Silja Weßler

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Silja Weßler is a scholar working on Surgery, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silja Weßler has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Surgery, 46 papers in Immunology and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Silja Weßler's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (57 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (39 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Silja Weßler is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (57 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (39 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Silja Weßler collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Silja Weßler's co-authors include Steffen Backert, Nicole Tegtmeyer, Gernot Posselt, Gisbert Schneider, Benjamin Hoy, Michael Naumann, Norbert Sewald, Thomas F. Meyer, Manfred Rohde and Roland Hartig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Society Reviews and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Silja Weßler

100 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Helicobacter exploits integrin for type IV secretion and kinase activation

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Silja Weßler	2.6k	2.0k	1.5k	491	405	102	5.0k
Toshiya Hirayama	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	418 0.9×	301 0.7×	110	5.0k
Dawn A. Israel	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	676 1.4×	286 0.7×	52	4.2k
Zhongming Ge	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	677 1.4×	843 2.1×	128	5.8k
Markus Gerhard	3.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	666 1.4×	928 2.3×	129	6.3k
Thomas G. Blanchard	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	587 0.4×	399 0.8×	182 0.4×	87	2.6k
Stefano Censini	4.2k 1.6×	3.3k 1.7×	930 0.6×	1.2k 2.5×	190 0.5×	61	6.4k
Sarah Keates	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	907 0.6×	277 0.6×	499 1.2×	45	3.4k
Elke Cario	1.1k 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	95 0.2×	409 1.0×	46	5.3k
Lisa Thomas	945 0.4×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.0×	80 0.2×	311 0.8×	51	5.8k
Alexandra W. C. Einerhand	1.4k 0.5×	918 0.5×	2.8k 1.9×	102 0.2×	484 1.2×	96	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silja Weßler

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Repetto, Ombretta, Magdalena K. Bielecka, Paulina Czaplewska, et al.. (2025). The function of the HtrA protease in maintaining homeostasis of the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Microbial Pathogenesis. 208. 107979–107979.

Krenn, Peter W., Gernot Posselt, Christof Regl, et al.. (2024). ADP-heptose attenuates Helicobacter pylori -induced dendritic cell activation. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2402543–2402543. 6 indexed citations

Posselt, Gernot, Francesco Boccellato, Oliver Koch, et al.. (2024). HtrA-Dependent E-Cadherin Shedding Impairs the Epithelial Barrier Function in Primary Gastric Epithelial Cells and Gastric Organoids. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7083–7083. 2 indexed citations

Weßler, Silja, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of Listeria Monocytogenes HtrA Protease with Camostat, Gabexate and Nafamostat Mesylates and the Binding Mode of the Inhibitors. The Protein Journal. 42(4). 343–354. 4 indexed citations

Weßler, Silja & Gernot Posselt. (2023). Bacterial Proteases in Helicobacter pylori Infections and Gastric Disease. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 444. 259–277. 3 indexed citations

Abdelsamie, Ahmed S., Esther Schönauer, Gernot Posselt, et al.. (2022). Discovery and Characterization of Synthesized and FDA-Approved Inhibitors of Clostridial and Bacillary Collagenases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(19). 12933–12955. 9 indexed citations

Klicznik, Maria M., et al.. (2020). H. pylori modulates DC functions via T4SS/TNFα/p38-dependent SOCS3 expression. Cell Communication and Signaling. 18(1). 160–160. 19 indexed citations

Jarząb, Mirosław, et al.. (2019). The proteolytic activity of Listeria monocytogenes HtrA. BMC Microbiology. 19(1). 255–255. 11 indexed citations

Backert, Steffen, et al.. (2018). Extracellular HtrA serine proteases: An emerging new strategy in bacterial pathogenesis. Cellular Microbiology. 20(6). e12845–e12845. 104 indexed citations

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Feichtinger, René G., Daniel Neureiter, Silja Weßler, et al.. (2017). Oxidative Phosphorylation System in Gastric Carcinomas and Gastritis. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 1320241–1320241. 19 indexed citations

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Westmeier, Dana, Gernot Posselt, Angelina Hahlbrock, et al.. (2017). Nanoparticle binding attenuates the pathobiology of gastric cancer-associatedHelicobacter pylori. Nanoscale. 10(3). 1453–1463. 43 indexed citations

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Hiss, Jan A., et al.. (2015). Attractors in Sequence Space: Peptide Morphing by Directed Simulated Evolution. Molecular Informatics. 34(11-12). 709–714. 5 indexed citations

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Perna, Anna Maria, Felix Reisen, Thomas P. Schmidt, et al.. (2014). Inhibiting Helicobacter pylori HtrA protease by addressing a computationally predicted allosteric ligand binding site. Chemical Science. 5(9). 3583–3590. 25 indexed citations

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Boehm, Manja, Benjamin Hoy, Lone Brøndsted, et al.. (2013). Extracellular secretion of protease HtrA fromCampylobacter jejuniis highly efficient and independent of its protease activity and flagellum. European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology. 3(3). 163–173. 23 indexed citations

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Hoy, Benjamin, Tim Geppert, Manja Boehm, et al.. (2012). Distinct Roles of Secreted HtrA Proteases from Gram-negative Pathogens in Cleaving the Junctional Protein and Tumor Suppressor E-cadherin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(13). 10115–10120. 138 indexed citations

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Geppert, Tim, Benjamin Hoy, Silja Weßler, & Gisbert Schneider. (2011). Context-Based Identification of Protein-Protein Interfaces and “Hot-Spot” Residues. Chemistry & Biology. 18(3). 344–353. 57 indexed citations

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Weßler, Silja & Steffen Backert. (2011). Abl Family of Tyrosine Kinases and Microbial Pathogenesis. International review of cell and molecular biology. 286. 271–300. 20 indexed citations

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Hoy, Benjamin, Martin Löwer, Gert Carra, et al.. (2010). Helicobacter pylori HtrA is a new secreted virulence factor that cleaves E‐cadherin to disrupt intercellular adhesion. EMBO Reports. 11(10). 798–804. 246 indexed citations

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Backert, Steffen, Stephan M. Feller, & Silja Weßler. (2008). Emerging roles of Abl family tyrosine kinases in microbial pathogenesis. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 33(2). 80–90. 62 indexed citations

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Jüttner, Stefan, Thorsten Cramer, Silja Weßler, et al.. (2003). Helicobacter pyloristimulates host cyclooxygenase-2 gene transcription: critical importance of MEK/ERK-dependent activation of USF1/-2 and CREB transcription factors. Cellular Microbiology. 5(11). 821–834. 76 indexed citations

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