Veerle Janssens

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Veerle Janssens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Veerle Janssens has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Veerle Janssens's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (26 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (20 papers) and Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (15 papers). Veerle Janssens is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (26 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (20 papers) and Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (15 papers). Veerle Janssens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and United Kingdom. Veerle Janssens's co-authors include Jozef Goris, J. Goris, Christine Van Hoof, Sari Longin, Dorien Haesen, Ward Sents, Elitsa Ivanova, Etienne Waelkens, Caroline Lambrecht and Rita Derua and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Veerle Janssens

89 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Protein phosphatase 2A: a highly regulated family of serine/threonine phosphatases implicated in cell growth and signalling

2001 1.4k citations Veerle Janssens et al. profile →
Protein phosphatase 2A: a highly regulated family of serine/threonine phosphatases implicated in cell growth and signalling

2001 1.2k citations Veerle Janssens, Jozef Goris profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Veerle Janssens Belgium	39	5.2k	1.3k	1.1k	649	495	90	6.9k
Jeffrey Field United States	45	4.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	984 0.9×	464 0.7×	280 0.6×	87	6.7k
Otmar Huber Germany	47	5.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	891 0.8×	520 0.8×	491 1.0×	109	8.0k
Lin Gao China	46	3.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	734 0.7×	687 1.1×	564 1.1×	141	7.2k
Daniel Heß Switzerland	53	6.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	965 1.5×	262 0.5×	126	8.6k
Frank N. van Leeuwen Netherlands	45	3.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	593 0.5×	480 0.7×	334 0.7×	112	6.7k
Monique Beullens Belgium	47	4.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	521 0.5×	328 0.5×	407 0.8×	104	6.0k
Christopher L. Carpenter United States	27	3.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	583 0.5×	333 0.5×	668 1.3×	55	5.3k
Anke Klippel United States	40	6.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	831 1.3×	431 0.9×	67	8.0k
Dirk Geerts Netherlands	44	3.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	708 0.6×	731 1.1×	290 0.6×	120	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Veerle Janssens

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Derua, Rita, et al.. (2024). PP2A phosphatase regulatory subunit PPP2R3C is a new positive regulator of the hedgehog signaling pathway. Cellular Signalling. 123. 111352–111352. 1 indexed citations

Musumeci, Antonino, Mirella Vinci, Simone Treccarichi, et al.. (2024). PPP2R5E: New gene potentially involved in specific learning disorders and myopathy. Gene. 933. 148945–148945. 3 indexed citations

Cubero, Francisco Javier, et al.. (2023). A Novel Mouse Model of Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma Induced by Diethylnitrosamine and Loss of Ppp2r5d. Cancers. 15(16). 4193–4193. 1 indexed citations

Pelt, Jos van, Bob Meeusen, Rita Derua, et al.. (2023). Human pancreatic cancer patients with Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and an aggressive phenotype show a disturbed balance in Protein Phosphatase Type 2A expression and functionality. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 317–317. 6 indexed citations

Dok, Rüveyda, et al.. (2023). TIPRL1 and its ATM-dependent phosphorylation promote radiotherapy resistance in head and neck cancer. Cellular Oncology. 47(3). 793–818. 6 indexed citations

Timms, Andrew E., Xiao Fan, Kimberly Foss, et al.. (2022). Clinical, neuroimaging and molecular characteristics of PPP2R5D-related neurodevelopmental disorders: an expanded series with functional characterisation and genotype–phenotype analysis. Journal of Medical Genetics. 60(5). 511–522. 15 indexed citations

Meeusen, Bob, et al.. (2021). PPP2R4 dysfunction promotes KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma development and mediates opposite responses to MEK and mTOR inhibition. Cancer Letters. 520. 57–67. 11 indexed citations

Derua, Rita, et al.. (2018). Protein kinase D displays intrinsic Tyr autophosphorylation activity: insights into mechanism and regulation. FEBS Letters. 592(14). 2432–2443. 5 indexed citations

Sents, Ward, Bob Meeusen, Enrico Radaelli, et al.. (2017). PP2A Inactivation Mediated by PPP2R4 Haploinsufficiency Promotes Cancer Development. Cancer Research. 77(24). 6825–6837. 31 indexed citations

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Fischer, Baptiste, Beatriz M. Bonini, Héctor Quezada, et al.. (2017). Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate couples glycolytic flux to activation of Ras. Nature Communications. 8(1). 922–922. 144 indexed citations

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Haesen, Dorien, Layka Abbasi Asbagh, Rita Derua, et al.. (2016). Recurrent PPP2R1A Mutations in Uterine Cancer Act through a Dominant-Negative Mechanism to Promote Malignant Cell Growth. Cancer Research. 76(19). 5719–5731. 86 indexed citations

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Haesen, Dorien, Ward Sents, Elitsa Ivanova, Caroline Lambrecht, & Veerle Janssens. (2012). Cellular inhibitors of Protein Phosphatase PP2A in cancer.. Lirias (KU Leuven). 23. 197–211. 24 indexed citations

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Sents, Ward, Elitsa Ivanova, Caroline Lambrecht, Dorien Haesen, & Veerle Janssens. (2012). The biogenesis of active protein phosphatase 2A holoenzymes: a tightly regulated process creating phosphatase specificity. FEBS Journal. 280(2). 644–661. 169 indexed citations

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Rangone, Hélène, Eva Wegel, Melanie K. Gatt, et al.. (2011). Suppression of Scant Identifies Endos as a Substrate of Greatwall Kinase and a Negative Regulator of Protein Phosphatase 2A in Mitosis. PLoS Genetics. 7(8). e1002225–e1002225. 51 indexed citations

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Landrieu, Isabelle, Caroline Smet‐Nocca, Laziza Amniai, et al.. (2011). Molecular Implication of PP2A and Pin1 in the Alzheimer's Disease Specific Hyperphosphorylation of Tau. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21521–e21521. 55 indexed citations

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Vervenne, Hilke, et al.. (2008). Targeted disruption of the mouse Lipoma Preferred Partner gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 379(2). 368–373. 26 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jung‐Hyuck, Jee Young Sung, Thomas McAvoy, et al.. (2007). The B″/PR72 subunit mediates Ca ²⁺ -dependent dephosphorylation of DARPP-32 by protein phosphatase 2A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(23). 9876–9881. 78 indexed citations

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Jordens, Jan, Veerle Janssens, Sari Longin, et al.. (2005). The Protein Phosphatase 2A Phosphatase Activator Is a Novel Peptidyl-Prolyl cis/trans-Isomerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(10). 6349–6357. 86 indexed citations

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Martens, Erik, Ilse Stevens, Veerle Janssens, Jozef Goris, & Christine Van Hoof. (2003). Genomic structure of the mouse PP2A/PR61 genes and their developmental regulation and tissue distribution. FEBS Journal. 154–154. 1 indexed citations

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Janssens, Veerle, Christine Van Hoof, Wilfried Merlevede, & Jozef Goris. (1998). PTPA Regulating PP2A as a Dual Specificity Phosphatase. Humana Press eBooks. 93. 103–115. 17 indexed citations

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