Niels Schaft

4.1k total citations
102 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Niels Schaft is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels Schaft has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Immunology, 49 papers in Oncology and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Niels Schaft's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (40 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (29 papers). Niels Schaft is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (40 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (29 papers). Niels Schaft collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Niels Schaft's co-authors include Jan Dörrie, Gerold Schuler, Beatrice Schuler‐Thurner, Dennis Christoph Harrer, Eckhart Kämpgen, M. Arfan Ikram, Ina Müller, Oscar H. Franco, Trudy Voortman and Hinrich Abken and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Niels Schaft

100 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niels Schaft Germany	33	1.6k	1.5k	980	531	318	102	3.1k
Lorenzo Mortara Italy	32	2.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	176 0.3×	124 0.4×	102	4.1k
Bin Wang China	32	1.1k 0.7×	753 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	211 0.4×	195 0.6×	179	3.3k
Joaquı́n Madrenas Canada	34	2.5k 1.5×	761 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	343 0.6×	50 0.2×	105	4.4k
Kiki Tesselaar Netherlands	33	3.8k 2.4×	783 0.5×	787 0.8×	305 0.6×	63 0.2×	85	5.2k
Andrew Godkin United Kingdom	42	3.4k 2.1×	1.6k 1.1×	986 1.0×	309 0.6×	80 0.3×	95	5.2k
Luisa Imberti Italy	32	2.2k 1.4×	745 0.5×	596 0.6×	583 1.1×	52 0.2×	156	3.8k
Juan L. Mendoza Spain	38	1.6k 1.0×	846 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	73 0.2×	109	4.4k
Michel H. Maillard Switzerland	19	970 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	649 0.7×	537 1.0×	127 0.4×	55	3.0k
Na Xiong United States	26	3.4k 2.2×	907 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	266 0.5×	103 0.3×	63	4.7k
Anja Krause United States	25	661 0.4×	680 0.4×	973 1.0×	469 0.9×	145 0.5×	39	2.3k

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Schaft, Niels, Jan Dörrie, René Stein, et al.. (2025). Loading of CAR‐T cells with magnetic nanoparticles for controlled targeting suppresses inflammatory cytokine release and switches tumor cell death mechanism. MedComm. 6(1). e70039–e70039. 11 indexed citations

Heger, Lukas, Diana Dudziak, Michael Erdmann, et al.. (2025). Avelumab mediates antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity against monocyte‐derived dendritic cells through natural killer cells. MedComm. 6(3). e70111–e70111. 1 indexed citations

Schaft, Niels, et al.. (2025). STINGing Cancer: Development, Clinical Application, and Targeted Delivery of STING Agonists. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(18). 9008–9008. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Zhangling, Elizabeth Benz, Niels Schaft, et al.. (2025). Dietary protein intake and body composition, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity: A prospective population-based study. Clinical Nutrition. 53. 26–34.

Schaft, Niels, et al.. (2024). The Role of the Large T Antigen in the Molecular Pathogenesis of Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Genes. 15(9). 1127–1127. 2 indexed citations

Schaft, Niels, et al.. (2024). Tumor Antigens beyond the Human Exome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(9). 4673–4673. 3 indexed citations

Schaft, Niels, Jan Dörrie, Gerold Schuler, et al.. (2023). The future of affordable cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1248867–1248867. 38 indexed citations

Dörrie, Jan, Niels Schaft, Harald Unterweger, et al.. (2023). Human T cells loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles retain antigen-specific TCR functionality. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1223695–1223695. 11 indexed citations

Ochoa‐Rosales, Carolina, Niels Schaft, Kim V.E. Braun, et al.. (2023). C-reactive protein partially mediates the inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: The UK Biobank and the Rotterdam study cohorts. Clinical Nutrition. 42(5). 661–669. 19 indexed citations

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Harrer, Dennis Christoph, Jan Dörrie, & Niels Schaft. (2018). Chimeric Antigen Receptors in Different Cell Types: New Vehicles Join the Race. Human Gene Therapy. 29(5). 547–558. 37 indexed citations

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Schaft, Niels, Adela Brahimaj, Kexin Wen, Oscar H. Franco, & Abbas Dehghan. (2017). The association between serum uric acid and the incidence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Rotterdam Study. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0179482–e0179482. 75 indexed citations

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Prommersberger, Sabrina, et al.. (2015). A new method to monitor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells, avoiding additional target cells and the restriction to human leukocyte antigen haplotype. Gene Therapy. 22(6). 516–520. 4 indexed citations

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Dörrie, Jan, Christian Hofmann, Ina Müller, et al.. (2014). Human Adenovirus-Specific γ/δ and CD8+ T Cells Generated by T-Cell Receptor Transfection to Treat Adenovirus Infection after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e109944–e109944. 22 indexed citations

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Zinser, Elisabeth, Erwin Strasser, Jan Dörrie, et al.. (2013). Leukoreduction system chambers are an efficient, valid, and economic source of functional monocyte-derived dendritic cells and lymphocytes. Immunobiology. 218(11). 1392–1401. 39 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Kanako, Takuya Mizuno, Jun Shinga, et al.. (2012). Vaccination with Antigen-Transfected, NKT Cell Ligand–Loaded, Human Cells Elicits Robust In Situ Immune Responses by Dendritic Cells. Cancer Research. 73(1). 62–73. 32 indexed citations

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Knippertz, Ilka, Jan Dörrie, Niels Schaft, et al.. (2011). Mild hyperthermia enhances human monocyte-derived dendritic cell functions and offers potential for applications in vaccination strategies. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 27(6). 591–603. 68 indexed citations

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Jochmann, Ramona, Mathias Thurau, Christian Hofmann, et al.. (2009). O-Linked N -Acetylglucosaminylation of Sp1 Inhibits the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Promoter. Journal of Virology. 83(8). 3704–3718. 35 indexed citations

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Schaft, Niels, Jan Dörrie, Verena Beck, et al.. (2005). Generation of an optimized polyvalent monocyte-derived dendritic cell vaccine by transfecting defined RNAs after rather than before maturation. The Journal of Immunology. 174(9). 5884–5884. 3 indexed citations

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Schaft, Niels, Jan Dörrie, Verena Beck, et al.. (2005). Generation of an Optimized Polyvalent Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cell Vaccine by Transfecting Defined RNAs after Rather Than before Maturation. The Journal of Immunology. 174(5). 3087–3097. 115 indexed citations

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Schaft, Niels, Ralph A. Willemsen, I. Jolanda M. de Vries, et al.. (2003). Peptide Fine Specificity of Anti-Glycoprotein 100 CTL Is Preserved Following Transfer of Engineered TCRαβ Genes Into Primary Human T Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 170(4). 2186–2194. 120 indexed citations

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