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Klaus Klaushofer

Klaus Klaushofer

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
24305
World Ranking
17080
National Ranking
93

Overview

Klaus Klaushofer is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Alkaline Phosphatase Research Studies
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies

Klaushofer has published research extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication sites include:

  • Bone Reports
  • Bone
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Journal of Structural Biology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Newly formed and remodeled human bone exhibits differences in the mineralization process, 2020, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Somatic SMAD3-activating mutations cause melorheostosis by up-regulating the TGF-β/SMAD pathway, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Alterations of bone material properties in adult patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), 2020, Journal of Structural Biology
  • Dual targeting of salt inducible kinases and CSF1R uncouples bone formation and bone resorption, 2021, eLife
  • Osteoporosis Therapeutics 2020, 2020, Handbook of experimental pharmacology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Klaushofer's scientific work. Frequent co-authors with whom they have worked include:

  • Paul Roschger
  • Stéphane Blouin
  • Nadja Fratzl-Zelman
  • Barbara M. Misof
  • Sonja Gamsjaeger

Best Publications

  • Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures: Report of a task force of the american society for bone and mineral Research

    Elizabeth Shane;David Burr;Peter R. Ebeling;Bo Abrahamsen

  • Atypical Subtrochanteric and Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures: Report of a Task Force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Running Title: Atypical Femoral Fractures Task Force Report

    Elizabeth Shane;David Burr;Peter R. Ebeling;Bo

  • Bone mineralization density distribution in health and disease

    P. Roschger;E.P. Paschalis;P. Fratzl;K. Klaushofer

  • From brittle to ductile fracture of bone

    Herwig Peterlik;Paul Roschger;Klaus Klaushofer;Peter Fratzl

  • Validation of quantitative backscattered electron imaging for the measurement of mineral density distribution in human bone biopsies

    P Roschger;P Fratzl;J Eschberger;K Klaushofer

  • Alendronate increases degree and uniformity of mineralization in cancellous bone and decreases the porosity in cortical bone of osteoporotic women

    P Roschger;S Rinnerthaler;J Yates;G.A Rodan

  • Nucleation and growth of mineral crystals in bone studied by small-angle X-ray scattering

    Peter Fratzl;Nadja Fratzl-Zelman;Klaus Klaushofer;Gero Vogl

  • Mineral crystals in calcified tissues: a comparative study by SAXS.

    P. Fratzl;M Groschner;G Vogl;H Plenk

  • Effects of intermittent parathyroid hormone administration on bone mineralization density in iliac crest biopsies from patients with osteoporosis : a paired study before and after treatment

    Barbara M. Misof;Paul Roschger;Felicia Cosman;Etah S. Kurland

  • Constant mineralization density distribution in cancellous human bone.

    P Roschger;H.S Gupta;A Berzlanovich;G Ittner

  • Scanning small angle X-ray scattering analysis of human bone sections.

    S Rinnerthaler;P Roschger;HF Jakob;A Nader

  • Bone mineralization in an osteogenesis imperfecta mouse model studied by small-angle x-ray scattering

    P Fratzl;O Paris;K Klaushofer;W J Landis

  • Two different correlations between nanoindentation modulus and mineral content in the bone-cartilage interface.

    H. S. Gupta;S. Schratter;W. Tesch;P. Roschger

  • Bone osteonal tissues by Raman spectral mapping: orientation-composition.

    M. Kazanci;P. Roschger;E. P. Paschalis;K. Klaushofer

  • The bone mineralization density distribution as a fingerprint of the mineralization process.

    Davide Ruffoni;P. Fratzl;P. Roschger;K. Klaushofer

  • Bone mineralization as studied by small-angle x-ray scattering.

    P. Fratzl;S Schreiber;K Klaushofer

  • Collagen from the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse model (oim) shows reduced resistance against tensile stress

    K Misof;WJ Landis;K Klaushofer;P. Fratzl

  • Collagen packing and mineralization. An x-ray scattering investigation of turkey leg tendon

    P. Fratzl;N. Fratzl-Zelman;K. Klaushofer

  • Abnormal bone mineralization after fluoride treatment in osteoporosis : a small-angle X-ray-scattering study

    P. Fratzl;P Roschger;J Eschberger;B Abendroth

  • Erratum: Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures: Report of a task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2010) 25 (2267-2294))

    Elizabeth Shane;David Burr;Peter R. Ebeling;Bo Abrahamsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Frank Rauch
Frank Rauch McGill University
Jochen Zwerina
Jochen Zwerina University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Joan C. Marini
Joan C. Marini National Institutes of Health
Francis H. Glorieux
Francis H. Glorieux McGill University
David W. Dempster
David W. Dempster Columbia University
Robert R. Recker
Robert R. Recker Creighton University
Wolfgang Wagermaier
Wolfgang Wagermaier Max Planck Society
Elizabeth Shane
Elizabeth Shane Columbia University
Erik Fink Eriksen
Erik Fink Eriksen University of Oslo

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