Alexander Leithner

1.1k total citations
12 papers, 751 citations indexed

About

Alexander Leithner is a scholar working on Immunology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Leithner has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 751 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Leithner's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers). Alexander Leithner is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers). Alexander Leithner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Switzerland. Alexander Leithner's co-authors include Michael Sixt, Markus Brown, Jens V. Stein, Robert Hauschild, Jun Abe, Dontscho Kerjaschki, Frank P. Assen, Pavel Uhrín, Zsuzsanna Bagó-Horváth and Helga Schachner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Cell Biology and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Leithner

12 papers receiving 750 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Leithner Austria 10 299 298 216 216 108 12 751
Markus Brown Austria 11 246 0.8× 325 1.1× 299 1.4× 148 0.7× 89 0.8× 12 797
Holger Pflicke United States 5 147 0.5× 211 0.7× 165 0.8× 185 0.9× 70 0.6× 6 528
Hoa Truong Netherlands 12 236 0.8× 274 0.9× 453 2.1× 202 0.9× 120 1.1× 18 961
Hayri E. Balcıoğlu Netherlands 16 166 0.6× 331 1.1× 316 1.5× 461 2.1× 266 2.5× 29 1.1k
Lorena Sánchez-Martı́n Spain 10 401 1.3× 278 0.9× 283 1.3× 110 0.5× 34 0.3× 11 809
Maarten Balzar Netherlands 5 206 0.7× 481 1.6× 494 2.3× 160 0.7× 93 0.9× 7 1.0k
Stéphanie Dogniaux France 14 658 2.2× 306 1.0× 205 0.9× 281 1.3× 111 1.0× 18 1.1k
Jeff Wyckoff United States 5 117 0.4× 227 0.8× 228 1.1× 154 0.7× 82 0.8× 6 507
Stefanie Derzsi United Kingdom 5 169 0.6× 552 1.9× 397 1.8× 273 1.3× 256 2.4× 5 1.0k
Gerasimos Anastassiou Germany 22 218 0.7× 568 1.9× 443 2.1× 97 0.4× 55 0.5× 51 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Leithner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Leithner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Leithner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Leithner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Leithner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Leithner. Alexander Leithner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Liu, Jia, Audun Kvalvaag, Anna S. Tocheva, et al.. (2024). Transmembrane domain–driven PD-1 dimers mediate T cell inhibition. Science Immunology. 9(93). eade6256–eade6256. 17 indexed citations
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Leithner, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. eLife. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Leithner, Alexander, Lukas M. Altenburger, Robert Hauschild, et al.. (2021). Dendritic cell actin dynamics control contact duration and priming efficiency at the immunological synapse. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 36 indexed citations
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Gaertner, Florian, Ingrid de Vries, Miroslav Hons, et al.. (2021). WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues. Developmental Cell. 57(1). 47–62.e9. 53 indexed citations
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Brown, Markus, Frank P. Assen, Alexander Leithner, et al.. (2018). Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. 359(6382). 1408–1411. 303 indexed citations
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Hons, Miroslav, Aglaja Kopf, Robert Hauschild, et al.. (2018). Chemokines and integrins independently tune actin flow and substrate friction during intranodal migration of T cells. Nature Immunology. 19(6). 606–616. 75 indexed citations
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Renkawitz, Jörg, Anne Reversat, Alexander Leithner, Jack Merrin, & Michael Sixt. (2018). Micro-engineered “pillar forests” to study cell migration in complex but controlled 3D environments. Methods in cell biology. 147. 79–91. 14 indexed citations
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Leithner, Alexander, Jörg Renkawitz, Ingrid de Vries, et al.. (2018). Fast and efficient genetic engineering of hematopoietic precursor cells for the study of dendritic cell migration. European Journal of Immunology. 48(6). 1074–1077. 26 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Jan, Kari Vaahtomeri, Robert Hauschild, et al.. (2017). Dendritic Cells Interpret Haptotactic Chemokine Gradients in a Manner Governed by Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Dependent on GRK6. Current Biology. 27(9). 1314–1325. 42 indexed citations
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Vaahtomeri, Kari, Markus Brown, Robert Hauschild, et al.. (2017). Locally Triggered Release of the Chemokine CCL21 Promotes Dendritic Cell Transmigration across Lymphatic Endothelia. Cell Reports. 19(5). 902–909. 61 indexed citations
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Leithner, Alexander, Alexander Eichner, Anne Reversat, et al.. (2016). Diversified actin protrusions promote environmental exploration but are dispensable for locomotion of leukocytes. Nature Cell Biology. 18(11). 1253–1259. 116 indexed citations
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Leithner, Alexander, Jack Merrin, Anne Reversat, & Michael Sixt. (2016). Geometrically complex microfluidic devices for the study of cell migration. Protocol Exchange. 3 indexed citations

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