Nikolaus Gaßler

11.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
187 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Nikolaus Gaßler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaus Gaßler has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Epidemiology and 43 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nikolaus Gaßler's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (36 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (22 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (12 papers). Nikolaus Gaßler is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (36 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (22 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (12 papers). Nikolaus Gaßler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Nikolaus Gaßler's co-authors include Christian Trautwein, Frank Tacke, Tom Luedde, Henning W. Zimmermann, Ralf Weiskirchen, Karlin Raja Karlmark, Felix Heymann, Armin Schneider, Alfred Bach and Christian Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaus Gaßler

178 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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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.

Hepatic recruitment of the inflammatory Gr1+ monocyte subset upon liver injury promotes hepatic fibrosis #

2009 627 citations Karlin Raja Karlmark, Ralf Weiskirchen et al. Hepatology profile →
The hematopoietic factor G-CSF is a neuronal ligand that counteracts programmed cell death and drives neurogenesis

2005 563 citations Armin Schneider, Carola Krüger et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine CCL2 (MCP-1) diminishes liver macrophage infiltration and steatohepatitis in chronic hepatic injury

2011 495 citations Karlin Raja Karlmark, Felix Heymann et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaus Gaßler Germany	47	2.8k	2.4k	2.2k	1.9k	1.1k	187	8.4k
Yutaka Sasaki Japan	43	1.4k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	914 0.8×	246	7.9k
Derek A. Mann United Kingdom	64	4.0k 1.4×	4.4k 1.8×	3.6k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	198	12.1k
Steven Dooley Germany	53	3.0k 1.1×	4.5k 1.9×	3.7k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	237	10.2k
Achim Weber Switzerland	55	2.0k 0.7×	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.9×	213	9.0k
Kazuhiko Nakao Japan	48	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 2.0×	393	9.2k
Tatsuya Yamashita Japan	48	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	239	8.3k
Alex B. Lentsch United States	55	1.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	2.2k 2.0×	191	9.2k
Orit Pappo Israel	44	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	872 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	166	6.7k
Koji Fujita Japan	43	3.9k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	873 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	285	8.9k
Giuliano Ramadori Germany	59	4.0k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	4.9k 2.2×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 2.4×	375	12.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolaus Gaßler

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Ingwersen, Maja, Frank Berger, Bernhard Theis, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Biparametric MRI for Detecting Prostate Cancer—A Comparative Multireader Multicase Accuracy Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(17). 6111–6111.

Xiong, Ling, Na Liu, Thomas Lehmann, et al.. (2025). Targeting protein kinase C-α prolongs survival and restores liver function in sepsis: Evidence from preclinical models. Pharmacological Research. 212. 107581–107581. 1 indexed citations

Gaßler, Nikolaus, et al.. (2025). Atypical Lipomatous Tumours vs. Lipomas: A Multimodal Diagnostic Approach. Diagnostics. 15(12). 1538–1538.

Gaßler, Nikolaus, et al.. (2024). The Role of Collagen VIII in the Aging Mouse Kidney. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(9). 4805–4805. 1 indexed citations

Hoff, Jessica, Ling Xiong, Tobias Kammann, et al.. (2023). RIPK3 promoter hypermethylation in hepatocytes protects from bile acid-induced inflammation and necroptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 14(4). 275–275. 11 indexed citations

Cseresnyés, Zoltán, Philip Grunert, Stephanie Hoeppener, et al.. (2023). Selective Uptake Into Inflamed Human Intestinal Tissue and Immune Cell Targeting by Wormlike Polymer Micelles. Small. 20(21). e2306482–e2306482. 5 indexed citations

Hahnemann, Maria L., Michael Hubig, Michael Bauer, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2-associated fatalities within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: an autopsy study. Rechtsmedizin. 33(4). 262–268. 3 indexed citations

Rauchfuß, Falk, et al.. (2022). Liver regeneration after two‐stage liver transplantation is more effective than after other preconditioning procedures in colorectal liver metastases. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 30(5). 615–624.

Kallenbach, Julia, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Rasa, Martin Ungelenk, et al.. (2021). The androgen receptor—lncRNASAT1-AKT-p15 axis mediates androgen-induced cellular senescence in prostate cancer cells. Oncogene. 41(7). 943–959. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Yunxia, Miljana Nenkov, Jürgen Sonnemann, et al.. (2021). Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Growth by Inhibition of MAPK Pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(6). 2944–2944. 19 indexed citations

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Deinhardt‐Emmer, Stefanie, Daniel Wittschieber, C. M. Haring, et al.. (2021). Early postmortem mapping of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in patients with COVID-19 and the correlation with tissue damage. eLife. 10. 63 indexed citations

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Press, Adrian T., Bianca Hoffmann, Tina Müller, et al.. (2021). Targeted delivery of a phosphoinositide 3‐kinase γ inhibitor to restore organ function in sepsis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(10). e14436–e14436. 17 indexed citations

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Wittschieber, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Bone marrow haemophagocytosis indicates severe infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Histopathology. 78(5). 727–737. 11 indexed citations

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Zhao, Gang, Maximilian Hatting, Yulia A. Nevzorova, et al.. (2013). Jnk1 in murine hepatic stellate cells is a crucial mediator of liver fibrogenesis. Gut. 63(7). 1159–1172. 46 indexed citations

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Liedtke, Christian, Jörg‐Martin Bangen, Julia Freimuth, et al.. (2011). Loss of Caspase-8 Protects Mice Against Inflammation-Related Hepatocarcinogenesis but Induces Non-Apoptotic Liver Injury. Gastroenterology. 141(6). 2176–2187. 89 indexed citations

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Heymann, Felix, Linda Hammerich, Matthias Bartneck, et al.. (2011). Hepatic macrophage migration and differentiation critical for liver fibrosis is mediated by the chemokine receptor C-C motif chemokine receptor 8 in mice. Hepatology. 55(3). 898–909. 146 indexed citations

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Binnebösel, Marcel, et al.. (2009). Akute Appendizitis: Moderne Diagnostik – der chirurgische Ultraschall. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 80(7). 579–587.

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Karlmark, Karlin Raja, Ralf Weiskirchen, Henning W. Zimmermann, et al.. (2009). Hepatic recruitment of the inflammatory Gr1+ monocyte subset upon liver injury promotes hepatic fibrosis #. Hepatology. 50(1). 261–274. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schneider, Armin, Carola Krüger, Tobias Steigleder, et al.. (2005). The hematopoietic factor G-CSF is a neuronal ligand that counteracts programmed cell death and drives neurogenesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(8). 2083–2098. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaßler, Nikolaus, Marlies Elger, Bettina Kränzlin, et al.. (2001). Podocyte injury underlies the progression of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in the fa/fa Zucker rat. Kidney International. 60(1). 106–116. 79 indexed citations

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