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Helmut Kettenmann

Active 1983–2025

200
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47,846
Citations
115
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Citations

Citations per year for Helmut Kettenmann1967: 1 citations1978: 2 citations1982: 2 citations1983: 6 citations1984: 8 citations1985: 8 citations1986: 7 citations1987: 12 citations1988: 25 citations1989: 70 citations1990: 132 citations1991: 136 citations1992: 121 citations1993: 100 citations1994: 197 citations1995: 177 citations1996: 188 citations1997: 147 citations1998: 157 citations1999: 160 citations2000: 199 citations2001: 204 citations2002: 209 citations2003: 201 citations2004: 252 citations2005: 294 citations2006: 422 citations2007: 358 citations2008: 406 citations2009: 411 citations2010: 492 citations2011: 522 citations2012: 497 citations2013: 566 citations2014: 532 citations2015: 604 citations2016: 503 citations2017: 611 citations2018: 554 citations2019: 1,474 citations2020: 1,677 citations2021: 1,920 citations2022: 1,624 citations2023: 1,339 citations2024: 1,865 citations2025: 997 citations2026: 27 citations1968–1977: no citations, so these years are not shown1979–1981: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 5,300 citing papers, 25.8% of this breakdownChina: 2,385 citing papers, 11.6% of this breakdownGermany: 1,906 citing papers, 9.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,296 citing papers, 6.3% of this breakdownItaly: 923 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownCanada: 800 citing papers, 3.9% of this breakdownFrance: 681 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownSpain: 666 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownJapan: 615 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 421 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 420 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 402 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Neuroscience52.7%
  • Medicine21.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.5%
  • Immunology and Microbiology5.2%
  • Engineering0.7%
  • Nursing0.6%
  • Other2%

Topics

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms16%
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research6.8%
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms5%
  • Immune cells in cancer4.7%
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments3.3%
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders3%
  • Other61.2%

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  1. Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

    Authors: Rosa Chiara Paolicelli, Amanda Sierra, Beth Stevens, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Adriano Aguzzi, Bahareh Ajami, Ido Amit, Étienne Audinat, Ingo Bechmann, Mariko L. Bennett, F. Chris Bennett, Alain Bessis, Knut Biber, Staci D. Bilbo, Mathew Blurton‐Jones, Erik Boddeke, Dora Brites, Bert Brône, Guy C. Brown, Oleg Butovsky, Monica J. Carson, Bernardo Castellano, Marco Colonna, Sally A. Cowley, Colm Cunningham, Dimitrios Davalos, Philip L. De Jager, Bart De Strooper, Ádám Dénes, Bart J. L. Eggen, Ukpong B. Eyo, Elena Galea, Sonia Garel, Florent Ginhoux, Christopher K. Glass, Özgün Gökçe, Diego Gómez‐Nicola, Berta González, Siamon Gordon, Manuel B. Graeber, Andrew D. Greenhalgh, Pierre Gressèns, Melanie Greter, David H. Gutmann, Christian Haass, Michael T. Heneka, Frank L. Heppner, Soyon Hong, David Hume, Steffen Jung, Helmut Kettenmann, Jonathan Kipnis, Ryuta Koyama, Greg Lemke, Marina A. Lynch, Ania K. Majewska, Marzia Malcangio, Tarja Malm, Renzo Mancuso, Takahiro Masuda, Michela Matteoli, Barry W. McColl, Véronique E. Miron, Anna V. Molofsky, Michelle Monje, Éva Mracskó, Agnès Nadjar, Jonas J. Neher, Urtė Neniškytė, Harald Neumann, Mami Noda, Bo Peng, Francesca Peri, V. Hugh Perry, Phillip G. Popovich, Clare Pridans, Josef Priller, Marco Prinz, Davide Ragozzino, Richard M. Ransohoff, Michael W. Salter, Anne Schaefer, Dorothy P. Schafer, Michal Schwartz, Mikael Simons, Cody J. Smith, Wolfgang J. Streit, Tuan Leng Tay, Li‐Huei Tsai, Alexei Verkhratsky, Rommy von Bernhardi, Hiroaki Wake, Valérie Wittamer, Susanne A. Wolf, Long‐Jun Wu, Tony Wyss‐Coray - Neuron 2022 cited by 1,880

