Karin Pelka

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Karin Pelka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Pelka has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Karin Pelka's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (6 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers). Karin Pelka is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (7 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (6 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers). Karin Pelka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Karin Pelka's co-authors include Eicke Latz, Nir Hacohen, Kensuke Miyake, Leif S. Ludwig, Christoph Muus, Aviv Regev, Caleb A. Lareau, Vijay G. Sankaran, Genevieve M. Boland and Martin J. Aryee and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karin Pelka

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Lineage Tracing in Humans Enabled by Mitochondrial Mutations and Single-Cell Genomics

2019 325 citations Leif S. Ludwig, Caleb A. Lareau et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karin Pelka United States	12	691	407	232	90	88	22	1.1k
Károly Módos Hungary	13	956 1.4×	127 0.3×	443 1.9×	59 0.7×	24 0.3×	28	1.2k
Reinier van der Linden Netherlands	20	714 1.0×	460 1.1×	66 0.3×	75 0.8×	75 0.9×	43	1.7k
Gregory J. Baker United States	15	495 0.7×	240 0.6×	120 0.5×	233 2.6×	22 0.3×	27	923
Kazushi Izawa Japan	16	270 0.4×	462 1.1×	51 0.2×	139 1.5×	82 0.9×	54	953
Julia Parrish-Novak United States	13	312 0.5×	1.1k 2.7×	119 0.5×	309 3.4×	86 1.0×	14	1.8k
Sherri Mudri United States	10	311 0.5×	1.3k 3.2×	199 0.9×	185 2.1×	52 0.6×	17	1.8k
Andrew G. Levine United States	7	307 0.4×	1.4k 3.5×	139 0.6×	421 4.7×	101 1.1×	9	2.0k
Margaret Moore United States	7	242 0.4×	1.3k 3.2×	147 0.6×	265 2.9×	111 1.3×	7	1.8k
H. E. Ramsey United States	17	678 1.0×	1.2k 2.9×	94 0.4×	376 4.2×	113 1.3×	32	2.2k
John Day United States	15	355 0.5×	94 0.2×	302 1.3×	77 0.9×	70 0.8×	31	1.2k

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Millard, Nghia, Jonathan Chen, Karin Pelka, et al.. (2025). Batch correcting single-cell spatial transcriptomics count data with Crescendo improves visualization and detection of spatial gene patterns. Genome biology. 26(1). 36–36. 1 indexed citations

Pelka, Karin. (2025). Targeting immune hubs to advance cancer immunotherapy. Science Translational Medicine. 17(802). eadx7698–eadx7698. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Hongcheng, Vjola Jorgji, David Lieb, et al.. (2024). Abstract 6555: scRNAseq and TCR repertoire analysis identifies immune correlates of response to combined BRAF/MEK/PD1 inhibition in a phase 2 trial. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 6555–6555.

Lareau, Caleb A., Vincent Liu, Christoph Muus, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial single-cell ATAC-seq for high-throughput multi-omic detection of mitochondrial genotypes and chromatin accessibility. Nature Protocols. 18(5). 1416–1440. 33 indexed citations

Albers, Julian J. & Karin Pelka. (2022). Listening in on Multicellular Communication in Human Tissue Immunology. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 884185–884185. 3 indexed citations

Tian, Jun, Jonathan Chen, Sherry Chao, et al.. (2022). Abstract LB003: Combined BRAF, MEK, and PD-1 inhibition in BRAFV600E colorectal cancer patients: Correlative studies from a phase 2 trial. Cancer Research. 82(12_Supplement). LB003–LB003. 1 indexed citations

Thada, Shruthi, Gábor Horváth, Mario M. Müller, et al.. (2021). Interaction of TLR4 and TLR8 in the Innate Immune Response against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 1560–1560. 24 indexed citations

Chen, Jonathan, Karin Pelka, Matan Hofree, et al.. (2021). Multicellular immune hubs and their organization in MMRd and MMRp colorectal cancer. The Journal of Immunology. 206(1_Supplement). 68.13–68.13. 3 indexed citations

Lareau, Caleb A., Leif S. Ludwig, Christoph Muus, et al.. (2020). Massively parallel single-cell mitochondrial DNA genotyping and chromatin profiling. Nature Biotechnology. 39(4). 451–461. 178 indexed citations

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Ludwig, Leif S., Caleb A. Lareau, Jacob C. Ulirsch, et al.. (2019). Lineage Tracing in Humans Enabled by Mitochondrial Mutations and Single-Cell Genomics. Cell. 176(6). 1325–1339.e22. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pelka, Karin, Damien Bertheloot, Kshiti Phulphagar, et al.. (2018). The Chaperone UNC93B1 Regulates Toll-like Receptor Stability Independently of Endosomal TLR Transport. Immunity. 48(5). 911–922.e7. 98 indexed citations

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Pelka, Karin & Dominic De Nardo. (2017). Emerging Concepts in Innate Immunity. Methods in molecular biology. 1714. 1–18. 11 indexed citations

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Bossaller, Lukas, Anette Christ, Karin Pelka, et al.. (2016). TLR9 Deficiency Leads to Accelerated Renal Disease and Myeloid Lineage Abnormalities in Pristane-Induced Murine Lupus. The Journal of Immunology. 197(4). 1044–1053. 51 indexed citations

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Pelka, Karin, Takuma Shibata, Kensuke Miyake, & Eicke Latz. (2015). Nucleic acid‐sensing TLRs and autoimmunity: novel insights from structural and cell biology. Immunological Reviews. 269(1). 60–75. 84 indexed citations

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Schmid‐Burgk, Jonathan L., Tobias Schmidt, Moritz M. Gaidt, et al.. (2014). OutKnocker: a web tool for rapid and simple genotyping of designer nuclease edited cell lines. Genome Research. 24(10). 1719–1723. 100 indexed citations

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Pelka, Karin, Kshiti Phulphagar, Rainer Stahl, et al.. (2014). Cutting Edge: The UNC93B1 Tyrosine-Based Motif Regulates Trafficking and TLR Responses via Separate Mechanisms. The Journal of Immunology. 193(7). 3257–3261. 31 indexed citations

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Lennartsson, Johan, et al.. (2013). The Fer Tyrosine Kinase Is Important for Platelet-derived Growth Factor-BB-induced Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) Protein Phosphorylation, Colony Formation in Soft Agar, and Tumor Growth in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(22). 15736–15744. 25 indexed citations

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Pelka, Karin, et al.. (1980). The Pioneer Venus Bus Neutral Gas Mass Spectrometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. GE-18(1). 122–126. 7 indexed citations

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Zahn, U. von, et al.. (1979). Venus: eddy coefficients in the thermosphere and the inferred helium content of the lower atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 6(5). 337–340. 45 indexed citations

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Offermann, D., Karin Pelka, & U. von Zahn. (1972). Mass spectrometric measurements of minor constituents in the lower thermosphere. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 8(4). 391–401. 6 indexed citations

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