Marko Šestan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 980 citations indexed

About

Marko Šestan is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marko Šestan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 980 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Marko Šestan's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (7 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (4 papers). Marko Šestan is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (7 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (4 papers). Marko Šestan collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, Switzerland and Portugal. Marko Šestan's co-authors include Bojan Polić, Felix M. Wensveen, Tamara Turk Wensveen, Sonja Valentić, Vedrana Jelenčić, Ariella Glasner, Davor Štimac, Jens C. Brüning, Davor Mendrila and Sebastian Theurich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Immunity and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Marko Šestan

11 papers receiving 975 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

NK cells link obesity-induced adipose stress to inflammation and insulin resistance

2015 386 citations Felix M. Wensveen, Vedrana Jelenčić et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marko Šestan Croatia	9	428	407	301	142	126	12	980
Francesco Perna Italy	17	307 0.7×	258 0.6×	236 0.8×	177 1.2×	74 0.6×	37	1.1k
Sonja Valentić Croatia	3	366 0.9×	305 0.7×	277 0.9×	110 0.8×	69 0.5×	3	718
Mark A. McCrory United States	18	950 2.2×	470 1.2×	266 0.9×	277 2.0×	113 0.9×	24	1.7k
Kalpesh Patel United States	19	298 0.7×	150 0.4×	210 0.7×	227 1.6×	83 0.7×	36	1.1k
H.P. Sauerwein Netherlands	16	266 0.6×	176 0.4×	239 0.8×	127 0.9×	77 0.6×	41	953
Consuelo Martín-Romero Spain	8	762 1.8×	235 0.6×	401 1.3×	141 1.0×	93 0.7×	9	1.4k
Jianhua Liu China	16	468 1.1×	189 0.5×	206 0.7×	128 0.9×	24 0.2×	38	1.2k
Hannah Greenwood United Kingdom	9	289 0.7×	618 1.5×	220 0.7×	241 1.7×	56 0.4×	14	1.3k
Scott D. Butler United States	21	349 0.8×	260 0.6×	515 1.7×	212 1.5×	36 0.3×	34	1.3k
Janine McMillan Australia	15	1.0k 2.4×	146 0.4×	436 1.4×	279 2.0×	55 0.4×	19	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marko Šestan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marko Šestan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marko Šestan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marko Šestan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marko Šestan 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 Marko Šestan. Marko Šestan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Šestan, Marko, David Brea, Roksana M. Pirzgalska, et al.. (2025). Neuronal-ILC2 interactions regulate pancreatic glucagon and glucose homeostasis. Science. 387(6731). eadi3624–eadi3624. 11 indexed citations

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Konjar, Špela, Evgen Benedik, Marko Šestan, Marc Veldhoen, & Anže Županič. (2025). Systems biology to unravel Western diet-associated triggers in inflammatory bowel disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1621334–1621334.

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Šestan, Marko, Stephan Wueest, Maria Aliseychik, et al.. (2024). An IFNγ-dependent immune–endocrine circuit lowers blood glucose to potentiate the innate antiviral immune response. Nature Immunology. 25(6). 981–993. 15 indexed citations

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Wensveen, Felix M., Marko Šestan, & Bojan Polić. (2024). The immunology of sickness metabolism. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 21(9). 1051–1065. 3 indexed citations

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Wensveen, Felix M., Marko Šestan, Tamara Turk Wensveen, & Bojan Polić. (2021). Blood glucose regulation in context of infection. Vitamins and hormones. 117. 253–318. 11 indexed citations

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Wensveen, Felix M., Marko Šestan, Tamara Turk Wensveen, & Bojan Polić. (2019). ‘Beauty and the beast’ in infection: How immune–endocrine interactions regulate systemic metabolism in the context of infection. European Journal of Immunology. 49(7). 982–995. 31 indexed citations

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Šestan, Marko, Sonja Marinović, Inga Kavazović, et al.. (2018). Virus-Induced Interferon-γ Causes Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle and Derails Glycemic Control in Obesity. Immunity. 49(1). 164–177.e6. 140 indexed citations

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Jelenčić, Vedrana, Marko Šestan, Inga Kavazović, et al.. (2018). NK cell receptor NKG2D sets activation threshold for the NCR1 receptor early in NK cell development. Nature Immunology. 19(10). 1083–1092. 46 indexed citations

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Wensveen, Felix M., Sonja Valentić, Marko Šestan, Tamara Turk Wensveen, & Bojan Polić. (2015). Interactions between adipose tissue and the immune system in health and malnutrition. Seminars in Immunology. 27(5). 322–333. 70 indexed citations

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Wensveen, Felix M., Vedrana Jelenčić, Sonja Valentić, et al.. (2015). NK cells link obesity-induced adipose stress to inflammation and insulin resistance. Nature Immunology. 16(4). 376–385. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wensveen, Felix M., Sonja Valentić, Marko Šestan, Tamara Turk Wensveen, & Bojan Polić. (2015). The “Big Bang” in obese fat: Events initiating obesity‐induced adipose tissue inflammation. European Journal of Immunology. 45(9). 2446–2456. 262 indexed citations

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Kranjčević, Lado, et al.. (2010). Contamination source detection in water distribution networks. Engineering review. 30(2). 11. 5 indexed citations

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