Can Ergen

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Can Ergen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Can Ergen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Can Ergen's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Immune cells in cancer (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Can Ergen is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Immune cells in cancer (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Can Ergen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Can Ergen's co-authors include Frank Tacke, Felix Heymann, Christian Trautwein, Tom Luedde, Patricia M. Niemietz, Marlene Kohlhepp, Julia Peusquens, Christian Martin, Olivier Govaere and Oliver Krenkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Can Ergen

17 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor 2–positive monocytes aggravate the early phase of acetaminophen‐induced acute liver injury

2016 262 citations Jana C. Mossanen, Oliver Krenkel et al. Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Can Ergen Germany	9	540	327	319	297	227	18	1.1k
Marlene Kohlhepp Germany	14	457 0.8×	563 1.7×	261 0.8×	775 2.6×	172 0.8×	24	1.4k
Dianyuan Zhao China	10	398 0.7×	187 0.6×	221 0.7×	192 0.6×	126 0.6×	20	776
Anke Liepelt Germany	12	395 0.7×	402 1.2×	292 0.9×	502 1.7×	163 0.7×	15	1.2k
Nirupma Trehanpati India	19	246 0.5×	443 1.4×	279 0.9×	518 1.7×	142 0.6×	70	1.0k
Po–Sung Chu Japan	15	242 0.4×	343 1.0×	154 0.5×	442 1.5×	75 0.3×	42	825
Constantinos P. Zambirinis United States	16	720 1.3×	123 0.4×	466 1.5×	260 0.9×	685 3.0×	26	1.6k
Geneviève Soucy Canada	17	291 0.5×	131 0.4×	118 0.4×	194 0.7×	153 0.7×	37	811
Benjamin Ruf United States	14	298 0.6×	146 0.4×	280 0.9×	192 0.6×	343 1.5×	29	869
Carolina Armengol Spain	18	172 0.3×	181 0.6×	486 1.5×	211 0.7×	172 0.8×	32	940
Xingwang Xie China	16	280 0.5×	211 0.6×	474 1.5×	279 0.9×	267 1.2×	42	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Can Ergen

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Boyeau, Pierre, Justin Hong, Adam Gayoso, et al.. (2025). Deep generative modeling of sample-level heterogeneity in single-cell genomics. Nature Methods. 22(11). 2264–2274. 2 indexed citations

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Koblan, Luke W., Kathryn E. Yost, Pu Zheng, et al.. (2025). High-resolution spatial mapping of cell state and lineage dynamics in vivo with PEtracer. Science. 390(6770). eadx3800–eadx3800. 3 indexed citations

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Ergen, Can, et al.. (2025). Scvi-hub: an actionable repository for model-driven single-cell analysis. Nature Methods. 22(9). 1836–1845.

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Ergen, Can, Galen Xing, Chenling Xu, et al.. (2024). Consensus prediction of cell type labels in single-cell data with popV. Nature Genetics. 56(12). 2731–2738. 5 indexed citations

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Hausmann, Fabian, Can Ergen, Mohamed Marouf, et al.. (2023). DISCERN: deep single-cell expression reconstruction for improved cell clustering and cell subtype and state detection. Genome biology. 24(1). 212–212. 8 indexed citations

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Steier, Zoë, Laura L. McIntyre, Lydia K. Lutes, et al.. (2023). Single-cell multiomic analysis of thymocyte development reveals drivers of CD4+ T cell and CD8+ T cell lineage commitment. Nature Immunology. 24(9). 1579–1590. 28 indexed citations

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Lopez, Romain, Baoguo Li, Hadas Keren‐Shaul, et al.. (2022). DestVI identifies continuums of cell types in spatial transcriptomics data. Nature Biotechnology. 40(9). 1360–1369. 118 indexed citations

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Ergen, Can, Patricia M. Niemietz, Felix Heymann, et al.. (2019). Liver fibrosis affects the targeting properties of drug delivery systems to macrophage subsets in vivo. Biomaterials. 206. 49–60. 20 indexed citations

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Piecha, Felix, Sabine Jordan, Can Ergen, et al.. (2019). Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Possible Risk Factor for Direct‐Acting Antiviral Treatment Failure in Patients With Hepatitis C?. Hepatology Communications. 3(5). 614–619. 4 indexed citations

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Bartneck, Matthias, Diana Möckel, Olivier Govaere, et al.. (2018). The CCR2+ Macrophage Subset Promotes Pathogenic Angiogenesis for Tumor Vascularization in Fibrotic Livers. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 7(2). 371–390. 86 indexed citations

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Warzecha, Klaudia Theresa, Matthias Bartneck, Diana Möckel, et al.. (2018). Targeting and Modulation of Liver Myeloid Immune Cells by Hard‐Shell Microbubbles. Advanced Biosystems. 2(5). 6 indexed citations

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Ergen, Can, Felix Heymann, Wa’el Al Rawashdeh, et al.. (2016). Targeting distinct myeloid cell populations in vivo using polymers, liposomes and microbubbles. Biomaterials. 114. 106–120. 65 indexed citations

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Mossanen, Jana C., Oliver Krenkel, Can Ergen, et al.. (2016). Chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor 2–positive monocytes aggravate the early phase of acetaminophen‐induced acute liver injury. Hepatology. 64(5). 1667–1682. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

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Overmeire, Eva Van, Benoı̂t Stijlemans, Felix Heymann, et al.. (2015). M-CSF and GM-CSF Receptor Signaling Differentially Regulate Monocyte Maturation and Macrophage Polarization in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Research. 76(1). 35–42. 191 indexed citations

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Heymann, Felix, Patricia M. Niemietz, Julia Peusquens, et al.. (2015). Long Term Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy Imaging of Immune Cells in Healthy and Diseased Liver Using CXCR6.Gfp Reporter Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 25 indexed citations

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Heymann, Felix, Julia Peusquens, Isis Ludwig‐Portugall, et al.. (2015). Liver inflammation abrogates immunological tolerance induced by Kupffer cells. Hepatology. 62(1). 279–291. 304 indexed citations

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Krenkel, Oliver, Jana C. Mossanen, Can Ergen, et al.. (2015). O033 : CCR2+ infiltrating monocytes promote acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury – therapeutic implications of inhibiting CCR2 and CCL2. Journal of Hepatology. 62. S206–S206. 2 indexed citations

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Heymann, Felix, Patricia M. Niemietz, Julia Peusquens, et al.. (2015). Long Term Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy Imaging of Immune Cells in Healthy and Diseased Liver Using CXCR6.Gfp Reporter Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

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