Michael Hensel

17.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Hensel is a scholar working on Food Science, Endocrinology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hensel has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Food Science, 101 papers in Endocrinology and 64 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Hensel's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (105 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (73 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (62 papers). Michael Hensel is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (105 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (73 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (62 papers). Michael Hensel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Hensel's co-authors include David W. Holden, Colin Gleeson, Jacqueline E. Shea, Dipshikha Chakravortty, Imke Hansen-Wester, Roman G. Gerlach, Herbert Schmidt, Thomas Nikolaus, Jörg Deiwick and Daniela Jäckel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hensel

216 papers receiving 12.8k 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.

  1. Simultaneous Identification of Bacterial Virulence Genes by Negative Selection
    1995 954 citations Michael Hensel et al. profile →
  2. Identification of a virulence locus encoding a second type III secretion system in Salmonella typhimurium.
    1996 612 citations Michael Hensel et al. profile →
  3. Genes encoding putative effector proteins of the type III secretion system of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 are required for bacterial virulence and proliferation in macrophages
    1998 493 citations Michael Hensel et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Hensel 5.7k 5.4k 3.8k 2.5k 2.5k 223 13.1k
David W. Holden 5.3k 0.9× 5.5k 1.0× 5.1k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 186 16.0k
Duncan J. Maskell 4.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 3.7k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 3.0k 1.2× 241 12.5k
Renée M. Tsolis 6.9k 1.2× 4.9k 0.9× 6.5k 1.7× 1.8k 0.7× 3.9k 1.6× 173 17.0k
Fred Heffron 4.7k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 5.7k 1.5× 2.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 129 13.0k
Wolf‐Dietrich Hardt 6.6k 1.2× 5.5k 1.0× 7.8k 2.1× 3.4k 1.3× 4.6k 1.8× 241 18.6k
Brendan W. Wren 4.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 5.8k 1.5× 2.8k 1.1× 5.7k 2.3× 356 15.9k
Éric Oswald 2.5k 0.4× 5.6k 1.0× 4.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 3.4k 1.4× 199 11.4k
Vanessa Sperandio 3.0k 0.5× 6.2k 1.2× 7.5k 2.0× 1.5k 0.6× 3.7k 1.5× 138 13.9k
David A. Rasko 2.1k 0.4× 4.9k 0.9× 6.6k 1.7× 2.3k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 195 13.5k
Carmen Buchrieser 3.0k 0.5× 5.7k 1.1× 6.3k 1.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.4k 1.0× 194 14.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Hensel

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All Works

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Zhang, Kaiyi, Urška Repnik, Michael Hensel, et al.. (2024). Non-professional efferocytosis of Salmonella-infected intestinal epithelial cells in the neonatal host. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(3). 6 indexed citations
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Hansmeier, Nicole, et al.. (2023). Manipulation of microvillar proteins during Salmonella enterica invasion results in brush border effacement and actin remodeling. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1137062–1137062. 7 indexed citations
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Liss, Viktoria, Guoting Qin, Chengzhi Cai, et al.. (2023). Intralumenal docking of connexin 36 channels in the ER isolates mistrafficked protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(11). 105282–105282. 3 indexed citations
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Liss, Viktoria, et al.. (2021). Single cell analyses reveal distinct adaptation of typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serovars to intracellular lifestyle. PLoS Pathogens. 17(6). e1009319–e1009319. 13 indexed citations
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Hensel, Michael, et al.. (2021). Single‐cell analyses reveal phosphate availability as critical factor for nutrition of Salmonella enterica within mammalian host cells. Cellular Microbiology. 23(10). e13374–e13374. 11 indexed citations
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Schulte, Marc, et al.. (2020). Fluorescent protein‐based reporters reveal stress response of intracellular Salmonella enterica at level of single bacterial cells. Cellular Microbiology. 23(3). e13293–e13293. 13 indexed citations
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Hensel, Michael, et al.. (2020). Self-Labeling Enzyme Tags for Translocation Analyses of Salmonella Effector Proteins. Methods in molecular biology. 2182. 67–82.
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Weiler, Sigrid, C. Egerer-Sieber, Stefanie Hoffmann, et al.. (2019). Structural and functional characterization of SiiA, an auxiliary protein from the SPI4‐encoded type 1 secretion system from Salmonella enterica. Molecular Microbiology. 112(5). 1403–1422. 10 indexed citations
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Noster, Janina, Nicole Hansmeier, Marcus Persicke, et al.. (2019). Blocks in Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle of Salmonella enterica Cause Global Perturbation of Carbon Storage, Motility, and Host-Pathogen Interaction. mSphere. 4(6). 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaiyi, Monika Nietschke, Natalia Torow, et al.. (2018). Minimal SPI1-T3SS effector requirement for Salmonella enterocyte invasion and intracellular proliferation in vivo. PLoS Pathogens. 14(3). e1006925–e1006925. 64 indexed citations
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Renault, Thibaud T., Tobias Dietsche, Eric J. C. Gálvez, et al.. (2017). A flagellum-specific chaperone facilitates assembly of the core type III export apparatus of the bacterial flagellum. PLoS Biology. 15(8). e2002267–e2002267. 47 indexed citations
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Hansmeier, Nicole, et al.. (2014). Salmonella enterica Invasion of Polarized Epithelial Cells Is a Highly Cooperative Effort. Infection and Immunity. 82(6). 2657–2667. 48 indexed citations
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Xu, Xin, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Linjie Guo, et al.. (2014). Effective Cancer Vaccine Platform Based on Attenuated Salmonella and a Type III Secretion System. Cancer Research. 74(21). 6260–6270. 57 indexed citations
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Manuel, Edwin R., Teodora Kaltcheva, Hidenobu Ishizaki, et al.. (2011). Enhancement of Cancer Vaccine Therapy by Systemic Delivery of a Tumor-Targeting Salmonella- Based STAT3 shRNA Suppresses the Growth of Established Melanoma Tumors. Cancer Research. 71(12). 4183–4191. 70 indexed citations
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Schlumberger, Markus C., et al.. (2009). Effect of the O-Antigen Length of Lipopolysaccharide on the Functions of Type III Secretion Systems in Salmonella enterica. Infection and Immunity. 77(12). 5458–5470. 71 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Herbert & Michael Hensel. (2004). Pathogenicity Islands in BacterialPathogenesis. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 17(1). 14–56. 493 indexed citations
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Freeman, Jeremy A., et al.. (2002). SpiC Is Required for Translocation of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Effectors and Secretion of Translocon Proteins SseB and SseC. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(18). 4971–4980. 67 indexed citations

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