Hans Lassmann

96.8k total citations · 30 hit papers
645 papers, 70.7k citations indexed

About

Hans Lassmann is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Lassmann has authored 645 papers receiving a total of 70.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 200 papers in Immunology and 176 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Hans Lassmann's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (263 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (161 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (102 papers). Hans Lassmann is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (263 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (161 papers) and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (102 papers). Hans Lassmann collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Hans Lassmann's co-authors include Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Wolfgang Brück, Monika Bradl, Christopher Linington, Hartmut Wekerle, Jan Bauer, Joseph E. Parisi, Christine Stadelmann, Moses Rodriguez and K. Vass and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Hans Lassmann

641 papers receiving 69.4k citations

Hit Papers

Heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis lesions: Implication... 1986 2026 1999 2012 2000 2005 2009 2007 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis lesions: Implications for the pathogenesis of demyelination
    2000 2.5k citations Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Hans Lassmann et al. profile →
  2. Cortical demyelination and diffuse white matter injury in multiple sclerosis
    2005 1.4k citations Alexandra Kutzelnigg, Claudia F. Lucchinetti et al. Brain profile →
  3. The relation between inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis brains
    2009 1.1k citations Josa M. Frischer, Stephan Bramow et al. Brain profile →
  4. The Immunopathology of Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview
    2007 876 citations Hans Lassmann, Wolfgang Brück et al. profile →
  5. Pathological mechanisms in progressive multiple sclerosis
    2015 865 citations Hans Lassmann et al. profile →
  6. Activated Human T Cells, B Cells, and Monocytes Produce Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor In Vitro and in Inflammatory Brain Lesions: A Neuroprotective Role of Inflammation?
    1999 847 citations Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  7. Inflammatory Cortical Demyelination in Early Multiple Sclerosis
    2011 827 citations Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Hans Lassmann et al. profile →
  8. Progressive multiple sclerosis: pathology and pathogenesis
    2012 761 citations Hans Lassmann, Don Mahad et al. profile →
  9. Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
    2000 727 citations Maria K. Storch, Robert Weissert et al. American Journal Of Pathology profile →
  10. Clonal Expansions of Cd8+ T Cells Dominate the T Cell Infiltrate in Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions as Shown by Micromanipulation and Single Cell Polymerase Chain Reaction
    2000 718 citations Hans Lassmann, Reinhard Hohlfeld et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  11. Accumulation of abnormally phosphorylated τ precedes the formation of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease
    1989 677 citations Hans Lassmann, Herbert Budka et al. profile →
  12. Oligodendrocytes: biology and pathology
    2009 635 citations Hans Lassmann et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  13. Cellular immune reactivity within the CNS
    1986 634 citations Hartmut Wekerle, Christopher Linington et al. profile →
  14. Differentiation between cellular apoptosis and necrosis by the combined use of in situ tailing and nick translation techniques.
