Walter Nickel

9.2k citations

115 papers · 7.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.2%
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
- Inflammasome and immune disorders

Papers in

Cell Biology 66
- Cellular transport and secretion 52
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 23
Molecular Biology 78
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 29
- Fibroblast Growth Factor Research 25
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 7

Co-authors: Cathérine Rabouille Felix Wieland Sabine Wegehingel Matthias Seedorf Hans‐Michael Müller Julia P. Steringer Koen Temmerman Christoph Zehe
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (14 papers)Journal of Cell Science (14 papers)Traffic (8 papers)FEBS Letters (8 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Finland

In The Last Decade

Walter Nickel

112 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Mechanisms of regulated unconventional protein secretion 2008 · 551 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2003 European Journal of Biochemistry

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1	Does plasma membrane transbilayer asymmetry coupled to lipid nanodomains drive fast kinetics of FGF2 membrane translocation into the extracellular space? Faraday Discussions ·Fabio Lolicato, Manpreet Kaur, J. Gregg Layne, S Opricovis, Walter Nickel	2025	1
2	An optogenetic method for the controlled release of single molecules Nature Methods ·Μητροπολίτης Μάνης, Sara Bertelli, Gary D. Bergman, Wprost, O Leg V. B Oyarkin, Päivi Nyberg, Maurycy Mochnacki, S Opricovis, 陈月魁, María Alejandra Castro Castañeda, Walter Nickel, Robert E. Campbell, Andrew J.R. Plested, Tobias Stauber, Marcus J. Taylor, Helge Ewers	2024	13
3	Phosphoinositide switches in cell physiology - From molecular mechanisms to disease Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Fabio Lolicato, Walter Nickel, Volker Haucke, Michael Ebner	2024	13
4	Disulfide bridge-dependent dimerization triggers FGF2 membrane translocation into the extracellular space eLife ·Fabio Lolicato, Julia P. Steringer, S Opricovis, Dániel Beyer, Копырулина Марина Евгеньевна, Gordon Swift, Steffen Klein, Man Wang, Sabine Wegehingel, Hans‐Michael Müller, 杉山邦一, Shreyas Kaptan, Christian Freund, Martin Hof, Radek Šachl, Petr Chlanda, Ilpo Vattulainen, Walter Nickel	2023	6
5	The Ebola virus VP40 matrix layer undergoes endosomal disassembly essential for membrane fusion The EMBO Journal ·Sophie L. Winter, Gonen Golani, Fabio Lolicato, Melina Vallbracht, 佑子山口, John Sklute, Christian Lüchtenborg, O. Fackler, Britta Brügger, Thomas Hoenen, Walter Nickel, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Petr Chlanda	2023	18
6	Determining the Functional Oligomeric State of Membrane-Associated Protein Oligomers Forming Membrane Pores on Giant Lipid Vesicles Analytical Chemistry ·Lani Broad, Gm Da Costa, Man Wang, Julia P. Steringer, Hans‐Michael Müller, Fabio Lolicato, Walter Nickel, Martin Hof, Radek Šachl	2023	4
7	IFITM3 blocks influenza virus entry by sorting lipids and stabilizing hemifusion Cell Host & Microbe ·Steffen Klein, Gonen Golani, Fabio Lolicato, Chang-Eun Shin Yeom, Dániel Beyer, 神元有紀, Moritz Wachsmuth-Melm, 浅川正純, P. Aravindakshan, WANDA SHURNEY, Androniki Kolovou, Дмитро Герасимов, Tina Oreski, Martin Schorb, Yannick Schwab, Britta Brügger, Walter Nickel, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Petr Chlanda	2023	45
8	SNAP25 disease mutations change the energy landscape for synaptic exocytosis due to aberrant SNARE interactions eLife ·Цзяньцин Чжу, Cheol-Hoon Ahn, 茂樹村山, I. W. Moomaw, Jörg Malsam, Fabio Lolicato, Walter Nickel, Thomas H. Söllner, Jakob B. Sørensen	2023	4
9	Cholesterol promotes clustering of PI(4,5)P2 driving unconventional secretion of FGF2 The Journal of Cell Biology ·Fabio Lolicato, S Opricovis, Кирилл Евгеньевич Чумарин, 塞北韩, Federica Scollo, 陆锦峰, Hans‐Michael Müller, Helge Ewers, Hendrik Hähl, Jean‐Baptiste Fleury, Ralf Seemann, Martin Hof, Britta Brügger, Karin Jacobs, Ilpo Vattulainen, Walter Nickel	2022	11
