Katarzyna Placek

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 687 citations indexed

About

Katarzyna Placek is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Katarzyna Placek has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 687 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Katarzyna Placek's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Immune responses and vaccinations (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Katarzyna Placek is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Immune responses and vaccinations (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Katarzyna Placek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Katarzyna Placek's co-authors include Joachim L. Schultze, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Andreas Schlitzer, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Lars Rogge, Elisabetta Bianchi, Maryaline Coffre, Kairong Cui and Keji Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Katarzyna Placek

20 papers receiving 678 citations

Hit Papers

Innate and Adaptive Immun... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Innate and Adaptive Immune Memory: an Evolutionary Continuum in the Host’s Response to Pathogens
    2019 369 citations Mihai G. Netea, Andreas Schlitzer et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katarzyna Placek Germany 11 443 213 86 62 56 21 687
Kerry L. Hilligan New Zealand 11 411 0.9× 191 0.9× 159 1.8× 18 0.3× 77 1.4× 18 705
Ariel Millman United States 8 506 1.1× 158 0.7× 173 2.0× 24 0.4× 25 0.4× 8 886
Florencia Sabbione Argentina 18 385 0.9× 202 0.9× 73 0.8× 24 0.4× 33 0.6× 35 838
Larissa C. Zanetti Brazil 3 296 0.7× 297 1.4× 73 0.8× 39 0.6× 60 1.1× 6 639
Xuzhe Zhang China 6 183 0.4× 132 0.6× 27 0.3× 28 0.5× 16 0.3× 9 411
Eri Yoshimoto Japan 11 287 0.6× 129 0.6× 23 0.3× 29 0.5× 34 0.6× 25 822
Jolanta Kiewisz Poland 18 236 0.5× 254 1.2× 34 0.4× 164 2.6× 53 0.9× 43 712
Nitya Jain United States 10 387 0.9× 209 1.0× 51 0.6× 66 1.1× 128 2.3× 17 708
Kevin Diehl United States 2 223 0.5× 154 0.7× 60 0.7× 38 0.6× 77 1.4× 3 542
Wenqing Ma China 14 137 0.3× 173 0.8× 151 1.8× 84 1.4× 123 2.2× 33 709

Countries citing papers authored by Katarzyna Placek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katarzyna Placek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Katarzyna Placek. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Katarzyna Placek. The network helps show where Katarzyna Placek may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katarzyna Placek

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ulas, Thomas, Nico Reusch, Harsh Bahrar, et al.. (2025). Human γδ T Cell Function Is Impaired Upon Mevalonate Pathway Inhibition. Immunology. 175(3). 300–322.
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Dorhoi, Anca, et al.. (2025). A dual nature of γδ T cell immune memory responses. eLife. 14. 2 indexed citations
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Matzaraki, Vasiliki, Tushar H. More, Laszlo Groh, et al.. (2025). Trained Immunity Induced by Oxidized Low‐Density Lipoprotein Is Dependent on Glutaminolysis. The FASEB Journal. 39(13). e70774–e70774. 4 indexed citations
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Groh, Laszlo, Katarzyna Placek, Vasiliki Matzaraki, et al.. (2024). Targeting glutaminolysis pathway in trained immunity induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein. Cardiovascular Research. 120(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations
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Munckhof, Inge van den, Katarzyna Placek, Leo A. B. Joosten, et al.. (2023). Stratification of Atherosclerosis based on Plasma Metabolic States. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(5). 1250–1262. 3 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, et al.. (2023). Innate (learned) memory. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 152(3). 551–566. 17 indexed citations
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Moorlag, Simone J.C.F.M., Wenchao Li, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, et al.. (2023). BCG vaccination induces innate immune memory in γδ T cells in humans. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 115(1). 149–163. 19 indexed citations
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Bruno, Mariolina, Rutger J. Röring, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, et al.. (2023). Peripheral T Cell Populations are Differentially Affected in Familial Mediterranean Fever, Chronic Granulomatous Disease, and Gout. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 43(8). 2033–2048. 3 indexed citations
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Bhat, Jaydeep, Katarzyna Placek, & Simon Faissner. (2022). Contemplating Dichotomous Nature of Gamma Delta T Cells for Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 894580–894580. 10 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, et al.. (2021). Cell-to-cell proteome variability: life in a cycle. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 229–229. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Zhijun, Kairong Cui, Katarzyna Placek, et al.. (2020). Diploid genome architecture revealed by multi-omic data of hybrid mice. Genome Research. 30(8). 1097–1106. 12 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, Joachim L. Schultze, & Anna C. Aschenbrenner. (2019). Epigenetic reprogramming of immune cells in injury, repair, and resolution. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(8). 2994–3005. 61 indexed citations
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Rybczyńska, Maria, Tharshana Stephen, Chloé Lescale, et al.. (2019). NFAT primes the human RORC locus for RORγt expression in CD4+ T cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4698–4698. 31 indexed citations
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Netea, Mihai G., Andreas Schlitzer, Katarzyna Placek, Leo A. B. Joosten, & Joachim L. Schultze. (2019). Innate and Adaptive Immune Memory: an Evolutionary Continuum in the Host’s Response to Pathogens. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(1). 13–26. 369 indexed citations breakdown →
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Placek, Katarzyna, Joachim L. Schultze, & Mihai G. Netea. (2019). Immune memory characteristics of innate lymphoid cells. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 32(3). 196–203. 15 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, Gangqing Hu, Kairong Cui, et al.. (2017). MLL4 prepares the enhancer landscape for Foxp3 induction via chromatin looping. Nature Immunology. 18(9). 1035–1045. 57 indexed citations
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Northrup, Daniel, Ryoji Yagi, Kairong Cui, et al.. (2017). Histone demethylases UTX and JMJD3 are required for NKT cell development in mice. Cell & Bioscience. 7(1). 25–25. 30 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, et al.. (2009). Integration of Distinct Intracellular Signaling Pathways at Distal Regulatory Elements Directs T-bet Expression in Human CD4+ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 183(12). 7743–7751. 18 indexed citations
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Placek, Katarzyna, et al.. (2009). Genetic and epigenetic networks controlling T helper 1 cell differentiation. Immunology. 127(2). 155–162. 30 indexed citations
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Coffre, Maryaline, Katarzyna Placek, Elisabetta Bianchi, et al.. (2009). T.5. Th1 versus Th17 Cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Clinical Immunology. 131. S47–S47. 1 indexed citations

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