Uwe Freudenberg

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Uwe Freudenberg is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Uwe Freudenberg has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cell Biology, 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Uwe Freudenberg's work include Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (36 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (27 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers). Uwe Freudenberg is often cited by papers focused on Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (36 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (27 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers). Uwe Freudenberg collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Uwe Freudenberg's co-authors include Carsten Werner, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Andrea Zieris, Petra B. Welzel, Kandice R. Levental, Karolina Chwalek, Passant Atallah, Silvana Prokoph, Ralf Zimmermann and Milauscha Grimmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Uwe Freudenberg

99 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels capture inflammatory chemokines and rescue defective wound healing in mice

2017 286 citations Lucas Schirmer, Passant Atallah et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Uwe Freudenberg Germany	40	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	916	688	100	4.5k
Martin Ehrbar Switzerland	41	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	797 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	122	5.8k
Hyun Joon Kong United States	24	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	606 0.6×	772 0.8×	697 1.0×	31	4.1k
Cristina C. Barrias Portugal	41	2.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	433 0.4×	825 0.9×	975 1.4×	112	4.9k
Guoyou Huang China	33	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	792 0.7×	548 0.6×	588 0.9×	88	4.8k
Xinqiao Jia United States	46	3.0k 1.6×	2.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	801 1.2×	124	7.7k
Kaustabh Ghosh United States	22	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	800 0.7×	709 0.8×	538 0.8×	38	3.4k
Andreas H. Zisch Switzerland	37	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	944 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	52	5.2k
Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez Spain	45	3.3k 1.7×	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	999 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	229	6.9k
Junji Fukuda Japan	36	2.9k 1.5×	872 0.6×	544 0.5×	966 1.1×	816 1.2×	161	4.6k
Tai‐Horng Young Taiwan	46	3.2k 1.7×	2.2k 1.4×	527 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	289	8.1k

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Friedrichs, Jens, Thomas Kurth, Peter Fratzl, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the molecular network structure of biohybrid hydrogels. Materials Today Bio. 34. 102249–102249.

Zimmermann, Ralf, Yanuar Dwi Putra Limasale, Passant Atallah, et al.. (2024). Microgels With Electrostatically Controlled Molecular Affinity to Direct Morphogenesis. Advanced Materials. 37(3). e2409731–e2409731. 2 indexed citations

Silva, Deolinda, Lucas Schirmer, Passant Atallah, et al.. (2023). Sustained Release of Human Adipose Tissue Stem Cell Secretome from Star‐Shaped Poly(ethylene glycol) Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels Promotes Motor Improvements after Complete Transection in Spinal Cord Injury Rat Model. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(17). e2202803–e2202803. 21 indexed citations

Bittrich, Eva, Anja Caspari, Astrid Drechsler, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and characterisation of a mussel-inspired hydrogel film coating for biosensors. European Polymer Journal. 153. 110503–110503. 7 indexed citations

Schirmer, Lucas, Passant Atallah, Uwe Freudenberg, & Carsten Werner. (2021). Chemokine‐Capturing Wound Contact Layer Rescues Dermal Healing. Advanced Science. 8(18). e2100293–e2100293. 33 indexed citations

Atallah, Passant, Lucas Schirmer, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, et al.. (2018). In situ-forming, cell-instructive hydrogels based on glycosaminoglycans with varied sulfation patterns. Biomaterials. 181. 227–239. 43 indexed citations

Tsurkan, Mikhail V., et al.. (2017). Heparin-based hydrogels induce human renal tubulogenesis in vitro. Acta Biomaterialia. 57. 59–69. 43 indexed citations

Schirmer, Lucas, Passant Atallah, Elke Wandel, et al.. (2017). Glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogels capture inflammatory chemokines and rescue defective wound healing in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 9(386). 286 indexed citations breakdown →

Seib, F. Philipp, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Uwe Freudenberg, David L. Kaplan, & Carsten Werner. (2016). Heparin-Modified Polyethylene Glycol Microparticle Aggregates for Focal Cancer Chemotherapy. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 2(12). 2287–2293. 24 indexed citations

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Zieris, Andrea, Andreas Hermann, Uwe Freudenberg, et al.. (2015). Neurotropic growth factors and glycosaminoglycan based matrices to induce dopaminergic tissue formation. Biomaterials. 67. 205–213. 10 indexed citations

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Fischer, Marion, Rupert Konradi, Jens Friedrichs, et al.. (2015). Multilayer hydrogel coatings to combine hemocompatibility and antimicrobial activity. Biomaterials. 56. 198–205. 88 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Uwe, Andrea Zieris, Karolina Chwalek, et al.. (2015). Heparin desulfation modulates VEGF release and angiogenesis in diabetic wounds. Journal of Controlled Release. 220(Pt A). 79–88. 111 indexed citations

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Wieduwild, Robert, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Karolina Chwalek, et al.. (2013). Minimal Peptide Motif for Non-covalent Peptide–Heparin Hydrogels. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(8). 2919–2922. 54 indexed citations

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Baumann, Lars, et al.. (2012). A novel, biased-like SDF-1 derivative acts synergistically with starPEG-based heparin hydrogels and improves eEPC migration in vitro. Journal of Controlled Release. 162(1). 68–75. 53 indexed citations

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Prokoph, Silvana, Emmanouil Chavakis, Kandice R. Levental, et al.. (2012). Sustained delivery of SDF-1α from heparin-based hydrogels to attract circulating pro-angiogenic cells. Biomaterials. 33(19). 4792–4800. 132 indexed citations

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Zieris, Andrea, Silvana Prokoph, Kandice R. Levental, et al.. (2010). FGF-2 and VEGF functionalization of starPEG–heparin hydrogels to modulate biomolecular and physical cues of angiogenesis. Biomaterials. 31(31). 7985–7994. 162 indexed citations

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Hermann, Andreas, Matthias Kirsch, Uwe Freudenberg, et al.. (2009). Directed Growth of Adult Human White Matter Stem Cell–Derived Neurons on Aligned Fibrillar Collagen. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(4). 1103–1113. 40 indexed citations

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Grombe, Ringo, Uwe Freudenberg, W. Pompe, et al.. (2009). Sulfated cellulose thin films with antithrombin affinity. eXPRESS Polymer Letters. 3(11). 733–742. 4 indexed citations

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Tsurkan, Mikhail V., Kandice R. Levental, Uwe Freudenberg, & Carsten Werner. (2009). Enzymatically degradable heparin-polyethylene glycol gels with controlled mechanical properties. Chemical Communications. 46(7). 1141–1143. 46 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Uwe, et al.. (2000). Weather-stable low-gloss powder coatings. Journal of Coatings Technology. 72(7). 75–79. 12 indexed citations

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