Marcus Conrad

64.9k total citations · 24 hit papers
146 papers, 24.4k citations indexed

About

Marcus Conrad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Conrad has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 24.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 45 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Marcus Conrad's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (55 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (32 papers) and Redox biology and oxidative stress (31 papers). Marcus Conrad is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (55 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (32 papers) and Redox biology and oxidative stress (31 papers). Marcus Conrad collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Marcus Conrad's co-authors include Brent R. Stockwell, Xuejun Jiang, José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Bettina Proneth, Derek A. Pratt, Jiashuo Zheng, Georg W. Bornkamm, Tobias Seibt, Hideyo Sato and Dmitri V. Krysko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Conrad

144 papers receiving 24.3k citations

Hit Papers

Ferroptosis: mechanisms, ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2021 2018 2008 2020 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Ferroptosis: mechanisms, biology and role in disease
    2021 4.9k citations Xuejun Jiang, Brent R. Stockwell et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  2. Role of GPX4 in ferroptosis and its pharmacological implication
    2018 1.1k citations Bettina Proneth, Marcus Conrad et al. profile →
  3. Glutathione Peroxidase 4 Senses and Translates Oxidative Stress into 12/15-Lipoxygenase Dependent- and AIF-Mediated Cell Death
    2008 1.1k citations Alexander Seiler, Olof Rådmark et al. profile →
  4. The Metabolic Underpinnings of Ferroptosis
    2020 993 citations Jiashuo Zheng, Marcus Conrad profile →
  5. Ferroptosis at the crossroads of cancer-acquired drug resistance and immune evasion
    2019 965 citations José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Marcus Conrad et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
  6. The chemical basis of ferroptosis
    2019 748 citations Marcus Conrad, Derek A. Pratt Nature Chemical Biology profile →
  7. On the Mechanism of Cytoprotection by Ferrostatin-1 and Liproxstatin-1 and the Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptotic Cell Death
    2017 747 citations Omkar Zilka, Ron Shah et al. ACS Central Science profile →
  8. GPx4, Lipid Peroxidation, and Cell Death: Discoveries, Rediscoveries, and Open Issues
    2017 536 citations Marcus Conrad et al. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling profile →
  9. T cell lipid peroxidation induces ferroptosis and prevents immunity to infection
    2015 517 citations Marcus Conrad, Georg W. Bornkamm et al. profile →
  10. Ultrasmall nanoparticles induce ferroptosis in nutrient-deprived cancer cells and suppress tumour growth
    2016 507 citations Marcus Conrad, Xuejun Jiang et al. profile →
  11. Regulated necrosis: disease relevance and therapeutic opportunities
    2016 499 citations Marcus Conrad, José Pedro Friedmann Angeli et al. profile →
  12. The oxidative stress-inducible cystine/glutamate antiporter, system x c − : cystine supplier and beyond
    2011 482 citations Marcus Conrad et al. profile →
  13. Ferroptosis Inhibition: Mechanisms and Opportunities
    2017 447 citations José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Ron Shah et al. profile →
  14. Regulation of lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis in diverse species
    2018 396 citations Marcus Conrad, Valerian E. Kagan et al. profile →
  15. Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis
    2023 383 citations Bruno Galy, Marcus Conrad et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  16. Iron and ferroptosis: A still ill‐defined liaison
    2017 379 citations Sebastian Doll, Marcus Conrad profile →
  17. The ferroptosis inducer erastin irreversibly inhibits system xc− and synergizes with cisplatin to increase cisplatin’s cytotoxicity in cancer cells
    2018 311 citations Marcus Conrad et al. profile →
  18. Phase separation of FSP1 promotes ferroptosis
    2023 228 citations Toshitaka Nakamura, André Mourão et al. Nature profile →
  19. Fin56-induced ferroptosis is supported by autophagy-mediated GPX4 degradation and functions synergistically with mTOR inhibition to kill bladder cancer cells
    2021 210 citations Marcus Conrad et al. profile →
  20. Ferroptotic cell death triggered by conjugated linolenic acids is mediated by ACSL1
    2021 176 citations Alexander Beatty, Tanu Singh et al. Nature Communications profile →
  21. STING orchestrates the neuronal inflammatory stress response in multiple sclerosis
    2024 72 citations Marcel S. Woo, Christina Mayer et al. Cell profile →
  22. Exploiting ferroptosis vulnerabilities in cancer
    2024 69 citations Toshitaka Nakamura, Marcus Conrad profile →
  23. Ferroptosis: when metabolism meets cell death
    2024 62 citations Jiashuo Zheng, Marcus Conrad Physiological Reviews profile →
  24. Recommendations for robust and reproducible research on ferroptosis
    2025 21 citations Eikan Mishima, Toshitaka Nakamura et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Marcus Conrad 14.6k 13.0k 9.3k 3.1k 2.2k 146 24.4k
Rachid Skouta 14.0k 1.0× 14.1k 1.1× 9.9k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 53 23.9k
Wan Seok Yang 17.0k 1.2× 17.2k 1.3× 12.3k 1.3× 2.0k 0.6× 2.9k 1.3× 30 27.2k
Scott J. Dixon 19.3k 1.3× 18.8k 1.5× 13.6k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.4× 96 31.0k
Xuejun Jiang 18.6k 1.3× 11.2k 0.9× 9.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 3.3k 1.5× 171 28.7k
Caroline E. Gleason 9.0k 0.6× 8.8k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.7× 6 14.8k
Andras J. Bauer 8.7k 0.6× 8.5k 0.7× 6.0k 0.6× 1.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 9 14.2k
Xin Chen 9.3k 0.6× 8.5k 0.7× 6.0k 0.6× 977 0.3× 2.1k 0.9× 255 15.9k
Kathryn M. Lemberg 7.9k 0.5× 7.6k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 947 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 18 13.2k
Alexandra M. Cantley 7.8k 0.5× 7.6k 0.6× 5.3k 0.6× 945 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 7 13.0k
Shinya Toyokuni 11.0k 0.8× 3.0k 0.2× 2.6k 0.3× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 435 23.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcus Conrad

