Benjamin Funke

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Funke is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Funke has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Funke's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (3 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (3 papers). Benjamin Funke is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (3 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (3 papers). Benjamin Funke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Benjamin Funke's co-authors include Frank Autschbach, Angelika Bierhaus, Jochen Steppan, Eike Martin, H. Christian Volz, Peter P. Nawroth, Per M. Humpert, Andrew Remppis, Ivan Krešimir Lukić and John C. Igwe and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Gastroenterology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Funke

24 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

High-Mobility Group Box-1 in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of the Heart

2008 527 citations Benjamin Funke, Frank Autschbach et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Funke Germany	15	372	317	286	233	214	24	1.4k
Christoph Sponholz Germany	20	281 0.8×	91 0.3×	219 0.8×	570 2.4×	323 1.5×	60	1.4k
Mark Roest Netherlands	25	240 0.6×	159 0.5×	180 0.6×	170 0.7×	175 0.8×	65	1.9k
Loes M. Butter Netherlands	23	1.0k 2.7×	160 0.5×	740 2.6×	265 1.1×	319 1.5×	36	2.1k
Kate Wyburn Australia	18	424 1.1×	215 0.7×	637 2.2×	224 1.0×	496 2.3×	79	2.0k
Valentina Donato Italy	17	294 0.8×	72 0.2×	90 0.3×	248 1.1×	281 1.3×	36	1.8k
Wilco P. Pulskens Netherlands	15	734 2.0×	113 0.4×	565 2.0×	174 0.7×	265 1.2×	18	1.6k
Hidefumi Koh Japan	20	278 0.7×	292 0.9×	335 1.2×	217 0.9×	129 0.6×	36	1.5k
Chifuyu Ushiyama Japan	20	356 1.0×	58 0.2×	290 1.0×	249 1.1×	158 0.7×	36	1.5k
Kazutomo Sawai Japan	14	499 1.3×	58 0.2×	106 0.4×	161 0.7×	178 0.8×	17	1.6k
Bernadette Boval France	17	175 0.5×	95 0.3×	257 0.9×	227 1.0×	205 1.0×	31	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Funke

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Funke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Funke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Funke 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 Benjamin Funke. Benjamin Funke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Herrlinger, Ulrich, Stefan Hauser, Franz Bauernfeind, et al.. (2020). Higher number of multidisciplinary tumor board meetings per case leads to improved clinical outcome. BMC Cancer. 20(1). 355–355. 32 indexed citations

Funke, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). High prevalence of comorbidities and use of concomitant medication in treated people living with HIV in Germany – results of the BESIDE study. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 32(2). 152–161. 14 indexed citations

Herrlinger, Ulrich, Matthias Zipfel, Jan Schmolders, et al.. (2018). Cross-sectional increase of adherence to multidisciplinary tumor board decisions. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 936–936. 47 indexed citations

Funke, Benjamin. (2011). Laser Microdissection of Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Downstream Analysis. Methods in molecular biology. 755. 189–196. 6 indexed citations

Braun, Annika, Thilo Welsch, Martina Kadmon, et al.. (2011). Reduced hydrophobicity of the colonic mucosal surface in ulcerative colitis as a hint at a physicochemical barrier defect. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 26(8). 989–998. 12 indexed citations

Funke, Benjamin, Felix Lasitschka, Wilfried Roth, et al.. (2011). Selective downregulation of retinoic acid-inducible gene I within the intestinal epithelial compartment in crohnʼs disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 17(9). 1943–1954. 25 indexed citations

Steppan, Jochen, Stefan Hofer, Benjamin Funke, et al.. (2009). Sepsis and Major Abdominal Surgery Lead to Flaking of the Endothelial Glycocalix. Journal of Surgical Research. 165(1). 136–141. 212 indexed citations

Hofer, Stefan, Jochen Steppan, Benjamin Funke, et al.. (2009). Central sympatholytics prolong survival in experimental sepsis. Critical Care. 13(1). R11–R11. 104 indexed citations

Macher‐Goeppinger, Stephan, Sebastian Aulmann, Nina Wagener, et al.. (2008). Decoy Receptor 3 Is a Prognostic Factor in Renal Cell Cancer. Neoplasia. 10(10). 1049–IN2. 60 indexed citations

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Funke, Benjamin, Lars O. Conzelmann, Stefan Hofer, et al.. (2008). The adenosine deaminase inhibitor erythro-9-[2-hydroxyl-3-nonyl]-adenine decreases intestinal permeability and protects against experimental sepsis: a prospective, randomised laboratory investigation. Critical Care. 12(5). R125–R125. 12 indexed citations

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Funke, Benjamin, Frank Autschbach, Suyeon Kim, et al.. (2008). Functional characterisation of decoy receptor 3 in Crohn’s disease. Gut. 58(4). 483–491. 56 indexed citations

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Gdynia, Georg, Kerstin Grund, Barbara C. Böck, et al.. (2007). Basal Caspase Activity Promotes Migration and Invasiveness in Glioblastoma Cells. Molecular Cancer Research. 5(12). 1232–1240. 66 indexed citations

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Sido, Bernd, Felix Lasitschka, Thomas Giese, et al.. (2007). A Prominent Role for Mucosal Cystine/Cysteine Metabolism in Intestinal Immunoregulation. Gastroenterology. 134(1). 179–191. 27 indexed citations

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Bläker, Hendrik, Benjamin Funke, Ingrid Haußer, et al.. (2007). Pathology of the large intestine in patients with vascular type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 450(6). 713–717. 33 indexed citations

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Aulmann, Sebastian, Roland Penzel, Thomas Longerich, et al.. (2007). Clonality of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and metachronous invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 107(3). 331–335. 43 indexed citations

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Erbel, Christian, et al.. (2007). Abstract 759: Inhibition Of Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Il-17 Reduces Atherosclerotic Lesion Development In Apo E −/ − Mice. Circulation. 116(suppl_16). 2 indexed citations

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Funke, Benjamin, et al.. (2006). Transdermal photodynamic therapy—a treatment option for rheumatic destruction of small joints?. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 38(9). 866–874. 12 indexed citations

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Sack, Ulrich, Benjamin Funke, Katharina Wiedemeyer, et al.. (2005). A Novel Model of Fibroblast‐Mediated Cartilage Destruction. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 61(1). 18–28. 12 indexed citations

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Autschbach, Frank, et al.. (2005). Expression of chemokine receptors in normal and inflamed human intestine, tonsil, and liver—An immunohistochemical analysis with new monoclonal antibodies from the 8th international workshop and conference on human leucocyte differentiation antigens. Cellular Immunology. 236(1-2). 110–114. 14 indexed citations

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Berger, Irina, Frank Autschbach, Mark D. Weinstein, et al.. (2005). Tissue-Resident Macrophages Are Productively Infected Ex Vivo by Primary X4 Isolates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Virology. 79(8). 5220–5226. 32 indexed citations

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