Frank Westermann

18.9k citations

118 papers · 9.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Neurology top 0.2%
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

Papers in

Neurology 82
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments 82
Molecular Biology 69
- Protein Degradation and Inhibitors 15
- Signaling Pathways in Disease 10
- Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms 9
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 8
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research 8

Co-authors: Manfred Schwab (29 shared papers)Frank Berthold (21 shared papers)Jo Vandesompele (11 shared papers)Daniel Muth (10 shared papers)Frank Speleman (13 shared papers)Pieter Mestdagh (7 shared papers)Javed Khan (7 shared papers)Jun S. Wei (7 shared papers)
Journals: Cancer Letters (9 papers)Cancer Research (8 papers)Oncogene (8 papers)Clinical Cancer Research (7 papers)Nature Genetics (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Frank Westermann

116 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Frank Westermann's Hit Papers

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miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis 2010 · 1.1k citations

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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.

2010 Nature Cell Biology
2009 Genome biology
2001 Nature Medicine

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1	Classification and diagnostic prediction of cancers using gene expression profiling and artificial neural networks Nature Medicine ·Javed Khan, Jun S. Wei, Markus Ringnér, Lao H. Saal, Marc Ladanyi, Frank Westermann, Frank Berthold, Manfred Schwab, Cristina R. Antonescu, Carsten Peterson, Paul S. Meltzer Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1927
2	miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis Nature Cell Biology ·Li Ma, Jennifer J. Young, Harsha Prabhala, Elizabeth Pan, Pieter Mestdagh, Daniel Muth, Julie Teruya‐Feldstein, Ferenc Reinhardt, Tamer T. Önder, Scott Valastyan, Frank Westermann, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele, Robert A. Weinberg Hit paper breakdown →	2010	1111
3	A novel and universal method for microRNA RT-qPCR data normalization Genome biology ·Pieter Mestdagh, Pieter Van Vlierberghe, An De Weer, Daniel Muth, Frank Westermann, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele Hit paper breakdown →	2009	849
4	Histone Deacetylase 8 in Neuroblastoma Tumorigenesis Clinical Cancer Research ·Ina Oehme, Hedwig E. Deubzer, Dennis Wegener, Diana Pickert, Jan-Peter Linke, Barbara Hero, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Frank Westermann, Scott M. Ulrich, Andreas von Deimling, Matthias Fischer, Olaf Witt	2008	323
5	Neuroblastoma: biology and molecular and chromosomal pathology The Lancet Oncology ·Manfred Schwab, Frank Westermann, Barbara Hero, Frank Berthold	2003	233
6	Customized Oligonucleotide Microarray Gene Expression–Based Classification of Neuroblastoma Patients Outperforms Current Clinical Risk Stratification Journal of Clinical Oncology ·André Oberthuer, Frank Berthold, Patrick Warnat, Barbara Hero, Yvonne Kahlert, R. Spitz, Karen Ernestus, Rainer König, Stefan A. Haas, Roland Eils, Manfred Schwab, Benedikt Brors, Frank Westermann, Matthias Fischer	2006	200
7	Distinct transcriptional MYCN/c-MYC activities are associated with spontaneous regression or malignant progression in neuroblastomas Genome biology ·Frank Westermann, Daniel Muth, Axel Benner, Tobias Bauer, Kai-Oliver Henrich, André Oberthuer, Benedikt Brors, Tim Beißbarth, Jo Vandesompele, Filip Pattyn, Barbara Hero, Rainer König, Matthias Fischer, Manfred Schwab	2008	185
8	Heterozygous mutations in ANKH, the human ortholog of the mouse progressive ankylosis gene, result in craniometaphyseal dysplasia Nature Genetics ·Peter Nürnberg, Hölger Thiele, David Chandler, Wolfgang Höhne, Michael L. Cunningham, Heide Ritter, Gundula Leschik, Karen Uhlmann, Claudia Mischung, Karen Harrop, Jack Goldblatt, Zvi Borochowitz, Dieter Kotzot, Frank Westermann, Stefan Mundlos, Hans-Steffen Braun, Nigel G. Laing, Sigrid Tinschert	2001	183
9	Hox-C9 activates the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and is associated with spontaneous regression in neuroblastoma Cell Death and Disease ·H Kocak, Sandra Ackermann, Barbara Hero, Yvonne Kahlert, André Oberthuer, Dilafruz Juraeva, Frederik Roels, Jessica Theißen, Frank Westermann, Hedwig E. Deubzer, Volker Ehemann, Benedikt Brors, Margarete Odenthal, Frank Berthold, Matthias Fischer	2013	164
10	Single-cell transcriptomic analyses provide insights into the developmental origins of neuroblastoma Nature Genetics ·Selina Jansky, Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Verena Körber, Andrés Quintero, Umut H. Toprak, Elisa M. Wecht, Moritz Gartlgruber, Alessandro Greco, Elad Chomsky, Thomas G. P. Grünewald, Kai‐Oliver Henrich, Amos Tanay, Carl Herrmann, Thomas Höfer, Frank Westermann	2021	158
