Ulf Hellman

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
280 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Ulf Hellman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Hellman has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Oncology and 26 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ulf Hellman's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (18 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (17 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (17 papers). Ulf Hellman is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (18 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (17 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (17 papers). Ulf Hellman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Belgium and United States. Ulf Hellman's co-authors include Christer Wernstedt, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, Kohei Miyazono, Lena Claesson‐Welsh, Ulf Eriksson, Mathias Uhlén, Björn Nilsson, John Sjöquist, Eva Grönroos and Serhiy Souchelnytskyi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Hellman

279 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

Improvement of an "In-Gel" Digestion Procedure for the Mi... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1995 1989 1988 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Improvement of an "In-Gel" Digestion Procedure for the Micropreparation of Internal Protein Fragments for Amino Acid Sequencing
    1995 679 citations Ulf Hellman, Christer Wernstedt et al. profile →
  2. Identification of angiogenic activity and the cloning and expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor
    1989 619 citations Ulf Hellman, Christer Wernstedt et al. profile →
  3. Latent high molecular weight complex of transforming growth factor beta 1. Purification from human platelets and structural characterization.
    1988 563 citations Ulf Hellman, Christer Wernstedt et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ulf Hellman Sweden 63 9.4k 1.8k 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 280 14.3k
Alfred Nordheim Germany 74 13.2k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 204 17.7k
Lan Bo Chen United States 58 7.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 128 12.7k
Steffan N. Ho United States 31 9.6k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 899 0.7× 51 14.6k
Shinichi Hayashi Japan 62 8.9k 0.9× 2.8k 1.5× 2.9k 1.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 329 15.2k
Alan L. Schwartz United States 66 9.2k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 3.5k 2.2× 1.8k 1.5× 176 14.3k
Nobuhiko Katunuma Japan 59 6.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.4× 2.5k 2.0× 362 12.5k
Michael J.O. Wakelam United Kingdom 64 10.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 2.5k 1.7× 1.6k 1.3× 241 15.0k
Shmuel A. Ben‐Sasson Israel 25 5.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 949 0.6× 911 0.7× 45 10.8k
Jacek R. Wiśniewski Germany 51 12.4k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 174 18.2k
Katsuya Okawa Japan 52 10.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 3.9k 2.5× 954 0.8× 118 15.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Shuijie, Olga Surova, Erik Smedler, et al.. (2016). The 1p36 Tumor Suppressor KIF 1Bβ Is Required for Calcineurin Activation, Controlling Mitochondrial Fission and Apoptosis. Developmental Cell. 36(2). 164–178. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhi Xiong, Karin Wallis, Daniel Ramsköld, et al.. (2014). RNA Helicase A Is a Downstream Mediator of KIF1Bβ Tumor-Suppressor Function in Neuroblastoma. Cancer Discovery. 4(4). 434–451. 43 indexed citations
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Masoumi, Katarzyna Chmielarska, et al.. (2014). Association of Nuclear-Localized Nemo-Like Kinase with Heat-Shock Protein 27 Inhibits Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96506–e96506. 19 indexed citations
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Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon, et al.. (2012). Plasmid Vectors for Proteomic Analyses in Giardia: Purification of Virulence Factors and Analysis of the Proteasome. Eukaryotic Cell. 11(7). 864–873. 35 indexed citations
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Avesson, Lotta, et al.. (2011). Abundant class of non-coding RNA regulates development in the social amoebaDictyostelium discoideum. RNA Biology. 8(6). 1094–1104. 9 indexed citations
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Hultqvist, Malin, Outi Sareila, Frederik Vilhardt, et al.. (2011). Positioning of a Polymorphic Quantitative Trait Nucleotide in the Ncf1 Gene Controlling Oxidative Burst Response and Arthritis Severity in Rats. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 14(12). 2373–2383. 28 indexed citations
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Yenamandra, Surya Pavan, Ulf Hellman, Bettina Kempkes, et al.. (2010). Epstein-Barr virus encoded EBNA-3 binds to vitamin D receptor and blocks activation of its target genes. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 67(24). 4249–4256. 33 indexed citations
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Bhaskaran, Nimesh, Hiroyuki Iwahana, Jonas Bergquist, Ulf Hellman, & Serhiy Souchelnytskyi. (2008). Novel post-translational modifications of Smad2 identified by mass spectrometry. Open Life Sciences. 3(4). 359–370. 5 indexed citations
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Persson, C., Tobias Sjöblom, Arnoud Groen, et al.. (2004). Preferential oxidation of the second phosphatase domain of receptor-like PTP-α revealed by an antibody against oxidized protein tyrosine phosphatases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 1886–1891. 107 indexed citations
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Galindo, Mario, Nelson Varela, Ingrid Espinoza, et al.. (2004). Chromatin from two classes of platyhelminthes display both protist H1 and higher eukaryote core histones. FEBS Letters. 567(2-3). 225–229. 5 indexed citations
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Grönroos, Eva, Ulf Hellman, Carl‐Henrik Heldin, & Johan Ericsson. (2002). Control of Smad7 Stability by Competition between Acetylation and Ubiquitination. Molecular Cell. 10(3). 483–493. 298 indexed citations
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Lévy, Frédéric, Lena Burri, Sandra Morel, et al.. (2002). The Final N-Terminal Trimming of a Subaminoterminal Proline-Containing HLA Class I-Restricted Antigenic Peptide in the Cytosol Is Mediated by Two Peptidases. The Journal of Immunology. 169(8). 4161–4171. 67 indexed citations
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Vega, Félix V., Anxo Vidal, Ulf Hellman, Christer Wernstedt, & Fernando Domı́nguez. (1998). Prothymosin α Stimulates Ca2+-dependent Phosphorylation of Elongation Factor 2 in Cellular Extracts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(17). 10147–10152. 11 indexed citations
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Giersbergen, Paul L. M. van, et al.. (1995). Muscarinic Toxins from the Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis. European Journal of Biochemistry. 234(2). 579–585. 31 indexed citations
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Delamarche, Christian, et al.. (1995). Characterization of the pasteurella multocida skp and firA genes. Gene. 161(1). 39–43. 11 indexed citations
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Raimondi, Alejandra, Christer Wernstedt, Ulf Hellman, & Juan José Cazzulo. (1991). Degradation of oxidised insulin A and B chains by the major cysteine proteinase (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 49(2). 341–344. 4 indexed citations
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Cazzulo, Juan José, Cristina Nowicki, J.A. Santomé, Christer Wernstedt, & Ulf Hellman. (1988). Amino acid composition and N-terminal sequence of the NADP-linked glutamate dehydrogenase fromTrypanosoma cruzi. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 56(2). 215–220. 6 indexed citations
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Vidgrén, Gabriele, et al.. (1988). Nucleotide Sequence of the Rubella Virus Capsid Protein Gene Reveals an Unusually High G/C Content. Journal of General Virology. 69(3). 603–612. 16 indexed citations
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Hellman, Ulf & Ingemar Svensson. (1980). Preparative Scale Fractionation of Escherichia coli Ribosomal RNA and Transfer RNA on Sepiiarose 6B. Preparative Biochemistry. 10(4). 375–386. 7 indexed citations

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