Thomas E. Willnow

20.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
179 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

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Thomas E. Willnow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Willnow has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Physiology and 33 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Willnow's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (35 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers) and Renal and related cancers (14 papers). Thomas E. Willnow is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (35 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers) and Renal and related cancers (14 papers). Thomas E. Willnow collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Thomas E. Willnow's co-authors include Anders Nykjær, Joachim Herz, Christian Jacobsen, Joachim Herz, Erik Christensen, Olav M. Andersen, Robert E. Hammer, Søren K. Moestrup, Henrik Vorum and Jan Hilpert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Willnow

175 papers receiving 14.5k citations

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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.

An Endocytic Pathway Essential for Renal Uptake and Activation of the Steroid 25-(OH) Vitamin D3

1999 780 citations Anders Nykjær, Thomas E. Willnow et al. Cell profile →
Sortilin is essential for proNGF-induced neuronal cell death

2004 751 citations Anders Nykjær, Kenneth K. Teng et al. profile →
Neuronal sorting protein-related receptor sorLA/LR11 regulates processing of the amyloid precursor protein

2005 510 citations Olav M. Andersen, Vanessa Schmidt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas E. Willnow Germany	69	6.8k	3.2k	2.7k	2.4k	1.5k	179	14.7k
Anders Nykjær Denmark	56	5.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	134	12.7k
Ken Inoki United States	56	12.9k 1.9×	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	764 0.3×	1.9k 1.2×	92	17.9k
Masato Koike Japan	61	6.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	215	16.4k
Allen M. Spiegel United States	79	10.0k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	294	19.0k
Kevin R. Lynch United States	71	10.7k 1.6×	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	202	16.0k
Gary E. Shull United States	78	13.4k 2.0×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	213	17.6k
Michael Leitges United States	66	7.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	237	12.7k
Markus A. Rüegg Switzerland	70	10.0k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	184	14.8k
Thomas Meitinger Germany	69	11.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	319	19.1k
Tomoichiro Asano Japan	69	10.3k 1.5×	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	827 0.3×	4.1k 2.7×	313	17.8k

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Schmidt, Vanessa, Ewa Żurawska-Płaksej, Johan Palmfeldt, et al.. (2025). Astrocytes distress triggers brain pathology through induction of δ secretase in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9653–9653.

Juul‐Madsen, Kristian, Narasimha Swamy Telugu, Fabia Febbraro, et al.. (2025). Familial Alzheimer's disease mutation identifies novel role of SORLA in release of neurotrophic exosomes. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(9). e70591–e70591.

Bolduan, Felix, Natália Alenina, Michael Bäder, et al.. (2024). Elevated sortilin expression discriminates functional from non-functional neuroendocrine tumors and enables therapeutic targeting. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1331231–1331231.

Margineanu, Anca, Camille Boutin, Mireille Montcouquiol, et al.. (2023). LRP2 contributes to planar cell polarity-dependent coordination of motile cilia function. Cell and Tissue Research. 392(2). 535–551. 2 indexed citations

Bakun, Magdalena, Tymon Rubel, Michał Dadlez, et al.. (2021). ApoE4 disrupts interaction of sortilin with fatty acid-binding protein 7 essential to promote lipid signaling. Journal of Cell Science. 134(20). 20 indexed citations

Hong, Mingi, et al.. (2020). Cdon mutation and fetal alcohol converge on Nodal signaling in a mouse model of holoprosencephaly. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

Christ, Annabel, et al.. (2020). LRP2 controls sonic hedgehog-dependent differentiation of cardiac progenitor cells during outflow tract formation. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(19). 3183–3196. 13 indexed citations

Huang, Anfei, Prashant V. Shinde, Jun Huang, et al.. (2019). Progranulin prevents regulatory NK cell cytotoxicity against antiviral T cells. JCI Insight. 4(17). 9 indexed citations

Thelen, Melanie, Kerstin Cornils, Michaela Schweizer, et al.. (2015). Lrp1/ LDL Receptor Play Critical Roles in Mannose 6‐Phosphate‐Independent Lysosomal Enzyme Targeting. Traffic. 16(7). 743–759. 51 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Vanessa & Thomas E. Willnow. (2015). Protein sorting gone wrong – VPS10P domain receptors in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Atherosclerosis. 245. 194–199. 32 indexed citations

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Hartl, Daniela, Stephan Klatt, Zoltán Konthur, et al.. (2013). Soluble Alpha-APP (sAPPalpha) Regulates CDK5 Expression and Activity in Neurons. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65920–e65920. 30 indexed citations

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Breiderhoff, Tilman, Nina Himmerkus, Marchel Stuiver, et al.. (2012). Deletion of claudin-10 ( Cldn10 ) in the thick ascending limb impairs paracellular sodium permeability and leads to hypermagnesemia and nephrocalcinosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). 14241–14246. 121 indexed citations

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Christ, Annabel, Esther Kur, Oleg Lioubinski, et al.. (2012). LRP2 Is an Auxiliary SHH Receptor Required to Condition the Forebrain Ventral Midline for Inductive Signals. Developmental Cell. 22(2). 268–278. 86 indexed citations

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Rohe, Michael, Anne-Sophie Carlo, Henning Breyhan, et al.. (2008). Sortilin-related Receptor with A-type Repeats (SORLA) Affects the Amyloid Precursor Protein-dependent Stimulation of ERK Signaling and Adult Neurogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(21). 14826–14834. 84 indexed citations

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Jansen, Pernille, Klaus M. Giehl, Jens Randel Nyengaard, et al.. (2007). Roles for the pro-neurotrophin receptor sortilin in neuronal development, aging and brain injury. Nature Neuroscience. 10(11). 1449–1457. 230 indexed citations

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Hammes, Annette, Thomas K. Andreassen, Robert Spoelgen, et al.. (2005). Role of Endocytosis in Cellular Uptake of Sex Steroids. Cell. 122(5). 751–762. 299 indexed citations

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Willnow, Thomas E., Anders Nykjær, & Claus Munck Petersen. (2005). p75 NTR ¿ live or let die. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 49–57. 15 indexed citations

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Lisi, Simonetta, Aldo Pinchera, Robert T. McCluskey, et al.. (2003). Preferential megalin-mediated transcytosis of low-hormonogenic thyroglobulin: A control mechanism for thyroid hormone release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(25). 14858–14863. 44 indexed citations

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Sinnis, Photini, Thomas E. Willnow, Marcelo R. S. Briones, Joachim Herz, & Victor Nussenzweig. (1996). Remnant lipoproteins inhibit malaria sporozoite invasion of hepatocytes.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 184(3). 945–954. 83 indexed citations

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Willnow, Thomas E. & Joachim Herz. (1995). Animal models for disorders of hepatic lipoprotein metabolism. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 73(5). 213–20. 5 indexed citations

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