Barbara Freund

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Barbara Freund is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Immunology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Freund has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Biomaterials, 3 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Freund's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers), Liver Diseases and Immunity (3 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (2 papers). Barbara Freund is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers), Liver Diseases and Immunity (3 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (2 papers). Barbara Freund collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Barbara Freund's co-authors include Jöerg Heeren, Rudolph Reimer, Harald Ittrich, Oliver T. Bruns, Christian Waurisch, Alexander Eychmüller, Peter Brønnum Nielsen, Horst Weller, Alexander Bartelt and Ulrich I. Tromsdorf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Freund

13 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance

2011 1.3k citations Alexander Bartelt, Oliver T. Bruns et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Freund Germany	11	1.2k	607	370	350	256	13	1.9k
Norifumi Urao United States	26	324 0.3×	99 0.2×	218 0.6×	1.1k 3.2×	285 1.1×	49	2.3k
Lei Qi China	20	575 0.5×	285 0.5×	82 0.2×	545 1.6×	114 0.4×	48	1.6k
Tianshi Feng Hong Kong	11	387 0.3×	374 0.6×	143 0.4×	460 1.3×	76 0.3×	19	1.1k
Viviana Casagrande Italy	23	342 0.3×	361 0.6×	155 0.4×	819 2.3×	50 0.2×	43	1.9k
Louise Dunn Australia	20	162 0.1×	98 0.2×	130 0.4×	729 2.1×	165 0.6×	44	1.7k
Mary F. Walsh United States	25	391 0.3×	77 0.1×	447 1.2×	595 1.7×	41 0.2×	53	1.7k
Chiara Cencioni Italy	20	237 0.2×	115 0.2×	103 0.3×	965 2.8×	76 0.3×	40	1.7k
Markus Schosserer Austria	19	498 0.4×	114 0.2×	45 0.1×	714 2.0×	59 0.2×	43	1.5k
Won Kon Kim South Korea	22	355 0.3×	313 0.5×	65 0.2×	999 2.9×	15 0.1×	52	1.7k
Peter Fraisl Belgium	14	287 0.2×	179 0.3×	52 0.1×	932 2.7×	19 0.1×	19	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Freund

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Carambia, Antonella, Barbara Freund, Dorothee Schwinge, et al.. (2015). Nanoparticle-based autoantigen delivery to Treg-inducing liver sinusoidal endothelial cells enables control of autoimmunity in mice. Journal of Hepatology. 62(6). 1349–1356. 143 indexed citations

Jung, Caroline, Markus Heine, Barbara Freund, et al.. (2015). Quantitative Activity Measurements of Brown Adipose Tissue at 7 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Application of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoprotein 59Fe-Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle. Investigative Radiology. 51(3). 194–202. 11 indexed citations

Freund, Barbara, Markus Heine, Christian Waurisch, et al.. (2015). The distribution and degradation of radiolabeled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and quantum dots in mice. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 6. 111–123. 33 indexed citations

Carambia, Antonella, Barbara Freund, Dorothee Schwinge, et al.. (2015). Nanoparticle-based autoantigen delivery to Treg-inducing liver sinusoidal endothelial cells enables control of autoimmunity in mice. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 53(1). 2 indexed citations

Heine, Markus, Alexander Bartelt, Oliver T. Bruns, et al.. (2014). The cell-type specific uptake of polymer-coated or micelle-embedded QDs and SPIOs does not provoke an acute pro-inflammatory response in the liver. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5. 1432–1440. 14 indexed citations

Carambia, Antonella, Barbara Freund, Dorothee Schwinge, et al.. (2014). TGF-β-dependent induction of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Journal of Hepatology. 61(3). 594–599. 189 indexed citations

Freund, Barbara, Oliver T. Bruns, Markus Heine, et al.. (2014). Determination of liver‐specific r₂* of a highly monodisperse USPIO by ⁵⁹Fe iron core‐labeling in mice at 3 T MRI. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 10(2). 153–162. 5 indexed citations

Jung, Caroline, Michael G. Kaul, Oliver T. Bruns, et al.. (2013). Intraperitoneal Injection Improves the Uptake of Nanoparticle-Labeled High-Density Lipoprotein to Atherosclerotic Plaques Compared With Intravenous Injection. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 7(2). 303–311. 41 indexed citations

Freund, Barbara, Ulrich I. Tromsdorf, Oliver T. Bruns, et al.. (2012). A Simple and Widely Applicable Method to ⁵⁹Fe-Radiolabel Monodisperse Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for In Vivo Quantification Studies. ACS Nano. 6(8). 7318–7325. 74 indexed citations

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Freund, Barbara, et al.. (2012). Bioavailability of chromium(III)-supplements in rats and humans. BioMetals. 25(5). 1051–1060. 32 indexed citations

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Heine, Markus, Barbara Freund, Peter Nielsen, et al.. (2012). High Interstitial Fluid Pressure Is Associated with Low Tumour Penetration of Diagnostic Monoclonal Antibodies Applied for Molecular Imaging Purposes. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36258–e36258. 52 indexed citations

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Bartelt, Alexander, Oliver T. Bruns, Rudolph Reimer, et al.. (2011). Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance. Nature Medicine. 17(2). 200–205. 1264 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heine, Markus, Peter Nollau, Peter Nielsen, et al.. (2011). Investigations on the Usefulness of CEACAMs as Potential Imaging Targets for Molecular Imaging Purposes. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28030–e28030. 16 indexed citations

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