Thomas Langer

24.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
175 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Langer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Langer has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Cell Biology and 34 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Langer's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (127 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (73 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (38 papers). Thomas Langer is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (127 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (73 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (38 papers). Thomas Langer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Thomas Langer's co-authors include Takashi Tatsuta, Timothy Wai, Elena I. Rugarli, Walter Neupert, Carsten Merkwirth, Christof Osman, Michael J. Baker, Thomas MacVicar, Mirko Koppen and Benedikt Westermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Langer

171 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mitochondrial Dynamics and Metabolic Regulation

2016 986 citations Timothy Wai, Thomas Langer profile →
The i-AAA protease YME1L and OMA1 cleave OPA1 to balance mitochondrial fusion and fission

2014 615 citations Timothy Wai, Elena I. Rugarli et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
SLP‐2 is required for stress‐induced mitochondrial hyperfusion

2009 609 citations Daniel Tondera, Thomas Langer et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Making heads or tails of phospholipids in mitochondria

2011 470 citations Thomas Langer et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
New roles for mitochondrial proteases in health, ageing and disease

2015 418 citations Thomas Langer et al. profile →
OPA1 processing in cell death and disease – the long and short of it

2016 337 citations Thomas MacVicar, Thomas Langer profile →
MIROs and DRP1 drive mitochondrial-derived vesicle biogenesis and promote quality control

2021 184 citations Tim König, Hendrik Nolte et al. profile →
Mitochondrial metabolism coordinates stage-specific repair processes in macrophages during wound healing

2021 183 citations Sebastian Willenborg, David E. Sanin et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Langer Germany	77	15.8k	3.1k	3.0k	2.4k	1.9k	175	18.5k
Jodi Nunnari United States	57	16.4k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	83	19.1k
Hiromi Sesaki United States	61	9.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	156	13.2k
Heidi M. McBride Canada	55	13.6k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	4.8k 1.6×	3.9k 1.6×	2.7k 1.4×	95	18.0k
György Hajnóczky United States	69	14.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	163	18.0k
Alexander M. van der Bliek United States	39	10.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	55	12.8k
Katsuyoshi Mihara Japan	55	10.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	107	12.8k
Manuel Palacı́n Spain	67	10.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	3.6k 1.8×	255	17.1k
Orian S. Shirihai United States	63	11.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	4.4k 1.8×	3.9k 2.0×	163	16.8k
Naotada Ishihara Japan	37	8.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	4.8k 2.0×	1.4k 0.7×	68	11.6k
Ella Bossy‐Wetzel United States	47	11.9k 0.8×	901 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	69	16.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Langer

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Blau, K., Alexander J. Anderson, Catherine S. Palmer, et al.. (2024). CLPB disaggregase dysfunction impacts the functional integrity of the proteolytic SPY complex. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(3). 12 indexed citations

Nolte, Hendrik, Tatjana Kleele, Claus Brandt, et al.. (2024). Food perception promotes phosphorylation of MFFS131 and mitochondrial fragmentation in liver. Science. 384(6694). 438–446. 16 indexed citations

Tatsuta, Takashi, et al.. (2024). Lipid-polymer nanoparticles to probe the native-like environment of intramembrane rhomboid protease GlpG and its activity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7533–7533. 4 indexed citations

Zaninello, Marta, Hendrik Nolte, Esther Barth, et al.. (2024). CLUH maintains functional mitochondria and translation in motoneuronal axons and prevents peripheral neuropathy. Science Advances. 10(22). eadn2050–eadn2050. 5 indexed citations

Atanassov, Ilian, et al.. (2023). Time-resolved proteomic analyses of senescence highlight metabolic rewiring of mitochondria. Life Science Alliance. 6(9). e202302127–e202302127. 11 indexed citations

Patrón, Maria, Hendrik Nolte, Yohsuke Ohba, et al.. (2022). Regulation of mitochondrial proteostasis by the proton gradient. The EMBO Journal. 41(16). e110476–e110476. 48 indexed citations

Schatton, Désirée, Giada Di Pietro, Karolina Szczepanowska, et al.. (2022). CLUH controls astrin-1 expression to couple mitochondrial metabolism to cell cycle progression. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

Sprenger, Hans‐Georg, Thomas MacVicar, Amir Bahat, et al.. (2021). Cellular pyrimidine imbalance triggers mitochondrial DNA–dependent innate immunity. Nature Metabolism. 3(5). 636–650. 97 indexed citations

Willenborg, Sebastian, David E. Sanin, Alexander Jaïs, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial metabolism coordinates stage-specific repair processes in macrophages during wound healing. Cell Metabolism. 33(12). 2398–2414.e9. 183 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tatsuta, Takashi, Thomas Langer, Anastasia D. Gazi, et al.. (2021). High‐throughput screening identifies suppressors of mitochondrial fragmentation in OPA1 fibroblasts. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(6). e13579–e13579. 40 indexed citations

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Saita, Shotaro, Takashi Tatsuta, Philipp Lampe, et al.. (2018). PARL partitions the lipid transfer protein STARD7 between the cytosol and mitochondria. The EMBO Journal. 37(4). 79 indexed citations

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Melamed‐Book, Naomi, et al.. (2013). StAR Enhances Transcription of Genes Encoding the Mitochondrial Proteases Involved in Its Own Degradation. Molecular Endocrinology. 28(2). 208–224. 29 indexed citations

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Tatsuta, Takashi, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial lipid trafficking. Trends in Cell Biology. 24(1). 44–52. 196 indexed citations

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Connerth, Melanie, Takashi Tatsuta, Mathias Haag, et al.. (2012). Intramitochondrial Transport of Phosphatidic Acid in Yeast by a Lipid Transfer Protein. Science. 338(6108). 815–818. 185 indexed citations

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Richter, Ricarda, Lars Paeger, Paola Martinelli, et al.. (2012). AFG3L2 supports mitochondrial protein synthesis and Purkinje cell survival. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(11). 4048–4058. 84 indexed citations

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Bonn, Florian, Takashi Tatsuta, Carmelina Petrungaro, Jan Riemer, & Thomas Langer. (2011). Presequence‐dependent folding ensures MrpL32 processing by the m‐AAA protease in mitochondria. The EMBO Journal. 30(13). 2545–2556. 63 indexed citations

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Mancuso, Giuseppe, Andrea Bernacchia, Stefan Geimer, et al.. (2009). Regulation of OPA1 processing and mitochondrial fusion by m -AAA protease isoenzymes and OMA1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 187(7). 1023–1036. 456 indexed citations

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Escobar‐Henriques, Mafalda & Thomas Langer. (2006). Mitochondrial shaping cuts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(5-6). 422–429. 22 indexed citations

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Langer, Thomas & Walter Neupert. (1996). Regulated protein degradation in mitochondria. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 52(12). 1069–1076. 68 indexed citations

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Langer, Thomas & Walter Neupert. (1994). 3 Chaperoning Mitochondrial Biogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 26. 53–83. 24 indexed citations

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