Carsten Watzl

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Carsten Watzl is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carsten Watzl has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Immunology, 26 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carsten Watzl's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (90 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (59 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (19 papers). Carsten Watzl is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (90 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (59 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (19 papers). Carsten Watzl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Carsten Watzl's co-authors include Eric O. Long, Maren Claus, Rauf Bhat, Doris Urlaub, Christopher Stebbins, Frank Fasbender, Philipp Eissmann, Ofer Mandelboim, Joachim Koch and Sebastian Stark and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Carsten Watzl

123 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Mechanisms of natural killer cell-mediated cellular cytotoxicity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carsten Watzl Germany	40	3.7k	1.4k	867	382	352	127	5.1k
Myriam Baratin France	19	4.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	760 0.9×	369 1.0×	333 0.9×	24	4.9k
E. Ashley Moseman United States	25	3.7k 1.0×	950 0.7×	987 1.1×	550 1.4×	289 0.8×	44	5.2k
Hai Qi China	36	4.2k 1.1×	783 0.6×	911 1.1×	442 1.2×	185 0.5×	88	5.8k
Emmanuel Katsanis United States	39	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	438 1.1×	767 2.2×	159	4.8k
Roi Gazit Israel	28	3.9k 1.0×	617 0.4×	909 1.0×	608 1.6×	416 1.2×	72	5.2k
Tobias Bopp Germany	39	4.4k 1.2×	875 0.6×	1.5k 1.8×	417 1.1×	185 0.5×	124	6.6k
Derin B. Keskin United States	32	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.8×	298 0.8×	165 0.5×	90	4.8k
Marion H. Brown United Kingdom	38	4.3k 1.1×	938 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	421 1.1×	247 0.7×	73	6.2k
Alex Y. Huang United States	36	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	2.2k 2.5×	463 1.2×	263 0.7×	120	7.0k
Siew Cheng Wong Singapore	38	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	551 1.4×	212 0.6×	70	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Carsten Watzl

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carsten Watzl

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Mostafa, Maha, et al.. (2025). Adoptive NK cell therapy in AML: progress and challenges. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 25(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations

Baumgart, Sabine, Norman Rose, Carsten Watzl, et al.. (2025). Age- and sex-associated differences in immune cell populations. iScience. 28(8). 113092–113092. 2 indexed citations

Hasan, M. Z., Maren Claus, Nadine Krüger, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 infection induces adaptive NK cell responses by spike protein-mediated induction of HLA-E expression. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 13(1). 2361019–2361019. 7 indexed citations

Claus, Maren, Carsten Watzl, Philipp Kolb, et al.. (2024). Immunological effects of CD19.CAR-T cell therapy in systemic sclerosis: an extended case study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 26(1). 211–211. 7 indexed citations

Giebel, Bernd, Verena Börger, Friedrich Koch‐Nolte, et al.. (2023). The Employment of the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Microscopy Sensor for the Detection of Individual Extracellular Vesicles and Non-Biological Nanoparticles. Biosensors. 13(4). 472–472. 6 indexed citations

Sandoz, Patrick A., Sarah Thunberg, Elina Erikson, et al.. (2023). Modulation of lytic molecules restrain serial killing in γδ T lymphocytes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6035–6035. 10 indexed citations

Gajewski, Patrick D., Peter Bröde, Maren Claus, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Analysis of Biological, Sociodemographic, Psychosocial, and Lifestyle Factors Contributing to Work Ability Across the Working Life Span: Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e40818–e40818. 12 indexed citations

Bröde, Peter, Maren Claus, Patrick D. Gajewski, et al.. (2023). From Immunosenescence to Aging Types—Establishing Reference Intervals for Immune Age Biomarkers by Centile Estimation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(17). 13186–13186. 2 indexed citations

Schenk, Alexander, Niklas Joisten, Wilhelm Bloch, et al.. (2022). Distinct distribution patterns of exercise-induced natural killer cell mobilization into the circulation and tumor tissue of patients with prostate cancer. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 323(3). C879–C884. 14 indexed citations

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Bröde, Peter, Maren Claus, Patrick D. Gajewski, et al.. (2022). Calibrating a Comprehensive Immune Age Metric to Analyze the Cross Sectional Age-Related Decline in Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Biology. 11(11). 1576–1576. 6 indexed citations

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Mehnert, Anja, Mario Weiss, Johannes Mayer, et al.. (2021). Results of the Optimune trial: A randomized controlled trial evaluating a novel Internet intervention for breast cancer survivors. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251276–e0251276. 44 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuyang, Ricardo Grieshaber‐Bouyer, Deepak A. Rao, et al.. (2021). Effect of JAK Inhibition on the Induction of Proinflammatory HLA–DR+CD90+ Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts by Interferon‐γ. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 74(3). 441–452. 40 indexed citations

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Gajewski, Patrick D., Stephan Getzmann, Peter Bröde, et al.. (2021). Impact of Biological and Lifestyle Factors on Cognitive Aging and Work Ability in the Dortmund Vital Study: Protocol of an Interdisciplinary, Cross-sectional, and Longitudinal Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(3). e32352–e32352. 24 indexed citations

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Urlaub, Doris, Shuyang Zhao, Norbert Blank, et al.. (2019). Activation of natural killer cells by rituximab in granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 21(1). 277–277. 9 indexed citations

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Merkt, Wolfgang, Hanns‐Martin Lorenz, & Carsten Watzl. (2016). Rituximab induces phenotypical and functional changes of NK cells in a non-malignant experimental setting. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 18(1). 206–206. 22 indexed citations

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Merkt, Wolfgang, Maren Claus, Norbert Blank, et al.. (2016). Active but not inactive granulomatosis with polyangiitis is associated with decreased and phenotypically and functionally altered CD56dim natural killer cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 18(1). 204–204. 9 indexed citations

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Windheim, Mark, Jennifer H. Southcombe, Elisabeth Kremmer, et al.. (2013). A unique secreted adenovirus E3 protein binds to the leukocyte common antigen CD45 and modulates leukocyte functions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(50). E4884–93. 41 indexed citations

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Colonna, Marco, Stipan Jonjić, & Carsten Watzl. (2011). Natural killer cells: fighting viruses and much more. Nature Immunology. 12(2). 107–110. 36 indexed citations

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Hershkovitz, Oren, Mostafa Jarahian, Alon Zilka, et al.. (2007). Altered glycosylation of recombinant NKp30 hampers binding to heparan sulfate: a lesson for the use of recombinant immunoreceptors as an immunological tool. Glycobiology. 18(1). 28–41. 53 indexed citations

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Stark, Sebastian, et al.. (2004). Cutting Edge: NTB-A Activates NK Cells via Homophilic Interaction. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 6524–6527. 72 indexed citations

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