Heike M. Hermanns

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Heike M. Hermanns is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heike M. Hermanns has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Oncology, 25 papers in Immunology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heike M. Hermanns's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (34 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers). Heike M. Hermanns is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (34 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (7 papers). Heike M. Hermanns collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands. Heike M. Hermanns's co-authors include Peter C. Heinrich, Iris Behrmann, Fred Schaper, Gerhard Müller‐Newen, Serge Haan, Andreas Geier, Simone Radtke, Joachim Grötzinger, Monika Rau and Daniel Jahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Heike M. Hermanns

62 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation

2003 2.6k citations Peter C. Heinrich, Iris Behrmann et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heike M. Hermanns Germany	29	2.4k	2.0k	1.8k	932	593	63	5.3k
Christoph Garbers Germany	40	2.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	604 0.6×	662 1.1×	118	6.4k
Bo Tang China	31	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	521 0.6×	828 1.4×	114	6.5k
Lutz Graeve Germany	37	3.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	543 0.6×	867 1.5×	85	6.5k
Serge Haan Germany	24	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	390 0.4×	676 1.1×	36	4.8k
Toshikatsu Hanada Japan	33	3.0k 1.3×	3.6k 1.8×	2.2k 1.2×	798 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	64	7.2k
Vance B. Matthews Australia	32	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	770 0.8×	498 0.8×	95	5.2k
Masahiko Mihara Japan	40	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	412 0.4×	489 0.8×	99	6.2k
Taiji Matsusaka Japan	43	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	652 1.1×	124	7.4k
Shabnam Shalapour United States	26	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	975 1.6×	40	6.0k
Kenji Oritani Japan	39	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	562 0.9×	177	6.3k

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Wagner, Jennifer K., David W. Vredevoogd, Xin Yu, et al.. (2025). TRAF2 and RIPK1 redundantly mediate classical NFκB signaling by TNFR1 and CD95-type death receptors. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 35–35. 5 indexed citations

Gogiraju, Rajinikanth, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, Anton Gisterå, et al.. (2024). CD8 ⁺ T Cells Drive Plaque Smooth Muscle Cell Dedifferentiation in Experimental Atherosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 44(8). 1852–1872. 10 indexed citations

Butt, Elke, et al.. (2024). Cholesterol uptake in the intestine is regulated by the LASP1-AKT-NPC1L1 signaling pathway. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 327(1). G25–G35. 1 indexed citations

Hermanns, Heike M., Óscar Briz, José M. Herranz, et al.. (2022). Impact of Liver Inflammation on Bile Acid Side Chain Shortening and Amidation. Cells. 11(24). 3983–3983. 5 indexed citations

Jahn, Daniel, C. Meier, Raphael N. Vuille‐dit‐Bille, et al.. (2019). Intestinal vitamin D receptor modulates lipid metabolism, adipose tissue inflammation and liver steatosis in obese mice. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(6). 1567–1578. 35 indexed citations

Rau, Monika, Ateequr Rehman, Marcus Dittrich, et al.. (2018). Fecal SCFAs and SCFA‐producing bacteria in gut microbiome of human NAFLD as a putative link to systemic T‐cell activation and advanced disease. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 6(10). 1496–1507. 258 indexed citations

Jahn, Daniel, et al.. (2016). Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapies. Digestive Diseases. 34(4). 356–363. 21 indexed citations

Rolvering, Catherine, Andreas Zimmer, Ines Kozar, et al.. (2016). Crosstalk between different family members: IL27 recapitulates IFNγ responses in HCC cells, but is inhibited by IL6-type cytokines. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1864(3). 516–526. 17 indexed citations

Jahn, Daniel, Monika Rau, Heike M. Hermanns, & Andreas Geier. (2015). Mechanisms of enterohepatic fibroblast growth factor 15/19 signaling in health and disease. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 26(6). 625–635. 50 indexed citations

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Grötzinger, Joachim, et al.. (2012). Characterization of the Rat Oncostatin M Receptor Complex Which Resembles the Human, but Differs from the Murine Cytokine Receptor. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43155–e43155. 31 indexed citations

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Gupta, Shuchi, Attila Braun, Martina Morowski, et al.. (2012). CLP36 Is a Negative Regulator of Glycoprotein VI Signaling in Platelets. Circulation Research. 111(11). 1410–1420. 19 indexed citations

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Entschladen, Frank, Joachim Altschmied, Ria Baumgrass, et al.. (2010). Signal transduction, receptors, mediators and genes: younger than ever - the 13th meeting of the Signal Transduction Society focused on aging and immunology. Cell Communication and Signaling. 8(1). 2–2. 2 indexed citations

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Haan, Claude, et al.. (2008). Oncostatin M-Induced and Constitutive Activation of the JAK2/STAT5/CIS Pathway Suppresses CCL1, but Not CCL7 and CCL8, Chemokine Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 181(10). 7341–7349. 25 indexed citations

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Costa‐Pereira, Ana P., Heike M. Hermanns, Hayaatun Is’harc, et al.. (2005). Signaling through a Mutant IFN-γ Receptor. The Journal of Immunology. 175(9). 5958–5965. 6 indexed citations

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Hermanns, Heike M., Ruth Heise, Sylvia Joussen, et al.. (2005). Interleukin-6-Type Cytokines Upregulate Expression of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins in NHEK and Dermal Fibroblasts. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 124(1). 28–37. 62 indexed citations

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Radtke, Simone, et al.. (2004). Characterization of the Signaling Capacities of the Novel gp130-like Cytokine Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(34). 36112–36120. 70 indexed citations

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Clahsen, Thomas, Ute Lehmann, Claudia Stroß, et al.. (2004). The tyrosine 974 within the LIF-R-chain of the gp130/LIF-R heteromeric receptor complex mediates negative regulation of LIF signalling. Cellular Signalling. 17(5). 559–569. 18 indexed citations

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Radtke, Simone, Heike M. Hermanns, Claude Haan, et al.. (2002). Novel Role of Janus Kinase 1 in the Regulation of Oncostatin M Receptor Surface Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(13). 11297–11305. 66 indexed citations

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Anhuf, Dirk, Jochen Schmitz, Radoslaw M. Sobota, et al.. (2000). Signal Transduction of IL-6, Leukemia-Inhibitory Factor, and Oncostatin M: Structural Receptor Requirements for Signal Attenuation. The Journal of Immunology. 165(5). 2535–2543. 45 indexed citations

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Haan, Claude, Heike M. Hermanns, Peter C. Heinrich, & Iris Behrmann. (2000). A single amino acid substitution (Trp666→Ala) in the interbox1/2 region of the interleukin-6 signal transducer gp130 abrogates binding of JAK1, and dominantly impairs signal transduction. Biochemical Journal. 349(1). 261–261. 19 indexed citations

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