Stefan U. Kass

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Stefan U. Kass is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan U. Kass has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stefan U. Kass's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (5 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers). Stefan U. Kass is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (5 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers). Stefan U. Kass collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Stefan U. Kass's co-authors include Alan P. Wolffe, Nicoletta Landsberger, Peter Lloyd Jones, Danielle Vermaak, Gert Jan C. Veenstra, Paul A. Wade, John Strouboulis, Dmitry Pruss, Ilse Van den Wyngaert and R.L.P. Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Stefan U. Kass

23 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription

1998 2.1k citations Peter Lloyd Jones, Gert Jan C. Veenstra et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan U. Kass United States	18	3.3k	1.2k	289	287	273	23	4.0k
Stacey B. Gabriel United States	11	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	374 1.3×	235 0.8×	262 1.0×	13	3.6k
Akiko Murayama Japan	31	1.8k 0.5×	680 0.6×	461 1.6×	424 1.5×	261 1.0×	63	3.6k
Yoichi Gondo Japan	30	2.4k 0.7×	765 0.6×	399 1.4×	390 1.4×	119 0.4×	102	3.7k
Armin Schumacher United States	21	2.4k 0.7×	785 0.6×	222 0.8×	121 0.4×	174 0.6×	47	3.5k
Susan C. Wu United States	10	3.5k 1.1×	660 0.5×	199 0.7×	101 0.4×	218 0.8×	11	4.4k
Mathew T. Pletcher United States	27	1.7k 0.5×	871 0.7×	641 2.2×	158 0.6×	267 1.0×	44	3.2k
Yijing Su United States	22	3.3k 1.0×	876 0.7×	330 1.1×	134 0.5×	158 0.6×	36	4.2k
Eric D. Lynch United States	24	1.8k 0.5×	796 0.7×	98 0.3×	234 0.8×	340 1.2×	35	3.4k
Barkur S. Shastry United States	23	2.2k 0.7×	594 0.5×	274 0.9×	196 0.7×	70 0.3×	78	3.4k
Bruce A. Hamilton United States	29	2.0k 0.6×	794 0.7×	622 2.2×	282 1.0×	66 0.2×	69	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan U. Kass

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kass, Stefan U. & Alan P. Wolffe. (2007). DNA Methylation, Nucleosomes and the Inheritance of Chromatin Structure and Function. Novartis Foundation symposium. 214. 22–50. 6 indexed citations

Klein, Cynthia, Pei‐Gen Ren, Stefan U. Kass, et al.. (2007). Response to Comment on "Obestatin, a Peptide Encoded by the Ghrelin Gene, Opposes Ghrelin's Effects on Food Intake". Science. 315(5813). 766–766. 59 indexed citations

Cryns, Kim, Alon Shamir, Nathalie Van Acker, et al.. (2007). IMPA1 is Essential for Embryonic Development and Lithium-Like Pilocarpine Sensitivity. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(3). 674–684. 52 indexed citations

Talloen, Willem, Djork-Arné Clevert, Sepp Hochreiter, et al.. (2007). I/NI-calls for the exclusion of non-informative genes: a highly effective filtering tool for microarray data. Bioinformatics. 23(21). 2897–2902. 91 indexed citations

Moechars, Diederik, Matthew C. Weston, Sandra Leo, et al.. (2006). Vesicular Glutamate Transporter VGLUT2 Expression Levels Control Quantal Size and Neuropathic Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(46). 12055–12066. 172 indexed citations

Moechars, Dieder, Inge Depoortere, Benoít Moreaux, et al.. (2006). Altered Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Function in the GPR39-Obestatin Receptor–Knockout Mouse. Gastroenterology. 131(4). 1131–1141. 133 indexed citations

Peeters, Pieter J., Ilse Goris, G. Daneels, et al.. (2004). Sensory deficits in mice hypomorphic for a mammalian homologue of unc-53. Developmental Brain Research. 150(2). 89–101. 27 indexed citations

Peeters, Pieter J., Hinrich W. H. Göhlmann, Ilse Van den Wyngaert, et al.. (2004). Transcriptional Response to Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in AtT-20 Cells. Molecular Pharmacology. 66(5). 1083–1092. 20 indexed citations

Peeters, Pieter J., Frederik Fierens, Ilse Van den Wyngaert, et al.. (2004). Gene expression profiles highlight adaptive brain mechanisms in corticotropin releasing factor overexpressing mice. Molecular Brain Research. 129(1-2). 135–150. 22 indexed citations

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Wouters, Luc, Hinrich W. H. Göhlmann, Luc Bijnens, et al.. (2003). Graphical Exploration of Gene Expression Data: A Comparative Study of Three Multivariate Methods. Biometrics. 59(4). 1131–1139. 50 indexed citations

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Wyngaert, Ilse Van den, Roger Adams, & Stefan U. Kass. (2002). In Vitro Methylation of Predetermined Regions in Recombinant DNA Constructs. Humana Press eBooks. 181. 243–250. 1 indexed citations

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Wyngaert, Ilse Van den, et al.. (2000). Cloning and characterization of human histone deacetylase 8. FEBS Letters. 478(1-2). 77–83. 108 indexed citations

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Jones, Peter Lloyd, Gert Jan C. Veenstra, Paul A. Wade, et al.. (1998). Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription. Nature Genetics. 19(2). 187–191. 2139 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wyngaert, Ilse Van den, et al.. (1998). Cloning and analysis of a novel human putative DNA methyltransferase. FEBS Letters. 426(2). 283–289. 42 indexed citations

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Kass, Stefan U., Nicoletta Landsberger, & Alan P. Wolffe. (1997). DNA methylation directs a time-dependent repression of transcription initiation. Current Biology. 7(3). 157–165. 308 indexed citations

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Kass, Stefan U., Dmitry Pruss, & Alan P. Wolffe. (1997). How does DNA methylation repress transcription?. Trends in Genetics. 13(11). 444–449. 436 indexed citations

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Godde, James S., Stefan U. Kass, Mark C. Hirst, & Alan P. Wolffe. (1996). Nucleosome Assembly on Methylated CGG Triplet Repeats in the Fragile X Mental Retardation Gene 1 Promoter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(40). 24325–24328. 79 indexed citations

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Kass, Stefan U. & Alan P. Wolffe. (1996). Histones, Histone Modifications, and the Inheritance of Chromatin Structure. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 32. 529–546. 1 indexed citations

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Adams, R. L. P., et al.. (1993). Regulation of de novo methylation. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 64. 120–144. 15 indexed citations

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Bryans, Margaret, et al.. (1992). Vector methylation inhibits transcription from the SV40 early promoter. FEBS Letters. 309(1). 97–102. 24 indexed citations

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