Wolfgang Wurst

51.4k citations

372 papers · 25.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 54
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 54
Developmental Neuroscience 45
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 40

Co-authors: Ralf Kühn Alexandra L. Joyner Nilima Prakash Martin Hrabě de Angelis Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn Jan M. Deussing Benedikt Wefers Laure Bally‐Cuif
Journals: Development (16 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (14 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (14 papers)PLoS ONE (13 papers)genesis (8 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Italy

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Wurst

371 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Increasing the efficiency of homology-directed repair for CRISPR-Cas9-induced precise gene editing in mammalian cells 2015 · 911 citations

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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.

2015 Nature Biotechnology
2008 Cell Metabolism
1998 Nature Genetics
1993 Cell

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1	Nonvesicular lipid transfer drives myelin growth in the central nervous system Nature Communications ·Jianping Wu, Walter Panhoffer, 岡本恵子, Asude Durmaz, Benedikt Wefers, Mariana Dairel, I.S.P. Nation, Wolfgang Wurst, Christian Behrends, Martina Schifferer, Mikael Simons	2024	4
2	Phosphorylation of PFKL regulates metabolic reprogramming in macrophages following pattern recognition receptor activation Nature Communications ·Meiyue Wang, Heinrich Flaswinkel, Justin K. Mosbey, 重一鎌田, Nicole Wilke, Aracelli Milagros Arias Aburto, Antonia Henne, Nur Azizah, Marleen Bérouti, Niklas A. Schmacke, Karsten Hiller, Elisabeth Kremmer, Benedikt Wefers, Wolfgang Wurst, Markus Sperandio, Jürgen Ruland, Thomas Fröhlich, Veit Hornung	2024	12
3	Parkinson's disease motor symptoms rescue by CRISPRa‐reprogramming astrocytes into GABAergic neurons EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Pratiksha S. More, Florian Giesert, L. Zechmeister, Chu Lan Lao, C Scagnolari, Sandrine Lefort, Ignacio L. Ibarra, DE La Torre-Aboki Jenny, Malte D. Luecken, Dong‐Jiunn Jeffery Truong, Judith Fischer, Giacomo Masserdotti, Nilima Prakash, Jovica Ninkovic, Sabine M. Hölter, Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn, Fabian J. Theis, Magdalena Götz, Wolfgang Wurst	2022	54
4	Phosphorylation of muramyl peptides by NAGK is required for NOD2 activation Nature ·Che A. Stafford, R.L. Gross, Carina C. de Oliveira Mann, Maria C. Tanzer, Evelyn Fessler, Benedikt Wefers, H. H�fer-Heimhalt, Akhsanul Khuliq Ansori, Karolina Sulek, Catherine G. Vasilopoulou, Raju Vijai Usha Raj, 大村清朗, SYLVIE GLASSON, Wolfgang Wurst, Monica Yabal, Thomas Fröhlich, Matthias Mann, Nicolas Gisch, Lucas T. Jae, Veit Hornung	2022	50
5	Susceptibility to diet-induced obesity at thermoneutral conditions is independent of UCP1 American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Sebastian Dieckmann, Estela Camargo, Monja Willershäuser, Stefanie Maurer, Wolfgang Wurst, Susan Marschall, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Ralf Kühn, Anna Worthmann, J. Ray Heath, Jöerg Heeren, GE Yong-tao, Josch K. Pauling, Martin Klingenspor	2021	19
6	Cell-type-specific profiling of brain mitochondria reveals functional and molecular diversity Nature Neuroscience ·Caroline Fecher, Laura Trovò, Stephan A. Müller, Nicolas Snaidero, Jennifer Wettmarshausen, Sylvia Heink, Oskar Ortiz, Ingrid Wagner, Ralf Kühn, J. Hartmann, Rosa Maria Karl, Arthur Konnerth, Thomas Korn, Wolfgang Wurst, Doron Merkler, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Fabiana Perocchi, Thomas Misgeld	2019	205
7	Zebrafish and medaka offer insights into the neurobehavioral correlates of vertebrate magnetoreception Nature Communications ·Chenning Shao, Antonella Lauri, Cherry Evans, 源作伊藤, A. Fournell, Wolfgang Wurst, Michael Winklhofer, Gil G. Westmeyer	2018	29
8	The FTD ‐like syndrome causing TREM 2 T66M mutation impairs microglia function, brain perfusion, and glucose metabolism The EMBO Journal ·Gernot Kleinberger, Matthias Brendel, Éva Mracskó, Benedikt Wefers, Masato Hiki, Xianyuan Xiang, Carola Focke, Maximilian Deußing, Marc Suárez‐Calvet, Fargol Mazaheri, Samira Parhizkar, Isa Bilgen, Wolfgang Wurst, Regina Feederle, Peter Bartenstein, Thomas Mueggler, Thomas Arzberger, Irène Knuesel, Axel Rominger, Christian Haass	2017	144
9	TREM 2 deficiency impairs chemotaxis and microglial responses to neuronal injury EMBO Reports ·Fargol Mazaheri, Nicolas Snaidero, Gernot Kleinberger, Charlotte Madore, بختیار فیضی زاده, Georg Werner, Susanne Krasemann, Anja Capell, Dietrich Trümbach, Wolfgang Wurst, Bettina Brunner, Sebastian Bultmann, Sabina Tahirović, Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld, Oleg Butovsky, Christian Haass	2017	237
