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2025

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
136
Citations
64504
World Ranking
147
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2006 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Matthias W. Hentze is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields include Immunology, Cancer Research, Hematology, and Genetics.

The main topics of their work cover RNA modifications and cancer, RNA research and splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, iron metabolism and disorders, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, and cancer-related gene regulation.

Recent publications by Matthias W. Hentze include:

  • RNA-binding proteins in human genetic disease, 2020, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Condensation of Ded1p Promotes a Translational Switch from Housekeeping to Stress Protein Production, 2020, Cell
  • Riboregulation of Enolase 1 activity controls glycolysis and embryonic stem cell differentiation, 2022, Molecular Cell
  • Plasticity of nuclear and cytoplasmic stress responses of RNA-binding proteins, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Global analysis of RNA-binding protein dynamics by comparative and enhanced RNA interactome capture, 2020, Nature Protocols

Frequent co-authors in Matthias W. Hentze's publications include:

  • Thomas Schwarzl
  • Thileepan Sekaran
  • Joel I. Perez-Perri
  • Frank Stein
  • Mandy Rettel

Common venues for their research publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications

Throughout their career, Matthias W. Hentze has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2016)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2006) in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism

    Matthias W. Hentze;Martina U. Muckenthaler;Bruno Galy;Clara Camaschella

  • Balancing Acts: Molecular Control of Mammalian Iron Metabolism

    Matthias W Hentze;Martina U Muckenthaler;Nancy C Andrews

  • Insights into RNA Biology from an Atlas of Mammalian mRNA-Binding Proteins

    Alfredo Castello;Bernd Fischer;Katrin Eichelbaum;Rastislav Horos

  • Molecular control of vertebrate iron metabolism: mRNA-based regulatory circuits operated by iron, nitric oxide, and oxidative stress

    Matthias W. Hentze;Lukas C. Kuhn

  • A Novel Duodenal Iron-Regulated Transporter, IREG1, Implicated in the Basolateral Transfer of Iron to the Circulation

    Andrew T McKie;Paola Marciani;Andreas Rolfs;Karen Brennan

  • A brave new world of RNA-binding proteins

    Matthias W. Hentze;Alfredo Castello;Thomas Schwarzl;Thomas Preiss

  • Molecular mechanisms of translational control

    Fátima Gebauer;Matthias W. Hentze

  • A Red Carpet for Iron Metabolism

    Martina U. Muckenthaler;Stefano Rivella;Matthias W. Hentze;Bruno Galy

  • A perfect message : RNA surveillance and nonsense-mediated decay

    Matthias W Hentze;Andreas E Kulozik

  • Starting at the Beginning, Middle, and End: Translation Initiation in Eukaryotes

    Alan B Sachs;Peter Sarnow;Matthias W Hentze

  • Iron-responsive elements: regulatory RNA sequences that control mRNA levels and translation

    JL Casey;MW Hentze;DM Koeller;SW Caughman

  • Systemic Iron Homeostasis and the Iron-Responsive Element/Iron-Regulatory Protein (IRE/IRP) Regulatory Network

    Martina U Muckenthaler;Bruno Galy;Matthias W Hentze

  • mRNA Silencing in Erythroid Differentiation: hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 Regulate 15-Lipoxygenase Translation from the 3′ End

    Dirk H Ostareck;Antje Ostareck-Lederer;Matthias Wilm;Bernd J Thiele

  • Nonsense-mediated decay approaches the clinic

    Jill A Holbrook;Gabriele Neu-Yilik;Gabriele Neu-Yilik;Matthias W Hentze;Andreas E Kulozik;Andreas E Kulozik

  • Identification of the iron-responsive element for the translational regulation of human ferritin mRNA

    MW Hentze;SW Caughman;TA Rouault;JG Barriocanal

  • STAT3 mediates hepatic hepcidin expression and its inflammatory stimulation

    Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa;Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa;Maja Vujic Spasic;Maja Vujic Spasic;Regina Kessler;Jens Stolte

  • Comprehensive Identification of RNA-Binding Domains in Human Cells

    Alfredo Castello;Alfredo Castello;Bernd Fischer;Bernd Fischer;Christian K. Frese;Rastislav Horos

  • A sensitive array for microRNA expression profiling (miChip) based on locked nucleic acids (LNA).

    Mirco Castoldi;Sabine Schmidt;Vladimir Benes;Mikkel Noerholm

  • Previously uncharacterized isoforms of divalent metal transporter (DMT)-1: implications for regulation and cellular function.

    Nadia Hubert;Matthias W. Hentze

  • RNA-binding proteins in human genetic disease.

    Fátima Gebauer;Thomas Schwarzl;Juan Valcárcel;Juan Valcárcel;Matthias W. Hentze

Frequent Co-Authors

Martina U. Muckenthaler
Martina U. Muckenthaler Heidelberg University
Andreas E. Kulozik
Andreas E. Kulozik Heidelberg University
Thomas Preiss
Thomas Preiss Australian National University
Niels H. Gehring
Niels H. Gehring University of Cologne
Alfredo Castello
Alfredo Castello MRC-University of Glasgow Centre For Virus Research
Kostas Pantopoulos
Kostas Pantopoulos McGill University
Jeroen Krijgsveld
Jeroen Krijgsveld German Cancer Research Center
Joe B. Harford
Joe B. Harford National Institutes of Health
Wolfgang Stremmel
Wolfgang Stremmel Heidelberg University

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