2026 Markus Landthaler: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	65	2649	2509	189	179	151	41423

Overview

Markus Landthaler is affiliated with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and molecular biology, focusing particularly on infectious diseases and immunology.

Their recent scientific contributions include studies on the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and cellular responses to viral infections. Notable publications are:

Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment, 2020, Cell
SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis, 2021, Cell
Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19, 2021, Nature
Transcriptomic profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infected human cell lines identifies HSP90 as target for COVID-19 therapy, 2021, iScience
SARS-CoV-2-mediated dysregulation of metabolism and autophagy uncovers host-targeting antivirals, 2021, Nature Communications

Markus Landthaler's frequent co-authors include:

Emanuel Wyler
Luiz Gustavo Teixeira Alves
Jakob Trimpert
Christine Goffinet
Geraldine Nouailles

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Cell Reports
Cell
mBio

Markus Landthaler's main fields of study comprise:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, their research focuses on subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Epidemiology
Neurology

The central topics covered in their research include:

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA modifications and cancer
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Interferon and immune responses

Best Publications

Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency

Sebastian Memczak;Marvin Jens;Antigoni Elefsinioti;Francesca Torti

7341
Citations
A mammalian microRNA expression atlas based on small RNA library sequencing.

Pablo Landgraf;Mirabela Rusu;Robert Sheridan;Alain Sewer;Alain Sewer

4553
Citations
Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein and MicroRNA Target Sites by PAR-CLIP

Markus Hafner;Markus Landthaler;Lukas Burger;Mohsen Khorshid

3205
Citations
Human argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Agnieszka Patkaniowska;Yair Dorsett

2515
Citations
Translation of CircRNAs

Nagarjuna Reddy Pamudurti;Osnat Bartok;Marvin Jens;Reut Ashwal-Fluss

1573
Citations
Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment.

Jonas Schulte-Schrepping;Nico Reusch;Daniela Paclik;Kevin Baßler

1496
Citations
The mRNA-Bound Proteome and Its Global Occupancy Profile on Protein-Coding Transcripts

Alexander G. Baltz;Mathias Munschauer;Björn Schwanhäusser;Alexandra Vasile

1306
Citations
The human DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8 and its D-melanogaster homolog are required for miRNA biogenesis

Markus Landthaler;Abdullah Yalcin;Thomas Tuschl

1176
Citations
Endogenous MHC Class II Processing of a Viral Nuclear Antigen After Autophagy

Casper Paludan;Dorothee Schmid;Markus Landthaler;Martina Vockerodt

1039
Citations
Analysis of Intron Sequences Reveals Hallmarks of Circular RNA Biogenesis in Animals

Andranik Ivanov;Sebastian Memczak;Emanuel Wyler;Francesca Torti

1017
Citations
Sequence-specific inhibition of microRNA- and siRNA-induced RNA silencing.

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Yair Dorsett;Thomas Tuschl

890
Citations
Transcriptome-wide analysis of regulatory interactions of the RNA-binding protein HuR.

Svetlana Lebedeva;Marvin Jens;Kathrin Theil;Björn Schwanhäusser

739
Citations
Cellular cofactors affecting hepatitis C virus infection and replication

Glenn Randall;Maryline Panis;Jacob D. Cooper;Timothy L. Tellinghuisen

693
Citations
Identification of Novel Argonaute-Associated Proteins

Gunter Meister;Markus Landthaler;Lasse Peters;Po Yu Chen

691
Citations
SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis

Daniel Wendisch;Oliver Dietrich;Tommaso Mari;Saskia von Stillfried

525
Citations
The Translational Landscape of the Human Heart

Sebastiaan van Heesch;Franziska Witte;Valentin Schneider-Lunitz;Jana F. Schulz

488
Citations
Molecular characterization of human Argonaute-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes and their bound target mRNAs

Markus Landthaler;Dimos Gaidatzis;Andrea Rothballer;Po Yu Chen

455
Citations
Detecting actively translated open reading frames in ribosome profiling data

Lorenzo Calviello;Neelanjan Mukherjee;Emanuel Wyler;Henrik Zauber

432
Citations
Regnase-1 and Roquin Regulate a Common Element in Inflammatory mRNAs by Spatiotemporally Distinct Mechanisms

Takashi Mino;Yasuhiro Murakawa;Akira Fukao;Alexis Vandenbon

359
Citations
PAR-CliP-a method to identify transcriptome-wide the binding sites of RNA binding proteins

Markus Hafner;Markus Landthaler;Lukas Burger;Mohsen Khorshid

342
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University

Nikolaus Rajewsky Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Matthias Selbach Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Uwe Ohler Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Mihaela Zavolan University of Basel

Gunter Meister University of Regensburg

Christoph Dieterich University Hospital Heidelberg

Markus Hafner National Institutes of Health

Norbert Hubner Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Friedrich A. Grässer Saarland University

External Links

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