Andrea Ablasser

19.2k total citations · 15 hit papers
46 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Andrea Ablasser is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Ablasser has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Immunology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Andrea Ablasser's work include interferon and immune responses (36 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (22 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (14 papers). Andrea Ablasser is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (36 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (22 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (14 papers). Andrea Ablasser collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Andrea Ablasser's co-authors include Veit Hornung, Eicke Latz, Alexiane Decout, Franz Bauernfeind, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Zhijian J. Chen, Shankar Venkatraman, Jason D. Katz, Gábor Horváth and Karl‐Peter Hopfner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Ablasser

46 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1-act... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2009 2021 2013 2005 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1-activating inflammasome with ASC
    2009 2.0k citations Veit Hornung, Andrea Ablasser et al. Nature profile →
  2. The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases
    2021 1.4k citations Alexiane Decout, Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →
  3. cGAS produces a 2′-5′-linked cyclic dinucleotide second messenger that activates STING
    2013 1.3k citations Andrea Ablasser, Marion Goldeck et al. Nature profile →
  4. Sequence-specific potent induction of IFN-α by short interfering RNA in plasmacytoid dendritic cells through TLR7
    2005 967 citations Veit Hornung, Carole Bourquin et al. profile →
  5. Innate immune sensing of cytosolic chromatin fragments through cGAS promotes senescence
    2017 831 citations Baptiste Guey, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  6. Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors
    2018 788 citations Simone M. Haag, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →
  7. cGAS in action: Expanding roles in immunity and inflammation
    2019 767 citations Andrea Ablasser et al. Science profile →
  8. RIG-I-dependent sensing of poly(dA:dT) through the induction of an RNA polymerase III–transcribed RNA intermediate
    2009 689 citations Andrea Ablasser, Franz Bauernfeind et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  9. Structural mechanism of cytosolic DNA sensing by cGAS
    2013 669 citations Tobias Deimling, Andrea Ablasser et al. Nature profile →
  10. Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP
    2013 503 citations Andrea Ablasser, Jonathan L. Schmid‐Burgk et al. Nature profile →
  11. cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration
    2023 500 citations Muhammet F. Gülen, Alexander Keller et al. Nature profile →
  12. Signalling strength determines proapoptotic functions of STING
    2017 376 citations Muhammet F. Gülen, Ute Koch et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19
    2022 371 citations Jérémy Di Domizio, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →
  14. The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer
    2022 359 citations Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →
  15. Regulation of the cGAS-STING Pathway
    2025 27 citations Pengbiao Xu, Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrea Ablasser Switzerland 33 10.3k 8.2k 3.0k 1.6k 1.3k 46 14.1k
Fenghe Du United States 25 10.3k 1.0× 10.7k 1.3× 3.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 43 17.3k
Hong‐Bing Shu China 67 9.8k 1.0× 8.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.6× 188 15.0k
Lijun Sun United States 33 16.2k 1.6× 10.0k 1.2× 4.6k 1.5× 3.0k 1.9× 2.4k 1.9× 64 20.6k
Winfried Barchet Germany 46 8.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 69 11.0k
Ganes C. Sen United States 72 9.7k 0.9× 7.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 3.3k 2.1× 3.1k 2.4× 245 17.4k
Hideyuki Yanai Japan 36 9.1k 0.9× 3.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 2.1k 1.3× 2.4k 1.8× 69 12.3k
Falk Nimmerjahn Germany 61 10.4k 1.0× 7.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 205 18.2k
Olaf Groß Germany 34 5.0k 0.5× 4.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 589 0.5× 71 9.1k
Akinori Takaoka Japan 45 11.6k 1.1× 5.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.7k 1.7× 4.8k 3.8× 91 17.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gülen, Muhammet F., Alexander Keller, Marius Schwabenland, et al.. (2023). cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration. Nature. 620(7973). 374–380. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Ying, Pengbiao Xu, Chong Liu, et al.. (2022). Clathrin-associated AP-1 controls termination of STING signalling. Nature. 610(7933). 761–767. 99 indexed citations
