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Walter Birchmeier

Active 1973–2022

147
Papers
51,210
Citations
108
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Citations

Citations per year for Walter Birchmeier1973: 1 citations1974: 1 citations1977: 2 citations1978: 6 citations1979: 11 citations1980: 10 citations1981: 13 citations1982: 14 citations1983: 17 citations1984: 21 citations1985: 16 citations1986: 22 citations1987: 43 citations1988: 45 citations1989: 42 citations1990: 52 citations1991: 87 citations1992: 102 citations1993: 230 citations1994: 242 citations1995: 284 citations1996: 350 citations1997: 419 citations1998: 447 citations1999: 550 citations2000: 530 citations2001: 533 citations2002: 571 citations2003: 592 citations2004: 599 citations2005: 544 citations2006: 675 citations2007: 653 citations2008: 738 citations2009: 778 citations2010: 601 citations2011: 595 citations2012: 707 citations2013: 560 citations2014: 493 citations2015: 421 citations2016: 357 citations2017: 433 citations2018: 307 citations2019: 1,040 citations2020: 1,087 citations2021: 942 citations2022: 675 citations2023: 448 citations2024: 625 citations2025: 232 citations2026: 9 citations1975–1976: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 6,314 citing papers, 32.3% of this breakdownChina: 2,144 citing papers, 11% of this breakdownGermany: 1,502 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,291 citing papers, 6.6% of this breakdownJapan: 1,067 citing papers, 5.4% of this breakdownItaly: 717 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownCanada: 636 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownFrance: 620 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownNetherlands: 565 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 383 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSpain: 357 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 353 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdown
0%32.3%Other 18.5%

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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.4%
  • Medicine35.2%
  • Neuroscience3.2%
  • Immunology and Microbiology1.9%
  • Computer Science0.8%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.4%
  • Other2.1%

Topics

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer9.7%
  • Cancer-related gene regulation5.4%
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis3.4%
  • Liver physiology and pathology2.5%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation1.9%
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks1.6%
  • Other75.5%

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  1. Met, metastasis, motility and more

    Authors: Carmen Birchmeier, Walter Birchmeier, Ermanno Gherardi, George F. Vande Woude - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2003 cited by 2,604

  2. A Human Protein-Protein Interaction Network: A Resource for Annotating the Proteome

    Authors: Ulrich Stelzl, Uwe Worm, Maciej Łałowski, Christian Haenig, Felix H. Brembeck, Heike Goehler, Martin Stroedicke, Martina Zenkner, Anke Schoenherr, Susanne Koeppen, Jan Timm, Sascha Mintzlaff, Claudia Abraham, Nicole Bock, Silvia Kietzmann, Astrid Goedde, Engin Toksöz, Anja Droege, Sylvia Krobitsch, Bernhard Korn, Walter Birchmeier, Hans Lehrach, Erich E. Wanker - Cell 2005 cited by 2,425

  3. Mutant KRAS-driven cancers depend on PTPN11/SHP2 phosphatase

    Authors: Dietrich Alexander Ruess, Guus J.J.E. Heynen, Katrin J. Ciecielski, Jiaoyu Ai, Alexandra Berninger, Derya Kabacaoğlu, Kıvanç Görgülü, Zahra Dantes, Sonja M. Wörmann, Kalliope N. Diakopoulos, Angeliki F. Karpathaki, Marlena Kowalska, Ezgi Kaya-Aksoy, Liang Song, Eveline A. Zeeuw van der Laan, María P. López‐Alberca, Marc Nazaré, Maximilian Reichert, Dieter Saur, Mert Erkan, Ulrich T. Hopt, Bruno Sáinz, Walter Birchmeier, Roland M. Schmid, Marina Lesina, Hana Algül - Nature Medicine 2018 cited by 373

  4. Targeting MET in cancer: rationale and progress

    Authors: Ermanno Gherardi, Walter Birchmeier, Carmen Birchmeier, George Vande Woude - Nature reviews. Cancer 2012 cited by 1,423

