Arthur Melms

13.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Arthur Melms is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Arthur Melms has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Neurology, 49 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Arthur Melms's work include Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (54 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (32 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (28 papers). Arthur Melms is often cited by papers focused on Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (54 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (32 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (28 papers). Arthur Melms collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Arthur Melms's co-authors include Heinz Wiendl, Angela Vincent, John McConville, Werner Hoch, Sigrun Helms, John Newsom–Davis, Michael Weller, Berthold Schalke, Eva Tolosa and Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Arthur Melms

142 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Auto-antibodies to the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies

2001 839 citations Arthur Melms et al. profile →
International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis

2016 710 citations Donald B. Sanders, Gil I. Wolfe et al. Neurology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Arthur Melms	4.7k	2.1k	1.2k	1.2k	855	146	8.5k
Renato Mantegazza	4.5k 0.9×	927 0.4×	2.6k 2.2×	1.1k 0.9×	655 0.8×	324	8.9k
Sonia Berrih‐Aknin	4.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	949 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	269 0.3×	187	7.0k
Isabel Illa	7.4k 1.6×	878 0.4×	3.1k 2.6×	1.2k 1.0×	682 0.8×	193	12.3k
John Newsom–Davis	13.1k 2.8×	982 0.5×	3.3k 2.7×	1.6k 1.4×	491 0.6×	296	16.0k
Brigitte Wildemann	4.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	521 0.4×	5.3k 6.2×	213	9.8k
Marco W.J. Schreurs	1.8k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	259 0.2×	296 0.3×	172	6.2k
Henry J. Kaminski	4.8k 1.0×	512 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	458 0.5×	206	7.8k
Barry G.W. Arnason	1.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	242 0.2×	1.8k 2.1×	157	6.6k
Senga Whittingham	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	327 0.3×	496 0.6×	138	6.5k
Robert Weissert	1.1k 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	398 0.3×	2.3k 2.7×	116	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arthur Melms

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Narayanaswami, Pushpa, Donald B. Sanders, Gil I. Wolfe, et al.. (2020). International Consensus Guidance for Management of Myasthenia Gravis. Neurology. 96(3). 114–122. 389 indexed citations

Sanders, Donald B., Gil I. Wolfe, Michael Benatar, et al.. (2016). INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS GUIDANCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. Muscle & Nerve. 54. 647–647.

Sanders, Donald B., Gil I. Wolfe, Michael Benatar, et al.. (2016). International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis. Neurology. 87(4). 419–425. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

Doehner, Wolfram, Stephan von Haehling, Nicole Ebner, et al.. (2012). Elevated Plasma Levels of Neuropeptide Proenkephalin A Predict Mortality and Functional Outcome in Ischemic Stroke. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(4). 346–354. 35 indexed citations

Luther, Claudia, Eleni Adamopoulou, Christina Stoeckle, et al.. (2009). Prednisolone Treatment Induces Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and a Regulatory Milieu in Myasthenia Gravis Patients. The Journal of Immunology. 183(2). 841–848. 71 indexed citations

Sanders, Donald B., I. K. Hart, Renato Mantegazza, et al.. (2008). An international, phase III, randomized trial of mycophenolate mofetil in myasthenia gravis. Neurology. 71(6). 400–406. 186 indexed citations

Stoeckle, Christina, Cécile Gouttefangeas, Michael Hammer, et al.. (2008). Cathepsin W expressed exclusively in CD8+ T cells and NK cells, is secreted during target cell killing but is not essential for cytotoxicity in human CTLs. Experimental Hematology. 37(2). 266–275. 60 indexed citations

Amend, Bastian, Christian Lange, Evelyn Dubois, et al.. (2006). Induction of Autoimmunity by Expansion of Autoreactive CD4+CD62Llow Cells In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 177(7). 4384–4390. 16 indexed citations

Bischof, Felix, Matthias Hofmann, Ton N. Schumacher, et al.. (2004). Analysis of Autoreactive CD4 T Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis after Primary and Secondary Challenge Using MHC Class II Tetramers. The Journal of Immunology. 172(5). 2878–2884. 39 indexed citations

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Graaf, Katrien L. de, Maria K. Storch, Christoph Otto, et al.. (2004). MHC Class II Isotype- and Allele-Specific Attenuation of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology. 173(4). 2792–2802. 8 indexed citations

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Bischof, Felix, et al.. (2004). A Structurally Available Encephalitogenic Epitope of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Specifically Induces a Diversified Pathogenic Autoimmune Response. The Journal of Immunology. 173(1). 600–606. 20 indexed citations

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Burster, Timo, Alexander Beck, Eva Tolosa, et al.. (2004). Cathepsin G, and Not the Asparagine-Specific Endoprotease, Controls the Processing of Myelin Basic Protein in Lysosomes from Human B Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5495–5503. 63 indexed citations

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Tolosa, Eva, Weijie Li, Yoshiyuki Yasuda, et al.. (2003). Cathepsin V is involved in the degradation of invariant chain in human thymus and is overexpressed in myasthenia gravis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(4). 517–526. 104 indexed citations

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Wiendl, Heinz, Meike Mitsdoerffer, Valeska Hofmeister, et al.. (2002). A Functional Role of HLA-G Expression in Human Gliomas: An Alternative Strategy of Immune Escape. The Journal of Immunology. 168(9). 4772–4780. 291 indexed citations

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Weissert, Robert, Jens Kühle, Katrien L. de Graaf, et al.. (2002). High Immunogenicity of Intracellular Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Epitopes. The Journal of Immunology. 169(1). 548–556. 41 indexed citations

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Forsthuber, Thomas G., Carey L. Shive, Wolfgang Wienhold, et al.. (2001). T Cell Epitopes of Human Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Identified in HLA-DR4 (DRB1*0401) Transgenic Mice Are Encephalitogenic and Are Presented by Human B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 167(12). 7119–7125. 71 indexed citations

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Melms, Arthur, Michael Weller, Karsten Schepelmann, et al.. (1997). Ocular myasthenia gravis: response to long term immunosuppressive treatment. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 124(6). 869–869. 6 indexed citations

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Ham, S. Marieke van, et al.. (1996). Human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DM edits peptides presented by HLA-DR according to their ligand binding motifs.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 184(5). 2019–2024. 109 indexed citations

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Melms, Arthur, Berthold Schalke, Hartmut Wekerle, et al.. (1989). Autoimmune T lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis. Determination of target epitopes using T lines and recombinant products of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 83(3). 785–790. 55 indexed citations

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Melms, Arthur, Berthold Schalke, T Kirchner, et al.. (1988). Thymus in myasthenia gravis. Isolation of T-lymphocyte lines specific for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from thymuses of myasthenic patients.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 81(3). 902–908. 125 indexed citations

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