Thomas Wirth

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
122 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Wirth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wirth has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cancer Research and 47 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wirth's work include NF-κB Signaling Pathways (42 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (22 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Thomas Wirth is often cited by papers focused on NF-κB Signaling Pathways (42 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (22 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Thomas Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Thomas Wirth's co-authors include Bernd Baumann, Hartmut Beug, Margit A. Huber, Norbert Kraut, Ninel Azoitei, Hubert Pehamberger, Stefan Grünert, Andreas Sommer, Alexey Ushmorov and Harald J. Maier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wirth

120 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

NF-κB is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in a model of breast cancer progression

2004 780 citations Margit A. Huber, Ninel Azoitei et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
NF-κB is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in a model of breast cancer progression

2004 734 citations Margit A. Huber, Ninel Azoitei et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
NF-κB is activated and promotes cell death in focal cerebral ischemia

1999 570 citations Thomas Wirth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Wirth Germany	47	4.1k	2.6k	2.5k	2.1k	992	122	8.5k
Brydon L. Bennett United States	35	4.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	510 0.5×	62	8.8k
David L. Boyle United States	48	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	393 0.4×	110	7.1k
Hiroshi Yokozaki Japan	62	6.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	4.1k 1.9×	1.9k 1.9×	305	12.0k
Shigeki Miyamoto United States	42	5.1k 1.3×	3.9k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	327 0.3×	157	8.8k
Bernd Baumann Germany	39	3.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	280 0.3×	84	5.7k
Yuichi Oike Japan	69	6.5k 1.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	338 0.3×	211	13.1k
Valery Krizhanovsky Israel	35	4.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	199 0.2×	57	9.9k
Weibo Luo United States	37	4.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	254 0.3×	85	7.4k
Richard Moriggl Austria	57	3.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.4×	4.4k 2.1×	919 0.9×	176	10.2k
Sylvain Meloche Canada	54	7.3k 1.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	543 0.5×	151	10.6k

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Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Beyond FOXO1: AS1842856 inhibits GSK3 to enhance cytotoxic effects in B-ALL. Blood Advances. 9(14). 3441–3454.

Köenig, Alexander, James B. Reinecke, Kristina Lång, et al.. (2024). 1146MO Interim analysis of CABONEN: A multicenter phase II trial investigating cabozantinib in patients with advanced, low proliferative NEN G3. Annals of Oncology. 35. S752–S752. 1 indexed citations

Baumann, Bernd, et al.. (2023). Accelerated aging in mice with astrocytic redox imbalance as a consequence of SOD2 deletion. Aging Cell. 22(9). 11 indexed citations

Leithäuser, Frank, et al.. (2022). Functional IKK/NF-κB signaling in pancreatic stellate cells is essential to prevent autoimmune pancreatitis. Communications Biology. 5(1). 509–509. 9 indexed citations

Fiedler, Katja, Simon Laban, Marie‐Nicole Theodoraki, et al.. (2022). Differential Requirement of Vav Proteins for Btk-dependent and –Independent Signaling During B Cell Development. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 654181–654181. 3 indexed citations

Steiger, Katja, et al.. (2021). Deletion of NEMO Inhibits EMT and Reduces Metastasis in KPC Mice. Cancers. 13(18). 4541–4541. 4 indexed citations

Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Crosstalk between Tumor and Stromal Cells in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(15). 5486–5486. 81 indexed citations

Alami, Najwa Ouali, Diana Wiesner, Jochen H. Weishaupt, et al.. (2020). Multiplexed chemogenetics in astrocytes and motoneurons restore blood–spinal cord barrier in ALS. Life Science Alliance. 3(11). e201900571–e201900571. 24 indexed citations

Lattke, Michael, Stephanie Nadine Reichel, Alireza Abaei, et al.. (2017). Transient IKK2 activation in astrocytes initiates selective non-cell-autonomous neurodegeneration. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 16–16. 28 indexed citations

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Ushmorov, Alexey & Thomas Wirth. (2017). FOXO in B-cell lymphopoiesis and B cell neoplasia. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 50. 132–141. 24 indexed citations

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Guan, Hanfeng, Linka Xie, Thomas Wirth, & Alexey Ushmorov. (2016). Repression of TCF3/E2A contributes to Hodgkin lymphomagenesis. Oncotarget. 7(24). 36854–36864. 7 indexed citations

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Schmeißer, Michael J., Bernd Baumann, Gry Fluge Vindedal, et al.. (2012). IκB Kinase/Nuclear Factor κB-Dependent Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 (Igf2) Expression Regulates Synapse Formation and Spine Maturation via Igf2 Receptor Signaling. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(16). 5688–5703. 120 indexed citations

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Guan, Hanfeng, Linka Xie, Frank Leithäuser, et al.. (2010). KLF4 is a tumor suppressor in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and in classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 116(9). 1469–1478. 110 indexed citations

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Maier, Harald J., et al.. (2010). NF-κB promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition, migration and invasion of pancreatic carcinoma cells. Cancer Letters. 295(2). 214–228. 180 indexed citations

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Voß, Florian, Frank Fleischer, Dragan Marinković, et al.. (2009). Myc Regulates Embryonic Vascular Permeability and Remodeling. Circulation Research. 104(10). 1151–1159. 22 indexed citations

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Palmetshofer, Alois, et al.. (2005). B Cell Hyperresponsiveness and Expansion of Mature Follicular B Cells but Not of Marginal Zone B Cells in NFATc2/c3 Double-Deficient Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 174(8). 4797–4802. 16 indexed citations

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Azoitei, Ninel, Thomas Wirth, & Bernd Baumann. (2005). Activation of the IκB kinase complex is sufficient for neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 93(6). 1487–1501. 25 indexed citations

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Wenk, Jutta, Jutta Schüller, Tatiana Syrovets, et al.. (2004). Overexpression of Phospholipid-hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase in Human Dermal Fibroblasts Abrogates UVA Irradiation-induced Expression of Interstitial Collagenase/Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 by Suppression of Phosphatidylcholine Hydroperoxide-mediated NFκB Activation and Interleukin-6 Release. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(44). 45634–45642. 60 indexed citations

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Huber, Margit A., Ninel Azoitei, Bernd Baumann, et al.. (2004). NF-κB is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in a model of breast cancer progression. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(4). 569–581. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharir, Hava, et al.. (1996). Coordinate suppression of myeloma-specific genes and expression of fibroblast-specific genes in myeloma X fibroblast somatic cell hybrids. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 22(1). 1–20. 8 indexed citations

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