Kai Kessenbrock

17.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
50 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Kai Kessenbrock is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Kessenbrock has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kai Kessenbrock's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers). Kai Kessenbrock is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (14 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (6 papers). Kai Kessenbrock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Kai Kessenbrock's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kai Kessenbrock

48 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment

2010 4.0k citations Kai Kessenbrock, Vicki Plaks et al. Cell profile →
Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

2008 1.7k citations Julia Riedl, Álvaro H. Crevenna et al. Nature Methods profile →
Netting neutrophils in autoimmune small-vessel vasculitis

2009 1.3k citations Kai Kessenbrock, Zena Werb et al. profile →
Platelets induce neutrophil extracellular traps in transfusion-related acute lung injury

2012 796 citations Axelle Caudrillier, Kai Kessenbrock et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Cancer cells induce metastasis-supporting neutrophil extracellular DNA traps

2016 721 citations Kai Kessenbrock et al. profile →
Single-cell analysis reveals a stem-cell program in human metastatic breast cancer cells

2015 690 citations Devon A. Lawson, Kai Kessenbrock et al. profile →
Tumour heterogeneity and metastasis at single-cell resolution

2018 413 citations Devon A. Lawson, Kai Kessenbrock et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myeloid-derived adipocyte progenitors in murine skin wounds

2019 358 citations Dennis Ma, Kai Kessenbrock et al. Nature Communications profile →
Defining the emergence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in breast cancer using single-cell transcriptomics

2020 322 citations Hamad Alshetaiwi, Nicholas Pervolarakis et al. Science Immunology profile →
Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade

2024 44 citations Shannon M. Pfeiffer, Jacob Insua‐Rodríguez et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Kessenbrock

