2026 Vera Knäuper: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	13016	11974	1016	944	101	14926

Overview

Vera Knäuper is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with significant contributions across various subfields including Cell Biology, Hematology, Rehabilitation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology.

Their work addresses multiple main topics, notably:

Wound Healing and Treatments
Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Vera Knäuper has contributed to several recent publications, including:

"Alzheimer's disease-associated P460L variant of EphA1 dysregulates receptor activity and blood-brain barrier function" (2024), published in Alzheimer s & Dementia
"Multi-Omics Analysis of Glioblastoma and Glioblastoma Cell Line: Molecular Insights Into the Functional Role of GPR56 and TG2 in Mesenchymal Transition" (2022), published in Frontiers in Oncology
"Cleavage by MMP-13 renders VWF unable to bind to collagen but increases its platelet reactivity" (2020), published in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
"Epoxytiglianes induce keratinocyte wound healing responses via classical protein kinase C activation to promote skin re-epithelialization" (2024), published in Biochemical Pharmacology
"Neutrophil collagenase (MMP-8) cleaves at the aggrecanase site E 373 -A 374 in the interglobular domain of cartilage aggrecan" (2020), published by UNC Libraries

The venues where Vera Knäuper frequently publishes include:

Alzheimer s & Dementia
Frontiers in Oncology
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Biochemical Pharmacology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Vera Knäuper collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Owen Moon
Ann Ager
Lea Bauer
Daniel Aeschlimann
Paul Reddell

Best Publications

Biochemical Characterization of Human Collagenase-3

Vera Knäuper;Carlos López-Otin;Bryan Smith;Graham Knight

1151
Citations
Cellular Mechanisms for Human Procollagenase-3 (MMP-13) Activation EVIDENCE THAT MT1-MMP (MMP-14) AND GELATINASE A (MMP-2) ARE ABLE TO GENERATE ACTIVE ENZYME

Vera Knäuper;Horst Will;Carlos López-Otin;Bryan Smith

882
Citations
TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE) is inhibited by TIMP-3

Augustin Amour;Patrick M Slocombe;Ailsa Webster;Michael Butler

821
Citations
Mechanisms for pro matrix metalloproteinase activation.

Gillian Murphy;Heather Stanton;Susan Cowell;Georgina Butler

593
Citations
The in vitro activity of ADAM-10 is inhibited by TIMP-1 and TIMP-3.

Augustin Amour;C.Graham Knight;Ailsa Webster;Patrick M. Slocombe

525
Citations
Degradation of cartilage aggrecan by collagenase-3 (MMP-13)

Amanda J. Fosang;Vera Knäuper;Gillian Murphy

521
Citations
The role of the C-terminal domain of human collagenase-3 (MMP-13) in the activation of procollagenase-3, substrate specificity, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase interaction.

Vera Knäuper;Susan Cowell;Bryan Smith;Carlos López-Otin

485
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinases in arthritic disease.

Gillian Murphy;Vera Knäuper;Susan Atkinson;George Butler

430
Citations
Relating matrix metalloproteinase structure to function: why the "hemopexin" domain?

Gillian Murphy;Vera Knäuper

424
Citations
Identification and Characterization of Human MT5-MMP, a New Membrane-bound Activator of Progelatinase A Overexpressed in Brain Tumors

Elena Llano;Alberto M. Pendás;José P. Freije;Atsuhisa Nakano

339
Citations
Cloning and Characterization of Human MMP-23, a New Matrix Metalloproteinase Predominantly Expressed in Reproductive Tissues and Lacking Conserved Domains in Other Family Members

Gloria Velasco;Alberto M. Pendás;Antonio Fueyo;Vera Knäuper

306
Citations
Endothelial tubulogenesis within fibrin gels specifically requires the activity of membrane-type-matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs)

Marc A. Lafleur;Madeleine M. Handsley;Vera Louise Frieda Knauper;Gillian Murphy

303
Citations
Identification and Structural and Functional Characterization of Human Enamelysin (MMP-20)†,‡

Elena Llano;Alberto M. Pendás;Vera Knäuper;Timo Sorsa

291
Citations
ADAMTS1 cleaves aggrecan at multiple sites and is differentially inhibited by metalloproteinase inhibitors.

Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Manzaneque;Jennifer Westling;Shelley N. M. Thai;Alfonso Luque

290
Citations
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Human Matrix Metalloproteinase with Unique Structural Characteristics, Chromosomal Location, and Tissue Distribution

Alberto M. Pendás;Vera Knäuper;Xose S. Puente;Elena Llano

289
Citations
Membrane Type 4 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP17) Has Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Convertase Activity but Does Not Activate Pro-MMP2 *

William R. English;Xose S. Puente;José M.P. Freije;Vera Knäuper

281
Citations
Identification and Enzymatic Characterization of Two Diverging Murine Counterparts of Human Interstitial Collagenase (MMP-1) Expressed at Sites of Embryo Implantation

Milagros Balbı́n;Antonio Fueyo;Vera Knäuper;José M. López

274
Citations
Specific collagenolysis by gelatinase A, MMP-2, is determined by the hemopexin domain and not the fibronectin-like domain

Margaret L Patterson;Susan J Atkinson;Vera Knäuper;Gillian Murphy

273
Citations
Activation of Progelatinase B (proMMP‐9) by Active Collagenase‐3 (MMP‐13)

Vera Knäuper;Bryan Smith;Carlos López-Otin;Gillian Murphy

258
Citations
Induction of matrix metalloproteinase activation cascades based on membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase: associated activation of gelatinase A, gelatinase B and collagenase 3

Susan Cowell;Vera Knäuper;Margaret L. Stewart;Marie-Pia D'ortho

251
Citations