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Sabine Werner

Sabine Werner

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
108
Citations
47881
World Ranking
968
National Ranking
7

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
110
Citations
52129
World Ranking
965
National Ranking
18

Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
51433
World Ranking
5711
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Sabine Werner is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Rehabilitation, Cell Biology, Dermatology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics Sabine Werner addresses in their research include:

  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Recent notable publications by Sabine Werner include:

  • The commensal skin microbiota triggers type I IFN-dependent innate repair responses in injured skin, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Exosomes for Wound Healing: Purification Optimization and Identification of Bioactive Components, 2020, Advanced Science
  • Activin-mediated alterations of the fibroblast transcriptome and matrisome control the biomechanical properties of skin wounds, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Imaging and targeting LOX-mediated tissue remodeling with a reactive collagen peptide, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Long-Term Imaging of Wound Angiogenesis with Large Scale Optoacoustic Microscopy, 2021, Advanced Science

Sabine Werner frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Michael Cangkrama
  • Paul Hiebert
  • Maya Ben-Yehuda Greenwald
  • Mateusz S. Wietecha
  • Edoardo Mazza

The scientist's work is published in a variety of venues, with several recurrent outlets such as:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Advanced Science
  • Nature Communications
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Wound Healing by Growth Factors and Cytokines

    Sabine Werner;Richard Grose

  • Wound repair and regeneration

    Geoffrey C. Gurtner;Sabine Werner;Yann Barrandon;Yann Barrandon;Michael T. Longaker

  • Keratinocyte–Fibroblast Interactions in Wound Healing

    Sabine Werner;Thomas Krieg;Hans Smola

  • Active caspase-1 is a regulator of unconventional protein secretion.

    Martin Keller;Andreas Rüegg;Sabine Werner;Hans-Dietmar Beer

  • Cancer as an overhealing wound: an old hypothesis revisited.

    Matthias Schäfer;Sabine Werner

  • Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Cultured Keratinocytes. IMPLICATIONS FOR NORMAL AND IMPAIRED WOUND HEALING

    Stefan Frank;Griseldis Hübner;Georg Breier;Michael T. Longaker

  • Oxidative stress in normal and impaired wound repair

    Matthias Schäfer;Sabine Werner

  • Large induction of keratinocyte growth factor expression in the dermis during wound healing

    Sabine Werner;Kevin G. Peters;Michael T. Longaker;Frances Fuller-Pace

  • Two FGF receptor genes are differentially expressed in epithelial and mesenchymal tissues during limb formation and organogenesis in the mouse.

    K.G. Peters;S. Werner;G. Chen;L.T. Williams

  • The function of KGF in morphogenesis of epithelium and reepithelialization of wounds

    Sabine Werner;Hans Smola;Xiang Liao;Michael T. Longaker

  • DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES DURING WOUND HEALING IN NORMAL AND GLUCOCORTICOID-TREATED MICE

    Griseldis Hübner;Maria Brauchle;Hans Smola;Marianne Madlener

  • Unique Expression Pattern of the FGF Receptor 3 Gene during Mouse Organogenesis

    Kevin Peters;David Ornitz;Sabine Werner;Lewis Williams

  • The Inflammasome Mediates UVB-Induced Activation and Secretion of Interleukin-1β by Keratinocytes

    Laurence Feldmeyer;Martin Keller;Gisela Niklaus;Daniel Hohl

  • The human fibroblast growth factor receptor genes: a common structural arrangement underlies the mechanisms for generating receptor forms that differ in their third immunoglobulin domain.

    D E Johnson;J Lu;H Chen;S Werner

  • Targeted expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor blocks branching morphogenesis and epithelial differentiation of the mouse lung.

    K. Peters;S. Werner;Xiang Liao;S. Wert

  • Tie2 Expression and Phosphorylation in Angiogenic and Quiescent Adult Tissues

    Adrianne L. Wong;Zishan A. Haroon;Sabine Werner;Mark W. Dewhirst

  • Transforming Growth Factors β1, β2, and β3 and Their Receptors Are Differentially Regulated during Normal and Impaired Wound Healing

    Stefan Frank;Marianne Madlener;Sabine Werner

  • Differential splicing in the extracellular region of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 generates receptor variants with different ligand-binding specificities.

    S. Werner;D.-S. R. Duan;C. De Vries;K. G. Peters

  • Keratinocyte Growth Factor: A Unique Player in Epithelial Repair Processes

    Sabine Werner

  • Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and Their Physiological Inhibitors (TIMPs) Are Differentially Expressed during Excisional Skin Wound Repair

    Marianne Madlener;William C. Parks;Sabine Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilhelm Bloch
Wilhelm Bloch German Sport University Cologne
Christian Alzheimer
Christian Alzheimer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel Hohl
Daniel Hohl University of Lausanne
Peter Hans Hofschneider
Peter Hans Hofschneider Max Planck Society
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami
Lewis T. Williams
Lewis T. Williams University of California, San Francisco
Claus Hellerbrand
Claus Hellerbrand University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas Krieg
Thomas Krieg University of Cologne

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