Benjamin Ruf

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 869 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Ruf is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Ruf has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 869 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Ruf's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Benjamin Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Benjamin Ruf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Benjamin Ruf's co-authors include Tim F. Greten, Bernd Heinrich, Firouzeh Korangy, Xin Wei Wang, Chi Ma, Simon Wabitsch, Laurence P. Diggs, John C. McVey, Eytan Ruppin and Mark Yarchoan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature reviews. Cancer and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Ruf

28 papers receiving 868 citations

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Biomarkers for immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

2023 109 citations Tim F. Greten, Firouzeh Korangy et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Ruf United States	14	343	298	280	192	146	29	869
Adeel ur Rehman China	10	324 0.9×	453 1.5×	273 1.0×	193 1.0×	73 0.5×	27	917
Miaojun Han United States	9	182 0.5×	190 0.6×	225 0.8×	305 1.6×	188 1.3×	10	738
Ruizhao Qi China	11	325 0.9×	220 0.7×	222 0.8×	114 0.6×	192 1.3×	20	706
Sandra Ortiz‐Cuaran France	16	527 1.5×	151 0.5×	486 1.7×	125 0.7×	93 0.6×	35	1.0k
Kit Man Wong United States	13	233 0.7×	163 0.5×	368 1.3×	90 0.5×	31 0.2×	32	793
Shanshan Liu China	14	199 0.6×	146 0.5×	324 1.2×	64 0.3×	64 0.4×	43	764
Idrees Mian United States	11	210 0.6×	79 0.3×	455 1.6×	202 1.1×	244 1.7×	15	1.1k
Fubiao Kang China	15	323 0.9×	370 1.2×	234 0.8×	110 0.6×	73 0.5×	26	782
Yonggang Lv China	16	208 0.6×	174 0.6×	224 0.8×	151 0.8×	44 0.3×	28	648
Jérôme Mahiou United States	12	120 0.3×	408 1.4×	390 1.4×	84 0.4×	65 0.4×	15	925

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Ruf, Benjamin, Patrick Huang, Chi Ma, et al.. (2025). Activating Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells for next generation immunotherapy of liver cancer. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 63. 1 indexed citations

Wistuba‐Hamprecht, Kilian, et al.. (2024). Innate-like T cells in liver disease. Trends in Immunology. 45(7). 535–548. 12 indexed citations

Green, Benjamin L., Yuta Myojin, Chi Ma, et al.. (2023). Immunosuppressive CD29 ⁺ Treg accumulation in the liver in mice on checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Gut. 73(3). 509–520. 7 indexed citations

Myojin, Yuta, Justin McCallen, Chi Ma, et al.. (2023). Adenosine A2a receptor inhibition increases the anti-tumor efficacy of anti-PD1 treatment in murine hepatobiliary cancers. JHEP Reports. 6(1). 100959–100959. 12 indexed citations

Monge, Cecilia, Changqing Xie, Yuta Myojin, et al.. (2023). Phase I/II study of PexaVec in combination with immune checkpoint inhibition in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(2). e005640–e005640. 46 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, Benjamin Ruf, Michael E. Kelly, et al.. (2023). Anti-Cancer Activity of Verteporfin in Cholangiocarcinoma. Cancers. 15(9). 2454–2454. 8 indexed citations

Bauer, Kylynda C., Benjamin Ruf, Yuta Myojin, et al.. (2023). 988 Vagal-CD8+ T cell neuroimmune axis modulates liver cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A1095–A1095.

McVey, John C., Benjamin L. Green, Benjamin Ruf, et al.. (2022). NAFLD indirectly impairs antigen-specific CD8+ T cell immunity against liver cancer in mice. iScience. 25(2). 103847–103847. 18 indexed citations

Wabitsch, Simon, Justin McCallen, Olena Kamenyeva, et al.. (2022). Metformin treatment rescues CD8+ T-cell response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in mice with NAFLD. Journal of Hepatology. 77(3). 748–760. 98 indexed citations

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Heinrich, Bernd, Benjamin Ruf, Varun Subramanyam, et al.. (2022). Checkpoint Inhibitors Modulate Plasticity of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Peripheral Blood of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 849958–849958. 8 indexed citations

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Ruf, Benjamin, Cristiana Roggia, Christopher Schroeder, et al.. (2022). Chromoendoscopy in Combination with Random Biopsies for Patients with Pathogenic CDH1 Mutations Undergoing Endoscopic Surveillance. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 54(2). 520–527. 3 indexed citations

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Ruf, Benjamin, Simon Wabitsch, Chi Ma, et al.. (2021). Activating Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Induces a Broad Antitumor Response. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(9). 1024–1034. 39 indexed citations

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Wabitsch, Simon, John C. McVey, Chi Ma, et al.. (2020). Hydroxychloroquine can impair tumor response to anti-PD1 in subcutaneous mouse models. iScience. 24(1). 101990–101990. 15 indexed citations

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Heinrich, Bernd, Zachary J. Brown, Laurence P. Diggs, et al.. (2020). Steatohepatitis Impairs T-cell–Directed Immunotherapies Against Liver Tumors in Mice. Gastroenterology. 160(1). 331–345.e6. 55 indexed citations

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Ruf, Benjamin, Bernd Heinrich, & Tim F. Greten. (2020). Immunobiology and immunotherapy of HCC: spotlight on innate and innate-like immune cells. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(1). 112–127. 213 indexed citations

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Yurlova, Larisa, A. Scholz, Benjamin Ruf, et al.. (2016). A New Nanobody-Based Biosensor to Study Endogenous PARP1 In Vitro and in Live Human Cells. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151041–e0151041. 33 indexed citations

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Ruf, Benjamin & Ulrich M. Lauer. (2015). Assessment of current virotherapeutic application schemes: “hit hard and early” versus “killing softly”?. Molecular Therapy — Oncolytics. 2. 15018–15018. 12 indexed citations

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Ruf, Benjamin, Susanne Berchtold, Sascha Venturelli, et al.. (2015). Combination of the oral histone deacetylase inhibitor resminostat with oncolytic measles vaccine virus as a new option for epi-virotherapeutic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Therapy — Oncolytics. 2. 15019–15019. 26 indexed citations

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Grünewald, Thomas, et al.. (1997). Selective Expansion of γδ T Cells among Liver-Derived Lymphocytes of AIDS Patients with DisseminatedMycobacterium aviumComplex Infection. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 85(2). 151–157. 4 indexed citations

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Tintelnot, Kathrin, et al.. (1996). Port‐a‐cath‐related Fusarium oxysporum infection in an HIV‐infected patient: treatment with liposomal amphotericin B. Mycoses. 39(3-4). 115–119. 16 indexed citations

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