Thomas Blank

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Blank is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Blank has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Neurology and 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Blank's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (12 papers). Thomas Blank is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (12 papers). Thomas Blank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Blank's co-authors include Marco Prinz, Joachim Spiess, Ingrid M. Nijholt, Klaus Eckart, Michael S. Donnenberg, Daniel Erny, Min Jeong Kye, Omar Mossad, Cedomir Todorovic and Steffen Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Blank

73 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

2015 485 citations Thomas Blank, Simon Yona et al. Immunity profile →
Microbiota-derived acetate enables the metabolic fitness of the brain innate immune system during health and disease

2021 319 citations Daniel Erny, Nikolaos Dokalis et al. profile →
Gut microbiota drives age-related oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in microglia via the metabolite N6-carboxymethyllysine

2022 163 citations Omar Mossad, Bérénice Batut et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Blank Germany	37	1.6k	1.6k	1.0k	940	725	74	4.5k
Fernando J. Pitossi Argentina	35	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	982 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	607 0.8×	71	5.9k
Ulrich Eisel Netherlands	39	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	912 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	880 1.2×	120	5.2k
Mary P. Stenzel‐Poore United States	43	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	925 1.3×	106	7.1k
Donna L. Gruol United States	35	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	525 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	470 0.6×	100	3.9k
Pedro Lorenzo Spain	41	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	727 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	962 1.3×	184	5.7k
Pyung‐Lim Han South Korea	47	1.2k 0.7×	3.3k 2.1×	606 0.6×	2.0k 2.1×	1.2k 1.7×	141	7.1k
Anne‐Marie van Dam Netherlands	37	1.6k 1.0×	949 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	673 0.7×	696 1.0×	90	4.2k
Fernanda Marques Portugal	37	992 0.6×	910 0.6×	348 0.3×	917 1.0×	822 1.1×	78	3.9k
Patricia Parnet France	37	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	462 0.5×	868 1.2×	91	5.8k
Shuei Sugama Japan	36	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	486 0.5×	828 0.9×	784 1.1×	88	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Blank

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Ardura-Fabregat, Alberto, Emile Wogram, Omar Mossad, et al.. (2025). Response of spatially defined microglia states with distinct chromatin accessibility in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience. 28(8). 1688–1703. 1 indexed citations

Blank, Thomas, et al.. (2024). A microglial compliment: controlling neuronal function from within. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 267–267.

Schwabenland, Marius, Katharina Wolf, Nikolaus Deigendesch, et al.. (2024). High throughput spatial immune mapping reveals an innate immune scar in post-COVID-19 brains. Acta Neuropathologica. 148(1). 11–11. 3 indexed citations

Schwabenland, Marius, Omar Mossad, Sebastian Baasch, et al.. (2023). Neonatal immune challenge poses a sex-specific risk for epigenetic microglial reprogramming and behavioral impairment. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2721–2721. 11 indexed citations

Mossad, Omar, Bérénice Batut, Bahtiyar Yılmaz, et al.. (2022). Gut microbiota drives age-related oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in microglia via the metabolite N6-carboxymethyllysine. Nature Neuroscience. 25(3). 295–305. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

Sankowski, Roman, Charlotte Mezö, Olaf Utermöhlen, et al.. (2021). Commensal microbiota divergently affect myeloid subsets in the mammalian central nervous system during homeostasis and disease. The EMBO Journal. 40(23). e108605–e108605. 22 indexed citations

Mossad, Omar, Elisa Nent, Sabrina Woltemate, et al.. (2021). Microbiota-dependent increase in δ-valerobetaine alters neuronal function and is responsible for age-related cognitive decline. Nature Aging. 1(12). 1127–1136. 33 indexed citations

Ydens, Elke, Lukas Amann, Bob Asselbergh, et al.. (2020). Profiling peripheral nerve macrophages reveals two macrophage subsets with distinct localization, transcriptome and response to injury. Nature Neuroscience. 23(5). 676–689. 163 indexed citations

Mezö, Charlotte, Nikolaos Dokalis, Omar Mossad, et al.. (2020). Different effects of constitutive and induced microbiota modulation on microglia in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 119–119. 96 indexed citations

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Mass, Elvira, Christian E. Jacome-Galarza, Thomas Blank, et al.. (2017). A somatic mutation in erythro-myeloid progenitors causes neurodegenerative disease. Experimental Hematology. 53. S79–S79. 11 indexed citations

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Ziegler‐Waldkirch, Stephanie, Paolo d’Errico, Jonas‐Frederic Sauer, et al.. (2017). Seed‐induced Aβ deposition is modulated by microglia under environmental enrichment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The EMBO Journal. 37(2). 167–182. 87 indexed citations

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Varol, Diana, Alexander Mildner, Thomas Blank, et al.. (2017). Dicer Deficiency Differentially Impacts Microglia of the Developing and Adult Brain. Immunity. 46(6). 1030–1044.e8. 68 indexed citations

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Sellner, Sabine, Ricardo Paricio-Montesinos, Annette Masuch, et al.. (2016). Microglial CX3CR1 promotes adult neurogenesis by inhibiting Sirt 1/p65 signaling independent of CX3CL1. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 102–102. 65 indexed citations

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Hellwig, Sabine, Simone Brioschi, Sandra Dieni, et al.. (2015). Altered microglia morphology and higher resilience to stress-induced depression-like behavior in CX3CR1-deficient mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 55. 126–137. 196 indexed citations

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Blank, Thomas & Marco Prinz. (2014). NF-ÎºB signaling regulates myelination in the CNS. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 7. 47–47. 37 indexed citations

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Zeller, Nicolas, Geert Loo, Doron Merkler, et al.. (2011). IκB kinase 2 determines oligodendrocyte loss by non-cell-autonomous activation of NF-κB in the central nervous system. Brain. 134(4). 1184–1198. 84 indexed citations

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Diep, Cuong Q., et al.. (2008). Genetic Evidence for Sites of Interaction Between the Gal3 and Gal80 Proteins of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL Gene Switch. Genetics. 178(2). 725–736. 14 indexed citations

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Blank, Thomas, Ingrid M. Nijholt, Dimitris Grammatopoulos, et al.. (2003). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors Couple to Multiple G-Proteins to Activate Diverse Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Mouse Hippocampus: Role in Neuronal Excitability and Associative Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(2). 700–707. 158 indexed citations

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Blank, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Die einwirkung von gratifikationskrisen am arbeitsplatz auf den konsum von alkohol: eine schriftliche befragung in betrieben der metallverarbeitenden industrie. 3(39). 138. 2 indexed citations

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Blank, Thomas, Ruud Zwart, Ingrid M. Nijholt, & Joachim Spiess. (1996). Serotonin 5-HT2 receptor activation potentiatesN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated ion currents by a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 45(2). 153–160. 49 indexed citations

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