Wolfgang Link

6.9k citations

77 papers · 5.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Aging top 0.5%
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Molecular Biology top 2%
- FOXO transcription factor regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing
- PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Nuclear Structure and Function
- Ion channel regulation and function

Papers in

Aging 16
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 16
Biophysics 6

Co-authors: Amancio Carnero Gordon J. Lithgow Rute Martins Mien‐Chie Hung Fabian Zanella Oliver Renner Juan Fernando Martínez-Leal Carmen Blanco‐Aparicio
Journals: Cancers (4 papers)Current Cancer Drug Targets (3 papers)PLoS ONE (2 papers)Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (2 papers)Traffic (2 papers)
Partner nations: Spain Portugal United States

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Link

73 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Therapeutic strategies targeting FOXO transcription factors 2020 · 229 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.

2020 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
2015 Aging Cell
2008 Current Cancer Drug Targets
1995 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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All Works

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1	Ferroptosis Induction by a New Pyrrole Derivative in Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Domiziana Masci, Kresna Latafodes Wicaksana, Marcos R. Ornelas de Lima, M Horáček, Т.М. Рощина, Antonio Coluccia, Maurice Santelli, J VASIR, Petra Cuřínová, Gaylene Hargrove, Chiara Naro, Claudio Sette, GK Bhat, Wolfgang Link, Chiara Bigogno, Giulio Dondio, Ernest Hamel, Mutiat Tolu Onigbanjo, Romano Silvestri, Giuseppe La Regina	2025	1
2	FOXO family isoforms Cell Death and Disease ·M. Bassols, ROGER Michel, Paulo Martel, Bibiana I. Ferreira, Wolfgang Link	2023	39
3	FOXO1 represses PPARα-Mediated induction of FGF21 gene expression Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Ana Luísa De Sousa‐Coelho, Mar Gacias, Brian T. O’Neill, Joana Relat, Wolfgang Link, Diego Haro, Pedro F. Marrero	2023	4
4	mTORC2 Is the Major Second Layer Kinase Negatively Regulating FOXO3 Activity Molecules ·GK Bhat, V. Vassilev, Sercan Demir, Thomas A. Mackenzie, María C. Ramos, Andreia Silva, Cap Fenyi, ROGER Michel, Carmen Blanco‐Aparicio, Joaquı́n Pastor, Diego Megı́as, Bibiana I. Ferreira, Wolfgang Link	2022	7
5	Tribbles Gene Expression Profiles in Colorectal Cancer SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·A.D. Pushnitsina, Ardian Syahputra, José Bragança, Wolfgang Link, Bibiana I. Ferreira, Ana Luísa De Sousa‐Coelho	2021	1
6	CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing: From basic research to translational medicine Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Filipe V. Jacinto, Wolfgang Link, Bibiana I. Ferreira	2020	75
7	Knowledge-based drug discovery intensifies private appropriation of publicly financed research The Lancet Oncology ·Wolfgang Link	2018	1
8	Image-based Identification of Chemical Compounds Capable of Trapping FOXO in the Cell Nucleus Methods in molecular biology ·Susana Machado, Catarina Raposo, Bibiana I. Ferreira, Wolfgang Link	2018	1
9	Long live FOXO : unraveling the role of FOXO proteins in aging and longevity Aging Cell ·Rute Martins, Gordon J. Lithgow, Wolfgang Link Hit paper breakdown →	2015	533
10	TRIB2 as a biomarker for diagnosis and progression of melanoma Carcinogenesis ·Richard Hill, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Yuli Dharta, Ricardo Brandão, Selma Ugurel, Matthias E. Futschik, Wolfgang Link	2015	30
11	Special Review The Cancer Journal ·Bibiana I. Ferreira, Richard Hill, Wolfgang Link	2015	7
12	A novel cyclometallated Pt(ii)–ferrocene complex induces nuclear FOXO3a localization and apoptosis and synergizes with cisplatin to inhibit lung cancer cell proliferation Metallomics ·R. Cortès, Míriam Tarrado‐Castellarnau, Alessadro Buonomo, Concepción López, Wolfgang Link, Daniel Ruíz, Josep J. Centelles, Josefina Quirante, Marta Cascante	2014	34
13	Discovery of 14‐3‐3 Protein–Protein Interaction Inhibitors that Sensitize Multidrug‐Resistant Cancer Cells to Doxorubicin and the Akt Inhibitor GSK690693 ChemMedChem ·Mattia Mori, Gianluca Vignaroli, Ylenia Cau, Jelena Dinić, Richard Hill, Matteo Rossi, David Colecchia, Milica Pešić, Wolfgang Link, M Chiariello, Christian Ottmann, Maurizio Botta	2014	27
14	Moving to the Core: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Forkhead Box O (FOXO) and Nuclear Factor‐κB (NF‐κB) Nuclear Translocation Traffic ·Fabian Zanella, Nuno R. dos Santos, Wolfgang Link	2012	32
15	Image-Based High-Throughput Screening for Inhibitors of Angiogenesis Methods in molecular biology ·Lasse Evensen, Wolfgang Link, James B. Lorens	2012	7
16	An integrated one-step system to extract, analyze and annotate all relevant information from image-based cell screening of chemical libraries Molecular BioSystems ·Obdulia Rabal, Wolfgang Link, Bebeshko Vladimir, James R. Bischoff, Julen Oyarzábal	2010	11
17	An HTS Approach to Screen for Antagonists of the Nuclear Export Machinery Using High Content Cell-Based Assays Assay and Drug Development Technologies ·Fabian Zanella, Aránzazu Rosado, Fernando Blanco, Beric R. Henderson, Amancio Carnero, Wolfgang Link	2007	38
18	MAP17 inhibits Myc-induced apoptosis through PI3K/AKT pathway activation Carcinogenesis ·María V. Guijarro, Wolfgang Link, Aránzazu Rosado, Juan Fernando Martínez-Leal, Amancio Carnero	2007	30
19	Meeting report: Trends and challenges in high content analysis Biotechnology Journal ·Urban Liebel, Wolfgang Link	2007	4
20	The DREAM–DRE interaction: key nucleotides and dominant negative mutants Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·A. Angirekula, Wolfgang Link, Ángel Manuel Carrión, Valentina Echeverrı́a, Britt Mellström, José R. Naranjo	2000	42

About Wolfgang Link

Wolfgang Link is a scholar working on Aging, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Business and International Management, having authored 77 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include FOXO transcription factor regulation (23 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (16 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (8 papers), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (7 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (7 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (7 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (7 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (455 citations), Molecular Biology (3.5k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (855 citations), Cancer Research (570 citations) and Biophysics (210 citations). Wolfgang Link has collaborated with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and United States. Frequent co-authors include Amancio Carnero, Gordon J. Lithgow, Rute Martins, Mien‐Chie Hung, Fabian Zanella, Oliver Renner, Juan Fernando Martínez-Leal, Carmen Blanco‐Aparicio, José R. Naranjo and Britt Mellström. Their work appears in journals such as Cancers, Current Cancer Drug Targets, PLoS ONE, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry and Traffic.

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