Martina U. Muckenthaler

26.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
238 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Martina U. Muckenthaler is a scholar working on Hematology, Genetics and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Martina U. Muckenthaler has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Hematology, 110 papers in Genetics and 74 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Martina U. Muckenthaler's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (142 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (109 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (67 papers). Martina U. Muckenthaler is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (142 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (109 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (67 papers). Martina U. Muckenthaler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Martina U. Muckenthaler's co-authors include Matthias W. Hentze, Bruno Galy, Nancy C. Andrews, Clara Camaschella, Sandro Altamura, Stefano Rivella, M. Castoldi, Andreas E. Kulozik, Jens Stolte and Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Martina U. Muckenthaler

234 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism 2004 2026 2011 2018 2010 2004 2017 2020 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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. Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism
    2010 1.7k citations Matthias W. Hentze, Martina U. Muckenthaler et al. profile →
  2. Balancing Acts
    2004 1.4k citations Matthias W. Hentze, Martina U. Muckenthaler et al. profile →
  3. A Red Carpet for Iron Metabolism
    2017 938 citations Martina U. Muckenthaler, Matthias W. Hentze et al. profile →
  4. Iron deficiency
    2020 593 citations Martina U. Muckenthaler et al. profile →
  5. Systemic Iron Homeostasis and the Iron-Responsive Element/Iron-Regulatory Protein (IRE/IRP) Regulatory Network
    2008 548 citations Martina U. Muckenthaler, Bruno Galy et al. profile →
  6. Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis
    2023 383 citations Bruno Galy, Martina U. Muckenthaler et al. profile →
  7. Atherosclerosis is aggravated by iron overload and ameliorated by dietary and pharmacological iron restriction
    2019 226 citations Graça Porto, Sandro Altamura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martina U. Muckenthaler Germany 67 8.9k 5.6k 5.5k 4.9k 2.2k 238 17.5k
Suzy V. Torti United States 61 5.3k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 6.5k 1.2× 3.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 142 16.8k
Nancy C. Andrews United States 72 15.3k 1.7× 11.0k 1.9× 7.8k 1.4× 11.0k 2.2× 1.8k 0.8× 169 28.1k
Morley D. Hollenberg Canada 78 7.4k 0.8× 4.8k 0.9× 6.9k 1.3× 661 0.1× 2.8k 1.3× 425 20.8k
Seppo Parkkila Finland 65 2.1k 0.2× 2.2k 0.4× 9.4k 1.7× 2.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 320 15.1k
David W. Golde United States 74 3.5k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 4.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 257 19.1k
Yuet Wai Kan United States 75 3.3k 0.4× 4.8k 0.9× 12.1k 2.2× 640 0.1× 765 0.4× 215 19.6k
Gregory M. Vercellotti United States 62 3.1k 0.4× 3.4k 0.6× 6.2k 1.1× 583 0.1× 371 0.2× 242 14.3k
James G. White United States 63 5.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.3× 3.8k 0.7× 964 0.2× 575 0.3× 447 16.4k
Toshio Hirano Japan 85 2.6k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 10.2k 1.9× 2.5k 0.5× 2.7k 1.2× 220 29.3k
Charles G. Cochrane United States 74 2.1k 0.2× 2.5k 0.4× 5.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 851 0.4× 179 17.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Colucci, Silvia, Sandro Altamura, Richard Sparla, et al.. (2025). Hepatocyte Toll‐like receptors contribute to the hepcidin inflammatory response to pathogens and pathogen‐derived ligands. HemaSphere. 9(4). e70096–e70096.
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Marques, Oriana & Martina U. Muckenthaler. (2024). Alterations of iron homeostasis as a potential druggable driver of long COVID. Nature Immunology. 25(3). 387–389. 3 indexed citations
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Marques, Oriana, Natalie K. Horvat, Silvia Colucci, et al.. (2024). Inflammation-Driven NFκB Signaling Represses Ferroportin Transcription in Macrophages Via HDAC 1 and 3. Blood. 144(Supplement 1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Fischer, Dania, et al.. (2023). Interpreting Iron Homeostasis in Congenital and Acquired Disorders. Pharmaceuticals. 16(3). 329–329. 8 indexed citations
