René Maehr

10.5k citations

53 papers · 7.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 1%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Renal and related cancers
Aging top 2%

Papers in

Aging 2
Immunology 12
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 5

Co-authors: Douglas A. Melton Astrid Eijkelenboom Danwei Huangfu Wenjun Guo Shuibing Chen Alice E. Chen Melinda Snitow Ryan M. Genga
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)eLife (4 papers)Nature Biotechnology (3 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (2 papers)The Journal of Immunology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

René Maehr

52 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Ultrastructural Details of Mammalian Chromosome Architecture 2020 · 336 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Molecular Cell
2015 Nature Methods
2008 Nature Biotechnology
2008 Nature Biotechnology

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside René Maehr, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl Science Immunology ·Anna Czarkwiani, R. Genève, Firdaus Firdaus, A. Petzold, Fabian Rost, René Maehr, Maximina H. Yun	2025	0
2	T-REX17 is a transiently expressed non-coding RNA essential for human endoderm formation eLife ·Alexandro Landshammer, Adriano Bolondi, Helene Kretzmer, Christian Much, René Buschow, Duyen Nguyen, Hua‐Jun Wu, Sebastian D. Mackowiak, William E. Freeman, Pay Gießelmann, Tri Sugiarti M. Bakri, Krishna Mohan Parsi, Jack Huey, Thorsten Mielke, David Meierhofer, René Maehr, Denes Hnisz, Franziska Michor, John L. Rinn, Alexander Meissner	2023	2
3	Pigment cell progenitor heterogeneity and reiteration of developmental signaling underlie melanocyte regeneration in zebrafish eLife ·장창환, Sandra Padilha, James Neiswender, Josephine Wallin, René Maehr, Craig J. Ceol	2023	4
4	Integration of single-cell transcriptomes and chromatin landscapes reveals regulatory programs driving pharyngeal organ development Nature Communications ·陈斗, R. Genève, Eric Kernfeld, Hananeh Aliee, Jack Huey, Zhenfang Ma, Fabian J. Theis, René Maehr	2022	26
5	A diamidobenzimidazole STING agonist protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection Science Immunology ·Fiachra Humphries, Liraz Shmuel-Galia, Zhaozhao Jiang, Ruth Wilson, Yiwen Wu, Sze‐Ling Ng, Krishna Mohan Parsi, René Maehr, John Cruz, 이소의, Joshi M. Ramanjulu, John Bertin, G. Scott Pesiridis, Katherine A. Fitzgerald	2021	115
6	iMyoblasts for ex vivo and in vivo investigations of human myogenesis and disease modeling eLife ·Dongsheng Guo, José Antonio Villanueva Gonzalez, Del Buono, Mengjiao Shi, Jing Yan, Zdenka Matijašević, Marie-Reine Bernard, Chee Meng. Yeong, Alex S. Kiselyov, Haowen Zhou, Anne G. Bang, Kathryn R. Wagner, René Maehr, Oliver D. King, Lawrence J. Hayward, Charles P. Emerson	2021	19
7	Ultrastructural Details of Mammalian Chromosome Architecture Molecular Cell ·Nils Krietenstein, Sameer Abraham, Sergey V. Venev, Nezar Abdennur, Johan H. Gibcus, Tsung-Han S. Hsieh, Krishna Mohan Parsi, Liyan Yang, René Maehr, Leonid A. Mirny, Job Dekker, Oliver J. Rando Hit paper breakdown →	2020	336
8	Pax9 is required for cardiovascular development and interacts with Tbx1 in the pharyngeal endoderm to control 4th pharyngeal arch artery morphogenesis Development ·Helen M. Phillips, 工平井, Wasay Mohiuddin Shaikh Qureshi, Anastasia I. Kousa, Jennifer Szangolies, Theodota Lagouri, Yuya Kawamoto, Joshua Levy, Silvia Mazzotta, Patrick McCloughan, Kerstin Seidel, Florian Fischer, Mitsushiro Nakatomi, Simon Cockell, Jürgen E. Schneider, Timothy J. Mohun, René Maehr, Ralf Kist, Heiko Peters, Simon D. Bamforth	2019	24
9	Combinatorial action of NF–Y and TALE at embryonic enhancers defines distinct gene expression programs during zygotic genome activation in zebrafish Developmental Biology ·温晓丹, Franck Ladam, Ian J. Donaldson, Zhenfang Ma, René Maehr, Nicoletta Bobola, Charles G. Sagerström	2019	10
