Alexander Scheffold

15.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Alexander Scheffold is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Scheffold has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Immunology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Scheffold's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (53 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers). Alexander Scheffold is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (53 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers). Alexander Scheffold collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Alexander Scheffold's co-authors include Andreas Radbruch, Sascha Rutz, Maurus de la Rosa, Petra Bächer, Alf Hamann, Frank Buttgereit, Jochen Huehn, Andreas Thiel, Rolf Bräuer and Mario Assenmacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Scheffold

109 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

P- and E-selectin mediate recruitment of T-helper-1 but not T-helper-2 cells into inflamed tissues

1997 637 citations Udo Herz, Alexander Scheffold et al. profile →
Developmental Stage, Phenotype, and Migration Distinguish Naive- and Effector/Memory-like CD4+ Regulatory T Cells

2004 520 citations Jochen Huehn, Kerstin Siegmund et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Scheffold Germany	47	5.3k	1.6k	1.4k	836	669	110	8.2k
Marie Kosco‐Vilbois Switzerland	50	5.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	569 0.7×	614 0.9×	142	8.9k
Martin Giedlin United States	23	5.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	547 0.8×	40	9.2k
Akira Shibuya Japan	42	5.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	734 0.9×	377 0.6×	180	7.5k
Jens Geginat Italy	34	6.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	304 0.5×	64	9.2k
Nicolas Glaichenhaus France	44	3.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	943 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	524 0.8×	115	7.3k
Manfred B. Lutz Germany	45	9.5k 1.8×	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	600 0.9×	123	12.3k
Paul D. Rennert United States	51	6.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	723 0.9×	613 0.9×	84	10.6k
Barbara Fazekas de St Groth Australia	45	9.5k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	903 1.1×	456 0.7×	130	11.8k
Paul Garside United Kingdom	45	4.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	745 0.5×	574 0.7×	448 0.7×	161	6.7k
Wenwen Jin United States	30	5.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	614 0.7×	319 0.5×	56	8.3k

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Agaugué, Sophie, et al.. (2025). Butyrophilin 3A/2A1-independent activation of human Vγ9Vδ2 γδ T cells by bacteria. PNAS Nexus. 4(11). pgaf358–pgaf358.

Heine, Guido, et al.. (2024). The role of allergen-specific regulatory T cells in the control of allergic disease. Current Opinion in Immunology. 92. 102509–102509. 2 indexed citations

Scheffold, Alexander, et al.. (2023). T‐cell subsets in allergy and tolerance induction. European Journal of Immunology. 53(10). e2249983–e2249983. 10 indexed citations

Ibáñez, Javier, Rolf Fendel, Meral Esen, et al.. (2022). Efficacy, T cell activation and antibody responses in accelerated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite chemoprophylaxis vaccine regimens. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 59–59. 4 indexed citations

Ahlers, Jonas, Laura Lozza, Frederik Heinrich, et al.. (2022). A Notch/STAT3-driven Blimp-1/c-Maf-dependent molecular switch induces IL-10 expression in human CD4+ T cells and is defective in Crohn´s disease patients. Mucosal Immunology. 15(3). 480–490. 15 indexed citations

Meyer, Tim, Mariana Schürmann, Harald Bias, et al.. (2022). Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4 T-cell scoring discriminates tuberculosis infection from disease. European Respiratory Journal. 60(1). 2101780–2101780. 5 indexed citations

Sezin, Tanya, Balachandar Selvakumar, & Alexander Scheffold. (2022). The role of A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM)-10 in T helper cell biology. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1869(4). 119192–119192. 12 indexed citations

Scheffold, Alexander, Petra Bächer, & Salomé LeibundGut‐Landmann. (2020). T cell immunity to commensal fungi. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 58. 116–123. 27 indexed citations

Scheffold, Alexander, C. Schwarz, & Petra Bächer. (2017). Fungus-Specific CD4 T Cells as Specific Sensors for Identification of Pulmonary Fungal Infections. Mycopathologia. 183(1). 213–226. 15 indexed citations

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Ekmekçiu, Ira, Eliane von Klitzing, Ulrike Fiebiger, et al.. (2017). The Probiotic Compound VSL#3 Modulates Mucosal, Peripheral, and Systemic Immunity Following Murine Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Treatment. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 167–167. 45 indexed citations

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Yagita∥, Hideo, Andrzej Dzionek, Andreas Hutloff, et al.. (2009). Cutting Edge: Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Induce IL-10 Production in T Cells via the Delta-Like-4/Notch Axis. The Journal of Immunology. 184(2). 550–554. 58 indexed citations

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Rutz, Sascha, et al.. (2008). Notch regulates IL-10 production by T helper 1 cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(9). 3497–3502. 123 indexed citations

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Romagnani, Paola, Francesco Annunziato, Francesco Liotta, et al.. (2005). CD14+CD34 ^low Cells With Stem Cell Phenotypic and Functional Features Are the Major Source of Circulating Endothelial Progenitors. Circulation Research. 97(4). 314–322. 191 indexed citations

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Siegmund, Kerstin, Markus Feuerer, Christiane Siewert, et al.. (2005). Migration matters: regulatory T-cell compartmentalization determines suppressive activity in vivo. Blood. 106(9). 3097–3104. 213 indexed citations

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Annunziato, Francesco, et al.. (2005). CD14+CD34low Cells With Stem Cell Phenotypic and Functional Features Are the Major Source of Circulating Endothelial Progenitors. Circulation Research. 7 indexed citations

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Rutz, Sascha, Benjamin Mordmüller, Seiji Sakano, & Alexander Scheffold. (2005). Notch ligands Delta-like1, Delta-like4 and Jagged1 differentially regulate activation of peripheral T helper cells. European Journal of Immunology. 35(8). 2443–2451. 90 indexed citations

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Rosa, Maurus de la, et al.. (2004). Interleukin‐2 is essential for CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cell function. European Journal of Immunology. 34(9). 2480–2488. 415 indexed citations

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Ahrens, Birgit, Rolf Hackler, Jürgen R. Schaefer, et al.. (2003). Critical Role of Preconceptional Immunization for Protective and Nonpathological Specific Immunity in Murine Neonates. The Journal of Immunology. 171(7). 3485–3492. 81 indexed citations

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Herz, Udo, Ricarda Joachim, Birgit Ahrens, et al.. (2000). Prenatal Sensitization in a Mouse Model. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(Supplement_2). S62–S65. 32 indexed citations

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Scheffold, Alexander, et al.. (2000). High-sensitivity immunofluorescence for detection of the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines gamma interferon and interleukin-10 on the surface of cytokine-secreting cells. Nature Medicine. 6(1). 107–110. 60 indexed citations

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