Tuna Toptan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tuna Toptan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tuna Toptan has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tuna Toptan's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (11 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (9 papers). Tuna Toptan is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (11 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (9 papers). Tuna Toptan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Tuna Toptan's co-authors include Yuan Chang, Patrick S. Moore, Sebastian Hoehl, Sandra Ciesek, Marek Widera, Christiane Pallas, Annika Pfeiffer, Niko Kohmer, Bizunesh Abere and Masahiro Shuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tuna Toptan

29 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Limited neutralisation of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 by convalescent and vaccine serum and monoclonal antibodies

2022 109 citations Alexander Wilhelm, Marek Widera et al. EBioMedicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tuna Toptan Germany	16	485	346	326	162	145	30	1.0k
Nir Drayman United States	14	98 0.2×	160 0.5×	287 0.9×	66 0.4×	47 0.3×	22	649
Carla Prezioso Italy	14	99 0.2×	331 1.0×	80 0.2×	203 1.3×	34 0.2×	46	600
Anna Bellizzi Italy	17	149 0.3×	435 1.3×	240 0.7×	229 1.4×	12 0.1×	46	869
Nicole M. Broekema United States	8	198 0.4×	234 0.7×	186 0.6×	123 0.8×	4 0.0×	10	614
Christine Hanssen Rinaldo Norway	29	466 1.0×	1.5k 4.4×	123 0.4×	828 5.1×	13 0.1×	49	1.9k
L.J. Stroh Germany	14	108 0.2×	338 1.0×	194 0.6×	188 1.2×	8 0.1×	20	668
Karen E. Warschaw United States	11	42 0.1×	304 0.9×	49 0.2×	155 1.0×	133 0.9×	19	493
Achintya Pal United States	7	156 0.3×	113 0.3×	152 0.5×	69 0.4×	6 0.0×	12	388
Francesca Farchi Italy	14	163 0.3×	222 0.6×	83 0.3×	33 0.2×	12 0.1×	33	539
Maik Stein Germany	16	416 0.9×	350 1.0×	167 0.5×	89 0.5×	12 0.1×	27	1.0k

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Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T., Alison Kuchta, Christopher Dodoo, et al.. (2024). Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in a household transmission study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12365–12365.

Oswald, Marcus, et al.. (2023). Machine learning on large scale perturbation screens for SARS-CoV-2 host factors identifies β-catenin/CBP inhibitor PRI-724 as a potent antiviral. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1193320–1193320. 1 indexed citations

Pallas, Christiane, Alexander Wilhelm, Niko Kohmer, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the Ct-values for genomic and subgenomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA reveals limited predictive value for the presence of replication competent virus. Journal of Clinical Virology. 165. 105499–105499. 1 indexed citations

Grikscheit, Katharina, Holger F. Rabenau, Marek Widera, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the Antibody and Interferon-Gamma Release Response after a Second COVID-19 Booster Vaccination. Vaccines. 10(7). 1163–1163. 4 indexed citations

Wilhelm, Alexander, Marek Widera, Katharina Grikscheit, et al.. (2022). Limited neutralisation of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 by convalescent and vaccine serum and monoclonal antibodies. EBioMedicine. 82. 104158–104158. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

Hoehl, Sebastian, Tuna Toptan, Barbara Schenk, et al.. (2022). Low But Recoverable Markers of Humoral Immune Response to BNT162b2 in Elderly LTCF Residents Five to Seven Months After Two-Dose Vaccination. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 883724–883724. 6 indexed citations

Ye, Chengjin, Alexander Wilhelm, Marek Widera, et al.. (2022). Molecular Analyses of Clinical Isolates and Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Carrying B.1 and B.1.617.2 Spike Mutations Suggest a Potential Role of Non-Spike Mutations in Infection Kinetics. Viruses. 14(9). 2017–2017. 3 indexed citations

Widera, Marek, Alexander Wilhelm, Tuna Toptan, et al.. (2021). Generation of a Sleeping Beauty Transposon-Based Cellular System for Rapid and Sensitive Screening for Compounds and Cellular Factors Limiting SARS-CoV-2 Replication. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 701198–701198. 25 indexed citations

Toptan, Tuna, Sandra Ciesek, & Sebastian Hoehl. (2021). Pediatrics and COVID-19. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1318. 197–208. 4 indexed citations

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Toptan, Tuna, Xuemei Zeng, Mai Sun, et al.. (2020). Proteomic approach to discover human cancer viruses from formalin-fixed tissues. JCI Insight. 5(22). 3 indexed citations

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Abere, Bizunesh, Jinghui Li, Tuna Toptan, et al.. (2020). Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Encodes Circular RNAs (circRNAs) Enabling a Dynamic circRNA/microRNA/mRNA Regulatory Network. mBio. 11(6). 35 indexed citations

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Frigerio, Alice, et al.. (2019). Widespread keratosis pilaris–like eruption in an immunocompromised child. JAAD Case Reports. 5(4). 352–354. 4 indexed citations

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Toptan, Tuna, Brian Turpin, David P. Witte, et al.. (2018). Limited detection of human polyomaviruses in Fanconi anemia related squamous cell carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209235–e0209235. 7 indexed citations

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Toptan, Tuna, Bizunesh Abere, Michael A. Nalesnik, et al.. (2018). Circular DNA tumor viruses make circular RNAs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(37). E8737–E8745. 140 indexed citations

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Amako, Yutaka, et al.. (2018). Characterization of a Merkel Cell Polyomavirus-Positive Merkel Cell Carcinoma Cell Line CVG-1. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 713–713. 21 indexed citations

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Smith, Shane, Gulsun Erdag, Jonathan D. Cuda, et al.. (2017). Treatment of human polyomavirus‐7‐associated rash and pruritus with topical cidofovir in a lung transplant patient: Case report and literature review. Transplant Infectious Disease. 20(1). 10 indexed citations

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Rigatti, Lora H., Tuna Toptan, Joseph T. Newsome, Patrick S. Moore, & Yuan Chang. (2016). Identification and Characterization of Novel Rat Polyomavirus 2 in a Colony of X-SCID Rats by P-PIT assay. mSphere. 1(6). 18 indexed citations

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Toptan, Tuna, Samuel A. Yousem, Jonhan Ho, et al.. (2016). Survey for human polyomaviruses in cancer. JCI Insight. 1(2). 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Xi, Simon C. W. Richardson, Per Basse, et al.. (2011). Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Large T Antigen Disrupts Lysosome Clustering by Translocating Human Vam6p from the Cytoplasm to the Nucleus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(19). 17079–17090. 50 indexed citations

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Toptan, Tuna, Armin Ensser, & Helmut Fickenscher. (2010). Rhadinovirus vector-derived human telomerase reverse transcriptase expression in primary T cells. Gene Therapy. 17(5). 653–661. 4 indexed citations

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