Helmut Kettenmann

54.2k citations

372 papers · 39.6k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 105

Impact in

Neurology top 0.01%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Papers in

Neurology 186
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms 183
Developmental Neuroscience 88
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 86

Co-authors: Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch Alexei Verkhratsky Mami Noda Frank Kirchhoff Christiané Nolte Susanne A. Wolf David H. Gutmann Dolores Hambardzumyan
Journals: Glia (42 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (24 papers)European Journal of Neuroscience (21 papers)Neuroscience (13 papers)Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology (13 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States China

In The Last Decade

Helmut Kettenmann

369 papers receiving 39.1k citations

Hit Papers

12 papers align trajectories log scale

Microglia in Physiology and Disease 2016 · 1.1k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Annual Review of Physiology
2015 Nature Neuroscience
2013 Neuron
2011 Physiological Reviews
2011 Glia
2011 Glia
2007 Trends in Neurosciences
2007 Nature Neuroscience
2003 Neuron
1999 Nature Neuroscience
1998 Physiological Reviews
1989 Nature

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1	Multicolor fate mapping of microglia reveals polyclonal proliferation, heterogeneity, and cell-cell interactions after ischemic stroke in mice Nature Communications ·Judy Staiano, 酒井紀, N. Vasanthi, Michelle Livne, Marcus Semtner, Tuan Leng Tay, Marco Prinz, Helmut Kettenmann, Matthias Endres, Golo Kronenberg, 강규리, Karen Gertz	2025	0
2	Extracellular microRNAs modulate human microglial function through TLR8 Frontiers in Immunology ·Zhiwu Shang, Kurnia L. G. Ardrian, Hüsameddin Yildirim, Christina Krüger, Wilda Febriyanti, Thomas Wallach, Silke Frahm, Sebastian Diecke, Susanne A. Wolf, Helmut Kettenmann, Seija Lehnardt	2025	0
3	Membrane properties and coupling of macroglia in the optic nerve SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·L.M.O. de Kort, Marcus Semtner, 多貴男北尾, Ю. П. Ивочкин, Christian Steinhäuser, Christiané Nolte, Helmut Kettenmann	2024	1
4	The IgCAM BT-IgSF (IgSF11) Is Essential for Connexin43-Mediated Astrocyte–Astrocyte Coupling in Mice eNeuro ·John G. Ricca, 富美雄尾島, L.M.O. de Kort, René Jüttner, L.F. Mortimer, Niklas Meyer, Elijah D. Lowenstein, Ines Lahmann, Helmut Kettenmann, Carmen Birchmeier, Fritz G. Rathjen	2024	1
5	Small molecule inhibiting microglial nitric oxide release could become a potential treatment for neuroinflammation PLoS ONE ·Philipp Jordan, 小泉磐夫, Edgar Specker, Oliver Popp, Andrea Volkamer, 손소라, حمید راستگو, Reyes Hidalgo, Hongning Yang, André Rex, Martin Neuenschwander, Jens Peter von Kries, Marc Nazaré, Горшкова Яна Юрьевна, Helmut Kettenmann, Susanne A. Wolf	2023	8
6	Neurofibromin 1 mutations impair the function of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia Disease Models & Mechanisms ·Hüsameddin Yildirim, Kurnia L. G. Ardrian, Ashley Lim Cha Yin, Zhiwu Shang, Raphaela Fritsche‐Guenther, Ibrahim E. Efe, Olivia Cobb, Jit Chatterjee, Haluk Tuncer, John Stephen Gushit, Sebastian Diecke, Marcus Semtner, Corina Anastasaki, David H. Gutmann, Helmut Kettenmann	2023	2
7	Microglia/macrophage-derived human CCL18 promotes glioma progression via CCR8-ACP5 axis analyzed in humanized slice model Cell Reports ·Yimin Huang, Kurnia L. G. Ardrian, Abebe Getachew, Hüsameddin Yildirim, Yuan Yang, Jack Hodgson, J. M. Hermsen, Shuai Zhu, John Stephen Gushit, Fernando Bas, Feng Hu, Huaqiu Zhang, Ting Lei, Michael Synowitz, Charlotte Flüh, Helmut Kettenmann	2022	22
8	Synergistic Toll-like Receptor 3/9 Signaling Affects Properties and Impairs Glioma-Promoting Activity of Microglia Journal of Neuroscience ·Yimin Huang, Quan Zhang, J. M. Hermsen, 吕秋芳, Fatih Yalçın, Ibrahim E. Efe, Jack Hodgson, Kurnia L. G. Ardrian, Alice Buonfiglioli, Seija Lehnardt, Omar Dzaye, Miks Gailis, Michael Synowitz, Feng Hu, Helmut Kettenmann	2020	31
9	ERK1 as a Therapeutic Target for Dendritic Cell Vaccination against High-Grade Gliomas Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Min‐Chi Ku, Laily Liddini, Ivo Bendix, Andreas Pohlmann, Helmar Waiczies, Tim Prozorovski, J Bielewicz, P Marion, Gilles Pagès, Susanne A. Wolf, Helmut Kettenmann, Wolfgang Uckert, Thoralf Niendorf, Sonia Waiczies	2016	7
