Christoph Garbers

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Christoph Garbers is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Garbers has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Oncology, 71 papers in Immunology and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Garbers's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (68 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (24 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers). Christoph Garbers is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (68 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (24 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers). Christoph Garbers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Christoph Garbers's co-authors include Stefan Rose‐John, Jürgen Scheller, Juliane Lokau, Samadhi Aparicio-Siegmund, Athena Chalaris, Janina Wolf, Joachim Grötzinger, Sylvia Heink, Thomas Korn and Björn Rabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Nature reviews. Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Garbers

115 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

Interleukin-6 and its receptors: A highly regulated and dynamic system

2014 469 citations Janina Wolf, Stefan Rose‐John et al. profile →
Interleukin-6: designing specific therapeutics for a complex cytokine

2018 466 citations Christoph Garbers, Stefan Rose‐John et al. profile →
Targeting IL-6 trans-signalling: past, present and future prospects

2023 271 citations Stefan Rose‐John, Brendan J. Jenkins et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christoph Garbers Germany	40	2.8k	2.7k	1.9k	662	604	118	6.4k
Bo Tang China	31	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	828 1.3×	521 0.9×	114	6.5k
Ursula Fearon Ireland	54	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.5×	504 0.8×	166	8.4k
Kamran Ghoreschi Germany	44	4.4k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	389 0.6×	599 1.0×	143	8.2k
Brendan J. Jenkins Australia	43	3.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.9×	644 1.1×	113	8.6k
Akihiro Kimura Japan	32	3.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	537 0.8×	514 0.9×	57	6.5k
Andrea Modesti Italy	43	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	564 0.9×	560 0.9×	203	6.8k
Hideo Yasukawa Japan	40	3.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	896 1.5×	77	8.4k
Norihiro Nishimoto Japan	46	3.9k 1.4×	3.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	684 1.0×	852 1.4×	132	11.0k
Maureen R. Horton United States	42	3.1k 1.1×	960 0.4×	2.3k 1.3×	700 1.1×	607 1.0×	91	7.3k
Fons A. J. van de Loo Netherlands	51	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	3.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	305 0.5×	148	8.6k

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Kopfnagel, Verena, Franziska Rademacher, Juliane Lokau, et al.. (2025). RNase 7 and Th cytokines synergistically increase the secretion of interleukin-6 from keratinocytes. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 19396–19396.

Düsterhöft, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Investigating plasticity within the interleukin-6 family with AlphaFold-Multimer. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 27. 946–959.

Dolla, Guillaume, Sarah Nicolas, Alexandre Bourgeois, et al.. (2024). Ectodomain shedding of PLA2R1 is mediated by the metalloproteases ADAM10 and ADAM17. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(7). 107480–107480. 5 indexed citations

Garbers, Christoph, et al.. (2024). The role of interleukin-6 classic and trans-signaling and interleukin-11 classic signaling in gastric cancer cells. Współczesna Onkologia. 28(2). 105–113. 2 indexed citations

Garbers, Christoph, Jana Dietrich, Danny Jonigk, et al.. (2024). The metalloproteinase ADAM10 sheds angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) from the pulmonary endothelium as a soluble, functionally active convertase. The FASEB Journal. 38(19). e70105–e70105. 7 indexed citations

Lokau, Juliane, Christoph Garbers, Kristina Behnke, et al.. (2024). Interleukin‐11 receptor is an alternative α‐receptor for interleukin‐6 and the chimeric cytokine IC 7. FEBS Journal. 292(3). 523–536. 4 indexed citations

Lokau, Juliane, et al.. (2023). The soluble IL‐2 receptor α/CD25 as a modulator of IL‐2 function. Immunology. 171(3). 377–387. 16 indexed citations

Garbers, Christoph, et al.. (2022). The collectrin‐like part of the SARS‐CoV‐1 and ‐2 receptor ACE2 is shed by the metalloproteinases ADAM10 and ADAM17. The FASEB Journal. 36(3). e22234–e22234. 24 indexed citations

Kasper, Philipp, Christina Vohlen, Ruth Janoschek, et al.. (2021). Brain-Restricted Inhibition of IL-6 Trans-Signaling Mildly Affects Metabolic Consequences of Maternal Obesity in Male Offspring. Nutrients. 13(11). 3735–3735. 3 indexed citations

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Düsterhöft, Stefan, Petr Kašpárek, Shixin Liu, et al.. (2021). The iRhom homology domain is indispensable for ADAM17-mediated TNFα and EGF receptor ligand release. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(11). 5015–5040. 13 indexed citations

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Agthe, Maria, et al.. (2021). Interleukin‐11 (IL‐11) receptor cleavage by the rhomboid protease RHBDL2 induces IL‐11 trans‐signaling. The FASEB Journal. 35(3). e21380–e21380. 29 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Fábregas, Jonathan, Stephan Wilmes, Luopin Wang, et al.. (2019). Kinetics of cytokine receptor trafficking determine signaling and functional selectivity. eLife. 8. 31 indexed citations

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Aparicio-Siegmund, Samadhi, Yvonne Garbers, Charlotte M. Flynn, et al.. (2019). The IL-6-neutralizing sIL-6R-sgp130 buffer system is disturbed in patients with type 2 diabetes. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 317(2). E411–E420. 40 indexed citations

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Lokau, Juliane, Maria Agthe, Charlotte M. Flynn, & Christoph Garbers. (2017). Proteolytic control of Interleukin-11 and Interleukin-6 biology. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1864(11). 2105–2117. 40 indexed citations

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Ruwanpura, Saleela M., Louise McLeod, Lovisa Dousha, et al.. (2016). Therapeutic Targeting of the IL-6 Trans-Signaling/Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Axis in Pulmonary Emphysema. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 194(12). 1494–1505. 39 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Neele, Janina Wolf, Jeanette Schwarz, et al.. (2015). Shedding of Endogenous Interleukin-6 Receptor (IL-6R) Is Governed by A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) Proteases while a Full-length IL-6R Isoform Localizes to Circulating Microvesicles. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(43). 26059–26071. 116 indexed citations

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Garbers, Christoph, Janina Wolf, Ahmad Trad, et al.. (2014). Alternative Intronic Polyadenylation Generates the Interleukin-6 Trans-signaling Inhibitor sgp130-E10. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(32). 22140–22150. 30 indexed citations

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Effenberger, Timo, Kareen Bartsch, Christoph Garbers, et al.. (2014). Senescence‐associated release of transmembrane proteins involves proteolytic processing by ADAM17 and microvesicle shedding. The FASEB Journal. 28(11). 4847–4856. 47 indexed citations

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Aurich, Matthias, Samadhi Aparicio-Siegmund, Doreen M. Floß, et al.. (2014). The Amino Acid Exchange R28E in Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF) Abrogates Interleukin-6 Receptor-dependent but Retains CNTF Receptor-dependent Signaling via Glycoprotein 130 (gp130)/Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor (LIFR). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(26). 18442–18450. 24 indexed citations

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Dewitz, Christin, Katja Möller‐Hackbarth, Ahmad Trad, et al.. (2013). Soluble T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain (TIM)-1 and -4 generated by A Disintegrin And Metalloprotease (ADAM)-10 and -17 bind to phosphatidylserine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1843(2). 275–287. 32 indexed citations

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