Michael Peitz

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Peitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Peitz has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Peitz's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (26 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Michael Peitz is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (26 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Michael Peitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Peitz's co-authors include Oliver Brüstle, Frank Edenhofer, Klaus Rajewsky, Kurt Pfannkuche, Christopher Sliwinski, Matthias Hebisch, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Doo Yeon Kim, Oliver Brüstle and Se Hoon Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Peitz

54 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease

2014 879 citations Christopher Sliwinski, Michael Peitz et al. Nature profile →
Copy number variation and selection during reprogramming to pluripotency

2011 693 citations Samer M. I. Hussein, Nizar N. Batada et al. Nature profile →
Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury

2015 343 citations Jörg Ruschel, Farida Hellal et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Peitz Germany	25	2.6k	889	617	513	413	57	3.7k
Scott Noggle United States	27	2.7k 1.0×	581 0.7×	575 0.9×	397 0.8×	421 1.0×	53	3.4k
Jérôme Mertens United States	24	2.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	772 1.3×	324 0.6×	550 1.3×	39	4.0k
Wado Akamatsu Japan	35	2.6k 1.0×	929 1.0×	484 0.8×	243 0.5×	597 1.4×	89	3.7k
Gist F. Croft United States	20	3.3k 1.3×	626 0.7×	537 0.9×	586 1.1×	359 0.9×	27	4.1k
Mi‐Yoon Chang South Korea	30	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	437 0.7×	338 0.7×	607 1.5×	55	3.8k
Philipp Koch Germany	33	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	545 0.9×	544 1.1×	1.0k 2.5×	75	4.2k
Baoyang Hu China	26	2.4k 0.9×	768 0.9×	386 0.6×	396 0.8×	734 1.8×	73	3.4k
Shauna H. Yuan United States	19	1.5k 0.6×	568 0.6×	782 1.3×	360 0.7×	331 0.8×	34	2.4k
Naihe Jing China	37	3.6k 1.4×	522 0.6×	458 0.7×	249 0.5×	475 1.2×	147	4.7k

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Peitz, Michael, et al.. (2025). Generation of a homozygous DNMT3A knock-out hiPSC line for modeling of cardiovascular diseases associated with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential. Stem Cell Research. 86. 103707–103707. 1 indexed citations

Müller, Stephan A., Pinja Kettunen, Šárka Lehtonen, et al.. (2025). Inflammation-induced lysosomal dysfunction in human iPSC-derived microglia is exacerbated by APOE 4/4 genotype. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 22(1). 147–147. 3 indexed citations

Zellner, Andreas, Nils Braun, Thomas Bajaj, et al.. (2023). Loss of function of FIP200 in human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons leads to axonal pathology and hyperactivity. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 143–143. 5 indexed citations

Peitz, Michael, et al.. (2023). Bringing to light the physiological and pathological firing patterns of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons using optical recordings. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 1039957–1039957. 4 indexed citations

Wischhof, Lena, Michael Peitz, Oliver Brüstle, et al.. (2022). BCL7A ‐containing SWI/SNF/BAF complexes modulate mitochondrial bioenergetics during neural progenitor differentiation. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e110595–e110595. 15 indexed citations

Weykopf, Beatrice, Simone Haupt, Nicolas Wiest-Daesslé, et al.. (2022). High-content phenotyping of Parkinson's disease patient stem cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons using machine learning classification. Stem Cell Reports. 17(10). 2349–2364. 12 indexed citations

Manstein, Felix, Christina Kropp, Caroline Halloin, et al.. (2021). High Density Bioprocessing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Metabolic Control and in Silico Modeling. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 10(7). 1063–1080. 56 indexed citations

Scholl, Catharina, Michael Steffens, Fabian Elgner, et al.. (2020). Impact of Zika Virus Infection on Human Neural Stem Cell MicroRNA Signatures. Viruses. 12(11). 1219–1219. 20 indexed citations

Jäger, Andreas, et al.. (2020). A novel serum-free medium for the isolation, expansion and maintenance of stemness and tissue-specific markers of primary human periodontal ligament cells. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 231. 151517–151517. 7 indexed citations

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Boni, Laura de, Gilles Gasparoni, Sascha Tierling, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation alterations in iPSC- and hESC-derived neurons: potential implications for neurological disease modeling. Clinical Epigenetics. 10(1). 13–13. 32 indexed citations

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Peitz, Michael, et al.. (2018). Blood-derived integration-free iPS cell line UKBi011-A from a diagnosed male Alzheimer's disease patient with APOE ɛ4/ɛ4 genotype. Stem Cell Research. 29. 250–253. 7 indexed citations

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Falk, Anna, Vivi M. Heine, Adrian J. Harwood, et al.. (2016). Modeling psychiatric disorders: from genomic findings to cellular phenotypes. Molecular Psychiatry. 21(9). 1167–1179. 65 indexed citations

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Ruschel, Jörg, Farida Hellal, Kevin C. Flynn, et al.. (2015). Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury. Science. 348(6232). 347–352. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kubaczka, Caroline, Claire E. Senner, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, et al.. (2015). Direct Induction of Trophoblast Stem Cells from Murine Fibroblasts. Cell stem cell. 17(5). 557–568. 69 indexed citations

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Qin, Jie, Stephanie Sontag, Qiong Lin, et al.. (2014). Cell Fusion Enhances Mesendodermal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 23(23). 2875–2882. 5 indexed citations

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Kubaczka, Caroline, Claire E. Senner, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, et al.. (2014). Derivation and Maintenance of Murine Trophoblast Stem Cells under Defined Conditions. Stem Cell Reports. 2(2). 232–242. 84 indexed citations

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Peitz, Michael, et al.. (2014). Cell-permeant recombinant Nanog protein promotes pluripotency by inhibiting endodermal specification. Stem Cell Research. 12(3). 680–689. 18 indexed citations

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Hucke, Stephanie, Ildikò Rita Dunay, Kathrin Frenzel, et al.. (2012). Licensing of myeloid cells promotes central nervous system autoimmunity and is controlled by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ. Brain. 135(5). 1586–1605. 48 indexed citations

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Hussein, Samer M. I., Nizar N. Batada, Sanna Vuoristo, et al.. (2011). Copy number variation and selection during reprogramming to pluripotency. Nature. 471(7336). 58–62. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peitz, Michael, Kurt Pfannkuche, Klaus Rajewsky, & Frank Edenhofer. (2002). Ability of the hydrophobic FGF and basic TAT peptides to promote cellular uptake of recombinant Cre recombinase: A tool for efficient genetic engineering of mammalian genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(7). 4489–4494. 275 indexed citations

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