Sebastian Brandner

33.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
325 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Brandner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Brandner has authored 325 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Molecular Biology, 80 papers in Neurology and 67 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Brandner's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (116 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (68 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (65 papers). Sebastian Brandner is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (116 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (68 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (65 papers). Sebastian Brandner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Sebastian Brandner's co-authors include John Collinge, Adriano Aguzzi, Jacqueline M. Linehan, Charles Weissmann, Alex J. Raeber, Zane Jaunmuktane, Andreas W. Sailer, Jonathan D. F. Wadsworth, Thomas Rülicke and Marek Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Brandner

319 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

GTP Cyclohydrolase 1/Tetr... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2019 1996 1996 2005 2003 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. GTP Cyclohydrolase 1/Tetrahydrobiopterin Counteract Ferroptosis through Lipid Remodeling
    2019 938 citations Sebastian Brandner et al. profile →
  2. Prion protein (PrP) with amino-proximal deletions restoring susceptibility of PrP knockout mice to scrapie.
    1996 730 citations Sebastian Brandner et al. profile →
  3. Normal host prion protein necessary for scrapie-induced neurotoxicity
    1996 623 citations Sebastian Brandner, Silvia Marino et al. profile →
  4. Mutations in the endosomal ESCRTIII-complex subunit CHMP2B in frontotemporal dementia
    2005 605 citations Sebastian Brandner, Elizabeth Fisher et al. profile →
  5. Depleting Neuronal PrP in Prion Infection Prevents Disease and Reverses Spongiosis
    2003 566 citations Giovanna R. Mallucci, Andrew Dickinson et al. Science profile →
  6. Amyloid β oligomers constrict human capillaries in Alzheimer’s disease via signaling to pericytes
    2019 475 citations Ross Nortley, Nils Korte et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastian Brandner United Kingdom 61 10.6k 4.7k 2.7k 2.5k 2.4k 325 17.0k
Jochen Herms Germany 62 6.0k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 4.5k 1.8× 1.6k 0.7× 243 14.0k
Frank Baas Netherlands 79 9.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 3.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 840 0.4× 361 21.7k
Toru Iwaki Japan 53 4.7k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 539 0.2× 318 11.5k
Joachim Herz United States 95 15.9k 1.5× 2.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 6.3k 2.5× 1.2k 0.5× 284 35.7k
Richard Daneman United States 36 6.3k 0.6× 6.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 330 0.1× 58 15.4k
Dudley K. Strickland United States 75 8.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.3× 957 0.4× 5.2k 2.1× 746 0.3× 257 21.3k
Marjo S. van der Knaap Netherlands 69 11.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 420 0.2× 414 17.0k
Thomas Meitinger Germany 69 11.2k 1.1× 906 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 960 0.4× 319 19.1k
Dirk Troost Netherlands 59 4.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 334 0.1× 197 11.3k
Alexandre Prat Canada 61 4.6k 0.4× 5.9k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 254 0.1× 209 16.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Brandner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Brandner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Brandner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sebastian Brandner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sebastian Brandner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sebastian Brandner. Sebastian Brandner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruffle, James K., et al.. (2024). VASARI-auto: Equitable, efficient, and economical featurisation of glioma MRI. NeuroImage Clinical. 44. 103668–103668. 3 indexed citations
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Jensen, Melanie P., Danyal Z. Khan, Danail Stoyanov, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence in histopathological image analysis of central nervous system tumours: A systematic review. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 50(3). e12981–e12981. 2 indexed citations
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Capper, David, Guido Reifenberger, Pim J. French, et al.. (2023). EANO guideline on rational molecular testing of gliomas, glioneuronal, and neuronal tumors in adults for targeted therapy selection. Neuro-Oncology. 25(5). 813–826. 54 indexed citations