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Marques, Oriana, Günter Weiß, & Martina U. Muckenthaler. (2022). The role of iron in chronic inflammatory diseases: from mechanisms to treatment options in anemia of inflammation. Blood. 140(19). 2011–2023. 75 indexed citations
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Stelljes, Matthias, Sugirthan Sivalingam, Manfred Fobker, et al.. (2021). Iron Deficiency Caused by Intestinal Iron Loss—Novel Candidate Genes for Severe Anemia. Genes. 12(12). 1869–1869. 3 indexed citations
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Girelli, Domenico, Fabiana Busti, Pierre Brissot, et al.. (2021). Hemochromatosis classification: update and recommendations by the BIOIRON Society. Blood. 139(20). 3018–3029. 88 indexed citations
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Bauer, Tobias, Natalie K. Horvat, Oriana Marques, et al.. (2021). Core Cross‐Linked Polymeric Micelles for Specific Iron Delivery: Inducing Sterile Inflammation in Macrophages. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 10(19). e2100385–e2100385. 29 indexed citations
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Hippchen, Theresa, Sandro Altamura, Martina U. Muckenthaler, & Uta Merle. (2020). Hypoferremia is Associated With Increased Hospitalization and Oxygen Demand in COVID‐19 Patients. HemaSphere. 4(6). e492–e492. 60 indexed citations
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Traeger, Lisa, Tanja Kuhlmann, Martina U. Muckenthaler, et al.. (2020). HFE and ALK3 act in the same signaling pathway. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 160. 501–505. 5 indexed citations
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Silva, Milene Costa da, et al.. (2019). Iron accumulation in tumor-associated macrophages marks an improved overall survival in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11326–11326. 37 indexed citations
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Mleczko‐Sanecka, Katarzyna, Flavia D’Alessio, Anan Ragab, et al.. (2014). Unbiased RNAi screen for hepcidin regulators links hepcidin suppression to proliferative Ras/RAF and nutrient-dependent mTOR signaling. Blood. 123(10). 1574–1585. 59 indexed citations
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Sonnweber, Thomas, David Nachbaur, Andrea Schroll, et al.. (2014). Hypoxia induced downregulation of hepcidin is mediated by platelet derived growth factor BB. Gut. 63(12). 1951–1959. 115 indexed citations
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Nairz, Manfred, Ulrike Schleicher, Andrea Schroll, et al.. (2013). Nitric oxide–mediated regulation of ferroportin-1 controls macrophage iron homeostasis and immune function in Salmonella infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 210(5). 855–873. 167 indexed citations
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Shochat, Chen, Noa Tal, Obul Reddy Bandapalli, et al.. (2011). Gain-of-function mutations in interleukin-7 receptor-α ( IL7R ) in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemias. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(5). 901–908. 233 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Mayka, Bruno Galy, Martina U. Muckenthaler, & Matthias W. Hentze. (2007). Iron-regulatory proteins limit hypoxia-inducible factor-2α expression in iron deficiency. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(5). 420–426. 249 indexed citations
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Percy, Melanie J., Mayka Sánchez, Sabina Świerczek, et al.. (2007). Is congenital secondary erythrocytosis/polycythemia caused by activating mutations within the HIF-2α iron-responsive element?. Blood. 110(7). 2776–2777. 3 indexed citations
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Muckenthaler, Martina U., et al.. (1998). Iron‐regulatory protein‐1 (IRP‐1) is highly conserved in two invertebrate species. European Journal of Biochemistry. 254(2). 230–237. 49 indexed citations
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Muckenthaler, Martina U. & Matthias W. Hentze. (1997). Mechanisms for Posttranscriptional Regulation by Iron-Responsive Elements and Iron Regulatory Proteins. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 18. 93–115. 13 indexed citations
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Baker, Bernadette, Martina U. Muckenthaler, Éric Vivès, et al.. (1994). Identification of a novel HIV-1 TAR RNA bulge binding protein. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(16). 3365–3372. 17 indexed citations

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