Wolfgang J. Streit

21.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
144 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang J. Streit is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang J. Streit has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Neurology, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang J. Streit's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (94 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (32 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (24 papers). Wolfgang J. Streit is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (94 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (32 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (24 papers). Wolfgang J. Streit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Wolfgang J. Streit's co-authors include Manuel B. Graeber, Georg W. Kreutzberg, Qing‐Shan Xue, Ingo Bechmann, Nathan A. Pennell, Robert E. Mrak, W. Sue T. Griffin, Takato Morioka, Audrey N. Kalehua and Barry Flanary and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang J. Streit

144 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

Reactive microgliosis 1988 2026 2000 2013 1999 2000 2004 1988 2002 250 500 750
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.

  1. Reactive microgliosis
    1999 923 citations Wolfgang J. Streit et al. profile →
  2. Down-Regulation of the Macrophage Lineage Through Interaction with OX2 (CD200)
    2000 826 citations Wolfgang J. Streit et al. profile →
  3. Microglia and neuroinflammation: a pathological perspective.
    2004 821 citations Wolfgang J. Streit et al. Journal of Neuroinflammation profile →
  4. Functional plasticity of microglia: A review
    1988 814 citations Wolfgang J. Streit, Manuel B. Graeber et al. Glia profile →
  5. Microglia as neuroprotective, immunocompetent cells of the CNS
    2002 745 citations Wolfgang J. Streit Glia profile →
  6. Microglia: biology and pathology
    2009 571 citations Manuel B. Graeber, Wolfgang J. Streit Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  7. Dystrophic (senescent) rather than activated microglial cells are associated with tau pathology and likely precede neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease
    2009 570 citations Wolfgang J. Streit, Heiko Braak et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  8. Dystrophic microglia in the aging human brain
    2003 541 citations Wolfgang J. Streit et al. Glia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang J. Streit United States 62 10.2k 4.3k 4.0k 4.0k 3.4k 144 16.3k
Shinichi Kohsaka Japan 69 9.8k 1.0× 6.0k 1.4× 4.3k 1.1× 3.7k 0.9× 5.8k 1.7× 251 20.1k
Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch Germany 46 9.0k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 4.5k 1.1× 4.1k 1.2× 98 15.7k
Josef Priller Germany 64 9.1k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 5.3k 1.3× 4.9k 1.4× 212 18.0k
Oleg Butovsky United States 47 10.1k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.9× 4.7k 1.2× 3.7k 1.1× 78 15.2k
Shane A. Liddelow United States 40 7.0k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 4.5k 1.3× 73 13.2k
Manuel B. Graeber Germany 59 5.6k 0.5× 3.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 3.2k 0.9× 166 11.7k
Jari Koıstınaho Finland 66 5.0k 0.5× 4.1k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 6.1k 1.8× 288 15.3k
Georg W. Kreutzberg Germany 57 6.8k 0.7× 6.0k 1.4× 2.1k 0.5× 3.4k 0.9× 4.1k 1.2× 141 15.2k
Elly M. Hol Netherlands 61 4.6k 0.4× 2.8k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 5.8k 1.7× 198 13.4k
Kazuhide Inoue Japan 69 6.4k 0.6× 6.9k 1.6× 8.5k 2.1× 2.0k 0.5× 4.8k 1.4× 290 19.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang J. Streit

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kuhrt, Heidrun, et al.. (2024). Detection of molecular markers of ferroptosis in human Alzheimer's disease brains. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 102(4). 1133–1154. 1 indexed citations
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Gopinath, Adithya, Stephanie Matt, Andria Doty, et al.. (2022). Functional characterization of the biogenic amine transporters on human macrophages. JCI Insight. 7(4). 19 indexed citations
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Gopinath, Adithya, Gerry Shaw, Leila Saadatpour, et al.. (2022). DAT and TH expression marks human Parkinson’s disease in peripheral immune cells. npj Parkinson s Disease. 8(1). 72–72. 28 indexed citations
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Golde, Todd E., Wolfgang J. Streit, & Paramita Chakrabarty. (2013). Alzheimer's disease risk alleles in TREM2 illuminate innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 5(3). 24–24. 28 indexed citations
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Streit, Wolfgang J., Qing‐Shan Xue, Heiko Braak, & Kelly Del Tredici. (2013). Presence of severe neuroinflammation does not intensify neurofibrillary degeneration in human brain. Glia. 62(1). 96–105. 20 indexed citations
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Xue, Qing‐Shan, David L. Sparks, & Wolfgang J. Streit. (2007). Microglial activation in the hippocampus of hypercholesterolemic rabbits occurs independent of increased amyloid production. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 4(1). 20–20. 29 indexed citations
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Streit, Wolfgang J.. (2006). Microglial senescence: does the brain's immune system have an expiration date?. Trends in Neurosciences. 29(9). 506–510. 325 indexed citations
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Flanary, Barry & Wolfgang J. Streit. (2006). Alpha‐tocopherol (vitamin E) induces rapid, nonsustained proliferation in cultured rat microglia. Glia. 53(6). 669–674. 16 indexed citations
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Miller, Kelly R., et al.. (2005). Minocycline does not inhibit microglia proliferation or neuronal regeneration in the facial nucleus following crush injury. Neuroscience Letters. 385(3). 220–223. 22 indexed citations
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Streit, Wolfgang J., et al.. (2005). Effect of aging on the microglial response to peripheral nerve injury. Neurobiology of Aging. 27(10). 1451–1461. 75 indexed citations
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Flanary, Barry & Wolfgang J. Streit. (2003). Telomeres Shorten with Age in Rat Cerebellum and Cortex in vivo. PubMed. 6(4). 299–308. 74 indexed citations
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Petitto, John M., et al.. (2000). Interleukin-2 gene deletion produces a robust reduction in susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 mice. Neuroscience Letters. 285(1). 66–70. 37 indexed citations
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Dumoulin, Franz Ludwig, Gennadij Raivich, Carola A. Haas, et al.. (1992). Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 657(1). 351–360. 42 indexed citations
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Morioka, Takato, Audrey N. Kalehua, & Wolfgang J. Streit. (1992). Progressive expression of immunomolecules on microglial cells in rat dorsal hippocampus following transient forebrain ischemia. Acta Neuropathologica. 83(2). 149–157. 109 indexed citations
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Reddington, Martin, et al.. (1991). The action of calcitonin gene-related peptide on astrocyte morphology and cyclic AMP accumulation in astrocyte cultures from neonatal rat brain. Neuroscience Letters. 130(1). 99–102. 63 indexed citations
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Graeber, Manuel B., Richard B. Banati, Wolfgang J. Streit, & Georg W. Kreutzberg. (1989). Immunophenotypic characterization of rat brain macrophages in culture. Neuroscience Letters. 103(3). 241–246. 56 indexed citations
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Graeber, Manuel B., Wolfram Tetzlaff, Wolfgang J. Streit, & Georg W. Kreutzberg. (1988). Microglial cells but not astrocytes undergo mitosis following rat facial nerve axotomy. Neuroscience Letters. 85(3). 317–321. 285 indexed citations
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Streit, Wolfgang J., et al.. (1988). The microglial cytoskeleton: vimentin is localized within activated cellsin situ. Journal of Neurocytology. 17(4). 573–580. 170 indexed citations

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