Cecilia Lässer

33.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
60 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Cecilia Lässer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cecilia Lässer has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Cecilia Lässer's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (56 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (31 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Cecilia Lässer is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (56 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (31 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers). Cecilia Lässer collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and South Korea. Cecilia Lässer's co-authors include Jan Lötvall, Maria Eldh, Rossella Crescitelli, Aleksander Cvjetkovic, Edit I. Buzás, Ganesh Vilas Shelke, Su Chul Jang, Yong Song Gho, Clotilde Théry and Kenneth W. Witwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physiological Reviews and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Cecilia Lässer

60 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Standardization of sample collection, isolation and analy... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2013 2011 2012 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Standardization of sample collection, isolation and analysis methods in extracellular vesicle research
    2013 1.9k citations Kenneth W. Witwer, Cecilia Lässer et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →
  2. Distinct RNA profiles in subpopulations of extracellular vesicles: apoptotic bodies, microvesicles and exosomes
    2013 815 citations Rossella Crescitelli, Cecilia Lässer et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →
  3. Human saliva, plasma and breast milk exosomes contain RNA: uptake by macrophages
    2011 759 citations Cecilia Lässer, Karin M. Ekström et al. profile →
  4. Isolation and Characterization of RNA-Containing Exosomes
    2012 433 citations Cecilia Lässer, Maria Eldh et al. profile →
  5. Detailed analysis of the plasma extracellular vesicle proteome after separation from lipoproteins
    2018 421 citations Nasibeh Karimi, Aleksander Cvjetkovic et al. profile →
  6. Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicle subpopulations from tissues
    2021 342 citations Rossella Crescitelli, Cecilia Lässer et al. Nature Protocols profile →
  7. Tetraspanins distinguish separate extracellular vesicle subpopulations in human serum and plasma – Contributions of platelet extracellular vesicles in plasma samples
    2022 139 citations Nasibeh Karimi, Jan Lötvall et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →
  8. Extracellular vesicle analysis
    2023 103 citations An Hendrix, Lien Lippens et al. Nature Reviews Methods Primers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cecilia Lässer Sweden 40 8.5k 4.8k 1.2k 1.1k 594 60 9.4k
Marina Colombo France 11 9.3k 1.1× 4.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 828 0.8× 532 0.9× 11 10.2k
Imre Mäger United Kingdom 33 8.7k 1.0× 4.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 440 0.7× 48 9.6k
Kenneth W. Witwer United States 45 10.2k 1.2× 6.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 973 0.9× 499 0.8× 129 11.7k
David W. Greening Australia 46 7.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 504 0.8× 136 9.5k
Mercedes Tkach France 20 7.3k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 763 0.7× 427 0.7× 25 8.3k
Pieter Vader Netherlands 44 12.7k 1.5× 6.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.2× 2.2k 2.1× 634 1.1× 93 14.0k
Guillaume van Niel France 38 11.8k 1.4× 5.7k 1.2× 2.4k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 776 1.3× 77 14.1k
Marca H. M. Wauben Netherlands 48 10.0k 1.2× 5.0k 1.0× 2.8k 2.3× 1.1k 1.0× 822 1.4× 142 12.6k
Susanne Gabrielsson Sweden 41 5.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.6× 804 0.8× 513 0.9× 89 7.9k
Hadi Valadi Sweden 28 13.2k 1.5× 8.3k 1.7× 2.1k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 416 0.7× 42 15.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Park, Kyong‐Su, Cecilia Lässer, & Jan Lötvall. (2025). Extracellular vesicles and the lung: from disease pathogenesis to biomarkers and treatments. Physiological Reviews. 105(3). 1733–1821. 5 indexed citations
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Lässer, Cecilia, et al.. (2025). A Non‐Centrifugation Method to Concentrate and Purify Extracellular Vesicles Using Superabsorbent Polymer Followed by Size Exclusion Chromatography. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(1). e70037–e70037. 5 indexed citations