    1994 623 citations Helene Breitschopf, Hans Lassmann et al. profile →
  15. Remyelination is extensive in a subset of multiple sclerosis patients
    2006 616 citations Peter Patrikios, Christine Stadelmann et al. Brain profile →
  16. Distinct Patterns of Multiple Sclerosis Pathology Indicates Heterogeneity in Pathogenesis
    1996 590 citations Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Wolfgang Brück et al. profile →
  17. Oxidative damage in multiple sclerosis lesions
    2011 587 citations Josa M. Frischer, Jan Bauer et al. Brain profile →
  18. Multiple Sclerosis Pathology
    2018 585 citations Hans Lassmann profile →
  19. Augmentation of demyelination in rat acute allergic encephalomyelitis by circulating mouse monoclonal antibodies directed against a myelin/oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.
    1988 567 citations Christopher Linington, Hans Lassmann et al. profile →
  20. Pattern-specific loss of aquaporin-4 immunoreactivity distinguishes neuromyelitis optica from multiple sclerosis
    2007 564 citations Hans Lassmann, Wolfgang Brück et al. Brain profile →
  21. Clinical and pathological insights into the dynamic nature of the white matter multiple sclerosis plaque
    2015 508 citations Josa M. Frischer, Stephan Bramow et al. profile →
  22. Loss of ‘homeostatic’ microglia and patterns of their activation in active multiple sclerosis
    2017 483 citations Simon Hametner, Hans Lassmann et al. Brain profile →
  23. Pathogenic Mechanisms Associated With Different Clinical Courses of Multiple Sclerosis
    2019 470 citations Hans Lassmann profile →
  24. Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis
    2012 470 citations Hans Lassmann, Jan Bauer et al. Brain profile →
  25. An updated histological classification system for multiple sclerosis lesions
    2016 454 citations Wolfgang Brück, Hans Lassmann et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  26. Iron and neurodegeneration in the multiple sclerosis brain
    2013 391 citations Simon Hametner, Wolfgang Brück et al. profile →
  27. Multiple sclerosis: experimental models and reality
    2016 387 citations Hans Lassmann et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
  28. Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis
    2012 377 citations Wolfgang Brück, Claudia F. Lucchinetti et al. profile →
  29. The compartmentalized inflammatory response in the multiple sclerosis brain is composed of tissue-resident CD8+ T lymphocytes and B cells
    2018 372 citations Jan Bauer, Hans Lassmann et al. Brain profile →
  30. Slow expansion of multiple sclerosis iron rim lesions: pathology and 7 T magnetic resonance imaging
    2016 313 citations Assunta Dal‐Bianco, Günther Grabner et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans Lassmann Austria 145 30.8k 18.8k 18.7k 18.1k 14.0k 645 70.7k
Richard M. Ransohoff United States 116 9.8k 0.3× 20.4k 1.1× 12.2k 0.7× 23.5k 1.3× 5.9k 0.4× 352 54.3k
Jack P. Antel Canada 102 12.9k 0.4× 12.0k 0.6× 11.1k 0.6× 10.9k 0.6× 6.0k 0.4× 525 38.0k
Howard L. Weiner United States 128 15.5k 0.5× 35.3k 1.9× 14.2k 0.8× 9.4k 0.5× 6.7k 0.5× 826 73.1k
Wolfgang Brück Germany 89 14.7k 0.5× 7.1k 0.4× 7.7k 0.4× 8.4k 0.5× 6.8k 0.5× 391 32.1k
Hans‐Peter Hartung Germany 89 20.7k 0.7× 8.2k 0.4× 7.9k 0.4× 4.7k 0.3× 14.5k 1.0× 730 43.0k
Claudia F. Lucchinetti United States 87 29.0k 0.9× 6.9k 0.4× 7.3k 0.4× 6.5k 0.4× 19.0k 1.4× 231 41.3k
Bruce D. Trapp United States 94 12.1k 0.4× 4.5k 0.2× 11.3k 0.6× 8.3k 0.5× 5.8k 0.4× 277 34.3k
Ludwig Kappos Switzerland 108 40.8k 1.3× 8.2k 0.4× 11.2k 0.6× 4.4k 0.2× 16.0k 1.1× 818 55.7k
Cedric S. Raine United States 88 9.2k 0.3× 12.3k 0.7× 8.5k 0.5× 7.1k 0.4× 3.3k 0.2× 413 31.5k
Gıancarlo Comı Italy 95 17.6k 0.6× 3.5k 0.2× 6.3k 0.3× 5.1k 0.3× 10.2k 0.7× 762 36.2k

