Benjamin Demarco

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Demarco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Demarco has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Demarco's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (17 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers) and interferon and immune responses (4 papers). Benjamin Demarco is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (17 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers) and interferon and immune responses (4 papers). Benjamin Demarco collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Benjamin Demarco's co-authors include Petr Brož, Rosalie Heilig, Kateryna Shkarina, Kaiwen Chen, José Carlos Santos, Sebastian Rühl, Paweł Pelczar, Christopher J. Farady, Andreas Boettcher and Marisa Dilucca and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Demarco

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

ESCRT-dependent membrane repair negatively regulates pyroptosis downstream of GSDMD activation

2018 543 citations Sebastian Rühl, Kateryna Shkarina et al. Science profile →
Extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis activate pannexin‐1 to drive NLRP 3 inflammasome assembly

2019 313 citations Kaiwen Chen, Benjamin Demarco et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Demarco Switzerland	14	1.5k	681	228	179	138	21	1.8k
Hiroaki Shime Japan	25	651 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	49 0.2×	42 0.2×	194 1.4×	47	1.9k
Anne M. VanBuskirk United States	27	611 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	44 0.2×	94 0.5×	259 1.9×	51	2.3k
Christian Maueröder Germany	21	493 0.3×	929 1.4×	58 0.3×	36 0.2×	147 1.1×	28	1.4k
Mee Rie Sheen United States	21	760 0.5×	454 0.7×	57 0.3×	42 0.2×	125 0.9×	31	1.7k
Shie-Liang Hsieh Taiwan	20	742 0.5×	676 1.0×	42 0.2×	65 0.4×	160 1.2×	44	1.5k
Blessing Crimeen‐Irwin Australia	16	904 0.6×	656 1.0×	30 0.1×	50 0.3×	136 1.0×	23	1.6k
Nagaraj Kerur United States	18	828 0.6×	723 1.1×	33 0.1×	109 0.6×	435 3.2×	23	1.7k
Adriano Spreafico Italy	25	713 0.5×	132 0.2×	37 0.2×	48 0.3×	122 0.9×	50	1.6k
Sophia Maschalidi France	18	710 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	15 0.1×	59 0.3×	146 1.1×	22	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Demarco

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20 of 20 papers shown

Demarco, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). TBK1 and IKKε prevent premature cell death by limiting the activity of both RIPK1 and NLRP3 death pathways. Science Advances. 11(10). eadq1047–eadq1047. 1 indexed citations

Fischer, Joseph, Karine Jeanneau, Dominik Aschenbrenner, et al.. (2025). Blood Characteristics of Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Response of Their Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells to Inhibitors of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and Caspase-1. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 49(7). 388–400.e8.

Peyvandi, Sanam, Benjamin Demarco, Chantal Desponds, et al.. (2024). NLRP1-dependent activation of Gasdermin D in neutrophils controls cutaneous leishmaniasis. PLoS Pathogens. 20(9). e1012527–e1012527. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yun, Chao Quan, Xiomara Lucas, et al.. (2024). 511LBA (PB-511) LBA Posters: Selective Targeting of Cyclin E1 Using Molecular Glue Degraders in CCNE1 Amplified Solid Malignancies. European Journal of Cancer. 211. 114989–114989.

Fattinger, Stefan A., Petra Geiser, Elliott M. Bernard, et al.. (2023). Gasdermin D is the only Gasdermin that provides protection against acute Salmonella gut infection in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(48). e2315503120–e2315503120. 12 indexed citations

Danielli, Sara, Zhongming Ma, Eirini Pantazi, et al.. (2023). The ion channel CALHM6 controls bacterial infection‐induced cellular cross‐talk at the immunological synapse. The EMBO Journal. 42(7). e111450–e111450. 15 indexed citations

Demarco, Benjamin, Saray Ramos, & Petr Brož. (2022). Detection of Gasdermin Activation and Lytic Cell Death During Pyroptosis and Apoptosis. Methods in molecular biology. 2523. 209–237. 5 indexed citations

Demarco, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). How Pyroptosis Contributes to Inflammation and Fibroblast-Macrophage Cross-Talk in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Cells. 11(8). 1307–1307. 21 indexed citations

Chen, Kaiwen, Benjamin Demarco, Saray Ramos, et al.. (2021). RIPK1 activates distinct gasdermins in macrophages and neutrophils upon pathogen blockade of innate immune signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(28). 87 indexed citations

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Pantazi, Eirini, Sara Danielli, Benjamin Demarco, et al.. (2021). TBK1 and IKKε act like an OFF switch to limit NLRP3 inflammasome pathway activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 28 indexed citations

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Demarco, Benjamin, James P. Grayczyk, Elisabet Bjånes, et al.. (2020). Caspase-8–dependent gasdermin D cleavage promotes antimicrobial defense but confers susceptibility to TNF-induced lethality. Science Advances. 6(47). 168 indexed citations

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Santos, José Carlos, Dave Boucher, Larisa E. Kapinos, et al.. (2020). Human GBP1 binds LPS to initiate assembly of a caspase-4 activating platform on cytosolic bacteria. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3276–3276. 190 indexed citations

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Heilig, Rosalie, Marisa Dilucca, Dave Boucher, et al.. (2020). Caspase-1 cleaves Bid to release mitochondrial SMAC and drive secondary necrosis in the absence of GSDMD. Life Science Alliance. 3(6). e202000735–e202000735. 81 indexed citations

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Demarco, Benjamin, Kaiwen Chen, & Petr Brož. (2020). Cross talk between intracellular pathogens and cell death. Immunological Reviews. 297(1). 174–193. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Kaiwen, Benjamin Demarco, Rosalie Heilig, et al.. (2019). Extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis activate pannexin‐1 to drive NLRP 3 inflammasome assembly. The EMBO Journal. 38(10). 313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Kaiwen, Benjamin Demarco, & Petr Brož. (2019). Pannexin‐1 promotes NLRP3 activation during apoptosis but is dispensable for canonical or noncanonical inflammasome activation. European Journal of Immunology. 50(2). 170–177. 66 indexed citations

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Chen, Kaiwen, Benjamin Demarco, & Petr Brož. (2019). Beyond inflammasomes: emerging function of gasdermins during apoptosis and NETosis. The EMBO Journal. 39(2). e103397–e103397. 79 indexed citations

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Demarco, Benjamin, Kaiwen Chen, & Petr Brož. (2019). Pannexin-1 channels bridge apoptosis to NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 6(4). 1610324–1610324. 5 indexed citations

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Ancona, Andrea, Bianca Dumontel, Nadia Garino, et al.. (2018). Lipid-Coated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Innovative ROS-Generators for Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Cells. Nanomaterials. 8(3). 143–143. 113 indexed citations

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Rühl, Sebastian, Kateryna Shkarina, Benjamin Demarco, et al.. (2018). ESCRT-dependent membrane repair negatively regulates pyroptosis downstream of GSDMD activation. Science. 362(6417). 956–960. 543 indexed citations breakdown →

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