Kai Kessenbrock

17.1k citations
50 papers · 12.4k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 30
Topics
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers)Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers)Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

Kai Kessenbrock

48 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microe...20082026201420202010200820092012201610002.0k3.0k4.0k

Peers

Kai Kessenbrock
Comparison fields: 5 of 145
  • Molecular Biology 5.4k
  • Immunology 3.9k
  • Oncology 3.3k
  • Cancer Research 2.6k
  • Cell Biology 1.5k
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Countries citing papers authored by Kai Kessenbrock

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Kessenbrock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Kessenbrock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Kessenbrock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Kessenbrock 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 Kai Kessenbrock. Kai Kessenbrock is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockadebreakdown →
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3 11
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6 26
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Defining the emergence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in breast cancer using single-cell transcriptomicsbreakdown →
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Tumour heterogeneity and metastasis at single-cell resolutionbreakdown →
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Platelets induce neutrophil extracellular traps in transfusion-related acute lung injurybreakdown →
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Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironmentbreakdown →
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Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actinbreakdown →
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About Kai Kessenbrock

Kai Kessenbrock is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Immunology and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 50 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (3.9k citations), Cancer Research (2.6k citations) and Immunology and Allergy (1.0k citations). Kai Kessenbrock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Zena Werb, Vicki Plaks, Dieter E. Jenne, Devon A. Lawson, Michael Sixt, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Volker Brinkmann, Hermann-Josef Gröne, Wolfgang L. Gross and Walter Back. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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