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Thomas Aigner

Active 1978–2020

102
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19,219
Citations
83
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,636 citing papers, 26.3% of this breakdownChina: 690 citing papers, 11.1% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 517 citing papers, 8.3% of this breakdownGermany: 502 citing papers, 8.1% of this breakdownJapan: 240 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownCanada: 235 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 204 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownFrance: 184 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownItaly: 173 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 163 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 152 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 150 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine68.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15%
  • Neuroscience8.6%
  • Engineering2.6%
  • Materials Science1.6%
  • Immunology and Microbiology1%
  • Other2.9%

Topics

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms18.8%
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques3.7%
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research3.6%
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments3.1%
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects2.4%
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research2.2%
  • Other66.2%

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  1. Articular cartilage and changes in Arthritis: Cell biology of osteoarthritis

    Authors: Linda J. Sandell, Thomas Aigner - Arthritis Research & Therapy 2001 cited by 898

  2. Basic methods in histopathology of joint tissues

    Authors: Norbert Schmitz, Sheila Laverty, Virginia B. Kraus, Thomas Aigner - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2010 cited by 461

  3. HISTOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CARTILAGE REPAIR

    Authors: Pierre Mainil‐Varlet, Thomas Aigner, Mats Brittberg, Peter G. Bullough, Anthony P. Hollander, Ernst B. Hunziker, Rita A. Kandel, Stefan Nehrer, Kenneth P. H. Pritzker, Sally Roberts, Edouard Stauffer - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2003 cited by 567

  4. Oxygen and reactive oxygen species in cartilage degradation: friends or foes?

    Authors: Yves Henrotin, Bodo Kurz, Thomas Aigner - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2005 cited by 473

  5. Mechanisms of Disease: role of chondrocytes in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis—structure, chaos and senescence

    Authors: Thomas Aigner, Stefan Söder, Pia Margarethe Gebhard, Audrey McAlinden, Jochen Haag - Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology 2007 cited by 268

  6. Collagens—major component of the physiological cartilage matrix, major target of cartilage degeneration, major tool in cartilage repair

    Authors: Thomas Aigner - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2003 cited by 262

  7. Regulation of Gdf5 expression in joint remodelling, repair and osteoarthritis

    Authors: Karolina Kania, Fabio Colella, Anna H.K. Riemen, Hui Wang, Kenneth A. Howard, Thomas Aigner, Francesco Dell’Accio, Terence D. Capellini, Anke J. Roelofs, Cosimo De Bari - Scientific Reports 2020 cited by 79

  8. Histological assessment of cartilage repair: a report by the Histology Endpoint Committee of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS).

    Authors: Pierre Mainil‐Varlet, Thomas Aigner, Mats Brittberg, Peter G. Bullough, Anthony P. Hollander, Ernst B. Hunziker, Rita A. Kandel, Stefan Nehrer, Kenneth P. H. Pritzker, Sally Roberts, Edouard Stauffer - 2003 cited by 551

  9. ROR2 blockade as a therapy for osteoarthritis

    Authors: Anne‐Sophie Thorup, Danielle Strachan, Sara Caxaria, B. Poulet, B.L. Thomas, S. Eldridge, Giovanna Nalesso, James R. Whiteford, Costantino Pitzalis, Thomas Aigner, Roger Corder, Jessica Bertrand, Francesco Dell’Accio - Science Translational Medicine 2020 cited by 53

  10. Premature induction of hypertrophy during in vitro chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells correlates with calcification and vascular invasion after ectopic transplantation in SCID mice

    Authors: Karoliina Pelttari, Anja Winter, Eric Steck, Katrin Goetzke, T. Hennig, Bjoern Gunnar Ochs, Thomas Aigner, Wiltrud Richter - Arthritis & Rheumatism 2006 cited by 811

  11. Human laminin β2 deficiency causes congenital nephrosis with mesangial sclerosis and distinct eye abnormalities

    Authors: Martin Zenker, Thomas Aigner, Olaf Wendler, Tim Tralau, H Müntefering, R. Fenski, Susanne Pitz, Valerié Schumacher, Brigitte Royer‐Pokora, Elke Wühl, Pierre Cochat, Raymonde Bouvier, Cornelia Kraus, Karlheinz Mark, Henry Madlon, Jörg Dötsch, Wolfgang Rascher, Iwona Maruniak‐Chudek, Thomas Lennert, Luitgard M. Neumann, André Reis - Human Molecular Genetics 2004 cited by 499

