Christoph Becker

35.6k citations

187 papers · 20.1k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 67

Impact in

Immunology top 0.1%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Response and Inflammation
Oncology top 0.5%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Papers in

Immunology 84
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 25
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 25
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 19
Sensory Systems 8

Co-authors: Markus F. Neurath Stefan Wirtz Peter R. Galle Massimo Claudio Fantini Clemens Neufert Maximilian J. Waldner Claudia Günther Benno Weigmann
Journals: Gastroenterology (16 papers)The Journal of Immunology (11 papers)Gut (10 papers)Journal of Clinical Investigation (8 papers)Frontiers in Immunology (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Italy

In The Last Decade

Christoph Becker

187 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

Cell death in the gut epithelium and implications for chronic inflammation 2020 · 283 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2017 Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2013 Immunity
2011 Nature
2009 The Journal of Experimental Medicine
2007 Nature
2007 Nature Protocols
2004 The Journal of Immunology
2004 Immunity
2003 Journal of Clinical Investigation

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Christoph Becker, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Wall of Resilience: How the Intestinal Epithelium Prevents Inflammatory Onslaught in the Gut Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·박건표, Susanne M. Krug, Markus F. Neurath, Britta Siegmund, Christoph Becker	2024	9
2	Myenteric Plexus Immune Cell Infiltrations and Neurotransmitter Expression in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Journal of Crohn s and Colitis ·程建贵, Jessie I. Cline, Anja A. Kühl, Bao Miao-gang, Sefer Elezkurtaj, Elena Sonnenberg, P. Domsik, Raja Atreya, Christoph Becker, Benjamin Weixler, Britta Siegmund, Jay V. Patankar, Sanat Nema, Michael Schümann	2023	9
3	Th2‐dependent disappearance and phenotypic conversion of mouse alveolar macrophages European Journal of Immunology ·Axel Dietschmann, Mantzouranis Nikolaos, Peter J. Murray, Claudia Günther, Christoph Becker, Padraic G. Fallon, David Voehringer	2023	4
4	Epithelial presenilin-1 drives colorectal tumour growth by controlling EGFR-COX2 signalling Gut ·Reyes Gámez‐Belmonte, Mousumi Mahapatro, Lena Erkert, Lindsay A. Lloveras, Elisabeth Naschberger, Yuqiang Yu, 耕太薩摩, Jay V. Patankar, 一道谷, Eva Podstawa, T.F.P. Widdershoven, P. Domsik, Markus F. Neurath, Michael Stürzl, Christoph Becker	2022	8
5	PGAM5-mediated programmed necrosis of hepatocytes drives acute liver injury Gut ·Gui-Wei He, Claudia Günther, Andreas E. Kremer, Veronika Thonn, Kerstin Amann, Christopher Poremba, Markus F. Neurath, Stefan Wirtz, Christoph Becker	2016	88
6	Differential effects of α4β7 and GPR15 on homing of effector and regulatory T cells from patients with UC to the inflamed gut in vivo Gut ·Anika Fischer, Sebastian Zundler, Raja Atreya, Timo Räth, Caroline Voskens, Simon Hirschmann, Rocío López-Posadas, Alastair J.M. Watson, Christoph Becker, Gerold Schuler, Clemens Neufert, Imke Atreya, Markus F. Neurath	2015	120
7	Intestinal myofibroblast-specific Tpl2-Cox-2-PGE ₂ pathway links innate sensing to epithelial homeostasis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Manolis Roulis, Christoforos Nikolaou, Elena Kotsaki, Eleanna Kaffe, Niki Karagianni, Vasiliki Koliaraki, Klelia D. Salpea, Jiannis Ragoussis, Vassilis Aidinis, Eva Martini, Christoph Becker, Harvey R. Herschman, Stefania Vetrano, Silvio Danese, George Kollias	2014	64
8	Smad7 Expression in T cells Prevents Colitis-Associated Cancer Cancer Research ·Angelamaria Rizzo, Maximilian J. Waldner, Carmine Stolfi, Massimiliano Sarra, Daniele Fina, Christoph Becker, Markus F. Neurath, Thomas T. MacDonald, Francesco Pallone, Giovanni Monteleone, Massimo Claudio Fantini	2011	58
9	Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy of Interferon γ–Overexpressing Transgenic Mice Is Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α American Journal Of Pathology ·Michael Torzewski, Philip Wenzel, Hartmut Kleinert, Christoph Becker, 屈辰, Elena Wiese, Moritz Brandt, Andrea Pautz, Stepan Fomichev, Edgar Schmitt, Thomas Münzel, Kurt Reifenberg	2011	20
10	Protection from graft-versus-host disease by HIV-1 envelope protein gp120-mediated activation of human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells Blood ·Christian Becker, Christian Taube, Tobias Bopp, Christoph Becker, Marcia J. Fernandes, Jan Kubach, Sebastian Reuter, Nina Dehzad, Markus F. Neurath, Kurt Reifenberg, Kaitlin Roetcisoender, Edgar Schmitt, Helmut Jonuleit	2009	63
