Lennart Opitz

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Lennart Opitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Lennart Opitz has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Lennart Opitz's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (6 papers). Lennart Opitz is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (6 papers). Lennart Opitz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Lennart Opitz's co-authors include Gabriela Salinas-Riester, Athanasios Zovoilis, Jessica L. Wittnam, André Fischer, Farahnaz Sananbenesi, Susanne Burkhardt, Roberto Carlos Agís‐Balboa, Laurent Farinelli, Wei Chen and Andreas Gogol‐Döring and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Lennart Opitz

76 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Altered Histone Acetylation Is Associated with Age-Dependent Memory Impairment in Mice

2010 721 citations Farahnaz Sananbenesi, Athanasios Zovoilis et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Individualized Pooled CRISPR/Cas9 Screenings Identify CDK2 as a Druggable Vulnerability in a Canine Mammary Carcinoma Patient 2025 ·Veterinary Sciences ·(unknown), Martina Dettwiler, Chang He, Enni Markkanen, Lennart Opitz, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Sven Rottenberg	0
2	Identification of two biological subgroups of complex regional pain syndrome type 1 by transcriptomic profiling of skin and blood in women 2025 ·Molecular Medicine ·(unknown), Astrid Jüngel, (unknown), (unknown), Hubert Rehrauer, Lennart Opitz, (unknown), Petra Schweinhardt, Sabrina Catanzaro, Oliver Distler, Florian Brunner, Stefan Dudli	1
3	Low back pain patients with Modic type 1 changes exhibit distinct bacterial and non-bacterial subtypes 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lennart Opitz, (unknown), (unknown), Reto A. Schuepbach, (unknown), Florian Brunner, Aaron J. Fields, Mazda Farshad, Oliver Distler, Stefan Dudli	12
4	Human effector CD8+ T cells with an activated and exhausted-like phenotype control tumour growth in vivo in a humanized tumour model 2024 ·EBioMedicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Christian Münz, Obinna Chijioke	3
5	Alterations of Thymus-Derived Tregs in Multiple Sclerosis 2024 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Tiziana Lorenzini, Wolfgang Faigle, (unknown), María José Docampo, Lennart Opitz, Roland Martinꝉ	4
6	Deciphering Stromal Changes between Metastatic and Non-metastatic Canine Mammary Carcinomas 2023 ·Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia ·(unknown), (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Alexandra Malbon, Enni Markkanen	6
7	Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Samples Reveal Crucial Insights for Preclinical Testing 2023 ·Cancers ·(unknown), (unknown), Michaela B. Kirschner, Lennart Opitz, Linda Grob, Isabelle Opitz, Emanuela Felley‐Bosco, Stefanie Hiltbrunner, Alessandra Curioni‐Fontecedro	1
8	Defining the Molecular Landscape of Cancer-Associated Stroma in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2022 ·Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·(unknown), (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Phil F. Cheng, Mitchell P. Levesque, Enni Markkanen, Laurence Feldmeyer	5
9	A novel murine model to study the impact of maternal depression and antidepressant treatment on biobehavioral functions in the offspring 2021 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·(unknown), Flavia S. Mueller, Ulrike Weber‐Stadlbauer, Daniele Mattei, Lennart Opitz, Annamaria Cattaneo, Juliet Richetto	12
10	Down-Regulation of Mitochondrial Metabolism after Tendon Release Primes Lipid Accumulation in Rotator Cuff Muscle 2020 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Martin Flück, (unknown), Severin Ruoss, Paola Valdivieso, Brigitte von Rechenberg, Anna Bratus-Neuenschwander, Lennart Opitz, (unknown), Endre Laczkó, Karl Wieser, Christian Gerber	12
11	The forebrain synaptic transcriptome is organized by clocks but its proteome is driven by sleep 2019 ·Science ·Sara B. Noya, (unknown), Franziska Brüning, Andrea Spinnler, Dennis Mircsof, Lennart Opitz, Matthias Mann, Shiva K. Tyagarajan, María S. Robles, Steven A. Brown	162
12	Limited utility of tissue micro-arrays in detecting intra-tumoral heterogeneity in stem cell characteristics and tumor progression markers in breast cancer 2018 ·Journal of Translational Medicine ·(unknown), Charlotte Giesen, Hartland W. Jackson, Bernd Bodenmiller, (unknown), Sandra N. Freiberger, Catharine Aquino, Lennart Opitz, Zsuzsanna Varga	17
13	Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Controls Mature Brown Adipocyte Inducibility through Glycerol Kinase 2018 ·Cell Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Elke Kiehlmann, Miroslav Baláž, (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Martin E. Lidell, Nicola Zamboni, (unknown), Wenfei Sun, Lukáš Varga, Patrik Štefanička, Jozef Ukropec, Pirjo Nuutila, Kirsi A. Virtanen, Ez‐Zoubir Amri, Sven Enerbäck, Walter Wahli, Christian Wolfrum	87
14	Diurnal changes in the histone H3 signature H3K9ac\|H3K27ac\|H3S28p are associated with diurnal gene expression in Arabidopsis 2016 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Katja Baerenfaller, Huan Shu, Matthias Hirsch‐Hoffmann, Johannes Fütterer, Lennart Opitz, Hubert Rehrauer, Lars Hennig, Wilhelm Gruissem	28
15	Tissue-specific transcriptomics, chromosomal localization, and phylogeny of chemosensory and odorant binding proteins from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum reveal subgroup specificities for olfaction or more general functions 2014 ·BMC Genomics ·Stefan Dippel, Georg Oberhofer, Jörg Kahnt, Lizzy Gerischer, Lennart Opitz, Joachim Schachtner, Mario Stanke, Stefan Schütz, Ernst A. Wimmer, Sergio Angeli	99
16	CHD7, the gene mutated in CHARGE syndrome, regulates genes involved in neural crest cell guidance 2014 ·Human Genetics ·(unknown), Peter Wehner, Lennart Opitz, Gabriela Salinas-Riester, Ernie M.H.F. Bongers, Conny M.A. van Ravenswaaij‐Arts, Josephine Wincent, Jacqueline Schoumans, Jürgen Kohlhase, Annette Borchers, Silke Pauli	88
17	Impaired Chromatin Remodelling at STAT1-Regulated Promoters Leads to Global Unresponsiveness of Toxoplasma gondii-Infected Macrophages to IFN-γ 2012 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Christine Lang, Anke Hildebrandt, (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Hassan Dihazi, Carsten G. K. Lüder	56
18	Oxidative burden and mitochondrial dysfunction in a mouse model of Rett syndrome 2012 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marc Fischer, (unknown), (unknown), Till Manzke, Lennart Opitz, Gabriela Salinas-Riester, Michael Müller	93
19	A hippocampal insulin‐growth factor 2 pathway regulates the extinction of fear memories 2011 ·The EMBO Journal ·Roberto Carlos Agís‐Balboa, (unknown), Jessica L. Wittnam, Nambirajan Govindarajan, (unknown), Susanne Burkhardt, (unknown), H.Y. Agbemenyah, Athanasios Zovoilis, (unknown), Lennart Opitz, Farahnaz Sananbenesi, André Fischer	120
20	CPA6, FMO2, LGI1, SIAT1 and TNC are differentially expressed in early- and late-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma – A pilot study 2008 ·Oral Oncology ·(unknown), Rudolf Gruber, Reiner Hitt, Lennart Opitz, Edgar Brunner, Henning Schliephake, Franz‐Josef Kramer	37

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