Inga Weßels

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Inga Weßels is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Inga Weßels has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Inga Weßels's work include Trace Elements in Health (28 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (12 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). Inga Weßels is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (28 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (12 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). Inga Weßels collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Inga Weßels's co-authors include Lothar Rink, Martina Maywald, Benjamin Rolles, Peter Uciechowski, Henrike J. Fischer, Hajo Haase, Robert J. Cousins, Veronika Kloubert, Gabriela Engelhardt and K. Blaabjerg and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology and Thorax.

In The Last Decade

Inga Weßels

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Zinc as a Gatekeeper of Immune Function 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Zinc as a Gatekeeper of Immune Function
    2017 491 citations Inga Weßels, Lothar Rink et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Inga Weßels Germany 18 1.1k 357 341 281 255 41 2.0k
Martina Maywald Germany 14 774 0.7× 199 0.6× 253 0.7× 131 0.5× 135 0.5× 20 1.3k
Shintaro Hojyo Japan 23 1.4k 1.3× 641 1.8× 638 1.9× 383 1.4× 283 1.1× 43 2.7k
Daren L. Knoell United States 31 584 0.6× 817 2.3× 294 0.9× 201 0.7× 382 1.5× 60 2.4k
Qin Wang China 23 479 0.5× 570 1.6× 197 0.6× 324 1.2× 66 0.3× 113 2.2k
Huabin Cao China 29 777 0.7× 854 2.4× 849 2.5× 132 0.5× 366 1.4× 128 2.6k
Maria Glibetić Serbia 25 895 0.8× 284 0.8× 278 0.8× 29 0.1× 271 1.1× 80 2.4k
Cuong D. Tran Australia 24 469 0.4× 367 1.0× 132 0.4× 89 0.3× 73 0.3× 68 1.4k
Maria das Graças Almeida Brazil 24 335 0.3× 305 0.9× 174 0.5× 47 0.2× 228 0.9× 100 1.7k
Rajendra Prasad India 28 481 0.5× 568 1.6× 293 0.9× 100 0.4× 69 0.3× 150 2.4k
Minoru Yoshida Japan 27 448 0.4× 205 0.6× 783 2.3× 400 1.4× 84 0.3× 150 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Inga Weßels

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2026). Plasma Desmosine Is Elevated in Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Is Associated with Intramural Proteolytic Activity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 27(3). 1236–1236.
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Rolles, Benjamin, Nicolas Chatain, Margherita Vieri, et al.. (2025). ZIP10 as a potential therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology. 207(3). 767–779. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jianan, Lothar Rink, & Inga Weßels. (2024). Zinc Supplementation Reduces the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Decreasing the Expression of Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 68(17). e2400013–e2400013. 3 indexed citations
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Rolles, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Leukemia cells accumulate zinc for oncofusion protein stabilization. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 123. 109482–109482. 2 indexed citations
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Kocyła, Anna, Aleksander Czogalla, Inga Weßels, Lothar Rink, & Artur Krężel. (2023). A combined biochemical and cellular approach reveals Zn2+-dependent hetero- and homodimeric CD4 and Lck assemblies in T cells. Structure. 32(3). 292–303.e7. 2 indexed citations
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Proschinger, Sebastian, Alexander Schenk, Inga Weßels, et al.. (2023). Intensity- and time-matched acute interval and continuous endurance exercise similarly induce an anti-inflammatory environment in recreationally active runners: focus on PD-1 expression in Tregs and the IL-6/IL-10 axis. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 123(11). 2575–2584. 5 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2022). Zinc Levels Affect the Metabolic Switch of T Cells by Modulating Glucose Uptake and Insulin Receptor Signaling. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 66(9). e2100944–e2100944. 10 indexed citations
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Kloubert, Veronika, Inga Weßels, K. Blaabjerg, et al.. (2020). Zinc deficiency leads to reduced interleukin-2 production by active gene silencing due to enhanced CREMα expression in T cells. Clinical Nutrition. 40(5). 3263–3278. 23 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, Alexander Gombert, Henrike J. Fischer, et al.. (2020). Zinc supplementation ameliorates lung injury by reducing neutrophil recruitment and activity. Thorax. 75(3). 253–261. 54 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga & Lothar Rink. (2019). Micronutrients in autoimmune diseases: possible therapeutic benefits of zinc and vitamin D. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 77. 108240–108240. 71 indexed citations
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Rink, Lothar, et al.. (2019). Alterations in membrane fluidity are involved in inhibition of GM-CSF-induced signaling in myeloid cells by zinc. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 54. 214–220. 14 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2018). A short 18 items food frequency questionnaire biochemically validated to estimate zinc status in humans. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 49. 285–295. 34 indexed citations
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Kloubert, Veronika, K. Blaabjerg, Tina Sørensen Dalgaard, et al.. (2018). Influence of zinc supplementation on immune parameters in weaned pigs. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 49. 231–240. 48 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2016). Influence of DNA-methylation on zinc homeostasis in myeloid cells: Regulation of zinc transporters and zinc binding proteins. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 37. 125–133. 17 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, Hajo Haase, Gabriela Engelhardt, Lothar Rink, & Peter Uciechowski. (2012). Zinc deficiency induces production of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNFα in promyeloid cells via epigenetic and redox-dependent mechanisms. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 24(1). 289–297. 112 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, Eva Rosenkranz, Mónica Ventura Ferreira, et al.. (2012). Activation of IL-1β and TNFα genes is mediated by the establishment of permissive chromatin structures during monopoiesis. Immunobiology. 218(6). 860–868. 9 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2010). Changes in chromatin structure and methylation of the human interleukin‐1β gene during monopoiesis. Immunology. 130(3). 410–417. 32 indexed citations
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Weßels, Inga, et al.. (2010). Immunosenescence of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 10. 145–160. 63 indexed citations
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