Burkhard Ludewig

18.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Burkhard Ludewig is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Burkhard Ludewig has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Immunology, 61 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Burkhard Ludewig's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (78 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (72 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (51 papers). Burkhard Ludewig is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (78 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (72 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (51 papers). Burkhard Ludewig collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Burkhard Ludewig's co-authors include Elke Scandella, Hans Hengartner, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Volker Thiel, Lucas Onder, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán, Tobias Junt, Bernhard Odermatt, Roland Züst and Adrian F. Ochsenbein and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Burkhard Ludewig

207 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

  1. Ribose 2′-O-methylation provides a molecular signature for the distinction of self and non-self mRNA dependent on the RNA sensor Mda5
    2011 612 citations Roland Züst, Luisa Cervantes‐Barragán et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  2. Fibroblasts as immune regulators in infection, inflammation and cancer
    2021 365 citations George Kollias, Burkhard Ludewig et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Burkhard Ludewig Switzerland 60 7.4k 2.8k 2.3k 1.5k 997 209 11.4k
Hideyuki Yanai Japan 36 9.1k 1.2× 3.5k 1.2× 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 2.1× 69 12.3k
Sergei V. Kotenko United States 54 7.6k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 3.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 3.0k 3.0× 105 11.8k
Kosuke Matsui Japan 33 4.7k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 925 0.6× 1.8k 1.8× 154 8.5k
Ulrich Kalinke Germany 58 8.2k 1.1× 3.8k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 2.3k 2.3× 241 14.1k
Deborah J. Lenschow United States 41 9.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 66 13.4k
Winfried Barchet Germany 46 8.5k 1.2× 4.1k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 69 11.0k
Filippo Belardelli Italy 61 10.0k 1.4× 3.1k 1.1× 4.4k 1.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 258 14.9k
Akinori Takaoka Japan 45 11.6k 1.6× 5.8k 2.1× 4.8k 2.1× 1.7k 1.1× 2.7k 2.7× 91 17.6k
Raymond P. Donnelly United States 50 6.4k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 2.6k 1.1× 789 0.5× 1.8k 1.8× 108 9.4k
Joan E. Durbin United States 43 5.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 3.2k 3.2× 83 8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Burkhard Ludewig

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All Works

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Telarović, Irma, Carmen S. Yong, Hung‐Wei Cheng, et al.. (2024). Delayed tumor-draining lymph node irradiation preserves the efficacy of combined radiotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade in models of metastatic disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5500–5500. 24 indexed citations
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Delgobo, Murilo, Panagiota Arampatzi, Verena Stangl, et al.. (2023). Myocardial Milieu Favors Local Differentiation of Regulatory T Cells. Circulation Research. 132(5). 565–582. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Shenshen, Stefan Boeing, Antonio Casal, et al.. (2023). Long-term retention of antigens in germinal centers is controlled by the spatial organization of the follicular dendritic cell network. Nature Immunology. 24(8). 1281–1294. 37 indexed citations
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Sattler, Susanne, Gustavo Ramos, Burkhard Ludewig, & Peter P. Rainer. (2023). Cardioimmunology: the new frontier!. European Heart Journal. 44(26). 2355–2357. 4 indexed citations
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Martin, Angelina De, Mechthild Lütge, Lucas Onder, et al.. (2023). PI16+ reticular cells in human palatine tonsils govern T cell activity in distinct subepithelial niches. Nature Immunology. 24(7). 1138–1148. 25 indexed citations
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Alexandre, Yannick O., Hyun Jae Lee, Luke C. Gandolfo, et al.. (2022). A diverse fibroblastic stromal cell landscape in the spleen directs tissue homeostasis and immunity. Science Immunology. 7(67). eabj0641–eabj0641. 35 indexed citations
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Perez‐Shibayama, Christian, Cristina Gil‐Cruz, & Burkhard Ludewig. (2022). Fibroblasts tune myocardial inflammation and remodeling. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 1(8). 694–695. 1 indexed citations
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Ring, Sandra S., Jovana Cupovic, Lucas Onder, et al.. (2021). Viral vector-mediated reprogramming of the fibroblastic tumor stroma sustains curative melanoma treatment. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4734–4734. 21 indexed citations
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Martin, Angelina De, Mechthild Lütge, Jovana Cupovic, et al.. (2021). Distinct microbial communities colonize tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma. OncoImmunology. 10(1). 1945202–1945202. 22 indexed citations
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Lütge, Mechthild, Natalia Pikor, & Burkhard Ludewig. (2021). Differentiation and activation of fibroblastic reticular cells. Immunological Reviews. 302(1). 32–46. 36 indexed citations
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Prados, Alejandro, Lucas Onder, Hung‐Wei Cheng, et al.. (2021). Fibroblastic reticular cell lineage convergence in Peyer’s patches governs intestinal immunity. Nature Immunology. 22(4). 510–519. 47 indexed citations
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Pop, Oltin T., Evangelos Triantafyllou, Arjuna Singanayagam, et al.. (2019). Expression of AXL receptor tyrosine kinase relates to monocyte dysfunction and severity of cirrhosis. Life Science Alliance. 3(1). e201900465–e201900465. 30 indexed citations
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Cheng, Hung‐Wei, Lucas Onder, Mario Novković, et al.. (2019). Origin and differentiation trajectories of fibroblastic reticular cells in the splenic white pulp. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1739–1739. 73 indexed citations
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Borght, Katrien Van der, Charlotte L. Scott, Liesbet Martens, et al.. (2018). Myocarditis Elicits Dendritic Cell and Monocyte Infiltration in the Heart and Self-Antigen Presentation by Conventional Type 2 Dendritic Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2714–2714. 29 indexed citations
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Takeuchi, Arata, et al.. (2018). Essential Role of Canonical NF-κB Activity in the Development of Stromal Cell Subsets in Secondary Lymphoid Organs. The Journal of Immunology. 201(12). 3580–3586. 8 indexed citations
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Rodda, Lauren B., Oliver Bannard, Burkhard Ludewig, Takashi Nagasawa, & Jason G. Cyster. (2015). Phenotypic and Morphological Properties of Germinal Center Dark Zone Cxcl12 -Expressing Reticular Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 195(10). 4781–4791. 94 indexed citations
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Cervantes‐Barragán, Luisa, Kanako L. Lewis, Sonja Firner, et al.. (2012). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control T-cell response to chronic viral infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(8). 3012–3017. 165 indexed citations
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Cervantes‐Barragán, Luisa, Roland Züst, Reinhard Maier, et al.. (2010). Dendritic Cell-Specific Antigen Delivery by Coronavirus Vaccine Vectors Induces Long-Lasting Protective Antiviral and Antitumor Immunity. mBio. 1(4). 42 indexed citations
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Krebs, Philippe, Michael Kurrer, Marcel Kremer, et al.. (2007). Molecular mapping of autoimmune B cell responses in experimental myocarditis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 28(4). 224–233. 20 indexed citations
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Maier, Reinhard, Simone Miller, Michael Kurrer, et al.. (2005). Quantification and characterization of myosin peptide-specific CD4+ T cells in autoimmune myocarditis. Journal of Immunological Methods. 304(1-2). 117–125. 9 indexed citations

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