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Martina U. Muckenthaler

Martina U. Muckenthaler

Heidelberg University
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
28673
World Ranking
3462
National Ranking
263

Martina U. Muckenthaler publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martina U. Muckenthaler sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 311 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Martina U. Muckenthaler D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martina U. Muckenthaler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine

Overview

Martina U. Muckenthaler is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the medical field, with significant contributions in hematology, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, nutrition and dietetics, and molecular biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas within medicine including iron metabolism and disorders, hemoglobinopathies and related disorders, trace elements in health, erythropoietin and anemia treatment, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, pulmonary hypertension research and treatments, as well as folate and B vitamins research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Martina U. Muckenthaler include:

  • Iron deficiency, 2020, The Lancet
  • Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis, 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Ferroptosis in health and disease, 2024, Redox Biology
  • Hemochromatosis classification: update and recommendations by the BIOIRON Society, 2021, Blood
  • The evaluation of iron deficiency and iron overload, 2021, Deutsches Ärzteblatt international

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Muckenthaler include:

  • Sandro Altamura
  • Oriana Marques
  • Silvia Colucci
  • Richard Sparla
  • Natalie K. Horvat

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • HemaSphere
  • Blood
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Haematologica

Throughout their career, Martina U. Muckenthaler has received recognition including induction into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2020 for contributions to human genetics and molecular medicine.

Best Publications

  • MicroRNA-21 contributes to myocardial disease by stimulating MAP kinase signalling in fibroblasts

    Thomas Thum;Carina Gross;Jan Fiedler;Thomas Fischer

  • Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism

    Matthias W. Hentze;Martina U. Muckenthaler;Bruno Galy;Clara Camaschella

  • Balancing Acts: Molecular Control of Mammalian Iron Metabolism

    Matthias W Hentze;Martina U Muckenthaler;Nancy C Andrews

  • A Red Carpet for Iron Metabolism

    Martina U. Muckenthaler;Stefano Rivella;Matthias W. Hentze;Bruno Galy

  • Systemic Iron Homeostasis and the Iron-Responsive Element/Iron-Regulatory Protein (IRE/IRP) Regulatory Network

    Martina U Muckenthaler;Bruno Galy;Matthias W Hentze

  • STAT3 mediates hepatic hepcidin expression and its inflammatory stimulation

    Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa;Maria Vittoria Verga Falzacappa;Maja Vujic Spasic;Maja Vujic Spasic;Regina Kessler;Jens Stolte

  • A sensitive array for microRNA expression profiling (miChip) based on locked nucleic acids (LNA).

    Mirco Castoldi;Sabine Schmidt;Vladimir Benes;Mikkel Noerholm

  • Expression of the miR-17-92 polycistron in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) CD34+ cells

    Letizia Venturini;Karin Battmer;Mirco Castoldi;Beate Schultheis

  • Iron toxicity in diseases of aging: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and atherosclerosis.

    Sandro Altamura;Martina U Muckenthaler

  • Gain-of-function mutations in interleukin-7 receptor-α (IL7R) in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemias

    Chen Shochat;Noa Tal;Noa Tal;Obul R. Bandapalli;Obul R. Bandapalli;Chiara Palmi

  • Regulatory defects in liver and intestine implicate abnormal hepcidin and Cybrd1 expression in mouse hemochromatosis.

    Martina Muckenthaler;Cindy N. Roy;Cindy N. Roy;Ángel O. Custodio;Ángel O. Custodio;Belén Miñana

  • IRP-1 Binding to Ferritin mRNA Prevents the Recruitment of the Small Ribosomal Subunit by the Cap-Binding Complex eIF4F

    Martina Muckenthaler;Nicola K Gray;Matthias W Hentze

  • Iron-regulatory proteins limit hypoxia-inducible factor-2α expression in iron deficiency

    Mayka Sanchez;Bruno Galy;Martina U Muckenthaler;Martina U Muckenthaler;Matthias W Hentze

  • Activating NOTCH1 mutations predict favorable early treatment response and long-term outcome in childhood precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Stephen Breit;Martin Stanulla;Thomas Flohr;Martin Schrappe

  • The deadenylating nuclease (DAN) is involved in poly(A) tail removal during the meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes

    Christof G. Körner;Michael Wormington;Martina Muckenthaler;Sandra Schneider

  • Heme controls ferroportin1 (FPN1) transcription involving Bach1, Nrf2 and a MARE/ARE sequence motif at position -7007 of the FPN1 promoter.

    Samuele Marro;Deborah Chiabrando;Erika Messana;Jens Stolte

  • The liver-specific microRNA miR-122 controls systemic iron homeostasis in mice

    Mirco Castoldi;Maja Vujic Spasic;Sandro Altamura;Joacim Elmén

  • Hemopexin therapy reverts heme-induced proinflammatory phenotypic switching of macrophages in a mouse model of sickle cell disease

    Francesca Vinchi;Francesca Vinchi;Francesca Vinchi;Milene Costa da Silva;Giada Ingoglia;Sara Petrillo

  • IKZF1plus Defines a New Minimal Residual Disease–Dependent Very-Poor Prognostic Profile in Pediatric B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Martin Stanulla;Elif Dagdan;Marketa Zaliova;Anja Möricke

  • Altered body iron distribution and microcytosis in mice deficient in iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2).

    Bruno Galy;Dunja Ferring;Belen Minana;Oliver Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias W. Hentze
Matthias W. Hentze European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Andreas E. Kulozik
Andreas E. Kulozik Heidelberg University
Martin Schrappe
Martin Schrappe Kiel University
Martin Stanulla
Martin Stanulla Hannover Medical School
Jan O. Korbel
Jan O. Korbel European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Marcus A. Mall
Marcus A. Mall Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Vladimir Benes
Vladimir Benes European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Max Gassmann
Max Gassmann University of Zurich
Martin Zimmermann
Martin Zimmermann Hannover Medical School
Wolfgang Stremmel
Wolfgang Stremmel Heidelberg University

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