Thomas Langer

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
94 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Langer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Langer has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Organic Chemistry and 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas Langer's work include Heat shock proteins research (15 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers). Thomas Langer is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (15 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers). Thomas Langer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Thomas Langer's co-authors include F. Ulrich Hartl, John M. Flanagan, Bernd Bukau, Hartwig Schröder, Jörg Martin, Harrison Echols, Manajit Hayer‐Hartl, Chi Zen Lu, Raina Boteva and Arthur L. Horwich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Langer

91 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Successive action of DnaK, DnaJ and GroEL along the pathway of chaperone-mediated protein folding

1992 812 citations Thomas Langer, Chi Zen Lu et al. Nature profile →
Chaperonin-mediated protein folding at the surface of groEL through a 'molten globule'-like intermediate

1991 748 citations Jörg Martin, Thomas Langer et al. Nature profile →
DnaK, DnaJ and GrpE form a cellular chaperone machinery capable of repairing heat-induced protein damage.

1993 522 citations Thomas Langer, F. Ulrich Hartl et al. profile →
Imbalanced OPA1 processing and mitochondrial fragmentation cause heart failure in mice

2015 415 citations Timothy Wai, Thomas Langer et al. 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	35	4.9k	1.3k	863	736	623	94	6.7k
Cong Liu China	52	5.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	482 0.6×	652 0.9×	550 0.9×	416	11.0k
Masayuki Oda Japan	36	2.0k 0.4×	656 0.5×	445 0.5×	404 0.5×	217 0.3×	273	6.0k
Yanmin Zhang China	48	4.1k 0.8×	752 0.6×	531 0.6×	340 0.5×	513 0.8×	434	8.5k
Frank Stahl Germany	43	2.3k 0.5×	683 0.5×	706 0.8×	216 0.3×	163 0.3×	143	6.1k
Hongfei Wang China	32	1.6k 0.3×	752 0.6×	482 0.6×	205 0.3×	110 0.2×	284	4.7k
Lina Zhao China	51	2.8k 0.6×	2.7k 2.0×	351 0.4×	973 1.3×	395 0.6×	295	8.7k
Toshiya Senda Japan	40	2.9k 0.6×	531 0.4×	234 0.3×	300 0.4×	537 0.9×	180	4.6k
Xiaodong Wang China	44	4.7k 1.0×	301 0.2×	588 0.7×	386 0.5×	496 0.8×	308	8.7k
Linda O. Narhi United States	45	5.0k 1.0×	353 0.3×	132 0.2×	437 0.6×	1.3k 2.2×	126	7.6k
Michael V. Berridge New Zealand	41	3.3k 0.7×	375 0.3×	995 1.2×	337 0.5×	625 1.0×	124	7.4k

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Battaglini, Denise, Pasquale Anania, Gianluigi Zona, et al.. (2025). Cerebrospinal fluid analysis and changes over time in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective observational study. Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care. 5(1). 31–31.

Langer, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Borane-catalysed C2-selective indole reductive functionalisation. Chemical Communications. 60(77). 10748–10751. 1 indexed citations

Sommerfeld, Mark, Kaj Grandien, Bodo Tillmann, et al.. (2024). Functional studies with IgM and IgA immunoglobulins: binding to pIgR, FcαμR, FcμR, and CDC activities. Apmis. 132(4). 277–288. 3 indexed citations

Spina, Stefano, Francesco Marrazzo, Maurizio Migliari, et al.. (2023). Detection of patients with COVID-19 by the emergency medical services in Lombardy through an operator-based interview and machine learning models. Emergency Medicine Journal. 40(12). 810–820. 2 indexed citations

Nichol, Gary S., et al.. (2022). Diastereoselective, Catalytic Access to Cross‐Aldol Products Directly from Esters and Lactones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(39). e202209584–e202209584. 8 indexed citations

Weis, Félix, John G. Menting, Mai B. Margetts, et al.. (2018). The signalling conformation of the insulin receptor ectodomain. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4420–4420. 92 indexed citations

Wai, Timothy, Hao Hu, Thomas MacVicar, et al.. (2016). Homozygous YME1L1 mutation causes mitochondriopathy with optic atrophy and mitochondrial network fragmentation. eLife. 5. 96 indexed citations

Pilger, Jens, Artur Mazur, Peter Monecke, et al.. (2015). A Combination of Spin Diffusion Methods for the Determination of Protein–Ligand Complex Structural Ensembles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(22). 6511–6515. 16 indexed citations

Langer, Thomas, et al.. (2014). 1,2‐N‐Migration in a Gold‐Catalysed Synthesis of Functionalised Indenes by the 1,1‐Carboalkoxylation of Ynamides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(24). 7262–7266. 58 indexed citations

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Czechtizky, Werngard, et al.. (2014). Discovery and pharmacological characterization of a novel small molecule inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate 4-kinase, type II, beta. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 449(3). 327–331. 25 indexed citations

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Langer, Thomas, Sridhar Sreeramulu, Martin Vogtherr, et al.. (2005). Folding and activity of cAMP‐dependent protein kinase mutants. FEBS Letters. 579(19). 4049–4054. 5 indexed citations

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Schieborr, Ulrich, Martin Vogtherr, Bettina Elshorst, et al.. (2005). How Much NMR Data Is Required To Determine a Protein–Ligand Complex Structure?. ChemBioChem. 6(10). 1891–1898. 35 indexed citations

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Scheck, Michael, Heino Prinz, Jens Peter von Kries, et al.. (2005). Discovery of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase A (MptpA) Inhibitors Based on Natural Products and a Fragment‐Based Approach. ChemBioChem. 6(10). 1749–1753. 54 indexed citations

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Vogtherr, Martin, Krishna Saxena, Swen Hoelder, et al.. (2005). NMR Characterization of Kinase p38 Dynamics in Free and Ligand‐Bound Forms. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(6). 993–997. 131 indexed citations

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Langer, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Intracellular localization of the 90 kDA heat shock protein (HSP90α) determined by expression of a EGFP—HSP90α‐fusion protein in unstressed and heat stressed 3T3 cells. Cell Biology International. 27(1). 47–52. 44 indexed citations

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Bergeron, Jean, E A Craig, Arthur L. Horwich, et al.. (1997). Molecular chaperones in biology and medicine at Obernai. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 2(4). 220–220.

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Evers, Melchior E., Thomas Langer, Wim Harder, F. Ulrich Hartl, & Marten Veenhuis. (1992). Formation and quantification of protein complexes between peroxisomal alcohol oxidase and GroEL. FEBS Letters. 305(1). 51–54. 3 indexed citations

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Langer, Thomas, Chi Zen Lu, Harrison Echols, et al.. (1992). Successive action of DnaK, DnaJ and GroEL along the pathway of chaperone-mediated protein folding. Nature. 356(6371). 683–689. 812 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martin, Jörg, et al.. (1991). Chaperonin-mediated protein folding at the surface of groEL through a 'molten globule'-like intermediate. Nature. 352(6330). 36–42. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Langer, Thomas & Walter Neupert. (1991). Heat Shock Proteins hsp60 and hsp70: Their Roles in Folding, Assembly and Membrane Translocation of Proteins. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 167. 3–30. 65 indexed citations

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