Björn Spittau

2.6k total citations
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Björn Spittau is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Spittau has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Neurology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Björn Spittau's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (28 papers), Immune cells in cancer (13 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). Björn Spittau is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (28 papers), Immune cells in cancer (13 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). Björn Spittau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Egypt. Björn Spittau's co-authors include Kerstin Krieglstein, Xiaolai Zhou, Klaus Unsicker, Tanja Zöller, Marco Prinz, Abdelraheim Attaai, Nikolaos Dokalis, Dietmar Pfeifer, Ahmed Sharaf and Stephan Meckel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Björn Spittau

55 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Björn Spittau Germany 25 835 565 522 362 328 57 1.9k
Isabella Wimmer Austria 18 990 1.2× 541 1.0× 653 1.3× 182 0.5× 170 0.5× 25 2.3k
Ayal Ben‐Zvi Israel 20 879 1.1× 256 0.5× 857 1.6× 282 0.8× 388 1.2× 31 2.2k
Starlee Lively Canada 24 679 0.8× 345 0.6× 507 1.0× 177 0.5× 246 0.8× 43 1.6k
Azeb Tadesse Argaw United States 14 1.1k 1.3× 341 0.6× 724 1.4× 203 0.6× 247 0.8× 16 2.2k
Jacek Losy Poland 24 643 0.8× 653 1.2× 482 0.9× 110 0.3× 129 0.4× 94 2.0k
Kalil Alves de Lima Brazil 19 532 0.6× 452 0.8× 413 0.8× 187 0.5× 226 0.7× 28 1.5k
Minshu Li China 21 925 1.1× 473 0.8× 607 1.2× 163 0.5× 161 0.5× 39 1.8k
Christiane Wegner Germany 21 635 0.8× 408 0.7× 543 1.0× 90 0.2× 247 0.8× 32 2.2k
Gaby Enzmann Switzerland 28 945 1.1× 432 0.8× 675 1.3× 212 0.6× 511 1.6× 42 2.3k
Lucas Schirmer Germany 24 528 0.6× 373 0.7× 816 1.6× 121 0.3× 219 0.7× 60 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Spittau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Spittau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Spittau

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

All Works

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Coenen, Volker A., Bastian Sajonz, Peter C. Reinacher, et al.. (2024). Joint Anatomical, Histological, and Imaging Investigation of the Midbrain Target Region for Superolateral Medial Forebrain Bundle Deep Brain Stimulation. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 103(1). 1–13.
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Vidovic, Natascha, et al.. (2024). A Custom Panel for Profiling Microglia Gene Expression. Cells. 13(7). 630–630.
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Vidovic, Natascha & Björn Spittau. (2024). Microglial Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3090–3090. 9 indexed citations
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Jost, Wolfgang H., Tobias Bäumer, Andrea Bevot, et al.. (2023). Botulinum neurotoxin type A in the interdisciplinary treatment of sialorrhea in adults and children—update and practice recommendations. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1275807–1275807. 5 indexed citations
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Spittau, Björn, et al.. (2022). Microglial CD74 Expression Is Regulated by TGFβ Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(18). 10247–10247. 13 indexed citations
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Salinas, Gabriela, Enrique Leo Portiansky, Björn Spittau, et al.. (2022). IGF-1 Gene Transfer Modifies Inflammatory Environment and Gene Expression in the Caudate-Putamen of Aged Female Rat Brain. Molecular Neurobiology. 59(6). 3337–3352. 9 indexed citations
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Konttinen, Henna, et al.. (2021). Microglia Development and Maturation and Its Implications for Induction of Microglia-Like Cells from Human iPSCs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(6). 3088–3088. 19 indexed citations
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Jost, Wolfgang H., Tobias Bäumer, Rainer Laskawi, et al.. (2019). Therapy of Sialorrhea with Botulinum Neurotoxin. Neurology and Therapy. 8(2). 273–288. 38 indexed citations
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Zöller, Tanja, et al.. (2018). Aged Mouse Cortical Microglia Display an Activation Profile Suggesting Immunotolerogenic Functions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(3). 706–706. 44 indexed citations
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Spittau, Björn. (2017). Interleukin 4-induced neuroprotection and regulation of microglia activation as a therapeutic approach in the MPTP model of Parkinson's disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 12(9). 1433–1433. 19 indexed citations
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Obmann, Markus M., et al.. (2016). Interprofessional approach for teaching functional knee joint anatomy. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 210. 155–159. 18 indexed citations
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Spittau, Björn, et al.. (2014). GDNF fails to inhibit LPS-mediated activation of mouse microglia. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 270(1-2). 22–28. 6 indexed citations
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Unsicker, Klaus, Björn Spittau, & Kerstin Krieglstein. (2013). The multiple facets of the TGF-β family cytokine growth/differentiation factor-15/macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 24(4). 373–384. 216 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaolai, Björn Spittau, & Kerstin Krieglstein. (2012). TGFβ signalling plays an important role in IL4-induced alternative activation of microglia. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 210–210. 136 indexed citations
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Spittau, Björn, Xiaolai Zhou, Ming Ming, & Kerstin Krieglstein. (2012). IL6 Protects MN9D Cells and Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons from MPP+-Induced Neurodegeneration. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 14(4). 317–327. 33 indexed citations
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Heermann, Stephan, et al.. (2012). Schwann cells migrate along axons in the absence of GDNF signaling. BMC Neuroscience. 13(1). 92–92. 9 indexed citations
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Happel, Nicole, et al.. (2010). Tieg1/Klf10 is upregulated by NGF and attenuates cell cycle progression in the pheochromocytoma cell line PC12. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(9). 2017–2025. 14 indexed citations
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Spittau, Björn, et al.. (2007). Human TIEG2/KLF11 induces oligodendroglial cell death by downregulation of Bcl-XL expression. Journal of Neural Transmission. 114(7). 867–875. 24 indexed citations
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