Bettina Ernst

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bettina Ernst is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bettina Ernst has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Immunology, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Bettina Ernst's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (10 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers). Bettina Ernst is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (10 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers). Bettina Ernst collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Bettina Ernst's co-authors include Charles D. Surh, Jonathan Sprent, Eric M. Leroy, Lee Dong-Sup, Joyce T. Tan, William C. Kieper, Freddy Radtke, H. Robson MacDonald, Anne Wilson and Rolf Kemler and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Immunity and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Bettina Ernst

18 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-7 Jointly Regulate Homeostatic Proliferation of Memory Phenotype CD8+ Cells but Are Not Required for Memory Phenotype CD4+ Cells

2002 651 citations Joyce T. Tan, Bettina Ernst et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
The Peptide Ligands Mediating Positive Selection in the Thymus Control T Cell Survival and Homeostatic Proliferation in the Periphery

1999 640 citations Bettina Ernst, Lee Dong-Sup et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bettina Ernst United States	15	2.0k	471	423	205	182	18	2.5k
G Konwalinka Austria	16	1.6k 0.8×	588 1.2×	408 1.0×	252 1.2×	119 0.7×	48	2.2k
Paul Rogers United States	19	2.2k 1.1×	518 1.1×	571 1.3×	101 0.5×	268 1.5×	29	2.8k
Noriko Arase Japan	20	1.9k 1.0×	402 0.9×	395 0.9×	164 0.8×	318 1.7×	53	2.5k
Leslie Lowe United States	7	1.4k 0.7×	249 0.5×	378 0.9×	101 0.5×	155 0.9×	10	1.8k
Tom McNeil United States	7	1.7k 0.8×	366 0.8×	515 1.2×	200 1.0×	213 1.2×	7	2.3k
James R. Carlyle Canada	31	3.2k 1.6×	572 1.2×	660 1.6×	207 1.0×	335 1.8×	63	3.6k
Irina Apostolou United States	18	3.0k 1.5×	459 1.0×	503 1.2×	116 0.6×	164 0.9×	24	3.5k
Nancy Craighead United States	16	1.4k 0.7×	283 0.6×	549 1.3×	96 0.5×	162 0.9×	22	1.9k
Bente Lowin Switzerland	10	1.1k 0.6×	759 1.6×	376 0.9×	312 1.5×	279 1.5×	10	1.9k
Robert Kastelein United States	14	1.4k 0.7×	374 0.8×	488 1.2×	127 0.6×	278 1.5×	22	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bettina Ernst

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bettina Ernst

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18 of 18 papers shown

Hiltbrunner, Stefanie, Bettina Ernst, Christoph Mueller, et al.. (2011). HVEM Signalling Promotes Colitis. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18495–e18495. 18 indexed citations

Massacand, Joanna C., Patrick Kaiser, Bettina Ernst, et al.. (2008). Intestinal Bacteria Condition Dendritic Cells to Promote IgA Production. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2588–e2588. 83 indexed citations

Shamshiev, Abdijapar, Franziska Ampenberger, Bettina Ernst, et al.. (2007). Dyslipidemia inhibits Toll-like receptor–induced activation of CD8α-negative dendritic cells and protective Th1 type immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(2). 441–452. 94 indexed citations

Iezzi, Giandomenica, Anja Fröhlich, Bettina Ernst, et al.. (2006). Lymph Node Resident Rather Than Skin-Derived Dendritic Cells Initiate Specific T Cell Responses after Leishmania major Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 177(2). 1250–1256. 84 indexed citations

Wilson, Anne, Bettina Ernst, Stéphane J.C. Mancini, et al.. (2004). β-Catenin Is Dispensable for Hematopoiesis and Lymphopoiesis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 199(2). 221–229. 281 indexed citations

Capone, Myriam, Rosemary K. Lees, Daniela Finke, et al.. (2003). Selective absence of CD8⁺ TCRα β⁺ intestinal epithelial cells in transgenic mice expressing β2‐microglobulin‐associated ligands exclusively on thymic cortical epithelium. European Journal of Immunology. 33(6). 1471–1477. 6 indexed citations

Tan, Joyce T., Bettina Ernst, William C. Kieper, et al.. (2002). Interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-7 Jointly Regulate Homeostatic Proliferation of Memory Phenotype CD8+ Cells but Are Not Required for Memory Phenotype CD4+ Cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 195(12). 1523–1532. 651 indexed citations breakdown →

Radtke, Freddy, Anne Wilson, Bettina Ernst, & H. Robson MacDonald. (2002). The role of Notch signaling during hematopoietic lineage commitment. Immunological Reviews. 187(1). 65–74. 60 indexed citations

Surh, Charles D., Joyce T. Tan, William C. Kieper, & Bettina Ernst. (2002). Factors Regulating Naïve T Cell Homeostasis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 73–80. 7 indexed citations

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Dummer, Wolfgang, Bettina Ernst, Eric M. Leroy, Dong‐Sup Lee, & Charles D. Surh. (2001). Autologous Regulation of Naive T Cell Homeostasis Within the T Cell Compartment. The Journal of Immunology. 166(4). 2460–2468. 139 indexed citations

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Surh, Charles D., Bettina Ernst, Dong‐Sup Lee, Wolfgang Dummer, & Eric M. Leroy. (2000). Role of Self-Major Histocompatibility Complex/Peptide Ligands in Selection and Maintenance of a Diverse T Cell Repertoire. Immunologic Research. 21(2-3). 331–340. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Dong‐Sup, Curie Ahn, Bettina Ernst, Jonathan Sprent, & Charles D. Surh. (1999). Thymic Selection by a Single MHC/Peptide Ligand. Immunity. 10(1). 83–92. 42 indexed citations

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Ernst, Bettina, et al.. (1999). The Peptide Ligands Mediating Positive Selection in the Thymus Control T Cell Survival and Homeostatic Proliferation in the Periphery. Immunity. 11(2). 173–181. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kalinke, Ulrich, Etienne Bucher, Bettina Ernst, et al.. (1996). The Role of Somatic Mutation in the Generation of the Protective Humoral Immune Response against Vesicular Stomatitis Virus. Immunity. 5(6). 639–652. 98 indexed citations

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Ernst, Bettina, Charles D. Surh, & Jonathan Sprent. (1996). Bone marrow-derived cells fail to induce positive selection in thymus reaggregation cultures.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 183(3). 1235–1240. 31 indexed citations

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Ernst, Bettina, Charles D. Surh, & Jonathan Sprent. (1995). Thymic selection and cell division.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 182(4). 961–971. 73 indexed citations

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Surh, Charles D., Bettina Ernst, & Jonathan Sprent. (1992). Growth of epithelial cells in the thymic medulla is under the control of mature T cells.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(2). 611–616. 109 indexed citations

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Frey, J.R., Bettina Ernst, Charles D. Surh, & Jonathan Sprent. (1992). Thymus-grafted SCID mice show transient thymopoiesis and limited depletion of V beta 11+ T cells.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 175(4). 1067–1071. 59 indexed citations

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