Werner W. Franke

69.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
624 papers, 59.0k citations indexed

About

Werner W. Franke is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner W. Franke has authored 624 papers receiving a total of 59.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 368 papers in Molecular Biology, 290 papers in Cell Biology and 50 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Werner W. Franke's work include Skin and Cellular Biology Research (212 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (100 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (53 papers). Werner W. Franke is often cited by papers focused on Skin and Cellular Biology Research (212 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (100 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (53 papers). Werner W. Franke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Werner W. Franke's co-authors include Roland Moll, Dorothea L. Schiller, R. Krepler, Benjamin Geiger, Christine Gründ, R. Moll, Mary Osborn, Bertram Wiedenmann, E Schmid and Erika Nardon Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Werner W. Franke

620 papers receiving 55.7k citations

Hit Papers

The catalog of human cytokeratins: Patterns of expression... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1982 1985 1978 1992 1979 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. The catalog of human cytokeratins: Patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells
    1982 4.6k citations Werner W. Franke et al. profile →
  2. Identification and localization of synaptophysin, an integral membrane glycoprotein of Mr 38,000 characteristic of presynaptic vesicles
    1985 1.3k citations Werner W. Franke et al. profile →
  3. Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy.
    1978 809 citations Werner W. Franke, E Schmid et al. profile →
  4. Cytokeratin 20 in human carcinomas. A new histodiagnostic marker detected by monoclonal antibodies.
    1992 659 citations R. Moll, Werner W. Franke et al. PubMed profile →
  5. Widespread occurrence of intermediate-sized filaments of the vimentin-type in cultured cells from diverse vertebrates
    1979 590 citations Werner W. Franke, Mary Osborn et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →
  6. Diversity of cytokeratins
    1981 563 citations Werner W. Franke et al. profile →
  7. Immunocytochemical demonstration of vimentin in astrocytes and ependymal cells of developing and adult mouse nervous system
    1981 558 citations Werner W. Franke et al. profile →
  8. Antibody to prekeratin
    1978 457 citations Werner W. Franke, Klaus Weber et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Werner W. Franke Germany 133 32.8k 27.4k 5.5k 5.4k 4.6k 624 59.0k
Elaine Fuchs United States 151 37.7k 1.2× 27.0k 1.0× 6.6k 1.2× 8.3k 1.5× 3.8k 0.8× 391 69.0k
Fiona M. Watt United Kingdom 111 18.2k 0.6× 13.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 5.8k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 432 39.6k
Rupert Timpl Germany 124 20.4k 0.6× 14.4k 0.5× 7.2k 1.3× 3.7k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 526 49.4k
Giulio Gabbiani Switzerland 101 13.3k 0.4× 7.2k 0.3× 2.6k 0.5× 4.9k 0.9× 8.7k 1.9× 361 42.2k
Jouni Uitto United States 98 12.0k 0.4× 16.5k 0.6× 9.1k 1.6× 1.7k 0.3× 2.3k 0.5× 812 37.2k
Mary Osborn Germany 90 27.5k 0.8× 12.3k 0.4× 5.5k 1.0× 3.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 315 48.2k
Benjamin Geiger Israel 102 18.8k 0.6× 23.8k 0.9× 1.9k 0.3× 3.7k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 342 43.4k
Howard Green United States 70 12.7k 0.4× 7.4k 0.3× 3.3k 0.6× 2.9k 0.5× 2.7k 0.6× 147 29.2k
Zena Werb United States 151 45.6k 1.4× 11.5k 0.4× 7.9k 1.4× 35.3k 6.6× 9.0k 1.9× 416 110.4k
Tung‐Tien Sun United States 88 8.8k 0.3× 8.4k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 4.4k 1.0× 316 27.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rickelt, Steffen, Caecilia Kuhn, Stefanie Winter‐Simanowski, et al.. (2014). The cell–cell junctions of mammalian testes: I. The adhering junctions of the seminiferous epithelium represent special differentiation structures. PubMed Central. 27 indexed citations
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Seeger, Thalia S., Derk Frank, Claudia M. Rohr, et al.. (2010). Myozap, a Novel Intercalated Disc Protein, Activates Serum Response Factor–Dependent Signaling and Is Required to Maintain Cardiac Function In Vivo. Circulation Research. 106(5). 880–890. 45 indexed citations
