Kerstin Gnirß

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kerstin Gnirß is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerstin Gnirß has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kerstin Gnirß's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (7 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (5 papers). Kerstin Gnirß is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (7 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (5 papers). Kerstin Gnirß collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Slovakia. Kerstin Gnirß's co-authors include Stefan Pöhlmann, Stephanie Bertram, Ilona Glowacka, Marcel A. Müller, Christian Drosten, Imke Steffen, Elizabeth J. Soilleux, Yuxian He, Daniela Niemeyer and Theodros Solomon Tsegaye and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Kerstin Gnirß

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evidence that TMPRSS2 Activates the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein for Membrane Fusion and Reduces Viral Control by the Humoral Immune Response

2011 804 citations Ilona Glowacka, Stephanie Bertram et al. Journal of Virology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kerstin Gnirß Germany	13	1.1k	243	234	211	177	14	1.5k
Theodros Solomon Tsegaye United States	8	831 0.8×	231 1.0×	189 0.8×	163 0.8×	115 0.6×	10	1.2k
Adeline Heurich Germany	6	1.4k 1.3×	215 0.9×	244 1.0×	276 1.3×	230 1.3×	6	1.8k
Stefanie Gierer Germany	7	1.5k 1.4×	214 0.9×	250 1.1×	280 1.3×	259 1.5×	8	1.9k
Yajin Qu China	14	861 0.8×	216 0.9×	140 0.6×	300 1.4×	178 1.0×	28	1.4k
Stefan van Nieuwkoop Netherlands	10	790 0.7×	258 1.1×	131 0.6×	172 0.8×	160 0.9×	20	1.1k
Masafumi Sakata Japan	10	1.1k 1.0×	234 1.0×	114 0.5×	243 1.2×	120 0.7×	20	1.4k
Anurodh Shankar Agrawal United States	19	1.1k 1.0×	397 1.6×	251 1.1×	308 1.5×	268 1.5×	23	1.6k
Yanfeng Yao China	15	1.1k 1.0×	402 1.7×	258 1.1×	287 1.4×	218 1.2×	47	1.5k
Thomas Kuri Germany	10	841 0.8×	140 0.6×	247 1.1×	212 1.0×	257 1.5×	11	1.2k
Ikuyo Takayama Japan	13	1.3k 1.2×	330 1.4×	117 0.5×	299 1.4×	131 0.7×	26	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerstin Gnirß

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All Works

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Biedenkopf, Nadine, Anne Babler, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, et al.. (2015). Analysis of Ebola Virus Entry Into Macrophages. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(suppl 2). S247–S257. 43 indexed citations

Hofmann-Winkler, Heike, Kerstin Gnirß, Florian Wrensch, & Stefan Pöhlmann. (2015). Comparative Analysis of Host Cell Entry of Ebola Virus From Sierra Leone, 2014, and Zaire, 1976. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(suppl 2). S172–S180. 9 indexed citations

Wrensch, Florian, Christina B. Karsten, Kerstin Gnirß, et al.. (2015). Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein–Mediated Inhibition of Host Cell Entry of Ebolaviruses. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(suppl 2). S210–S218. 54 indexed citations

Gnirß, Kerstin, Paweł Zmora, Paulina Błażejewska, et al.. (2015). Tetherin Sensitivity of Influenza A Viruses Is Strain Specific: Role of Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase. Journal of Virology. 89(18). 9178–9188. 31 indexed citations

Gierer, Selina, Marcel A. Müller, Albert E. Heurich, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Proprotein Convertases Abrogates Processing of the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein in Infected Cells but Does Not Reduce Viral Infectivity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211(6). 889–897. 34 indexed citations

Gnirß, Kerstin, Annika Krämer-Kühl, Eva Mittler, et al.. (2014). Analysis of Determinants in Filovirus Glycoproteins Required for Tetherin Antagonism. Viruses. 6(4). 1654–1671. 21 indexed citations

Gnirß, Kerstin, et al.. (2013). Individual Interactions of the b Subunits within the Stator of the Escherichia coli ATP Synthase*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(34). 24465–24479. 20 indexed citations

Tsegaye, Theodros Solomon, Kerstin Gnirß, Niels Rahe‐Meyer, et al.. (2013). Platelet activation suppresses HIV-1 infection of T cells. Retrovirology. 10(1). 48–48. 51 indexed citations

Gnirß, Kerstin, Annika Kühl, Christina B. Karsten, et al.. (2012). Cathepsins B and L activate Ebola but not Marburg virus glycoproteins for efficient entry into cell lines and macrophages independent of TMPRSS2 expression. Virology. 424(1). 3–10. 77 indexed citations

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Kiene, Miriam, Andrea Marzi, Stephanie Bertram, et al.. (2012). The role of the alternative coreceptor GPR15 in SIV tropism for human cells. Virology. 433(1). 73–84. 20 indexed citations

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Winkler, Michael, Stephanie Bertram, Kerstin Gnirß, et al.. (2012). Influenza A Virus Does Not Encode a Tetherin Antagonist with Vpu-Like Activity and Induces IFN-Dependent Tetherin Expression in Infected Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43337–e43337. 27 indexed citations

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Bertram, Stephanie, Ilona Glowacka, Marcel A. Müller, et al.. (2011). Cleavage and Activation of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein by Human Airway Trypsin-Like Protease. Journal of Virology. 85(24). 13363–13372. 240 indexed citations

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Kühl, Annika, Markus Hoffmann, Marcel A. Müller, et al.. (2011). Comparative Analysis of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Interactions With Human and Bat Cells. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(suppl_3). S840–S849. 57 indexed citations

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Glowacka, Ilona, Stephanie Bertram, Marcel A. Müller, et al.. (2011). Evidence that TMPRSS2 Activates the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein for Membrane Fusion and Reduces Viral Control by the Humoral Immune Response. Journal of Virology. 85(9). 4122–4134. 804 indexed citations breakdown →

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