Marcel Mettlen

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Marcel Mettlen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Mettlen has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Marcel Mettlen's work include Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (7 papers). Marcel Mettlen is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (7 papers). Marcel Mettlen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Sweden. Marcel Mettlen's co-authors include Sandra L. Schmid, Gaudenz Danuser, Dinah Loerke, Khuloud Jaqaman, Hirotaka Kuwata, Sergio Grinstein, Ping‐Hung Chen, Saipraveen Srinivasan, Costin N. Antonescu and François Aguet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Mettlen

43 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Robust single-particle tracking in live-cell time-lapse s... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2018 400 800 1.2k
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. Robust single-particle tracking in live-cell time-lapse sequences
    2008 1.4k citations Dinah Loerke, Marcel Mettlen et al. profile →
  2. Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
    2018 421 citations Marcel Mettlen, Ping‐Hung Chen et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel Mettlen United States 27 2.9k 1.8k 646 484 380 43 4.5k
Kurt S. Thorn United States 26 4.1k 1.4× 1.6k 0.9× 397 0.6× 322 0.7× 305 0.8× 35 5.8k
Lucy Collinson United Kingdom 47 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 571 0.9× 1.2k 2.5× 487 1.3× 128 6.8k
Xufeng Wu United States 39 2.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.7× 432 0.7× 638 1.3× 418 1.1× 70 5.3k
Niels Volkmann United States 40 3.2k 1.1× 2.5k 1.4× 400 0.6× 512 1.1× 294 0.8× 94 6.1k
Yannis Kalaidzidis Germany 35 4.4k 1.5× 2.9k 1.6× 375 0.6× 471 1.0× 526 1.4× 79 6.6k
Roberto Weigert United States 38 2.9k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 369 0.6× 817 1.7× 572 1.5× 106 5.7k
Geert van den Bogaart Netherlands 38 3.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 262 0.4× 810 1.7× 401 1.1× 102 5.0k
John F. Presley Canada 35 4.3k 1.5× 3.4k 1.9× 459 0.7× 415 0.9× 734 1.9× 69 6.4k
Dorit Hanein United States 42 3.1k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 442 0.7× 550 1.1× 279 0.7× 86 6.3k
Marko Kaksonen Germany 40 5.0k 1.7× 4.4k 2.4× 656 1.0× 278 0.6× 479 1.3× 63 7.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Mettlen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Mettlen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Mettlen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Mettlen 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 Marcel Mettlen. Marcel Mettlen 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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Mettlen, Marcel, et al.. (2025). Compositionally unique mitochondria in filopodia support cellular migration. Current Biology. 35(6). 1227–1241.e6. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhiyu, Antonella Iannaccone, Annamaria Spina, et al.. (2024). Retrotransposons are co-opted to activate hematopoietic stem cells and erythropoiesis. Science. 386(6722). eado6836–eado6836. 8 indexed citations
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Telesford, Kiel M., Marcel Mettlen, Melissa B. Davis, et al.. (2023). Neuron-binding antibody responses are associated with Black ethnicity in multiple sclerosis during natalizumab treatment. Brain Communications. 5(4). fcad218–fcad218. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Yoon Jung, Jing Ji, Jacob T. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Light-activated macromolecular phase separation modulates transcription by reconfiguring chromatin interactions. Science Advances. 9(13). eadg1123–eadg1123. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinxin, Zhiming Chen, Marcel Mettlen, et al.. (2020). DASC, a sensitive classifier for measuring discrete early stages in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. eLife. 9. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhiming, Marcel Mettlen, Peter Michaely, et al.. (2020). Wbox2: A clathrin terminal domain–derived peptide inhibitor of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(9). 17 indexed citations
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Lakoduk, Ashley M., et al.. (2019). Mutant p53 amplifies a dynamin-1/APPL1 endosome feedback loop that regulates recycling and migration. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(6). 1928–1942. 17 indexed citations
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Mettlen, Marcel, Ping‐Hung Chen, Saipraveen Srinivasan, Gaudenz Danuser, & Sandra L. Schmid. (2018). Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 87(1). 871–896. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zhuzhen, Zhenzhen Zi, Eunice E. Lee, et al.. (2018). Differential glucose requirement in skin homeostasis and injury identifies a therapeutic target for psoriasis. Nature Medicine. 24(5). 617–627. 136 indexed citations
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Walrant, Astrid, Mikkel R. Holst, Julia Mason, et al.. (2017). Control of actin polymerization via the coincidence of phosphoinositides and high membrane curvature. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(11). 3745–3765. 58 indexed citations
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Oswald, Nathaniel W., et al.. (2016). Ikarugamycin: A Natural Product Inhibitor of Clathrin‐Mediated Endocytosis. Traffic. 17(10). 1139–1149. 62 indexed citations
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Reis, Carlos R., Ping‐Hung Chen, Saipraveen Srinivasan, et al.. (2015). Crosstalk between Akt/ GSK 3β signaling and dynamin‐1 regulates clathrin‐mediated endocytosis. The EMBO Journal. 34(16). 2132–2146. 100 indexed citations
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Mettlen, Marcel & Gaudenz Danuser. (2014). Imaging and Modeling the Dynamics of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(12). a017038–a017038. 43 indexed citations
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Loerke, Dinah, Marcel Mettlen, Sandra L. Schmid, & Gaudenz Danuser. (2011). Measuring the Hierarchy of Molecular Events During Clathrin‐Mediated Endocytosis. Traffic. 12(7). 815–825. 54 indexed citations
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Mettlen, Marcel, Dinah Loerke, Defne Yarar, Gaudenz Danuser, & Sandra L. Schmid. (2010). Cargo- and adaptor-specific mechanisms regulate clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 188(6). 919–933. 124 indexed citations
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Mettlen, Marcel, Miriam Stoeber, Dinah Loerke, et al.. (2009). Endocytic Accessory Proteins Are Functionally Distinguished by Their Differential Effects on the Maturation of Clathrin-coated Pits. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(14). 3251–3260. 99 indexed citations
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Mettlen, Marcel, Anna E. Płatek, Patrick Van Deŕ Smissen, et al.. (2006). Src Triggers Circular Ruffling and Macropinocytosis at the Apical Surface of Polarized MDCK Cells. Traffic. 7(5). 589–603. 79 indexed citations
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Amyere, Mustapha, Marcel Mettlen, Patrick Van Deŕ Smissen, et al.. (2001). Origin, originality, functions, subversions and molecular signalling of macropinocytosis. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 291(6-7). 487–494. 136 indexed citations

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