Thomas Günther

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Günther is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Günther has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Günther's work include Magnesium in Health and Disease (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (4 papers). Thomas Günther is often cited by papers focused on Magnesium in Health and Disease (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (4 papers). Thomas Günther collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Thomas Günther's co-authors include Roland Schüle, Eric Metzger, Reinhard Buettner, Judith M. Müller, Robert Schneider, Na Yin, Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Jürgen Vormann, Klaus Schughart and Holger Greschik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Günther

65 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

LSD1 demethylates repressive histone marks to promote androgen-receptor-dependent transcription

2005 1.4k citations Eric Metzger, Na Yin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Günther Germany	26	3.1k	701	391	351	304	65	4.2k
Jean Charron Canada	30	2.1k 0.7×	481 0.7×	275 0.7×	341 1.0×	129 0.4×	63	3.3k
Nancy E. Cooke United States	42	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	186 0.5×	365 1.0×	443 1.5×	97	5.2k
Chrissa Kioussi United States	27	2.8k 0.9×	873 1.2×	163 0.4×	329 0.9×	133 0.4×	71	3.9k
Maria D. Lalioti United States	30	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	399 1.0×	147 0.4×	398 1.3×	56	4.7k
Andreas D. Kistler Switzerland	33	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	193 0.5×	281 0.8×	120 0.4×	117	3.5k
Sami A. Sanjad Lebanon	16	2.6k 0.8×	704 1.0×	703 1.8×	225 0.6×	537 1.8×	46	3.8k
Lee‐Jun C. Wong United States	45	4.5k 1.5×	786 1.1×	326 0.8×	587 1.7×	85 0.3×	180	5.9k
Robert M. Greene United States	33	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	190 0.5×	363 1.0×	103 0.3×	155	3.4k
Colette Rossier Switzerland	35	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	470 1.2×	388 1.1×	195 0.6×	62	4.8k
Hanka Venselaar Netherlands	32	2.1k 0.7×	799 1.1×	149 0.4×	212 0.6×	236 0.8×	87	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Günther

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Greschik, Holger, Delphine Duteil, Nadia Messaddeq, et al.. (2017). The histone code reader Spin1 controls skeletal muscle development. Cell Death and Disease. 8(11). e3173–e3173. 13 indexed citations

Duteil, Delphine, Eric Metzger, Dominica Willmann, et al.. (2014). LSD1 promotes oxidative metabolism of white adipose tissue. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4093–4093. 98 indexed citations

Merker, H. J., Jürgen Vormann, & Thomas Günther. (2009). Iron-induced injury of rat testis. Andrologia. 28(5). 267–273. 22 indexed citations

Stypmann, Jörg, Desmond J. Tobin, Christian T. Mayer, et al.. (2007). Cell Type-specific Functions of the Lysosomal Protease Cathepsin L in the Heart. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(51). 37045–37052. 48 indexed citations

Bagheri‐Fam, Stefan, Francisco J. Barrionuevo, Ulrike Dohrmann, et al.. (2006). Long-range upstream and downstream enhancers control distinct subsets of the complex spatiotemporal Sox9 expression pattern. Developmental Biology. 291(2). 382–397. 133 indexed citations

Günther, Thomas, Judith M. Müller, Philip Catalá-Lehnen, et al.. (2005). Fhl2 deficiency results in osteopenia due to decreased activity of osteoblasts. The EMBO Journal. 24(17). 3049–3056. 53 indexed citations

Metzger, Eric, Na Yin, Judith M. Müller, et al.. (2005). LSD1 demethylates repressive histone marks to promote androgen-receptor-dependent transcription. Nature. 437(7057). 436–439. 1370 indexed citations breakdown →

Hagemann, Sascha, Thomas Günther, Dieter Brömme, et al.. (2004). The human cysteine protease cathepsin V can compensate for murine cathepsin L in mouse epidermis and hair follicles. European Journal of Cell Biology. 83(11-12). 775–780. 41 indexed citations

Du, Xiaojuan, Philip Hublitz, Thomas Günther, et al.. (2002). The LIM-only coactivator FHL2 modulates WT1 transcriptional activity during gonadal differentiation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1577(1). 93–101. 56 indexed citations

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Ising, H, Wolfgang Babisch, & Thomas Günther. (1999). Work noise as a risk factor in myocardial infarction. Journal of clinical and basic cardiology. 2(1). 64–68. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoqun, Gijs Afink, Kristian Svensson, et al.. (1998). Specific expression in mouse mesoderm- and neural crest-derived tissues of a human PDGFRA promoter/lacZ transgene. Mechanisms of Development. 70(1-2). 167–180. 23 indexed citations

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Stahlmann, Ralf, Christian Förster, Mehdi Shakibaei, et al.. (1995). Magnesium deficiency induces joint cartilage lesions in juvenile rats which are identical to quinolone-induced arthropathy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 39(9). 2013–2018. 82 indexed citations

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Schneider-Stock, R, et al.. (1995). Synchronous multifocal bone sarcomas--a case report and molecular pathologic investigation.. PubMed. 141(1). 67–74. 5 indexed citations

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Vormann, Jürgen, et al.. (1994). Magnesium Metabolism in Erythrocytes of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure and after Renal Transplantation. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 32(12). 901–904. 4 indexed citations

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Vormann, Jürgen, Thomas Günther, K. Magdorf, & Ulrich Wahn. (1992). Mineral Metabolism in Erythrocytes from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 30(4). 193–6. 9 indexed citations

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Günther, Thomas, H.-J. Merker, & Jürgen Vormann. (1990). Protection against salicylate-induced hypocalcemia in pregnant rats by magnesium deficiency. 12(4). 161–165. 1 indexed citations

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Günther, Thomas, Jürgen Vormann, & Edward J. Cragoe. (1990). Species‐specific Mn²⁺/Mg²⁺ antiport from Mg²⁺‐loaded erythrocytes. FEBS Letters. 261(1). 47–51. 22 indexed citations

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Classen, H. G., H. Thöni, Ernst Schumacher, et al.. (1989). Age-dependent accumulation of cadmium in rats exposed to contaminated drinking water; interactions with zinc and copper and subcellular Cd distribution in kidney cells.. PubMed. 3(4). 217–23. 9 indexed citations

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Günther, Thomas & Jürgen Vormann. (1985). Mg2+ efflux is accomplished by an amiloride-sensitive Na+Mg2+ antiport. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 130(2). 540–545. 83 indexed citations

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Hj, Merker & Thomas Günther. (1970). [Electron microscope studies of some rat organs in a state of Mg-deficiency].. PubMed. 8(1). 71–6. 1 indexed citations

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