Axel Künstner

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Axel Künstner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Künstner has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Axel Künstner's work include Gut microbiota and health (10 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Axel Künstner is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (10 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Axel Künstner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Axel Künstner's co-authors include Linnéa Smeds, Jochen B. W. Wolf, Hans Ellegren, Niclas Backström, Hannu Mäkinen, Severin Uebbing, Nagarjun Vijay, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Reto Burri and Pall I. Olason and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Axel Künstner

49 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers

2012 476 citations Hans Ellegren, Linnéa Smeds et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Künstner Germany	22	1.1k	1.0k	325	300	278	54	2.4k
Jerilyn A. Walker United States	20	1.9k 1.7×	918 0.9×	970 3.0×	192 0.6×	359 1.3×	50	3.0k
Maja Tarailo‐Graovac Canada	20	2.1k 1.9×	945 0.9×	1.1k 3.3×	206 0.7×	234 0.8×	58	3.3k
Eyal Seroussi Israel	27	911 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	387 1.2×	91 0.3×	106 0.4×	104	2.8k
Hernán Dopazo Spain	24	983 0.9×	516 0.5×	348 1.1×	197 0.7×	150 0.5×	53	2.1k
Junzo Yamada Japan	26	1.3k 1.1×	738 0.7×	146 0.4×	116 0.4×	177 0.6×	243	3.4k
Dan Mishmar Israel	31	3.3k 3.0×	1.5k 1.5×	134 0.4×	184 0.6×	429 1.5×	66	4.4k
Darla R. Miller United States	23	949 0.8×	804 0.8×	127 0.4×	101 0.3×	192 0.7×	61	2.3k
Sha Tang China	36	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 4.5×	84 0.3×	143 0.5×	126	4.0k
Xu Wang China	31	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	654 2.0×	247 0.8×	250 0.9×	169	3.3k
Wen Huang United States	37	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	418 1.3×	349 1.2×	281 1.0×	114	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Künstner

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All Works

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Künstner, Axel, Philipp Lohneis, Hanno M. Witte, et al.. (2025). Molecular profiling of primary renal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma unravels a proclivity for immune-privileged tropism. Blood Advances. 9(15). 3900–3904.

Künstner, Axel, et al.. (2025). Metabolic modelling reveals increased autonomy and antagonism in type 2 diabetic gut microbiota. Molecular Systems Biology. 21(6). 720–731.

Künstner, Axel, et al.. (2024). Intravenous Ig Ameliorates Disease in a Murine Model of Anti–Laminin 332 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(12). 2671–2681.e1. 4 indexed citations

Künstner, Axel, Cyrus Khandanpour, Hauke Busch, et al.. (2024). Transcriptome Profiling Associated with CARD11 Overexpression in Colorectal Cancer Implicates a Potential Role for Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Cancer Pathways Modulation via NF-κB. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(19). 10367–10367. 3 indexed citations

Künstner, Axel, Hanno M. Witte, Pengwei Xing, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide DNA methylation-analysis of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm identifies distinct molecular features. Leukemia. 38(5). 1086–1098. 2 indexed citations

Künstner, Axel, Anne‐Sophie Mehdorn, Charlotte A. E. Hauser, et al.. (2024). Epithelial and Mesenchymal-like Pancreatic Cancer Cells Exhibit Different Stem Cell Phenotypes Associated with Different Metastatic Propensities. Cancers. 16(4). 686–686. 4 indexed citations

Künstner, Axel, Daniela Esser, Hauke Busch, et al.. (2023). Clonal evolution in tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistance: lessons from in vitro-models. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1200897–1200897. 7 indexed citations

Künstner, Axel, Michael M. Kohl, Almuth Caliebe, et al.. (2023). Mutational Changes in Solid Cancer Cells Induce DNA Damage Repair Deficiency in Hematopoietic Cells Leading to a Distinct Spectrum of Clonal Hematopoiesis Independent from Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 5605–5605. 1 indexed citations

Braun, Rüdiger, Maren Drenckhan, Axel Künstner, et al.. (2023). Establishment and Molecular Characterization of Two Patient-Derived Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines as Preclinical Models for Treatment Response. Cells. 12(4). 587–587. 1 indexed citations

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Olbrich, Michael, Gabriel Adelman Cipolla, Danielle Malheiros, et al.. (2023). The landscape of the immunoglobulin repertoire in endemic pemphigus foliaceus. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1189251–1189251. 2 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Mirja, Axel Künstner, Inken Wohlers, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive analysis of gut and skin microbiota in canine atopic dermatitis in Shiba Inu dogs. Microbiome. 11(1). 232–232. 20 indexed citations

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Ungefroren, Hendrik, Axel Künstner, Hauke Busch, et al.. (2022). Differential Effects of Somatostatin, Octreotide, and Lanreotide on Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Proliferation in Established and Primary NET Cell Lines: Possible Crosstalk with TGF-β Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(24). 15868–15868. 7 indexed citations

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Künstner, Axel, et al.. (2022). Predominance of Staphylococcus Correlates with Wound Burden and Disease Activity in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Prospective Case-Control Study. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 142(8). 2117–2127.e8. 11 indexed citations

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Schmid, B., Axel Künstner, Anke Fähnrich, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal Characterization of the Fungal Skin Microbiota in Healthy Subjects Over a Period of 1 Year. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 142(10). 2766–2772.e8. 6 indexed citations

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Schilf, Paul, Axel Künstner, Michael Olbrich, et al.. (2021). A Mitochondrial Polymorphism Alters Immune Cell Metabolism and Protects Mice from Skin Inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(3). 1006–1006. 20 indexed citations

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Luley, Kim Barbara, Axel Künstner, Hauke Busch, et al.. (2020). A Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of the Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Cell Lines BON-1 and QGP-1. Cancers. 12(3). 691–691. 34 indexed citations

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Künstner, Axel, Margarete Hoffmann, Bonnie A. Fraser, et al.. (2016). The Genome of the Trinidadian Guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and Variation in the Guanapo Population. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0169087–e0169087. 64 indexed citations

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Künstner, Axel, Benoît Nabholz, & Hans Ellegren. (2011). Evolutionary Constraint in Flanking Regions of Avian Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(9). 2481–2489. 5 indexed citations

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Smeds, Linnéa & Axel Künstner. (2011). ConDeTri - A Content Dependent Read Trimmer for Illumina Data. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26314–e26314. 187 indexed citations

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Nabholz, Benoît, Axel Künstner, Ruijia Wang, Erich D. Jarvis, & Hans Ellegren. (2011). Dynamic Evolution of Base Composition: Causes and Consequences in Avian Phylogenomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(8). 2197–2210. 77 indexed citations

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