Stefan Kuchen

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Stefan Kuchen is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Kuchen has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Kuchen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers). Stefan Kuchen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers). Stefan Kuchen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Stefan Kuchen's co-authors include Peter E. Lipsky, Rachel Ettinger, Steffen Gay, Michel Neidhart, Frederick Klauschen, Ronald N. Germain, Marlène Brandes, Renate E. Gay, Peter M. Villiger and Michael Seitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Lancet and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Kuchen

34 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2016 377 citations Peter M. Villiger, Sabine Adler et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Kuchen Switzerland	24	1.7k	903	855	528	416	35	3.2k
Michael Bonelli Austria	28	1.7k 1.0×	687 0.8×	976 1.1×	178 0.3×	592 1.4×	72	3.2k
Tomonori Ishii Japan	28	747 0.5×	640 0.7×	864 1.0×	690 1.3×	428 1.0×	153	2.8k
Roberta Bulla Italy	31	2.1k 1.3×	607 0.7×	533 0.6×	228 0.4×	315 0.8×	108	3.5k
Felipe Andrade United States	26	1.2k 0.7×	828 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	262 0.5×	299 0.7×	56	2.9k
Corinne Miceli‐Richard France	39	2.0k 1.2×	735 0.8×	2.0k 2.4×	263 0.5×	399 1.0×	112	4.6k
Anne‐Sophie Korganow France	25	1.8k 1.1×	581 0.6×	898 1.1×	134 0.3×	455 1.1×	94	3.1k
Akihiro Ishizu Japan	27	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	320 0.4×	1.2k 2.3×	292 0.7×	151	3.4k
Zhaohui Xu United States	23	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	543 0.6×	340 0.6×	221 0.5×	65	3.4k
Yojiro Arinobu Japan	26	1.5k 0.9×	781 0.9×	448 0.5×	188 0.4×	281 0.7×	77	2.8k
Stamatis‐Nick C. Liossis Greece	34	1.9k 1.2×	802 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	700 1.3×	416 1.0×	100	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Kuchen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Kuchen

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Adam, Christian, Cédric Simillion, S. Morteza Seyed Jafari, et al.. (2019). Human “T _H 9” cells are a subpopulation of PPAR-γ ⁺ T _H 2 cells. Science Immunology. 4(31). 93 indexed citations

Kipfer, Beat, Thomas Daikeler, Stefan Kuchen, et al.. (2018). Increased cardiovascular comorbidities in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia presenting with systemic inflammatory and autoimmune manifestations. Seminars in Hematology. 55(4). 242–247. 19 indexed citations

Zhuang, Lei, Simon Gerber, Stefan Kuchen, Peter M. Villiger, & Beat Trüeb. (2016). Deletion of exon 8 from the EXT1 gene causes multiple osteochondromas (MO) in a family with three affected members. SpringerPlus. 5(1). 71–71. 7 indexed citations

Villiger, Peter M., Sabine Adler, Stefan Kuchen, et al.. (2016). Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet. 387(10031). 1921–1927. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

Brandes, Marlène, Frederick Klauschen, Stefan Kuchen, & Ronald N. Germain. (2013). A Systems Analysis Identifies a Feedforward Inflammatory Circuit Leading to Lethal Influenza Infection. Cell. 154(1). 197–212. 287 indexed citations

Takahashi, Hayato, Tomohiko Kanno, Shingo Nakayamada, et al.. (2012). TGF-β and retinoic acid induce the microRNA miR-10a, which targets Bcl-6 and constrains the plasticity of helper T cells. Nature Immunology. 13(6). 587–595. 225 indexed citations

Yamane, Arito, Wolfgang Resch, Stefan Kuchen, et al.. (2010). Deep-sequencing identification of the genomic targets of the cytidine deaminase AID and its cofactor RPA in B lymphocytes. Nature Immunology. 12(1). 62–69. 222 indexed citations

Klemm, Lars, Cihangir Duy, Ilaria Iacobucci, et al.. (2009). The B Cell Mutator AID Promotes B Lymphoid Blast Crisis and Drug Resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Cell. 16(3). 232–245. 120 indexed citations

Ettinger, Rachel, Stefan Kuchen, & Peter E. Lipsky. (2008). Interleukin 21 as a target of intervention in autoimmune disease. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 67. iii83–iii86. 58 indexed citations

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Kuchen, Stefan, Rachel Robbins, Gary P. Sims, et al.. (2007). Essential Role of IL-21 in B Cell Activation, Expansion, and Plasma Cell Generation during CD4+ T Cell-B Cell Collaboration. The Journal of Immunology. 179(9). 5886–5896. 262 indexed citations

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Ettinger, Rachel, Gary P. Sims, Rachel Robbins, et al.. (2007). IL-21 and BAFF/BLyS Synergize in Stimulating Plasma Cell Differentiation from a Unique Population of Human Splenic Memory B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 178(5). 2872–2882. 127 indexed citations

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Nawrath, Michael, Jochen Heinrich, Magnus Bosse, et al.. (2004). Cooperation of Ras‐ and c‐Myc–dependent pathways in regulating the growth and invasiveness of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 50(9). 2794–2802. 62 indexed citations

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Aicher, Wilhelm K., Dorothea Alexander, Christian Haas, et al.. (2003). Transcription factor early growth response 1 activity up‐regulates expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 in human synovial fibroblasts. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(2). 348–359. 26 indexed citations

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Seemayer, Christian A., Stefan Kuchen, Janine Rethage, et al.. (2003). Cartilage Destruction Mediated by Synovial Fibroblasts Does Not Depend on Proliferation in Rheumatoid Arthritis. American Journal Of Pathology. 162(5). 1549–1557. 64 indexed citations

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Ohshima, Shiro, Stefan Kuchen, Christian A. Seemayer, et al.. (2003). Galectin 3 and its binding protein in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(10). 2788–2795. 203 indexed citations

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Kuchen, Stefan, Christian A. Seemayer, Janine Rethage, et al.. (2003). The L1 Retroelement-related p40 Protein Induces p38δ MAP Kinase. Autoimmunity. 37(1). 57–65. 39 indexed citations

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Distler, Oliver, Stefan Kuchen, Ulf Müller‐Ladner, et al.. (2001). Die Rheumatoide Arthritis: Neuentwicklungen in der Pathogenese unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der synovialen Fibroblasten. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 60(5). 309–318. 23 indexed citations

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Neidhart, Michel, Janine Rethage, Stefan Kuchen, et al.. (2000). Retrotransposable L1 elements expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue: Association with genomic DNA hypomethylation and influence on gene expression. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 43(12). 2634–2647. 190 indexed citations

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Pap, Thomas, Yukio Shigeyama, Stefan Kuchen, et al.. (2000). Differential expression pattern of membrane‐type matrix metalloproteinases in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 43(6). 1226–1232. 108 indexed citations

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Neidhart, Michel, Stefan Kuchen, Oliver Distler, et al.. (1999). Increased serum levels of antibodies against human cytomegalovirus and prevalence of autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 42(2). 389–392. 72 indexed citations

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