Wulf Dröge

26.7k citations

173 papers · 22.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Sulfur Compounds in Biology
Aging top 0.5%

Papers in

Biochemistry 34
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 18
- Sulfur Compounds in Biology 15
Aging 6

Co-authors: Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff M. Lienhard Schmitz Steffen P. Hehner Thomas G. Hofmann Sabine Mihm Patrick A. Baeuerle Hans‐Peter Eck Daniela N. Männel
Journals: Cellular Immunology (19 papers)The Journal of Immunology (15 papers)Journal of Molecular Medicine (11 papers)European Journal of Biochemistry (10 papers)The FASEB Journal (8 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Croatia United States

In The Last Decade

Wulf Dröge

173 papers receiving 21.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Autophagy and Aging: The Importance of Maintaining "Clean" Cells 2005 · 647 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Autophagy
2002 Physiological Reviews
1995 Nature
1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wulf Dröge, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Cysteine-Rich Protein Reverses Weight Loss in Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Richard Tozer, Patricia Tai, Moch Anggara, Thiérry Ducruet, Lu Chang-shum, Gustavo Bounous, Z. H.Zhou, Wulf Dröge	2007	44
2	Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Leukocyte Phosphoprotein of 76 kDa and Phospholipase Cγ1 Are Required for NF-κB Activation and Lipid Raft Recruitment of Protein Kinase Cθ Induced by T Cell Costimulation The Journal of Immunology ·Oliver Dienz, Andreas Möller, Thomas Vogelsaenger, Carolina Stelter, Peter H. Krammer, Wulf Dröge, M. Lienhard Schmitz	2003	33
3	Sp100 is important for the stimulatory effect of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase-2 on p53-dependent gene expression Oncogene ·Andreas Möller, Hüseyin Sirma, Thomas G. Hofmann, Hannah Staege, Ekaterina Gresko, John Joseph Michaud, Naheed Rajabali, Wulf Dröge, Hans Will, M. Lienhard Schmitz	2003	35
4	Free Radicals in the Physiological Control of Cell Function Physiological Reviews ·Wulf Dröge Hit paper breakdown →	2002	7707
5	[28] Redox-mediated functional and structural changes in insulin receptor kinase Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Agnes Hotz‐Wagenblatt, Wulf Dröge	2002	5
6	The plasma redox state and ageing Ageing Research Reviews ·Wulf Dröge	2002	46
7	Enhancement of T Cell Receptor Signaling by a Mild Oxidative Shift in the Intracellular Thiol Pool The Journal of Immunology ·Steffen P. Hehner, Raoul Breitkreutz, George Shubinsky, K Chandra Kala, Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff, M. Lienhard Schmitz, Wulf Dröge	2000	134
8	Caspase-dependent cleavage and inactivation of the Vav1 proto-oncogene product during apoptosis prevents IL-2 transcription Oncogene ·Thomas G. Hofmann, Steffen P. Hehner, Wulf Dröge, M. Lienhard Schmitz	2000	33
9	Effect of carnitine on muscular glutamate uptake and intramuscular glutathione in malignant diseases British Journal of Cancer ·Raoul Breitkreutz, M. Diakaki, Volker Hack, Shahram Savad, Niki Huang, H. Böhles, E. Hagmüller, Lutz Edler, E. Holm, Wulf Dröge	2000	13
10	Co-stimulatory effect of nitric oxide on endothelial NF-κB implies a physiological self-amplifying mechanism European Journal of Immunology ·Victor Umansky, Steffen P. Hehner, Andreas Dumont, Thomas G. Hofmann, Volker Schirrmacher, Wulf Dröge, M. Lienhard Schmitz	1998	88
11	Iron chelation decreases human immunodeficiency virus-1 Tat potentiated tumor necrosis factor-induced NF-kappa B activation in Jurkat cells. PubMed ·В. А. Шатров, Johan R. Boelaert, José Ruiz Watzeck, Wulf Dröge, V. Lehmann	1997	16
12	Short Communication : Elevated Hepatic γ-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase Activity and Abnormal Sulfate Levels in Liver and Muscle Tissue May Explain Abnormal Cysteine and Glutathione Levels in SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaques AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·剛馬渡, Volker Hack, Christiane Stahl‐Hennig, Wulf Dröge	1996	16
13	Role of Cysteine and Glutathione in HIV Infection and Cancer Cachexia: Therapeutic Intervention with N-Acetylcysteine Advances in pharmacology ·Wulf Dröge, Andrea M. Gross, Volker Hack, Ralf Kinscherf, Zukunft Des Deutschen Drama', Вяткін Р. С., Sabine Mihm, Dagmar Galter	1996	47
14	Hydrogen peroxide as a potent activator of T lymphocyte functions European Journal of Immunology ·Marek Łoś, Wulf Dröge, Kirstin Stricker, Patrick A. Baeuerle, Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff	1995	172
15	Plasma Amino Acid Dysregulation after Lentiviral Infection AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Wulf Dröge, KRISHNA K. MURTHY, Christiane Stahl‐Hennig, Susanne Härtung, Roland Plesker, Amr El Gendy, Ernst Peterhans, Ralf Kinscherf, Thomas Fischbach, Hans‐Peter Eck	1993	24
16	T4⁺ cell numbers are correlated with plasma glutamate and cystine levels: association of hyperglutamataemia with immunodeficiency in diseases with different aetiologies International Immunology ·Hans‐Peter Eck, Thomas Mertens, С.В. Мусина, Gerd Fätkenheuer, 河合誠之, Matthias Schrappe, E. A. Skorikov, Helmut Näher, D Petzoldt, P. Drings, Wulf Dröge	1992	24
17	Metabolic disorder as early consequence of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus macaques The Lancet ·Hans‐Peter Eck, Wulf Dröge, Christiane Stahl‐Hennig, Gerhard Hunsmann	1991	51
18	Macrophages regulate intracellular glutathione levels of lymphocytes. Evidence for an immunoregulatory role of cysteine Cellular Immunology ·Helmut Gmünder, Hans‐Peter Eck, Bernd Benninghoff, Steffen Roth, Wulf Dröge	1990	159
19	Influence of the Extracellular Glutamate Concentration on the Intracellular Cyst(e)ine Concentration in Macrophages and on the Capacity to Release Cysteine Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler ·Hans‐Peter Eck, Wulf Dröge	1989	43
20	Tumor necrosis factor-induced activation of peritoneal macrophages is regulated by prostaglandin E2 and cAMP. The Journal of Immunology ·Nor Azizah, Bernd Benninghoff, Wulf Dröge	1988	72

About Wulf Dröge

Wulf Dröge is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Aging, Immunology, Cancer Research and Emergency Medicine, having authored 173 papers that have together received 22.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include NF-κB Signaling Pathways (21 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (20 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (18 papers), HIV-related health complications and treatments (15 papers), Sulfur Compounds in Biology (15 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (15 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (2.1k citations), Aging (443 citations), Immunology (4.3k citations), Biochemistry (1.2k citations) and Cancer Research (2.7k citations). Wulf Dröge has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Croatia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff, M. Lienhard Schmitz, Steffen P. Hehner, Thomas G. Hofmann, Sabine Mihm, Patrick A. Baeuerle, Hans‐Peter Eck, Daniela N. Männel, Heike Schenk and Ralf Schreck. Their work appears in journals such as Cellular Immunology, The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Molecular Medicine, European Journal of Biochemistry and The FASEB Journal.

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