Bertram Bengsch

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Bertram Bengsch is a scholar working on Immunology, Hepatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertram Bengsch has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Hepatology and 21 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Bertram Bengsch's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers). Bertram Bengsch is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers). Bertram Bengsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Bertram Bengsch's co-authors include Robert Thimme, E. John Wherry, Hubert E. Blum, Makoto Kurachi, Kristen E. Pauken, Pamela M. Odorizzi, Bianca Martin, Erietta Stelekati, Bianca Seigel and Sasikanth Manne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bertram Bengsch

69 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Epigenetic stability of exhausted T cells limits durability of reinvigoration by PD-1 blockade

2016 900 citations Kristen E. Pauken, Morgan A. Sammons et al. Science profile →
Bioenergetic Insufficiencies Due to Metabolic Alterations Regulated by the Inhibitory Receptor PD-1 Are an Early Driver of CD8 + T Cell Exhaustion

2016 588 citations Bertram Bengsch, Makoto Kurachi et al. profile →
Regulated Expression of Nuclear Receptor RORγt Confers Distinct Functional Fates to NK Cell Receptor-Expressing RORγt+ Innate Lymphocytes

2010 547 citations Bertram Bengsch, Robert Thimme et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertram Bengsch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bertram Bengsch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bertram Bengsch 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 Bertram Bengsch. Bertram Bengsch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial single-cell omics: new insights into liver diseases 2025 ·Gut ·(unknown), Robert Thimme, Bertram Bengsch	3
2	Limited vaccine-induced CD8+ T cell immunity in HIV-infected immunological nonresponders 2025 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Florian Emmerich, (unknown), Siegbert Rieg, Susanne Usadel, Bertram Bengsch, Tobias Boettler, Hendrik Luxenburger, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Matthias C. Müller, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann	0
3	Attenuated effector T cells are linked to control of chronic HBV infection 2024 ·Nature Immunology ·Kathrin Heim, Sagar Sagar, Özlem Soğukpınar, Sian Llewellyn‐Lacey, David A. Price, Florian Emmerich, Anke Kraft, Markus Cornberg, (unknown), Percy A. Knolle, Dirk Wohlleber, Bertram Bengsch, Tobias Boettler, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann	24
4	Combining epigenetic modulation: the next step for HCC immunotherapy? 2024 ·Gut ·Chi Ma, Bertram Bengsch	2
5	Impact of ALDH1A1 Expression in Intrahepatic Cholangiocellular Carcinoma 2024 ·Journal of Cancer ·(unknown), Melanie Christine Föll, (unknown), Oliver Schilling, Martin Werner, Stefan Fichtner‐Feigl, Bertram Bengsch, Peter Bronsert, Philipp Holzner, Sylvia Timme	0
6	T cells in the heterogeneous tumour immune microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma: Implications for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy 2023 ·(unknown), Henrike Salié, (unknown), Bertram Bengsch	3
7	Harnessing CD3 diversity to optimize CAR T cells 2023 ·Nature Immunology ·Rubí M.-H. Velasco Cárdenas, Simon M. Brandl, (unknown), Alexandra Emilia Schlaak, (unknown), Timo Peters, Fabian Beier, Bryan Serrels, Sanaz Taromi, (unknown), Simon Hauri, Matthias Gstaiger, Silke Laßmann, Johannes B. Huppa, Melanie Boerries, Geoffroy Andrieux, Bertram Bengsch, Wolfgang W. Schamel, Susana Minguet	42
8	Efficient formation and maintenance of humoral and CD4 T-cell immunity targeting the viral capsid in acute-resolving hepatitis E infection 2023 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Benedikt Csernalabics, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katharina Zoldan, Marcus Panning, Philipp A. Reuken, Tony Bruns, Bertram Bengsch, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Tobias Boettler	5
9	Immuntherapie in der Hepatogastroenterologie: Wirkung und Nebenwirkung 2023 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·(unknown), Michael Quante, Bertram Bengsch	2
