Mirco Friedrich

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 791 citations indexed

About

Mirco Friedrich is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirco Friedrich has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 791 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oncology, 11 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mirco Friedrich's work include Surgical Simulation and Training (10 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (6 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers). Mirco Friedrich is often cited by papers focused on Surgical Simulation and Training (10 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (6 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (5 papers). Mirco Friedrich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Mirco Friedrich's co-authors include Feng Zhang, Rhiannon K. Macrae, Michael Platten, Blake Lash, Akash Guru, Makoto Saito, Felix Nickel, Beat P. Müller‐Stich, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski and Lukas Bunse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Mirco Friedrich

34 papers receiving 778 citations

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Programmable protein delivery with a bacterial contractile injection system

2023 137 citations Mirco Friedrich, Blake Lash et al. Nature profile →
The pre-existing T cell landscape determines the response to bispecific T cell engagers in multiple myeloma patients

2023 131 citations Mirco Friedrich, Paola Neri et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mirco Friedrich Germany	14	282	180	164	145	134	37	791
Kai Ding China	19	641 2.3×	222 1.2×	242 1.5×	62 0.4×	78 0.6×	72	1.2k
Wenjin Wang China	17	339 1.2×	179 1.0×	204 1.2×	173 1.2×	86 0.6×	46	1.2k
Carl Power Australia	18	296 1.0×	227 1.3×	222 1.4×	76 0.5×	91 0.7×	33	805
Kevin A. Maupin United States	14	414 1.5×	187 1.0×	123 0.8×	73 0.5×	33 0.2×	29	702
Francesca Fontana Italy	20	456 1.6×	312 1.7×	97 0.6×	79 0.5×	65 0.5×	47	977
Dominic Wall Australia	16	316 1.1×	340 1.9×	140 0.9×	51 0.4×	52 0.4×	39	729
Srdjan Novaković Slovenia	22	557 2.0×	292 1.6×	151 0.9×	94 0.6×	151 1.1×	114	1.3k
Miriam Kim United States	14	140 0.5×	290 1.6×	139 0.8×	79 0.5×	61 0.5×	47	570
Thiha Aung Germany	16	654 2.3×	267 1.5×	202 1.2×	225 1.6×	96 0.7×	60	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mirco Friedrich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mirco Friedrich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mirco Friedrich based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mirco Friedrich. Mirco Friedrich is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Friedrich, Mirco, Julie Pham, Jiakun Tian, et al.. (2025). Transient hepatic reconstitution of trophic factors enhances aged immunity. Nature. 650(8101). 481–489.

Friedrich, Mirco, Chris King, Chau-Duy-Tam Vo, et al.. (2025). Rational engineering of minimally immunogenic nucleases for gene therapy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 105–105. 15 indexed citations

Friedrich, Mirco, et al.. (2025). Targeted delivery of diverse biomolecules with engineered bacterial nanosyringes. Nature Biotechnology. 5 indexed citations

Friedrich, Mirco, Niels Weinhold, K. Martin Kortüm, et al.. (2024). The CAR-Hematotox As a Risk Model to Predict Early Complications and Outcome after Bispecific T-Cell Engager Therapy in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma. Blood. 144(Supplement 1). 1952–1952.

Aditham, Abhishek, Jiahao Huang, Mirco Friedrich, et al.. (2024). Chemical and topological design of multicapped mRNA and capped circular RNA to augment translation. Nature Biotechnology. 43(7). 1128–1143. 27 indexed citations

Friedrich, Mirco, Paola Neri, Simon Steiger, et al.. (2023). The pre-existing T cell landscape determines the response to bispecific T cell engagers in multiple myeloma patients. Cancer Cell. 41(4). 711–725.e6. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

Strebinger, Daniel, Chris J. Frangieh, Mirco Friedrich, et al.. (2023). Cell type-specific delivery by modular envelope design. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5141–5141. 43 indexed citations

Sammour, Denis Abu, Tobias Boskamp, Christian Marsching, et al.. (2023). Spatial probabilistic mapping of metabolite ensembles in mass spectrometry imaging. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1823–1823. 10 indexed citations

Leibing, Thomas, Mirco Friedrich, Hendrik Nolte, et al.. (2022). Targeting of Scavenger Receptors Stabilin-1 and Stabilin-2 Ameliorates Atherosclerosis by a Plasma Proteome Switch Mediating Monocyte/Macrophage Suppression. Circulation. 146(23). 1783–1799. 41 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Mirco, Markus Hahn, Roman Sankowski, et al.. (2022). Dysfunctional dendritic cells limit antigen-specific T cell response in glioma. Neuro-Oncology. 25(2). 263–276. 58 indexed citations

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Kilian, Michael, Sebastian Uhrig, Alexander Brobeil, et al.. (2022). IgE type multiple myeloma exhibits hypermutated phenotype and tumor reactive T cells. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 10(10). e005815–e005815. 5 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Mirco, Katharina A.M. Lindner, Iris Mildenberger, et al.. (2021). Intrathecal activation of CD8 ⁺ memory T cells in IgG4‐related disease of the brain parenchyma. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(8). e13953–e13953. 8 indexed citations

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Platten, Michael, Mirco Friedrich, Derek A. Wainwright, Verena Panitz, & Christiane A. Opitz. (2021). Tryptophan metabolism in brain tumors — IDO and beyond. Current Opinion in Immunology. 70. 57–66. 36 indexed citations

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Studier‐Fischer, Alexander, Thomas Tu, Mirco Friedrich, et al.. (2020). Postoperative complications and mobilisation following major abdominal surgery with vs. without fitness tracker-based feedback (EXPELLIARMUS): study protocol for a student-led multicentre randomised controlled trial (CHIR-Net SIGMA study group). Trials. 21(1). 293–293. 9 indexed citations

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Karimian‐Jazi, Kianush, Manuel Fischer, Matthia A. Karreman, et al.. (2020). Monitoring innate immune cell dynamics in the glioma microenvironment by magnetic resonance imaging and multiphoton microscopy (MR-MPM). Theranostics. 10(4). 1873–1883. 35 indexed citations

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Kowalewski, Karl‐Friedrich, Carly R. Garrow, Tanja Proctor, et al.. (2018). LapTrain: multi-modality training curriculum for laparoscopic cholecystectomy—results of a randomized controlled trial. Surgical Endoscopy. 32(9). 3830–3838. 44 indexed citations

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Haubruck, Patrick, Felix Nickel, Mirco Friedrich, et al.. (2018). Development and validation of an objective assessment scale for chest tube insertion under ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ rating. BMC Medical Education. 18(1). 320–320. 5 indexed citations

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Romero, Philipp, Patrick Günther, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski, et al.. (2017). Halsted’s “See One, Do One, and Teach One” versus Peyton’s Four-Step Approach: A Randomized Trial for Training of Laparoscopic Suturing and Knot Tying. Journal of surgical education. 75(2). 510–515. 50 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Mirco, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski, Tanja Proctor, et al.. (2017). Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial on a multimodal training curriculum for laparoscopic cholecystectomy - LapTrain. PubMed. 5(0). 11–14. 3 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Mirco, Patrick Haubruck, Thomas Brückner, et al.. (2017). App-based serious gaming for training of chest tube insertion: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 56–56. 13 indexed citations

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