Georg Häcker

12.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
171 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Georg Häcker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Häcker has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Immunology and 45 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Georg Häcker's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (69 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (31 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (21 papers). Georg Häcker is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (69 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (31 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (21 papers). Georg Häcker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Georg Häcker's co-authors include Hermann Wagner, Susanne Kirschnek, Hans Häcker, Silke Fischer, Juliane Vier, Arnim Weber, Andreas Villunger, Vanessa Redecke, Martin Leverkus and David L. Vaux and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Georg Häcker

166 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Specificity in Toll-like receptor signalling through distinct effector functions of TRAF3 and TRAF6

2005 773 citations Hans Häcker, Hermann Wagner et al. profile →
cIAPs Block Ripoptosome Formation, a RIP1/Caspase-8 Containing Intracellular Cell Death Complex Differentially Regulated by cFLIP Isoforms

2011 687 citations Georg Häcker et al. profile →
The morphology of apoptosis

2000 654 citations Georg Häcker profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Georg Häcker	4.7k	4.0k	1.6k	1.1k	1.0k	171	8.7k
Christopher J. Froelich	4.5k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	703 0.7×	119	9.3k
Philippe Georgel	3.5k 0.7×	6.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	663 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	114	9.7k
Ruey‐Bing Yang	3.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	647 0.6×	823 0.8×	93	8.5k
Jie‐Oh Lee	5.5k 1.2×	5.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	79	12.2k
Tiffany Horng	4.1k 0.9×	6.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	751 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	36	9.4k
Marta Muzio	5.7k 1.2×	6.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	2.0k 2.0×	88	12.2k
Andreas M. Kaufmann	2.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	946 0.9×	250	7.9k
Koichi S. Kobayashi	4.8k 1.0×	5.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	134	11.2k
Alexander Poltorak	3.3k 0.7×	7.8k 2.0×	1.9k 1.2×	728 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	66	11.0k
Eugene C. Yi	5.6k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	711 0.5×	900 0.8×	608 0.6×	129	10.3k

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Wittmer, Annette, Axel Weber, Meina Neumann‐Schaal, et al.. (2025). Dentiradicibacter hellwigii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a secondary infected root canal in the human oral cavity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 75(3). 1 indexed citations

Scholz, Konstantin J., Annette Wittmer, Georg Häcker, et al.. (2025). Co-culture of Helicobacter pylori with oral microorganisms in human saliva. Clinical Oral Investigations. 29(1). 79–79. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Ying, Venugopal R. Mittapalli, Julia Mergner, et al.. (2025). Oncogenic and microenvironmental signals drive cell type specific apoptosis resistance in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 165–165.

Vier, Juliane, Georg Häcker, & Susanne Kirschnek. (2024). Contribution of A1 to macrophage survival in cooperation with MCL-1 and BCL-XL in a murine cell model of myeloid differentiation. Cell Death and Disease. 15(9). 677–677. 2 indexed citations

El‐Mesery, Mohamed, et al.. (2024). Non-canonical functions of BCL-2 family members in energy metabolism and necrotic cell death regulation. Cell Cycle. 23(21-24). 931–948.

Häcker, Georg. (2024). Chlamydia in pigs: intriguing bacteria associated with sub-clinical carriage and clinical disease, and with zoonotic potential. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1301892–1301892. 3 indexed citations

Haimovici, A, et al.. (2024). The caspase-activated DNase promotes cellular senescence. The EMBO Journal. 43(16). 3523–3544. 3 indexed citations

Götting, Tim, Sandra Reuter, Daniel E Jonas, et al.. (2020). Protocol for a prospective cohort study: Prevention of Transmissions by Effective Colonisation Tracking in Neonates (PROTECT-Neo). BMJ Open. 10(9). e034068–e034068. 1 indexed citations

Häcker, Georg. (2017). Apoptosis in infection. Microbes and Infection. 20(9-10). 552–559. 51 indexed citations

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Häcker, Georg. (2014). ER-stress and apoptosis: molecular mechanisms and potential relevance in infection. Microbes and Infection. 16(10). 805–810. 22 indexed citations

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Grespi, Francesca, Claudia Soratroi, Gerhard Krumschnabel, et al.. (2010). BH3-only protein Bmf mediates apoptosis upon inhibition of CAP-dependent protein synthesis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 17(11). 1672–1683. 44 indexed citations

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Besch, Robert, Hendrik Poeck, Tobias Hohenauer, et al.. (2009). Proapoptotic signaling induced by RIG-I and MDA-5 results in type I interferon–independent apoptosis in human melanoma cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(8). 2399–411. 350 indexed citations

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Lohmann, Christine, Andreas Muschaweckh, Susanne Kirschnek, et al.. (2009). Induction of Tumor Cell Apoptosis or Necrosis by Conditional Expression of Cell Death Proteins: Analysis of Cell Death Pathways and In Vitro Immune Stimulatory Potential. The Journal of Immunology. 182(8). 4538–4546. 25 indexed citations

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Scheler, Marina, Susanne Koch, Jürgen Neumann, et al.. (2009). Tryptophan Deprivation Induces Inhibitory Receptors ILT3 and ILT4 on Dendritic Cells Favoring the Induction of Human CD4+CD25+ Foxp3+ T Regulatory Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 183(1). 145–154. 139 indexed citations

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Häcker, Georg. (2009). Introduction: the various deaths a cell can die, and their use in microbial infections. Microbes and Infection. 11(13). 1047–1049. 1 indexed citations

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You, Han, Marc Pellegrini, Katsuya Tsuchihara, et al.. (2006). FOXO3a-dependent regulation of Puma in response to cytokine/growth factor withdrawal. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 203(7). 1657–1663. 342 indexed citations

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Kirschnek, Susanne, Songmin Ying, Silke Fischer, et al.. (2005). Phagocytosis-Induced Apoptosis in Macrophages Is Mediated by Up-Regulation and Activation of the Bcl-2 Homology Domain 3-Only Protein Bim. The Journal of Immunology. 174(2). 671–679. 44 indexed citations

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Fischer, Silke, Juliane Vier, Susanne Kirschnek, et al.. (2004). Chlamydia Inhibit Host Cell Apoptosis by Degradation of Proapoptotic BH3-only Proteins. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(7). 905–916. 163 indexed citations

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Bogner, Christian, Ingo Ringshausen, Folker Schneller, et al.. (2003). Inhibition of the proteasome induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in mantle cell lymphoma cells. British Journal of Haematology. 122(2). 260–268. 26 indexed citations

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Häcker, Hans, et al.. (2002). Caspase-9/-3 Activation and Apoptosis Are Induced in Mouse Macrophages upon Ingestion and Digestion of Escherichia coli Bacteria. The Journal of Immunology. 169(6). 3172–3179. 47 indexed citations

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