1×	193 0.6×	62	2.8k
William D. Stuart United States	21	692 0.5×	677 1.0×	155 0.3×	101 0.3×	83 0.3×	51	1.6k
Lita A. Freeman United States	35	1.3k 0.9×	585 0.9×	83 0.2×	439 1.3×	257 0.8×	73	3.2k
Elena R. García–Trevijano Spain	28	1.4k 0.9×	264 0.4×	153 0.3×	257 0.7×	175 0.5×	56	2.7k
Rui Kang United States	20	1.7k 1.1×	278 0.4×	514 1.1×	970 2.8×	160 0.5×	35	3.1k
Michel Raymondjean France	31	2.2k 1.4×	365 0.6×	95 0.2×	371 1.1×	242 0.7×	70	3.1k
Cécile Ged France	27	1.8k 1.2×	341 0.5×	100 0.2×	189 0.5×	90 0.3×	94	2.7k
Paola Izzo Italy	28	1.3k 0.9×	532 0.8×	62 0.1×	513 1.5×	85 0.3×	117	2.6k
Yohko Hikiba Japan	28	1.3k 0.8×	776 1.2×	69 0.1×	542 1.6×	136 0.4×	45	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Petra Wilgenbus

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Graf, Claudine, Petra Wilgenbus, Fédérico Marini, et al.. (2019). Myeloid cell–synthesized coagulation factor X dampens antitumor immunity. Science Immunology. 4(39). 94 indexed citations

Wilgenbus, Petra, John F. Teiber, Kerstin Jurk, et al.. (2018). Paraoxonase-2 regulates coagulation activation through endothelial tissue factor. Blood. 131(19). 2161–2172. 48 indexed citations

Krüger, Maximilian, Petra Wilgenbus, Johanna Helmstädter, et al.. (2016). The anti-apoptotic PON2 protein is Wnt/β-catenin-regulated and correlates with radiotherapy resistance in OSCC patients. Oncotarget. 7(32). 51082–51095. 31 indexed citations

Devarajan, Asokan, Ines Witte, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (2012). PON3 is upregulated in cancer tissues and protects against mitochondrial superoxide-mediated cell death. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(9). 1549–1560. 71 indexed citations

Wilgenbus, Petra, et al.. (2012). Paraoxonases-2 and -3 Are Important Defense Enzymes againstPseudomonas aeruginosaVirulence Factors due to Their Anti-Oxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2012. 1–9. 27 indexed citations

Witte, Ines, Sebastian Altenhöfer, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (2011). Beyond reduction of atherosclerosis: PON2 provides apoptosis resistance and stabilizes tumor cells. Cell Death and Disease. 2(1). e112–e112. 77 indexed citations

Altenhöfer, Sebastian, Ines Witte, John F. Teiber, et al.. (2010). One Enzyme, Two Functions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(32). 24398–24403. 137 indexed citations

Horke, Sven, Ines Witte, Sebastian Altenhöfer, et al.. (2009). Paraoxonase 2 is down-regulated by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorumsensing signal N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone and attenuates oxidative stress induced by pyocyanin. Biochemical Journal. 426(1). 73–83. 51 indexed citations

Horke, Sven, Ines Witte, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (2008). Protective effect of paraoxonase-2 against endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis is lost upon disturbance of calcium homoeostasis. Biochemical Journal. 416(3). 395–405. 52 indexed citations

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Horke, Sven, Ines Witte, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (2007). Paraoxonase-2 Reduces Oxidative Stress in Vascular Cells and Decreases Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Induced Caspase Activation. Circulation. 115(15). 2055–2064. 208 indexed citations

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Compagni, Amelia, et al.. (2000). Fibroblast growth factors are required for efficient tumor angiogenesis.. PubMed. 60(24). 7163–9. 192 indexed citations

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Perl, Anne‐Karina T., Ulf Dahl, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (1999). Reduced expression of neural cell adhesion molecule induces metastatic dissemination of pancreatic β tumor cells. Nature Medicine. 5(3). 286–291. 108 indexed citations

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Perl, Anne‐Karina T., Petra Wilgenbus, Ulf Dahl, Henrik Semb, & Gerhard Christofori. (1998). A causal role for E-cadherin in the transition from adenoma to carcinoma. Nature. 392(6672). 190–193. 1170 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sedláček, Zdeněk, Roman Kodet, E Seemanová, et al.. (1998). Two Li-Fraumeni syndrome families with novel germline p53 mutations: loss of the wild-type p53 allele in only 50% of tumours. British Journal of Cancer. 77(7). 1034–1039. 35 indexed citations

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Heller, Hilde, et al.. (1996). Chromosomal distribution of the hamster intracisternal A-particle (IAP) retrotransposons. Chromosoma. 104(5). 341–344. 11 indexed citations

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Doerfler, Walter, Gertraud Orend, Rainer Schubbert, et al.. (1995). On the insertion of foreign DNA into mammalian genomes: Mechanism and consequences. Gene. 157(1-2). 241–245. 11 indexed citations

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Heller, Hilde, Christina Kämmer, Petra Wilgenbus, & Walter Doerfler. (1995). Chromosomal insertion of foreign (adenovirus type 12, plasmid, or bacteriophage lambda) DNA is associated with enhanced methylation of cellular DNA segments.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(12). 5515–5519. 97 indexed citations

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Fechteler, Katja, et al.. (1995). The Mechanism of Adenovirus DNA Integration: Studies in a Cell-Free System. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 199 ( Pt 2). 109–137. 10 indexed citations

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Francke, Uta, Eva-María Geigl, Joseph C. Giacalone, et al.. (1994). A radiation hybrid map of human chromosome 18. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 66(3). 196–213. 10 indexed citations

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Tynan, Katherine, Margaret M. Pearson, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (1993). Mutation screening of complete fibrillin-1 coding sequence: report of five new mutations, including two in 8-cysteine domains. Human Molecular Genetics. 2(11). 1813–1821. 73 indexed citations

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