Werner W. Franke

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Best Publications

• The catalog of human cytokeratins: Patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells

  Roland Moll;Werner W. Franke;Dorothea L. Schiller;Benjamin Geiger

  8863
  Citations

• Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy

  Werner W. Franke;Erika Schmid;Mary Osborn;Klaus Weber

  1240
  Citations

• Cytokeratin 20 in human carcinomas. A new histodiagnostic marker detected by monoclonal antibodies.

  R. Moll;A. Löwe;J. Laufer;W. W. Franke

  1162
  Citations

• Immunocytochemical demonstration of vimentin in astrocytes and ependymal cells of developing and adult mouse nervous system.

  J Schnitzer;WW Franke;M Schachner

  911
  Citations

• Widespread occurrence of intermediate-sized filaments of the vimentin-type in cultured cells from diverse vertebrates.

  Werner W. Franke;Erika Schmid;Stefanie Winter;Mary Osborn

  868
  Citations

• Diversity of cytokeratins. Differentiation specific expression of cytokeratin polypeptides in epithelial cells and tissues.

  Werner W. Franke;Dorothea L. Schiller;Roland Moll;Stefanie Winter

  831
  Citations

• Antibody to prekeratin: Decoration of tonofilament-like arrays in various cells of epithelial character

  Werner W. Franke;Klaus Weber;Mary Osborn;Erika Schmid

  646
  Citations

• Vascular smooth muscle cells differ from other smooth muscle cells: predominance of vimentin filaments and a specific alpha-type actin.

  G. Gabbiani;E. Schmid;S. Winter;C. Chaponnier

  645
  Citations

• Plakoglobin: a protein common to different kinds of intercellular adhering junctions.

  Pamela Cowin;Hans Peter Kapprell;Werner W. Franke;John Tamkun

  645
  Citations

• Localization of xanthine oxidase in mammary-gland epithelium and capillary endothelium.

  Ernst Dieter Jarasch;Christine Grund;Gerda Bruder;Gerda Bruder;Hans W. Heid;Hans W. Heid

  612
  Citations

• Immunochemical identification of intermediate-sized filaments in human neoplastic cells. A diagnostic aid for the surgical pathologist.

  G. Gabbiani;Y. Kapanci;P. Barazzone;Werner W. Franke

  569
  Citations

• Differentiation-related patterns of expression of proteins of intermediate-size filaments in tissues and cultured cells.

  Werner W. Franke;E. Schmid;D. L. Schiller;S. Winter

  560
  Citations

• Hormonal doping and androgenization of athletes: a secret program of the German Democratic Republic government

  Werner W. Franke;Brigitte Berendonk

  546
  Citations

• Complex Cytokeratin Polypeptide Patterns Observed in Certain Human Carcinomas

  Roland Moll;Reinhard Krepler;Werner W. Franke

  516
  Citations

• Patterns of Expression and Organization of Cytokeratin Intermediate Filaments

  Roy A. Quinlan;Dorothea L. Schiller;Mechthild Hatzfeld;Thomas Achtstätter

  502
  Citations

• Identification and Characterization of Epithelial Cells in Mammalian Tissues by Immunofluorescence Microscopy Using Antibodies to Prekeratin

  Werner W. Franke;Beate Appelhans;Erika Schmid;Christa Freudenstein

  482
  Citations

• Formation of cytoskeletal elements during mouse embryogenesis: IV. Ultrastructure of primary mesenchymal cells and their cell-cell interactions

  Werner W. Franke;Christine Grund;Brian W. Jackson;Karl Illmensee

  477
  Citations

• Targeted mutation of plakoglobin in mice reveals essential functions of desmosomes in the embryonic heart.

  Patricia Ruiz;Volker Brinkmann;Birgit Ledermann;Martin Behrend

  476
  Citations

• Pair formation and promiscuity of cytokeratins: formation in vitro of heterotypic complexes and intermediate-sized filaments by homologous and heterologous recombinations of purified polypeptides.

  Mechthild Hatzfeld;Werner W. Franke

  476
  Citations

• Formation of Cytoskeletal Elements During Mouse Embryogenesis: Intermediate Filaments of the Cytokeratin Type and Desmosomes in Preimplantation Embryos

  Brian W. Jackson;Christine Grund;Erika Schmid;Kurt Bürki

  449
  Citations