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

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

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 →
The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases

2021 1.4k citations Alexiane Decout, Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors

2018 788 citations Simone M. Haag, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →
cGAS in action: Expanding roles in immunity and inflammation

2019 767 citations Andrea Ablasser et al. Science profile →
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 →
Structural mechanism of cytosolic DNA sensing by cGAS

2013 669 citations Tobias Deimling, Andrea Ablasser et al. Nature profile →
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 →
cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

2023 500 citations Muhammet F. Gülen, Alexander Keller et al. Nature profile →
Signalling strength determines proapoptotic functions of STING

2017 376 citations Muhammet F. Gülen, Ute Koch et al. Nature Communications profile →
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 →
The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer

2022 359 citations Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →
Regulation of the cGAS-STING Pathway

2025 27 citations Pengbiao Xu, Andrea Ablasser et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Muhammet F. Gülen, (unknown), Alexander Keller, Marius Schwabenland, Chong Liu, (unknown), Vivek V. Thacker, Lucie Favre, Bastien Mangeat, Lona J. Kroese, Paul Krimpenfort, Marco Prinz, Andrea Ablasser	500
2	Clathrin-associated AP-1 controls termination of STING signalling 2022 ·Nature ·Ying Liu, Pengbiao Xu, (unknown), Chong Liu, (unknown), Xuefeng Ren, James H. Hurley, Andrea Ablasser	99
3	The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19 breakdown → 2022 ·Nature ·Jérémy Di Domizio, Muhammet F. Gülen, Fanny Saidoune, Vivek V. Thacker, Ahmad Yatim, Kunal Sharma, Théo Nass, Emmanuella Guenova, Martin Schaller, Curdin Conrad, Christine Goepfert, Laurence de Leval, Christophe von Garnier, Sabina Berezowska, A. Dubois, Michel Gilliet, Andrea Ablasser	371
4	Emerging dimensions of cellular cGAS-STING signaling 2022 ·Current Opinion in Immunology ·Baptiste Guey, Andrea Ablasser	21
5	m6A methylation potentiates cytosolic dsDNA recognition in a sequence-specific manner 2021 ·Open Biology ·(unknown), Sander Engels, Anja J. de Jong, Katka Franke, Timo K. van den Berg, Muhammet F. Gülen, Andrea Ablasser, Edith M. Janssen, Bas van Steensel, Monika C. Wolkers	11
6	BAF restricts cGAS on nuclear DNA to prevent innate immune activation 2020 ·Science ·Baptiste Guey, (unknown), Alexiane Decout, Kristina Makasheva, Murat Kaynak, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Beat Fierz, Andrea Ablasser	139
7	Structural mechanism of cGAS inhibition by the nucleosome 2020 ·Nature ·G.R. Pathare, Alexiane Decout, (unknown), Simone Cavadini, Kristina Makasheva, Ruud Hovius, Georg Kempf, Joscha Weiss, Zuzanna Kozicka, Baptiste Guey, Pauline Mélénec, Beat Fierz, Nicolas H. Thomä, Andrea Ablasser	192
8	Regulation of cGAS- and RLR-mediated immunity to nucleic acids 2019 ·Nature Immunology ·Andrea Ablasser, Sun Hur	240
9	Innate immunosensing of DNA in cellular senescence 2018 ·Current Opinion in Immunology ·(unknown), Andrea Ablasser	49
10	Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Simone M. Haag, Muhammet F. Gülen, Luc Reymond, (unknown), Laurence Abrami, Alexiane Decout, Michaël Heymann, Gijs R. van den Brink, Gerardo Turcatti, Rayk Behrendt, Andrea Ablasser	788
11	Signalling strength determines proapoptotic functions of STING breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Muhammet F. Gülen, Ute Koch, Simone M. Haag, Fabian Schuler, Lionel Apétoh, Andreas Villunger, Freddy Radtke, Andrea Ablasser	376
12	Innate immune sensing of cytosolic chromatin fragments through cGAS promotes senescence breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Cell Biology ·(unknown), Baptiste Guey, Muhammet F. Gülen, Katharina Wolter, Tae-Won Kang, Niklas A. Schmacke, Anne Bridgeman, Jan Rehwinkel, Lars Zender, Andrea Ablasser	831
13	The role of cGAS in innate immunity and beyond 2016 ·Journal of Molecular Medicine ·Andrea Ablasser, Muhammet F. Gülen	42
14	Species‐specific detection of the antiviral small‐molecule compound CMA by STING 2013 ·The EMBO Journal ·Taner Cavlar, Tobias Deimling, Andrea Ablasser, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, Veit Hornung	171
15	cGAS produces a 2′-5′-linked cyclic dinucleotide second messenger that activates STING breakdown → 2013 ·Nature ·Andrea Ablasser, Marion Goldeck, Taner Cavlar, Tobias Deimling, Gregor Witte, Ingo Röhl, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, János Ludwig, Veit Hornung	1268
16	Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP breakdown → 2013 ·Nature ·Andrea Ablasser, Jonathan L. Schmid‐Burgk, (unknown), Gábor Horváth, Tobias Schmidt, Eicke Latz, Veit Hornung	503
17	Listeria monocytogenes is sensed by the NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome 2010 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Franz Bauernfeind, Andrea Ablasser, Gunther Hartmann, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Eicke Latz, Veit Hornung	210
18	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 2009 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Andrea Ablasser, Hendrik Poeck, David Anz, Michael Berger, Martin Schlee, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Carole Bourquin, Nadège Goutagny, Zhaozhao Jiang, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann, Veit Hornung	83
19	AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1-activating inflammasome with ASC breakdown → 2009 ·Nature ·Veit Hornung, Andrea Ablasser, Marie Charrel-Dennis, Franz Bauernfeind, Gábor Horváth, Daniel R. Caffrey, Eicke Latz, Katherine A. Fitzgerald	2049
20	T Cell-Independent, TLR-Induced IL-12p70 Production in Primary Human Monocytes 2006 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Isabelle Bekeredjian‐Ding, Susanne Roth, Stefanie Gilles, Thomas Giese, Andrea Ablasser, Veit Hornung, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann	89

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