10	SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can elicit a CD8 T-cell dominant hepatitis 2022 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Tobias Boettler, Benedikt Csernalabics, Henrike Salié, Hendrik Luxenburger, (unknown), Elahe Salimi Alizei, Katharina Zoldan, (unknown), Peter Bronsert, Marius Schwabenland, Marco Prinz, Carolin Mogler, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Robert Thimme, Maike Hofmann, Bertram Bengsch	92
11	High-dimensional profiling reveals Tc17 cell enrichment in active Crohn’s disease and identifies a potentially targetable signature 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Anna-Maria Globig, (unknown), (unknown), Maximilian Heeg, L Mayer, Stephan Ehl, H Schwacha, Meenakshi Bewtra, Vesselin T. Tomov, Robert Thimme, Peter Hasselblatt, Bertram Bengsch	20
12	Incidence and severity of immune-related hepatitis after dual checkpoint therapy is linked to younger age independent of herpes virus immunity 2022 ·Journal of Translational Medicine ·Zhen Zhang, David Rafei‐Shamsabadi, (unknown), Nico Buettner, R. Diehl, Daniela Huzly, David J. Pinato, Robert Thimme, Frank Meiß, Bertram Bengsch	3
13	Engrailed 1 coordinates cytoskeletal reorganization to induce myofibroblast differentiation 2021 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Andrea‐Hermina Györfi, Alexandru‐Emil Matei, Maximilian Fuchs, Chunguang Liang, (unknown), (unknown), Honglin Zhu, Markus Luber, Christina Bergmann, Clara Dees, Ingo Ludolph, Raymund E. Horch, Oliver Distler, Jiucun Wang, Bertram Bengsch, Georg Schett, Meik Kunz, Jörg H. W. Distler	33
14	Pre-existing immunity and vaccine history determine hemagglutinin-specific CD4 T cell and IgG response following seasonal influenza vaccination 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Katharina Wild, M Smits, Saskia Killmer, Shirin Strohmeier, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Bertram Bengsch, Florian Krammer, Martin Schwemmle, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Katharina Zoldan, Tobias Boettler	29
15	Shed it, and help—LAG3 cleavage drives conventional CD4 ⁺ T cells to overcome resistance to PD-1 immunotherapy 2020 ·Science Immunology ·Lea Seidel, Bertram Bengsch	5
16	IL-2 contributes to cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction by impairing follicular T helper cells in advanced cirrhosis 2020 ·Journal of Hepatology ·(unknown), Katharina Zoldan, Michael Schultheiß, Dominik Bettinger, Anna-Maria Globig, Bertram Bengsch, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Adam Klocperk, Klaus Warnatz, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Tobias Boettler	23
17	TOX defines the degree of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in distinct phases of chronic HBV infection 2020 ·Gut ·Kathrin Heim, Benedikt Binder, Sagar Sagar, Dominik Wieland, (unknown), Sian Llewellyn‐Lacey, Emma Gostick, David A. Price, Florian Emmerich, (unknown), Anke Kraft, Markus Cornberg, Tobias Boettler, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Dietmar Zehn, Bertram Bengsch, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme	55
18	Follicular T helper cells shape the HCV-specific CD4+ T cell repertoire after virus elimination 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·M Smits, Katharina Zoldan, Naveed Ishaque, Zuguang Gu, Katharina Jechow, Dominik Wieland, Christian Conrad, Roland Eils, Catherine Fauvelle, Thomas F. Baumert, Florian Emmerich, Bertram Bengsch, Christoph Neumann‐Haefelin, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Tobias Boettler	42
19	Successive annual influenza vaccination induces a recurrent oligoclonotypic memory response in circulating T follicular helper cells 2017 ·Science Immunology ·Ramin S. Herati, Alexander Muselman, Laura A. Vella, Bertram Bengsch, Kaela Parkhouse, (unknown), Jonathan J. Kotzin, Susan A. Doyle, Pablo Tebas, Scott E. Hensley, Laura F. Su, Kenneth E. Schmader, E. John Wherry	107
20	Epigenetic stability of exhausted T cells limits durability of reinvigoration by PD-1 blockade breakdown → 2016 ·Science ·Kristen E. Pauken, Morgan A. Sammons, Pamela M. Odorizzi, Sasikanth Manne, Jernej Godec, Omar Khan, Adam Drake, Zeyu Chen, Debattama R. Sen, Makoto Kurachi, R. Anthony Barnitz, Caroline Bartman, Bertram Bengsch, Alexander C. Huang, Jason M. Schenkel, Golnaz Vahedi, W. Nicholas Haining, Shelley L. Berger, E. John Wherry	900

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