Hartmut Wekerle

33.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
285 papers, 25.4k citations indexed

About

Hartmut Wekerle is a scholar working on Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hartmut Wekerle has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 25.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Immunology, 56 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 54 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hartmut Wekerle's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (112 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (91 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (56 papers). Hartmut Wekerle is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (112 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (91 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (56 papers). Hartmut Wekerle collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Hartmut Wekerle's co-authors include Reinhard Hohlfeld, Hans Lassmann, Harald Neumann, Christopher Linington, Irun R. Cohen, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Avraham Ben‐Nun, Walter Fierz, A. Fontana and Edgar Meinl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Hartmut Wekerle

279 papers receiving 24.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination

2011 942 citations Kerstin Berer, Marsilius Mues et al. profile →
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, Christine Stadelmann et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
The rapid isolation of clonable antigen‐specific T lymphocyte lines capable of mediating autoimmune encephalomyelitis

1981 738 citations Hartmut Wekerle et al. profile →
Astrocytes present myelin basic protein to encephalitogenic T-cell lines

1984 659 citations Hartmut Wekerle et al. profile →
Gut microbiota from multiple sclerosis patients enables spontaneous autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

2017 650 citations Kerstin Berer, Lisa Ann Gerdes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cellular immune reactivity within the CNS

1986 634 citations Hartmut Wekerle, Christopher Linington et al. profile →
Effector T cell interactions with meningeal vascular structures in nascent autoimmune CNS lesions

2009 534 citations Ingo Bartholomäus, Naoto Kawakami et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hartmut Wekerle

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hongsup Yoon, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Florian Beigel, (unknown), (unknown), Jiancheng Wang, Tanja Kuhlmann, Andrea Flierl‐Hecht, Dirk Haller, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Sergio E. Baranzini, Hartmut Wekerle, Anneli Peters	2
2	Visualizing the activation of encephalitogenic T cells in the ileal lamina propria by in vivo two-photon imaging 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Isabel Bauer, Ping Fang, (unknown), Sofia Tyystjärvi, Dominik Alterauge, Dirk Baumjohann, Hongsup Yoon, Thomas Korn, Hartmut Wekerle, Naoto Kawakami	9
3	Gut microbiota from multiple sclerosis patients enables spontaneous autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice breakdown → 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kerstin Berer, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Egle Cekanaviciute, Xiaoming Jia, Liang Xiao, Zhongkui Xia, Chuan Liu, Luisa Klotz, (unknown), Sergio E. Baranzini, Tania Kümpfel, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Hartmut Wekerle	650
4	Multiple Sklerose und Mikrobiota: Vom Genom zum Metagenom? 2015 ·Der Nervenarzt ·Reinhard Hohlfeld, Hartmut Wekerle	0
5	The search for the target antigens of multiple sclerosis, part 2: CD8+ T cells, B cells, and antibodies in the focus of reverse-translational research 2015 ·The Lancet Neurology ·Reinhard Hohlfeld, Klaus Dornmair, Edgar Meinl, Hartmut Wekerle	135
6	MHC class II–dependent B cell APC function is required for induction of CNS autoimmunity independent of myelin-specific antibodies 2013 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Nicolas Molnarfi, Ulf Schulze‐Topphoff, Martin S. Weber, Juan C. Patarroyo, Thomas Prod’homme, Michel Varrin‐Doyer, Aparna Shetty, Christopher Linington, Anthony Slavin, Juan Hidalgo, Dieter E. Jenne, Hartmut Wekerle, Raymond A. Sobel, Claude C.A. Bernard, Mark J. Shlomchik, Scott S. Zamvil	318
7	Cumulative Autoimmunity: T Cell Clones Recognizing Several Self-Epitopes Exhibit Enhanced Pathogenicity 2011 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Roland Liblau, Hartmut Wekerle, Roland Tisch	4
8	Functional and Pathogenic Differences of Th1 and Th17 Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Helena S. Domingues, Marsilius Mues, Hans Lassmann, Hartmut Wekerle, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy	184
9	B cells in spontaneous autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system 2010 ·Molecular Immunology ·Kerstin Berer, Hartmut Wekerle, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy	32
10	MicroRNA profiling of multiple sclerosis lesions identifies modulators of the regulatory protein CD47 2009 ·Brain ·Andreas Junker, Markus Krumbholz, Sylvia Eisele, Hema Mohan, (unknown), Robert A. Bittner, Hans Lassmann, Hartmut Wekerle, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Edgar Meinl	479
11	Differential roles of Th1 and Th17 CD4+T cell subsets in the pathogenesis of EAE 2008 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·Helena S. Domingues, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Hans Lassmann, Hartmut Wekerle	1
12	Intravital 2-photon imaging of encephalitogenic effector cells during fingolimod (FTY720) treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 2008 ·Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Ingo Bartholomäus, Christian Schläger, Volker Brinkmann, Hartmut Wekerle, Alexander Flügel	4
13	Neurotrophic cross‐talk between the nervous and immune systems: Implications for neurological diseases 2003 ·Annals of Neurology ·Martin Kerschensteiner, Christine Stadelmann, Georg Dechant, Hartmut Wekerle, Reinhard Hohlfeld	217
14	An Autoreactive γδ TCR Derived from a Polymyositis Lesion 2002 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Heinz Wiendl, Joachim Malotka, (unknown), H U Weltzien, Hartmut Wekerle, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Klaus Dornmair	35
15	Genes and viruses in multiple sclerosis 2001 ·Elsevier eBooks ·O. R. Hommes, M. Clanet, Hartmut Wekerle	18
16	Fas Ligand (CD95L) Protects Neurons Against Perforin- Mediated T Lymphocyte Cytotoxicity 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Isabelle M. Medana, Zhaoxia Li, Alexander Flügel, Jürg Tschopp, Hartmut Wekerle, Harald Neumann	56
17	Development of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoreactive Transgenic B Lymphocytes: Receptor Editing In Vivo After Encounter of a Self-Antigen Distinct from Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein 2000 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Tobias Litzenburger, Horst Blüthmann, Patrícia Morales, Danielle Pham-Dinh, André Dautigny, Hartmut Wekerle, Antonio Iglesias	26
18	Autoimmune T lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis. Determination of target epitopes using T lines and recombinant products of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene. 1989 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Arthur Melms, (unknown), Berthold Schalke, Hartmut Wekerle, Alex Mauron, Marc Ballivet, T. Barkas	55
19	Thymus in myasthenia gravis. Isolation of T-lymphocyte lines specific for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from thymuses of myasthenic patients. 1988 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Arthur Melms, Berthold Schalke, T Kirchner, H. K. Müller-Hermelink, E. D. Albert, Hartmut Wekerle	125
20	Diversity of T cells recognizing transplantation antigens: mechanism of antigen recognition. 1973 ·PubMed ·Hartmut Wekerle, (unknown), (unknown)	4

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