Knut Biber

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Knut Biber is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Knut Biber has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Neurology, 48 papers in Immunology and 31 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Knut Biber's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Chemokine receptors and signaling (29 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (23 papers). Knut Biber is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Chemokine receptors and signaling (29 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (23 papers). Knut Biber collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Knut Biber's co-authors include Hendrikus Boddeke, Dietrich van Calker, Kate Lykke Lambertsen, Bente Finsen, Nieske Brouwer, Jonathan Vinet, Kazuhide Inoue, Alexander H. De Haas, Harald Neumann and H. W. G. M. Boddeke and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Knut Biber

96 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

Neuronal ‘On’ and ‘Off’ signals control microglia

2007 610 citations Knut Biber, Hendrikus Boddeke et al. profile →
Inflammatory Cytokines in Experimental and Human Stroke

2012 581 citations Knut Biber et al. profile →
Age-related myelin degradation burdens the clearance function of microglia during aging

2016 405 citations Simone Brioschi, Knut Biber et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Knut Biber	4.9k	2.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	96	8.5k
Davide Ragozzino	4.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	937 0.7×	74	7.7k
Mami Noda	3.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	124	6.9k
Cristina Limatola	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	875 0.6×	180	7.3k
Craig S. Moore	3.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	711 0.4×	836 0.6×	94	7.5k
Hendrikus Boddeke	2.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	804 0.6×	57	5.0k
Elisabetta Polazzi	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	41	7.1k
Takahiro Masuda	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	60	5.4k
Rosa Chiara Paolicelli	4.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	948 0.7×	40	6.4k
Bart J. L. Eggen	3.8k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	917 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	144	7.5k
Amanda Sierra	4.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	59	7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Knut Biber

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Bryant, Annie G., Zhaozhi Li, Alberto Serrano‐Pozo, et al.. (2023). Endothelial Cells Are Heterogeneous in Different Brain Regions and Are Dramatically Altered in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(24). 4541–4557. 31 indexed citations

Sun, Lu, et al.. (2020). Antidepressant treatment is associated with epigenetic alterations of Homer1 promoter in a mouse model of chronic depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 279. 501–509. 18 indexed citations

Calker, Dietrich van, Knut Biber, Katharina Domschke, & Tsvetan Serchov. (2019). The role of adenosine receptors in mood and anxiety disorders. Journal of Neurochemistry. 151(1). 11–27. 94 indexed citations

Serchov, Tsvetan, Inna Schwarz, Lu Sun, et al.. (2019). Enhanced adenosine A1 receptor and Homer1a expression in hippocampus modulates the resilience to stress-induced depression-like behavior. Neuropharmacology. 162. 107834–107834. 36 indexed citations

Sousa, Carole, Anna Golebiewska, Suresh Poovathingal, et al.. (2018). Single‐cell transcriptomics reveals distinct inflammation‐induced microglia signatures. EMBO Reports. 19(11). 202 indexed citations

Sellner, Sabine, Ricardo Paricio-Montesinos, Annette Masuch, et al.. (2016). Microglial CX3CR1 promotes adult neurogenesis by inhibiting Sirt 1/p65 signaling independent of CX3CL1. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 102–102. 65 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Anindya & Knut Biber. (2016). The microglial ATP‐gated ion channel P2X7 as a CNS drug target. Glia. 64(10). 1772–1787. 168 indexed citations

Scheffold, Annika, Inge R. Holtman, Sandra Dieni, et al.. (2016). Telomere shortening leads to an acceleration of synucleinopathy and impaired microglia response in a genetic mouse model. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 87–87. 41 indexed citations

Hellwig, Sabine, Simone Brioschi, Sandra Dieni, et al.. (2015). Altered microglia morphology and higher resilience to stress-induced depression-like behavior in CX3CR1-deficient mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 55. 126–137. 196 indexed citations

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Biber, Knut, Thomas Möller, Erik Boddeke, & Marco Prinz. (2015). Central nervous system myeloid cells as drug targets: current status and translational challenges. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 15(2). 110–124. 94 indexed citations

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Raj, Divya, Dick Jaarsma, Inge R. Holtman, et al.. (2014). Priming of microglia in a DNA-repair deficient model of accelerated aging. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(9). 2147–2160. 101 indexed citations

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Vinet, Jonathan, Hilmar R. J. van Weering, Annette Heinrich, et al.. (2012). Neuroprotective function for ramified microglia in hippocampal excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 27–27. 223 indexed citations

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Vinet, Jonathan, Evelyn M. Wesseling, Johan Bijzet, et al.. (2012). Adenosine A2B receptor-mediated leukemia inhibitory factor release from astrocytes protects cortical neurons against excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 9(1). 198–198. 43 indexed citations

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Dias, Raquel B., Evelyn M. Wesseling, Yuko Sekino, et al.. (2010). Interleukin‐6‐type cytokines in neuroprotection and neuromodulation: oncostatin M, but not leukemia inhibitory factor, requires neuronal adenosine A₁ receptor function. Journal of Neurochemistry. 114(6). 1667–1677. 29 indexed citations

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Zwam, Marloes van, Ruth Huizinga, Marie‐José Melief, et al.. (2008). Brain antigens in functionally distinct antigen-presenting cell populations in cervical lymph nodes in MS and EAE. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 87(3). 273–286. 118 indexed citations

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Fiebich, Bernd L., et al.. (2005). IL-6 expression induced by adenosine A2b receptor stimulation in U373 MG cells depends on p38 mitogen activated kinase and protein kinase C. Neurochemistry International. 46(6). 501–512. 34 indexed citations

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Dijkstra, Ineke M., S.C.J. Hulshof, Paul van der Valk, Hendrikus Boddeke, & Knut Biber. (2004). Cutting Edge: Activity of Human Adult Microglia in Response to CC Chemokine Ligand 21. The Journal of Immunology. 172(5). 2744–2747. 43 indexed citations

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Boddeke, Hendrikus, et al.. (2004). Adenosine A₃ receptor‐induced CCL2 synthesis in cultured mouse astrocytes. Glia. 46(4). 410–418. 75 indexed citations

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Rappert, Angelika, Knut Biber, Christiané Nolte, et al.. (2002). Secondary Lymphoid Tissue Chemokine (CCL21) Activates CXCR3 to Trigger a Cl− Current and Chemotaxis in Murine Microglia. The Journal of Immunology. 168(7). 3221–3226. 130 indexed citations

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Lubrich, Beate, et al.. (1999). Differential expression of inflammatory mediators in rat microglia cultured from different brain regions. Molecular Brain Research. 65(2). 198–205. 78 indexed citations

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