  2. Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Authors: Carole Escartin, Elena Galea, András Lakatos, James P. O’Callaghan, Gabor C. Petzold, Alberto Serrano‐Pozo, Christian Steinhäuser, Andrea Volterra, Giorgio Carmignoto, Amit Agarwal, Nicola J. Allen, Alfonso Araque, Luis Barbeito, Ari Barzilai, Dwight E. Bergles, Gilles Bonvento, Arthur M. Butt, Wei-Ting Chen, Martine Cohen‐Salmon, Colm Cunningham, Benjamin Deneen, Bart De Strooper, Blanca Díaz‐Castro, Cinthia Farina, Marc Freeman, Vittorio Gallo, J. E. Goldman, Steven A. Goldman, Magdalena Götz, Antonia Gutiérrez, Philip G. Haydon, Dieter Henrik Heiland, Elly M. Hol, Matthew G. Holt, Masamitsu Iino, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Helmut Kettenmann, Baljit S. Khakh, Schuichi Koizumi, C. Justin Lee, Shane A. Liddelow, Brian A. MacVicar, Pierre J. Magistretti, Albee Messing, Anusha Mishra, Anna V. Molofsky, Keith K. Murai, Christopher M. Norris, Seiji Okada, Stéphane H. R. Oliet, João Filipe Oliveira, Aude Panatier, Vladimir Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Luc Pellerin, Gertrudis Perea, Beatriz Gomez Perez‐Nievas, Frank W. Pfrieger, Kira E. Poskanzer, Francisco J. Quintana, Richard M. Ransohoff, Miriam Riquelme‐Perez, Stefanie Robel, Christine R. Rose, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Nathalie Rouach, David H. Rowitch, Alexey Semyanov, Swetlana Sirko, Harald Sontheimer, Raymond A. Swanson, Javier Vitórica, I. Wanner, Levi B. Wood, Jiaqian Wu, Binhai Zheng, Eduardo R. Zimmer, Robert Zorec, Michael V. Sofroniew, Alexei Verkhratsky - Nature Neuroscience 2021 cited by 2,366

  3. The role of microglia and macrophages in glioma maintenance and progression

    Authors: Dolores Hambardzumyan, David H. Gutmann, Helmut Kettenmann - Nature Neuroscience 2015 cited by 1,669

  4. Physiology of Microglia

    Authors: Helmut Kettenmann, Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Mami Noda, Alexei Verkhratsky - Physiological Reviews 2011 cited by 3,499

  5. Microglia in Physiology and Disease

    Authors: Susanne A. Wolf, H. W. G. M. Boddeke, Helmut Kettenmann - Annual Review of Physiology 2016 cited by 1,424

  6. Microglia: active sensor and versatile effector cells in the normal and pathologic brain

    Authors: Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Helmut Kettenmann - Nature Neuroscience 2007 cited by 3,656

  7. Microglia: New Roles for the Synaptic Stripper

    Authors: Helmut Kettenmann, Frank Kirchhoff, Alexei Verkhratsky - Neuron 2013 cited by 1,163

  8. Transcriptional and Translational Differences of Microglia from Male and Female Brains

    Authors: Dilansu Güneykaya, Andranik Ivanov, Daniel Pérez-Hernández, Verena Haage, Bartosz Wojtaś, Niklas Meyer, Meron Maricos, Philipp Jordan, Alice Buonfiglioli, Bartłomiej Gielniewski, Natalia Ochocka, Cagla Cömert, Corinna Friedrich, Lorena Suarez Artiles, Bożena Kamińska, Philipp Mertins, Dieter Beule, Helmut Kettenmann, Susanne A. Wolf - Cell Reports 2018 cited by 483

  9. The brain tumor microenvironment

    Authors: Nikki Charles, Eric C. Holland, Richard J. Gilbertson, Rainer Glaß, Helmut Kettenmann - Glia 2011 cited by 716

  10. Microglia/Brain Macrophages as Central Drivers of Brain Tumor Pathobiology

    Authors: David H. Gutmann, Helmut Kettenmann - Neuron 2019 cited by 308

  11. Glioma-Associated Microglia/Macrophages Display an Expression Profile Different from M1 and M2 Polarization and Highly Express Gpnmb and Spp1

    Authors: Frank Szulzewsky, Andreas Pelz, Xi Feng, Michael Synowitz, Darko Marković, Thomas Langmann, Inge R. Holtman, Xi Wang, Bart J. L. Eggen, Hendrikus Boddeke, Dolores Hambardzumyan, Susanne A. Wolf, Helmut Kettenmann - PLoS ONE 2015 cited by 411

  12. Cien Años de Microglía: Milestones in a Century of Microglial Research

    Authors: Amanda Sierra, Rosa Chiara Paolicelli, Helmut Kettenmann - Trends in Neurosciences 2019 cited by 240

  13. The “Big‐Bang” for modern glial biology: Translation and comments on Pío del Río‐Hortega 1919 series of papers on microglia

    Authors: Amanda Sierra, Fernando de Castro, Juan del Río‐Hortega, José R. Iglesias-Rozas, Manuel Garrosa, Helmut Kettenmann - Glia 2016 cited by 252

