Thomas Braun

42.4k total citations · 17 hit papers
483 papers, 31.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Braun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Braun has authored 483 papers receiving a total of 31.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 309 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Surgery and 50 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Braun's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (79 papers), Congenital heart defects research (54 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (40 papers). Thomas Braun is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (79 papers), Congenital heart defects research (54 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (40 papers). Thomas Braun collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Braun's co-authors include Hans-Henning Arnold, Eva Bober, Michael A. Rudnicki, Rudolf Jaenisch, Hans-Henning Arnold, Thomas Boettger, Marcus Krüger, Sawa Kostin, Mathias Gautel and Gregor Buschhausen-Denker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Braun

469 papers receiving 30.5k citations

Hit Papers

Succinate Dehydrogenase S... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2016 1993 2004 2012 1992 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Succinate Dehydrogenase Supports Metabolic Repurposing of Mitochondria to Drive Inflammatory Macrophages
    2016 1.6k citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  2. MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle
    1993 1.4k citations Thomas Braun, Hans-Henning Arnold et al. profile →
  3. Myostatin Mutation Associated with Gross Muscle Hypertrophy in a Child
    2004 1.1k citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  4. Atheroprotective communication between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells through miRNAs
    2012 1.1k citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  5. Inactivation of MyoD in mice leads to up-regulation of the myogenic HLH gene Myf-5 and results in apparently normal muscle development
    1992 814 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  6. A novel human muscle factor related to but distinct from MyoD1 induces myogenic conversion in 10T1/2 fibroblasts.
    1989 810 citations Thomas Braun, Eva Bober et al. profile →
  7. Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Endothelial Cell Function and Vessel Growth
    2014 762 citations Thomas Braun, Yuliya Ponomareva et al. Circulation Research profile →
  8. Targeted inactivation of the muscle regulatory gene Myf-5 results in abnormal rib development and perinatal death
    1992 587 citations Thomas Braun, Hans-Henning Arnold et al. profile →
  9. Transcriptional mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle differentiation, growth and homeostasis
    2011 538 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  10. Acquisition of the contractile phenotype by murine arterial smooth muscle cells depends on the Mir143/145 gene cluster
    2009 528 citations Marcus Krüger, Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  11. Sirt7 Increases Stress Resistance of Cardiomyocytes and Prevents Apoptosis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy in Mice
    2008 525 citations Christian Smolka, Thomas Kubin et al. Circulation Research profile →
  12. FOXO1 couples metabolic activity and growth state in the vascular endothelium
    2016 429 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  13. Cardiomyocyte Regeneration
    2017 351 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  14. Cardiomyocyte Regeneration: A Consensus Statement.
    2017 315 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  15. ATAC-seq footprinting unravels kinetics of transcription factor binding during zygotic genome activation
    2020 314 citations Thomas Braun et al. Nature Communications profile →
  16. Reversible reprogramming of cardiomyocytes to a fetal state drives heart regeneration in mice
    2021 176 citations Thomas Braun et al. profile →
  17. Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation enables heart regeneration in adult mice
    2023 136 citations Stefan Günther, Marion Wiesnet et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Braun 21.9k 5.3k 4.1k 3.1k 3.1k 483 31.1k
Rhonda Bassel‐Duby 28.8k 1.3× 6.4k 1.2× 3.8k 0.9× 4.3k 1.4× 5.5k 1.8× 239 37.0k
Gou Young Koh 16.6k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 4.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 3.9k 1.3× 274 29.2k
David R. Clemmons 12.1k 0.6× 4.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 4.6k 1.5× 3.1k 1.0× 344 30.2k
John M. Shelton 15.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 2.8k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 152 22.8k
Donald M. McDonald 15.1k 0.7× 4.5k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 257 29.9k
Peter ten Dijke 40.4k 1.8× 6.9k 1.3× 4.7k 1.1× 4.5k 1.4× 1.9k 0.6× 487 57.0k
Christer Betsholtz 28.8k 1.3× 6.2k 1.2× 5.8k 1.4× 3.3k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 327 52.3k
Steffen Gay 13.8k 0.6× 6.0k 1.1× 3.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 523 36.4k
András Nagy 30.1k 1.4× 3.5k 0.7× 4.1k 1.0× 7.2k 2.3× 1.2k 0.4× 396 42.2k
Anita B. Roberts 31.6k 1.4× 5.6k 1.1× 4.9k 1.2× 5.7k 1.8× 2.1k 0.7× 288 53.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Braun

