Kristjan Plaetzer

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kristjan Plaetzer is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristjan Plaetzer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kristjan Plaetzer's work include Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (44 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (28 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (5 papers). Kristjan Plaetzer is often cited by papers focused on Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (44 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (28 papers) and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (5 papers). Kristjan Plaetzer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Canada and Germany. Kristjan Plaetzer's co-authors include Barbara Krammer, Tobias Kiesslich, Juergen Berlanda, Frieder Berr, Tim Maisch, Adelaide Almeida, Santi Nonell, George P. Tegos, Michael R. Hamblin and Mark Wainwright and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, FEBS Letters and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kristjan Plaetzer

55 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Photophysics and photochemistry of photodynamic therapy: fundamental aspects

2008 700 citations Kristjan Plaetzer, Barbara Krammer et al. profile →
Photoantimicrobials—are we afraid of the light?

2016 553 citations Tim Maisch, Kristjan Plaetzer et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Photodynamic Inactivation as a New Weapon Against Plant Fire Blight Disease: Proof of a New Dawn of Environmentally Friendly Crop Protection 2025 ·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ·Marta W. Vasconcelos, Ying Piao, Sebastian Himbert, (unknown), (unknown), Jun Liu, (unknown), Youqing Shen, Maikel C. Rheinstädter, George W. Sundin, Kristjan Plaetzer	1
2	Photodynamic Inactivation of microorganisms for agricultural applications 2024 ·Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jun Liu, (unknown), Kristjan Plaetzer	0
3	Photodynamic Inactivation in agriculture: combating fungal phytopathogens resistant to conventional treatment 2024 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Anne‐Sophie Walker, Jun Liu, (unknown), Kristjan Plaetzer	4
4	Towards Microbial Food Safety of Sprouts: Photodynamic Decontamination of Seeds 2023 ·Photonics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jun Liu, Kristjan Plaetzer	1
5	Determination of the Efficiency of Photodynamic Decontamination of Food 2022 ·Methods in molecular biology ·(unknown), Kristjan Plaetzer	1
6	Save the crop: Photodynamic Inactivation of plant pathogens I: bacteria 2019 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jun Liu, Kristjan Plaetzer	36
7	In Vitro Cell Death Discrimination and Screening Method by Simple and Cost-Effective Viability Analysis 2017 ·Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry ·Katharina Helm, Marlena Beyreis, Christian Mayr, Markus Ritter, Martin Jakab, Tobias Kiesslich, Kristjan Plaetzer	21
8	Photodynamic treatment with hexyl-aminolevulinate mediates reversible thiol oxidation in core oxidative stress signaling proteins 2015 ·Molecular BioSystems ·(unknown), Animesh Sharma, Hans E. Krokan, Kristjan Plaetzer, Barbara Krammer, (unknown), Odrun A. Gederaas, Geir Slupphaug, Lars Hagen	7
9	A comparative study on the antibacterial photodynamic efficiency of a curcumin derivative and a formulation on a porcine skin model 2015 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·(unknown), Peter Steinbacher, Tim Maisch, (unknown), Kristjan Plaetzer	38
10	Photodynamic decontamination of foodstuff from Staphylococcus aureus based on novel formulations of curcumin 2014 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Kristjan Plaetzer	80
11	Comprehensive analysis of alterations in the miRNome in response to photodynamic treatment 2013 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·Doris Bach, (unknown), Michael Karbiener, Marcel Scheideler, Anna Lena Ress, Daniel Neureiter, Ralf Kemmerling, Otto Dietze, Markus Wiederstein, Frieder Berr, Kristjan Plaetzer, Tobias Kiesslich, Martin Pichler	23
12	Lipophilic rather than hydrophilic photosensitizers show strong adherence to standard cell culture microplates under cell-free conditions 2011 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·Victoria Engelhardt, Tobias Kiesslich, Juergen Berlanda, (unknown), Barbara Krammer, Kristjan Plaetzer	6
13	Uptake and phototoxicity of meso-tetrahydroxyphenyl chlorine are highly variable in human biliary tract cancer cell lines and correlate with markers of differentiation and proliferation 2010 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·Tobias Kiesslich, Daniel Neureiter, Beate Alinger, (unknown), Juergen Berlanda, (unknown), Matthias Ocker, Kristjan Plaetzer, Frieder Berr	31
14	Comparative characterization of the efficiency and cellular pharmacokinetics of Foscan®- and Foslip®-based photodynamic treatment in human biliary tract cancer cell lines 2007 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·Tobias Kiesslich, Juergen Berlanda, Kristjan Plaetzer, Barbara Krammer, Frieder Berr	83
15	Cellular Mechanisms and Prospective Applications of Hypericin in Photodynamic Therapy 2006 ·Current Medicinal Chemistry ·Tobias Kiesslich, Barbara Krammer, Kristjan Plaetzer	97
16	Characterization of Apoptosis Induced by Photodynamic Treatment with Hypericin in A431 Human Epidermoid Carcinoma Cells 2006 ·Journal of Environmental Pathology Toxicology and Oncology ·Juergen Berlanda, Tobias Kiesslich, (unknown), (unknown), Barbara Krammer, Kristjan Plaetzer	38
17	Apoptosis Following Photodynamic Tumor Therapy: Induction, Mechanisms and Detection 2005 ·Current Pharmaceutical Design ·Kristjan Plaetzer, Tobias Kiesslich, (unknown), Barbara Krammer	102
18	Differential effects of glucose deprivation on the cellular sensitivity towards photodynamic treatment‐based production of reactive oxygen species and apoptosis‐induction 2004 ·FEBS Letters ·Tobias Kiesslich, Kristjan Plaetzer, (unknown), Juergen Berlanda, (unknown), Barbara Krammer	42
19	Fast and reliable determination of intracellular ATP from cells cultured in 96-well microplates 2003 ·Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods ·Tobias Kiesslich, (unknown), Barbara Krammer, Kristjan Plaetzer	20
20	Glucose is Required to Maintain High ATP-levels for the Energy-utilizing Steps During PDT-induced Apoptosis¶ 2002 ·Photochemistry and Photobiology ·(unknown), Tobias Kiesslich, Barbara Krammer, Kristjan Plaetzer	27

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