Kai Simons

102.3k citations
416 papers · 82.7k · 35 hit papers · h-index 140

Impact in

  • Cell Biology top 0.01%
    • Cellular transport and secretion
    • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
    • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
    • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
    • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
    • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
    • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Papers in

    • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 125
    • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research 44
    • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies 24
    • Cellular transport and secretion 118
    • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes 40

Kai Simons

413 papers receiving 80.0k citations

Kai Simons's Hit Papers

Genome-wide association analysis of plasma lipidome identifies 495 genetic associations 2023 · 103 citations
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Peers

Kai Simons
Comparison fields: 5 of 196
  • Cell Biology 28.8k
  • Molecular Biology 58.2k
  • Physiology 14.2k
  • Biochemistry 3.4k
  • Immunology and Allergy 2.7k
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All Works

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Functional rafts in cell membranes
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19978016
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Lipid rafts and signal transduction
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20005138
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Lipid Rafts As a Membrane-Organizing Principle
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20093470
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Solubilization of membranes by detergents
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19752560
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The small GTPase rab5 functions as a regulatory factor in the early endocytic pathway
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19921186
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The multiple faces of caveolae
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20071143
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Lipid sorting in epithelial cells
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19881103
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Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes
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20061067
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How Cells Handle Cholesterol
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20001066
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Lipid Domain Structure of the Plasma Membrane Revealed by Patching of Membrane Components
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19981036
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Localization of low molecular weight GTP binding proteins to exocytic and endocytic compartments
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19901007
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The trans Golgi Network: Sorting at the Exit Site of the Golgi Complex
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19861002
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Revitalizing membrane rafts: new tools and insights
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2010994
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Cholesterol depletion inhibits the generation of β-amyloid in hippocampal neurons
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1998986
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Amyloidogenic processing of the Alzheimer β-amyloid precursor protein depends on lipid rafts
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2003901
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Cholesterol, lipid rafts, and disease
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2002836
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Sphingolipid–Cholesterol Rafts Diffuse as Small Entities in the Plasma Membrane of Mammalian Cells
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2000821
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Cholesterol, lipid rafts, and disease
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2002805
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Membrane Organization and Lipid Rafts
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2011801
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Global analysis of the yeast lipidome by quantitative shotgun mass spectrometry
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2009790

About Kai Simons

Kai Simons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Epidemiology and Immunology, having authored 416 papers that have together received 82.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (125 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (118 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (47 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (44 papers), Caveolin-1 and cellular processes (40 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (29 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (26 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (28.8k citations), Molecular Biology (58.2k citations), Physiology (14.2k citations), Biochemistry (3.4k citations) and Immunology and Allergy (2.7k citations). Kai Simons has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Elina Ikonen, Derek Toomre, Daniel Lingwood, Robert G. Parton, Ari Helenius, Patrick Keller, Gerrit van Meer, Andrej Shevchenko, Robert Ehehalt and Gareth Griffiths. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

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