Norbert Leitinger

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
133 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Norbert Leitinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norbert Leitinger has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Norbert Leitinger's work include Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (22 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (22 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (17 papers). Norbert Leitinger is often cited by papers focused on Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (22 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (22 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (17 papers). Norbert Leitinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Norbert Leitinger's co-authors include Judith A. Berliner, Alexandra Kadl, Joakim Huber, Valery N. Bochkov, Bernd R. Binder, Andrew D. Watson, Kodi S. Ravichandran, Poonam Sharma, Alan M. Fogelman and Ganesamoorthy Subbanagounder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Norbert Leitinger

129 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nucleotides released by apoptotic cells act as a f... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2009 1997 1997 400 800 1.2k
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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. Nucleotides released by apoptotic cells act as a find-me signal to promote phagocytic clearance
    2009 1.3k citations Alexandra Kadl, Norbert Leitinger et al. profile →
  2. Structural Identification by Mass Spectrometry of Oxidized Phospholipids in Minimally Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein That Induce Monocyte/Endothelial Interactions and Evidence for Their Presence in Vivo
    1997 659 citations Andrew D. Watson, Norbert Leitinger et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Lipid Oxidation Products Have Opposite Effects on Calcifying Vascular Cell and Bone Cell Differentiation
    1997 507 citations Norbert Leitinger, Andrew D. Watson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norbert Leitinger United States 60 5.7k 4.7k 1.8k 1.7k 1.4k 133 12.5k
Judith A. Berliner United States 62 5.5k 1.0× 5.1k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 131 15.3k
Oswald Quehenberger United States 50 3.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 101 8.9k
Hiroyuki Itabe Japan 49 3.1k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 166 9.3k
Anne Nègre‐Salvayre France 63 4.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 2.1k 1.4× 181 11.8k
Toshio Miyata Japan 75 4.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 3.1k 2.1× 326 18.4k
Ernst Malle Austria 51 3.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 856 0.5× 1.9k 1.3× 200 9.7k
Tatsuya Sawamura Japan 74 4.5k 0.8× 9.7k 2.1× 2.7k 1.5× 1.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.8× 260 17.2k
Alexander N. Orekhov Russia 57 5.5k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.5× 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 478 13.6k
Christoph J. Binder Austria 62 5.0k 0.9× 8.9k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 3.4k 2.0× 1.1k 0.8× 207 16.0k
Srinivasa T. Reddy United States 67 4.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 4.4k 2.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 245 15.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norbert Leitinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norbert Leitinger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rawat, Priyanka, et al.. (2025). Oxidized phosphatidylcholines activate NOX1-mediated oxidative stress response and shift glucose metabolism in cardiac cells. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 329(4). C1046–C1060.
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Zheng, Shuqiu, Nataliya Skrypnyk, Sun‐Sang J. Sung, et al.. (2025). Proximal tubule pannexin 1 contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death during acute kidney injury. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 328(6). F830–F849. 1 indexed citations
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Young, A. P., Clint M. Upchurch, Mark D. Okusa, et al.. (2024). Cardiomyocyte PANX1 Controls Glycolysis and Neutrophil Recruitment in Hypertrophy. Circulation Research. 135(4). 503–517. 6 indexed citations
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Upchurch, Clint M., et al.. (2024). The clinical relevance of heme detoxification by the macrophage heme oxygenase system. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1379967–1379967. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Miaomiao, Timothy B. Ware, Giulia Donvito, et al.. (2023). Endocannabinoid biosynthetic enzymes regulate pain response via LKB1–AMPK signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2304900120–e2304900120. 5 indexed citations
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Good, Miranda E., Lauren A. Biwer, Vlad Serbulea, et al.. (2022). Smooth muscle cell FTO regulates contractile function. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 323(6). H1212–H1220. 3 indexed citations
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Kreutzberger, Alex J.B., Volker Kiessling, Catherine A. Doyle, et al.. (2020). Distinct insulin granule subpopulations implicated in the secretory pathology of diabetes types 1 and 2. eLife. 9. 27 indexed citations
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Granade, Mitchell E., et al.. (2020). Innate immune signaling in Drosophila shifts anabolic lipid metabolism from triglyceride storage to phospholipid synthesis to support immune function. PLoS Genetics. 16(11). e1009192–e1009192. 45 indexed citations
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Olmez, Inan, Aizhen Xiao, Vlad Serbulea, et al.. (2017). Combined CDK4/6 and mTOR Inhibition Is Synergistic against Glioblastoma via Multiple Mechanisms. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(22). 6958–6968. 76 indexed citations
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Serbulea, Vlad, et al.. (2016). Nuclear Factor (Erythroid-Derived 2)-Like 2 and Thioredoxin-1 in Atherosclerosis and Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Heart. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 26(12). 630–644. 58 indexed citations
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Dyballa‐Rukes, Nadine, Anna Eckers, Niloofar Ale‐Agha, et al.. (2016). The Anti-Apoptotic Properties of APEX1 in the Endothelium Require the First 20 Amino Acids and Converge on Thioredoxin-1. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 26(12). 616–629. 10 indexed citations
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Leonarduzzi, Gabriella, Paola Gamba, Simona Gargiulo, et al.. (2008). Oxidation as a crucial reaction for cholesterol to induce tissue degeneration: CD36 overexpression in human promonocytic cells treated with a biologically relevant oxysterol mixture. Aging Cell. 7(3). 375–382. 32 indexed citations
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Грубер, Флориан, Olga Oskolkova, Alexander Leitner, et al.. (2007). Photooxidation Generates Biologically Active Phospholipids That Induce Heme Oxygenase-1 in Skin Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(23). 16934–16941. 49 indexed citations
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Knapp, Sylvia, Ulrich Matt, Norbert Leitinger, & Tom van der Poll. (2007). Oxidized Phospholipids Inhibit Phagocytosis and Impair Outcome in Gram-Negative Sepsis In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 178(2). 993–1001. 55 indexed citations
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Holzer, Gregor, Harald Esterbauer, Gerhard Krönke, et al.. (2006). The dietary soy flavonoid genistein abrogates tissue factor induction in endothelial cells induced by the atherogenic oxidized phospholipid oxPAPC. Thrombosis Research. 120(1). 71–79. 11 indexed citations
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Leonarduzzi, Gabriella, Paola Gamba, Barbara Sottero, et al.. (2005). Oxysterol-induced up-regulation of MCP-1 expression and synthesis in macrophage cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 39(9). 1152–1161. 72 indexed citations
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Leitinger, Norbert. (2002). A role for phospholipid oxidation products as modulators of inflammatory reactions in atherogenesis. 8(4). 117–126.
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Watson, Andrew D., Ganesamoorthy Subbanagounder, Kym F. Faull, et al.. (1999). Epoxyisoprostane E2-containing phospholipids in oxidized low density lipoprotein and atherosclerotic lesions. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 47(2). 1 indexed citations
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Watson, Andrew D., Norbert Leitinger, Mohamad Navab, et al.. (1997). Structural Identification by Mass Spectrometry of Oxidized Phospholipids in Minimally Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein That Induce Monocyte/Endothelial Interactions and Evidence for Their Presence in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(21). 13597–13607. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leitinger, Norbert, et al.. (1993). ADP‐ribosylation of nucleolar proteins in HeLa tumor cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 52(2). 153–158. 48 indexed citations

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