Felix Heymann

7.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
54 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Felix Heymann is a scholar working on Immunology, Hepatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix Heymann has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Immunology, 16 papers in Hepatology and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Felix Heymann's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (12 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers). Felix Heymann is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (12 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers). Felix Heymann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Felix Heymann's co-authors include Frank Tacke, Christian Trautwein, Tom Luedde, Linda Hammerich, Nikolaus Gaßler, Christian Kurts, Dirk Eulberg, Christer Baeck, Sebastian Huss and Alexander Wehr and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Felix Heymann

54 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Immunology in the liver — from homeostasis to disease

2016 838 citations Felix Heymann, Frank Tacke profile →
Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine CCL2 (MCP-1) diminishes liver macrophage infiltration and steatohepatitis in chronic hepatic injury

2011 495 citations Christer Baeck, Alexander Wehr et al. Gut profile →
Chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor 2–positive monocytes aggravate the early phase of acetaminophen‐induced acute liver injury

2016 262 citations Jana C. Mossanen, Oliver Krenkel et al. Hepatology profile →
Differential effects of selective- and pan-PPAR agonists on experimental steatohepatitis and hepatic macrophages☆

2020 209 citations Sander Lefere, Tobias Puengel et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Felix Heymann Germany	31	2.1k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	705	54	5.3k
Robert A. DeAngelis United States	24	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	918 0.8×	633 0.9×	37	4.2k
Honglei Weng Germany	32	1.1k 0.6×	468 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	490 0.7×	79	3.2k
Yutaka Inagaki Japan	37	1.4k 0.7×	544 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	604 0.9×	125	4.9k
Takahiro Kodama Japan	39	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	884 0.5×	2.4k 2.1×	824 1.2×	176	5.8k
Hiroyuki Yoneyama Japan	36	979 0.5×	2.6k 1.3×	430 0.3×	795 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	85	4.9k
Yury Popov United States	37	2.2k 1.1×	543 0.3×	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	554 0.8×	71	4.8k
Pavel Strnad Germany	40	1.6k 0.8×	449 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	555 0.8×	161	5.7k
Maciej M. Markiewski United States	36	751 0.4×	2.6k 1.2×	427 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	801 1.1×	69	4.9k
Maria Serena Longhi United States	41	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	824 0.7×	570 0.8×	112	5.8k
Mihael Vucur Germany	28	1.4k 0.7×	664 0.3×	887 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	397 0.6×	74	3.8k

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Wang, Yuting, Felix Heymann, & Moritz Peiseler. (2024). Intravital imaging: dynamic insights into liver immunity in health and disease. Gut. 73(8). 1364–1375. 6 indexed citations

Guillot, Adrien, Milessa Silva Afonso, Abhishek Aggarwal, et al.. (2023). Mapping the hepatic immune landscape identifies monocytic macrophages as key drivers of steatohepatitis and cholangiopathy progression. Hepatology. 78(1). 150–166. 60 indexed citations

Heymann, Felix, Jana C. Mossanen, Moritz Peiseler, et al.. (2023). Hepatic C-X-C chemokine receptor type 6–expressing innate lymphocytes limit detrimental myeloid hyperactivation in acute liver injury. Hepatology Communications. 7(4). 4 indexed citations

Heuberger, Julian, Hilmar Berger, Hao Li, et al.. (2023). Establishment of gastrointestinal assembloids to study the interplay between epithelial crypts and their mesenchymal niche. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3025–3025. 32 indexed citations

Scheld, Miriam, Felix Heymann, Mersedeh Tohidnezhad, et al.. (2020). Modulatory effect of 17β-estradiol on myeloid cell infiltration into the male rat brain after ischemic stroke. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 202. 105667–105667. 6 indexed citations

Lefere, Sander, Tobias Puengel, Jana Hundertmark, et al.. (2020). Differential effects of selective- and pan-PPAR agonists on experimental steatohepatitis and hepatic macrophages☆. Journal of Hepatology. 73(4). 757–770. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

Ergen, Can, Patricia M. Niemietz, Felix Heymann, et al.. (2019). Liver fibrosis affects the targeting properties of drug delivery systems to macrophage subsets in vivo. Biomaterials. 206. 49–60. 20 indexed citations

Heymann, Felix, Christian Preisinger, Anjali A. Roeth, et al.. (2019). Polypropylene mesh implantation for hernia repair causes myeloid cell–driven persistent inflammation. JCI Insight. 4(2). 53 indexed citations

Bábíčková, Janka, Barbara M. Klinkhammer, Eva Miriam Buhl, et al.. (2016). Regardless of etiology, progressive renal disease causes ultrastructural and functional alterations of peritubular capillaries. Kidney International. 91(1). 70–85. 133 indexed citations

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Ergen, Can, Felix Heymann, Wa’el Al Rawashdeh, et al.. (2016). Targeting distinct myeloid cell populations in vivo using polymers, liposomes and microbubbles. Biomaterials. 114. 106–120. 65 indexed citations

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Overmeire, Eva Van, Benoı̂t Stijlemans, Felix Heymann, et al.. (2015). M-CSF and GM-CSF Receptor Signaling Differentially Regulate Monocyte Maturation and Macrophage Polarization in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Research. 76(1). 35–42. 191 indexed citations

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Braun, Gerald S., Yuichi Maruta, Felix Heymann, et al.. (2015). IL-6 Trans-Signaling Drives Murine Crescentic GN. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 27(1). 132–142. 49 indexed citations

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Liepelt, Anke, Jana C. Mossanen, Bernd Denecke, et al.. (2014). Translation control of TAK1 mRNA by hnRNP K modulates LPS-induced macrophage activation. RNA. 20(6). 899–911. 27 indexed citations

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Baeck, Christer, Xiao Wei, Matthias Bartneck, et al.. (2014). Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein 1) accelerates liver fibrosis regression by suppressing Ly-6C+ macrophage infiltration in mice. Hepatology. 59(3). 1060–1072. 208 indexed citations

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Hammerich, Linda, Olivier Govaere, Henning W. Zimmermann, et al.. (2013). Chemokine Receptor CCR6-Dependent Accumulation of γδ T Cells in Injured Liver Restricts Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis. Hepatology. 59(2). 630–642. 153 indexed citations

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Alidousty, Christina, Sonja Djudjaj, Björn C. Frye, et al.. (2013). YB-1 Is an Early and Central Mediator of Bacterial and Sterile Inflammation In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 191(5). 2604–2613. 54 indexed citations

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Heymann, Felix, Linda Hammerich, Matthias Bartneck, et al.. (2011). Hepatic macrophage migration and differentiation critical for liver fibrosis is mediated by the chemokine receptor C-C motif chemokine receptor 8 in mice. Hepatology. 55(3). 898–909. 146 indexed citations

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Baeck, Christer, Alexander Wehr, Karlin Raja Karlmark, et al.. (2011). Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine CCL2 (MCP-1) diminishes liver macrophage infiltration and steatohepatitis in chronic hepatic injury. Gut. 61(3). 416–426. 495 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paust, Hans‐Joachim, Jan‐Eric Turner, Oliver M. Steinmetz, et al.. (2009). The IL-23/Th17 Axis Contributes to Renal Injury in Experimental Glomerulonephritis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(5). 969–979. 197 indexed citations

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Turner, Jan‐Eric, Hans‐Joachim Paust, Oliver M. Steinmetz, et al.. (2008). CCR5 Deficiency Aggravates Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 181(9). 6546–6556. 45 indexed citations

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