Erik Thorsby

20.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
468 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Erik Thorsby is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Thorsby has authored 468 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 287 papers in Immunology, 84 papers in Surgery and 79 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Erik Thorsby's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (183 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (134 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (79 papers). Erik Thorsby is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (183 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (134 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (79 papers). Erik Thorsby collaborates with scholars based in Norway, India and Denmark. Erik Thorsby's co-authors include Ludvig M. Sollid, Frode Vartdal, Henry Hirschberg, Bjarte G. Solheim, Lasse R. Braathen, Gustav Gaudernack, G. Markussen, Anne Spurkland, Kjersti S. Rønningen and Helge Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Erik Thorsby

461 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for a primary association of celiac disease to a... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1993 200 400 600
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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. Evidence for a primary association of celiac disease to a particular HLA-DQ alpha/beta heterodimer.
    1989 731 citations Ludvig M. Sollid, Frode Vartdal et al. profile →
  2. Gliadin-specific, HLA-DQ(alpha 1*0501,beta 1*0201) restricted T cells isolated from the small intestinal mucosa of celiac disease patients.
    1993 455 citations Knut E. A. Lundin, Helge Scott et al. profile →

Peers

Erik Thorsby
Nicole Brousse France
Atul K. Bhan United States
Gerald T. Nepom United States
Arne Svejgaard Denmark
Hugh O. McDevitt United States
Kazuo Kinoshita Japan
Charlotte Cunningham‐Rundles United States
Xavier Bossuyt Belgium
E. J. Holborow United Kingdom
Sophie Caillat‐Zucman France
Nicole Brousse France
Erik Thorsby
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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Thorsby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Thorsby

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik Thorsby. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik Thorsby based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Erik Thorsby. Erik Thorsby is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thorsby, Erik. (2012). The Polynesian gene pool: an early contribution by Amerindians to Easter Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 367(1590). 812–819. 23 indexed citations
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Thorsby, Erik. (2006). Norsk transplantasjonsmedisin gjennom 50 år. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.
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Husebekk, Anne, Erik Thorsby, & Hans Erik Heier. (2006). Immunologi og transfusjonsmedisin. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations
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Molberg, Øyvind, Ellen M Nilsen, Ludvig M. Sollid, et al.. (1998). CD4+ T cells with specific reactivity against astrovirus isolated from normal human small intestine. Gastroenterology. 114(1). 115–122. 28 indexed citations
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Thorsby, Erik. (1997). Invited anniversary review: HLA associated diseases. Human Immunology. 53(1). 1–11. 209 indexed citations
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Mignot, Emmanuel, Akinori Kimura, M. Abbal, et al.. (1995). DQCAR microsatellite polymorphisms in three selected HLA class II‐associated diseases. Tissue Antigens. 46(4). 299–304. 17 indexed citations
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Undlien, Dag E., Kazuyuki Hamaguchi, Akinori Kimura, et al.. (1994). IDDM susceptibility associated with polymorphisms in the insulin gene region A study of blacks, Caucasians and orientals. Diabetologia. 37(8). 745–749. 23 indexed citations
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Thorsby, Erik, et al.. (1993). HLA susceptibility genes in celiac disease: Genetic mapping and role in pathogenesis. Gastroenterology. 105(3). 910–922. 474 indexed citations
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Foerster, A., Michel Abdelnoor, Odd Geiran, et al.. (1992). Morbidity Risk Factors in Human Cardiac Transplantation: Histoincompatibility and Protracted Graft Ischemia Entail High Risk of Rejection and Infection. Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(3). 169–176. 12 indexed citations
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Gjertsen, Henrik, Knut E. A. Lundin, Kjersti S. Rønningen, Gustav Gaudernack, & Erik Thorsby. (1991). T cells recognizing an HLA-DQ αß heterodimer encoded in Cis by the DR4DQw4 haplotype and in Trans by DR4DQw8/DRw8DQw4 heterozygous cells. Human Immunology. 30(3). 226–232. 15 indexed citations
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Thorsby, Erik, Knut E. A. Lundin, Kjersti S. Rønningen, Ludvig M. Sollid, & Frode Vartdal. (1989). Molecular basis and functional importance of some disease‐associated HLA polymorphisms. Tissue Antigens. 34(1). 39–49. 12 indexed citations
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Lundin, Knut E.A., Gustav Gaudernack, Erik Qvigstad, Ludvig M. Sollid, & Erik Thorsby. (1988). T lymphocyte clones recognizing an HLA-DQw3.2-associated epitope involving residue 57 on the DQ β chain. Human Immunology. 22(4). 235–246. 23 indexed citations
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Fröysaker, Tor, Odd Geiran, Harald Lindberg, et al.. (1987). Two‐and‐a‐half year experience with heart transplantation in Norway. Clinical Transplantation. 1(1). 49–51. 5 indexed citations
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Qvigstad, Elisabeth, Helge Scott, & Erik Thorsby. (1985). HLA class-II restriction of antigen-specific T-cell activation. With special reference to the fine specificity and immunoregulation of HLA class-II restriction elements.. PubMed. 36. 73–94. 12 indexed citations
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Skaug, Kjell, et al.. (1983). Proliferative human T cell responses to Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro.. Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series A Pathology. 91(3). 203–209. 7 indexed citations
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Berle, E., et al.. (1980). Studies on human epidermal Langerhans' cells: II. Activation of human T lymphocytes to herpes simplex virus. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 60(5). 381–387. 61 indexed citations
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BERGHOLTZ, B. O., et al.. (1977). HLA antigens in malignant melanoma.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 16. 175–80. 1 indexed citations
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Weitkamp, L.R., J. J. van Rood, Erik Thorsby, et al.. (1973). The Relation of Parental Sex and Age to Recombination in the HL-A System. Human Heredity. 23(3). 197–205. 29 indexed citations

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