Dirk Baumjohann

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dirk Baumjohann is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Baumjohann has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Baumjohann's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (29 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers). Dirk Baumjohann is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (29 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers). Dirk Baumjohann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Dirk Baumjohann's co-authors include K. Mark Ansel, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Federica Sallusto, Andrea Reboldi, Caroline Coisne, Federica Benvenuto, Sérgio A. Lira, Antonio Uccelli, Britta Engelhardt and Francesca Ronchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Baumjohann

43 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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C-C chemokine receptor 6–regulated entry of TH-17 cells into the CNS through the choroid plexus is required for the initiation of EAE

2009 929 citations Dirk Baumjohann et al. Nature Immunology profile →
T follicular helper cells in cancer

2023 101 citations Dirk Baumjohann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Baumjohann Germany	24	2.4k	896	529	527	373	45	3.7k
Dietmar Pfeifer Germany	37	3.2k 1.3×	2.2k 2.5×	742 1.4×	669 1.3×	273 0.7×	128	6.6k
Aaron J. Johnson United States	39	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	915 1.7×	212 0.4×	776 2.1×	106	4.2k
Ingunn M. Stromnes United States	28	2.6k 1.0×	690 0.8×	1.7k 3.1×	270 0.5×	326 0.9×	44	3.8k
Eliane Piaggio France	30	2.6k 1.1×	659 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	165 0.3×	282 0.8×	74	4.0k
Sophie Chabot France	26	925 0.4×	684 0.8×	324 0.6×	181 0.3×	251 0.7×	54	2.3k
Anna M. Piccinini United Kingdom	20	1.2k 0.5×	950 1.1×	407 0.8×	299 0.6×	166 0.4×	33	2.9k
Hervé Luche France	27	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	571 1.1×	110 0.2×	387 1.0×	46	4.6k
Magdalena Huber Germany	27	2.3k 1.0×	570 0.6×	904 1.7×	315 0.6×	76 0.2×	62	3.3k
Theresa T. Lu United States	29	2.3k 1.0×	1000 1.1×	696 1.3×	191 0.4×	79 0.2×	70	3.7k
Cengiz Z. Altuntas United States	20	1.1k 0.5×	464 0.5×	303 0.6×	199 0.4×	205 0.5×	31	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Baumjohann

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Steffen, Teresa M, Jesuthas Ajendra, Marianne Koschel, et al.. (2025). Escalation of Germinal Center Responses in Chronic Litomosoides sigmodontis Filarial Infection. European Journal of Immunology. 55(5). e202451400–e202451400.

Merten, Nicole, Teresa M Steffen, Yinshui Chang, et al.. (2025). A Fluorescent Probe Enables the Discovery of Improved Antagonists Targeting the Intracellular Allosteric Site of the Chemokine Receptor CCR7. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(4). 4308–4333. 3 indexed citations

Baumjohann, Dirk, et al.. (2025). Boosting human immunology: harnessing the potential of immune organoids. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 17(3). 385–394.

Huber, Johanna E., Ilia Kurochkin, Yinshui Chang, et al.. (2024). Genomic deletion of Bcl6 differentially affects conventional dendritic cell subsets and compromises Tfh/Tfr/Th17 cell responses. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3554–3554. 3 indexed citations

Cui, Hao, et al.. (2023). Targeting intracellular and extracellular receptors with nano-to-macroscale biomaterials to activate immune cells. Journal of Controlled Release. 357. 52–66. 12 indexed citations

Bauer, Isabel, Ping Fang, Sofia Tyystjärvi, et al.. (2023). Visualizing the activation of encephalitogenic T cells in the ileal lamina propria by in vivo two-photon imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(30). e2302697120–e2302697120. 9 indexed citations

Baumjohann, Dirk & Peter Brossart. (2021). T follicular helper cells: linking cancer immunotherapy and immune-related adverse events. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(6). e002588–e002588. 36 indexed citations

Hoefig, Kai P., Gesine Behrens, Meng Xu, et al.. (2021). Defining the RBPome of primary T helper cells to elucidate higher-order Roquin-mediated mRNA regulation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5208–5208. 26 indexed citations

Chen, Chien-Sin, Jasmin Weber, Stephan Holtkamp, et al.. (2021). Loss of direct adrenergic innervation after peripheral nerve injury causes lymph node expansion through IFN-γ. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(8). 23 indexed citations

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Eisenbarth, Stephanie C., Dirk Baumjohann, Joe Craft, et al.. (2021). CD4+ T cells that help B cells – a proposal for uniform nomenclature. Trends in Immunology. 42(8). 658–669. 79 indexed citations

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Heink, Sylvia, Felix S.R. Picard, Julia Zeiträg, et al.. (2020). Salt generates antiinflammatory Th17 cells but amplifies pathogenicity in proinflammatory cytokine microenvironments. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(9). 4587–4600. 50 indexed citations

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Pua, Heather H., Hannah C. Happ, Christoph Schneider, et al.. (2017). MicroRNA regulation of type 2 innate lymphoid cell homeostasis and function in allergic inflammation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(12). 3627–3643. 68 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qihui, Carina Lehmer, Meike Michaelsen, et al.. (2017). Antibodies inhibit transmission and aggregation of C9orf72 poly‐ GA dipeptide repeat proteins. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 9(5). 687–702. 62 indexed citations

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Baumjohann, Dirk & K. Mark Ansel. (2014). MicroRNA regulation of the germinal center response. Current Opinion in Immunology. 28. 6–11. 19 indexed citations

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Simpson, Laura J., Sana Patel, Nirav R. Bhakta, et al.. (2014). A microRNA upregulated in asthma airway T cells promotes TH2 cytokine production. Nature Immunology. 15(12). 1162–1170. 192 indexed citations

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Baumjohann, Dirk, Robin Kageyama, Jonathan M. Clingan, et al.. (2013). The microRNA cluster miR-17∼92 promotes TFH cell differentiation and represses subset-inappropriate gene expression. Nature Immunology. 14(8). 840–848. 165 indexed citations

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Vijayanand, Pandurangan, Grégory Seumois, Laura J. Simpson, et al.. (2012). Interleukin-4 Production by Follicular Helper T Cells Requires the Conserved Il4 Enhancer Hypersensitivity Site V. Immunity. 36(2). 175–187. 127 indexed citations

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Baumjohann, Dirk, Takaharu Okada, & K. Mark Ansel. (2011). Cutting Edge: Distinct Waves of BCL6 Expression during T Follicular Helper Cell Development. The Journal of Immunology. 187(5). 2089–2092. 183 indexed citations

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Baumjohann, Dirk & Manfred B. Lutz. (2006). Non-invasive imaging of dendritic cell migration in vivo. Immunobiology. 211(6-8). 587–597. 28 indexed citations

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Baumjohann, Dirk, Andreas Heß, Luboš Budinský, et al.. (2006). In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of dendritic cell migration into the draining lymph nodes of mice. European Journal of Immunology. 36(9). 2544–2555. 81 indexed citations

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