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Dieter O. Fürst

Dieter O. Fürst

University of Bonn
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13362
World Ranking
9265
National Ranking
681

Dieter O. Fürst publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Dieter O. Fürst D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dieter O. Fürst sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dieter O. Fürst is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, and physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of cardiomyopathy, myosin studies, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, muscle physiology and disorders, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, heat shock proteins research, cardiovascular effects of exercise, and cellular transport and secretion.

The following are some of the recent publications by Dieter O. Fürst:

  • Maintaining proteostasis under mechanical stress, 2021, EMBO Reports
  • Phosphoproteomics identifies dual-site phosphorylation in an extended basophilic motif regulating FILIP1-mediated degradation of filamin-C, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms of sarcomeric lesion formation, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Overexpression of human BAG3P209L in mice causes restrictive cardiomyopathy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • FLNC-Associated Myofibrillar Myopathy, 2021, Neurology Genetics

Dieter O. Fürst frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter F. M. van der Ven
  • Julia Schuld
  • Bettina Warscheid
  • Keerthika Lohanadan
  • Kristina Djinović-Carugo

The scientist's work is published in various academic venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Nature Communications
  • Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • Cells
  • EMBO Reports
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • The organization of titin filaments in the half-sarcomere revealed by monoclonal antibodies in immunoelectron microscopy: a map of ten nonrepetitive epitopes starting at the Z line extends close to the M line.

    D O Fürst;M Osborn;R Nave;K Weber

  • Chaperone-assisted selective autophagy is essential for muscle maintenance

    Verena Arndt;Nikolaus Dick;Riga Tawo;Michael Dreiseidler

  • Structural basis for activation of the titin kinase domain during myofibrillogenesis

    O. Mayans;P. F. M. Van Der Ven;M. Wilm;A. Mues

  • Myogenesis in the mouse embryo: differential onset of expression of myogenic proteins and the involvement of titin in myofibril assembly.

    D O Fürst;M Osborn;K Weber

  • Molecular structure of the sarcomeric M band: mapping of titin and myosin binding domains in myomesin and the identification of a potential regulatory phosphorylation site in myomesin

    Wolfgang M.J. Obermann;Mathias Gautel;Klaus Weber;Dieter O. Fürst;Dieter O. Fürst

  • A Mutation in the Dimerization Domain of Filamin C Causes a Novel Type of Autosomal Dominant Myofibrillar Myopathy

    Matthias Vorgerd;Peter F.M. van der Ven;Peter F.M. van der Ven;Vera Bruchertseifer;Thomas Löwe

  • Cellular mechanotransduction relies on tension-induced and chaperone-assisted autophagy.

    Anna Ulbricht;Felix J. Eppler;Victor E. Tapia;Peter F.M. van der Ven

  • Mutations in the Human Muscle LIM Protein Gene in Families With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Christian Geier;Andreas Perrot;Cemil Özcelik;Priska Binner

  • The structure of the sarcomeric M band: Localization of defined domains of myomesin, M-protein, and the 250-kD carboxy-terminal region of titin by immunoelectron microscopy

    W. M. J. Obermann;M. Gautel;F. Steiner;P. F. M. Van Der Ven

  • Localization of filamin in smooth muscle.

    J V Small;D O Fürst;J De Mey

  • The central Z-disk region of titin is assembled from a novel repeat in variable copy numbers

    Mathias Gautel;David Goulding;Belinda Bullard;Klaus Weber

  • Indications for a Novel Muscular Dystrophy Pathway: γ-Filamin, the Muscle-Specific Filamin Isoform, Interacts with Myotilin

    Peter F.M. van der Ven;Sebastian Wiesner;Paula Salmikangas;Daniel Auerbach

  • Myotilin, the limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 1A (LGMD1A) protein, cross-links actin filaments and controls sarcomere assembly

    Paula Salmikangas;Peter F.M. van der Ven;Maciej Lalowski;Anu Taivainen

  • The cytoskeletal lattice of muscle cells.

    J. Victor Small;Dieter O. Fürst;Lars-Eric Thornell

  • Characterization of muscle filamin isoforms suggests a possible role of gamma-filamin/ABP-L in sarcomeric Z-disc formation.

    Peter F. M. van der Ven;Wolfgang M. J. Obermann;Britt Lemke;Mathias Gautel

  • Two immunoglobulin-like domains of the Z-disc portion of titin interact in a conformation-dependent way with telethonin

    Alexander Mues;Peter F.M van der Ven;Paul Young;Dieter O Fürst

  • Visualization of the polarity of isolated titin molecules: a single globular head on a long thin rod as the M band anchoring domain?

    R Nave;D O Fürst;K Weber

  • The mode of myofibril remodelling in human skeletal muscle affected by DOMS induced by eccentric contractions

    Ji-Guo Yu;Dieter O. Fürst;Lars-Eric Thornell

  • Transient association of titin and myosin with microtubules in nascent myofibrils directed by the MURF2 RING-finger protein.

    Véronique Pizon;Andrei Iakovenko;Peter F. M. van der Ven;Raymond Kelly

  • The spectrum of pathology in central core disease.

    C.A. Sewry;C. Muller;M. Davis;J.S.M. Dwyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Weber
Klaus Weber Max Planck Society
Mathias Gautel
Mathias Gautel King's College London
Lev G. Goldfarb
Lev G. Goldfarb National Institutes of Health
Jonel Trebicka
Jonel Trebicka University Hospital of Münster
Elisabeth Ehler
Elisabeth Ehler King's College London
Wolfgang A. Linke
Wolfgang A. Linke University of Münster
Katrin Marcus
Katrin Marcus Ruhr University Bochum
Tilman Sauerbruch
Tilman Sauerbruch University of Bonn
Hanns Lochmüller
Hanns Lochmüller University of Freiburg
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum

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