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Domizio, Jérémy Di, Muhammet F. Gülen, Fanny Saidoune, et al.. (2022). The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19. Nature. 603(7899). 145–151. 371 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guey, Baptiste & Andrea Ablasser. (2022). Emerging dimensions of cellular cGAS-STING signaling. Current Opinion in Immunology. 74. 164–171. 21 indexed citations
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Engels, Sander, Anja J. de Jong, Katka Franke, et al.. (2021). m6A methylation potentiates cytosolic dsDNA recognition in a sequence-specific manner. Open Biology. 11(3). 210030–210030. 11 indexed citations
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Guey, Baptiste, Alexiane Decout, Kristina Makasheva, et al.. (2020). BAF restricts cGAS on nuclear DNA to prevent innate immune activation. Science. 369(6505). 823–828. 139 indexed citations
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Pathare, G.R., Alexiane Decout, Simone Cavadini, et al.. (2020). Structural mechanism of cGAS inhibition by the nucleosome. Nature. 587(7835). 668–672. 192 indexed citations
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Ablasser, Andrea & Sun Hur. (2019). Regulation of cGAS- and RLR-mediated immunity to nucleic acids. Nature Immunology. 21(1). 17–29. 240 indexed citations
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Ablasser, Andrea, et al.. (2018). Innate immunosensing of DNA in cellular senescence. Current Opinion in Immunology. 56. 31–36. 49 indexed citations
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Haag, Simone M., Muhammet F. Gülen, Luc Reymond, et al.. (2018). Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors. Nature. 559(7713). 269–273. 788 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gülen, Muhammet F., Ute Koch, Simone M. Haag, et al.. (2017). Signalling strength determines proapoptotic functions of STING. Nature Communications. 8(1). 427–427. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guey, Baptiste, Muhammet F. Gülen, Katharina Wolter, et al.. (2017). Innate immune sensing of cytosolic chromatin fragments through cGAS promotes senescence. Nature Cell Biology. 19(9). 1061–1070. 831 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ablasser, Andrea & Muhammet F. Gülen. (2016). The role of cGAS in innate immunity and beyond. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 94(10). 1085–1093. 42 indexed citations
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Cavlar, Taner, Tobias Deimling, Andrea Ablasser, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, & Veit Hornung. (2013). Species‐specific detection of the antiviral small‐molecule compound CMA by STING. The EMBO Journal. 32(10). 1440–1450. 171 indexed citations
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Ablasser, Andrea, Marion Goldeck, Taner Cavlar, et al.. (2013). cGAS produces a 2′-5′-linked cyclic dinucleotide second messenger that activates STING. Nature. 498(7454). 380–384. 1268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ablasser, Andrea, Jonathan L. Schmid‐Burgk, Gábor Horváth, et al.. (2013). Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP. Nature. 503(7477). 530–534. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim-Hellmuth, Sarah, Franz Bauernfeind, Andrea Ablasser, et al.. (2010). Listeria monocytogenes is sensed by the NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome. European Journal of Immunology. 40(6). 1545–1551. 210 indexed citations
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Ablasser, Andrea, Hendrik Poeck, David Anz, et al.. (2009). Selection of Molecular Structure and Delivery of RNA Oligonucleotides to Activate TLR7 versus TLR8 and to Induce High Amounts of IL-12p70 in Primary Human Monocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 182(11). 6824–6833. 83 indexed citations
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Hornung, Veit, Andrea Ablasser, Marie Charrel-Dennis, et al.. (2009). AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1-activating inflammasome with ASC. Nature. 458(7237). 514–518. 2049 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bekeredjian‐Ding, Isabelle, Susanne Roth, Stefanie Gilles, et al.. (2006). T Cell-Independent, TLR-Induced IL-12p70 Production in Primary Human Monocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 176(12). 7438–7446. 89 indexed citations

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