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Urzì, Ornella, et al.. (2024). Heat inactivation of foetal bovine serum performed after EV‐depletion influences the proteome of cell‐derived extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(1). e12408–e12408. 5 indexed citations
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Cvjetkovic, Aleksander, Nasibeh Karimi, Rossella Crescitelli, et al.. (2024). Proteomic profiling of tumour tissue‐derived extracellular vesicles in colon cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e127–e127. 6 indexed citations
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Hendrix, An, Lien Lippens, Cláudio Pinheiro, et al.. (2023). Extracellular vesicle analysis. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 3(1). 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Park, Kyong‐Su, Kristina Svennerholm, Rossella Crescitelli, et al.. (2023). Detoxified synthetic bacterial membrane vesicles as a vaccine platform against bacteria and SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 21(1). 156–156. 15 indexed citations
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Ekström, Karin M., et al.. (2022). Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 22(1). 50–50. 79 indexed citations
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Park, Kyong‐Su, et al.. (2022). Targeting Myd88 using peptide-loaded mesenchymal stem cell membrane-derived synthetic vesicles to treat systemic inflammation. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 451–451. 12 indexed citations
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Luo, Ying, Maya B. Mathur, Panagiotis Anagnostis, et al.. (2021). Menopausal hormone therapy and women’s health: An umbrella review. PLoS Medicine. 18(8). e1003731–e1003731. 100 indexed citations
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Crescitelli, Rossella, Cecilia Lässer, & Jan Lötvall. (2021). Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicle subpopulations from tissues. Nature Protocols. 16(3). 1548–1580. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tyryshkin, Kathrin, John F. Rudan, Éric Bonneil, et al.. (2020). Blood extracellular vesicles from healthy individuals regulate hematopoietic stem cells as humans age. Aging Cell. 19(11). e13245–e13245. 14 indexed citations
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Ax, Elisabeth, Zala Jevnikar, Aleksander Cvjetkovic, et al.. (2020). T2 and T17 cytokines alter the cargo and function of airway epithelium-derived extracellular vesicles. Respiratory Research. 21(1). 155–155. 21 indexed citations
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Shelke, Ganesh Vilas, Yanan Yin, Su Chul Jang, et al.. (2019). Endosomal signalling via exosome surface TGFβ‐1. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 8(1). 1650458–1650458. 133 indexed citations
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Zabeo, Davide, Aleksander Cvjetkovic, Cecilia Lässer, et al.. (2017). Exosomes purified from a single cell type have diverse morphology. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 6(1). 1329476–1329476. 234 indexed citations
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Lunavat, Taral R., Lesley Cheng, Berglind O. Einarsdottir, et al.. (2017). BRAFV600inhibition alters the microRNA cargo in the vesicular secretome of malignant melanoma cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). E5930–E5939. 98 indexed citations
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Cvjetkovic, Aleksander, Su Chul Jang, Barbora Konečná, et al.. (2016). Detailed Analysis of Protein Topology of Extracellular Vesicles–Evidence of Unconventional Membrane Protein Orientation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 36338–36338. 136 indexed citations
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Lunavat, Taral R., Su Chul Jang, Lisa M. Nilsson, et al.. (2016). RNAi delivery by exosome-mimetic nanovesicles – Implications for targeting c-Myc in cancer. Biomaterials. 102. 231–238. 186 indexed citations
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Eldh, Maria, Roger Olofsson Bagge, Cecilia Lässer, et al.. (2014). MicroRNA in exosomes isolated directly from the liver circulation in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 962–962. 90 indexed citations
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Lässer, Cecilia. (2014). Exosomes in diagnostic and therapeutic applications: biomarker, vaccine and RNA interference delivery vehicle. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 15(1). 103–117. 108 indexed citations
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Lässer, Cecilia. (2012). Exosomal RNA as biomarkers and the therapeutic potential of exosome vectors. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 12(sup1). S189–S197. 104 indexed citations

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