Stefan Christen

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Stefan Christen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Christen has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Stefan Christen's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (7 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (6 papers). Stefan Christen is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (7 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (6 papers). Stefan Christen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. Stefan Christen's co-authors include Sarah‐Maria Fendt, Uwe Sauer, Ilaria Elia, Tony Teav, Koen Debackere, Ping‐Chih Ho, Wan-Chen Cheng, Hsien‐Da Huang, Haiping Wang and Giusy Di Conza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Christen

31 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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α-ketoglutarate orchestrates macrophage activation through metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The differential impact of three different NAD+ boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans 2026 ·Nature Metabolism ·Stefan Christen, Karine Redeuil, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pieter Van den Abbeele, (unknown), (unknown), Bernard Cuenoud	0
2	The Impact of Low-Lactose, High Galacto-Oligosaccharides Milk on Gut Microbiome and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial Complemented by Ex Vivo Experiments 2025 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Léa Siegwald, (unknown), Stefan Christen, Claire L. Boulangé, Chieh Jason Chou, Francis Foata, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Pilar Giner, (unknown), Olga Sakwińska	0
3	Natural (dihydro)phenanthrene plant compounds are direct activators of AMPK through its allosteric drug and metabolite–binding site 2022 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Matthew J. Sanders, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolas Bonhoure, Emily A. Day, (unknown), Steve Lassueur, (unknown), Mária Deák, Benjamin Brinon, Stefan Christen, Gregory R. Steinberg, Denís Barron, Kei Sakamoto	11
4	Augmented mitochondrial energy metabolism is an early response to chronic glucose stress in human pancreatic beta cells 2020 ·Diabetologia ·(unknown), Stefan Christen, Sofia Moco, Armand Valsesia, Steve Lassueur, Loı̈c Dayon, Claes B. Wollheim, Jaime Santo‐Domingo, Andreas Wiederkehr	25
5	Fahreignung und kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen: gemeinsame Richtlinien der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Rechtsmedizin 2019 ·Cardiovascular Medicine ·(unknown), Stefan Christen, Beat Schaer, (unknown), (unknown)	0
6	Endoscopic rescue therapy of a distally perforated, retroperitoneal stent after EUS-guided pancreaticogastrostomy 2019 ·VideoGIE ·(unknown), Stefan Christen, Andrew J. Macpherson, Mathias Worni	1
7	Proline metabolism supports metastasis formation and could be inhibited to selectively target metastasizing cancer cells 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Ilaria Elia, Dorien Broekaert, Stefan Christen, Ruben Boon, Enrico Radaelli, Martin F. Orth, Catherine M. Verfaillie, Thomas G. P. Grünewald, Sarah‐Maria Fendt	293
8	Identification of a small molecule inhibitor of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase to target serine biosynthesis in cancers 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Edouard Mullarky, Natasha C. Lucki, Reza Beheshti Zavareh, Justin L. Anglin, Ana P. Gomes, Brandon Nicolay, (unknown), Stefan Christen, Hidenori Takahashi, Pradeep K. Singh, John Blenis, J. David Warren, Sarah‐Maria Fendt, John M. Asara, Gina M. DeNicola, Costas A. Lyssiotis, Luke L. Lairson, Lewis C. Cantley	251
9	Breast Cancer-Derived Lung Metastases Show Increased Pyruvate Carboxylase-Dependent Anaplerosis 2016 ·Cell Reports ·Stefan Christen, Doriane Lorendeau, Roberta Schmieder, Dorien Broekaert, Kristine L. Metzger, Koen Veys, Ilaria Elia, Joerg M. Buescher, Martin F. Orth, Shawn M. Davidson, (unknown), Katrien De Bock, Sarah‐Maria Fendt	185
10	The metabolic background is a global player in Saccharomyces gene expression epistasis 2016 ·Nature Microbiology ·Mohammad Tauqeer Alam, Aleksej Zelezniak, Michael Mülleder, Pavel V. Shliaha, Roland F. Schwarz, Floriana Capuano, Jakob Vowinckel, (unknown), Antje Krüger, Enrica Calvani, (unknown), Stefan T. Börno, Stefan Christen, Kiran Raosaheb Patil, Bernd Timmermann, Kathryn S. Lilley, Markus Ralser	65
11	Organ-Specific Cancer Metabolism and Its Potential for Therapy 2015 ·Handbook of experimental pharmacology ·Ilaria Elia, Roberta Schmieder, Stefan Christen, Sarah‐Maria Fendt	89
12	Inferring causal metabolic signals that regulate the dynamic TORC 1‐dependent transcriptome 2015 ·Molecular Systems Biology ·Ana Paula Oliveira, Sotiris Dimopoulos, Alberto Giovanni Busetto, Stefan Christen, Reinhard Dechant, (unknown), Morteza Haghir Chehreghani, (unknown), Christina Ludwig, Florian Rudroff, (unknown), Asier González, Alexandre Soulard, (unknown), Ruedi Aebersold, Joachim M. Buhmann, Michael N. Hall, Matthias Peter, Uwe Sauer, Jörg Stelling	28
13	Aneuploid yeast strains exhibit defects in cell growth and passage through START 2013 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), Christian Chapa González, Gloria A. Brar, Stefan Christen, Thomas M. Carlile, Nicholas T. Ingolia, Uwe Sauer, Jonathan S. Weissman, Angelika Amon	73
14	Local requirement of the Drosophila insulin binding protein imp-L2 in coordinating developmental progression with nutritional conditions 2013 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), Stefan Christen, Uwe Sauer, Paola Cognigni, Irene Miguel‐Aliaga, Hugo Stocker, Katja Köhler, Ernst Hafen	26
15	A prototrophic deletion mutant collection for yeast metabolomics and systems biology 2012 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Michael Mülleder, Floriana Capuano, Pınar Pir, Stefan Christen, Uwe Sauer, Stephen G. Oliver, Markus Ralser	83
16	A questionnaire on treatment satisfaction and disease specific knowledge among patients with acute coronary syndrome. II: Insights for patient education and quality improvement 2011 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Ulrich Frick, F Gutzwiller, Marco Maggiorini, Stefan Christen	8
17	Intracellular characterization of aerobic glucose metabolism in seven yeast species by 13C flux analysis and metabolomics 2010 ·FEMS Yeast Research ·Stefan Christen, Uwe Sauer	118
18	Unraveling condition‐dependent networks of transcription factors that control metabolic pathway activity in yeast 2010 ·Molecular Systems Biology ·Sarah‐Maria Fendt, Ana Paula Oliveira, Stefan Christen, Paola Picotti, Reinhard Dechant, Uwe Sauer	49
19	Towards harmonization and refactoring of mobile manipulation algorithms 2009 ·Publication Server of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences) ·(unknown), Stefan Christen, Erwin Prassler, (unknown)	4
20	Genügt eine klinische Lagekontrolle nasogastraler Sonden?: Eine prospektive Studie an 43 Patienten 2008 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Stefan Christen, (unknown)	2

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