Rune Toftgård

17.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
162 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Rune Toftgård is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rune Toftgård has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Cancer Research and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Rune Toftgård's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (68 papers), Cancer and Skin Lesions (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers). Rune Toftgård is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (68 papers), Cancer and Skin Lesions (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers). Rune Toftgård collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Rune Toftgård's co-authors include Matthias Lauth, Peter G. Zaphiropoulos, Åsa Bergström, Maria Kasper, Viljar Jaks, Stephan Teglund, Takashi Shimokawa, Anne Birgitte Undén, Priit Kogerman and Nick Barker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rune Toftgård

161 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rune Toftgård Sweden 58 8.7k 2.7k 2.3k 1.7k 1.6k 162 12.3k
Anthony E. Oro United States 44 7.5k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 3.3k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 466 0.3× 100 11.4k
Lester F. Lau United States 75 15.9k 1.8× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 555 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 154 20.9k
Xiao‐Jing Wang United States 48 5.6k 0.6× 3.2k 1.2× 662 0.3× 637 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 179 9.7k
O. Wesley McBride United States 57 7.3k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 348 0.2× 1.1k 0.7× 131 12.2k
Lionel Larue France 56 7.8k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 803 0.4× 638 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 174 11.4k
Masahide Takahashi Japan 65 8.9k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 253 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 367 16.0k
Glynis Scott United States 40 4.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 611 0.3× 1.6k 0.9× 934 0.6× 138 10.6k
Maria Sibilia Austria 46 5.8k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 819 0.4× 428 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 117 10.1k
Friedrich Beermann Switzerland 54 6.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 633 0.4× 566 0.4× 145 10.4k
Olivia M. Pereira‐Smith United States 43 9.6k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 995 0.4× 640 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 108 14.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rune Toftgård

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rune Toftgård

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gerling, Marco, José M. Dias, Raoul Kuiper, et al.. (2017). Differential requirement of SUFU in tissue development discovered in a hypomorphic mouse model. Developmental Biology. 429(1). 132–146. 5 indexed citations
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Serres, Sébastien, Paola Infante, Alessandro Barberis, et al.. (2016). SCF (Fbxl17) ubiquitylation of Sufu regulates Hedgehog signaling and medulloblastoma development. The EMBO Journal. 35(13). 1400–1416. 50 indexed citations
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Bilousova, Ganna, Björn Rozell, Raoul Kuiper, et al.. (2015). Suppressor of Fused Plays an Important Role in Regulating Mesodermal Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells In Vivo. Stem Cells and Development. 24(21). 2547–2560. 3 indexed citations
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Kasper, Maria, Viljar Jaks, Daniel Hohl, & Rune Toftgård. (2012). Basal cell carcinoma — molecular biology and potential new therapies. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(2). 455–463. 109 indexed citations
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Snippert, Hugo J.G., Andrea Haegebarth, Maria Kasper, et al.. (2010). Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin. Science. 327(5971). 1385–1389. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jaks, Viljar, Maria Kasper, & Rune Toftgård. (2010). The hair follicle—a stem cell zoo. Experimental Cell Research. 316(8). 1422–1428. 120 indexed citations
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Emeny, J. M., Johan Hansson, Rune Toftgård, & Dan Segerbäck. (2008). Meeting Report of the Conference on UV-Radiation-Induced Disease—Roles of UVA and UVB. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128(8). 1875–1877. 1 indexed citations
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Lauth, Matthias, Åsa Bergström, Takashi Shimokawa, & Rune Toftgård. (2007). Inhibition of GLI-mediated transcription and tumor cell growth by small-molecule antagonists. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(20). 8455–8460. 657 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lauth, Matthias & Rune Toftgård. (2007). The Hedgehog pathway as a drug target in cancer therapy.. PubMed. 8(6). 457–61. 37 indexed citations
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Regamey, Alexandre, Daniel Hohl, Jia Wei Liu, et al.. (2003). The Tumor Suppressor CYLD Interacts with TRIP and Regulates Negatively Nuclear Factor κB Activation by Tumor Necrosis Factor. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 198(12). 1959–1964. 96 indexed citations
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Toftgård, Rune. (2000). Hedgehog signalling in cancer. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 57(12). 1720–1731. 132 indexed citations
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Hogerlinden, Max van, Björn Rozell, Lars Ährlund‐Richter, & Rune Toftgård. (1999). Squamous cell carcinomas and increased apoptosis in skin with inhibited Rel/nuclear factor-kappaB signaling.. PubMed. 59(14). 3299–303. 232 indexed citations
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Zaphiropoulos, Peter G., Anne Birgitte Undén, Fahimeh Rahnama, Robert E. Hollingsworth, & Rune Toftgård. (1999). PTCH2, a novel human patched gene, undergoing alternative splicing and up-regulated in basal cell carcinomas.. PubMed. 59(4). 787–92. 69 indexed citations
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Ståhle‐Bäckdahl, Mona, et al.. (1997). Fine mapping of the locus for nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome on chromosome 9q.. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 77(1). 4–9. 9 indexed citations
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Zaphiropoulos, Peter G., et al.. (1997). Human patched (PTCH) mRNA is overexpressed consistently in tumor cells of both familial and sporadic basal cell carcinoma.. PubMed. 57(12). 2336–40. 116 indexed citations
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Toftgård, Rune, et al.. (1996). Differential allele loss on chromosome 9q22.3 in human non-melanoma skin cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 74(2). 246–250. 39 indexed citations
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Gailani, Mae R., Mona Ståhle‐Bäckdahl, David J. Leffell, et al.. (1996). The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas. Nature Genetics. 14(1). 78–81. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zaphiropoulos, Peter G. & Rune Toftgård. (1996). cDNA Cloning of a Novel WD Repeat Protein Mapping to the 9q22.3 Chromosomal Region. DNA and Cell Biology. 15(12). 1049–1056. 24 indexed citations
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Berghard, Anna, Katarina Gradin, & Rune Toftgård. (1992). The stability of dioxin-receptor ligands influences cytochrome P450IA1 expression in human keratinocytes. Carcinogenesis. 13(4). 651–655. 13 indexed citations
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Marcusson, Jan A., Cecilia M. Lindgren, Anna Berghard, & Rune Toftgård. (1992). Allogeneic cultured keratinocytes in the treatment of leg ulcers. A pilot study.. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 72(1). 61–64. 20 indexed citations

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