Roland Züst

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Roland Züst is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Züst has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Infectious Diseases, 11 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Roland Züst's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (9 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers). Roland Züst is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (9 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers). Roland Züst collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Roland Züst's co-authors include Volker Thiel, Burkhard Ludewig, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán, Kristy J. Szretter, Michael Diamond, Friedemann Weber, Pei‐Yong Shi, Stuart G. Siddell, Reinhard Maier and Hongping Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Roland Züst

33 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2′-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host restriction by IFIT family members

2010 669 citations Stéphane Daffis, Kristy J. Szretter et al. Nature profile →
Ribose 2′-O-methylation provides a molecular signature for the distinction of self and non-self mRNA dependent on the RNA sensor Mda5

2011 612 citations Roland Züst, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers

Roland Züst

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Ralf Altmeyer France

Hongjie Xia United States

Wataru Kamitani Japan

Meilin Jin China

Beate M. Kümmerer Germany

Michelle M. Becker United States

Jannik Fonager Denmark

Hervé Blanc France

Chee Wah Tan Singapore

Aitor Nogales United States

Ralf Altmeyer France

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2.0k ×1.4

749 ×0.8

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934 ×1.1

524 ×1.1

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345 ×0.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Züst

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Brito, Francisco, Matthias Liniger, Béatrice Zumkehr, et al.. (2025). Monkeypox virus spreads from cell-to-cell and leads to neuronal death in human neural organoids. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5376–5376. 2 indexed citations

Züst, Roland, Denise Siegrist, Olivier Engler, et al.. (2024). Third-generation smallpox vaccines induce low-level cross-protecting neutralizing antibodies against Monkeypox virus in laboratory workers. Heliyon. 10(10). e31490–e31490. 2 indexed citations

Altenried, Stefanie, Giacomo Reina, Qun Ren, et al.. (2023). Quaternary ammonium-based coating of textiles is effective against bacteria and viruses with a low risk to human health. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20556–20556. 8 indexed citations

Jónsdóttir, Hulda R., Nicole Lenz, Denise Siegrist, et al.. (2023). Virucidal activity of three standard chemical disinfectants against Ebola virus suspended in tripartite soil and whole blood. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15718–15718. 1 indexed citations

Züst, Roland, Rahel Ackermann‐Gäumann, Denise Siegrist, et al.. (2023). Presence and Persistence of Andes Virus RNA in Human Semen. Viruses. 15(11). 2266–2266. 3 indexed citations

Deuel, Jeremy, et al.. (2022). Persistence, prevalence, and polymorphism of sequelae after COVID-19 in unvaccinated, young adults of the Swiss Armed Forces: a longitudinal, cohort study (LoCoMo). The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22(12). 1694–1702. 13 indexed citations

Jónsdóttir, Hulda R., Werner C. Albrich, Marc Strasser, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: In vitro virucidal activity of Echinaforce®, an Echinacea purpurea preparation, against coronaviruses, including common cold coronavirus 229E and SARS-CoV-2. Virology Journal. 17(1). 172–172. 7 indexed citations

Jónsdóttir, Hulda R., Werner C. Albrich, Marc Strasser, et al.. (2020). In vitro virucidal activity of Echinaforce®, an Echinacea purpurea preparation, against coronaviruses, including common cold coronavirus 229E and SARS-CoV-2. Virology Journal. 17(1). 136–136. 63 indexed citations

Shan, Chao, Xuping Xie, Jing Zou, et al.. (2018). Using a Virion Assembly-Defective Dengue Virus as a Vaccine Approach. Journal of Virology. 92(21). 16 indexed citations

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Ackermann‐Gäumann, Rahel, et al.. (2018). Standardized focus assay protocol for biosafety level four viruses. Journal of Virological Methods. 264. 51–54. 7 indexed citations

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Züst, Roland, Shihua Li, Xuping Xie, et al.. (2018). Characterization of a candidate tetravalent vaccine based on 2'-O-methyltransferase mutants. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0189262–e0189262. 8 indexed citations

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Perez‐Shibayama, Christian, et al.. (2013). Dendritic Cell-Specific Delivery of Flt3L by Coronavirus Vectors Secures Induction of Therapeutic Antitumor Immunity. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e81442–e81442. 8 indexed citations

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Worm, Sjoerd H. E. van den, Klara Eriksson, Friedemann Weber, et al.. (2012). Reverse Genetics of SARS-Related Coronavirus Using Vaccinia Virus-Based Recombination. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32857–e32857. 61 indexed citations

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Nindl, Veronika, Reinhard Maier, Rita de Giuli, et al.. (2012). Cooperation of T h1 and T h17 cells determines transition from autoimmune myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Immunology. 42(9). 2311–2321. 90 indexed citations

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Züst, Roland, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán, Matthias Habjan, et al.. (2011). Ribose 2′-O-methylation provides a molecular signature for the distinction of self and non-self mRNA dependent on the RNA sensor Mda5. Nature Immunology. 12(2). 137–143. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cervantes‐Barragán, Luisa, Roland Züst, Reinhard Maier, et al.. (2010). Dendritic Cell-Specific Antigen Delivery by Coronavirus Vaccine Vectors Induces Long-Lasting Protective Antiviral and Antitumor Immunity. mBio. 1(4). 42 indexed citations

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Bocharov, Gennady, Roland Züst, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán, et al.. (2010). A Systems Immunology Approach to Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Function in Cytopathic Virus Infections. PLoS Pathogens. 6(7). e1001017–e1001017. 19 indexed citations

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Daffis, Stéphane, Kristy J. Szretter, Jill Schriewer, et al.. (2010). 2′-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host restriction by IFIT family members. Nature. 468(7322). 452–456. 669 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cervantes‐Barragán, Luisa, Ulrich Kalinke, Roland Züst, et al.. (2009). Type I IFN-Mediated Protection of Macrophages and Dendritic Cells Secures Control of Murine Coronavirus Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 182(2). 1099–1106. 99 indexed citations

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Züst, Roland, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán, Thomas Kuri, et al.. (2007). Coronavirus Non-Structural Protein 1 Is a Major Pathogenicity Factor: Implications for the Rational Design of Coronavirus Vaccines. PLoS Pathogens. 3(8). e109–e109. 191 indexed citations

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