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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
54062
World Ranking
1338
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Henning Walczak is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and focuses on research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, and cancer research.

The scientist's research extensively addresses cell death mechanisms and regulation, interferon and immune responses, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, inflammasome and immune disorders, NF-κB signaling pathways, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Frequent coauthors involved in collaborative projects with Henning Walczak include:

  • Gianmaria Liccardi
  • Nieves Peltzer
  • Alessandro Annibaldi
  • Julia Saggau
  • Diego de Miguel

The scientist has published in numerous well-regarded scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Molecular Cell
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine

Recent published works by Henning Walczak comprise the following titles along with their year of publication and venue:

  • "Harnessing TRAIL-induced cell death for cancer therapy: a long walk with thrilling discoveries," 2022, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Cancer Cells Employ Nuclear Caspase-8 to Overcome the p53-Dependent G2/M Checkpoint through Cleavage of USP28," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Inhibition of ADAM17 impairs endothelial cell necroptosis and blocks metastasis," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Death Receptors and Their Ligands in Inflammatory Disease and Cancer," 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • "Compound heterozygous variants in OTULIN are associated with fulminant atypical late-onset ORAS," 2022, EMBO Molecular Medicine

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Tumoricidal activity of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand in vivo

    Henning Walczak;Robert E. Miller;Kiley Ariail;Brian Gliniak

  • Autocrine T-cell suicide mediated by APO-1/(Fas/CD95)

    Jens Dhein;Henning Walczak;Caroline Bäumler;Klaus-Michael Debatin

  • Regulated necrosis: the expanding network of non-apoptotic cell death pathways

    Tom Vanden Berghe;Andreas Linkermann;Sandrine Jouan-Lanhouet;Henning Walczak

  • Rethinking ovarian cancer: recommendations for improving outcomes

    Sebastian Vaughan;Jermaine I. Coward;Robert C. Bast;Andy Berchuck

  • TRAIL-R2: A NOVEL APOPTOSIS-MEDIATING RECEPTOR FOR TRAIL

    Henning Walczak;Mariapia A. Degli‐Esposti;Richard S. Johnson;Pam J. Smolak

  • Sensitization of T cells to CD95-mediated apoptosis by HIV-1 Tat and gp120.

    Michael O. Westendorp;Rainer Frank;Christina Ochsenbauer;Kirstin Stricker

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Linear ubiquitination prevents inflammation and regulates immune signalling

    Bjã¶rn Gerlach;Stefanie M. Cordier;Anna C. Schmukle;Christoph H. Emmerich;Christoph H. Emmerich

  • CD28-dependent Rac1 activation is the molecular target of azathioprine in primary human CD4+ T lymphocytes.

    Imke Tiede;Gerhard Fritz;Susanne Strand;Daniela Poppe

  • FADD/MORT1 and Caspase-8 Are Recruited to TRAIL Receptors 1 and 2 and Are Essential for Apoptosis Mediated by TRAIL Receptor 2

    Martin R Sprick;Markus A Weigand;Markus A Weigand;Eva Rieser;Charles T Rauch

  • Involvement of the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor and ligand in liver damage.

    Peter R. Galle;Walter J. Hofmann;Henning Walczak;Heinz Schaller

  • Drug-induced apoptosis in hepatoma cells is mediated by the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor/ligand system and involves activation of wild-type p53.

    Martina Müller;Susanne Strand;Hubert Hug;Eva Maria Heinemann

  • The CD95 (APO-1/Fas) and the TRAIL (APO-2L) apoptosis systems.

    Henning Walczak;Peter H. Krammer

  • Cloning and characterization of TRAIL-R3, a novel member of the emerging TRAIL receptor family.

    Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti;Pamela J. Smolak;Henning Walczak;Jennifer Waugh

  • Recruitment of the Linear Ubiquitin Chain Assembly Complex Stabilizes the TNF-R1 Signaling Complex and Is Required for TNF-Mediated Gene Induction

    Tobias L. Haas;Christoph H. Emmerich;Christoph H. Emmerich;Bjã¶rn Gerlach;Bjã¶rn Gerlach;Anna C. Schmukle

  • Apoptosis in mesenchymal stromal cells induces in vivo recipient-mediated immunomodulation.

    Antonio Galleu;Yanira Riffo-Vasquez;Cristina Trento;Cara Lomas

  • TRAIL signalling: decisions between life and death.

    Christina Falschlehner;Christoph H. Emmerich;Björn Gerlach;Henning Walczak

  • Two independent pathways of regulated necrosis mediate ischemia–reperfusion injury

    Andreas Linkermann;Jan Hinrich Bräsen;Maurice Darding;Mi Kyung Jin

  • Cell nucleus and DNA fragmentation are not required for apoptosis

    Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Henning Walczak;Wulf Dröge;Peter H. Krammer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Krammer
Peter H. Krammer German Cancer Research Center
Wolfgang Stremmel
Wolfgang Stremmel Heidelberg University
John Silke
John Silke Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Klaus-Michael Debatin
Klaus-Michael Debatin University of Ulm
Andreas Strasser
Andreas Strasser Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Marcus E. Peter
Marcus E. Peter Northwestern University
Martin Leverkus
Martin Leverkus RWTH Aachen University
Douglas R. Green
Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt

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