Walter Witke

5.8k total citations
55 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Walter Witke is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Witke has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cell Biology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Walter Witke's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (33 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Walter Witke is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (33 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Walter Witke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United States. Walter Witke's co-authors include Christine B. Gurniak, Angelika A. Noegel, David J. Kwiatkowski, Michael Schleicher, John H. Hartwig, Emerald Perlas, David J. Kwiatkowski, Toshifumi Azuma, Thomas P. Stossel and Arlene H. Sharpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Walter Witke

55 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Witke Germany 35 2.3k 2.0k 977 571 401 55 4.6k
Ora Bernard Australia 34 3.3k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 980 1.0× 397 0.7× 658 1.6× 64 5.8k
Kiyoko Fukami Japan 47 4.2k 1.8× 2.0k 1.0× 813 0.8× 492 0.9× 310 0.8× 121 7.2k
Hsin‐Yi Henry Ho United States 25 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 599 0.6× 938 1.6× 472 1.2× 48 3.9k
Le Ma United States 35 3.0k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 2.0k 2.1× 355 0.6× 505 1.3× 77 5.8k
Stephanie L. Gupton United States 30 1.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 953 1.0× 181 0.3× 541 1.3× 52 4.0k
Hiroyuki Aizawa Japan 32 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 794 0.8× 284 0.5× 141 0.4× 66 3.9k
Michael M. Kessels Germany 39 3.3k 1.4× 3.4k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 309 0.5× 369 0.9× 87 5.4k
Annie Andrieux France 39 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 472 0.8× 639 1.6× 108 4.9k
Britta Qualmann Germany 40 3.7k 1.6× 3.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.4× 328 0.6× 348 0.9× 89 6.3k
Jiro Usukura Japan 37 3.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 332 0.6× 215 0.5× 128 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Witke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Witke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Witke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Witke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Witke based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Walter Witke. Walter Witke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Arévalo, Lena, et al.. (2021). Loss of Profilin3 Impairs Spermiogenesis by Affecting Acrosome Biogenesis, Autophagy, Manchette Development and Mitochondrial Organization. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 749559–749559. 14 indexed citations
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Nawaz, Schanila, Paula Sánchez, Sebastian Schmitt, et al.. (2015). Actin Filament Turnover Drives Leading Edge Growth during Myelin Sheath Formation in the Central Nervous System. Developmental Cell. 34(2). 139–151. 173 indexed citations
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Gurniak, Christine B., Frédéric Chevessier, Friederike Jönsson, et al.. (2014). Severe protein aggregate myopathy in a knockout mouse model points to an essential role of cofilin2 in sarcomeric actin exchange and muscle maintenance. European Journal of Cell Biology. 93(5-6). 252–266. 48 indexed citations
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Goodson, Martin, Marco B. Rust, Walter Witke, et al.. (2012). Cofilin-1: A Modulator of Anxiety in Mice. PLoS Genetics. 8(10). e1002970–e1002970. 26 indexed citations
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Görlich, Andreas, Michael S. Wolf, Christine B. Gurniak, et al.. (2011). N-Cofilin Can Compensate for the Loss of ADF in Excitatory Synapses. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26789–e26789. 26 indexed citations
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Rust, Marco B., Christine B. Gurniak, Marianne Renner, et al.. (2010). Learning, AMPA receptor mobility and synaptic plasticity depend on n‐cofilin‐mediated actin dynamics. The EMBO Journal. 29(11). 1889–1902. 176 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Ana, Martijn Moransard, Jorge A. Pereira, et al.. (2009). Gelsolin is required for macrophage recruitment during remyelination of the peripheral nervous system. Glia. 58(6). 706–715. 34 indexed citations
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Maniatis, Nikolaos A., Vaggelis Harokopos, Nikos Oikonomou, et al.. (2009). A Critical Role for Gelsolin in Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 41(4). 426–432. 29 indexed citations
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Napoli, Ilaria, Valentina Mercaldo, Pietro Pilo Boyl, et al.. (2008). The Fragile X Syndrome Protein Represses Activity-Dependent Translation through CYFIP1, a New 4E-BP. Cell. 134(6). 1042–1054. 472 indexed citations
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Spinardi, Laura & Walter Witke. (2007). Gelsolin and Diseases. PubMed. 45. 55–69. 52 indexed citations
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Gurniak, Christine B., Emerald Perlas, & Walter Witke. (2004). The actin depolymerizing factor n-cofilin is essential for neural tube morphogenesis and neural crest cell migration. Developmental Biology. 278(1). 231–241. 187 indexed citations
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Serrander, Lena, Petra Skarman, Walter Witke, et al.. (2000). Selective Inhibition of IgG-Mediated Phagocytosis in Gelsolin-Deficient Murine Neutrophils. The Journal of Immunology. 165(5). 2451–2457. 67 indexed citations
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Witke, Walter. (1998). In mouse brain profilin I and profilin II associate with regulators of the endocytic pathway and actin assembly. The EMBO Journal. 17(4). 967–976. 290 indexed citations
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Janssen, Klaus‐Peter, Ludwig Eichinger, Paul A. Janmey, et al.. (1996). Viscoelastic Properties of F-Actin Solutions in the Presence of Normal and Mutated Actin-Binding Proteins. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 325(2). 183–189. 24 indexed citations
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Witke, Walter, Arlene H. Sharpe, John H. Hartwig, et al.. (1995). Hemostatic, inflammatory, and fibroblast responses are blunted in mice lacking gelsolin. Cell. 81(1). 41–51. 369 indexed citations
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Witke, Walter, Michael Schleicher, & Angelika A. Noegel. (1992). Redundancy in the microfilament system: Abnormal development of dictyostelium cells lacking two F-actin cross-linking proteins. Cell. 68(1). 53–62. 132 indexed citations
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Schramm, Hans J. & Walter Witke. (1988). Electron Microscopical Localization of the α2-Macroglobulin Thiol Ester Sites. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 369(2). 1151–1156. 6 indexed citations

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