10	The subpopulation of microglia expressing functional muscarinic acetylcholine receptors expands in stroke and Alzheimer’s disease Brain Structure and Function ·Maria Pannell, Maria Meier, Frank Szulzewsky, Vitali Matyash, Matthias Endres, Golo Kronenberg, Vincent Prinz, Sonia Waiczies, Susanne A. Wolf, Helmut Kettenmann	2014	50
11	Mitochondrial Exchanger NCLX Plays a Major Role in the Intracellular Ca²⁺Signaling, Gliotransmission, and Proliferation of Astrocytes Journal of Neuroscience ·А. Я. Айдиев, Vedrana Montana, Ignacio Delgado, Vitali Matyash, Vladimir Parpura, Helmut Kettenmann, Israel Sekler, Christiané Nolte	2013	86
12	Panglial Gap Junctional Communication is Essential for Maintenance of Myelin in the CNS Journal of Neuroscience ·Oliver Tress, Marta Maglione, Dennis May, Said Kousay, Nadine Richter, Julia Seyfarth, Sonja Binder, Armin Zlomuzica, Gerald Seifert, Martin Theis, Ekrem Dere, Helmut Kettenmann, Klaus Willecke	2012	112
13	TRPM3 is expressed in sphingosine‐responsive myelinating oligodendrocytes Journal of Neurochemistry ·Anja Hoffmann, Christian Grimm, Robert Kraft, Olaf Goldbaum, Arne Wrede, Christiané Nolte, Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Christiane Richter‐Landsberg, Wolfgang Brück, Helmut Kettenmann, Christian Harteneck	2010	60
14	A1 Adenosine Receptors in Microglia Control Glioblastoma-Host Interaction Cancer Research ·Michael Synowitz, Rainer Glaß, Katrin Färber, Darko Marković, Golo Kronenberg, Dwi Desmayanasari, K. V. Malathi, Christiané Nolte, Nico van Rooijen, Juergen Kiwit, Helmut Kettenmann	2006	70
15	Secondary Lymphoid Tissue Chemokine (CCL21) Activates CXCR3 to Trigger a Cl− Current and Chemotaxis in Murine Microglia The Journal of Immunology ·Angelika Rappert, Knut Biber, Christiané Nolte, Martin Lipp, Andreas Schubel, Bao Lu, Norma P. Gerard, Craig Gérard, Hendrikus Boddeke, Helmut Kettenmann	2002	130
16	Interferon‐γ differentially modulates the release of cytokines and chemokines in lipopolysaccharide‐ and pneumococcal cell wall‐stimulated mouse microglia and macrophages European Journal of Neuroscience ·Karl Georg Häusler, Marco Prinz, Christiané Nolte, Joerg R. Weber, Ralf R. Schumann, Helmut Kettenmann, Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch	2002	107
17	Cellular Components of Neuroinflammation — An Introduction PubMed ·Helmut Kettenmann	2002	4
18	Single-Cell Characterization of Endothelin System Gene Expression in the Cerebellum In Situ Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology ·Kai M. Schmidt‐Ott, F Gori, Frank Kirchhoff, Alexei Verkhratsky, Lutz Liefeldt, Helmut Kettenmann, Martin Paul	1998	18
19	Ampa/kainate receptor activation in murine oligodendrocyte precursor cells leads to activation of a cation conductance, calcium influx and blockade of delayed rectifying K+ channels Neuroscience ·Karin Borges, Carsten Ohlemeyer, Jacqueline Trotter, Helmut Kettenmann	1994	87
20	Practical electrophysiological methods : a guide for in vitro studies in vertebrate neurobiology Helmut Kettenmann, Rosemarie Grantyn	1992	39

About Helmut Kettenmann

Helmut Kettenmann is a scholar working on Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Immunology, having authored 372 papers that have together received 39.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (183 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (175 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (86 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (77 papers), Immune cells in cancer (39 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (34 papers), Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (34 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (18.4k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (7.4k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (16.5k citations), Biological Psychiatry (2.2k citations) and Physiology (2.6k citations). Helmut Kettenmann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Alexei Verkhratsky, Mami Noda, Frank Kirchhoff, Christiané Nolte, Susanne A. Wolf, David H. Gutmann, Dolores Hambardzumyan, Katrin Färber and Vitali Matyash. Their work appears in journals such as Glia, Journal of Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology.

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