10	Dickkopf 3 Promotes the Differentiation of a Rostrolateral Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuronal SubsetIn Vivoand from Pluripotent Stem CellsIn Vitroin the Mouse Journal of Neuroscience ·Yoshiyasu Fukusumi, HC Nwadiaro, NATHAN AUGUSTO MÜLLER, Carina da Silva, Martin Irmler, Ruth Beckervordersandforth, Theresa Faus-Keßler, Eleonora Minina, L. Zechmeister, Jingzhong Zhang, Ernest Arenas, Elisabet Andersson, Christof Niehrs, Johannes Beckers, Antonio Simeone, Wolfgang Wurst, Nilima Prakash	2015	24
11	Products of the Parkinson's disease-related glyoxalase DJ-1, D-lactate and glycolate, support mitochondrial membrane potential and neuronal survival Biology Open ·Yusuke Toyoda, Cihan Erkut, Francisco Pan‐Montojo, Sebastian Boland, Martin P. Stewart, Daniel J. Müller, Wolfgang Wurst, Anthony A. Hyman, Teymuras V. Kurzchalia	2014	42
12	Direct production of mouse disease models by embryo microinjection of TALENs and oligodeoxynucleotides Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benedikt Wefers, Mélanie Meyer, Oskar Ortiz, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Jens Hansen, Wolfgang Wurst, Ralf Kühn	2013	116
13	Modeling disease mutations by gene targeting in one-cell mouse embryos Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mélanie Meyer, Oskar Ortiz, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Wolfgang Wurst, Ralf Kühn	2012	44
14	Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Neurons Mediate Anxiogenic and Anxiolytic Effects of CRHR1 Science ·Damián Refojo, F. Vilamajó, Claudia Kuehne, Bhodendranath, Christoph K. Thoeringer, Annette M. Vogl, Nina Dedic, Emma del Pilar Guillén Chávez, Gregor von Wolff, Charilaos Avrabos, Chadi Touma, David Engblom, Günther Schütz, Klaus‐Armin Nave, Matthias Eder, Carsten T. Wotjak, Inge Sillaber, (unknown), Wolfgang Wurst, Jan M. Deussing	2011	249
15	Consolidation of Remote Fear Memories Involves Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) Receptor Type 1-Mediated Enhancement of AMPA Receptor GluR1 Signaling in the Dentate Gyrus Neuropsychopharmacology ·Christoph K. Thoeringer, Adriaan H. de Wilde, Matthias Eder, Maik Dahlhoff, Wolfgang Wurst, (unknown), Jan M. Deussing, Sven Moosmang, Carsten T. Wotjak	2011	42
16	Gene Knockout Protocols Methods in molecular biology ·Wolfgang Wurst, Ralf Kühn	2009	23
17	Targeted Disruption of the Mouse <i>Npal3</i> Gene Leads to Deficits in Behavior, Increased IgE Levels, and Impaired Lung Function Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Paweł Grzmil, J Konietzko, Paul Kössler, Qin Hai-qiang, Alicia Aguilar, Anahita Javaheri, Svetoslav Kalaydjiev, Thure Adler, Ines Bolle, Ibrahim M. Adham, C. Dixkens, Stephan Wolf, Helmut Fuchs, Karoline Kremers, Wolfgang Wurst, Markus Ollert, Dirk H. Busch, Heidi L. Schulz, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Peter Burfeind	2009	7
18	Otx2 regulates the extent, identity and fate of neuronal progenitor domains in the ventral midbrain Development ·Eduardo Puelles, Alessandro Annino, Francesca Tuorto, Alessandro Usiello, Dario Acampora, Thomas Czerny, Claude Brodski, Siew-Lan Ang, Wolfgang Wurst, Antonio Simeone	2004	178
19	Expression of CRHR1 and CRHR2 in Mouse Pituitary and Adrenal Gland: Implications for HPA System Regulation Endocrinology ·Marianne B. Müller, RobertE. Olson, Ulrich Renner, Stephan Zimmermann, Adelheid Kresse, Günter K. Stalla, Martin E. Keck, (unknown), Wolfgang Wurst	2001	55
20	6 Gene and Enhancer Trapping: Mutagenic Strategies for Developmental Studies Current topics in developmental biology ·David P. Hill, Wolfgang Wurst	1993	19

About Wolfgang Wurst

Wolfgang Wurst is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Aging, having authored 372 papers that have together received 25.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (54 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (50 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (45 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (40 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (35 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (29 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (29 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (2.8k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (2.5k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.6k citations) and Aging (385 citations). Wolfgang Wurst has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Ralf Kühn, Alexandra L. Joyner, Nilima Prakash, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn, Jan M. Deussing, Benedikt Wefers, Laure Bally‐Cuif, Anna B. Auerbach and Marcus Conrad. Their work appears in journals such as Development, Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and genesis.

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