Martin Kolev

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Martin Kolev is a scholar working on Immunology, Hematology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Kolev has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Hematology and 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Martin Kolev's work include Complement system in diseases (30 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (7 papers). Martin Kolev is often cited by papers focused on Complement system in diseases (30 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (7 papers). Martin Kolev collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Martin Kolev's co-authors include Claudia Kemper, Gaëlle Le Friec, Erin E. West, Giuseppina Arbore, Rossen Donev, Behdad Afzali, Marieta M. Ruseva, Maciej M. Markiewski, Thomas Reinheckel and Johannes Thome and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Martin Kolev

35 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Keeping It All Going—Complement Meets Metabolism

2017 735 citations Martin Kolev, Claudia Kemper Frontiers in Immunology profile →
Intracellular Complement Activation Sustains T Cell Homeostasis and Mediates Effector Differentiation

2013 420 citations Martin Kolev, Gaëlle Le Friec et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Kolev United Kingdom	19	1.7k	577	284	263	229	41	2.6k
Diana Wouters Netherlands	28	1.4k 0.8×	661 1.1×	197 0.7×	154 0.6×	119 0.5×	86	2.6k
Jan Ehrchen Germany	26	1.4k 0.8×	958 1.7×	385 1.4×	189 0.7×	96 0.4×	64	2.9k
Xavier Culleré United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 2.2×	367 1.3×	291 1.1×	507 2.2×	38	3.9k
Sanae Ben Mkaddem France	26	931 0.6×	589 1.0×	232 0.8×	171 0.7×	380 1.7×	44	2.1k
Carl S. Goodyear United Kingdom	34	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	360 1.3×	205 0.8×	77 0.3×	110	4.2k
Sherry D. Fleming United States	27	991 0.6×	401 0.7×	225 0.8×	149 0.6×	93 0.4×	74	2.1k
Ian A. Shiels Australia	25	912 0.5×	408 0.7×	128 0.5×	174 0.7×	133 0.6×	48	1.9k
Dominic De Nardo Australia	26	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 3.6×	430 1.5×	188 0.7×	187 0.8×	45	3.4k
Björn Petri Canada	28	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	412 1.5×	300 1.1×	56 0.2×	46	3.9k
Jelena S. Bezbradica United States	25	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	176 0.6×	124 0.5×	114 0.5×	45	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Merle, Nicolas S., Martin Kolev, Erin E. West, et al.. (2025). Peptide-mediated modulation of complement-like CD109 boosts T cell anti-tumor responses 2967. The Journal of Immunology. 214(Supplement_1).

Giridharan, Thejaswini, Anzer Khan, Tiffany R. Emmons, et al.. (2025). Complement signaling as a T-cell checkpoint in the tumor microenvironment. Immunobiology. 230(4). 152951–152951.

Zsíros, Emese, Anzer Khan, Thejaswini Giridharan, et al.. (2025). Effects of complement C3/C3b inhibition on control of malignant effusions and neutrophil phenotypes in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer: Interim analysis of a phase 2 clinical trial. Immunobiology. 230(4). 152995–152995. 1 indexed citations

Merle, Nicolas S., Martin Kolev, Jubayer Rahman, et al.. (2025). Peptide-mediated modulation of T cell-expressed complement-like CD109boosts T cell anti-tumor responses. Immunobiology. 230(4). 153065–153065.

Freiwald, Tilo, Md Tajmul, Daniel Chauss, et al.. (2025). Inflammatory cytokines drive local C3 transcription to regulate metabolic reprogramming in kidney epithelial cells and subsequent fibrosis. Immunobiology. 230(4). 153070–153070.

Hillmen, Peter, et al.. (2024). Navigating the Complement Pathway to Optimize PNH Treatment with Pegcetacoplan and Other Currently Approved Complement Inhibitors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(17). 9477–9477. 5 indexed citations

Freeley, Simon, John Cardone, Sira C. Günther, et al.. (2018). Asparaginyl Endopeptidase (Legumain) Supports Human Th1 Induction via Cathepsin L-Mediated Intracellular C3 Activation. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2449–2449. 39 indexed citations

Kolev, Martin & Maciej M. Markiewski. (2018). Targeting complement-mediated immunoregulation for cancer immunotherapy. Seminars in Immunology. 37. 85–97. 51 indexed citations

Arbore, Giuseppina, Claudia Kemper, & Martin Kolev. (2017). Intracellular complement − the complosome − in immune cell regulation. Molecular Immunology. 89. 2–9. 149 indexed citations

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Kolev, Martin & Claudia Kemper. (2017). Keeping It All Going—Complement Meets Metabolism. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1–1. 735 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kolev, Martin, Sarah Dimeloe, Gaëlle Le Friec, et al.. (2015). Complement Regulates Nutrient Influx and Metabolic Reprogramming during Th1 Cell Responses. Immunity. 42(6). 1033–1047. 192 indexed citations

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Kemper, Claudia & Martin Kolev. (2014). Enzymatic Reactions and Detection of C3 Cleavage Fragments. BIO-PROTOCOL. 4(16). 2 indexed citations

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Kolev, Martin & Claudia Kemper. (2013). Detection of Cell Membrane-Bound CD46 Using Flow Cytometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1100. 329–339.

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Kolev, Martin, et al.. (2013). Interplay between REST and nucleolin transcription factors: a key mechanism in the overexpression of genes upon increased phosphorylation. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(4). 2798–2798.

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Kolev, Martin, et al.. (2012). Cleavage of intracellular C3 into C3a and C3b by cathepsin L is required for human TH1 induction. Immunobiology. 217(11). 1150–1150. 3 indexed citations

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Kolev, Martin, et al.. (2011). Complement in Cancer and Cancer Immunotherapy. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 59(6). 407–419. 57 indexed citations

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Thiel, Steffen, Martin Kolev, Søren E. Degn, et al.. (2009). Polymorphisms in Mannan-Binding Lectin (MBL)-Associated Serine Protease 2 Affect Stability, Binding to MBL, and Enzymatic Activity. The Journal of Immunology. 182(5). 2939–2947. 54 indexed citations

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Kolev, Martin, Marieta M. Ruseva, Claire L. Harris, B. Paul Morgan, & Rossen Donev. (2009). Implication of Complement System and its Regulators in Alzheimers Disease. Current Neuropharmacology. 7(1). 1–8. 57 indexed citations

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Kolev, Martin, Baalasubramanian Sivasankar, Claire L. Harris, et al.. (2009). Upregulating CD59: a new strategy for protection of neurons from complement-mediated degeneration. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 10(1). 12–19. 25 indexed citations

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Roumenina, Lubka T., Marieta M. Ruseva, Rohit Ghai, et al.. (2006). Interaction of C1q with IgG1, C-reactive Protein and Pentraxin 3: Mutational Studies Using Recombinant Globular Head Modules of Human C1q A, B, and C Chains. Biochemistry. 45(13). 4093–4104. 124 indexed citations

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