Günther Weindl

13.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Günther Weindl is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Günther Weindl has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Immunology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Günther Weindl's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (28 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (18 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (10 papers). Günther Weindl is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (28 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (18 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (10 papers). Günther Weindl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United States. Günther Weindl's co-authors include Anja Pfalzgraff, Martin Schaller, Hans Christian Körting, Klaus Brandenburg, Monika Schäfer‐Korting, Alexander Roeder, Bernhard Hube, Julian R. Naglik, Vandana Patravale and Abhijit A. Date and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Günther Weindl

70 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Therapeutic Potential for Bacterial Skin Infections and Wounds

2018 356 citations Anja Pfalzgraff, Klaus Brandenburg et al. Frontiers in Pharmacology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Günther Weindl Germany	29	999	869	614	613	609	75	3.3k
Anna L. Cogen United States	19	1.2k 1.2×	838 1.0×	506 0.8×	1.3k 2.1×	476 0.8×	26	3.5k
Oriana Simonetti Italy	28	695 0.7×	564 0.6×	336 0.5×	580 0.9×	271 0.4×	150	2.5k
Ulf Meyer‐Hoffert Germany	32	941 0.9×	971 1.1×	329 0.5×	758 1.2×	146 0.2×	52	3.1k
Yuping Lai China	33	1.9k 1.9×	1.8k 2.1×	417 0.7×	1.5k 2.4×	647 1.1×	57	5.3k
Teruaki Nakatsuji United States	38	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	687 1.1×	3.2k 5.2×	381 0.6×	80	6.0k
Robert A. Dorschner United States	20	1.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.9×	473 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	345 0.6×	28	5.1k
Ling‐juan Zhang China	31	1.3k 1.3×	964 1.1×	473 0.8×	805 1.3×	96 0.2×	70	3.8k
Josef G. Meingassner Austria	31	829 0.8×	912 1.0×	525 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	229 0.4×	77	3.6k
Maria Antonietta Tufano Italy	31	775 0.8×	577 0.7×	441 0.7×	258 0.4×	215 0.4×	120	3.0k
Jürgen Schauber Germany	40	1.8k 1.8×	2.0k 2.3×	711 1.2×	2.2k 3.5×	334 0.5×	83	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Günther Weindl

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günther Weindl

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All Works

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Weindl, Günther, et al.. (2025). Structure-guided approaches to modulate endosomal toll-like receptors TLR7, TLR8 and TLR9: advances, challenges and therapeutic promise. Drug Discovery Today. 30(11). 104495–104495.

Sosič, Izidor, et al.. (2025). Optimization of 6-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine derivatives as TLR8 antagonists. Acta Pharmaceutica. 75(2). 159–183. 1 indexed citations

Lauretti, Gabriela Rocha, et al.. (2025). Unravelling sources of variability on rocuronium pharmacokinetics: Implications for prolonged recovery in older patients. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 91(6). 1692–1704.

Schöler, Andrea, Shannon T. Smith, Jens Meiler, et al.. (2024). Groebke Blackburn Bienaymé-mediated multi-component synthesis of selective HDAC6 inhibitors with anti-inflammatory properties. Bioorganic Chemistry. 143. 107072–107072. 9 indexed citations

Miteva, Maria A., Matthias Geyer, Bénédicte Manoury, et al.. (2023). Insights into the molecular basis and mechanism of heme‐triggered TLR4 signalling: The role of heme‐binding motifs in TLR4 and MD2. Immunology. 171(2). 181–197. 10 indexed citations

Brandenburg, Klaus, Raquel Ferrer‐Espada, Guillermo Martínez de Tejada, et al.. (2023). A Comparison between SARS-CoV-2 and Gram-Negative Bacteria-Induced Hyperinflammation and Sepsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(20). 15169–15169. 7 indexed citations

Heinbockel, Lena, Günther Weindl, Wilmar Correa, et al.. (2021). Anti-Infective and Anti-Inflammatory Mode of Action of Peptide 19-2.5. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(3). 1465–1465. 11 indexed citations

Zoschke, Christian, et al.. (2020). TatS: a novel in vitro tattooed human skin model for improved pigment toxicology research. Archives of Toxicology. 94(7). 2423–2434. 12 indexed citations

Correa, Wilmar, Lena Heinbockel, Guillermo Martínez de Tejada, et al.. (2019). Synthetic Anti-lipopolysaccharide Peptides (SALPs) as Effective Inhibitors of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs). Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1117. 111–129. 9 indexed citations

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Murgueitio, Manuela S., et al.. (2019). The novel small-molecule antagonist MMG-11 preferentially inhibits TLR2/1 signaling. Biochemical Pharmacology. 171. 113687–113687. 21 indexed citations

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Pfalzgraff, Anja, Lena Heinbockel, Thomas Gutsmann, et al.. (2018). Antimicrobial endotoxin‐neutralizing peptides promote keratinocyte migration via P2X7 receptor activation and accelerate wound healing in vivo. British Journal of Pharmacology. 175(17). 3581–3593. 31 indexed citations

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Pfalzgraff, Anja, Klaus Brandenburg, & Günther Weindl. (2018). Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Therapeutic Potential for Bacterial Skin Infections and Wounds. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9. 281–281. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

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Su, Qi, et al.. (2016). Recognition of Propionibacterium acnes by human TLR2 heterodimers. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 307(2). 108–112. 35 indexed citations

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Weindl, Günther, Jeanette Wagener, & Martin Schaller. (2011). Interaction of the mucosal barrier with accessory immune cells during fungal infection. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 301(5). 431–435. 16 indexed citations

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Schaller, Martin & Günther Weindl. (2008). Models of Oral and Vaginal Candidiasis Based on In Vitro Reconstituted Human Epithelia for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions. Methods in molecular biology. 470. 327–345. 12 indexed citations

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Naglik, Julian R., David L. Moyes, Günther Weindl, et al.. (2008). Quantitative expression of the Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinase gene family in human oral and vaginal candidiasis. Microbiology. 154(11). 3266–3280. 200 indexed citations

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Schaller, Martin, Katherina Zakikhany, Günther Weindl, et al.. (2008). Charakterisierung der Interaktion zwischen Candida albicans und Wirtszellen. Der Hautarzt. 59(12). 964–970. 1 indexed citations

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Fradin, Chantal, Günther Weindl, Martin Schaller, et al.. (2006). The Early Transcriptional Response of Human Granulocytes to Infection withCandida albicansIs Not Essential for Killing but Reflects Cellular Communications. Infection and Immunity. 75(3). 1493–1501. 27 indexed citations

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Schaller, Martin, Katherina Zakikhany, Julian R. Naglik, Günther Weindl, & Bernhard Hube. (2006). Models of oral and vaginal candidiasis based on in vitro reconstituted human epithelia. Nature Protocols. 1(6). 2767–2773. 87 indexed citations

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Weindl, Günther, Martin Schaller, Monika Schäfer‐Korting, & Hans Christian Körting. (2004). Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment and Prevention of Skin Diseases: Molecular Biological, Pharmaceutical and Clinical Aspects. Skin Pharmacology and Physiology. 17(5). 207–213. 157 indexed citations

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