Markus Christmann

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Markus Christmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Christmann has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Oncology and 23 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Markus Christmann's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (41 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (20 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (18 papers). Markus Christmann is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (41 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (20 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (18 papers). Markus Christmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Croatia. Markus Christmann's co-authors include Bernd Kaina, Wynand P. Roos, Maja Tomičić, Steffen C. Naumann, Teodora Nikolova, Dorthe Aasland, Geoffrey P. Margison, Steve Quirós, Karl-Heinz Tomaszowski and Clemens Sommer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Markus Christmann

79 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

MGMT: Key node in the battle against genotoxicity, carcinogenicity and apoptosis induced by alkylating agents

2007 505 citations Bernd Kaina, Markus Christmann et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Christmann Germany	37	3.4k	1.2k	1.2k	937	383	84	4.5k
Jordan S. Fridman United States	22	3.6k 1.1×	679 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	1.0k 1.1×	458 1.2×	41	6.0k
Benjamin D. Hopkins United States	26	3.0k 0.9×	940 0.8×	979 0.9×	398 0.4×	314 0.8×	44	4.5k
Athan Kuliopulos United States	48	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	777 0.7×	957 1.0×	139 0.4×	94	6.6k
Jingxuan Pan China	38	2.7k 0.8×	795 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	307 0.3×	305 0.8×	90	4.1k
Mike‐Andrew Westhoff Germany	38	2.5k 0.7×	904 0.8×	765 0.7×	803 0.9×	206 0.5×	102	3.9k
Stefania D’Atri Italy	33	2.2k 0.6×	746 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	366 0.4×	389 1.0×	117	3.2k
Carlo Leonetti Italy	41	3.2k 1.0×	684 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	262 0.3×	262 0.7×	129	5.1k
Ker Yu United States	36	3.3k 1.0×	570 0.5×	631 0.5×	275 0.3×	312 0.8×	84	4.5k
Mohamed Rahmani United States	47	3.9k 1.2×	554 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	610 0.7×	429 1.1×	95	5.7k
Hiroshi Yasui Japan	31	3.0k 0.9×	415 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	319 0.3×	419 1.1×	141	4.7k

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Petrosino, Giuseppe, Tina M. Schnöder, Sabine Muth, et al.. (2025). The deacetylases HDAC1/HDAC2 control JAK2V617F-STAT signaling through the ubiquitin ligase SIAH2. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 275–275.

Switzeny, Olivier J., Stefan Pusch, Markus Christmann, & Bernd Kaina. (2025). IDH1 Mutation Impacts DNA Repair Through ALKBH2 Rendering Glioblastoma Cells Sensitive to Artesunate. Biomedicines. 13(6). 1479–1479.

Rinke, Jenny, et al.. (2025). Therapy-induced senescence of glioblastoma cells is determined by the p21CIP1-CDK1/2 axis and does not require activation of DREAM. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 357–357. 3 indexed citations

Christmann, Markus, et al.. (2024). The cell cycle inhibitor p21CIP1 is essential for irinotecan-induced senescence and plays a decisive role in re-sensitization of temozolomide-resistant glioblastoma cells to irinotecan. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 181. 117634–117634. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Jia‐Xuan, Georg Nagel, Petra Beli, et al.. (2024). The p21CIP1-CDK4-DREAM axis is a master regulator of genotoxic stress-induced cellular senescence. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(12). 6945–6963. 11 indexed citations

Christmann, Markus, et al.. (2024). Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Activity of Fisetin on Glioblastoma Cells. Anticancer Research. 44(3). 901–910. 11 indexed citations

Fahrer, Jörg & Markus Christmann. (2023). DNA Alkylation Damage by Nitrosamines and Relevant DNA Repair Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4684–4684. 48 indexed citations

Leukel, Petra, Katrin Frauenknecht, Clemens Sommer, et al.. (2022). Senescence Is the Main Trait Induced by Temozolomide in Glioblastoma Cells. Cancers. 14(9). 2233–2233. 33 indexed citations

Christmann, Markus, et al.. (2022). Alterations in Molecular Profiles Affecting Glioblastoma Resistance to Radiochemotherapy: Where Does the Good Go?. Cancers. 14(10). 2416–2416. 24 indexed citations

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Christmann, Markus, et al.. (2022). Abrogation of Cellular Senescence Induced by Temozolomide in Glioblastoma Cells: Search for Senolytics. Cells. 11(16). 2588–2588. 26 indexed citations

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Tomičić, Maja, et al.. (2021). Oxaliplatin-Induced Senescence in Colorectal Cancer Cells Depends on p14ARF-Mediated Sustained p53 Activation. Cancers. 13(9). 2019–2019. 19 indexed citations

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Seiwert, Nina, Daniel Heylmann, Markus Christmann, et al.. (2021). Natural Merosesquiterpenes Activate the DNA Damage Response via DNA Strand Break Formation and Trigger Apoptotic Cell Death in p53-Wild-Type and Mutant Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 13(13). 3282–3282. 10 indexed citations

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Kostka, Tina, Michael T. Empl, Nina Seiwert, et al.. (2021). Repair of O6-carboxymethylguanine adducts by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in human colon epithelial cells. Carcinogenesis. 42(8). 1110–1118. 6 indexed citations

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Kaina, Bernd, et al.. (2021). Targeting c-IAP1, c-IAP2, and Bcl-2 Eliminates Senescent Glioblastoma Cells Following Temozolomide Treatment. Cancers. 13(14). 3585–3585. 25 indexed citations

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Mayer, Laura, et al.. (2020). Benzo[a]pyrene represses DNA repair through altered E2F1/E2F4 function marking an early event in DNA damage-induced cellular senescence. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(21). 12085–12101. 30 indexed citations

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Aasland, Dorthe, Laura Hauck, Simon Schneider, et al.. (2018). Temozolomide Induces Senescence and Repression of DNA Repair Pathways in Glioblastoma Cells via Activation of ATR–CHK1, p21, and NF-κB. Cancer Research. 79(1). 99–113. 147 indexed citations

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Aasland, Dorthe, et al.. (2017). Repair gene O⁶‐methylguanine‐DNA methyltransferase is controlled by SP1 and up‐regulated by glucocorticoids, but not by temozolomide and radiation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 144(2). 139–151. 40 indexed citations

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Tomičić, Maja, Dorthe Aasland, Steffen C. Naumann, et al.. (2014). Translesion Polymerase η Is Upregulated by Cancer Therapeutics and Confers Anticancer Drug Resistance. Cancer Research. 74(19). 5585–5596. 52 indexed citations

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Rébillard, Amélie, Xavier Tekpli, Olivier Meurette, et al.. (2007). Cisplatin-Induced Apoptosis Involves Membrane Fluidification via Inhibition of NHE1 in Human Colon Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 67(16). 7865–7874. 131 indexed citations

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Kaina, Bernd, et al.. (2001). BER, MGMT, and MMR in defense against alkylation-induced genotoxicity and apoptosis. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 68. 41–54. 81 indexed citations

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