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Weber, Klaus, et al.. (2010). Identification of microtubular structures in diverse plant and animal cells by immunological cross-reaction revealed in immunofluorescence microscopy using antibodies against tubulin from porcine brain. Online Publication Service of Würzburg University (Würzburg University). 1 indexed citations
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Kühn, Sebastian, Moritz Koch, Tobias Nübel, et al.. (2007). A Complex of EpCAM, Claudin-7, CD44 Variant Isoforms, and Tetraspanins Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression. Molecular Cancer Research. 5(6). 553–567. 213 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qin, Diana M. Toivola, Ningguo Feng, et al.. (2003). Keratin 20 Helps Maintain Intermediate Filament Organization in Intestinal Epithelia. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(7). 2959–2971. 75 indexed citations
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Peitsch, Wiebke K., Christine Gründ, Caecilia Kuhn, et al.. (1999). Drebrin is a widespread actin-associating protein enriched at junctional plaques, defining a specific microfilament anchorage system in polar epithelial cells. European Journal of Cell Biology. 78(11). 767–778. 67 indexed citations
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Jung, et al.. (1999). Forms of epithelial differentiation of draining sinus in acne inversa (hidradenitis suppurativa). British Journal of Dermatology. 141(2). 231–239. 31 indexed citations
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Kurzen, Hjalmar, et al.. (1997). The Distribution of the Desmosomal Protein, Plakophilin 1, in Human Skin and Skin Tumors. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 108(2). 139–146. 75 indexed citations
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Kouzmenko, Alexander, et al.. (1997). Topogenesis of a nucleolar protein: determination of molecular segments directing nucleolar association.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 8(2). 231–248. 40 indexed citations
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Gould, Victor E., Kenneth J. Bloom, Werner W. Franke, William H. Warren, & R. Moll. (1995). Increased numbers of cytokeratin-positive interstitial reticulum cells (CIRC) in reactive, inflammatory and neoplastic lymphadenopathies: hyperplasia or induced expression?. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 425(6). 617–29. 62 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Stephan, Peter J. Koch, & Werner W. Franke. (1994). Identification of the Ubiquitous Human Desmoglein, Dsg2, and the Expression Catalogue of the Desmoglein Subfamily of Desmosomal Cadherins. Experimental Cell Research. 211(2). 391–399. 206 indexed citations
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Collin, Christine, J. Ouhayoun, Christine Gründ, & Werner W. Franke. (1992). Suprabasal marker proteins distinguishing keratinizing squamous epithelia: Cytokeratin 2 polypeptides of oral masticatory epithelium and epidermis are different. Differentiation. 51(2). 137–148. 62 indexed citations
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Heid, Hans, et al.. (1988). Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. I. Human and bovine hair follicles. Differentiation. 37(2). 137–157. 235 indexed citations
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Moll, R., et al.. (1988). Cytokeratins in normal and malignant transitional epithelium. Maintenance of expression of urothelial differentiation features in transitional cell carcinomas and bladder carcinoma cell culture lines.. PubMed Central. 132(1). 123–44. 177 indexed citations
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Franke, Werner W.. (1988). Matthias Jacob Schleiden and the definition of the cell nucleus.. PubMed. 47(2). 145–56. 18 indexed citations
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Moll, R., Iris Moll, & Werner W. Franke. (1986). [Intermediate filaments as a criterion in the diagnosis of skin tumors].. PubMed. 7(3). 164–74. 9 indexed citations
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Moll, R. & Werner W. Franke. (1984). Cytokeratins and desmoplakins: Cytoskeletal proteins characteristic of epithelial and carcinoma cells. 16(1). 75–76. 1 indexed citations
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Franke, Werner W., Heide Zerban, Christine Gründ, & E Schmid. (1981). Electron microscopy of vimentin filaments and associated whisker structures in thin sections and freeze-fractures. Biology of the Cell. 41(3). 173–178. 12 indexed citations
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Franke, Werner W.. (1977). GENEXPRESSION DER EUKARYONTENZELLE UND PRINZIPIEN IHRER REGULATION. 27. 190–199. 1 indexed citations

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