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Christopher Heeschen

Active 1997–2025

106
Papers
27,835
Citations
80
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100
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Citations

Citations per year for Christopher Heeschen1987: 1 citations1989: 2 citations1998: 5 citations1999: 33 citations2000: 76 citations2001: 63 citations2002: 91 citations2003: 144 citations2004: 247 citations2005: 301 citations2006: 321 citations2007: 383 citations2008: 388 citations2009: 329 citations2010: 371 citations2011: 299 citations2012: 311 citations2013: 283 citations2014: 226 citations2015: 234 citations2016: 231 citations2017: 242 citations2018: 253 citations2019: 707 citations2020: 735 citations2021: 661 citations2022: 486 citations2023: 393 citations2024: 629 citations2025: 369 citations2026: 10 citations1988: no citations, so this year is not shown1990–1997: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,638 citing papers, 25.7% of this breakdownChina: 1,463 citing papers, 14.3% of this breakdownGermany: 772 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownItaly: 538 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 502 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownJapan: 356 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownCanada: 308 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownFrance: 282 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSpain: 269 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 239 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 236 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 186 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine53.1%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology6.8%
  • Engineering1.3%
  • Materials Science1%
  • Neuroscience0.9%
  • Other1.5%

Topics

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis6.1%
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer3.8%
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism3.4%
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research2.8%
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research2.6%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation2.3%
  • Other79%

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  1. The intratumor mycobiome promotes lung cancer progression via myeloid-derived suppressor cells

    Authors: Ning‐Ning Liu, Chengxiang Yi, Luqi Wei, Jin‐An Zhou, Tong Jiang, Congcong Hu, Lu Wang, Yuanyuan Wang, Yun Zou, Yi-Kai Zhao, Lele Zhang, Ya-Ting Nie, Yi-Jing Zhu, Xinyao Yi, Lingbing Zeng, Jingquan Li, Xiaotian Huang, Hongbin Ji, Zisis Kozlakidis, Lin Zhong, Christopher Heeschen, Xiaoqi Zheng, Changbin Chen, Peng Zhang, Hui Wang - Cancer Cell 2023 cited by 200

  2. Multi-kingdom microbiota analyses identifybacterial–fungal interactions and biomarkers of colorectal cancer acrosscohorts

    Authors: Ning‐Ning Liu, Na Jiao, Jing-Cong Tan, Ziliang Wang, Dingfeng Wu, An-Jun Wang, Jie Chen, Liwen Tao, Chenfen Zhou, Wenjie Fang, Io Hong Cheong, Weihua Pan, Wanqing Liao, Zisis Kozlakidis, Christopher Heeschen, Geromy G. Moore, Lixin Zhu, Xingdong Chen, Guoqing Zhang, Ruixin Zhu, Hui Wang - Nature Microbiology 2022 cited by 309

  3. Distinct Populations of Cancer Stem Cells Determine Tumor Growth and Metastatic Activity in Human Pancreatic Cancer

    Authors: Patrick Hermann, Stephan Huber, Tanja Herrler, Alexandra Aicher, Joachim W. Ellwart, Markus Guba, Christiane J. Bruns, Christopher Heeschen - Cell stem cell 2007 cited by 2,923

  4. MYC/PGC-1α Balance Determines the Metabolic Phenotype and Plasticity of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells

    Authors: Patricia Sancho, Emma Burgos‐Ramos, Alejandra Tavera-Tapia, Tony Bou Kheir, Petra Jagušt, Matthieu Schoenhals, David Barneda, Katherine Sellers, Ramón Campos‐Olivas, Osvaldo Graña‐Castro, Catarina R. Viera, Mariia Yuneva, Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen - Cell Metabolism 2015 cited by 727

  5. Hallmarks of cancer stem cell metabolism

    Authors: Patricia Sancho, David Barneda, Christopher Heeschen - British Journal of Cancer 2016 cited by 557

  6. Bioengineered 3D models of human pancreatic cancer recapitulate in vivo tumour biology

    Authors: David Osuna de la Peña, Sara Maria David Trabulo, Estelle Collin, Ying Liu, Shreya Sharma, Marianthi Tatari, Diana Behrens, Mert Erkan, Rita T. Lawlor, Aldo Scarpa, Christopher Heeschen, Álvaro Mata, Daniela Loessner - Nature Communications 2021 cited by 128

