Julia K. Polansky

5.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Julia K. Polansky is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia K. Polansky has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Julia K. Polansky's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (16 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers). Julia K. Polansky is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (16 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers). Julia K. Polansky collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Czechia. Julia K. Polansky's co-authors include Alf Hamann, Jochen Huehn, Stefan Floess, Sven Olek, Udo Baron, Karsten Kretschmer, Jennifer Freyer, Harald von Boehmer, Stefan Klein-Heßling and Edgar Serfling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature reviews. Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Julia K. Polansky

19 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Epigenetic Control of the foxp3 Locus in Regulatory T Cells

2007 979 citations Stefan Floess, Jennifer Freyer et al. PLoS Biology profile →
DNA methylation controls Foxp3 gene expression

2008 615 citations Julia K. Polansky, Karsten Kretschmer et al. European Journal of Immunology profile →
Foxp3 occupancy and regulation of key target genes during T-cell stimulation

2007 580 citations Alexander Marson, Karsten Kretschmer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julia K. Polansky Germany	15	2.7k	744	525	315	166	21	3.4k
Samantha L. Bailey-Bucktrout United States	10	2.2k 0.8×	380 0.5×	455 0.9×	273 0.9×	90 0.5×	12	2.6k
Jianguang Du United States	10	1.5k 0.6×	434 0.6×	291 0.6×	211 0.7×	129 0.8×	17	2.1k
Joost P. M. van Meerwijk France	25	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	504 1.0×	221 0.7×	139 0.8×	55	3.6k
Gretta L. Stritesky United States	15	2.1k 0.8×	343 0.5×	588 1.1×	191 0.6×	103 0.6×	22	2.6k
Bruno Lucas France	32	2.3k 0.8×	443 0.6×	480 0.9×	287 0.9×	87 0.5×	73	2.9k
Jennifer Freyer Germany	5	2.0k 0.7×	435 0.6×	360 0.7×	191 0.6×	68 0.4×	7	2.4k
Scott B. Lovitch United States	19	1.5k 0.5×	554 0.7×	781 1.5×	170 0.5×	186 1.1×	31	2.4k
Sivan Cohen Israel	20	1.0k 0.4×	677 0.9×	353 0.7×	182 0.6×	317 1.9×	36	1.9k
Naoko Seki Japan	23	986 0.4×	690 0.9×	602 1.1×	191 0.6×	223 1.3×	43	1.9k
Naoko Nakano Japan	13	1.3k 0.5×	408 0.5×	525 1.0×	188 0.6×	93 0.6×	26	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Julia K. Polansky

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Walter, Annette O., Benedikt Obermayer, David R. Busch, et al.. (2025). Prior chemotherapy deteriorates T-cell quality for CAR T-cell therapy in B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 13(4). e010709–e010709. 6 indexed citations

Farrera-Sal, Martí, Frederik Heinrich, Dimitrios L. Wagner, et al.. (2025). Effects of CRISPR-Cas9-mediated FOXP3 knockout on CAR T cell potency. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 33(3). 101570–101570.

Rincón-Arévalo, Héctor, Marieluise Kirchner, Hanieh Moradian, et al.. (2025). Novel non-coding FOXP3 transcript isoform associated to potential transcriptional interference in human regulatory T cells. RNA Biology. 22(1). 1–20.

Ou, Kristy, Andy Roemhild, Daniel R. Kaiser, et al.. (2021). Strong Expansion of Human Regulatory T Cells for Adoptive Cell Therapy Results in Epigenetic Changes Which May Impact Their Survival and Function. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 751590–751590. 14 indexed citations

Kressler, Christopher, Gilles Gasparoni, Karl Nordström, et al.. (2021). Targeted De-Methylation of the FOXP3-TSDR Is Sufficient to Induce Physiological FOXP3 Expression but Not a Functional Treg Phenotype. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 609891–609891. 42 indexed citations

Schlickeiser, Stephan, Katrin Vogt, Christine Appelt, et al.. (2019). Killer-like receptors and GPR56 progressive expression defines cytokine production of human CD4+ memory T cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2263–2263. 56 indexed citations

Salhab, Abdulrahman, Karl Nordström, Gilles Gasparoni, et al.. (2018). A comprehensive analysis of 195 DNA methylomes reveals shared and cell-specific features of partially methylated domains. Genome biology. 19(1). 59 indexed citations

Nowak, A, Dominik Lock, Petra Bächer, et al.. (2018). CD137+CD154− Expression As a Regulatory T Cell (Treg)-Specific Activation Signature for Identification and Sorting of Stable Human Tregs from In Vitro Expansion Cultures. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 199–199. 50 indexed citations

Kressler, Christopher, Melanie de Almeida, Sascha Tierling, et al.. (2017). Gut memories do not fade: epigenetic regulation of lasting gut homing receptor expression in CD4+ memory T cells. Mucosal Immunology. 10(6). 1443–1454. 7 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Jérémie D., Bruno Zaragoza, Julia K. Polansky, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of the JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway in Regulatory T Cells Reveals a Very Dynamic Regulation of Foxp3 Expression. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153682–e0153682. 36 indexed citations

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Kinkley, Sarah, Johannes Helmuth, Julia K. Polansky, et al.. (2016). reChIP-seq reveals widespread bivalency of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 in CD4+ memory T cells. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12514–12514. 50 indexed citations

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Polansky, Julia K., Rajia Bahri, Erwin H. Duitman, et al.. (2016). High dose CD11c-driven IL15 is sufficient to drive NK cell maturation and anti-tumor activity in a trans-presentation independent manner. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19699–19699. 13 indexed citations

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Ratsch, Boris A., Pawel Durek, Julia K. Polansky, et al.. (2016). Imprinting of Skin/Inflammation Homing in CD4+ T Cells Is Controlled by DNA Methylation within the Fucosyltransferase 7 Gene. The Journal of Immunology. 197(8). 3406–3414. 19 indexed citations

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Bahri, Rajia, Ioannis S. Pateras, Orietta D’Orlando, et al.. (2015). IL-15 suppresses colitis-associated colon carcinogenesis by inducing antitumor immunity. OncoImmunology. 4(9). e1002721–e1002721. 28 indexed citations

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Polansky, Julia K., Lisa Schreiber, Christoph Thelemann, et al.. (2010). Methylation matters: binding of Ets-1 to the demethylated Foxp3 gene contributes to the stabilization of Foxp3 expression in regulatory T cells. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 88(10). 1029–1040. 164 indexed citations

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Apostolou, Irina, et al.. (2008). Peripherally Induced Treg: Mode, Stability, and Role in Specific Tolerance. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 28(6). 619–624. 58 indexed citations

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Polansky, Julia K., Karsten Kretschmer, Jennifer Freyer, et al.. (2008). DNA methylation controls Foxp3 gene expression. European Journal of Immunology. 38(6). 1654–1663. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huehn, Jochen, Julia K. Polansky, & Alf Hamann. (2008). Epigenetic control of FOXP3 expression: the key to a stable regulatory T-cell lineage?. Nature reviews. Immunology. 9(2). 83–89. 414 indexed citations

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Marson, Alexander, Karsten Kretschmer, Garrett M. Frampton, et al.. (2007). Foxp3 occupancy and regulation of key target genes during T-cell stimulation. Nature. 445(7130). 931–935. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Floess, Stefan, Jennifer Freyer, Christiane Siewert, et al.. (2007). Epigenetic Control of the foxp3 Locus in Regulatory T Cells. PLoS Biology. 5(2). e38–e38. 979 indexed citations breakdown →

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