  5. Functional interaction of β-catenin with the transcription factor LEF-1

    Authors: Jürgen Behrens, Jens Peter von Kries, Michael Kühl, Laurakay Bruhn, Doris Wedlich, Rudolf Grosschedl, Walter Birchmeier - Nature 1996 cited by 2,894

  6. Wnt signalling and its impact on development and cancer

    Authors: Alexandra Klaus‐Bergmann, Walter Birchmeier - Nature reviews. Cancer 2008 cited by 1,634

  7. Inhibiting WNT and NOTCH in renal cancer stem cells and the implications for human patients

    Authors: Annika Fendler, Daniel Bauer, Jonas Busch, Klaus Jung, Annika Wulf-Goldenberg, Séverine Kunz, Kun Song, Adam Myszczyszyn, Sefer Elezkurtaj, Bettina Erguen, Simone Jung, Wei Chen, Walter Birchmeier - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 199

  8. β-Catenin Controls Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Stem Cell Differentiation in the Skin

    Authors: Joerg Huelsken, Regina Vogel, Bettina Erdmann, George Cotsarelis, Walter Birchmeier - Cell 2001 cited by 1,357

  9. Canonical Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Prevents Osteoblasts from Differentiating into Chondrocytes

    Authors: Theo P. Hill, Daniela Später, Makoto M. Taketo, Walter Birchmeier, Christine Hartmann - Developmental Cell 2005 cited by 1,083

  10. Cancer Stem Cells Regulate Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts via Activation of Hedgehog Signaling in Mammary Gland Tumors

    Authors: Giovanni Valenti, Hazel M. Quinn, Guus J.J.E. Heynen, Linxiang Lan, Jane D. Holland, Regina Vogel, Annika Wulf-Goldenberg, Walter Birchmeier - Cancer Research 2017 cited by 172

  11. Reciprocal Requirements for EDA/EDAR/NF-κB and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathways in Hair Follicle Induction

    Authors: Yuhang Zhang, Philip Tomann, Thomas Andl, Natalie M. Gallant, Joerg Huelsken, Boris Jerchow, Walter Birchmeier, Ralf Paus, Stefano Piccolo, Marja L. Mikkola, Edward E. Morrisey, Paul A. Overbeek, Claus Scheidereit, Sarah E. Millar, Ruth Schmidt‐Ullrich - Developmental Cell 2009 cited by 376

  12. Interplay of Cadherin-Mediated Cell Adhesion and Canonical Wnt Signaling

    Authors: Julian Heuberger, Walter Birchmeier - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2009 cited by 621

  13. Negative Feedback Loop of Wnt Signaling through Upregulation of Conductin/Axin2 in Colorectal and Liver Tumors

    Authors: Barbara Lustig, Boris Jerchow, Martin M. Sachs, Sigrid Weiler, Torsten Pietsch, Uwe Karsten, Marc van de Wetering, Hans Clevers, Peter M. Schlag, Walter Birchmeier, Jürgen Behrens - Molecular and Cellular Biology 2002 cited by 1,038

  14. Decreased microglial Wnt/β-catenin signalling drives microglial pro-inflammatory activation in the developing brain

    Authors: Juliette Van Steenwinckel, Anne‐Laure Schang, Michelle L. Krishnan, Vincent Degos, Andrée Delahaye‐Duriez, Cindy Bokobza, Zsolt Csaba, Franck Verdonk, Amélie Montané, Stéphanie Sigaut, Olivier Hennebert, Sophie Lebon, Leslie Schwendimann, Tifenn Le Charpentier, Rahma Hassan-Abdi, Gareth Ball, Paul Aljabar, Alka Saxena, R. Holloway, Walter Birchmeier, Olivier Baud, David H. Rowitch, Véronique E. Miron, Fabrice Chrétien, Claire Leconte, Valérie C. Besson, Enrico Petretto, A. David Edwards, Henrik Hagberg, Nadia Soussi‐Yanicostas, Bobbi Fleiss, Pierre Gressèns - Brain 2019 cited by 139

