Silke Heising

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Silke Heising is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silke Heising has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Silke Heising's work include Platelet Disorders and Treatments (4 papers), Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (4 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (3 papers). Silke Heising is often cited by papers focused on Platelet Disorders and Treatments (4 papers), Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (4 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (3 papers). Silke Heising collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Silke Heising's co-authors include Bernhard Schink, Sylvia Schnell, Friedrich Widdel, B. Aßmus, Armin Ehrenreich, Lothar Richter, Wolfgang Ludwig, Yotis A. Senis, Jun Mori and Alexandra Mazharian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Silke Heising

21 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Ferrous iron oxidation by anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

1993 508 citations Friedrich Widdel, Sylvia Schnell et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Silke Heising United Kingdom	13	319	278	277	224	214	22	1.1k
Suming Wang United States	17	110 0.3×	396 1.4×	38 0.1×	244 1.1×	337 1.6×	51	1.9k
Weijia Zhang China	23	131 0.4×	848 3.1×	42 0.2×	51 0.2×	284 1.3×	81	1.6k
K. O. Pedersen Denmark	17	114 0.4×	241 0.9×	107 0.4×	20 0.1×	80 0.4×	32	998
Toshifumi Sakaguchi Japan	22	197 0.6×	863 3.1×	71 0.3×	44 0.2×	81 0.4×	57	1.6k
David T. Wright United Kingdom	20	305 1.0×	170 0.6×	162 0.6×	731 3.3×	124 0.6×	40	1.8k
Kalotina Geraki United Kingdom	24	251 0.8×	178 0.6×	22 0.1×	77 0.3×	27 0.1×	68	1.8k
Jörg Fischer Germany	14	32 0.1×	595 2.1×	124 0.4×	21 0.1×	388 1.8×	23	1.5k
Carina van der Veen Netherlands	24	89 0.3×	257 0.9×	162 0.6×	45 0.2×	268 1.3×	66	2.5k
Maria V. Nesterova United States	9	112 0.4×	154 0.6×	70 0.3×	54 0.2×	33 0.2×	12	560
James W. Hawkins United States	32	289 0.9×	526 1.9×	18 0.1×	127 0.6×	66 0.3×	68	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silke Heising

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Kavanagh, Dean, Silke Heising, Ina Maria Schießl, et al.. (2025). Impact of chronic hyperglycaemia on the coronary microcirculation – benefits of targeting IL-36 and diet reversal. Basic Research in Cardiology. 120(3). 509–526. 1 indexed citations

Heising, Silke, Stuart Morgan, David M. Cartwright, et al.. (2024). Glucocorticoid excess alters metabolic rate and substrate utilisation via 11β-HSD1. Journal of Endocrinology. 263(2).

Cartwright, David, Silke Heising, Matthew S. Glover, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific effects of CD248 on metabolism and the adipose tissue lipidome. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284012–e0284012. 2 indexed citations

Begum, Jenefa, Silke Heising, Daniela Nasteska, et al.. (2023). PEPITEM modulates leukocyte trafficking to reduce obesity-induced inflammation. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 212(1). 1–10. 7 indexed citations

Mazharian, Alexandra, Blandine Maître, Mitchell J. Geer, et al.. (2022). Treatment of congenital thrombocytopenia and decreased collagen reactivity in G6b-B–deficient mice. Blood Advances. 7(1). 46–59. 6 indexed citations

Nasteska, Daniela, Julia Ast, Annie Hasib, et al.. (2022). GC-Globulin/Vitamin D–Binding Protein Is Required for Pancreatic α-Cell Adaptation to Metabolic Stress. Diabetes. 72(2). 275–289. 6 indexed citations

Cartwright, David M., Lucy Oakey, Rachel S. Fletcher, et al.. (2021). Nicotinamide riboside has minimal impact on energy metabolism in mouse models of mild obesity. Journal of Endocrinology. 251(1). 111–123. 13 indexed citations

Doig, Craig, Agnieszka Zielińska, Rachel S. Fletcher, et al.. (2020). Induction of the nicotinamide riboside kinase NAD+ salvage pathway in a model of sarcoplasmic reticulum dysfunction. Skeletal Muscle. 10(1). 5–5. 7 indexed citations

Nasteska, Daniela, Linford J.B. Briant, Silke Heising, et al.. (2020). Vitamin-D-Binding Protein Contributes to the Maintenance of α Cell Function and Glucagon Secretion. Cell Reports. 31(11). 107761–107761. 20 indexed citations

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Nagy, Zoltán, Timo Vögtle, Mitchell J. Geer, et al.. (2018). The Gp1ba-Cre transgenic mouse: a new model to delineate platelet and leukocyte functions. Blood. 133(4). 331–343. 43 indexed citations

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Mori, Jun, Zoltán Nagy, Christopher W. Smith, et al.. (2018). Maintenance of murine platelet homeostasis by the kinase Csk and phosphatase CD148. Blood. 131(10). 1122–1144. 32 indexed citations

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Geer, Mitchell J., Johanna P. van Geffen, Timo Vögtle, et al.. (2018). Uncoupling ITIM receptor G6b-B from tyrosine phosphatases Shp1 and Shp2 disrupts murine platelet homeostasis. Blood. 132(13). 1413–1425. 17 indexed citations

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Mazharian, Alexandra, Jun Mori, Yingjie Wang, et al.. (2013). Megakaryocyte-specific deletion of the protein-tyrosine phosphatases Shp1 and Shp2 causes abnormal megakaryocyte development, platelet production, and function. Blood. 121(20). 4205–4220. 61 indexed citations

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Mazharian, Alexandra, Jun Mori, Danai Bem, et al.. (2012). Mice Lacking the ITIM-Containing Receptor G6b-B Exhibit Macrothrombocytopenia and Aberrant Platelet Function. Science Signaling. 5(248). ra78–ra78. 68 indexed citations

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Heising, Silke, Lothar Richter, Wolfgang Ludwig, & Bernhard Schink. (1999). Chlorobium ferrooxidans sp. nov., a phototrophic green sulfur bacterium that oxidizes ferrous iron in coculture with a "Geospirillum" sp. strain. Archives of Microbiology. 172(2). 116–124. 155 indexed citations

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Heising, Silke & Bernhard Schink. (1998). Phototrophic oxidation of ferrous iron by a Rhodomicrobium vannielii strain. Microbiology. 144(8). 2263–2269. 76 indexed citations

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Heimann, Peter, et al.. (1996). Elimination by necrosis, not apoptosis, of mutant embryonic mouse muscle fibers deficient in excitation-contraction coupling.. European Journal of Cell Biology. 69(42). 114–359. 1 indexed citations

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Heising, Silke, Waltraud Dilling, Sylvia Schnell, & Bernhard Schink. (1996). Complete assimilation of cysteine by a newly isolated non-sulfur purple bacterium resembling Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Rhodobacter sulfidophilus). Archives of Microbiology. 165(6). 397–401. 13 indexed citations

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Widdel, Friedrich, Sylvia Schnell, Silke Heising, et al.. (1993). Ferrous iron oxidation by anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. Nature. 362(6423). 834–836. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heising, Silke. (1991). Anaerobic degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate by a newly isolated nitrate-reducing bacterium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 84(3). 267–272. 3 indexed citations

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