  14. Neurotransmitter receptors on microglia

    Authors: Jennifer M. Pocock, Helmut Kettenmann - Trends in Neurosciences 2007 cited by 636

  15. Functional Impairment of Microglia Coincides with Beta-Amyloid Deposition in Mice with Alzheimer-Like Pathology

    Authors: Grietje Krabbe, Annett Halle, Vitali Matyash, Jan Leo Rinnenthal, Gina D. Eom, Ulrike Bernhardt, Kelly R. Miller, Stefan Prokop, Helmut Kettenmann, Frank L. Heppner - PLoS ONE 2013 cited by 479

  16. Gliomas induce and exploit microglial MT1-MMP expression for tumor expansion

    Authors: D. Marković, Katyayni Vinnakota, Sridhar Reddy Chirasani, Michael Synowitz, H. Raguet, Kristin Stock, Marcin Sliwa, S. Lehmann, Roland E. Kälin, Nico van Rooijen, Kenn Holmbeck, Frank L. Heppner, Juergen Kiwit, V. Matyash, Seija Lehnardt, Bożena Kamińska, R. Glass, Helmut Kettenmann - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2009 cited by 387

  17. Neuroglia: the 150 years after

    Authors: Helmut Kettenmann, Alexei Verkhratsky - Trends in Neurosciences 2008 cited by 293

  18. Human Mesenchymal glioblastomas are characterized by an increased immune cell presence compared to Proneural and Classical tumors

    Authors: Ioannis Kaffes, Frank Szulzewsky, Zhihong Chen, Cameron J. Herting, Ben Gabanic, José E. Velázquez Vega, Jennifer Shelton, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, James Ross, Leon McSwain, Jason T. Huse, Bengt Westermark, Sven Nelander, Karin Forsberg‐Nilsson, Lene Uhrbom, Naga Prathyusha Maturi, Patrick J. Cimino, Eric C. Holland, Helmut Kettenmann, Cameron Brennan, Daniel J. Brat, Dolores Hambardzumyan - OncoImmunology 2019 cited by 165

  19. Microglia sense neuronal activity via GABA in the early postnatal hippocampus

    Authors: Francesca Logiacco, Pengfei Xia, Svilen Veselinov Georgiev, Celeste Franconi, Yi‐Jen Chang, Bilge Ugursu, Anje Sporbert, Ralf Kühn, Helmut Kettenmann, Marcus Semtner - Cell Reports 2021 cited by 73

  20. Long-lasting pro-inflammatory suppression of microglia by LPS-preconditioning is mediated by RelB-dependent epigenetic silencing

    Authors: W. Schaafsma, X. Zhang, Koen Cornelis van Zomeren, S. Jacobs, Petya B. Georgieva, Susanne A. Wolf, Helmut Kettenmann, H. Janova, Nasrin Saiepour, U.-K. Hanisch, Peter Meerlo, Peter J. van den Elsen, Nieske Brouwer, H. W. G. M. Boddeke, Bart J. L. Eggen - Brain Behavior and Immunity 2015 cited by 191

  21. Oligodendrocytes in the Mouse Corpus Callosum Maintain Axonal Function by Delivery of Glucose

    Authors: Niklas Meyer, Nadine Richter, Zoya Fan, Gabrielle Siemonsmeier, Tatyana Pivneva, Philipp Jordan, Christian Steinhäuser, Marcus Semtner, Christiané Nolte, Helmut Kettenmann - Cell Reports 2018 cited by 146

  22. Functional role of calcium signals for microglial function

    Authors: Katrin Färber, Helmut Kettenmann - Glia 2006 cited by 200

  23. Maternal immune activation results in complex microglial transcriptome signature in the adult offspring that is reversed by minocycline treatment

    Authors: Daniele Mattei, Andranik Ivanov, Carmelo Ferrai, Philipp Jordan, Dilansu Güneykaya, Alice Buonfiglioli, W. Schaafsma, Piotr Przanowski, Winnie Deuther‐Conrad, Peter Brust, Swen Hesse, Marianne Patt, Osama Sabri, Tobias L. Roß, Bart J. L. Eggen, Erik Boddeke, Bożena Kamińska, Dieter Beule, Ana Pombo, Helmut Kettenmann, Susanne A. Wolf - Translational Psychiatry 2017 cited by 223

  24. Activation of serotonin receptors promotes microglial injury-induced motility but attenuates phagocytic activity

    Authors: Grietje Krabbe, Vitali Matyash, Ulrike Pannasch, Lauren Mamer, Hendrikus Boddeke, Helmut Kettenmann - Brain Behavior and Immunity 2011 cited by 172