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Jones, Emma, Elizabeth Hill, Jacqueline M. Linehan, et al.. (2023). Characterisation and prion transmission study in mice with genetic reduction of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk gene Stx6. Neurobiology of Disease. 190. 106363–106363. 3 indexed citations
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Shapey, Jonathan, Yijing Xie, Michael Ebner, et al.. (2022). Optical properties of human brain and tumour tissue: An ex vivo study spanning the visible range to beyond the second near‐infrared window. Journal of Biophotonics. 15(4). e202100072–e202100072. 27 indexed citations
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Badodi, Sara, Nicola Pomella, Xinyu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Inositol treatment inhibits medulloblastoma through suppression of epigenetic-driven metabolic adaptation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2148–2148. 19 indexed citations
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Brandner, Sebastian, Alexandra McAleenan, Hayley E Jones, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of 1p/19q codeletion tests in oligodendroglioma: A comprehensive meta‐analysis based on a Cochrane systematic review. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 48(4). e12790–e12790. 18 indexed citations
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Tremante, Elisa, et al.. (2021). Time to focus on circulating nucleic acids for diagnosis and monitoring of gliomas: A systematic review of their role as biomarkers. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 47(4). 471–487. 3 indexed citations
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Gill, O Nöel, Y. I. Spencer, Angela Richard-Loendt, et al.. (2020). Prevalence in Britain of abnormal prion protein in human appendices before and after exposure to the cattle BSE epizootic. Acta Neuropathologica. 139(6). 965–976. 23 indexed citations
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Nortley, Ross, Nils Korte, Pablo Izquierdo, et al.. (2019). Amyloid β oligomers constrict human capillaries in Alzheimer’s disease via signaling to pericytes. Science. 365(6450). 475 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ying, Stefan Pusch, Matthew J. Ellis, et al.. (2019). Mutant IDH Sensitizes Gliomas to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Triggers Apoptosis via miR-183-Mediated Inhibition of Semaphorin 3E. Cancer Research. 79(19). 4994–5007. 28 indexed citations
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Asante, Emmanuel A., Andrew Tomlinson, Caroline Powell, et al.. (2015). Transmission Properties of Human PrP 102L Prions Challenge the Relevance of Mouse Models of GSS. PLoS Pathogens. 11(7). e1004953–e1004953. 24 indexed citations
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Sly, Laura M., Joshua Hersheson, Alejandro Horga, et al.. (2014). Extended phenotypic spectrum of KIF5A mutations. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Ricketts, Thomas C., Philip McGoldrick, Pietro Fratta, et al.. (2014). A Nonsense Mutation in Mouse Tardbp Affects TDP43 Alternative Splicing Activity and Causes Limb-Clasping and Body Tone Defects. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85962–e85962. 16 indexed citations
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Henriquez, Nico V., Tim Forshew, Ruth Tatevossian, et al.. (2013). Comparative Expression Analysis Reveals Lineage Relationships between Human and Murine Gliomas and a Dominance of Glial Signatures during Tumor Propagation In Vitro. Cancer Research. 73(18). 5834–5844. 24 indexed citations
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Cleary, Jon O., Frances K. Wiseman, Anthony N. Price, et al.. (2011). Structural correlates of active-staining following magnetic resonance microscopy in the mouse brain. NeuroImage. 56(3). 974–983. 25 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F., Emmanuel A. Asante, Melanie Desbruslais, et al.. (2004). Human Prion Protein with Valine 129 Prevents Expression of Variant CJD Phenotype. Science. 306(5702). 1793–1796. 197 indexed citations
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Martins, L. Miguel, Alastair Morrison, Kristina Klupsch, et al.. (2004). Neuroprotective Role of the Reaper-Related Serine Protease HtrA2/Omi Revealed by Targeted Deletion in Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(22). 9848–9862. 315 indexed citations
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Mallucci, Giovanna R., Andrew Dickinson, Jacqueline M. Linehan, et al.. (2003). Depleting Neuronal PrP in Prion Infection Prevents Disease and Reverses Spongiosis. Science. 302(5646). 871–874. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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