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Werdehausen, Robert, Moritz Kretzschmar, Thomas F. Schilling, et al.. (2025). Bewältigung eines Massenanfalls von Verletzten: Umsetzung eines Krankenhausalarm- und Einsatzplans beim Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt 2024. Notfall + Rettungsmedizin. 28(5). 318–326. 1 indexed citations
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Ianni, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). SIRT7: a novel molecular target for personalized cancer treatment?. Oncogene. 43(14). 993–1006. 15 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xuejun & Thomas Braun. (2023). Amending the injured heart by in vivo reprogramming. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 82. 102098–102098. 1 indexed citations
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Bartkuhn, Marek, Stefan Günther, Carsten Künne, et al.. (2022). Inactivation of Sirt6 ameliorates muscular dystrophy in mdx mice by releasing suppression of utrophin expression. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4184–4184. 12 indexed citations
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García-González, Claudia, Christoph Dieterich, Giovanni Maroli, et al.. (2022). ADAR1 Prevents Autoinflammatory Processes in the Heart Mediated by IRF7. Circulation Research. 131(7). 580–597. 25 indexed citations
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Riddell, Alexandra, Martin McBride, Thomas Braun, et al.. (2020). RUNX1: an emerging therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular Research. 116(8). 1410–1423. 58 indexed citations
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Simonet, Nicolás G., Joshua K. Thackray, Berta N. Vázquez, et al.. (2020). SirT7 auto-ADP-ribosylation regulates glucose starvation response through mH2A1. Science Advances. 6(30). eaaz2590–eaaz2590. 42 indexed citations
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Taei, Adeleh, Azam Samadian, Sepideh Mollamohammadi, et al.. (2020). Suppression of p38-MAPK endows endoderm propensity to human embryonic stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 527(3). 811–817. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuo, Jun Li, Teng Wang, et al.. (2019). Illumination of cell cycle progression by multi-fluorescent sensing system. Cell Cycle. 18(12). 1364–1378. 2 indexed citations
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Kılıç, Ayşe, Marc Santolini, Taiji Nakano, et al.. (2018). A systems immunology approach identifies the collective impact of 5 miRs in Th2 inflammation. JCI Insight. 3(11). 12 indexed citations
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Lang, Franziska, Hendrik Nolte, Soraya Hölper, et al.. (2017). Dynamic changes in the skeletal muscle proteome during denervation-induced atrophy. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 10(7). 881–896. 66 indexed citations
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Braun, Thomas, Thyra Langhagen, Alexander Berghaus, & E. Tobias Krause. (2014). Evaluation of Skin Scars Following Cochlear Implant Surgery. The Journal of International Advanced Otology. 10(1). 30–32. 2 indexed citations
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Hölper, Soraya, Hendrik Nolte, Eva Bober, Thomas Braun, & Marcus Krüger. (2014). Dissection of metabolic pathways in the Db/Db mouse model by integrative proteome and acetylome analysis. Molecular BioSystems. 11(3). 908–922. 18 indexed citations
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Berghaus, Alexander, Thomas Braun, & John Martin Hempel. (2012). Revision Otoplasty. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 14(3). 205–210. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, Thomas, Brigitte Mack, & Matthias Krämer. (2011). Solitary chemosensory cells in the respiratory and vomeronasal epithelium of the human nose: a pilot study. Rhinology Journal. 49(5). 507–512. 45 indexed citations
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Braun, Thomas, Brigitte Mack, & Matthias Krämer. (2011). Solitary chemosensory cells in the respiratory and vomeronasal epithelium of the human nose: a pilot study. Rhinology Journal. 49(5). 507–512. 45 indexed citations
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Borchardt, Thilo, et al.. (2008). Different autonomous myogenic cell populations revealed by ablation of Myf5-expressing cells during mouse embryogenesis. Development. 135(9). 1597–1604. 87 indexed citations
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Brent, Ava E., Thomas Braun, & Clifford J. Tabin. (2005). Genetic analysis of interactions between the somitic muscle, cartilage and tendon cell lineages during mouse development. Development. 132(3). 515–528. 128 indexed citations
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Arnold, Hans-Henning & Thomas Braun. (1999). 4 Genetics of Muscle Determination and Development. Current topics in developmental biology. 48. 129–164. 113 indexed citations
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Arnold, Hans-Henning & Thomas Braun. (1996). Targeted inactivation of myogenic factor genes reveals their role during mouse myogenesis: a review. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 40(1). 345–353. 97 indexed citations

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