Christian U. Blank

668 total papers · 57.6k total citations
272 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Christian U. Blank is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian U. Blank has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Oncology, 114 papers in Molecular Biology and 102 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Christian U. Blank's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (176 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (113 papers) and Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (94 papers). Christian U. Blank is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (176 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (113 papers) and Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (94 papers). Christian U. Blank collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Australia. Christian U. Blank's co-authors include John B.A.G. Haanen, Andréas Mackensen, Ton N. Schumacher, Thomas F. Gajewski, Antoni Ribas, Elisa A. Rozeman, Georgina V. Long, Ian E. Brown, Jacob Schachter and Ana Arance and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Christian U. Blank

258 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Defining ‘T cell exhaustion’ 2004 2026 2011 2018 2019 2017 2019 2018 2004 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Defining ‘T cell exhaustion’
    2019 936 citations Christian U. Blank, W. Nicholas Haining et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  2. Pembrolizumab versus ipilimumab for advanced melanoma: final overall survival results of a multicentre, randomised, open-label phase 3 study (KEYNOTE-006)
    2017 891 citations Jacob Schachter, Antoni Ribas et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Pembrolizumab versus ipilimumab in advanced melanoma (KEYNOTE-006): post-hoc 5-year results from an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study
    2019 758 citations Caroline Robert, Antoni Ribas et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →
  4. Dysfunctional CD8 T Cells Form a Proliferative, Dynamically Regulated Compartment within Human Melanoma
    2018 651 citations Hanjie Li, Anne M. van der Leun et al. Cell profile →
  5. PD-L1/B7H-1 Inhibits the Effector Phase of Tumor Rejection by T Cell Receptor (TCR) Transgenic CD8+ T Cells
    2004 605 citations Christian U. Blank, Ian E. Brown et al. Cancer Research profile →
  6. The “cancer immunogram”
    2016 539 citations Christian U. Blank, John B.A.G. Haanen et al. Science profile →
  7. Identification of CMTM6 and CMTM4 as PD-L1 protein regulators
    2017 499 citations Riccardo Mezzadra, Chong Sun et al. Nature profile →
  8. MEK162 for patients with advanced melanoma harbouring NRAS or Val600 BRAF mutations: a non-randomised, open-label phase 2 study
    2013 498 citations Paolo A. Ascierto, Dirk Schadendorf et al. The Lancet Oncology profile →
  9. Low MITF/AXL ratio predicts early resistance to multiple targeted drugs in melanoma
    2014 424 citations Judith M. Müller, Oscar Krijgsman et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. Predicting response to cancer immunotherapy using noninvasive radiomic biomarkers
    2019 367 citations Stefano Trebeschi, Silvia Girolama Drago et al. Annals of Oncology profile →
  11. An ex vivo tumor fragment platform to dissect response to PD-1 blockade in cancer
    2021 193 citations Marjolein de Bruijn, Lisanne M. Roelofsen et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christian U. Blank 10.5k 6.5k 4.9k 2.0k 1.1k 272 14.6k
Jason J. Luke 8.1k 0.8× 4.8k 0.7× 4.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 294 13.0k
Douglas B. Johnson 9.7k 0.9× 4.0k 0.6× 4.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 291 13.9k
Adil Daud 10.2k 1.0× 5.2k 0.8× 7.4k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 315 16.1k
Steven O’Day 9.5k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 198 12.9k
Richard D. Carvajal 7.2k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 4.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 929 0.8× 288 12.3k
Kunle Odunsi 7.1k 0.7× 8.1k 1.2× 5.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 368 15.4k
Matteo S. Carlino 9.4k 0.9× 3.7k 0.6× 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 303 12.3k
Ryan J. Sullivan 9.4k 0.9× 3.3k 0.5× 3.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 393 13.3k
Michele Maio 11.3k 1.1× 6.9k 1.1× 7.3k 1.5× 3.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.6× 377 18.4k
Taha Merghoub 6.9k 0.7× 6.3k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 210 12.4k

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