Werner Risau
Impact in
- Cancer Research top 0.02%
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Immunology and Allergy top 0.05%
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Papers in
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- Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer 77
- Congenital heart defects research 22
- Connexins and lens biology 9
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- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism 26
- Co-authors
- Georg Breier (32 shared papers)Karl H. Plate (17 shared papers)Ingo Flamme (16 shared papers)Herbert A. Weich (4 shared papers)Hartwig Wolburg (13 shared papers)Urban Deutsch (10 shared papers)Harald Schnürch (7 shared papers)B Millauer (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Development (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)Developmental Biology (6 papers)Blood (5 papers)Journal of Cell Science (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesFrance
In The Last Decade
Werner Risau
149 papers receiving 37.3k citations
Werner Risau's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Cancer Research 9.3k
- Immunology and Allergy 3.5k
- Molecular Biology 27.2k
- Neurology 2.8k
- Cell Biology 4.9k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mechanisms of angiogenesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 4562 |
| 2 | Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 3214 |
| 3 | Vascular endothelial growth factor is a potential tumour angiogenesis factor in human gliomas in vivo Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1940 |
| 4 | High affinity VEGF binding and developmental expression suggest Flk-1 as a major regulator of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 1651 |
| 5 | Distinct roles of the receptor tyrosine kinases Tie-1 and Tie-2 in blood vessel formation Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 1421 |
| 6 | Vasculogenesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 1104 |
| 7 | Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor during embryonic angiogenesis and endothelial cell differentiation Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 933 |
| 8 | SU5416 is a potent and selective inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (Flk-1/KDR) that inhibits tyrosine kinase catalysis, tumor vascularization, and growth of multiple tumor types. Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 885 |
| 9 | Roles of ephrinB ligands and EphB receptors in cardiovascular development: demarcation of arterial/venous domains, vascular morphogenesis, and sprouting angiogenesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 816 |
| 10 | The Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Flt-1 Mediates Biological Activities Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 723 |
| 11 | Identification of angiogenic activity and the cloning and expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 619 |
| 12 | Tumor necrosis factor type alpha, a potent inhibitor of endothelial cell growth in vitro, is angiogenic in vivo. Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 585 |
| 13 | Hypoxia-Induced Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression Precedes Neovascularization after Cerebral Ischemia Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 573 |
| 14 | Vascular endothelial growth factor induces VE-cadherin tyrosine phosphorylation in endothelial cells Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 573 |
| 15 | Role of tissue factor in embryonic blood vessel development Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 541 |
| 16 | Vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in embryonic-stem-cell-derived embryoid bodies Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 518 |
| 17 | Hypoxia-induced Transcriptional Activation and Increased mRNA Stability of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in C6 Glioma Cells Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 508 |
| 18 | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induces Endothelial Fenestrations In Vitro Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 503 |
| 19 | 1995 | 476 | |
| 20 | Up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor and its cognate receptors in a rat glioma model of tumor angiogenesis. | 1993 | 440 |
About Werner Risau
Werner Risau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Neurology, Immunology and Allergy and Cell Biology, having authored 149 papers that have together received 38.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (77 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (26 papers), Barrier Structure and Function Studies (26 papers), Congenital heart defects research (22 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (21 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (11 papers), Connexins and lens biology (9 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (9.3k citations), Immunology and Allergy (3.5k citations), Molecular Biology (27.2k citations), Neurology (2.8k citations) and Cell Biology (4.9k citations). Werner Risau has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Georg Breier, Karl H. Plate, Ingo Flamme, Herbert A. Weich, Hartwig Wolburg, Urban Deutsch, Harald Schnürch, B Millauer, Ursula Albrecht and Hugo H. Marti. Their work appears in journals such as Development, Nature, Developmental Biology, Blood and Journal of Cell Science.
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