  15. Shp-2 Is Dispensable for Establishing T Cell Exhaustion and for PD-1 Signaling In Vivo

    Authors: Giorgia Rota, Charlène Niogret, Anh Thu Dang, Cristina Ramón-Barros, Nicolas Fonta, Francesca Alfei, Leonor Morgado, Dietmar Zehn, Walter Birchmeier, Éric Vivier, Greta Guarda - Cell Reports 2018 cited by 155

  16. The Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2 in Development and Cancer

    Authors: Katja S. Grossmann, Marta Rosário, Carmen Birchmeier, Walter Birchmeier - Advances in cancer research 2010 cited by 280

  17. A Small-Molecule Antagonist of the β-Catenin/TCF4 Interaction Blocks the Self-Renewal of Cancer Stem Cells and Suppresses Tumorigenesis

    Authors: Liang Fang, Qionghua Zhu, Martin Neuenschwander, Edgar Specker, Annika Wulf-Goldenberg, William I. Weis, Jens Peter von Kries, Walter Birchmeier - Cancer Research 2015 cited by 182

  18. The tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 controls TGFβ-induced STAT3 signaling to regulate fibroblast activation and fibrosis

    Authors: Ariella Zehender, Jingang Huang, Andrea‐Hermina Györfi, Alexandru‐Emil Matei, Thuong Trinh‐Minh, Xiaohan Xu, Yinan Li, Chih‐Wei Chen, Jianping Lin, Clara Dees, Christian Beyer, Kolja Gelse, Zhong‐Yin Zhang, Christina Bergmann, Andreas Ramming, Walter Birchmeier, Oliver Distler, Georg Schett, Jörg H. W. Distler - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 123

  19. Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Authors: Brenda Gerull, Arnd Heuser, Thomas Wichter, Matthias Paul, Craig T. Basson, Deborah A. McDermott, Bruce B. Lerman, Steve Markowitz, Patrick T. Ellinor, Calum A. MacRae, Stefan Peters, Katja S. Grossmann, Beate Michely, Sabine Klaassen, Walter Birchmeier, Rainer Dietz, Günter Breithardt, Eric Schulze‐Bahr, Ludwig Thierfelder - Nature Genetics 2004 cited by 824

  20. Functional Interaction of an Axin Homolog, Conductin, with β-Catenin, APC, and GSK3β

    Authors: Jürgen Behrens, Boris Jerchow, Martin Würtele, Jan Grimm, Christian Asbrand, Ralph M. Wirtz, Michael Kühl, Doris Wedlich, Walter Birchmeier - Science 1998 cited by 1,275

  21. Hakai, a c-Cbl-like protein, ubiquitinates and induces endocytosis of the E-cadherin complex

    Authors: Yasuyuki Fujita, Gerd Krause, Martin Scheffner, Dietmar Zechner, Hugo E. Molina Leddy, Jürgen Behrens, Thomas Sommer, Walter Birchmeier - Nature Cell Biology 2002 cited by 831

  22. Wnt signaling in stem and cancer stem cells

    Authors: Jane D. Holland, Alexandra Klaus‐Bergmann, Alistair N. Garratt, Walter Birchmeier - Current Opinion in Cell Biology 2013 cited by 506

  23. Balancing cell adhesion and Wnt signaling, the key role of β-catenin

    Authors: Felix H. Brembeck, Marta Rosário, Walter Birchmeier - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 2005 cited by 668

  24. MACC1, a newly identified key regulator of HGF-MET signaling, predicts colon cancer metastasis

    Authors: Ulrike Stein, Wolfgang Walther, Franziska Arlt, Holger Schwabe, Janice Smith, Iduna Fichtner, Walter Birchmeier, Peter M. Schlag - Nature Medicine 2008 cited by 488