Marcus Thelen

15.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Marcus Thelen is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Thelen has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Immunology, 61 papers in Oncology and 53 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Marcus Thelen's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (58 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (30 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers). Marcus Thelen is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (58 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (30 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers). Marcus Thelen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Marcus Thelen's co-authors include Marco Baggiolini, Angus C. Nairn, Alan Aderem, Béatrice Dewald, Barbara Moepps, Sylvia Thelen, Antony Rosen, Mariagrazia Uguccioni, Hanno Langen and Simona Infantino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Thelen

127 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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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.

The Chemokine SDF-1/CXCL12 Binds to and Signals through the Orphan Receptor RDC1 in T Lymphocytes

2005 841 citations Simona Infantino, Barbara Moepps et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
MARCKS is an actin filament crosslinking protein regulated by protein kinase C and calcium–calmodulin

1992 630 citations Marcus Thelen, Angus C. Nairn et al. profile →
HMGB1 promotes recruitment of inflammatory cells to damaged tissues by forming a complex with CXCL12 and signaling via CXCR4

2012 514 citations Marcus Thelen, Mariagrazia Uguccioni et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Gap43, Marcks, and Cap23 Modulate Pi(4,5)p2 at Plasmalemmal Rafts, and Regulate Cell Cortex Actin Dynamics through a Common Mechanism

2000 510 citations Marcus Thelen et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcus Thelen Switzerland	52	5.3k	5.0k	4.0k	1.5k	1.3k	128	11.6k
Andrew C. Chan United States	54	10.2k 1.9×	6.4k 1.3×	2.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	113	16.2k
Matthias P. Wymann Switzerland	58	3.9k 0.7×	9.0k 1.8×	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	960 0.8×	138	14.6k
Xosé R. Bustelo Spain	57	2.8k 0.5×	7.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	172	11.1k
Yoshinori Fukui Japan	53	3.5k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	174	9.2k
Daniel D. Billadeau United States	69	4.5k 0.8×	7.5k 1.5×	2.9k 0.7×	3.2k 2.1×	1.2k 0.9×	215	14.4k
Douglas Pat Cerretti United States	47	4.1k 0.8×	7.1k 1.4×	3.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	82	14.5k
Ann Richmond United States	62	5.4k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	6.3k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	166	12.9k
Klaus Pfizenmaier Germany	69	7.5k 1.4×	7.9k 1.6×	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	807 0.6×	253	17.3k
Andrius Kazlauskas United States	60	2.3k 0.4×	9.8k 2.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	188	15.1k
Kjetil Taskén Norway	61	4.1k 0.8×	7.4k 1.5×	2.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	341 0.3×	288	13.2k

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Szpakowska, Martyna, Daniel F. Legler, Stefan Offermanns, et al.. (2025). Inclusion of ACKR5 in the systematic nomenclature of atypical chemokine receptors. Nature reviews. Immunology. 25(3). 225–226. 2 indexed citations

Gagliardi, Paolo Armando, Miguel Palomino‐Segura, Alessandro Giusti, et al.. (2024). Transformer-based spatial–temporal detection of apoptotic cell death in live-cell imaging. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Gagliardi, Paolo Armando, Miguel Palomino‐Segura, Alessandro Giusti, et al.. (2023). Transformer-based spatial–temporal detection of apoptotic cell death in live-cell imaging. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

Morone, Diego, et al.. (2023). Tracking unlabeled cancer cells imaged with low resolution in wide migration chambers via U-NET class-1 probability (pseudofluorescence). Journal of Biological Engineering. 17(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations

Ehrlich, Aliza T., Meriem Semache, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, et al.. (2021). Ackr3-Venus knock-in mouse lights up brain vasculature. Molecular Brain. 14(1). 151–151. 7 indexed citations

Proietti, Michele, Lisa Perruzza, Daniela Scribano, et al.. (2019). ATP released by intestinal bacteria limits the generation of protective IgA against enteropathogens. Nature Communications. 10(1). 250–250. 73 indexed citations

Farsakoglu, Yagmur, Miguel Palomino‐Segura, Jordi Sintes, et al.. (2018). Leukocyte Tracking Database, a collection of immune cell tracks from intravital 2-photon microscopy videos. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180129–180129. 17 indexed citations

Girbl, Tamara, Tchern Lenn, Lorena Pérez, et al.. (2018). Distinct Compartmentalization of the Chemokines CXCL1 and CXCL2 and the Atypical Receptor ACKR1 Determine Discrete Stages of Neutrophil Diapedesis. Immunity. 49(6). 1062–1076.e6. 237 indexed citations

Ziarek, Joshua J., Andrew B. Kleist, Nir London, et al.. (2017). Structural basis for chemokine recognition by a G protein–coupled receptor and implications for receptor activation. Science Signaling. 10(471). 71 indexed citations

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Moepps, Barbara & Marcus Thelen. (2015). Monitoring Scavenging Activity of Chemokine Receptors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 570. 87–118. 14 indexed citations

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Arlt, Matthias, Roman Muff, Ana Gvozdenovic, et al.. (2013). Expression of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR7 in CXCR4-Expressing Human 143B Osteosarcoma Cells Enhances Lung Metastasis of Intratibial Xenografts in SCID Mice. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74045–e74045. 25 indexed citations

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Infantino, Simona, Barbara Moepps, & Marcus Thelen. (2006). Expression and Regulation of the Orphan Receptor RDC1 and Its Putative Ligand in Human Dendritic and B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 176(4). 2197–2207. 113 indexed citations

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Thelen, Sylvia, Barbara Moepps, Peter Gierschik, et al.. (2004). Unusual Chemokine Receptor Antagonism Involving a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 6715–6722. 37 indexed citations

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Maira, Sauveur-Michel, Ivana Galetić, Derek P. Brazil, et al.. (2001). Carboxyl-Terminal Modulator Protein (CTMP), a Negative Regulator of PKB/Akt and v-Akt at the Plasma Membrane. Science. 294(5541). 374–380. 207 indexed citations

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Thelen, Marcus. (2001). Dancing to the tune of chemokines. Nature Immunology. 2(2). 129–134. 478 indexed citations

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Sanghavi, Darshak, Marcus Thelen, Nancy A. Thornberry, Livia Casciola‐Rosen, & Antony Rosen. (1998). Caspase‐mediated proteolysis during apoptosis: insights from apoptotic neutrophils. FEBS Letters. 422(2). 179–184. 78 indexed citations

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Tilton, Bettina, Mirjana Andjelković, Svetlana A. Didichenko, Brian A. Hemmings, & Marcus Thelen. (1997). G-Protein-coupled Receptors and Fcγ-receptors Mediate Activation of Akt/Protein Kinase B in Human Phagocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(44). 28096–28101. 127 indexed citations

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Vossebeld, Paula J.M., et al.. (1997). Influence of tyrosine phosphorylation on protein interaction with FcγRIIa. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1357(3). 348–358. 56 indexed citations

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Jones, Simon A., Bernhard Moser, & Marcus Thelen. (1995). A comparison of post‐receptor signal transduction events in Jurkat cells transfected with either IL‐8R1 or IL‐8R2 Chemokine mediated activation of p42/p44 MAP‐kinase (ERK‐2). FEBS Letters. 364(2). 211–214. 106 indexed citations

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Rosen, Antony, et al.. (1990). Activation of protein kinase C results in the displacement of its myristoylated, alanine-rich substrate from punctate structures in macrophage filopodia.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 172(4). 1211–1215. 177 indexed citations

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