Stefan Berger

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Stefan Berger is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Berger has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Stefan Berger's work include Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (26 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (10 papers). Stefan Berger is often cited by papers focused on Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (26 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (10 papers). Stefan Berger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Stefan Berger's co-authors include Günther Schütz, Marian Joëls, Henk Karst, Gitta Erdmann, François Tronche, Marc Turiault, Wolfgang Schmid, Markus Bleich, Ryan A. Frieler and Richard M. Mortensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Berger

43 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Mineralocorticoid receptors are indispensable for nongenomic modulation of hippocampal glutamate transmission by corticosterone
    2005 603 citations Henk Karst, Stefan Berger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Stefan Berger
Toshihiro Suda Japan
J. P. Hinson United Kingdom
Carl Denef Belgium
Wylie Vale United States
Ludwik K. Malendowicz Italy
Masashi Muramatsu Japan
William B. Wehrenberg United States
György M. Nagy Hungary
Mari Hotta Japan
Yoshihiro Tsuruo Japan
Toshihiro Suda Japan
Stefan Berger
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Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Berger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Berger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Berger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Berger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Berger 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 Stefan Berger. Stefan Berger 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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Luidalepp, Hannes, et al.. (2016). Ribosome Shut-Down by 16S rRNA Fragmentation in Stationary-Phase Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(10). 2237–2247. 16 indexed citations
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Ettinger, Sarah, Christina Stukenborg‐Colsman, Christian Plaaß, et al.. (2016). Tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis as a limb salvage procedure for complex hindfoot deformities. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 136(4). 457–462. 15 indexed citations
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Amador, Cristián A., Jean‐Philippe Bertocchio, Gwennan André‐Grégoire, et al.. (2015). Deletion of mineralocorticoid receptors in smooth muscle cells blunts renal vascular resistance following acute cyclosporine administration. Kidney International. 89(2). 354–362. 53 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Ryan A. Frieler, Qing Yang, et al.. (2014). Myeloid Mineralocorticoid Receptor Deficiency Inhibits Aortic Constriction-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110950–e110950. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Hongyu, Lihe Chen, Xi Zhang, et al.. (2013). Aqp5 Is a New Transcriptional Target of Dot1a and a Regulator of Aqp2. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53342–e53342. 50 indexed citations
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Wu, Hongyu, Lihe Chen, Qiaoling Zhou, et al.. (2013). Aqp2-Expressing Cells Give Rise to Renal Intercalated Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 24(2). 243–252. 65 indexed citations
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Fraccarollo, Daniela, Stefan Berger, Paolo Galuppo, et al.. (2011). Deletion of Cardiomyocyte Mineralocorticoid Receptor Ameliorates Adverse Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 123(4). 400–408. 170 indexed citations
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Erdmann, Gitta, Günther Schütz, & Stefan Berger. (2008). Loss of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function in the Pituitary Results in Early Postnatal Lethality. Endocrinology. 149(7). 3446–3451. 29 indexed citations
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Erdmann, Gitta, Günther Schütz, & Stefan Berger. (2007). Inducible gene inactivation in neurons of the adult mouse forebrain. BMC Neuroscience. 8(1). 63–63. 121 indexed citations
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Ronzaud, Caroline, Johannes Loffing, Markus Bleich, et al.. (2007). Impairment of Sodium Balance in Mice Deficient in Renal Principal Cell Mineralocorticoid Receptor. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18(6). 1679–1687. 100 indexed citations
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Rougier, Jean‐Sébastien, Olivier Müller, Stefan Berger, et al.. (2007). Mineralocorticoid receptor is essential for corticosteroid-induced up-regulation of L-type calcium currents in cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 456(2). 407–412. 14 indexed citations
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Berger, Stefan, David P Wolfer, Oliver Selbach, et al.. (2005). Loss of the limbic mineralocorticoid receptor impairs behavioral plasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(1). 195–200. 219 indexed citations
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Karst, Henk, Stefan Berger, Marc Turiault, et al.. (2005). Mineralocorticoid receptors are indispensable for nongenomic modulation of hippocampal glutamate transmission by corticosterone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(52). 19204–19207. 603 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wintermantel, Tim, Stefan Berger, Erich F. Greiner, & Günther Schütz. (2005). Evaluation of steroid receptor function by gene targeting in mice. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 93(2-5). 107–112. 25 indexed citations
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Berger, Stefan, et al.. (2001). Na,K-ATPase expression in the mouse cochlea is not dependent on the mineralocorticoid receptor. Hearing Research. 160(1-2). 37–46. 9 indexed citations
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Berger, Stefan, Markus Bleich, Wolfgang Schmid, R. Greger, & Günther Schütz. (2000). Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout mice: Lessons on Na+ metabolism. Kidney International. 57(4). 1295–1298. 51 indexed citations
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Geiger, Kathrin, Ulf Klein, Andreas Bräuninger, et al.. (2000). CD5-positive B cells in healthy elderly humans are a polyclonal B cell population. European Journal of Immunology. 30(10). 2918–2923. 22 indexed citations
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Gass, Peter, Oliver Kretz, David P Wolfer, et al.. (2000). Genetic disruption of mineralocorticoid receptor leads to impaired neurogenesis and granule cell degeneration in the hippocampus of adult mice. EMBO Reports. 1(5). 447–451. 123 indexed citations
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Berger, Stefan, et al.. (1997). Immune complexes are potent inhibitors of interleukin‐12 secretion by human monocytes. European Journal of Immunology. 27(11). 2994–3000. 56 indexed citations
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