  7. Macrophages direct cancer cells through a LOXL2-mediated metastatic cascade in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Authors: Marta Alonso‐Nocelo, Laura Ruíz-Cañas, Patricia Sancho, Kıvanç Görgülü, Sonia Alcalá, Coral Pedrero, Mireia Vallespinós, Juan Carlos López-Gil, Marina Ochando, Elena García-García, Sara Maria David Trabulo, Paola Martinelli, Patricia Sánchez-Tomero, Carmen Sánchez-Palomo, Patricia G. Santamarı́a, Lourdes Yuste, Sonja M. Wörmann, Derya Kabacaoğlu, Julie Earl, Alberto Martín, Fernando Salvador, Sandra Valle, Laura Martín-Hijano, Alfredo Carrato, Mert Erkan, Laura García‐Bermejo, Patrick Hermann, Hana Algül, Gema Moreno‐Bueno, Christopher Heeschen, Francisco Portillo, Amparo Cano, Bruno Sáinz - Gut 2022 cited by 72

  8. Exploiting oxidative phosphorylation to promote the stem and immunoevasive properties of pancreatic cancer stem cells

    Authors: Sandra Valle, Sonia Alcalá, Laura Martín-Hijano, Pablo Cabezas‐Sainz, Diego Navarro, Edurne Ramos Muñoz, Lourdes Yuste, Kanishka Tiwary, Karolin Walter, Laura Ruíz-Cañas, Marta Alonso‐Nocelo, Juan A. Rubiolo, Emilio González‐Arnay, Christopher Heeschen, Laura García‐Bermejo, Patrick Hermann, Laura Sánchez, Patricia Sancho, Miguel Ángel Fernández‐Moreno, Bruno Sáinz - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 155

  9. Inhibition of CD47 Effectively Targets Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells via Dual Mechanisms

    Authors: Michele Cioffi, Sara Maria David Trabulo, Manuel Hidalgo, Eithne Costello, William Greenhalf, Mert Erkan, Jörg Kleeff, Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen - Clinical Cancer Research 2015 cited by 240

  10. Myeloperoxidase Serum Levels Predict Risk in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Authors: Stephan Baldus, Christopher Heeschen, Thomas Meinertz, Andreas M. Zeiher, Jason P. Eiserich, Thomas Münzel, Maarten L. Simoons, Christian W. Hamm - Circulation 2003 cited by 1,012

  11. Statins Have Biphasic Effects on Angiogenesis

    Authors: Michael Weis, Christopher Heeschen, Alec Glassford, John P. Cooke - Circulation 2002 cited by 683

  12. Nodal/Activin Signaling Drives Self-Renewal and Tumorigenicity of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells and Provides a Target for Combined Drug Therapy

    Authors: Enza Lonardo, Patrick Hermann, M Mueller, Stephan Huber, Anamaria Balic, Irene Miranda‐Lorenzo, Sladjana Zagorac, Sonia Alcalá, Iker Rodríguez-Arabaolaza, Juan Carlos Ramírez, Raúl Torres, Elena García, Manuel Hidalgo, David Cebrián, Rainer Heuchel, Matthias Löhr, Frank Berger, Peter Bartenstein, Alexandra Aicher, Christopher Heeschen - Cell stem cell 2011 cited by 415

  13. Involvement of Foxo transcription factors in angiogenesis and postnatal neovascularization

    Authors: Michael Potente, Carmen Urbich, Ken-ichiro Sasaki, Wolf K. Hofmann, Christopher Heeschen, Alexandra Aicher, Ramya Kollipara, Ronald A. DePinho, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2005 cited by 531

  14. TGF-β induces miR-100 and miR-125b but blocks let-7a through LIN28B controlling PDAC progression

    Authors: Silvia Ottaviani, Justin Stebbing, Adam E. Frampton, Sladjana Zagorac, Jonathan Krell, Alexander de Giorgio, Sara Maria David Trabulo, Van T.M. Nguyen, Luca Magnani, Hugang Feng, Elisa Giovannetti, Niccola Funel, Thomas M. Gress, Long R. Jiao, Ylenia Lombardo, Nicholas R. Lemoine, Christopher Heeschen, Leandro Castellano - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 137

