Rupert Timpl

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rupert Timpl is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rupert Timpl has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 16 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rupert Timpl's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (27 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (11 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (10 papers). Rupert Timpl is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (27 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (11 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (10 papers). Rupert Timpl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rupert Timpl's co-authors include Judith C. Brown, Monique Aumailley, Takako Sasaki, Walter Göhring, Marion Gurrath, Juan J. Calvete, Horst Kessler, Gerhard Müller, Karlheinz Mann and Erhard Hohenester and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Rupert Timpl

36 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Supramolecular assembly of basement membranes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rupert Timpl Germany	28	1.6k	1.5k	1.1k	614	478	37	3.5k
Roswitha Nischt Germany	37	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	722 1.2×	510 1.1×	73	4.0k
J. Engel Switzerland	28	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	961 0.8×	509 0.8×	461 1.0×	41	3.6k
Glen H. Nuckolls United States	22	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	435 0.7×	387 0.8×	27	3.7k
Walter Göhring Germany	32	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	581 0.9×	655 1.4×	70	3.6k
Gregory P. Lunstrum United States	27	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	363 0.6×	552 1.2×	33	3.4k
H. Rohde Germany	15	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	979 0.9×	496 0.8×	258 0.5×	21	3.6k
Ernst Pöschl Germany	32	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	725 0.6×	612 1.0×	575 1.2×	66	3.8k
Hanna Wiedemann Germany	24	1.5k 0.9×	910 0.6×	876 0.8×	587 1.0×	466 1.0×	25	2.8k
Lloyd A. Culp United States	41	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	2.2k 1.9×	726 1.2×	536 1.1×	126	4.9k
Nicholas P. Morris United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	526 0.9×	891 1.9×	46	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rupert Timpl

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Sasaki, Takako, Helena Elding Larsson, Dominic Tisi, et al.. (2000). Endostatins derived from collagens XV and XVIII differ in structural and binding properties, tissue distribution and anti-angiogenic activity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 301(5). 1179–1190. 169 indexed citations

Hohenester, Erhard, Takako Sasaki, Karlheinz Mann, & Rupert Timpl. (2000). Variable zinc coordination in endostatin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 297(1). 1–6. 27 indexed citations

Göhring, Walter, et al.. (1999). Recombinant domain IV of perlecan binds to nidogens, laminin–nidogen complex, fibronectin, fibulin‐2 and heparin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 259(3). 917–926. 141 indexed citations

Waller, Hans Dierck, et al.. (1998). Adhesive Interactions of Human Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines with Different Extracellular Matrix Molecules. Cell adhesion and communications/Cell adhesion and communication/Cell adhesion & communication. 5(4). 307–323. 31 indexed citations

Timpl, Rupert, et al.. (1998). Prolyl hydroxylase activity in tissue homogenates of annelids from deep sea hydrothermal vents. Matrix Biology. 17(3). 205–212. 10 indexed citations

Mayer, Ulríke, Karlheinz Mann, Liselotte I. Fessler, John H. Fessler, & Rupert Timpl. (1997). Drosophila Laminin Binds to Mammalian Nidogen and to Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan. European Journal of Biochemistry. 245(3). 745–750. 15 indexed citations

Brown, Judith C., Takako Sasaki, Walter Göhring, Yoshihiko Yamada, & Rupert Timpl. (1997). The C‐Terminal Domain V of Perlecan Promotes β1 Integrin‐Mediated Cell Adhesion, Binds Heparin, Nidogen and Fibulin‐2 and Can be Modified by Glycosaminoglycans. European Journal of Biochemistry. 250(1). 39–46. 133 indexed citations

Sasaki, Takako, Karlheinz Mann, Gillian Murphy, Mon‐Li Chu, & Rupert Timpl. (1996). Different Susceptibilities of Fibulin‐1 and Fibulin‐2 to Cleavage by Matrix Metalloproteinases and Other Tissue Proteases. European Journal of Biochemistry. 240(2). 427–434. 36 indexed citations

Maurer, Patrik, Christine Hohenadl, Erhard Hohenester, et al.. (1995). The C-terminal Portion of BM-40 (SPARC/Osteonectin) is an Autonomously Folding and Crystallisable Domain that Binds Calcium and Collagen IV. Journal of Molecular Biology. 253(2). 347–357. 110 indexed citations

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Pan, Te‐Cheng, et al.. (1994). Fibulin-2 (FBLN2): Human cDNA Sequence, mRNA Expression, and Mapping of the Gene on Human and Mouse Chromosomes. Genomics. 22(2). 425–430. 40 indexed citations

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Karecla, Paula I., Rupert Timpl, & Fiona M. Watt. (1994). Adhesion of Human Epidermal Keratinocytes to Laminin. Cell adhesion and communications/Cell adhesion and communication/Cell adhesion & communication. 2(4). 309–318. 14 indexed citations

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Aumailley, Monique, Cristina Battaglia, Ulríke Mayer, et al.. (1993). Nidogen mediates the formation of ternary complexes of basement membrane components. Kidney International. 43(1). 7–12. 142 indexed citations

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Sorokin, Lydia, et al.. (1992). Monoclonal antibodies against laminin A chain fragment E3 and their effects on binding to cells and proteoglycan and on kidney development. Experimental Cell Research. 201(1). 137–144. 106 indexed citations

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Aumailley, Monique, Marion Gurrath, Gerhard Müller, et al.. (1991). Arg‐Gly‐Asp constrained within cyclic pentapoptides Strong and selective inhibitors of cell adhesion to vitronectin and laminin fragment P1. FEBS Letters. 291(1). 50–54. 477 indexed citations

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Mayer, Ulríke, Monique Aumailley, Karlheinz Mann, Rupert Timpl, & Jürgen Engel. (1991). Calcium‐dependent binding of basement membrane protein BM‐40 (osteonectin, SPARC) to basement membrane collagen type IV. European Journal of Biochemistry. 198(1). 141–150. 88 indexed citations

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Aumailley, Monique, Rupert Timpl, & Werner Risau. (1991). Differences in laminin fragment interactions of normal and transformed endothelial cells. Experimental Cell Research. 196(2). 177–183. 29 indexed citations

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Pan, Te‐Cheng, et al.. (1991). The exon organization of the triple-helical coding regions of the human α1(VI) and α2(VI) collagen genes is highly similar. Genomics. 11(1). 145–153. 20 indexed citations

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Rossino, P, Isabella Gavazzi, Rupert Timpl, et al.. (1990). Nerve growth factor induces increased expression of a laminin-binding integrin in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Experimental Cell Research. 189(1). 100–108. 80 indexed citations

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Nurcombe, Victor, Monique Aumailley, Rupert Timpl, & David Edgar. (1989). The high‐affinity binding of laminin to cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 180(1). 9–14. 68 indexed citations

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Martin, George R., Rupert Timpl, & Klaus Kühn. (1988). Basement Membrane Proteins: Molecular Structure and Function. Advances in protein chemistry. 39. 1–50. 122 indexed citations

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