Rainer Will

2.6k total citations
50 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Will is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Will has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Will's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (8 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Rainer Will is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (8 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Rainer Will collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Rainer Will's co-authors include Hugo A. Katus, Norbert Frey, Stefan Wiemann, Derk Frank, Christian Kühn, Alexander Bott, Ioanna Keklikoglou, Christian Breunig, Thomas Romig and Richard Lucius and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Will

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Will Germany 19 763 311 249 202 142 50 1.3k
Nikhil Munshi United States 20 1.3k 1.7× 222 0.7× 145 0.6× 383 1.9× 110 0.8× 73 1.8k
Michael Schebesta Austria 11 1.2k 1.5× 143 0.5× 159 0.6× 170 0.8× 262 1.8× 14 1.7k
Nik Matthews United Kingdom 17 1.3k 1.7× 414 1.3× 54 0.2× 411 2.0× 110 0.8× 26 1.9k
Michael G. Gartside Australia 21 1.2k 1.5× 273 0.9× 48 0.2× 416 2.1× 221 1.6× 38 1.8k
Qiaoran Xi China 19 1.8k 2.3× 229 0.7× 92 0.4× 410 2.0× 88 0.6× 35 2.3k
Giovanna Marziali Italy 27 1.4k 1.9× 565 1.8× 102 0.4× 289 1.4× 74 0.5× 52 2.1k
Ko Sasaki Japan 21 602 0.8× 93 0.3× 76 0.3× 290 1.4× 82 0.6× 78 1.3k
Duanduan Ma United States 17 1.1k 1.4× 211 0.7× 49 0.2× 459 2.3× 70 0.5× 28 1.6k
Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz United States 15 1.6k 2.1× 341 1.1× 105 0.4× 236 1.2× 113 0.8× 17 2.3k
Marc Lipinski France 28 1.8k 2.4× 212 0.7× 74 0.3× 306 1.5× 97 0.7× 67 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Will

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Will, Rainer, Dominic Helm, Felix Bestvater, et al.. (2025). Loss of SMARCB1 evokes targetable epigenetic vulnerabilities in epithelioid sarcoma. Cancer Communications. 45(5). 494–499.
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Chen, Zhen, Rainer Will, Maike Busch, et al.. (2023). Novel Function of Cancer Stem Cell Marker ALDH1A3 in Glioblastoma: Pro-Angiogenesis through Paracrine PAI-1 and IL-8. Cancers. 15(17). 4422–4422. 4 indexed citations
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Borgoni, Simone, Birgitta E. Michels, Sara Burmester, et al.. (2023). Clonal heterogeneity in ER+ breast cancer reveals the proteasome and PKC as potential therapeutic targets. npj Breast Cancer. 9(1). 97–97.
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Hotz‐Wagenblatt, Agnes, Elke Dickes, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, et al.. (2023). MicroRNAs affecting the susceptibility of melanoma cells to CD8+ T cell‐mediated cytolysis. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(2). e1186–e1186. 3 indexed citations
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Kilian, Michael, Dirk C. Hoffmann, P. Koopmann, et al.. (2023). NLGN4X TCR transgenic T cells to treat gliomas. Neuro-Oncology. 26(2). 266–278. 9 indexed citations
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Will, Rainer, Katja Bauer, Stefan Wiemann, et al.. (2022). A Dual HiBiT-GFP-LC3 Lentiviral Reporter for Autophagy Flux Assessment. Methods in molecular biology. 2445. 75–98. 4 indexed citations
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Will, Rainer, Claudia Tessmer, Ilse Hofmann, et al.. (2021). Biological Activity Characterization of the Diagnostically Relevant Human Papillomavirus 16 E1C RNA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(3). 539–552.
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Kühn, Christian, Claudia Mäck, Susanne Hille, et al.. (2021). FYCO1 Regulates Cardiomyocyte Autophagy and Prevents Heart Failure Due to Pressure Overload In Vivo. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 6(4). 365–380. 12 indexed citations
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Wachter, Astrid, Rainer Will, Stefan Uhlmann, et al.. (2021). Coordinated regulation of WNT/β-catenin, c-Met, and integrin signalling pathways by miR-193b controls triple negative breast cancer metastatic traits. BMC Cancer. 21(1). 1296–1296. 8 indexed citations
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Quandt, Jasmin, Michael Bartoschek, Rainer Will, et al.. (2018). Long-peptide vaccination with driver gene mutations in p53 and Kras induces cancer mutation-specific effector as well as regulatory T cell responses. OncoImmunology. 7(12). e1500671–e1500671. 35 indexed citations
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Shukla, Kirti, Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Aoife Ward, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA‐30c‐2‐3p negatively regulates NF‐κB signaling and cell cycle progression through downregulation of TRADD and CCNE1 in breast cancer. Molecular Oncology. 9(6). 1106–1119. 78 indexed citations
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Spaich, Sebastian, Rainer Will, Steffen Just, et al.. (2012). F-Box and Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein 22 Is a Cardiac-Enriched F-Box Protein That Regulates Sarcomeric Protein Turnover and Is Essential for Maintenance of Contractile Function In Vivo. Circulation Research. 111(12). 1504–1516. 47 indexed citations
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Seeger, Thalia S., Derk Frank, Claudia M. Rohr, et al.. (2010). Myozap, a Novel Intercalated Disc Protein, Activates Serum Response Factor–Dependent Signaling and Is Required to Maintain Cardiac Function In Vivo. Circulation Research. 106(5). 880–890. 45 indexed citations
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Frank, Derk, Christian Kühn, Rainer Will, et al.. (2010). Lmcd1/Dyxin, a novel Z-disc associated LIM protein, mediates cardiac hypertrophy in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 49(4). 673–682. 26 indexed citations
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Kühn, Christian, et al.. (2009). DYRK1A Is a Novel Negative Regulator of Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(25). 17320–17327. 64 indexed citations
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Frey, Norbert, Derk Frank, Christian Kühn, et al.. (2008). Calsarcin-2 deficiency increases exercise capacity in mice through calcineurin/NFAT activation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(11). 3598–3608. 116 indexed citations
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Kontou, Maria, Rainer Will, Caroline Adelfalk, et al.. (2004). Thioredoxin, a regulator of gene expression. Oncogene. 23(12). 2146–2152. 14 indexed citations
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Frank, W., et al.. (1997). Chemotherapy with praziquantel has the potential to reduce the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in wild foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 91(2). 179–186. 55 indexed citations

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