Torsten Olszak

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Torsten Olszak is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Olszak has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Immunology, 21 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Torsten Olszak's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers). Torsten Olszak is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers). Torsten Olszak collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Torsten Olszak's co-authors include Richard S. Blumberg, Sebastian Zeißig, Dingding An, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephan Brand, Burkhard Göke, André Franke, Rebecca M. Baron, Jonathan N. Glickman and Florian Beigel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Olszak

36 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function

2012 1.2k citations Torsten Olszak, Dingding An et al. Science profile →
Sphingolipids from a Symbiotic Microbe Regulate Homeostasis of Host Intestinal Natural Killer T Cells

2014 459 citations Dingding An, Sungwhan F. Oh et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Development of a uniform, very aggressive disease phenotype in all homozygous carriers of the NOD2 mutation p.Leu1007fsX1008 with Crohn’s disease and active smoking status resulting in ileal stenosis requiring surgery 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Fabian Schnitzler, Matthias Friedrich, (unknown), Julia Diegelmann, Johannes Stallhofer, Christiane Wolf, (unknown), (unknown), Torsten Olszak, Florian Beigel, Cornelia Tillack, Peter Lohse, Stephan Brand	6
2	Solid Organ Transplantation in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD): Analysis of Transplantation Outcome and IBD Activity in a Large Single Center Cohort 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Fabian Schnitzler, Matthias Friedrich, Johannes Stallhofer, Ulf Schönermarck, Michael Fischereder, Antje Habicht, Nazanin Karbalai, Christiane Wolf, (unknown), Torsten Olszak, Florian Beigel, Cornelia Tillack, Burkhard Göke, Roman Zachoval, Gerald Denk, Markus Guba, Christian Rust, Norbert H. Grüner, Stephan Brand	26
3	The NOD2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs72796353 (IVS4+10 A>C) Is a Predictor for Perianal Fistulas in Patients with Crohn's Disease in the Absence of Other NOD2 Mutations 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Fabian Schnitzler, Matthias Friedrich, Christiane Wolf, Johannes Stallhofer, (unknown), Julia Diegelmann, Torsten Olszak, Cornelia Tillack, Florian Beigel, Burkhard Göke, Jürgen Glas, Peter Lohse, Stephan Brand	24
4	Sphingolipids from a Symbiotic Microbe Regulate Homeostasis of Host Intestinal Natural Killer T Cells breakdown → 2014 ·Cell ·Dingding An, Sungwhan F. Oh, Torsten Olszak, Joana F. Neves, Fikri Y. Avci, Deniz Ertürk-Hasdemir, Xi Lu, Sebastian Zeißig, Richard S. Blumberg, Dennis L. Kasper	459
5	Intestinal DMBT1 Expression Is Modulated by Crohn’s Disease-Associated IL23R Variants and by a DMBT1 Variant Which Influences Binding of the Transcription Factors CREB1 and ATF-2 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, (unknown), Eva Zimmermann, Torsten Olszak, Andrea Bedynek, Burkhard Göke, André Franke, Jürgen Glas, Stephan Brand	22
6	Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Torsten Olszak, Dingding An, Sebastian Zeißig, Miguel Pinilla-Vera, Julia Richter, André Franke, Jonathan N. Glickman, Reiner Siebert, Rebecca M. Baron, Dennis L. Kasper, Richard S. Blumberg	1248
7	PTPN2 Gene Variants Are Associated with Susceptibility to Both Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Supporting a Common Genetic Disease Background 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Jürgen Glas, Johanna Wagner, Julia Seiderer, Torsten Olszak, Martin Wetzke, Florian Beigel, Cornelia Tillack, Johannes Stallhofer, Matthias Friedrich, Christian J. Steib, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Nazanin Karbalai, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	55
8	Analysis of IL12B Gene Variants in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, Johanna Wagner, Torsten Olszak, (unknown), Cornelia Tillack, Matthias Friedrich, Florian Beigel, Johannes Stallhofer, Christian J. Steib, Martin Wetzke, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	50
9	CEACAM6 Gene Variants in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, (unknown), Cornelia Tillack, Simone Pfennig, Maria Weidinger, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, Ulrich Laß, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Christiane Wolf, Peter Lohse, Bertram Müller‐Myhsok, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	13
