Rayk Behrendt

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rayk Behrendt is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rayk Behrendt has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Immunology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rayk Behrendt's work include interferon and immune responses (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Rayk Behrendt is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Rayk Behrendt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rayk Behrendt's co-authors include Axel Roers, Andrea Ablasser, Simone M. Haag, Gijs R. van den Brink, Muhammet F. Gülen, Michaël Heymann, Luc Reymond, Laurence Abrami, Alexiane Decout and Gerardo Turcatti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Rayk Behrendt

41 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors

2018 788 citations Simone M. Haag, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rayk Behrendt Germany	17	1.3k	1.1k	393	233	204	45	1.9k
Brad R. Rosenberg United States	20	742 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	470 1.2×	250 1.1×	333 1.6×	36	2.5k
Robert W. Maul United States	23	972 0.7×	781 0.7×	126 0.3×	180 0.8×	229 1.1×	50	1.8k
Sonia Jiménez-Baranda Spain	15	882 0.7×	839 0.8×	152 0.4×	498 2.1×	158 0.8×	18	2.0k
Vera Chan Hong Kong	20	1.4k 1.1×	540 0.5×	233 0.6×	318 1.4×	140 0.7×	40	2.2k
Brian Skaug United States	14	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	184 0.5×	292 1.3×	326 1.6×	22	2.4k
Bin Yuan United States	17	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	294 0.7×	582 2.5×	230 1.1×	44	2.2k
Andrea Leitch United Kingdom	9	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	214 0.5×	392 1.7×	156 0.8×	10	2.0k
Zhicheng Zhou United States	24	538 0.4×	923 0.9×	140 0.4×	283 1.2×	156 0.8×	49	1.7k
Patrice Douillard France	25	2.0k 1.5×	734 0.7×	104 0.3×	351 1.5×	174 0.9×	43	2.8k
Rhys S. Allan Australia	19	1.9k 1.4×	752 0.7×	83 0.2×	281 1.2×	294 1.4×	32	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rayk Behrendt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rayk Behrendt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rayk Behrendt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rayk Behrendt 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 Rayk Behrendt. Rayk Behrendt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Marinković, Emilija, Minyi Chen, Nadja Schubert, et al.. (2025). Systemic Inactivation of TREX1 Induces Selective Inflammation of the Tumor Microenvironment and Invigorated T-cell–Mediated Tumor Control. Cancer Research. 85(15). 2876–2889. 1 indexed citations

Luksch, Hella, David Sprott, Éva M. Szegő, et al.. (2025). Tissue inflammation induced by constitutively active STING is mediated by enhanced TNF signaling. eLife. 14.

Mentrup, Torben, Iván K. Chinn, Regina Fluhrer, et al.. (2025). The DNase TREX1 is a substrate of the intramembrane protease SPP with implications for disease pathogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 107–107. 1 indexed citations

Hirota, Keiji, Yasutaka Okabe, Junji Uehori, et al.. (2024). Aberrant RNA sensing in regulatory T cells causes systemic autoimmunity. Science Advances. 10(9). eadk0820–eadk0820. 7 indexed citations

Hiller, Björn, Mathias Lesche, Andreas Dahl, et al.. (2023). Activation of the cGAS/STING Axis in Genome-Damaged Hematopoietic Cells Does Not Impact Blood Cell Formation or Leukemogenesis. Cancer Research. 83(17). 2858–2872. 4 indexed citations

Holdenrieder, Stefan, Stephan Garbe, Rayk Behrendt, et al.. (2023). RIG-I immunotherapy overcomes radioresistance in p53-positive malignant melanoma. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 15(1). 12 indexed citations

Marinković, Emilija, et al.. (2023). Development of an RNase H2 Activity Assay for Clinical Screening. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(4). 1598–1598.

Richter, Stefanie, Dana Westphal, Buqing Yi, et al.. (2022). Efficient production of inhibitor-free foamy virus glycoprotein-containing retroviral vectors by proteoglycan-deficient packaging cells. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 26. 394–412. 3 indexed citations

Schubert, Nadja, Tina Schumann, Yan Ge, et al.. (2022). Genome Replication Is Associated With Release of Immunogenic DNA Waste. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 880413–880413. 5 indexed citations

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Nguyen, David H., Joella Xu, Kejun Guo, et al.. (2021). SAMHD1 Promotes the Antiretroviral Adaptive Immune Response in Mice Exposed to Lipopolysaccharide. The Journal of Immunology. 208(2). 444–453. 3 indexed citations

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Renn, Marcel, Eva Bartok, Thomas Zillinger, Gunther Hartmann, & Rayk Behrendt. (2021). Animal models of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 for the development of prophylactic and therapeutic interventions. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 228. 107931–107931. 15 indexed citations

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Behrendt, Rayk, et al.. (2019). TraFo-CRISPR: Enhanced Genome Engineering by Transient Foamy Virus Vector-Mediated Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Components. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 18. 708–726. 15 indexed citations

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Hiller, Björn, Christa Haase, Nadja Schubert, et al.. (2018). Ribonucleotide Excision Repair Is Essential to Prevent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin. Cancer Research. 78(20). 5917–5926. 30 indexed citations

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Haag, Simone M., Muhammet F. Gülen, Luc Reymond, et al.. (2018). Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors. Nature. 559(7713). 269–273. 788 indexed citations breakdown →

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Achleitner, Martin, Alexander Hennig, Katrin Peschke, et al.. (2017). Lack of Trex1 Causes Systemic Autoimmunity despite the Presence of Antiretroviral Drugs. The Journal of Immunology. 199(7). 2261–2269. 33 indexed citations

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Behrendt, Rayk, et al.. (2016). Constitutive Kit activity triggers B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia-like disease in mice. Experimental Hematology. 45. 45–55.e6. 4 indexed citations

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Wittmann, Sabine, Rayk Behrendt, Dominique Thomas, et al.. (2015). Phosphorylation of murine SAMHD1 regulates its antiretroviral activity. Retrovirology. 12(1). 103–103. 37 indexed citations

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Peschke, Katrin, Klaus Heger, Rayk Behrendt, et al.. (2014). IκB Kinase 2 Is Essential for IgE-Induced Mast Cell De Novo Cytokine Production but Not for Degranulation. Cell Reports. 8(5). 1300–1307. 23 indexed citations

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Richter, Kirsten, Guillaume Perriard, Rayk Behrendt, et al.. (2013). Macrophage and T Cell Produced IL-10 Promotes Viral Chronicity. PLoS Pathogens. 9(11). e1003735–e1003735. 50 indexed citations

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Behrendt, Rayk, Uwe Fiebig, S. Norley, et al.. (2009). A neutralization assay for HIV-2 based on measurement of provirus integration by duplex real-time PCR. Journal of Virological Methods. 159(1). 40–46. 17 indexed citations

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