Burkhard Becher

44.8k total citations · 15 hit papers
234 papers, 27.0k citations indexed

About

Burkhard Becher is a scholar working on Immunology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Burkhard Becher has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 27.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Immunology, 62 papers in Neurology and 49 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Burkhard Becher's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (59 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (59 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (48 papers). Burkhard Becher is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (59 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (59 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (48 papers). Burkhard Becher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Burkhard Becher's co-authors include Frank L. Heppner, Melanie Greter, Richard M. Ransohoff, Jack P. Antel, Randolph J. Noelle, Brigit G. Durell, Alexandre Prat, Sònia Tugues, Andrew L. Croxford and Paulina Kulig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Burkhard Becher

229 papers receiving 26.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Immune attack: the role of inflammation in Alzheimer disease

2015 1.6k citations Frank L. Heppner, Burkhard Becher et al. profile →
Human TH17 lymphocytes promote blood-brain barrier disruption and central nervous system inflammation

2007 1.4k citations Burkhard Becher et al. profile →
RORγt drives production of the cytokine GM-CSF in helper T cells, which is essential for the effector phase of autoimmune neuroinflammation

2011 932 citations Gábor Gyülvészi, Burkhard Becher et al. Nature Immunology profile →
C-Myb+ Erythro-Myeloid Progenitor-Derived Fetal Monocytes Give Rise to Adult Tissue-Resident Macrophages

2015 829 citations Jinmiao Chen, Donovan Low et al. profile →
Dendritic cells permit immune invasion of the CNS in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

2005 702 citations Melanie Greter, Frank L. Heppner et al. profile →
High-Dimensional Single-Cell Mapping of Central Nervous System Immune Cells Reveals Distinct Myeloid Subsets in Health, Aging, and Disease

2018 689 citations Bettina Schreiner, Frank L. Heppner et al. profile →
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis repressed by microglial paralysis

2005 597 citations Frank L. Heppner, Melanie Greter et al. profile →
Cytokine networks in neuroinflammation

2016 515 citations Burkhard Becher et al. profile →
IL-1β mediates chronic intestinal inflammation by promoting the accumulation of IL-17A secreting innate lymphoid cells and CD4+ Th17 cells

2012 470 citations Margherita Coccia, Oliver J. Harrison et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
GM-CSF: From Growth Factor to Central Mediator of Tissue Inflammation

2016 419 citations Burkhard Becher, Sònia Tugues et al. profile →
Single-Cell Mapping of Human Brain Cancer Reveals Tumor-Specific Instruction of Tissue-Invading Leukocytes

2020 417 citations Ekaterina Friebel, Susanne Unger et al. profile →
Rorγt+ innate lymphocytes and γδ T cells initiate psoriasiform plaque formation in mice

2012 413 citations Paulina Kulig, Frank L. Heppner et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Sall1 is a transcriptional regulator defining microglia identity and function

2016 413 citations Burkhard Becher, Melanie Greter et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Intratumoral IL-12 delivery empowers CAR-T cell immunotherapy in a pre-clinical model of glioblastoma

2021 222 citations Anna Rita Liuzzi, Donatella De Feo et al. Nature Communications profile →
Gut-licensed IFNγ+ NK cells drive LAMP1+TRAIL+ anti-inflammatory astrocytes

