Ruth M. Stassart

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ruth M. Stassart is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth M. Stassart has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 11 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ruth M. Stassart's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (11 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (10 papers). Ruth M. Stassart is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (11 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (10 papers). Ruth M. Stassart collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Ruth M. Stassart's co-authors include Robert Fledrich, Klaus‐Armin Nave, Michael W. Sereda, Julia M. Edgar, Wiebke Möbius, Viktorija Velanac, Markus H. Schwab, Bastian G. Brinkmann, Mar Bosch-Queralt and Dies Meijer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ruth M. Stassart

28 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Schwann cell functions in peripheral nerve development and repair

2022 126 citations Robert Fledrich, Ruth M. Stassart et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth M. Stassart Germany	18	844	549	459	285	253	28	1.6k
Marcel Dihné Germany	21	744 0.9×	570 1.0×	439 1.0×	406 1.4×	212 0.8×	38	1.6k
Mauricio E. Vargas United States	9	807 1.0×	524 1.0×	297 0.6×	170 0.6×	265 1.0×	11	1.2k
Milan Makwana United Kingdom	12	869 1.0×	530 1.0×	378 0.8×	124 0.4×	132 0.5×	19	1.3k
Sebastian Thams Sweden	19	664 0.8×	611 1.1×	219 0.5×	384 1.3×	437 1.7×	29	1.6k
Rüdiger Schweigreiter Austria	16	858 1.0×	523 1.0×	434 0.9×	227 0.8×	83 0.3×	25	1.4k
Haesun A. Kim United States	18	834 1.0×	604 1.1×	453 1.0×	85 0.3×	353 1.4×	25	1.6k
Paulo D. Koeberle Canada	22	656 0.8×	810 1.5×	222 0.5×	316 1.1×	131 0.5×	33	1.5k
Louise Morgan United Kingdom	16	1.1k 1.3×	631 1.1×	527 1.1×	185 0.6×	217 0.9×	23	1.7k
Richard Fairless Germany	23	597 0.7×	518 0.9×	315 0.7×	231 0.8×	113 0.4×	39	1.4k
Elena N. Kozlova Sweden	25	790 0.9×	677 1.2×	419 0.9×	248 0.9×	210 0.8×	76	1.8k

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Brügger‐Verdon, Valérie, Dies Meijer, Robert Fledrich, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8. Nature Communications. 16(1). 515–515. 5 indexed citations

Kuhrt, Heidrun, Aline Rifflet, Karsten Winter, et al.. (2024). Peptidoglycan accumulates in distinct brain regions and cell types over lifetime but is absent in newborns. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 799–812. 3 indexed citations

Kungl, Theresa, Gesine Saher, Robert Fledrich, et al.. (2024). Targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling in rodent models of PMP22 gene-dosage diseases. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(3). 616–640. 5 indexed citations

Kuhrt, Heidrun, et al.. (2024). Detection of molecular markers of ferroptosis in human Alzheimer's disease brains. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 102(4). 1133–1154. 1 indexed citations

Stassart, Ruth M., Jose A. Gomez‐Sanchez, & Alison C. Lloyd. (2024). Schwann Cells as Orchestrators of Nerve Repair: Implications for Tissue Regeneration and Pathologies. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16(6). a041363–a041363. 13 indexed citations

Klein, Dennis, Janos Groh, Xidi Yuan, et al.. (2022). Early targeting of endoneurial macrophages alleviates the neuropathy and affects abnormal Schwann cell differentiation in a mouse model of Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth 1A. Glia. 70(6). 1100–1116. 14 indexed citations

Nestler, Ulf, et al.. (2021). A late systemic and brain metastasis from subcutaneous leiomyosarcoma of the right forearm: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 15(1). 14–14. 4 indexed citations

Wolbert, Jolien, Xiaolin Li, Michael Heming, et al.. (2020). Redefining the heterogeneity of peripheral nerve cells in health and autoimmunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9466–9476. 96 indexed citations

Franke, Heike, Niels Hammer, Wolf Müller, et al.. (2019). Survival-time dependent increase in neuronal IL-6 and astroglial GFAP expression in fatally injured human brain tissue. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11771–11771. 28 indexed citations

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Schleinitz, Dorit, Ruth M. Stassart, Jürgen Klammt, et al.. (2018). Novel Mutations in the Asparagine Synthetase Gene (ASNS) Associated With Microcephaly. Frontiers in Genetics. 9. 245–245. 15 indexed citations

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Dreßler, Jan, et al.. (2018). Proposals for best-quality immunohistochemical staining of paraffin-embedded brain tissue slides in forensics. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 132(4). 1103–1109. 10 indexed citations

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Stassart, Ruth M., Wiebke Möbius, Klaus‐Armin Nave, & Julia M. Edgar. (2018). The Axon-Myelin Unit in Development and Degenerative Disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 467–467. 171 indexed citations

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Berghoff, Stefan A., Jan Winchenbach, Sina K. Stumpf, et al.. (2017). Dietary cholesterol promotes repair of demyelinated lesions in the adult brain. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14241–14241. 97 indexed citations

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Hörste, Gerd Meyer zu, Ruth M. Stassart, Fabian Szepanowski, et al.. (2015). Neuronal ADAM10 Promotes Outgrowth of Small-Caliber Myelinated Axons in the Peripheral Nervous System. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 74(11). 1077–1085. 6 indexed citations

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Fledrich, Robert, Ruth M. Stassart, Thomas Prukop, et al.. (2014). Soluble neuregulin-1 modulates disease pathogenesis in rodent models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A. Nature Medicine. 20(9). 1055–1061. 134 indexed citations

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Prukop, Thomas, Sven P. Wichert, Robert Fledrich, et al.. (2014). Progesterone Antagonist Therapy in a Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Mouse Model. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 94(4). 533–546. 22 indexed citations

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Makoukji, Joelle, Martin Belle, Delphine Meffre, et al.. (2012). Lithium enhances remyelination of peripheral nerves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(10). 3973–3978. 83 indexed citations

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Stassart, Ruth M., Robert Fledrich, Viktorija Velanac, et al.. (2012). A role for Schwann cell–derived neuregulin-1 in remyelination. Nature Neuroscience. 16(1). 48–54. 219 indexed citations

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Fledrich, Robert, Ruth M. Stassart, & Michael W. Sereda. (2012). Murine therapeutic models for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. British Medical Bulletin. 102(1). 89–113. 46 indexed citations

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Fledrich, Robert, Beate Schlotter‐Weigel, Sven P. Wichert, et al.. (2011). A rat model of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease 1A recapitulates disease variability and supplies biomarkers of axonal loss in patients. Brain. 135(1). 72–87. 36 indexed citations

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