11	Prediction of Clinical Outcome Using Gene Expression Profiling and Artificial Neural Networks for Patients with Neuroblastoma Cancer Research ·Jun S. Wei, Braden T. Greer, Frank Westermann, Seth M. Steinberg, Chang‐Gue Son, Qingrong Chen, Craig C. Whiteford, Sven Bilke, Alexei L. Krasnoselsky, Nicola Cenacchi, Daniel Catchpoole, Frank Berthold, Manfred Schwab, Javed Khan	2004	141
12	Genetic parameters of neuroblastomas Cancer Letters ·Frank Westermann, Manfred Schwab	2002	135
13	MicroRNA miR-885-5p targets CDK2 and MCM5, activates p53 and inhibits proliferation and survival Cell Death and Differentiation ·Elena Afanasyeva, Pieter Mestdagh, Candy Kumps, Jo Vandesompele, Volker Ehemann, Jessica Theißen, Matthias Fischer, Marc Zapatka, Benedikt Brors, Larissa Savelyeva, Vitalia Sagulenko, Frank Speleman, Matthias Schwab, Frank Westermann	2011	131
14	Signaling pathway models as biomarkers: Patient-specific simulations of JNK activity predict the survival of neuroblastoma patients Science Signaling ·Dirk Fey, Melinda Halász, Daniel Dreidax, Sean P. Kennedy, Jordan F. Hastings, Nora Rauch, Amaya Garcia Muñoz, Ruth Pilkington, Matthias Fischer, Frank Westermann, Walter Kölch, Boris Ν. Kholodenko, David R. Croucher	2015	118
15	MYCN/c-MYC-induced microRNAs repress coding gene networks associated with poor outcome in MYCN/c-MYC-activated tumors Oncogene ·Pieter Mestdagh, Erik Fredlund, Filip Pattyn, Johannes H. Schulte, Daniel Muth, Joëlle Vermeulen, Candy Kumps, Stefanie Schlierf, Katleen De Preter, Nadine Van Roy, Rosa Noguera, Geneviève Laureys, Alexander Schramm, Angelika Eggert, Frank Westermann, Frank Speleman, Jo Vandesompele	2009	103
16	Amplification of N-Myc is associated with a T-cell-poor microenvironment in metastatic neuroblastoma restraining interferon pathway activity and chemokine expression OncoImmunology ·Julian Philipp Layer, Marie T. Kronmüller, Thomas Quast, Debby van den Boorn-Konijnenberg, Maike Effern, Daniel Hinze, Kristina Althoff, Alexander Schramm, Frank Westermann, Martin Peifer, Gunther Hartmann, Thomas Tüting, Waldemar Kolanus, Matthias Fischer, Johannes H. Schulte, Michael Hölzel	2017	88
17	Molecular characteristics and therapeutic vulnerabilities across paediatric solid tumours Nature reviews. Cancer ·David Jones, Ana Banito, Thomas G. P. Grünewald, Michelle Haber, Natalie Jäger, Marcel Kool, Till Milde, Jan J. Molenaar, Arash Nabbi, Trevor J. Pugh, Gudrun Schleiermacher, Malcolm A. Smith, Frank Westermann, Stefan M. Pfister	2019	88
18	A Cre-conditional MYCN-driven neuroblastoma mouse model as an improved tool for preclinical studies Oncogene ·Kristina Althoff, Anneleen Beckers, Emma Bell, Maike Nortmeyer, Theresa Thor, Annika Sprüssel, Scott Lindner, Katleen De Preter, Alexandra Florin, Lukas C. Heukamp, Ludger Klein‐Hitpaß, Kathy Astrahantseff, Candy Kumps, Frank Speleman, Angelika Eggert, Frank Westermann, Alexander Schramm, Johannes H. Schulte	2014	87
19	A new and accurate prediction model for growth response to growth hormone treatment in children with growth hormone deficiency European Journal of Endocrinology ·Eckhard Schönaü, Frank Westermann, Frank Rauch, Angelika Stabrey, Gernot Wassmer, E Keller, JH Brämswig, WF Blum	2001	79
20	MYCN and HDAC2 cooperate to repress miR-183 signaling in neuroblastoma Nucleic Acids Research ·Marco Lodrini, Ina Oehme, Christina I. Schroeder, Till Milde, Marie C. Schier, Annette Kopp‐Schneider, Johannes H. Schulte, Matthias Fischer, Katleen De Preter, Filip Pattyn, M. Castoldi, Martina U. Muckenthaler, Andreas E. Kulozik, Frank Westermann, Olaf Witt, Hedwig E. Deubzer	2013	76

About Frank Westermann

Frank Westermann is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology and Cell Biology, having authored 118 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (82 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (15 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (10 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (9 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (8 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (8 papers) and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (2.7k citations), Neurology (2.4k citations), Molecular Biology (5.6k citations), Oncology (1.2k citations) and Cell Biology (368 citations). Frank Westermann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Manfred Schwab, Frank Berthold, Jo Vandesompele, Daniel Muth, Frank Speleman, Pieter Mestdagh, Javed Khan, Jun S. Wei, Markus Ringnér and Lao H. Saal. Their work appears in journals such as Cancer Letters, Cancer Research, Oncogene, Clinical Cancer Research and Nature Genetics.

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