10	The Role of Osteopontin (OPN/SPP1) Haplotypes in the Susceptibility to Crohn's Disease 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, (unknown), Martin Wetzke, (unknown), Cornelia Tillack, Torsten Olszak, Florian Beigel, Christian J. Steib, Matthias Friedrich, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	36
11	CEACAM1 dampens antitumor immunity by down-regulating NKG2D ligand expression on tumor cells 2011 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Zhangguo Chen, Lanfen Chen, Kristi Baker, Torsten Olszak, Sebastian Zeißig, Yu‐Hwa Huang, Timothy Kuo, Ofer Mandelboim, Nicole Beauchemin, Lewis L. Lanier, Richard S. Blumberg	58
12	A Novel Role for Interleukin-27 (IL-27) as Mediator of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Protection Mediated via Differential Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) Protein Signaling and Induction of Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory Proteins 2011 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Julia Diegelmann, Torsten Olszak, Burkhard Göke, Richard S. Blumberg, Stephan Brand	110
13	The NOD2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms rs2066843 and rs2076756 Are Novel and Common Crohn's Disease Susceptibility Gene Variants 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, Cornelia Tillack, Simone Pfennig, Florian Beigel, Matthias Jürgens, Torsten Olszak, Rüdiger P. Laubender, Maria Weidinger, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Peter Lohse, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	26
14	Pregnane X receptor (PXR/NR1I2) gene haplotypes modulate susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease 2010 ·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ·Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, D Fischer, (unknown), Simone Pfennig, Martin Wetzke, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, Maria Weidinger, Burkhard Göke, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Matthias Folwaczny, Bertram Müller‐Myhsok, Julia Diegelmann, Darina Czamara, Stephan Brand	31
15	Animal Models of IBD 1 2009 ·Mucosal Immunology ·Sebastian Zeißig, Arthur Kaser, Torsten Olszak, Nicholas O. Davidson, Richard S. Blumberg, Yasuhiro Nemoto, Takanori Kanai∥, (unknown), (unknown), Naoya Sakamoto, Teruji Totsuka, Ryuichi Okamoto, Kiichiro Tsuchiya, Tetsuya Nakamura, Satoshi Matsumoto, Mamoru Watanabe	1
16	IL-22-mediated liver cell regeneration is abrogated by SOCS-1/3 overexpression in vitro 2007 ·American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ·Stephan Brand, Julia Dambacher, Florian Beigel, Kathrin Zitzmann, Malte Heeg, Thomas S. Weiß, (unknown), Torsten Olszak, Christian J. Steib, Martin Storr, Burkhard Göke, Helmut M. Diepolder, M Bilzer, Wolfgang E. Thasler, Christoph J. Auernhammer	96
17	IL-22 is increased in active Crohn’s disease and promotes proinflammatory gene expression and intestinal epithelial cell migration 2006 ·American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ·Stephan Brand, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, Kathrin Zitzmann, Sören T. Eichhorst, Jan‐Michel Otte, Helmut M. Diepolder, Andreas Marquardt, Wolfgang Jagla, Andreas Popp, Stéphane Leclair, Karin A. Herrmann, Julia Seiderer, Thomas Ochsenkühn, Burkhard Göke, Christoph J. Auernhammer, Julia Dambacher	454
18	SOCS-1 inhibits expression of the antiviral proteins 2′,5′-OAS and MxA induced by the novel interferon-λs IL-28A and IL-29 2005 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Stephan Brand, Kathrin Zitzmann, Julia Dambacher, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, George Vlotides, Sören T. Eichhorst, Burkhard Göke, Helmut M. Diepolder, Christoph J. Auernhammer	74
19	IL-28A and IL-29 mediate antiproliferative and antiviral signals in intestinal epithelial cells and murine CMV infection increases colonic IL-28A expression 2005 ·American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ·Stephan Brand, Florian Beigel, Torsten Olszak, Kathrin Zitzmann, Sören T. Eichhorst, Jan‐Michel Otte, Joachim Diebold, Helmut M. Diepolder, Barbara Adler, Christoph J. Auernhammer, Burkhard Göke, Julia Dambacher	186
20	Cell differentiation dependent expressed CCR6 mediates ERK‐1/2, SAPK/JNK, and Akt signaling resulting in proliferation and migration of colorectal cancer cells 2005 ·Journal of Cellular Biochemistry ·Stephan Brand, Torsten Olszak, Florian Beigel, Joachim Diebold, Jan‐Michel Otte, (unknown), Burkhard Göke, Julia Dambacher	125

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