Steven Timmermans

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 744 citations indexed

About

Steven Timmermans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Timmermans has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 744 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Steven Timmermans's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (5 papers). Steven Timmermans is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (5 papers). Steven Timmermans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and France. Steven Timmermans's co-authors include Claude Libert, Jolien Souffriau, Jolien Vandewalle, Marc Van Montagu, Kelly Van Looveren, Melanie Eggermont, Lise Van Wyngene, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, Sofie Vandevyver and Karolien De Bosscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Steven Timmermans

26 papers receiving 737 citations

Hit Papers

A General Introduction to Glucocorticoid Biology 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A General Introduction to Glucocorticoid Biology
    2019 391 citations Steven Timmermans, Jolien Souffriau et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven Timmermans Belgium 11 269 166 135 131 89 30 744
Jolien Souffriau Belgium 8 188 0.7× 151 0.9× 120 0.9× 108 0.8× 126 1.4× 9 658
Kathleen Smoak United States 7 269 1.0× 270 1.6× 111 0.8× 103 0.8× 109 1.2× 7 808
David Laperrière Canada 11 462 1.7× 162 1.0× 87 0.6× 283 2.2× 94 1.1× 13 1.2k
Andrés A. Herrada Chile 18 329 1.2× 541 3.3× 251 1.9× 82 0.6× 75 0.8× 32 1.3k
Domenico Milardi Italy 22 281 1.0× 111 0.7× 401 3.0× 112 0.9× 94 1.1× 85 1.3k
Kathleen M. Azzam United States 11 275 1.0× 260 1.6× 49 0.4× 39 0.3× 126 1.4× 13 763
Helen Farman Sweden 12 489 1.8× 67 0.4× 122 0.9× 337 2.6× 140 1.6× 23 921
Mark Nixon United Kingdom 14 141 0.5× 83 0.5× 187 1.4× 82 0.6× 231 2.6× 42 741
Massimo U. De Martino United States 13 179 0.7× 52 0.3× 159 1.2× 140 1.1× 99 1.1× 14 551

Countries citing papers authored by Steven Timmermans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Timmermans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Timmermans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven Timmermans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven Timmermans 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 Steven Timmermans. Steven Timmermans 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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Laere, Steven Van, Emilie Logie, Steven Timmermans, et al.. (2025). Gradual DNA methylation changes reveal transcription factors implicated in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease progression and epigenetic age acceleration. Clinical Epigenetics. 17(1). 138–138. 1 indexed citations
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García-González, Natalia, Steven Timmermans, Jolien Vandewalle, et al.. (2024). Paneth cell TNF signaling induces gut bacterial translocation and sepsis. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(10). 1725–1743.e7. 12 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Ville Paakinaho, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, et al.. (2024). A critical role for HNF4α in polymicrobial sepsis-associated metabolic reprogramming and death. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(10). 2485–2515. 6 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, et al.. (2024). Identification and Characterization of Multiple Paneth Cell Types in the Mouse Small Intestine. Cells. 13(17). 1435–1435. 3 indexed citations
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Vanderhaeghen, Tineke, et al.. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Hepatic Gene Expression Profiles in Murine and Porcine Sepsis Models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(20). 11079–11079.
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Vanderhaeghen, Tineke, Cédric Peleman, Joe Ibrahim, et al.. (2024). Loss of PPARα function promotes epigenetic dysregulation of lipid homeostasis driving ferroptosis and pyroptosis lipotoxicity in metabolic dysfunction associated Steatotic liver disease (MASLD). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1283170–1283170. 3 indexed citations
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Desmet, Sofie, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, Dorien Clarisse, et al.. (2024). Crosstalk interactions between transcription factors ERRα and PPARα assist PPARα-mediated gene expression. Molecular Metabolism. 84. 101938–101938. 3 indexed citations
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Vanderhaeghen, Tineke, Steven Timmermans, Melanie Eggermont, et al.. (2023). The impact of hepatocyte-specific deletion of hypoxia-inducible factors on the development of polymicrobial sepsis with focus on GR and PPARα function. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1124011–1124011. 2 indexed citations
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Vandewalle, Jolien, Steven Timmermans, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, et al.. (2022). Hepatic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha Dysfunction in Porcine Septic Shock. Cells. 11(24). 4080–4080. 9 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Jolien Vandewalle, & Claude Libert. (2022). Dimerization of the Glucocorticoid Receptor and Its Importance in (Patho)physiology: A Primer. Cells. 11(4). 683–683. 13 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Nicolette J. D. Verhoog, Kelly Van Looveren, et al.. (2022). Point mutation I634A in the glucocorticoid receptor causes embryonic lethality by reduced ligand binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(2). 101574–101574. 10 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven & Claude Libert. (2021). Coding variants in mouse and rat model organisms: mousepost and ratpost. Mammalian Genome. 33(1). 81–87. 2 indexed citations
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Wyngene, Lise Van, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, Ιωάννα Πέττα, et al.. (2021). ZBTB32 performs crosstalk with the glucocorticoid receptor and is crucial in glucocorticoid responses to starvation. iScience. 24(7). 102790–102790. 5 indexed citations
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Wyngene, Lise Van, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, Steven Timmermans, et al.. (2020). Hepatic PPARα function and lipid metabolic pathways are dysregulated in polymicrobial sepsis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 12(2). e11319–e11319. 51 indexed citations
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Looveren, Kelly Van, Steven Timmermans, Tineke Vanderhaeghen, et al.. (2020). Glucocorticoids limit lipopolysaccharide‐induced lethal inflammation by a double control system. EMBO Reports. 21(7). e49762–e49762. 11 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Jolien Vandewalle, Melanie Eggermont, et al.. (2019). TNF-α inhibits glucocorticoid receptor-induced gene expression by reshaping the GR nuclear cofactor profile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(26). 12942–12951. 39 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven, Jolien Souffriau, & Claude Libert. (2019). A General Introduction to Glucocorticoid Biology. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1545–1545. 391 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ballegeer, Marlies, Kelly Van Looveren, Steven Timmermans, et al.. (2018). Glucocorticoid receptor dimers control intestinal STAT1 and TNF-induced inflammation in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(8). 3265–3279. 58 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Steven & Claude Libert. (2018). Easy Access to and Applications of the Sequences of All Protein-Coding Genes of All Sequenced Mouse Strains. Trends in Genetics. 34(12). 899–902.
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Timmermans, Steven, Jolien Souffriau, Jolien Vandewalle, et al.. (2018). Using the inbred mouse strain SPRET/EiJ to provide novel insights in inflammation and infection research. Mammalian Genome. 29(7-8). 585–592. 1 indexed citations

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