10	Functional annotation of native enhancers with a Cas9–histone demethylase fusion Nature Methods ·Nicola A. Kearns, Hannah Pham, Barbara Tabak, Ryan M. Genga, Noah J. Silverstein, Manuel Garber, René Maehr Hit paper breakdown →	2015	504
11	Wnt signaling specifies and patterns intestinal endoderm Mechanisms of Development ·Richard I. Sherwood, René Maehr, Esteban O. Mazzoni, Douglas A. Melton	2011	86
12	Sox17 promotes differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells by directly regulating extraembryonic gene expression and indirectly antagonizing self-renewal Genes & Development ·Kathy K. Niakan, Hongkai Ji, René Maehr, Steven A. Vokes, Kit T. Rodolfa, Richard I. Sherwood, Mariko Yamaki, John T. Dimos, Alice E. Chen, Douglas A. Melton, Andrew P. McMahon, Kevin Eggan	2010	233
13	A small molecule that directs differentiation of human ESCs into the pancreatic lineage Nature Chemical Biology ·Shuibing Chen, Malgorzata Borowiak, Dina Martha Fitri, René Maehr, Kenji Osafune, Lance S. Davidow, Kelvin Lam, Lee F. Peng, Stuart L. Schreiber, Lee L. Rubin, Douglas A. Melton	2009	367
14	AID−/−μs−/− Mice Are Agammaglobulinemic and Fail to Maintain B220−CD138+ Plasma Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Kaori Kumazaki, Boaz Tirosh, René Maehr, Marianne Boes, Tasuku Honjo, Hidde L. Ploegh	2007	38
15	Immune‐privileged embryonic Swiss mouse STO and STO cell‐derived progenitor cells: major histocompatibility complex and cell differentiation antigen expression patterns resemble those of human embryonic stem cell lines Immunology ·Katherine S. Koch, J S Budzhak, René Maehr, T.L. Sitharama Rao, Hidde L. Ploegh, Maurizio Zanetti, Stewart Sell, Hyam L. Leffert	2006	10
16	Cathepsin L is essential for onset of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice Journal of Clinical Investigation ·René Maehr	2005	71
17	Differential dependence of CD4 ⁺ CD25 ⁺ regulatory and natural killer-like T cells on signals leading to NF-κB activation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Marc Schmidt‐Supprian, Jane Tian, Ethan Grant, Manolis Pasparakis, René Maehr, Huib Ovaa, Hidde L. Ploegh, Anthony J. Coyle, Klaus Rajewsky	2004	202
18	Mice deficient in invariant‐chain and MHC class II exhibit a normal mature B2 cell compartment European Journal of Immunology ·René Maehr, Manfred Kraus, Hidde L. Ploegh	2004	15
19	The ubiquitin–proteasome pathway in thymocyte apoptosis: caspase-dependent processing of the deubiquitinating enzyme USP7 (HAUSP) Molecular Immunology ·Yulia Vugmeyster, Anna Borodovsky, Madelon M. Maurice, René Maehr, Margo H. Furman, Hidde L. Ploegh	2002	29
20	Invariant Chain Controls the Activity of Extracellular Cathepsin L The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Edda Fiebiger, René Maehr, Jóse A. Villadangos, Ekkehard Weber, Ann H. Erickson, Elizabeth K. Bikoff, Hidde L. Ploegh, Ana‐Maria Lennon‐Duménil	2002	77

About René Maehr

René Maehr is a scholar working on Aging, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics, having authored 53 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), Congenital heart defects research (7 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (7 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (5.7k citations), Aging (138 citations), Immunology (806 citations), Genetics (1.0k citations) and Business and International Management (69 citations). René Maehr has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Douglas A. Melton, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Danwei Huangfu, Wenjun Guo, Shuibing Chen, Alice E. Chen, Melinda Snitow, Ryan M. Genga, Kenji Osafune and Nicola A. Kearns. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, eLife, Nature Biotechnology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Immunology.

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