11	STAT3 links IL-22 signaling in intestinal epithelial cells to mucosal wound healing The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Geethanjali Pickert, Clemens Neufert, Moritz Leppkes, Yan Zheng, Nadine Wittkopf, F.J. McClure, Hans‐Anton Lehr, Shi Yuanjie, Benno Weigmann, Stefan Wirtz, Wenjun Ouyang, Markus F. Neurath, Christoph Becker Hit paper breakdown →	2009	803
12	Cutting Edge: Trans- Signaling via the Soluble IL-6R Abrogates the Induction of FoxP3 in Naive CD4+CD25− T Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Jeon Jaebeom, Massimo Claudio Fantini, Clemens Neufert, Alexei Nikolaev, Peter R. Galle, Jürgen Scheller, Giovanni Monteleone, Stefan Rose‐John, Markus F. Neurath, Christoph Becker	2007	189
13	Azathioprine Suppresses Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin-Dependent T Cell-APC Conjugation through Inhibition of Vav Guanosine Exchange Activity on Rac Proteins The Journal of Immunology ·J. M Vera-Roman, Atiqul Islam Mondal, Gerhard Fritz, Christoph Becker, Brigitte Bartsch, Stefan Wirtz, Dennis Strand, Shinya Tanaka, Peter R. Galle, Xosé R. Bustelo, Markus F. Neurath	2006	158
14	Cutting Edge: IL-23 Cross-Regulates IL-12 Production in T Cell-Dependent Experimental Colitis The Journal of Immunology ·Christoph Becker, Heike Dornhoff, Clemens Neufert, Massimo Claudio Fantini, Stefan Wirtz, Pepsi Lynn Manross, Alexei Nikolaev, Hans‐Anton Lehr, Andrew Murphy, David M. Valenzuela, George D. Yancopoulos, Peter R. Galle, Margaret Karow, Markus F. Neurath	2006	186
15	EBV-Induced Gene 3 Transcription Is Induced by TLR Signaling in Primary Dendritic Cells via NF-κB Activation The Journal of Immunology ·Stefan Wirtz, Christoph Becker, Massimo Claudio Fantini, Edward E. S. Nieuwenhuis, Andrea Florio, Peter R. Galle, Hansjörg Schild, Mark Birkenbach, Richard S. Blumberg, Markus F. Neurath	2005	130
16	Cutting Edge: TGF-β Induces a Regulatory Phenotype in CD4+CD25− T Cells through Foxp3 Induction and Down-Regulation of Smad7 The Journal of Immunology ·Massimo Claudio Fantini, Christoph Becker, Giovanni Monteleone, Francesco Pallone, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath Hit paper breakdown →	2004	928
17	Cutting Edge: TGF-β Signaling Is Required for the In Vivo Expansion and Immunosuppressive Capacity of Regulatory CD4+CD25+ T Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Samuel Huber, Christoph Schramm, Hans A. Lehr, Amrit Mann, Steffen Schmitt, Christoph Becker, Martina Protschka, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath, Manfred Blessing	2004	328
18	Constitutive p40 promoter activation and IL-23 production in the terminal ileum mediated by dendritic cells Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Christoph Becker, Stefan Wirtz, Manfred Blessing, Jaana Pirhonen, Dennis Strand, Chang Seong Yoon, Julia Frick, Peter R. Galle, Ingo B. Autenrieth, Markus F. Neurath	2003	276
19	Treatment of T Cell-Dependent Experimental Colitis in SCID Mice by Local Administration of an Adenovirus Expressing IL-18 Antisense mRNA The Journal of Immunology ·Stefan Wirtz, Christoph Becker, Richard S. Blumberg, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath	2002	106
20	Regulation of IL-12 p40 Promoter Activity in Primary Human Monocytes: Roles of NF-κB, CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein β, and PU.1 and Identification of a Novel Repressor Element (GA-12) That Responds to IL-4 and Prostaglandin E2 The Journal of Immunology ·Christoph Becker, Stefan Wirtz, Xiaojing Ma, Manfred Blessing, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath	2001	79

About Christoph Becker

Christoph Becker is a scholar working on Immunology, Sensory Systems, Oncology, Genetics and Gastroenterology, having authored 187 papers that have together received 20.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (28 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (25 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (19 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (18 papers), Gut microbiota and health (17 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (16 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (9.3k citations), Oncology (4.6k citations), Cancer Research (2.3k citations), Genetics (3.6k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.8k citations). Christoph Becker has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Markus F. Neurath, Stefan Wirtz, Peter R. Galle, Massimo Claudio Fantini, Clemens Neufert, Maximilian J. Waldner, Claudia Günther, Benno Weigmann, Eva Martini and Giovanni Monteleone. Their work appears in journals such as Gastroenterology, The Journal of Immunology, Gut, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Frontiers in Immunology.

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