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Axel M. Hillmer

Axel M. Hillmer

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
50
Citations
12944
World Ranking
2540
National Ranking
171

Overview

Axel M. Hillmer is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to research within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work is particularly concentrated in several subfields, including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, cancer research, and surgery.

The scientist's research topics prominently cover cancer genomics and diagnostics, lung cancer treatments and mutations, esophageal cancer research and treatment, gastric cancer management and outcomes, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, as well as genetic factors in colorectal cancer.

Hillmer has published multiple papers in prominent scientific venues. Recent notable publications include:

  • Genomic landscape of lung adenocarcinoma in East Asians, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Detection of gene fusions using targeted next-generation sequencing: a comparative evaluation, 2021, BMC Medical Genomics
  • Treatment outcome of atypical EGFR mutations in the German National Network Genomic Medicine Lung Cancer (nNGM), 2022, Annals of Oncology
  • An integrative model of pathway convergence in genetically heterogeneous blast crisis chronic myeloid leukemia, 2020, Blood
  • Loss of the SWI/SNF-ATPase subunit members SMARCF1 (ARID1A), SMARCA2 (BRM), SMARCA4 (BRG1) and SMARCB1 (INI1) in oesophageal adenocarcinoma, 2020, BMC Cancer

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Hillmer include Christiane J. Bruns, Alexander Quaas, Reinhard Buettner, Thomas Zander, and Reinhard Büttner.

Their research has been published across several key journals with the highest frequency in:

  • Annals of Oncology (5 publications)
  • Cancers (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology (3 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (3 publications)

Hillmer's scientific activity demonstrates a robust interdisciplinary approach by bridging molecular biology with clinical oncology and respiratory medicine. Their research outputs contribute to the understanding of cancer at the genomic level and its clinical implications, particularly focusing on lung and esophageal cancers.

Best Publications

  • Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase.

    Alfredo Ramirez;André Heimbach;Jan Gründemann;Barbara Stiller

  • Bystander CD8+ T cells are abundant and phenotypically distinct in human tumour infiltrates

    Yannick Simoni;Etienne Becht;Michael Fehlings;Chiew Yee Loh

  • Reference component analysis of single-cell transcriptomes elucidates cellular heterogeneity in human colorectal tumors

    Huipeng Li;Elise T Courtois;Debarka Sengupta;Debarka Sengupta;Yuliana Tan

  • Exome sequencing of gastric adenocarcinoma identifies recurrent somatic mutations in cell adhesion and chromatin remodeling genes

    Zhi Jiang Zang;Ioana Cutcutache;Song Ling Poon;Shen Li Zhang

  • A common BIM deletion polymorphism mediates intrinsic resistance and inferior responses to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancer.

    King Pan Ng;Axel M Hillmer;Charles T H Chuah;Charles T H Chuah;Wen Chun Juan

  • G protein-coupled receptor P2Y5 and its ligand LPA are involved in maintenance of human hair growth.

    Sandra M Pasternack;Ivar von Kügelgen;Khalid Al Aboud;Young-Ae Lee;Young-Ae Lee

  • Genomic landscape of lung adenocarcinoma in East Asians

    Jianbin Chen;Hechuan Yang;Hechuan Yang;Audrey Su Min Teo;Lidyana Bte Amer

  • Strong Genetic Evidence of DCDC2 as a Susceptibility Gene for Dyslexia

    Johannes Schumacher;Heidi Anthoni;Faten Dahdouh;Inke R. König

  • Methionine is a metabolic dependency of tumor-initiating cells.

    Zhenxun Wang;Lian Yee Yip;Jia Hui Jane Lee;Jia Hui Jane Lee;Zhengwei Wu;Zhengwei Wu

  • Genetic Variation in the Human Androgen Receptor Gene Is the Major Determinant of Common Early-Onset Androgenetic Alopecia

    Axel M. Hillmer;Sandra Hanneken;Sibylle Ritzmann;Tim Becker

  • A genome-wide association study for late-onset Alzheimer's disease using DNA pooling

    Richard Abraham;Valentina Moskvina;Rebecca Sims;Paul Hollingworth

  • A genome-wide association study in 574 schizophrenia trios using DNA pooling

    G Kirov;I Zaharieva;L Georgieva;Moskvina

  • Hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp is associated with nonsense mutations in CDSN encoding corneodesmosin

    Etgar Levy-Nissenbaum;Regina C Betz;Moshe Frydman;Michel Simon

  • Novel therapeutic targets on the horizon for lung cancer.

    Wan-Ling Tan;Amit Jain;Angela Takano;Evan W Newell

  • Cloning, Genomic Organization, Alternative Transcripts and Mutational Analysis of the Gene Responsible for Autosomal Recessive Universal Congenital Alopecia

    Sven Cichon;Martina Anker;Ina R. Vogt;Hendrik Rohleder

  • Susceptibility variants for male-pattern baldness on chromosome 20p11

    Axel M Hillmer;Felix F Brockschmidt;Sandra Hanneken;Sibylle Eigelshoven

  • Elucidating the genomic architecture of Asian EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma through multi-region exome sequencing

    Rahul Nahar;Weiwei Zhai;Weiwei Zhai;Tong Zhang;Angela Takano

  • Recurrent Fusion Genes in Gastric Cancer: CLDN18-ARHGAP26 Induces Loss of Epithelial Integrity

    Fei Yao;Fei Yao;Jaya P. Kausalya;Yee Yen Sia;Yee Yen Sia;Audrey S.M. Teo;Audrey S.M. Teo

  • Genetic association study of exfoliation syndrome identifies a protective rare variant at LOXL1 and five new susceptibility loci

    Tin Aung;Tin Aung;Mineo Ozaki;Mei Chin Lee;Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

  • Whole-genome reconstruction and mutational signatures in gastric cancer

    Niranjan Nagarajan;Denis Bertrand;Axel M Hillmer;Zhi Jiang Zang

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Patrick Tan
Patrick Tan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Tim Becker
Tim Becker University of Bonn
Yijun Ruan
Yijun Ruan University of Connecticut Health Center
Niranjan Nagarajan
Niranjan Nagarajan Genome Institute of Singapore
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
J. Brent Richards
J. Brent Richards McGill University
Wing-Kin Sung
Wing-Kin Sung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Peter Propping
Peter Propping University of Bonn
Susanne Moebus
Susanne Moebus University of Duisburg-Essen

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