Wim Declercq

20.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
133 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Wim Declercq is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Declercq has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Wim Declercq's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (61 papers), interferon and immune responses (22 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (21 papers). Wim Declercq is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (61 papers), interferon and immune responses (22 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (21 papers). Wim Declercq collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Wim Declercq's co-authors include Peter Vandenabeele, Rudi Beyaert, Tom Vanden Berghe, Walter Fiers, Geertrui Denecker, Saskia Lippens, Dominique Vercammen, Geert Loo, Walter Fiers and Johan Grooten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wim Declercq

133 papers receiving 15.8k 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.

Inhibition of Caspases Increases the Sensitivity of L929 Cells to Necrosis Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor

1998 757 citations Dominique Vercammen, Geertrui Denecker et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
More than one way to die: apoptosis, necrosis and reactive oxygen damage

1999 727 citations Walter Fiers, Wim Declercq et al. profile →
Two tumour necrosis factor receptors: structure and function

1995 684 citations Peter Vandenabeele, Wim Declercq et al. profile →
MLKL Compromises Plasma Membrane Integrity by Binding to Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates

2014 663 citations Wim Declercq, Ria Roelandt et al. profile →
Caspase-mediated cleavage of Beclin-1 inactivates Beclin-1-induced autophagy and enhances apoptosis by promoting the release of proapoptotic factors from mitochondria

2010 551 citations Lieselotte Vande Walle, Ria Roelandt et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →
Vaccination with Necroptotic Cancer Cells Induces Efficient Anti-tumor Immunity

2016 364 citations Tinneke Delvaeye, Bram De Craene et al. profile →
ADAR1 prevents autoinflammation by suppressing spontaneous ZBP1 activation

2022 159 citations Richard de Reuver, Evelien Dierick et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wim Declercq Belgium	65	10.3k	5.1k	2.7k	2.1k	1.9k	133	16.0k
Martin Krönke Germany	73	10.3k 1.0×	8.1k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	232	20.5k
Bing Su United States	59	11.0k 1.1×	5.6k 1.1×	944 0.3×	3.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.4×	178	17.7k
Fabio Martinon Switzerland	55	18.5k 1.8×	13.0k 2.6×	3.6k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	98	27.9k
Geert Loo Belgium	64	9.0k 0.9×	6.7k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	3.3k 1.5×	1.9k 1.0×	148	16.9k
Hubert Kalbacher Germany	60	7.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	806 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	282	14.3k
Xin Lin United States	70	7.2k 0.7×	5.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.8×	2.6k 1.4×	252	15.0k
Steven T. Pals Netherlands	71	9.6k 0.9×	6.2k 1.2×	930 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	5.0k 2.6×	238	20.9k
Thomas Brunner Switzerland	48	5.8k 0.6×	5.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	171	13.8k
Minoru Fukuda Japan	81	13.8k 1.3×	6.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	908 0.4×	2.7k 1.5×	547	22.1k
Paul J. Coffer Netherlands	64	13.9k 1.3×	5.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.9×	163	21.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Declercq

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Devos, Michaël, Barbara Gilbert, Evelien Dierick, et al.. (2020). Sensing of endogenous nucleic acids by ZBP1 induces keratinocyte necroptosis and skin inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(7). 90 indexed citations

Konieczny, Piotr, Agata Lichawska-Cieślar, Joanna Cichy, et al.. (2019). Keratinocyte-specific ablation of Mcpip1 impairs skin integrity and promotes local and systemic inflammation. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 97(12). 1669–1684. 18 indexed citations

Delvaeye, Tinneke, Maarten De Smet, Elke Decrock, et al.. (2019). Blocking connexin43 hemichannels protects mice against tumour necrosis factor-induced inflammatory shock. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16623–16623. 22 indexed citations

Groote, Philippe De, Emmanuel Dejardin, Pieter‐Jan De Bock, et al.. (2018). RIPK4 activity in keratinocytes is controlled by the SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitin ligase to maintain cortical actin organization. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(15). 2827–2841. 13 indexed citations

Latil, Mathilde, Dany Nassar, Benjamin Beck, et al.. (2016). Cell-Type-Specific Chromatin States Differentially Prime Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumor-Initiating Cells for Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Cell stem cell. 20(2). 191–204.e5. 151 indexed citations

Berghe, Tom Vanden, Dieter Demon, Pieter Bogaert, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous Targeting of IL-1 and IL-18 Is Required for Protection against Inflammatory and Septic Shock. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 189(3). 282–291. 136 indexed citations

Quimbaya, Mauricio, Eric Raspé, Geertrui Denecker, et al.. (2014). Deregulation of the Replisome Factor MCMBP Prompts Oncogenesis in Colorectal Carcinomas through Chromosomal Instability. Neoplasia. 16(9). 694–709. 10 indexed citations

Beck, Ilse M., Zuzanna Drebert, Ruben Hoya-Arias, et al.. (2013). Correction: Compound A, a Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator, Enhances Heat Shock Protein Hsp70 Gene Promoter Activation. PLoS ONE. 8(10). 5 indexed citations

Eckhart, Leopold, Saskia Lippens, Erwin Tschachler, & Wim Declercq. (2013). Cell death by cornification. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(12). 3471–3480. 348 indexed citations

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Brinkman, Brigitta M. N., Falk Hildebrand, Małgorzata Kubica, et al.. (2011). Caspase deficiency alters the murine gut microbiome. Cell Death and Disease. 2(10). e220–e220. 65 indexed citations

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Vandenabeele, Peter, Wim Declercq, & Tom Vanden Berghe. (2008). Necrotic cell death and ‘necrostatins’: now we can control cellular explosion. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 33(8). 352–355. 26 indexed citations

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Hoste, Esther, Geertrui Denecker, Petra Van Damme, et al.. (2008). Caspase-14 is a crucial protease in proper stratum corneum formation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128. 1 indexed citations

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Roelandt, Truus, Geertrui Denecker, Melanie Hupe, et al.. (2008). The “Caveolae Brake Hypothesis” and the Epidermal Barrier. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 129(4). 927–936. 24 indexed citations

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Denecker, Geertrui, Esther Hoste, Barbara Gilbert, et al.. (2007). Caspase-14 protects against epidermal UVB photo-damage and water loss. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 54 indexed citations

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Hoste, Esther, Geertrui Denecker, Petra Van Damme, et al.. (2007). Identification and characterization of filaggrin as a caspase-14 substrate. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 127. 426. 1 indexed citations

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Berghe, Tom Vanden, Geert Loo, Xavier Saelens, et al.. (2004). Differential Signaling to Apoptotic and Necrotic Cell Death by Fas-associated Death Domain Protein FADD. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(9). 7925–7933. 105 indexed citations

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Lamkanfi, Mohamed, Kathleen D'Hondt, Lieselotte Vande Walle, et al.. (2004). A Novel Caspase-2 Complex Containing TRAF2 and RIP1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(8). 6923–6932. 51 indexed citations

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Assefa, Zerihun, et al.. (1999). Signaling pathways in apoptosis induced by PDT with hypericin. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 69. 3 indexed citations

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Bleecker, Jan De, et al.. (1998). Immunolocalization of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and its receptors in inflammatory myopathies. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 12 indexed citations

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Vandenabeele, Peter, Wim Declercq, Dominique Vercammen, et al.. (1992). Functional characterization of the human tumor necrosis factor receptor p75 in a transfected rat/mouse T cell hybridoma.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(4). 1015–1024. 111 indexed citations

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