Ellen Kilger

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ellen Kilger is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Kilger has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ellen Kilger's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (6 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Ellen Kilger is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (6 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Ellen Kilger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Ellen Kilger's co-authors include Mathias Jucker, Janaky Coomaraswamy, Stephan A. Kaeser, Matthias Staufenbiel, Jorge Ghiso, Paul M. Mathews, Paolo Paganetti, Dominic M. Walsh, Pascal Frey and Tristan Bolmont and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Kilger

17 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Exogenous Induction of Cerebral ß-Amyloidogenesis Is Gove... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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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. Exogenous Induction of Cerebral ß-Amyloidogenesis Is Governed by Agent and Host
    2006 744 citations Melanie Meyer‐Luehmann, Janaky Coomaraswamy et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen Kilger Germany 13 925 742 543 312 288 18 1.8k
Chang‐Wook Lee United States 14 277 0.3× 1.9k 2.5× 292 0.5× 214 0.7× 230 0.8× 21 2.3k
Brigitte Sola France 28 191 0.2× 1.3k 1.7× 485 0.9× 148 0.5× 368 1.3× 101 2.2k
Haipeng Cheng China 27 688 0.7× 1.3k 1.8× 207 0.4× 98 0.3× 185 0.6× 71 2.3k
Joost Drexhage Netherlands 22 160 0.2× 827 1.1× 357 0.7× 687 2.2× 417 1.4× 27 2.0k
Anna Jurewicz Poland 18 223 0.2× 638 0.9× 123 0.2× 210 0.7× 468 1.6× 32 1.5k
Aimin Li China 18 563 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 155 0.3× 283 0.9× 86 0.3× 33 1.6k
Geneviève Soucy Canada 21 324 0.4× 674 0.9× 235 0.4× 442 1.4× 479 1.7× 34 2.0k
Shawn G. Payne United States 20 366 0.4× 2.6k 3.5× 254 0.5× 154 0.5× 371 1.3× 24 2.9k
Jens Y. Humrich Germany 24 429 0.5× 437 0.6× 254 0.5× 146 0.5× 1.2k 4.0× 55 2.2k
Iris Lavon Israel 21 109 0.1× 1.3k 1.7× 329 0.6× 278 0.9× 392 1.4× 45 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ellen Kilger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen Kilger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Kilger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ellen Kilger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ellen Kilger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ellen Kilger. Ellen Kilger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Armento, Angela, Sylvia Bolz, Blanca Arango‐González, et al.. (2025). The AMD-associated genetic polymorphism CFH Y402H confers vulnerability to Hydroquinone-induced stress in iPSC-RPE cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1527018–1527018. 1 indexed citations
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Merle, David A., Francesca Provenzano, Mohamed Ali Jarboui, et al.. (2021). mTOR Inhibition via Rapamycin Treatment Partially Reverts the Deficit in Energy Metabolism Caused by FH Loss in RPE Cells. Antioxidants. 10(12). 1944–1944. 18 indexed citations
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Armento, Angela, Julia Marzi, Blanca Arango‐González, et al.. (2021). Complement Factor H Loss in RPE Cells Causes Retinal Degeneration in a Human RPE-Porcine Retinal Explant Co-Culture Model. Biomolecules. 11(11). 1621–1621. 8 indexed citations
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Armento, Angela, David A. Merle, Mohamed Ali Jarboui, et al.. (2021). CFH Loss in Human RPE Cells Leads to Inflammation and Complement System Dysregulation via the NF-κB Pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8727–8727. 30 indexed citations
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Armento, Angela, Sabina Honisch, Vasiliki Panagiotakopoulou, et al.. (2020). Loss of Complement Factor H impairs antioxidant capacity and energy metabolism of human RPE cells. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10320–10320. 57 indexed citations
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Kilger, Ellen, Sathish Kumar, Stephan A. Kaeser, et al.. (2011). BRI2 Protein Regulates β-Amyloid Degradation by Increasing Levels of Secreted Insulin-degrading Enzyme (IDE). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(43). 37446–37457. 35 indexed citations
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Coomaraswamy, Janaky, Ellen Kilger, Stephan A. Kaeser, et al.. (2010). Modeling familial Danish dementia in mice supports the concept of the amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(17). 7969–7974. 55 indexed citations
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Eisele, Yvonne S., et al.. (2007). Gleevec Increases Levels of the Amyloid Precursor Protein Intracellular Domain and of the Amyloid-β–degrading Enzyme Neprilysin. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(9). 3591–3600. 47 indexed citations
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Kaeser, Stephan A., Martin C. Herzig, Janaky Coomaraswamy, et al.. (2007). Cystatin C modulates cerebral β-amyloidosis. Nature Genetics. 39(12). 1437–1439. 150 indexed citations
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Kilger, Ellen, Michael Willem, Neville Vassallo, et al.. (2007). Amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain modulates cellular calcium homeostasis and ATP content. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102(4). 1264–1275. 55 indexed citations
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Meyer‐Luehmann, Melanie, Janaky Coomaraswamy, Tristan Bolmont, et al.. (2006). Exogenous Induction of Cerebral ß-Amyloidogenesis Is Governed by Agent and Host. Science. 313(5794). 1781–1784. 744 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dirmeier, Ulrike, Reinhard Hoffmann, Ellen Kilger, et al.. (2005). Latent membrane protein 1 of Epstein–Barr virus coordinately regulates proliferation with control of apoptosis. Oncogene. 24(10). 1711–1717. 117 indexed citations
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Kilger, Ellen & Wolfgang Hammerschmidt. (2003). Genetic Analysis and Gene Expression with Mini-Epstein-Barr Virus Plasmids. Humana Press eBooks. 174. 23–35. 1 indexed citations
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Dirmeier, Ulrike, Bernhard Neuhierl, Ellen Kilger, et al.. (2003). Latent membrane protein 1 is critical for efficient growth transformation of human B cells by epstein-barr virus.. PubMed. 63(11). 2982–9. 116 indexed citations
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Kilger, Ellen, et al.. (1999). Expression of mucin (MUC-1) from a Mini-Epstein-Barr virus in immortalized B-cells to generate tumor antigen specific cytotoxic T cells. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 1(2). 84–92. 15 indexed citations
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Kilger, Ellen, et al.. (1999). Expression of mucin (MUC-1) from a Mini-Epstein-Barr virus in immortalized B-cells to generate tumor antigen specific cytotoxic T cells. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 1(2). 84–92. 1 indexed citations
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