Till Acker

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Till Acker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Till Acker has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cancer Research and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Till Acker's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (24 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (13 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). Till Acker is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (24 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (13 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). Till Acker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Till Acker's co-authors include Karl H. Plate, Boyan K. Garvalov, Sascha Seidel, H. Acker, Heike Beck, Ingo Flamme, Amparo Acker‐Palmer, Anne Schänzer, Anne‐Theres Henze and Clara L. Essmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Till Acker

83 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice

2002 590 citations Veerle Compernolle, Koen Brusselmans et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Till Acker Germany	39	3.0k	2.0k	925	761	668	84	5.4k
Hugo H. Marti Germany	52	4.1k 1.4×	2.9k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	689 0.9×	942 1.4×	95	9.8k
Francesc Viñals Spain	35	3.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	653 0.9×	488 0.7×	78	6.2k
Shi‐Yuan Cheng United States	43	4.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	503 0.7×	839 1.3×	96	6.1k
Roger Abounader United States	43	3.9k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	951 1.0×	443 0.6×	832 1.2×	86	5.8k
Guo‐Hua Fong United States	32	4.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	876 0.9×	622 0.8×	329 0.5×	55	5.9k
Janine Ptak United States	13	3.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	919 1.2×	684 1.0×	17	5.5k
L’Houcine Ouafik France	43	2.0k 0.7×	818 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	825 1.1×	995 1.5×	179	5.0k
Mitsutoshi Nakamura Japan	38	2.4k 0.8×	849 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	565 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	151	4.5k
Hannu Haapasalo Finland	39	2.4k 0.8×	754 0.4×	854 0.9×	483 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	131	4.9k
Anna Bagnato Italy	46	3.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	897 1.2×	223 0.3×	124	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Till Acker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Till Acker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Till Acker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Till Acker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Till Acker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Till Acker. Till Acker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Srivastava, Shubhi, Jiawei Jin, Bettina C. Kirchmaier, et al.. (2024). Vascular FLRT2 regulates venous-mediated angiogenic expansion and CNS barriergenesis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10372–10372. 1 indexed citations

Hielscher, Thomas, D. Savran, Daniel Schrimpf, et al.. (2024). Meningiomas: Sex-specific differences and prognostic implications of a chromosome X loss. Neuro-Oncology. 27(4). 1019–1028. 1 indexed citations

Böğürcü, Nuray, et al.. (2023). Beyond ribosome biogenesis: noncoding nucleolar RNAs in physiology and tumor biology. Nucleus. 14(1). 2274655–2274655. 4 indexed citations

Németh, Attila, Patrick N. Harter, Katharina J. Weber, et al.. (2023). DistSNE: Distributed computing and online visualization of DNA methylation‐based central nervous system tumor classification. Brain Pathology. 34(3). e13228–e13228. 4 indexed citations

Metzger, Patrick, Martin Boeker, Till Acker, et al.. (2020). Requirements Analysis and Specification for a Molecular Tumor Board Platform Based on cBioPortal. Diagnostics. 10(2). 93–93. 25 indexed citations

Dopeso, Higinio, Huike Jiao, Ángel M. Cuesta, et al.. (2018). PHD3 Controls Lung Cancer Metastasis and Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors through TGFα. Cancer Research. 78(7). 1805–1819. 42 indexed citations

Segarra, Marta, María R. Aburto, Ioanna Bethani, et al.. (2018). Endothelial Dab1 signaling orchestrates neuro-glia-vessel communication in the central nervous system. Science. 361(6404). 112 indexed citations

Boerries, Melanie, et al.. (2017). Supporting Molecular Tumor Boards in Molecular-Guided Decision-Making - The Current Status of Five German University Hospitals.. PubMed. 236. 48–54. 11 indexed citations

Filatova, Alina, et al.. (2016). Acidosis Acts through HSP90 in a PHD/VHL-Independent Manner to Promote HIF Function and Stem Cell Maintenance in Glioma. Cancer Research. 76(19). 5845–5856. 72 indexed citations

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Garvalov, Boyan K., Franziska Foss, Anne‐Theres Henze, et al.. (2014). PHD3 regulates EGFR internalization and signalling in tumours. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5577–5577. 48 indexed citations

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Fischer, Silvia, Sabine Gesierich, Anne Schänzer, et al.. (2013). Extracellular RNA Liberates Tumor Necrosis Factor-α to Promote Tumor Cell Trafficking and Progression. Cancer Research. 73(16). 5080–5089. 45 indexed citations

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Heim, Stephanie, Rudi Beschorner, Michel Mittelbronn, et al.. (2013). Increased Mitotic and Proliferative Activity Are Associated With Worse Prognosis in Papillary Tumors of the Pineal Region. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 38(1). 106–110. 24 indexed citations

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Seidel, Sascha, Boyan K. Garvalov, Valtteri Wirta, et al.. (2010). A hypoxic niche regulates glioblastoma stem cells through hypoxia inducible factor 2α. Brain. 133(4). 983–995. 344 indexed citations

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Sawamiphak, Suphansa, Sascha Seidel, Clara L. Essmann, et al.. (2010). Ephrin-B2 regulates VEGFR2 function in developmental and tumour angiogenesis. Nature. 465(7297). 487–491. 432 indexed citations

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Henze, Anne‐Theres, et al.. (2009). Prolyl Hydroxylases 2 and 3 Act in Gliomas as Protective Negative Feedback Regulators of Hypoxia-Inducible Factors. Cancer Research. 70(1). 357–366. 98 indexed citations

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Beck, Heike, et al.. (2007). Upregulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α in Leptomeningeal Vascular Malformations of Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 66(1). 86–97. 40 indexed citations

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Azizi, Amedeo A., Christine Haberler, Thomas Czech, et al.. (2006). Vascular-endothelial-growth-factor (VEGF) expression and possible response to angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab in metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma. The Lancet Oncology. 7(6). 521–523. 67 indexed citations

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Compernolle, Veerle, Koen Brusselmans, Till Acker, et al.. (2002). Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice. Nature Medicine. 8(7). 702–710. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stratmann, A., Till Acker, Angelika M. Burger, et al.. (2001). Differential inhibition of tumor angiogenesis by tie2 and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor‐2 dominant‐negative receptor mutants. International Journal of Cancer. 91(3). 273–282. 68 indexed citations

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Krieg, Marion, Richard de Goeij-de Haas, Hiltrud Brauch, et al.. (2000). Up-regulation of hypoxia-inducible factors HIF-1α and HIF-2α under normoxic conditions in renal carcinoma cells by von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene loss of function. Oncogene. 19(48). 5435–5443. 331 indexed citations

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