2021 214 citations Burkhard Becher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Next-generation immune profiling – beyond blood cancer cells 2025 ·Trends in Molecular Medicine ·Susanne Unger, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Burkhard Becher, Stefanie Kreutmair	1
2	Impact of the Multiple Sclerosis-Associated Genetic Variant CD226 Gly307Ser on Human CD8 T-Cell Functions 2024 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Elena Morandi, Véronique Adoue, I Bernard, Ekaterina Friebel, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Yann Aubert, Frédérick Masson, Anne S. Dejean, Burkhard Becher, Anne Astier, Ludovic Martinet, Abdelhadi Saoudi	3
3	IL-12 sensing in neurons induces neuroprotective CNS tissue adaptation and attenuates neuroinflammation in mice 2023 ·Nature Neuroscience ·(unknown), Florian Ingelfinger, Donatella De Feo, (unknown), Selma Tuzlak, Ekaterina Friebel, Bettina Schreiner, Pascale Eede, Shirin Schneeberger, (unknown), (unknown), Christina A. Welsh, (unknown), Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Shiva K. Tyagarajan, Melanie Greter, Frank L. Heppner, Sarah Mundt, Burkhard Becher	27
4	Targeted delivery of tumor necrosis factor in combination with CCNU induces a T cell–dependent regression of glioblastoma 2023 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Thomas Look, Emanuele Puca, (unknown), Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Roberto De Luca, Riccardo Stucchi, (unknown), (unknown), Patrick Roth, Yonatan Katzenelenbogen, Assaf Weiner, Lukas Rindlisbacher, Burkhard Becher, Ido Amit, Michael Weller, Dario Neri, Teresa Hemmerle, Tobias Weiß	24
5	IFNγ and GM-CSF control complementary differentiation programs in the monocyte-to-phagocyte transition during neuroinflammation 2022 ·Nature Immunology ·Ana Amorim, Donatella De Feo, Ekaterina Friebel, Florian Ingelfinger, (unknown), Sinduya Krishnarajah, (unknown), Christina A. Welsh, Zhaoyuan Liu, Florent Ginhoux, Melanie Greter, Burkhard Becher	73
6	Macrophages Compensate for Loss of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase N2 in Dendritic Cells to Protect from Elevated Colitis 2021 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Larissa Hering, (unknown), Marlene Schwarzfischer, (unknown), (unknown), Marcin Wawrzyniak, Kirstin Atrott, (unknown), Silvia Lang, Burkhard Becher, Gerhard Rogler, Michael Scharl, Marianne R. Spalinger	4
7	Conventional NK cells and tissue-resident ILC1s join forces to control liver metastasis 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Giulia Lucchiari, (unknown), (unknown), Laura Heeb, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, (unknown), Dominik Bürri, Marijne Vermeer, Julia Gschwend, Andreas E. Moor, Burkhard Becher, Maries van den Broek, Sònia Tugues	76
8	CD39+PD-1+CD8+ T cells mediate metastatic dormancy in breast cancer 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Paulino Tallón de Lara, (unknown), Marijne Vermeer, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Karīna Siliņa, Bettina Sobottka, (unknown), Virginia Cecconi, Hideo Yagita∥, Farkhondeh Movahedian Attar, Stefanie Hiltbrunner, (unknown), Holger Moch, Sònia Tugues, Burkhard Becher, Maries van den Broek	66
9	Anti-human CD117 CAR T-cells efficiently eliminate healthy and malignant CD117-expressing hematopoietic cells 2020 ·Leukemia ·Renier Myburgh, (unknown), Norman F. Russkamp, Chiara F. Magnani, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Alexander Simonis, (unknown), C. Matthias Wilk, Donal McHugh, Juliane Friemel, Antonia Müller, Burkhard Becher, Christian Münz, Maries van den Broek, Dario Neri, Markus G. Manz	63
10	Targeted Delivery of IL2 to the Tumor Stroma Potentiates the Action of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors by Preferential Activation of NK and CD8+ T Cells 2019 ·Cancer Immunology Research ·(unknown), Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Anna Rita Liuzzi, Burkhard Becher, Dario Neri	41
11	Restoration of Natural Killer Cell Antimetastatic Activity by IL12 and Checkpoint Blockade 2017 ·Cancer Research ·Isabel Ohs, (unknown), (unknown), Paulina Kulig, Burkhard Becher, Sònia Tugues	66
12	The infarcted myocardium solicits GM-CSF for the detrimental oversupply of inflammatory leukocytes 2017 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Atsushi Anzai, Jennifer L. Choi, Shun He, Ashley M. Fenn, Manfred Nairz, Sara Rattik, Cameron S. McAlpine, John E. Mindur, Christopher T. Chan, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Benoit Tricot, Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz, Ralph Weissleder, Peter Libby, Matthias Nahrendorf, James R. Stone, Burkhard Becher, Filip K. Świrski	168
13	IL17A-Mediated Endothelial Breach Promotes Metastasis Formation 2016 ·Cancer Immunology Research ·Paulina Kulig, Sara Burkhard, (unknown), Andrew L. Croxford, Nadine Hövelmeyer, Gábor Gyülvészi, Christian Gorzelanny, Ari Waisman, Lubor Borsig, Burkhard Becher	40
14	Rational Combination of Immunotherapies with Clinical Efficacy in Mice with Advanced Cancer 2015 ·Cancer Immunology Research ·(unknown), Oscar Camilo Salgado, Michał Beffinger, (unknown), Karīna Siliņa, Hideo Yagita∥, Burkhard Becher, Alexander Knuth, Maries van den Broek	1
15	High-dimensional analysis of the murine myeloid cell system 2014 ·Nature Immunology ·Burkhard Becher, Andreas Schlitzer, Jinmiao Chen, Florian Mair, Hermi Sumatoh, Karen Wei Weng Teng, Donovan Low, Christiane Ruedl, (unknown), Michael Poidinger, Melanie Greter, Florent Ginhoux, Evan W. Newell	250
16	IL-1β mediates chronic intestinal inflammation by promoting the accumulation of IL-17A secreting innate lymphoid cells and CD4+ Th17 cells breakdown → 2012 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Margherita Coccia, Oliver J. Harrison, Chris Schiering, Mark Asquith, Burkhard Becher, Fiona Powrie, Kevin J. Maloy	470
17	NIK signaling in dendritic cells but not in T cells is required for the development of effector T cells and cell-mediated immune responses 2011 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Janin Hofmann, Florian Mair, Melanie Greter, Marc Schmidt‐Supprian, Burkhard Becher	58
18	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis repressed by microglial paralysis (vol 11, pg 146, 2005) 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Frank L. Heppner, Melanie Greter, Denis Marino, Jeppe Falsig, Gennadij Raivich, Nadine Hövelmeyer, Ari Waisman, Thomas Rülicke, Marco Prinz, Josef Priller, Burkhard Becher, Adriano Aguzzi	0
19	Experimental autoimmune encephalitis and inflammation in the absence of interleukin-12 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Burkhard Becher, Brigit G. Durell, Randolph J. Noelle	16
20	Experimental autoimmune encephalitis and inflammation in the absence of interleukin-12 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Burkhard Becher, Brigit G. Durell, Randolph J. Noelle	287

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