Thomas Dechat

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Dechat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Dechat has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Dechat's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (24 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers). Thomas Dechat is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (24 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers). Thomas Dechat collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Thomas Dechat's co-authors include Robert D. Goldman, Roland Foisner, Takeshi Shimi, Stephen A. Adam, Dale K. Shumaker, Sylvia Vlcek, Liliana Solimando, Kaushik Sengupta, Katrin Pfleghaar and Christopher J. Hutchison 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

Thomas Dechat

31 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Nuclear lamins: major factors in the structural organization and function of the nucleus and chromatin

2008 752 citations Thomas Dechat, Katrin Pfleghaar et al. Genes & Development profile →
Mutant nuclear lamin A leads to progressive alterations of epigenetic control in premature aging

2006 568 citations Dale K. Shumaker, Thomas Dechat et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Dechat Austria	21	3.6k	787	258	197	157	32	4.0k
Christopher J. Hutchison United Kingdom	39	4.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	168 0.7×	251 1.3×	186 1.2×	62	4.9k
Richard A. Corpina United States	8	1.8k 0.5×	616 0.8×	305 1.2×	121 0.6×	252 1.6×	8	2.2k
Hideki Shibata Japan	33	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.9×	286 1.1×	171 0.9×	208 1.3×	83	2.9k
Tomonori Hirose Japan	21	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	118 0.5×	176 0.9×	245 1.6×	43	2.9k
Christof Haffner Germany	23	1.2k 0.3×	753 1.0×	212 0.8×	133 0.7×	121 0.8×	36	2.5k
Warren E. Zimmer United States	29	1.9k 0.5×	709 0.9×	319 1.2×	606 3.1×	218 1.4×	61	2.7k
Alexander A. Mirоnоv Italy	27	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	169 0.7×	112 0.6×	84 0.5×	82	2.4k
Jennifer M. Kavran United States	17	1.7k 0.5×	698 0.9×	130 0.5×	218 1.1×	141 0.9×	29	2.1k
Kamel Mamchaoui France	37	2.6k 0.7×	464 0.6×	385 1.5×	345 1.8×	156 1.0×	94	3.3k
Katsuko Tani Japan	29	2.0k 0.6×	1.9k 2.4×	367 1.4×	208 1.1×	98 0.6×	48	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Dechat

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Schamberger, Barbara, Sebastian Ehrig, Thomas Dechat, et al.. (2024). Twisted-plywood-like tissue formation in vitro . Does curvature do the twist?. PNAS Nexus. 3(4). pgae121–pgae121. 2 indexed citations

Naetar, Nana, Konstantina Georgiou, Christian Knapp, et al.. (2021). LAP2alpha maintains a mobile and low assembly state of A-type lamins in the nuclear interior. eLife. 10. 28 indexed citations

Dechat, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Comparison of methods to experimentally induce opacification and elasticity change in ex vivo porcine lenses. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23406–23406. 4 indexed citations

Allmaier, Günter, Dieter Blaas, Christina Bliem, et al.. (2017). Monolithic anion-exchange chromatography yields rhinovirus of high purity. Journal of Virological Methods. 251. 15–21. 10 indexed citations

Gesson, Kevin, et al.. (2016). A-type lamins bind both hetero- and euchromatin, the latter being regulated by lamina-associated polypeptide 2 alpha. Genome Research. 26(4). 462–473. 159 indexed citations

Osmanagic‐Myers, Selma, Thomas Dechat, & Roland Foisner. (2015). Lamins at the crossroads of mechanosignaling. Genes & Development. 29(3). 225–237. 189 indexed citations

Vidak, Sandra, Nard Kubben, Thomas Dechat, & Roland Foisner. (2015). Proliferation of progeria cells is enhanced by lamina-associated polypeptide 2α (LAP2α) through expression of extracellular matrix proteins. Genes & Development. 29(19). 2022–2036. 48 indexed citations

Dechat, Thomas, A. Bertrand, Ivana Gotić, et al.. (2013). Muscle dystrophy-causing ΔK32 lamin A/C mutant does not impair functions of nucleoplasmic LAP2α - lamin A/C complexes in mice. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 8). 1753–62. 18 indexed citations

Dechat, Thomas, Stephen A. Adam, Pekka Taimen, Takeshi Shimi, & Robert D. Goldman. (2010). Nuclear Lamins. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2(11). a000547–a000547. 299 indexed citations

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Dechat, Thomas, Kevin Gesson, & Roland Foisner. (2010). Lamina-Independent Lamins in the Nuclear Interior Serve Important Functions. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 75(0). 533–543. 85 indexed citations

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Eriksson, John, Thomas Dechat, Boris Grin, et al.. (2009). Introducing intermediate filaments: from discovery to disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(7). 1763–1771. 332 indexed citations

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Dechat, Thomas, Stephen A. Adam, & Robert D. Goldman. (2009). Nuclear lamins and chromatin: When structure meets function. Advances in Enzyme Regulation. 49(1). 157–166. 82 indexed citations

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Dechat, Thomas, Katrin Pfleghaar, Kaushik Sengupta, et al.. (2008). Nuclear lamins: major factors in the structural organization and function of the nucleus and chromatin. Genes & Development. 22(7). 832–853. 752 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dechat, Thomas, Takeshi Shimi, Stephen A. Adam, et al.. (2007). Alterations in mitosis and cell cycle progression caused by a mutant lamin A known to accelerate human aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 4955–4960. 214 indexed citations

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Snyers, Luc, Sylvia Vlcek, Thomas Dechat, et al.. (2007). Lamina-associated Polypeptide 2-α Forms Homo-trimers via Its C Terminus, and Oligomerization Is Unaffected by a Disease-causing Mutation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(9). 6308–6315. 10 indexed citations

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Shumaker, Dale K., Thomas Dechat, Alexander Kohlmaier, et al.. (2006). Mutant nuclear lamin A leads to progressive alterations of epigenetic control in premature aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(23). 8703–8708. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mattout, Anna, Thomas Dechat, Stephen A. Adam, Robert D. Goldman, & Yosef Gruenbaum. (2006). Nuclear lamins, diseases and aging. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 18(3). 335–341. 135 indexed citations

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Rossmanith, Walter, Hans Hombauer, Thomas Dechat, et al.. (2004). Mitochondrial genotype and risk for Alzheimer?s disease: cross-sectional data from the Vienna-Transdanube-Aging ?VITA? study. Journal of Neural Transmission. 111(9). 1155–65. 9 indexed citations

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Vlcek, Sylvia, Thomas Dechat, & Roland Foisner. (2001). Nuclear envelope and nuclear matrix: interactions and dynamics. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58(12). 1758–1765. 58 indexed citations

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Nußbaumer, Peter, Karl Baumann, Thomas Dechat, & Michael Harasek. (1991). Highly selective TFAA-cleavage of tertiary 2,4-dimethoxybenzylamines and its use in the synthesis of secondary amines. Tetrahedron. 47(26). 4591–4602. 12 indexed citations

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