Dirk Wohlleber

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Dirk Wohlleber is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Wohlleber has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Wohlleber's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Dirk Wohlleber is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Dirk Wohlleber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Dirk Wohlleber's co-authors include Percy A. Knolle, Robert Thimme, Katja Steiger, Dietmar Zehn, Maike Hofmann, Ben Youngblood, Yiping Fan, Vasyl Eisenberg, Jolie G. Cullen and Hazem E. Ghoneim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Wohlleber

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection

2019 546 citations Francesca Alfei, Kristiyan Kanev et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Wohlleber Germany	17	866	487	360	329	284	33	1.5k
Yang Cheng China	18	797 0.9×	209 0.4×	489 1.4×	372 1.1×	343 1.2×	41	1.5k
Jared Klarquist United States	24	1.1k 1.3×	307 0.6×	434 1.2×	314 1.0×	513 1.8×	40	1.8k
Seigo Terawaki Japan	13	868 1.0×	485 1.0×	565 1.6×	387 1.2×	61 0.2×	28	1.7k
Paul Rogers United States	19	2.2k 2.5×	571 1.2×	268 0.7×	518 1.6×	99 0.3×	29	2.8k
H Yagita Japan	20	1.2k 1.4×	205 0.4×	278 0.8×	446 1.4×	127 0.4×	48	1.7k
Anthony J. Scarzello United States	14	456 0.5×	296 0.6×	184 0.5×	264 0.8×	125 0.4×	16	886
Kelly Hudspeth Italy	19	1.8k 2.1×	420 0.9×	240 0.7×	323 1.0×	84 0.3×	23	2.3k
Valérie Depraetere France	7	984 1.1×	259 0.5×	287 0.8×	748 2.3×	99 0.3×	10	1.7k
Aaron J. Tyznik United States	15	1.9k 2.2×	363 0.7×	235 0.7×	298 0.9×	73 0.3×	28	2.2k
Fabienne Vernejoul France	15	344 0.4×	181 0.4×	322 0.9×	374 1.1×	114 0.4×	21	943

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Wohlleber

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Seitz, Stefanie, Tobias Dreyer, Katja Steiger, et al.. (2025). The chemokine CX3CL1 promotes intraperitoneal tumour growth despite enhanced T-cell recruitment in ovarian cancer. Neoplasia. 60. 101130–101130. 1 indexed citations

Heim, Kathrin, Sagar Sagar, Özlem Soğukpınar, et al.. (2024). Attenuated effector T cells are linked to control of chronic HBV infection. Nature Immunology. 25(9). 1650–1662. 24 indexed citations

Laschinger, Melanie, Annika Schneider, Katrin Manske, et al.. (2022). High precision-cut liver slice model to study cell-autonomous antiviral defense of hepatocytes within their microenvironment. JHEP Reports. 4(5). 100465–100465. 6 indexed citations

Andersen, Line Lykke, Pietro Scaturro, Christopher Dächert, et al.. (2021). NUDT2 initiates viral RNA degradation by removal of 5′-phosphates. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6918–6918. 15 indexed citations

Schober, Sebastian Johannes, Melanie Thiede, Dirk Wohlleber, et al.. (2020). MHC Class I-Restricted TCR-Transgenic CD4+ T Cells Against STEAP1 Mediate Local Tumor Control of Ewing Sarcoma In Vivo. Cells. 9(7). 1581–1581. 20 indexed citations

Alfei, Francesca, Kristiyan Kanev, Maike Hofmann, et al.. (2019). TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection. Nature. 571(7764). 265–269. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

Schneider, Annika, Katrin Manske, Mathias Heikenwälder, et al.. (2019). Single organelle analysis to characterize mitochondrial function and crosstalk during viral infection. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8492–8492. 16 indexed citations

Manske, Katrin, et al.. (2018). Outcome of anti-viral immunity in the liver is shaped by the level of antigen expressed in infected hepatocytes. Journal of Hepatology. 68. S794–S794. 1 indexed citations

Coch, Christoph, Dirk Wohlleber, Beate M. Kümmerer, et al.. (2017). RIG-I Activation Protects and Rescues from Lethal Influenza Virus Infection and Bacterial Superinfection. Molecular Therapy. 25(9). 2093–2103. 26 indexed citations

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Aneja, Manish K., Christian Dohmen, D Emrich, et al.. (2017). Translation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 upon Liver- and Lung-Targeted Delivery of Optimized Chemically Modified mRNA. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 7. 350–365. 55 indexed citations

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Gereke, Marcus, Thomas Ebensen, Peggy Riese, et al.. (2017). Targeted antigen delivery to dendritic cells elicits robust antiviral T cell-mediated immunity in the liver. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43985–43985. 12 indexed citations

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Grünwald, Barbara T., Susanne Schaten, Bastian Höchst, et al.. (2016). Pancreatic Premalignant Lesions Secrete Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1, Which Activates Hepatic Stellate Cells Via CD63 Signaling to Create a Premetastatic Niche in the Liver. Gastroenterology. 151(5). 1011–1024.e7. 104 indexed citations

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Grünewald, Thomas G. P., Richard Klar, Dirk Wohlleber, et al.. (2016). Transgenic antigen-specific, HLA-A*02:01-allo-restricted cytotoxic T cells recognize tumor-associated target antigen STEAP1 with high specificity. OncoImmunology. 5(6). e1175795–e1175795. 23 indexed citations

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Knolle, Percy A. & Dirk Wohlleber. (2016). Immunological functions of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 13(3). 347–353. 141 indexed citations

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Dudek, Michael, Jan P. Böttcher, Oliver Schanz, et al.. (2016). Liver sinusoidal endothelial cell cross-priming is supported by CD4 T cell-derived IL-2. Journal of Hepatology. 66(5). 978–986. 18 indexed citations

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Witt, Axel, Jens M. Seeger, Oliver Coutelle, et al.. (2015). IAP antagonization promotes inflammatory destruction of vascular endothelium. EMBO Reports. 16(6). 719–727. 12 indexed citations

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Schildberg, Frank A., et al.. (2014). Transfer of MHC-class-I molecules among liver sinusoidal cells facilitates hepatic immune surveillance. Journal of Hepatology. 61(3). 600–608. 24 indexed citations

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Huang, Li–Rung, Dirk Wohlleber, Florian Reisinger, et al.. (2013). Intrahepatic myeloid-cell aggregates enable local proliferation of CD8+ T cells and successful immunotherapy against chronic viral liver infection. Nature Immunology. 14(6). 574–583. 171 indexed citations

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Böttcher, Jan P., Oliver Schanz, Dirk Wohlleber, et al.. (2013). Liver-Primed Memory T Cells Generated under Noninflammatory Conditions Provide Anti-infectious Immunity. Cell Reports. 3(3). 779–795. 65 indexed citations

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Konermann, Anna, Werner Götz, Dirk Wohlleber, et al.. (2012). Osteoimmunological mechanisms involved in orthodontically and bacterially induced periodontal stress. Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics / Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie. 73(6). 430–439. 9 indexed citations

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