Sandra Heller

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Sandra Heller is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Heller has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sandra Heller's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (11 papers), Renal and related cancers (4 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (4 papers). Sandra Heller is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (11 papers), Renal and related cancers (4 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (4 papers). Sandra Heller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Sandra Heller's co-authors include Janina Burk, Walter Brehm, Alexander Kleger, Harrison M. Penrose, Suzana D. Savkovic, Maike Sander, Ryan J. Geusz, Mei-Lin Okino, Elisha Beebe and David U. Gorkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Cell Biology and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Heller

29 papers receiving 897 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.

Interpreting type 1 diabetes risk with genetics and single-cell epigenomics

2021 205 citations Joshua Chiou, Ryan J. Geusz et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Heller Germany	17	347	273	191	102	100	33	903
Anne‐Marie Zuurmond Netherlands	16	420 1.2×	262 1.0×	187 1.0×	73 0.7×	138 1.4×	25	1.2k
Jean-Noël Gouze United States	18	467 1.3×	265 1.0×	279 1.5×	157 1.5×	79 0.8×	28	1.2k
Masaru Kaku Japan	20	425 1.2×	108 0.4×	215 1.1×	92 0.9×	94 0.9×	49	952
C. Dragomir United States	16	485 1.4×	220 0.8×	98 0.5×	64 0.6×	88 0.9×	21	1.2k
Elena V. Tchetina Russia	16	463 1.3×	184 0.7×	106 0.6×	76 0.7×	88 0.9×	37	1.3k
Veronica Ulici United States	20	509 1.5×	266 1.0×	102 0.5×	39 0.4×	135 1.4×	35	1.2k
Kay Chapman United Kingdom	18	561 1.6×	220 0.8×	297 1.6×	48 0.5×	83 0.8×	19	1.5k
Anita Woods Canada	14	553 1.6×	163 0.6×	140 0.7×	100 1.0×	104 1.0×	20	1.3k
Marco Angelozzi United States	16	397 1.1×	123 0.5×	102 0.5×	107 1.0×	41 0.4×	26	879
Takashi Shimoaka Japan	9	580 1.7×	231 0.8×	131 0.7×	53 0.5×	120 1.2×	9	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Heller

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20 of 20 papers shown

Heller, Sandra, Thomas F.E. Barth, Patricia Gallego, et al.. (2025). Host factor PLAC8 is required for pancreas infection by SARS-CoV-2. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 34–34.

Azoitei, Ninel, Sandra Heller, & Alexander Kleger. (2024). Pandemic punch: SARS-CoV-2 hits pancreas. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 100–100.

Merz, Sarah K., Markus Breunig, Sandra Heller, et al.. (2023). Single-cell profiling of GP2-enriched pancreatic progenitors to simultaneously create acinar, ductal, and endocrine organoids. Theranostics. 13(6). 1949–1973. 5 indexed citations

Breunig, Markus, Jessica Merkle, Sandra Heller, et al.. (2021). Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic duct-like organoids. STAR Protocols. 2(4). 100913–100913. 10 indexed citations

Merkle, Jessica, Markus Breunig, Jana Krüger, et al.. (2021). CDKN2A-Mutated Pancreatic Ductal Organoids from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model a Cancer Predisposition Syndrome. Cancers. 13(20). 5139–5139. 15 indexed citations

Chiou, Joshua, Ryan J. Geusz, Mei-Lin Okino, et al.. (2021). Interpreting type 1 diabetes risk with genetics and single-cell epigenomics. Nature. 594(7863). 398–402. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

Heller, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Go Diabetic: A Glimpse on Monogenic Variants. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 648284–648284. 2 indexed citations

Conzelmann, Carina, Tatjana Weil, Lennart Koepke, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in cells of the human pancreas. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie.

Heller, Sandra, Zhijian Li, Qiong Lin, et al.. (2021). Transcriptional changes and the role of ONECUT1 in hPSC pancreatic differentiation. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1298–1298. 18 indexed citations

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Krüger, Jana, Rüdiger Groß, Carina Conzelmann, et al.. (2020). Drug Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Replication in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Intestinal Organoids. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 11(4). 935–948. 73 indexed citations

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Michel, Detlef, Karin M. Danzer, Rüdiger Groß, et al.. (2020). Rapid, convenient and efficient kit-independent detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Journal of Virological Methods. 286. 113965–113965. 9 indexed citations

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Penrose, Harrison M., Sandra Heller, Nathan Ungerleider, et al.. (2018). Loss of Forkhead Box O3 Facilitates Inflammatory Colon Cancer: Transcriptome Profiling of the Immune Landscape and Novel Targets. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 7(2). 391–408. 28 indexed citations

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Heller, Sandra, et al.. (2017). Automated freeze-thaw cycles for decellularization of tendon tissue - a pilot study. BMC Biotechnology. 17(1). 13–13. 57 indexed citations

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Penrose, Harrison M., Sandra Heller, Melody Baddoo, et al.. (2017). In colonic ρ0 (rho0) cells reduced mitochondrial function mediates transcriptomic alterations associated with cancer. Oncoscience. 4(11-12). 189–198. 8 indexed citations

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Fransecky, Lars, Martín Neumann, Sandra Heesch, et al.. (2016). Silencing of GATA3 defines a novel stem cell-like subgroup of ETP-ALL. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 9(1). 95–95. 16 indexed citations

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Burk, Janina, et al.. (2016). Induction of Tenogenic Differentiation Mediated by Extracellular Tendon Matrix and Short‐Term Cyclic Stretching. Stem Cells International. 2016(1). 7342379–7342379. 56 indexed citations

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Penrose, Harrison M., et al.. (2015). Epidermal growth factor receptor mediated proliferation depends on increased lipid droplet density regulated via a negative regulatory loop with FOXO3/Sirtuin6. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 469(3). 370–376. 41 indexed citations

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Burk, Janina, et al.. (2014). Gene expression of tendon markers in mesenchymal stromal cells derived from different sources. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 826–826. 33 indexed citations

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Piehler, Daniel, et al.. (2014). Comparative immunophenotyping of equine multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells: An approach toward a standardized definition. Cytometry Part A. 85(8). 678–687. 58 indexed citations

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Heller, Sandra, Susanna Schubert, I. Schäfer, et al.. (2013). Efficient Repopulation of Genetically Derived Rho Zero Cells with Exogenous Mitochondria. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e73207–e73207. 15 indexed citations

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