Sebastian Schäfer

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Schäfer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Schäfer has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Schäfer's work include RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Sebastian Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Sebastian Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and Germany. Sebastian Schäfer's co-authors include Stuart A. Cook, Norbert Hübner, Eleonora Adami, Benjamin Ng, Thomas Gudermann, Vladimir Chubanov, Craig C Benson, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Thomas Hofmann and Sonia Chothani and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Schäfer

51 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Titin mutations in iPS cells define sarcomere insufficiency as a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy

2015 425 citations Craig C Benson, Sebastian Schäfer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian Schäfer Singapore	30	1.4k	517	331	328	282	52	2.7k
Charles K. Thodeti United States	33	1.4k 1.0×	356 0.7×	211 0.6×	303 0.9×	322 1.1×	75	3.3k
Vikram Prasad United States	29	2.6k 1.8×	1.0k 2.0×	236 0.7×	110 0.3×	361 1.3×	66	4.0k
Massoud Mirshahi France	34	1.7k 1.2×	304 0.6×	495 1.5×	232 0.7×	557 2.0×	179	4.2k
Ning Liu China	29	3.1k 2.1×	567 1.1×	222 0.7×	159 0.5×	162 0.6×	132	4.1k
Sanda Maria Creţoiu Romania	30	1.9k 1.3×	146 0.3×	412 1.2×	131 0.4×	343 1.2×	71	3.4k
Dale D. Tang United States	36	1.5k 1.0×	247 0.5×	324 1.0×	176 0.5×	271 1.0×	72	3.1k
Bridget E. Bax United Kingdom	29	1.1k 0.7×	185 0.4×	140 0.4×	235 0.7×	192 0.7×	69	2.2k
William R. Huckle United States	29	1.4k 1.0×	245 0.5×	206 0.6×	176 0.5×	287 1.0×	66	2.9k
Thomas T. Andersen United States	32	1.0k 0.7×	252 0.5×	419 1.3×	422 1.3×	273 1.0×	95	2.9k
Daniël G. M. Molin Netherlands	29	1.5k 1.1×	413 0.8×	166 0.5×	226 0.7×	180 0.6×	64	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Schäfer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sebastian Schäfer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sebastian Schäfer 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 Schäfer. Sebastian Schäfer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fernandes, Maria, Sonia Chothani, Owen J. L. Rackham, et al.. (2024). Differences in 5'untranslated regions highlight the importance of translational regulation of dosage sensitive genes. Genome biology. 25(1). 111–111. 12 indexed citations

Lim, Wei‐Wen, Jinrui Dong, Benjamin Ng, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of IL11 Signaling Reduces Aortic Pathology in Murine Marfan Syndrome. Circulation Research. 130(5). 728–740. 32 indexed citations

Ng, Benjamin, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Anissa A. Widjaja, et al.. (2022). IL11 Activates Pancreatic Stellate Cells and Causes Pancreatic Inflammation, Fibrosis and Atrophy in a Mouse Model of Pancreatitis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(7). 3549–3549. 19 indexed citations

Dong, Jinrui, Wei‐Wen Lim, Shamini G. Shekeran, et al.. (2022). Hepatocyte Specific gp130 Signalling Underlies APAP Induced Liver Injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(13). 7089–7089. 5 indexed citations

Widjaja, Anissa A., Sivakumar Viswanathan, Shamini G. Shekeran, et al.. (2022). Targeting endogenous kidney regeneration using anti-IL11 therapy in acute and chronic models of kidney disease. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7497–7497. 41 indexed citations

Lim, Wei‐Wen, Ben Corden, Lei Ye, et al.. (2021). Antibody‐mediated neutralization of IL11 signalling reduces ERK activation and cardiac fibrosis in a mouse model of severe pressure overload. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 48(4). 605–613. 11 indexed citations

Dong, Jinrui, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Eleonora Adami, et al.. (2021). The pro-regenerative effects of hyperIL6 in drug-induced liver injury are unexpectedly due to competitive inhibition of IL11 signaling. eLife. 10. 10 indexed citations

Adami, Eleonora, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Anissa A. Widjaja, et al.. (2021). IL11 is elevated in systemic sclerosis and IL11-dependent ERK signalling underlies TGFβ-mediated activation of dermal fibroblasts. Lara D. Veeken. 60(12). 5820–5826. 42 indexed citations

Lee, Cheryl, Sonia Chothani, Shan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Coding and non-coding roles of MOCCI (C15ORF48) coordinate to regulate host inflammation and immunity. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2130–2130. 64 indexed citations

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Dong, Jinrui, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Eleonora Adami, et al.. (2021). Hepatocyte-specific IL11 cis-signaling drives lipotoxicity and underlies the transition from NAFLD to NASH. Nature Communications. 12(1). 66–66. 89 indexed citations

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Ng, Benjamin, Anissa A. Widjaja, Sivakumar Viswanathan, et al.. (2021). Similarities and differences between IL11 and IL11RA1 knockout mice for lung fibro-inflammation, fertility and craniosynostosis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14088–14088. 37 indexed citations

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Lim, Wei‐Wen, Benjamin Ng, Anissa A. Widjaja, et al.. (2020). Transgenic interleukin 11 expression causes cross-tissue fibro-inflammation and an inflammatory bowel phenotype in mice. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227505–e0227505. 53 indexed citations

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Lim, Wei‐Wen, Ben Corden, Benjamin Ng, et al.. (2020). Interleukin-11 is important for vascular smooth muscle phenotypic switching and aortic inflammation, fibrosis and remodeling in mouse models. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17853–17853. 48 indexed citations

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Pua, Chee Jian, Jaydutt Bhalshankar, Kui Miao, et al.. (2016). Development of a Comprehensive Sequencing Assay for Inherited Cardiac Condition Genes. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 9(1). 3–11. 53 indexed citations

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Beqqali, Abdelaziz, Ilse A. E. Bollen, Torsten B. Rasmussen, et al.. (2016). A mutation in the glutamate-rich region of RNA-binding motif protein 20 causes dilated cardiomyopathy through missplicing of titin and impaired Frank–Starling mechanism. Cardiovascular Research. 112(1). 452–463. 78 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Sebastian, Kui Miao, Craig C Benson, et al.. (2015). Alternative Splicing Signatures in RNA‐seq Data: Percent Spliced in (PSI). Current Protocols in Human Genetics. 87(1). 11.16.1–11.16.14. 97 indexed citations

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Schell, Christoph, Karin M. Kirschner, Sebastian Schäfer, et al.. (2015). The GYF domain protein CD2BP2 is critical for embryogenesis and podocyte function. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 7(5). 402–414. 9 indexed citations

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Maatz, Henrike, Marvin Jens, Martin Liss, et al.. (2014). RNA-binding protein RBM20 represses splicing to orchestrate cardiac pre-mRNA processing. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(8). 3419–3430. 160 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Debanjan, Joel A. Spencer, Joseph A. Phillips, et al.. (2011). Engineered cell homing. Blood. 118(25). e184–e191. 175 indexed citations

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Zhao, Weian, Sebastian Schäfer, Jonghoon Choi, et al.. (2011). Cell-surface sensors for real-time probing of cellular environments. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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