2026 Margot Zöller: Microbiology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Microbiology	69	2000	1824	149	134	313	23071

Overview

Margot Zöller is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, where their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses significant contributions to molecular biology and cancer research, with additional involvement in immunology, neurology, and biotechnology subfields.

Their main research topics include:

Extracellular vesicles in disease
MicroRNA in disease regulation
Immunotherapy and immune responses
RNA interference and gene delivery
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Cancer research and treatments
Cancer cells and metastasis

Selected recent publications by Margot Zöller include:

"Tumor-derived exosomes: the next generation of promising cell-free vaccines in cancer immunotherapy," 2020, OncoImmunology
"Tspan8-Tumor Extracellular Vesicle-Induced Endothelial Cell and Fibroblast Remodeling Relies on the Target Cell-Selective Response," 2020, Cells
"Efficacy of Whole Cancer Stem Cell-Based Vaccines: A Systematic Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies," 2022, Stem Cells
"Increased expression of PDGFA and RAF1 in Tumor-derived exosomes in humancolorectal cancer," 2025, Cellular and Molecular Biology
"Increased expression of PDGFA and RAF1 in tumor-derived exosomes in human colorectal cancer," 2022, Research Square

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
Cancer Research
OncoImmunology
Stem Cells
Cells

Margot Zöller collaborates recurrently with several coauthors, notably:

Thilo Hackert
Marzieh Naseri
Zahra Madjd
Jan Provazník
Zhe Wang

Best Publications

A NEW VARIANT OF GLYCOPROTEIN CD44 CONFERS METASTATIC POTENTIAL TO RAT CARCINOMA CELLS

U. Günthert;M. Hofmann;W. Rudy;S. Reber

2229
Citations
CD44: can a cancer-initiating cell profit from an abundantly expressed molecule?

Margot Zöller

1489
Citations
Tetraspanins: push and pull in suppressing and promoting metastasis

Margot Zöller

899
Citations
Toward tailored exosomes: The exosomal tetraspanin web contributes to target cell selection

Sanyukta Rana;Shijing Yue;Daniela Stadel;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

812
Citations
Cell surface tetraspanin Tspan8 contributes to molecular pathways of exosome-induced endothelial cell activation.

Irina Nazarenko;Sanyukta Rana;Alexandra Baumann;Jessica McAlear

772
Citations
CD44 in cancer progression: adhesion, migration and growth regulation.

R Marhaba;M Zöller;M Zöller

608
Citations
Combined evaluation of a panel of protein and miRNA serum-exosome biomarkers for pancreatic cancer diagnosis increases sensitivity and specificity.

Bindhu Madhavan;Shijing Yue;Uwe Galli;Sanyukta Rana

605
Citations
Participation in normal immune responses of a metastasis-inducing splice variant of CD44

Robert Arch;Karin Wirth;Martin Hofmann;Helmut Ponta

563
Citations
Prevention of tumor metastasis formation by anti-variant CD44.

S Seiter;R Arch;S Reber;D Komitowski

518
Citations
CD44 splice variants confer metastatic behavior in rats: homologous sequences are expressed in human tumor cell lines.

Martin Hofmann;Wolfgang Rudy;Margot Zöller;Cornelia Tölg

474
Citations
Exosomal tumor microRNA modulates premetastatic organ cells.

Sanyukta Rana;Kamilla Malinowska;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

445
Citations
CD44v6 dependence of premetastatic niche preparation by exosomes.

Thorsten Jung;Donatello Castellana;Pamela Klingbeil;Ines Cuesta Hernández

408
Citations
CD44 splice variants: metastases meet lymphocytes

Peter Herrlich;Margot Zöller;Steven T. Pals;Helmut Ponta

382
Citations
The two major CD44 proteins expressed on a metastatic rat tumor cell line are derived from different splice variants: each one individually suffices to confer metastatic behavior.

Wolfgang Rudy;Martin Hofmann;Reinhard Schwartz-Albiez;Margot Zöller

327
Citations
A Complex of EpCAM, Claudin-7, CD44 Variant Isoforms, and Tetraspanins Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression

Sebastian Kuhn;Moritz Koch;Tobias Nübel;Markus Ladwein

325
Citations
Host matrix modulation by tumor exosomes promotes motility and invasiveness.

Wei Mu;Sanyukta Rana;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

316
Citations
Systemic induction of the angiogenesis switch by the tetraspanin D6.1A/CO-029

Sabine Gesierich;Igor Berezovskiy;Eduard Ryschich;Margot Zöller

313
Citations
Exosome target cell selection and the importance of exosomal tetraspanins: a hypothesis

Sanyukta Rana;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

276
Citations
Tumor-exosomes and leukocyte activation: an ambivalent crosstalk

Daniela Zech;Sanyukta Rana;Markus W Büchler;Margot Zöller;Margot Zöller

264
Citations
Synergistic Activity of Sorafenib and Sulforaphane Abolishes Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics

Vanessa Rausch;Li Liu;Georgios Kallifatidis;Bernd Baumann

260
Citations
Transfer of CD8+ Cells Induces Localized Hair Loss Whereas CD4+/CD25− Cells Promote Systemic Alopecia Areata and CD4+/CD25+ Cells Blockade Disease Onset in the C3H/HeJ Mouse Model

Kevin J. McElwee;Pia Freyschmidt-Paul;Rolf Hoffmann;Sabine Kissling

241
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron N. Apte Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Thilo Hackert Heidelberg University

Martina Schnölzer German Cancer Research Center

Elena Voronov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Shraga Segal Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Markus W. Büchler Champalimaud Foundation

Peter Herrlich Leibniz Association

Helmut Ponta Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Jürgen Weitz TU Dresden

John P. Sundberg Vanderbilt University

External Links

Personal website of Margot Zöller

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