Asaf Spiegel

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Asaf Spiegel is a scholar working on Oncology, Hematology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Asaf Spiegel has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Oncology, 6 papers in Hematology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Asaf Spiegel's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (5 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (4 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (3 papers). Asaf Spiegel is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (5 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (4 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (3 papers). Asaf Spiegel collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Asaf Spiegel's co-authors include Tsvee Lapidot, Órit Kollet, Arnon Nagler, Alexander Kalinkovich, Polina Goichberg, Shoham Shivtiel, Ayelet Dar, Amnon Peled, Isabelle Petit and Izhar Hardan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Asaf Spiegel

16 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Osteoclasts degrade endosteal components and promote mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells
    2006 582 citations Órit Kollet, Ayelet Dar et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Asaf Spiegel Israel 14 1.2k 1.1k 889 863 553 16 2.8k
Shoham Shivtiel Israel 16 673 0.6× 730 0.7× 815 0.9× 840 1.0× 559 1.0× 23 2.3k
Liliana Habler Israel 8 871 0.7× 874 0.8× 854 1.0× 532 0.6× 438 0.8× 9 2.0k
Koichi Hattori Japan 11 626 0.5× 534 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 541 1.0× 19 2.4k
Laurie A. Milner United States 16 880 0.7× 928 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 1.9k 2.3× 1.0k 1.8× 30 4.2k
Melissa C. Knight United States 8 1.0k 0.9× 704 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 1.7k 1.9× 960 1.7× 8 3.8k
Hiroko Hisha Japan 25 332 0.3× 601 0.6× 737 0.8× 530 0.6× 730 1.3× 65 2.1k
Ingmar Bruns Germany 28 892 0.8× 969 0.9× 2.5k 2.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 80 3.8k
Gerald A. Colvin United States 26 741 0.6× 329 0.3× 633 0.7× 860 1.0× 682 1.2× 77 2.4k
Manuela Tavian France 26 553 0.5× 966 0.9× 786 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 689 1.2× 47 3.2k
Afzal J. Naiyer United States 12 639 0.5× 741 0.7× 224 0.3× 1.5k 1.7× 424 0.8× 15 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Asaf Spiegel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Asaf Spiegel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Asaf Spiegel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Asaf Spiegel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Asaf Spiegel. Asaf Spiegel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Castaño, Zafira, Beatriz P. San Juan, Asaf Spiegel, et al.. (2018). IL-1β inflammatory response driven by primary breast cancer prevents metastasis-initiating cell colonization. Nature Cell Biology. 20(9). 1084–1097. 130 indexed citations
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Khatib-Massalha, Eman, Anju Kumari, Karin Golan, et al.. (2017). Lactate Release By Bone Marrow Neutrophils Promotes Their Inflammatory Mobilization Via Endothelial GPR81 Signaling. Blood. 130. 446–446. 2 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Asaf, Mary W. Brooks, Ferenc Reinhardt, et al.. (2016). Neutrophils Suppress Intraluminal NK Cell–Mediated Tumor Cell Clearance and Enhance Extravasation of Disseminated Carcinoma Cells. Cancer Discovery. 6(6). 630–649. 370 indexed citations
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Kalinkovich, Alexander, Asaf Spiegel, Shoham Shivtiel, et al.. (2009). Blood-forming stem cells are nervous: Direct and indirect regulation of immature human CD34+ cells by the nervous system. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 23(8). 1059–1065. 42 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Asaf, Alexander Kalinkovich, Shoham Shivtiel, Órit Kollet, & Tsvee Lapidot. (2008). Stem Cell Regulation via Dynamic Interactions of the Nervous and Immune Systems with the Microenvironment. Cell stem cell. 3(5). 484–492. 93 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Asaf, Eyal Zcharia, Yaron Vagima, et al.. (2008). Heparanase regulates retention and proliferation of primitive Sca-1+/c-Kit+/Lin− cells via modulation of the bone marrow microenvironment. Blood. 111(10). 4934–4943. 31 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Tanja Nicole, Valentin Grabovsky, Ronit Pasvolsky, et al.. (2008). A crosstalk between intracellular CXCR7 and CXCR4 involved in rapid CXCL12-triggered integrin activation but not in chemokine-triggered motility of human T lymphocytes and CD34+ cells. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 84(4). 1130–1140. 183 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Asaf, Shoham Shivtiel, Alexander Kalinkovich, et al.. (2007). Catecholaminergic neurotransmitters regulate migration and repopulation of immature human CD34+ cells through Wnt signaling. Nature Immunology. 8(10). 1123–1131. 257 indexed citations
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Kollet, Órit, Ayelet Dar, Shoham Shivtiel, et al.. (2006). Osteoclasts degrade endosteal components and promote mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Nature Medicine. 12(6). 657–664. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petit, Isabelle, Polina Goichberg, Asaf Spiegel, et al.. (2005). Atypical PKC-ζ regulates SDF-1–mediated migration and development of human CD34+ progenitor cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(1). 168–176. 124 indexed citations
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Petit, Isabelle, Polina Goichberg, Asaf Spiegel, et al.. (2005). Atypical PKC-ζ regulates SDF-1–mediated migration and development of human CD34+ progenitor cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(1). 168–176. 114 indexed citations
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Kollet, Órit, Robert Samstein, Asaf Spiegel, et al.. (2004). Osteoclasts Are Involved in Stem Cell Mobilization: Cleavage of SDF-1 by Cathepsin K.. Blood. 104(11). 1291–1291. 5 indexed citations
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Kollet, Órit, Shoham Shivtiel, Swan N. Thung, et al.. (2003). HGF, SDF-1, and MMP-9 are involved in stress-induced human CD34+ stem cell recruitment to the liver. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(2). 160–169. 495 indexed citations
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Kollet, Órit, Shoham Shivtiel, Yuanqing Chen, et al.. (2003). HGF, SDF-1, and MMP-9 are involved in stress-induced human CD34+ stem cell recruitment to the liver. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(2). 160–169. 43 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Asaf, Órit Kollet, Amnon Peled, et al.. (2003). Unique SDF-1–induced activation of human precursor-B ALL cells as a result of altered CXCR4 expression and signaling. Blood. 103(8). 2900–2907. 107 indexed citations
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Kollet, Órit, Asaf Spiegel, Amnon Peled, et al.. (2001). Rapid and efficient homing of human CD34+CD38−/lowCXCR4+stem and progenitor cells to the bone marrow and spleen of NOD/SCID and NOD/SCID/B2mnull mice. Blood. 97(10). 3283–3291. 245 indexed citations

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