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Kaneko, Kimihiko, Hiroshi Kuroda, Yuki Matsumoto, et al.. (2024). Different Complement Activation Patterns Following C5 Cleavage in MOGAD and AQP4-IgG+NMOSD. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 11(5). e200293–e200293. 7 indexed citations
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Klinger, Matthias, Gerhard Zugmaier, Maria-Elisabeth Goebeler, et al.. (2019). Adhesion of T Cells to Endothelial Cells Facilitates Blinatumomab-Associated Neurologic Adverse Events. Cancer Research. 80(1). 91–101. 51 indexed citations
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Dal‐Bianco, Assunta, Günther Grabner, Claudia Kronnerwetter, et al.. (2016). Slow expansion of multiple sclerosis iron rim lesions: pathology and 7 T magnetic resonance imaging. Acta Neuropathologica. 133(1). 25–42. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lassmann, Hans. (2013). Pathology and disease mechanisms in different stages of multiple sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 333(1-2). 1–4. 177 indexed citations
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Domingues, Helena S., Marsilius Mues, Hans Lassmann, Hartmut Wekerle, & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2010). Functional and Pathogenic Differences of Th1 and Th17 Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e15531–e15531. 184 indexed citations
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Frischer, Josa M., Stephan Bramow, Assunta Dal‐Bianco, et al.. (2009). The relation between inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis brains. Brain. 132(5). 1175–1189. 1093 indexed citations breakdown →
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Junker, Andreas, Markus Krumbholz, Sylvia Eisele, et al.. (2009). MicroRNA profiling of multiple sclerosis lesions identifies modulators of the regulatory protein CD47. Brain. 132(12). 3342–3352. 479 indexed citations
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Bramow, Stephan, Christina Jacobsen, Alexandra Kutzelnigg, et al.. (2008). Fatal neurogenic pulmonary edema in a patient with progressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 14(5). 711–715. 18 indexed citations
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Andersson, Åsa, Ruxandra Covacu, Dan Sunnemark, et al.. (2008). Pivotal Advance: HMGB1 expression in active lesions of human and experimental multiple sclerosis. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 84(5). 1248–1255. 181 indexed citations
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Domingues, Helena S., Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Hans Lassmann, & Hartmut Wekerle. (2008). Differential roles of Th1 and Th17 CD4+T cell subsets in the pathogenesis of EAE. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 203(2). 238–239. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Ryan A., Jan Bauer, Matthew J. Flick, et al.. (2007). The fibrin-derived γ377-395 peptide inhibits microglia activation and suppresses relapsing paralysis in central nervous system autoimmune disease. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(3). 571–582. 268 indexed citations
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Spazierer, Daniel, Peter Fuchs, Siegfried Reipert, et al.. (2005). Epiplakin Is Dispensable for Skin Barrier Function and for Integrity of Keratin Network Cytoarchitecture in Simple and Stratified Epithelia. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(2). 559–568. 23 indexed citations
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Trebst, Corinna, Susan M. Staugaitis, Pia Kivisäkk, et al.. (2003). CC Chemokine Receptor 8 in the Central Nervous System Is Associated with Phagocytic Macrophages. American Journal Of Pathology. 162(2). 427–438. 43 indexed citations
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Storch, Maria K., Robert Weissert, Andreas Stefferl, et al.. (2002). MHC gene related effects on microglia and macrophages in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) determine the extent of axonal injury. Glia. 334–334. 1 indexed citations
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Stadelmann, Christine, Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld, et al.. (2002). BDNF and gp145trkB in multiple sclerosis brain lesions: neuroprotective interactions between immune and neuronal cells?. Brain. 125(1). 75–85. 343 indexed citations
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Barac-Latas, Vesna, H. Wege, & Hans Lassmann. (1995). Apoptosis of T lymphocytes in coronavirus-induced encephalomyelitis. 6. 355–357. 9 indexed citations
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Breitschopf, Helene, et al.. (1992). In situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled probes: sensitive and reliable detection method applied to myelinating rat brain. Acta Neuropathologica. 84(6). 581–7. 221 indexed citations
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Lassmann, Hans, Walter Fierz, Csilla Neuchrist, & Richard Meyermann. (1991). CHRONIC RELAPSING EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC NEURITIS INDUCED BY REPEATED TRANSFER OF P2-PROTEIN REACTIVE T CELL LINES. Brain. 114(1). 429–442. 20 indexed citations
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Marksteiner, Josef, Hans Lassmann, Alois Saria, et al.. (1990). Neuropeptide Levels after Pentylenetetrazol Kindling in the Rat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2(1). 98–103. 48 indexed citations
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Maier, Hans, Herbert Budka, Hans Lassmann, & Peter C. Pohl. (1989). Vacuolar myelopathy with multinucleated giant cells in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Acta Neuropathologica. 78(5). 497–503. 47 indexed citations

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