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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15316
World Ranking
8251
National Ranking
603

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 231 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler 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 Stefan F. Lichtenthaler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research contributions primarily focus on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable work in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Oncology, and Cell Biology.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler has published extensively in several prestigious scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 23 publications
  • Nature Communications, 9 publications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry, 8 publications
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration, 5 publications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 4 publications

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • The substrate repertoire of γ-secretase/presenilin (2020), Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Pro-inflammatory activation following demyelination is required for myelin clearance and oligodendrogenesis (2020), The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Fibrillar Aβ triggers microglial proteome alterations and dysfunction in Alzheimer mouse models (2020), eLife
  • The case for low-level BACE1 inhibition for the prevention of Alzheimer disease (2021), Nature Reviews Neurology
  • ADAM10 and ADAM17 promote SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and spike protein-mediated lung cell fusion (2022), EMBO Reports

Stefan F. Lichtenthaler has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Stephan A. Müller
  • Christian Haass
  • Johanna Tüshaus
  • Sabina Tahirović
  • Carl Blobel

Best Publications

  • ADAM10 is the physiologically relevant, constitutive α-secretase of the amyloid precursor protein in primary neurons

    Peer‐Hendrik Kuhn;Huanhuan Wang;Bastian Dislich;Bastian Dislich;Alessio Colombo;Alessio Colombo

  • Loss of TREM2 function increases amyloid seeding but reduces plaque-associated ApoE.

    Samira Parhizkar;Thomas Arzberger;Matthias Brendel;Gernot Kleinberger

  • Phosphorylation of the Translation Initiation Factor eIF2α Increases BACE1 Levels and Promotes Amyloidogenesis

    Tracy O'Connor;Katherine Rose Sadleir;Erika Maus;Rodney A. Velliquette

  • Function, therapeutic potential and cell biology of BACE proteases: current status and future prospects.

    Robert Vassar;Peer Hendrik Kuhn;Peer Hendrik Kuhn;Christian Haass;Christian Haass;Matthew E. Kennedy;Matthew E. Kennedy

  • γ-secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells

    Sarah A. Laurent;Franziska S. Hoffmann;Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Qingyu Cheng

  • The Cell Adhesion Protein P-selectin Glycoprotein Ligand-1 Is a Substrate for the Aspartyl Protease BACE1

    Stefan F Lichtenthaler;Diana Ines Dominguez;Gil G Westmeyer;Karina Reiss

  • Secretome protein enrichment identifies physiological BACE1 protease substrates in neurons

    Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Katarzyna Koroniak;Sebastian Hogl;Alessio Colombo

  • Regulated intramembrane proteolysis – lessons from amyloid precursor protein processing

    Stefan F. Lichtenthaler;Christian Haass;Harald Steiner

  • Cell-type-specific profiling of brain mitochondria reveals functional and molecular diversity

    Caroline Fecher;Caroline Fecher;Caroline Fecher;Laura Trovò;Laura Trovò;Stephan A. Müller;Stephan A. Müller;Nicolas Snaidero;Nicolas Snaidero

  • Mechanism of the cleavage specificity of Alzheimer’s disease γ-secretase identified by phenylalanine-scanning mutagenesis of the transmembrane domain of the amyloid precursor protein

    Stefan F. Lichtenthaler;Rong Wang;Heike Grimm;Sacha N. Uljon

  • An Alzheimer‐associated TREM2 variant occurs at the ADAM cleavage site and affects shedding and phagocytic function

    Kai Schlepckow;Gernot Kleinberger;Akio Fukumori;Regina Feederle

  • Transcriptional and translational regulation of BACE1 expression--implications for Alzheimer's disease.

    Steffen Rossner;Magdalena Sastre;Krystyn Bourne;Stefan F Lichtenthaler

  • Proteolytic ectodomain shedding of membrane proteins in mammals—hardware, concepts, and recent developments

    Stefan F Lichtenthaler;Stefan F Lichtenthaler;Marius K Lemberg;Regina Fluhrer;Regina Fluhrer

  • The alpha secretase ADAM10: A metalloprotease with multiple functions in the brain.

    Paul Saftig;Stefan F. Lichtenthaler;Stefan F. Lichtenthaler

  • Regulated intramembrane proteolysis of the interleukin-1 receptor II by alpha-, beta-, and gamma-secretase.

    Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Els Marjaux;Axel Imhof;Bart De Strooper

  • Alpha-secretase in Alzheimer's disease: molecular identity, regulation and therapeutic potential

    Stefan F. Lichtenthaler

  • The E3 Ligase Parkin Maintains Mitochondrial Integrity by Increasing Linear Ubiquitination of NEMO

    Anne Kathrin Müller-Rischart;Anna Pilsl;Patrick Beaudette;Maria Patra

  • The FTLD risk factor TMEM106B and MAP6 control dendritic trafficking of lysosomes

    Benjamin M Schwenk;Christina M Lang;Sebastian Hogl;Sabina Tahirovic

  • Expression of the Alzheimer protease BACE1 is suppressed via its 5'-untranslated region

    Sven Lammich;Susanne Schöbel;Ann-Katrin Zimmer;Stefan F Lichtenthaler

  • BACE1 Physiological Functions May Limit Its Use as Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease.

    Soraia Barão Lourenco Barao;Diederik Moechars;Stefan F Lichtenthaler;Stefan F Lichtenthaler;Bart De Strooper;Bart De Strooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Haass
Christian Haass Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Harald Steiner
Harald Steiner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mikael Simons
Mikael Simons German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bart De Strooper
Bart De Strooper KU Leuven
Elisabeth Kremmer
Elisabeth Kremmer Max Planck Society
Carl P. Blobel
Carl P. Blobel Cornell University
Wolfgang Wurst
Wolfgang Wurst German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Edgar Meinl
Edgar Meinl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul Saftig
Paul Saftig Kiel University
Konrad Beyreuther
Konrad Beyreuther Heidelberg University

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