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sequential emergence and contraction of epithelial subtypes in the prenatal human choroid plexus revealed by a stem cell model 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Shuxiong Wang, Christina Tu, Quy Nguyen, Yutong Sha, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brett A. Johnson, Kai Kessenbrock, Qing Nie, Edwin S. Monuki	0
2	Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Immunology ·(unknown), Shannon M. Pfeiffer, Jacob Insua‐Rodríguez, Hamad Alshetaiwi, Alexander Moshensky, (unknown), (unknown), Sung Kook Chun, (unknown), (unknown), Isam Adam, Oliver S. Eng, Nicholas R. Pannunzio, Marcus Seldin, Ivan Marazzi, Francesco Marangoni, Devon A. Lawson, Kai Kessenbrock, Selma Masri	44
3	Targeting tumor–stromal interactions in triple-negative breast cancer using a human vascularized micro-tumor model 2024 ·Breast Cancer Research ·Stephanie J. Hachey, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kevin Nee, Kai Kessenbrock, Christopher C.W. Hughes	11
4	Multiomic and spatial immunophenotyping reveals a prominent Runx3+ resident T cell population in the healthy human breast 2023 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Sharmila Mallya, (unknown), Maren Pein, Isam Adam, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kai Kessenbrock, Devon A. Lawson	1
5	The circadian clock CRY1 regulates pluripotent stem cell identity and somatic cell reprogramming 2023 ·Cell Reports ·Shogo Sato, Tomoaki Hishida, Kenichiro Kinouchi, (unknown), Yumei Li, Quy Nguyen, Yumay Chen, Ping H. Wang, Kai Kessenbrock, Wei Li, Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Paolo Sassone‐Corsi	6
6	Coordinate control of basal epithelial cell fate and stem cell maintenance by core EMT transcription factor Zeb1 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Yingying Han, Alvaro Villarreal-Ponce, Guadalupe Gutierrez, Quy Nguyen, Peng Sun, Ting Wu, (unknown), Geert Berx, Thomas Brabletz, Kai Kessenbrock, Yi Arial Zeng, Kazuhide Watanabe, Xing Dai	26
7	Microfluidic platform accelerates tissue processing into single cells for molecular analysis and primary culture models 2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Quy Nguyen, Kai Kessenbrock, Jered B. Haun	37
8	Defining the emergence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in breast cancer using single-cell transcriptomics breakdown → 2020 ·Science Immunology ·Hamad Alshetaiwi, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Laura L. McIntyre, Dennis Ma, Quy Nguyen, Jan A. Rath, Kevin Nee, Grace A. Hernandez, Katrina Evans, (unknown), (unknown), Craig M. Walsh, Kai Kessenbrock	322
9	OVOL1 Regulates Psoriasis-Like Skin Inflammation and Epidermal Hyperplasia 2020 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Peng Sun, Remy Vu, Morgan Dragan, Daniel Haensel, Guadalupe Gutierrez, Quy Nguyen, (unknown), Zeyu Chen, Jie Wu, Scott X. Atwood, Eric Pearlman, Yuling Shi, (unknown), Kai Kessenbrock, Xing Dai	18
10	Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Workflow for Splenic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells from Murine Breast Cancer Models 2020 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Hamad Alshetaiwi, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Quy Nguyen, Kai Kessenbrock	2
11	Profiling human breast epithelial cells using single cell RNA sequencing identifies cell diversity 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Quy Nguyen, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Kerrigan Blake, Dennis Ma, Ryan T. Davis, Nathan James, (unknown), Elizabeth Willey, Raj Kumar, Eric Jabart, Ian Driver, Jason R. Rock, Andrei Goga, Seema A. Khan, Devon A. Lawson, Zena Werb, Kai Kessenbrock	230
12	Tumour heterogeneity and metastasis at single-cell resolution breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Devon A. Lawson, Kai Kessenbrock, Ryan T. Davis, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Zena Werb	413
13	Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) ablation promotes tissue fibrosis and hypoxia to induce aggressive basal-like breast cancers 2018 ·Genes & Development ·Ken Takai, Allison P. Drain, Devon A. Lawson, Laurie E. Littlepage, Marcela V. Karpuj, Kai Kessenbrock, Annie Le, Kenichi Inoue, Valerie M. Weaver, Zena Werb	56
14	Matrix metalloproteinases in stem cell regulation and cancer 2015 ·Matrix Biology ·Kai Kessenbrock, Chih‐Yang Wang, Zena Werb	167
15	A Role for Matrix Metalloproteinases in Regulating Mammary Stem Cell Function via the Wnt Signaling Pathway 2013 ·Cell stem cell ·Kai Kessenbrock, Gerrit J.P. Dijkgraaf, Devon A. Lawson, Laurie E. Littlepage, Payam Shahi, Ursula Pieper, Zena Werb	103
16	Platelets induce neutrophil extracellular traps in transfusion-related acute lung injury breakdown → 2012 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Axelle Caudrillier, Kai Kessenbrock, (unknown), (unknown), Marisa B. Marques, Marc Monestier, Pearl Toy, Zena Werb, Mark R. Looney	796
17	Matrix Metalloproteinases: Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment breakdown → 2010 ·Cell ·Kai Kessenbrock, Vicki Plaks, Zena Werb	4016
18	Tailor-made inflammation: how neutrophil serine proteases modulate the inflammatory response 2010 ·Journal of Molecular Medicine ·Kai Kessenbrock, Therese Dau, Dieter E. Jenne	77
19	Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin breakdown → 2008 ·Nature Methods ·Julia Riedl, Álvaro H. Crevenna, Kai Kessenbrock, (unknown), Dorothee Neukirchen, Michał Biśta, Frank Bradke, Dieter E. Jenne, Tad A. Holak, Zena Werb, Michael Sixt, Roland Wedlich‐Söldner	1702
20	Characterization of the human autoimmune response to the major C-terminal epitope of the ribosomal P proteins 2003 ·Journal of Molecular Medicine ·Michael Mähler, Kai Kessenbrock, J.M.H. Raats, Ralph C. Williams, Marvin J. Fritzler, Martin Blüthner	59

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