Heiko Bruns

3.6k total citations
62 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Heiko Bruns is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heiko Bruns has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Immunology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Heiko Bruns's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers), Immune cells in cancer (12 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (11 papers). Heiko Bruns is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers), Immune cells in cancer (12 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (11 papers). Heiko Bruns collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Heiko Bruns's co-authors include Steffen Stenger, Andréas Mackensen, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Robert L. Modlin, Regina Jitschin, Martin Böttcher, Christoph Meinken, Domenica Saul, Christian Antoni and Peter Kern and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Blood and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Heiko Bruns

58 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heiko Bruns Germany 22 869 655 374 348 347 62 1.8k
Dominique Rigal France 23 779 0.9× 639 1.0× 227 0.6× 395 1.1× 281 0.8× 67 2.2k
Florian Weisel United States 21 2.1k 2.5× 630 1.0× 294 0.8× 246 0.7× 456 1.3× 27 3.0k
Allen W. Ho United States 17 1.0k 1.2× 410 0.6× 413 1.1× 222 0.6× 428 1.2× 43 2.0k
Nien‐Jung Chen Taiwan 26 1.1k 1.3× 896 1.4× 171 0.5× 309 0.9× 208 0.6× 46 2.3k
Tim Willinger United States 21 1.6k 1.8× 710 1.1× 201 0.5× 519 1.5× 247 0.7× 27 2.6k
Wendy B. Bernstein United States 16 880 1.0× 931 1.4× 194 0.5× 1.0k 3.0× 359 1.0× 19 2.6k
Anja ten Brinke Netherlands 30 1.6k 1.9× 564 0.9× 257 0.7× 474 1.4× 304 0.9× 107 2.8k
Fei Ye China 20 632 0.7× 570 0.9× 448 1.2× 506 1.5× 191 0.6× 64 1.8k
Elissa K. Deenick Australia 27 2.7k 3.1× 498 0.8× 201 0.5× 562 1.6× 288 0.8× 39 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Heiko Bruns

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heiko Bruns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heiko Bruns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heiko Bruns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heiko Bruns based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heiko Bruns. Heiko Bruns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Brummer, Christina, Sakhila Ghimire, Katrin Peter, et al.. (2025). Impact of Liver and Kidney Function on Vitamin D3 Metabolism in Female and Male Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 2866–2866.
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Bruns, Heiko, et al.. (2025). Selinexor’s Immunomodulatory Impact in Advancing Multiple Myeloma Treatment. Cells. 14(6). 430–430. 1 indexed citations
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Aigner, Michael, Katharina Zimmermann, Axel Schambach, et al.. (2025). Functional differences between CLL‐ and ALL‐derived CAR T cells in a 3D tumor microenvironment highlight CXCR4 and IL‐10 as potential modulatory targets. HemaSphere. 9(12). e70279–e70279.
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Jong, Madelon M.E. de, Natalie Papazian, Remco M. Hoogenboezem, et al.. (2024). An IL-1β-driven neutrophil–stromal cell axis fosters a BAFF-rich protumor microenvironment in individuals with multiple myeloma. Nature Immunology. 25(5). 820–833. 14 indexed citations
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Liang, Chunguang, Romy Loschinski, Andrej Stoll, et al.. (2023). Oxidative DNA damage in reconstituting T cells is associated with relapse and inferior survival after allo-SCT. Blood. 141(13). 1626–1639. 8 indexed citations
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Karl, Franziska, Romy Loschinski, Andrej Stoll, et al.. (2023). Accumulation of T-cell-suppressive PD-L1high extracellular vesicles is associated with GvHD and might impact GvL efficacy. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(3). e006362–e006362. 10 indexed citations
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Dürholz, Kerstin, Eva Schmid, Michael Frech, et al.. (2022). Microbiota-Derived Propionate Modulates Megakaryopoiesis and Platelet Function. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 908174–908174. 14 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Christian H.K., Ariawan Purbojo, Chunguang Liang, et al.. (2021). Select hyperactivating NLRP3 ligands enhance the T H 1- and T H 17-inducing potential of human type 2 conventional dendritic cells. Science Signaling. 14(680). 43 indexed citations
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Stoll, Andrej, Heiko Bruns, Maximilian Fuchs, et al.. (2021). CD137 (4-1BB) stimulation leads to metabolic and functional reprogramming of human monocytes/macrophages enhancing their tumoricidal activity. Leukemia. 35(12). 3482–3496. 29 indexed citations
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Böttcher, Martin, Andrej Stoll, Romy Loschinski, et al.. (2020). Palmitoylated Proteins on AML-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Differentiation via TLR2/Akt/mTOR Signaling. Cancer Research. 80(17). 3663–3676. 49 indexed citations
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Peter, Katrin, Peter J. Siska, Tobias Roider, et al.. (2020). 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D3 but not the clinically applied marker 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 predicts survival after stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 56(2). 419–433. 9 indexed citations
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Lee, Jung‐Hyun, Martin Eberhardt, Xin Lai, et al.. (2019). Innate extracellular vesicles from melanoma patients suppress β-catenin in tumor cells by miRNA-34a. Life Science Alliance. 2(2). e201800205–e201800205. 21 indexed citations
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Aigner, Michael, Kai Hildner, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, et al.. (2019). Human Double-Negative Regulatory T-Cells Induce a Metabolic and Functional Switch in Effector T-Cells by Suppressing mTOR Activity. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 883–883. 30 indexed citations
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Jitschin, Regina, Martin Böttcher, Domenica Saul, et al.. (2019). Inflammation-induced glycolytic switch controls suppressivity of mesenchymal stem cells via STAT1 glycosylation. Leukemia. 33(7). 1783–1796. 63 indexed citations
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Müller, Miriam, Heiko Bruns, & Dietrich A. Volmer. (2017). Direct aqueous measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in a cellular environment by LC-MS/MS using the novel chemical derivatization reagent MDBP. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 409(10). 2705–2714. 4 indexed citations
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Steiger, Julia, Alexander Stephan, Megan S. Inkeles, et al.. (2016). Imatinib Triggers Phagolysosome Acidification and Antimicrobial Activity against Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette–Guérin in Glucocorticoid-Treated Human Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 197(1). 222–232. 20 indexed citations
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Bruns, Heiko, Catherine Bessell, Juan Carlos Varela, et al.. (2015). CD47 Enhances In Vivo Functionality of Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(9). 2075–2083. 21 indexed citations
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Bruns, Heiko, Christoph Daniel, Luitpold Distel, et al.. (2014). Macrophages and Dendritic Cells as Actors in the Immune Reaction of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114345–e114345. 26 indexed citations
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Bastian, Max, Tobias Braun, Heiko Bruns, Martin Röllinghoff, & Steffen Stenger. (2008). Mycobacterial Lipopeptides Elicit CD4+ CTLs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Infected Humans. The Journal of Immunology. 180(5). 3436–3446. 47 indexed citations
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Bruns, Heiko, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of TNF-α reduces transplant arteriosclerosis in a murine aortic transplant model. Transplant International. 22(3). 342–349. 16 indexed citations

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