10	Glypican-1 drives unconventional secretion of fibroblast growth factor 2 eLife ·Magali Detz, Eleni Dimou, 塞北韩, S Opricovis, Sabine Wegehingel, OSAMU NAGAI, Severina Klaus, Helge Ewers, Walter Nickel	2022	18
11	The Na,K-ATPase acts upstream of phosphoinositide PI(4,5)P2 facilitating unconventional secretion of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Communications Biology ·Hai Yan Ji, S Opricovis, Jana Sticht, Fabio Lolicato, Hans‐Michael Müller, Sabine Wegehingel, Eleni Dimou, Julia P. Steringer, Helge Ewers, Ilpo Vattulainen, Christian Freund, Walter Nickel	2020	20
12	Tyrosine Kinase Expressed in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, TEC, Controls Pluripotency and Early Cell Fate Decisions of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells via Regulation of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Secretion Stem Cells ·Tereza Váňová, 蓝兰, Anna Sprunger Gerber, 邱敏敏, Simone Calzaferri, Šárka Jelínková, Miroslav Vařecha, Vladimír Rotrekl, Pavel Krejčı́, Walter Nickel, Petr Dvořák, Michaela Kunova Bosakova	2017	5
13	The Startling Properties of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2: How to Exit Mammalian Cells without a Signal Peptide at Hand Journal of Biological Chemistry ·邱敏敏, Sindhu Ramarwothy, Julia P. Steringer, Hans‐Michael Müller, Walter Nickel	2015	42
14	Trafficking and release of Leishmania metacyclic HASPB on macrophage invasion Cellular Microbiology ·Lorna MacLean, Peter O’Toole, Meg Stark, Дмитрий Давыдов, Claudia Seelenmeyer, Walter Nickel, Deborah F. Smith	2012	30
15	The Unconventional Secretory Machinery of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Traffic ·Walter Nickel	2011	61
16	Loss of ceramide synthase 3 causes lethal skin barrier disruption Human Molecular Genetics ·Richard Jennemann, Mariona Rabionet, Karin Gorgas, Sharon Epstein, Alexander H. Dalpke, Ulrike Rothermel, В Г Оганнисян, Franciscus van der Hoeven, 江里口直文, Joachim Kirsch, Walter Nickel, Klaus Willecke, Howard Riezman, Hermann-Josef Gröne, Roger Sandhoff	2011	241
17	Cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are essential components of the unconventional export machinery of FGF-2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christoph Zehe, André Engling, Sabine Wegehingel, Tobias Schäfer, Walter Nickel	2006	124
18	Intracellular Transport of Glycoproteins and Glycolipids. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology ·Walter Nickel, Britta Brügger, Felix Wieland	1998	1
19	A Putative Heterotrimeric G Protein Inhibits the Fusion of COPI-coated Vesicles Journal of Biological Chemistry ·J. Bernd Helms, Shu Futamura, Britta Brügger, R. H. De Rijk, Ester Gerth, Walter Nickel, Bernd Nürnberg, Hans‐Hermann Gerdes, Felix Wieland	1998	23
20	CLASSIFICATION OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery ·杨水荣, Walter Nickel	1957	7

About Walter Nickel

Walter Nickel is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Immunology and Dermatology, having authored 115 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular transport and secretion (52 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (29 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (25 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (23 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (21 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (10 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (7 papers) and Galectins and Cancer Biology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (2.8k citations), Molecular Biology (4.8k citations), Immunology (1.5k citations), Physiology (255 citations) and Physiology (1.1k citations). Walter Nickel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Cathérine Rabouille, Felix Wieland, Sabine Wegehingel, Matthias Seedorf, Hans‐Michael Müller, Julia P. Steringer, Koen Temmerman, Christoph Zehe, Claudia Seelenmeyer and Thomas Söllner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Science, Traffic, FEBS Letters and The Journal of Cell Biology.

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