Ulrich Zechner

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Ulrich Zechner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich Zechner has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ulrich Zechner's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (44 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (31 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers). Ulrich Zechner is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (44 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (31 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (16 papers). Ulrich Zechner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Ulrich Zechner's co-authors include Thomas Haaf, H. Hameister, Walther Vogel, Nady El Hajj, Wolfgang Engel, Jessica Nolte, E. Schneider, H Lehnen, G. Rettenberger and C. Klett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich Zechner

120 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Notch mediates TGFα-induced changes in epithelial differentiation during pancreatic tumorigenesis
    2003 504 citations Yoshiharu Miyamoto, Anirban Maitra et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ulrich Zechner Germany 36 3.0k 1.6k 785 574 495 121 4.7k
Kunio Shiota Japan 46 5.3k 1.8× 1.9k 1.1× 969 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 540 1.1× 190 7.3k
Kazuhiko Nakabayashi Japan 40 3.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 884 1.1× 444 0.8× 225 0.5× 222 5.0k
Makoto Tachibana Japan 43 8.5k 2.9× 2.1k 1.3× 539 0.7× 629 1.1× 443 0.9× 98 9.7k
Maki Fukami Japan 35 3.7k 1.2× 3.6k 2.2× 881 1.1× 398 0.7× 114 0.2× 307 5.9k
Arif B. Ekici Germany 42 2.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 299 0.4× 194 0.3× 386 0.8× 195 5.1k
Hong Lei United States 21 5.0k 1.7× 1.8k 1.1× 584 0.7× 268 0.5× 361 0.7× 27 5.7k
Liliana Ramos Netherlands 28 3.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 629 0.8× 1.2k 2.1× 405 0.8× 61 4.9k
Shaorong Gao China 48 6.6k 2.2× 1.1k 0.7× 447 0.6× 1.6k 2.8× 212 0.4× 221 7.7k
Colum P. Walsh United Kingdom 31 3.9k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 913 1.2× 360 0.6× 155 0.3× 79 4.8k
Reinald Fundele Germany 32 4.6k 1.6× 2.7k 1.6× 1.7k 2.2× 731 1.3× 119 0.2× 80 5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulrich Zechner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wittekindt, Boris, Anoosh Esmaeili, Sebastian Fischer, et al.. (2022). A novel large in-frame FBN1 deletion causes neonatal Marfan syndrome.. PubMed. 8(6). 3 indexed citations
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Abdel‐Salam, Ghada M. H., et al.. (2021). OTUD6B-associated intellectual disability: novel variants and genetic exclusion of retinal degeneration as part of a refined phenotype. Journal of Human Genetics. 67(1). 55–64. 5 indexed citations
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Linke, Matthias, Jan Baumgart, Leonid Eshkind, et al.. (2018). Superovulation Influences Methylation Reprogramming and Delays Onset of DNA Replication in Both Pronuclei of Mouse Zygotes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 156(2). 95–105. 5 indexed citations
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Siuda, Daniel, Zhixiong Wu, Yuerong Chen, et al.. (2014). Social isolation-induced epigenetic changes in midbrain of adult mice.. PubMed. 65(2). 247–55. 39 indexed citations
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Kohlschmidt, Nicolai, et al.. (2014). Homozygote und „compound“-heterozygote RYR1-Mutationen: Neue Erkenntnisse zu Prävalenz und Penetranz der malignen Hyperthermie. Der Anaesthesist. 63. 643–650.
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Bacher, Nicole, Verena Raker, Claudia Hofmann, et al.. (2013). Interferon-α Suppresses cAMP to Disarm Human Regulatory T Cells. Cancer Research. 73(18). 5647–5656. 90 indexed citations
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Schaller, Fabienne, Unga A. Unmehopa, Valéry Matarazzo, et al.. (2013). Stochastic Loss of Silencing of the Imprinted Ndn/NDN Allele, in a Mouse Model and Humans with Prader-Willi Syndrome, Has Functional Consequences. PLoS Genetics. 9(9). e1003752–e1003752. 30 indexed citations
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Fatima, Azra, Kaifeng Shao, Sven Dittmann, et al.. (2013). The Disease-Specific Phenotype in Cardiomyocytes Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells of Two Long QT Syndrome Type 3 Patients. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83005–e83005. 70 indexed citations
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Tan, Xiao-Ying, Xingbo Xu, Lukasz Smorag, et al.. (2013). Zfp819, a novel KRAB-zinc finger protein, interacts with KAP1 and functions in genomic integrity maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Research. 11(3). 1045–1059. 39 indexed citations
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Pliushch, Galyna, E. Schneider, Nady El Hajj, et al.. (2010). Extreme Methylation Values of Imprinted Genes in Human Abortions and Stillbirths. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(3). 1084–1090. 48 indexed citations
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Döring, Yvonne, Ulrich Zechner, Christian Roos, et al.. (2010). Accelerated Evolution of Fetuin-A (FETUA, also AHSG) is Driven by Positive Darwinian Selection, not GC-Biased Gene Conversion. Gene. 463(1-2). 49–55. 5 indexed citations
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Zechner, Ulrich, Galyna Pliushch, E. Schneider, et al.. (2009). Quantitative methylation analysis of developmentally important genes in human pregnancy losses after ART and spontaneous conception. Molecular Human Reproduction. 16(9). 704–713. 58 indexed citations
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Farcas, R., E. Schneider, Katrin Frauenknecht, et al.. (2009). Differences in DNA Methylation Patterns and Expression of the CCRK Gene in Human and Nonhuman Primate Cortices. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(6). 1379–1389. 43 indexed citations
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Ruf, Nico, Sylvia Bähring, Danuta Galetzka, et al.. (2007). Sequence-based bioinformatic prediction and QUASEP identify genomic imprinting of the KCNK9 potassium channel gene in mouse and human. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(21). 2591–2599. 53 indexed citations
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Ruf, Nico, et al.. (2006). Expression profiling of uniparental mouse embryos is inefficient in identifying novel imprinted genes. Genomics. 87(4). 509–519. 32 indexed citations
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Nayernia, Karim, Jessica Nolte, Hans Wilhelm Michelmann, et al.. (2006). In Vitro-Differentiated Embryonic Stem Cells Give Rise to Male Gametes that Can Generate Offspring Mice. Developmental Cell. 11(1). 125–132. 379 indexed citations
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Miyamoto, Yoshiharu, Anirban Maitra, Bidyut Ghosh, et al.. (2003). Notch mediates TGFα-induced changes in epithelial differentiation during pancreatic tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell. 3(6). 565–576. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zechner, Ulrich, et al.. (1999). Lack of correlation between placenta and offspring size in mouse interspecific crosses. Anatomy and Embryology. 200(3). 335–343. 38 indexed citations
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