Alexander Kleger

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Kleger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Kleger has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Oncology and 43 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alexander Kleger's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (37 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (30 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (23 papers). Alexander Kleger is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (37 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (30 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (23 papers). Alexander Kleger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Alexander Kleger's co-authors include Thomas Seufferlein, Stefan Liebau, Lukas Perkhofer, Martin C. Müller, Jan Münch, Rüdiger Groß, Alina Seidel, Martin Müller, Hubert Schrezenmeier and Markus Hoffmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Kleger

122 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.351 and P.1 escape from neutralizing antibodies

2021 563 citations Alexander Kleger et al. profile →
Interpreting type 1 diabetes risk with genetics and single-cell epigenomics

2021 205 citations Joshua Chiou, Ryan J. Geusz et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Pancreatic organoids as cancer avatars for true personalized medicine 2025 ·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ·Johann Gout, (unknown), Élodie Roger, Alexander Kleger	1
2	Pancreatic cancer cell-intrinsic transglutaminase-2 promotes T cell suppression through microtubule-dependent secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines 2025 ·Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tim Eiseler, Anton Wellstein, Alexander Kleger, Thomas Seufferlein, Sabine Windhorst, (unknown)	7
3	Host factor PLAC8 is required for pancreas infection by SARS-CoV-2 2025 ·Communications Medicine ·(unknown), Sandra Heller, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas F.E. Barth, Patricia Gallego, Israel Fernández‐Cadenas, (unknown), Catalina Crespı́, (unknown), Eugenia Cisneros‐Barroso, Alejandro P. Ugalde, Gabriel Bretones, Charlotte Steenblock, Alexander Kleger, Marta L. DeDiego, Carles Barceló	0
4	Impairment of α-tubulin and F-actin interactions of GJB3 induces aneuploidy in urothelial cells and promotes bladder cancer cell invasion 2024 ·Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ·(unknown), Xue Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Tim Eiseler, Markus Eckstein, Arndt Hartmann, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Mohamed Elati, Meike Hohwieler, Alexander Kleger, Axel John, Felix Wezel, Friedemann Zengerling, Christian Bolenz, Çagatay Güneş	1
5	Toward a Physiologically Relevant 3D Helicoidal-Oriented Cardiac Model: Simultaneous Application of Mechanical Stimulation and Surface Topography 2023 ·Bioengineering ·(unknown), Philippe Renaud, Niccolò Piacentini, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexander Kleger, Thomas Braschler, Gilles Weder	3
6	TBX3 is dynamically expressed in pancreatic organogenesis and fine-tunes regeneration 2023 ·BMC Biology ·(unknown), Silvia Schirge, Johann Gout, Frank Arnold, (unknown), Ingo Burtscher, (unknown), Medhanie Mulaw, Friedemann Zengerling, Çagatay Güneş, Heiko Lickert, Vincent M. Christoffels, Stefan Liebau, Martin Wagner, Thomas Seufferlein, Christian Bolenz, Anne Moon, Lukas Perkhofer, Alexander Kleger	1
7	DNA methylation‐associated allelic inactivation regulates Keratin 19 gene expression during pancreatic development and carcinogenesis 2023 ·The Journal of Pathology ·Jana Krüger, (unknown), Markus Breunig, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica Merkle, Medhanie Mulaw, (unknown), (unknown), C. Morgenstern, Ninel Azoitei, Thomas Seufferlein, Thomas F.E. Barth, Reiner Siebert, Meike Hohwieler, Alexander Kleger	3
8	Functional IKK/NF-κB signaling in pancreatic stellate cells is essential to prevent autoimmune pancreatitis 2022 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Frank Leithäuser, Alexander Kleger, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Wirth	9
