Volker Eckstein

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Volker Eckstein is a scholar working on Hematology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Eckstein has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Hematology, 43 papers in Immunology and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Volker Eckstein's work include Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (45 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (24 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers). Volker Eckstein is often cited by papers focused on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (45 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (24 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers). Volker Eckstein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Volker Eckstein's co-authors include Anthony D. Ho, Wolfgang Wagner, Jonathon Blake, Anke Diehlmann, Rainer Saffrich, Frederik Wein, Patrick Horn, Simone Bork, Vladimı́r Beneš and U. Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Volker Eckstein

121 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Comparative characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells from human bone marrow, adipose tissue, and umbilical cord blood

2005 1.0k citations Wolfgang Wagner, Frederik Wein et al. Experimental Hematology profile →
Replicative Senescence of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Continuous and Organized Process

2008 902 citations Wolfgang Wagner, Patrick Horn et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Volker Eckstein	2.9k	2.2k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	121	6.4k
Enrico Tagliafico	2.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	136	6.6k
Pierre Charbord	3.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	147	7.9k
Laurence Lagneaux	3.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	599 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	960 0.7×	135	5.8k
Massimo Di Nicola	2.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	2.7k 2.1×	160	7.5k
Federica Benvenuto	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	859 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	859 0.7×	64	6.1k
Dirk Strunk	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	757 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	663 0.5×	121	5.8k
Edward W. Scott	1.7k 0.6×	4.2k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	110	8.4k
Dov Zipori	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	2.8k 2.1×	130	9.3k
Robert Chunhua Zhao	2.8k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	456 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	156	6.8k
Andrew J. Connolly	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	88	8.0k

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Poisa-Beiro, Laura, Jonathan J. M. Landry, Bowen Yan, et al.. (2025). A Senescent Cluster in Aged Human Hematopoietic Stem Cell Compartment as Target for Senotherapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(2). 787–787. 1 indexed citations

Ni, Ming, Lei Wang, Wenjie Gong, et al.. (2021). Response to extracorporeal photopheresis therapy of patients with steroid-refractory/-resistant GvHD is associated with up-regulation of Th22 cells and Tfh cells. Cytotherapy. 24(3). 311–319. 9 indexed citations

Furkel, Jennifer, Shabana Din, Ingke Braren, et al.. (2020). A novel approach to genetic engineering of T-cell subsets by hematopoietic stem cell infection with a bicistronic lentivirus. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13740–13740. 2 indexed citations

Lother, Achim, Olga Bondareva, Ali R. Saadatmand, et al.. (2020). Diabetes changes gene expression but not DNA methylation in cardiac cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 151. 74–87. 18 indexed citations

Dettling, Steffen, Slava Stamova, Rolf Warta, et al.. (2018). Identification of CRKII, CFL1, CNTN1, NME2, and TKT as Novel and Frequent T-Cell Targets in Human IDH-Mutant Glioma. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(12). 2951–2962. 22 indexed citations

Schaier, Matthias, Lorenz Uhlmann, Florian Kälble, et al.. (2018). End‐stage renal disease, dialysis, kidney transplantation and their impact on CD4⁺ T‐cell differentiation. Immunology. 155(2). 211–224. 36 indexed citations

Hennrich, Marco L., Natalie Romanov, Patrick Horn, et al.. (2018). Cell-specific proteome analyses of human bone marrow reveal molecular features of age-dependent functional decline. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4004–4004. 63 indexed citations

Sandner, Beatrice, Francisco J. Rivera, Massimiliano Caioni, et al.. (2013). Bone morphogenetic proteins prevent bone marrow stromal cell-mediated oligodendroglial differentiation of transplanted adult neural progenitor cells in the injured spinal cord. Stem Cell Research. 11(2). 758–771. 17 indexed citations

Lohr, Jennifer, Andrea Huppertz, Yingzi Ge, et al.. (2011). Effector T-Cell Infiltration Positively Impacts Survival of Glioblastoma Patients and Is Impaired by Tumor-Derived TGF-β. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(13). 4296–4308. 272 indexed citations

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Campos, Benito, Feng Wan, Mohammad Farhadi, et al.. (2010). Differentiation Therapy Exerts Antitumor Effects on Stem-like Glioma Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(10). 2715–2728. 251 indexed citations

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Wein, Frederik, Rainer Saffrich, Patrick Wuchter, et al.. (2010). N-Cadherin is expressed on human hematopoietic progenitor cells and mediates interaction with human mesenchymal stromal cells. Stem Cell Research. 4(2). 129–139. 61 indexed citations

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Walenda, Thomas, Simone Bork, Patrick Horn, et al.. (2009). Co‐culture with mesenchymal stromal cells increases proliferation and maintenance of haematopoietic progenitor cells. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 14(1-2). 337–350. 143 indexed citations

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Suh, Yongjoon, et al.. (2009). Interaction between DLX2 and EGFR regulates proliferation and neurogenesis of SVZ precursors. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 42(4). 308–314. 37 indexed citations

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DeGeorge, Brent R., Marc Rosenberg, Volker Eckstein, et al.. (2008). BMP‐2 and FGF‐2 Synergistically Facilitate Adoption of a Cardiac Phenotype in Somatic Bone Marrow c‐kit+/Sca‐1+ Stem Cells. Clinical and Translational Science. 1(2). 116–125. 19 indexed citations

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Wagner, Wolfgang, Patrick Horn, M. Castoldi, et al.. (2008). Replicative Senescence of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Continuous and Organized Process. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2213–e2213. 902 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wagner, Wolfgang, Frederik Wein, Christoph Roderburg, et al.. (2007). Adhesion of hematopoietic progenitor cells to human mesenchymal stem cells as a model for cell−cell interaction. Experimental Hematology. 35(2). 314–325. 95 indexed citations

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Niemeyer, Philipp, Martin Kornacker, Alexander T. Mehlhorn, et al.. (2007). Comparison of Immunological Properties of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells and Adipose Tissue–Derived Stem Cells Before and After Osteogenic Differentiation In Vitro. Tissue Engineering. 13(1). 111–121. 147 indexed citations

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Lutz, Matthias, Mark E. Rosenberg, Fabian Kießling, et al.. (2007). Local injection of stem cell factor (SCF) improves myocardial homing of systemically delivered c-kit + bone marrow-derived stem cells. Cardiovascular Research. 77(1). 143–150. 46 indexed citations

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Früehauf, Stefan, Patrick Maier, Li Li, et al.. (2006). The CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 releases a subset of G-CSF-primed peripheral blood progenitor cells with specific gene expression characteristics. Experimental Hematology. 34(8). 1052–1059. 49 indexed citations

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Punzel, Michael, Tao Zhang, Dai‐Hong Liu, Volker Eckstein, & Anthony D. Ho. (2002). Functional analysis of initial cell divisions defines the subsequent fate of individual human CD34+CD38− cells. Experimental Hematology. 30(5). 464–472. 34 indexed citations

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