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koppe, Christiane, Diran Herebıan, Anne T. Schneider, et al.. (2025). The ferroptosis mediator ACSL4 fails to prevent disease progression in mouse models of MASLD. Hepatology Communications. 9(6).
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Alves, Francesca, Darius J.R. Lane, Adam Wahida, et al.. (2025). Aberrant Mitochondrial Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease Links Energy Stress with Ferroptosis. Advanced Science. 12(37). e04175–e04175. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Katherine, Jozef P. Bossowski, Toshitaka Nakamura, et al.. (2025). Targeting FSP1 triggers ferroptosis in lung cancer. Nature. 649(8096). 487–495. 3 indexed citations
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Wahida, Adam & Marcus Conrad. (2025). Decoding ferroptosis for cancer therapy. Nature reviews. Cancer. 25(12). 910–924. 5 indexed citations
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Toyama, Tadashi, Eikan Mishima, Kei Ishida, et al.. (2024). Impact of selenium content in fetal bovine serum on ferroptosis susceptibility and selenoprotein expression in cultured cells. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 49(12). 555–563. 5 indexed citations
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Galy, Bruno, Marcus Conrad, & Martina U. Muckenthaler. (2024). Author Correction: Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(8). 671–671. 3 indexed citations
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Woo, Marcel S., Christina Mayer, Jana K. Sonner, et al.. (2024). STING orchestrates the neuronal inflammatory stress response in multiple sclerosis. Cell. 187(15). 4043–4060.e30. 72 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yamada, Naoya, Tadayoshi Karasawa, Junya Ito, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase prevents hepatic ferroptosis under an active state of sterol synthesis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 38 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jiashuo & Marcus Conrad. (2024). Ferroptosis: when metabolism meets cell death. Physiological Reviews. 105(2). 651–706. 62 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nakamura, Toshitaka, André Mourão, Jan Borggräfe, et al.. (2023). Phase separation of FSP1 promotes ferroptosis. Nature. 619(7969). 371–377. 228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Galy, Bruno, Marcus Conrad, & Martina U. Muckenthaler. (2023). Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(2). 133–155. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Zijun, Jia‐Fei Poon, Omkar Zilka, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limitations to the Design and Optimization of Inhibitors of Lipid Peroxidation and Associated Cell Death. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(32). 14706–14721. 35 indexed citations
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Beatty, Alexander, Tanu Singh, Yulia Y. Tyurina, et al.. (2021). Ferroptotic cell death triggered by conjugated linolenic acids is mediated by ACSL1. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2244–2244. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Xuejun, Brent R. Stockwell, & Marcus Conrad. (2021). Ferroptosis: mechanisms, biology and role in disease. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 22(4). 266–282. 4887 indexed citations breakdown →
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Conrad, Marcus & Derek A. Pratt. (2020). Publisher Correction: The chemical basis of ferroptosis. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(2). 223–224. 10 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Nicole L., Simon James, Agus Salim, et al.. (2020). Changes in ferrous iron and glutathione promote ferroptosis and frailty in aging Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife. 9. 110 indexed citations
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Conrad, Marcus & Derek A. Pratt. (2019). The chemical basis of ferroptosis. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(12). 1137–1147. 748 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zilka, Omkar, Ron Shah, Bo Li, et al.. (2017). On the Mechanism of Cytoprotection by Ferrostatin-1 and Liproxstatin-1 and the Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptotic Cell Death. ACS Central Science. 3(3). 232–243. 747 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lewerenz, Jan, Paul Baxter, Philipp Albrecht, et al.. (2013). Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases Upregulate System x c − via Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2α and Activating Transcription Factor 4 – A Pathway Active in Glioblastomas and Epilepsy. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 20(18). 2907–2922. 60 indexed citations
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Conrad, Marcus, Åsa Sandin, Alexander Seiler, et al.. (2010). 12/15-lipoxygenase–derived lipid peroxides control receptor tyrosine kinase signaling through oxidation of protein tyrosine phosphatases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(36). 15774–15779. 80 indexed citations

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