  15. Intracellular autofluorescence: a biomarker for epithelial cancer stem cells

    Authors: Irene Miranda‐Lorenzo, Jorge Navarro‐Dorado, Enza Lonardo, Sonia Alcalá, Alicia G. Serrano, Jenifer Clausell-Tormos, Michele Cioffi, Diego Megı́as, Sladjana Zagorac, Anamaria Balic, Manuel Hidalgo, Mert Erkan, Jörg Kleeff, Aldo Scarpa, Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen - Nature Methods 2014 cited by 213

  16. Switchable CAR-T cells mediate remission in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Authors: Deepak B. Thimiri Govinda Raj, Ming-Hsin Yang, David T. Rodgers, Eric Hampton, Julfa Begum, A. F. Mustafa, Daniela Lorizio, Irene Garces, David Propper, James G. Kench, Hemant M. Kocher, Travis S. Young, Alexandra Aicher, Christopher Heeschen - Gut 2018 cited by 149

  17. Inhibition of Mitochondrial Dynamics Preferentially Targets Pancreatic Cancer Cells with Enhanced Tumorigenic and Invasive Potential

    Authors: Sarah Courtois, Beatriz de Luxán‐Delgado, Laure Penin-Peyta, Alba Royo-García, Beatriz Parejo-Alonso, Petra Jagušt, Sonia Alcalá, Juan A. Rubiolo, Laura Sánchez, Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen, Patricia Sancho - Cancers 2021 cited by 56

  18. LAMC2 marks a tumor-initiating cell population with an aggressive signature in pancreatic cancer

    Authors: Donatella Delle Cave, Silvia Buonaiuto, Bruno Sáinz, Marco Fantuz, Maria Mangini, Alessandro Carrer, Annalisa Di Domenico, Tea Teresa Iavazzo, Gennaro Andolfi, Carme Cortina, Marta Sevillano, Christopher Heeschen, Vincenza Colonna, Marco Corona, Antonio Cucciardi, Martina Di Guida, Eduard Batlle, Anna Chiara De Luca, Enza Lonardo - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2022 cited by 48

  19. Nicotine stimulates angiogenesis and promotes tumor growth and atherosclerosis

    Authors: Christopher Heeschen, James J. Jang, Michael Weis, Anjali Pathak, Shuichiro Kaji, Robert S. Hu, Philip S. Tsao, Frances L. Johnson, John P. Cooke - Nature Medicine 2001 cited by 799

  20. TGF-β1 secreted by pancreatic stellate cells promotes stemness and tumourigenicity in pancreatic cancer cells through L1CAM downregulation

    Authors: Donatella Delle Cave, Martina Di Guida, Valerio Costa, Marta Sevillano, Luigi Ferrante, Christopher Heeschen, Marco Corona, Antonio Cucciardi, Enza Lonardo - Oncogene 2020 cited by 87

  21. ISG15 Is a Critical Microenvironmental Factor for Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells

    Authors: Bruno Sáinz, Beatriz Barrantes Martín, Marianthi Tatari, Christopher Heeschen, Susana Guerra - Cancer Research 2014 cited by 172

  22. The VAR2CSA malaria protein efficiently retrieves circulating tumor cells in an EpCAM-independent manner

    Authors: Mette Ø. Agerbæk, Sara R. Bang-Christensen, Ming-Hsin Yang, Thomas Mandel Clausen, Marina Ayres Pereira, Shreya Sharma, Sisse B. Ditlev, Morten A. Nielsen, Swati Choudhary, Tobias Gustavsson, Poul H. Sorensen, Tim Meyer, David Propper, Jonathan Shamash, Thor G. Theander, Alexandra Aicher, Mads Daugaard, Christopher Heeschen, Ali Salanti - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 156

  23. Liquid biopsy in pancreatic cancer – Current perspective and future outlook

    Authors: Yaru Zhao, Jiajia Tang, Ke Jiang, Shin-Yi Liu, Alexandra Aicher, Christopher Heeschen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer 2023 cited by 46

  24. Fatty acid oxidation is critical for the tumorigenic potential and chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer stem cells

    Authors: Marta Mascaraque, Sarah Courtois, Alba Royo-García, David Barneda, Andrei M. Stoian, Isabel Villaoslada, Pilar Espiau-Romera, Ansooya A. Bokil, Andrés Cano-Galiano, Petra Jagušt, Christopher Heeschen, Patricia Sancho - Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 cited by 31