  12. DNA damage, discoordinated gene expression and cellular senescence in osteoarthritic chondrocytes

    Authors: Jason Rose, Stefan Söder, Catherine Skhirtladze, Norbert Schmitz, Pia Margarethe Gebhard, Stefan Sesselmann, Thomas Aigner - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2012 cited by 83

  13. Molecular characterization of commonly used cell lines for bone tumor research: A trans‐European EuroBoNet effort

    Authors: Laura Ottaviano, Karl‐Ludwig Schaefer, Melanie Gajewski, W. Huckenbeck, S. Baldus, Uwe Rogel, Carlos Mackintosh, Enrique de Alava, Ola Myklebost, Stine H. Kresse, Leonardo A. Meza‐Zepeda, Massimo Serra, Anne‐Marie Cleton-Jansen, Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn, Horst Buerger, Thomas Aigner, Helmut E. Gabbert, Christopher Poremba - Genes Chromosomes and Cancer 2009 cited by 176

  14. Stimulation of GCMa and syncytin via cAMP mediated PKA signaling in human trophoblastic cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions

    Authors: Ina Knerr, Steffen Schubert, Christina Wich, Kerstin Amann, Thomas Aigner, Tina Vogler, Ronny Jung, Jörg Dötsch, Wolfgang Rascher, Said Hashemolhosseini - FEBS Letters 2005 cited by 145

  15. Subtyping of osteoarthritic synoviopathy.

    Authors: S Oehler, Daniel Neureiter, C. Meyer-Scholten, Thomas Aigner - 2003 cited by 132

  16. NEK1 Mutations Cause Short-Rib Polydactyly Syndrome Type Majewski

    Authors: Christian T. Thiel, Kristin Kessler, Andreas Gießl, Arno Dimmler, Stavit A. Shalev, Sigrun von der Haar, Martin Zenker, Diana Zahnleiter, H Stöß, Ernst Beinder, Rami Abou Jamra, Arif B. Ekici, Nadja Schröder-Kreß, Thomas Aigner, Thomas Kirchner, André Reis, Johann Helmut Brandstätter, Anita Rauch - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2011 cited by 184

  17. Regulation of Type II Collagen Synthesis during Osteoarthritis by Prolyl-4-Hydroxylases

    Authors: Claudia Grimmer, Nadine Balbus, Ute Lang, Thomas Aigner, Thorsten Cramer, Lutz Müller, B. Swoboda, David Pfander - American Journal Of Pathology 2006 cited by 93

  18. Immunolocalization of matrix proteins in different human cartilage subtypes.

    Authors: Lydia Wachsmuth, Stefan Söder, Zhiyong Fan, Fabian Finger, Thomas Aigner - 2006 cited by 76

  19. Large‐scale gene expression profiling reveals major pathogenetic pathways of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

    Authors: Thomas Aigner, Katrin Fundel, Joachim Saas, Pia Margarethe Gebhard, Jochen Haag, Tilo Weiß, Alexander Zien, Franz Obermayr, Ralf Zimmer, Eckart Bartnik - Arthritis & Rheumatism 2006 cited by 349

  20. Histopathology atlas of animal model systems – overview of guiding principles

    Authors: Thomas Aigner, James L. Cook, Nicole Gerwin, S.S. Glasson, Sheila Laverty, Christopher B. Little, Wayne McIlwraith, Virginia B. Kraus - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2010 cited by 174

  21. Activation of Interleukin-1 Signaling Cascades in Normal and Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage

    Authors: Zhiyong Fan, Stephan Söder, S Oehler, Katrin Fundel, Thomas Aigner - American Journal Of Pathology 2007 cited by 139

  22. Molecular phenotyping of human chondrocyte cell lines T/C‐28a2, T/C‐28a4, and C‐28/I2

    Authors: Fabian Finger, C. Schörle, Alexander Zien, Pia Margarethe Gebhard, Mary B. Goldring, Thomas Aigner - Arthritis & Rheumatism 2003 cited by 134

  23. Apoptosis in osteoarthritis

    Authors: Thomas Aigner, Hyun A Kim, Helmtrud I. Roach - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America 2004 cited by 97

  24. Chondroptosis: A variant of apoptotic cell death in chondrocytes?

    Authors: H.I. Roach, Thomas Aigner, Juan B. Kourí - APOPTOSIS 2004 cited by 216