9	Microbial Spectra and Clinical Outcomes from Endoscopically Drained Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Descriptive Cohort Study 2022 ·Antibiotics ·(unknown), Benjamin Walter, (unknown), Frank Arnold, Thomas Seufferlein, Martin Wagner, Martin C. Müller, Alexander Kleger	3
10	Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into pancreatic duct-like organoids 2021 ·STAR Protocols ·Markus Breunig, Jessica Merkle, (unknown), Sandra Heller, Thomas Seufferlein, Matthias Meier, Meike Hohwieler, Alexander Kleger	10
11	CDKN2A-Mutated Pancreatic Ductal Organoids from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model a Cancer Predisposition Syndrome 2021 ·Cancers ·Jessica Merkle, Markus Breunig, (unknown), (unknown), Jana Krüger, (unknown), Susanne Bens, Reiner Siebert, Lukas Perkhofer, Ninel Azoitei, Thomas Seufferlein, Sandra Heller, Matthias Meier, Martin C. Müller, Alexander Kleger, Meike Hohwieler	15
12	Interpreting type 1 diabetes risk with genetics and single-cell epigenomics breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Joshua Chiou, Ryan J. Geusz, Mei-Lin Okino, Jee Yun Han, Michael Miller, Rebecca Melton, Elisha Beebe, Paola Benaglio, Serina Huang, Katha Korgaonkar, Sandra Heller, Alexander Kleger, Sebastian Preißl, David U. Gorkin, Maike Sander, Kyle J. Gaulton	205
13	An Immunological Glance on Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Frank Arnold, (unknown), Friedemann Zengerling, Ninel Azoitei, Thomas Seufferlein, Christian Bolenz, Alexander Kleger	13
14	Hsp70 facilitates trans-membrane transport of bacterial ADP-ribosylating toxins into the cytosol of mammalian cells 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Katharina Ernst, Johannes A. Schmid, Mattias Beck, (unknown), Meike Hohwieler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Fauler, Thomas Jank, Klaus Aktories, Michel R. Popoff, Cordelia Schiene‐Fischer, Alexander Kleger, Martin C. Müller, Manfred Frick, Holger Barth	37
15	Reprogramming to pluripotency does not require transition through a primitive streak-like state 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Stefanie Raab, Moritz Klingenstein, Anna Möller, Anett Illing, (unknown), Markus Breunig, Georg Kuales, Leonhard Linta, Thomas Seufferlein, Sebastian J. Arnold, Alexander Kleger, Stefan Liebau	8
16	A Fresh Look on T-Box Factor Action in Early Embryogenesis (T-Box Factors in Early Development) 2015 ·Stem Cells and Development ·(unknown), Leonhard Linta, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger, Stefan Liebau	7
17	Definitive Endoderm Formation from Plucked Human Hair-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and SK Channel Regulation 2013 ·Stem Cells International ·Anett Illing, Marianne Stockmann, Narasimha Swamy Telugu, Leonhard Linta, Ronan Russell, Martin C. Müller, Thomas Seufferlein, Stefan Liebau, Alexander Kleger	17
18	A Hierarchy in Reprogramming Capacity in Different Tissue Microenvironments: What We Know and What We Need to Know 2012 ·Stem Cells and Development ·Stefan Liebau, (unknown), Hans A. Kestler, Anett Illing, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger	19
19	Rat Embryonic Fibroblasts Improve Reprogramming of Human Keratinocytes into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells 2011 ·Stem Cells and Development ·Leonhard Linta, Marianne Stockmann, Karin N. Kleinhans, Anja Böckers, Alexander Storch, Holm Zaehres, Qiong Lin, Gotthold Barbi, Tobias M. Böckers, Alexander Kleger, Stefan Liebau	51
20	Protein kinase D2 is a novel regulator of glioblastoma growth and tumor formation 2011 ·Neuro-Oncology ·Ninel Azoitei, Alexander Kleger, (unknown), Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Cornelia Brunner, Ganesh V. Pusapati, Alina Filatova, Felicitas Genze, Peter Møller, Till Acker, Rainer Kuefer, Johan Van Lint, Heinrich Baust, Guido Adler, Thomas Seufferlein	34

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