János Ludwig

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
37 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

János Ludwig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, János Ludwig has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in János Ludwig's work include interferon and immune responses (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). János Ludwig is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (8 papers). János Ludwig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. János Ludwig's co-authors include Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Hiromi Muramatsu, Marion Goldeck, Fritz Eckstein, Hiroki Kato, Frank A. Welsh, Shizuo Akira, Veit Hornung and Ingo Röhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

János Ludwig

35 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

cGAS produces a 2′-5′-linked cyclic dinucleotide second messenger that activates STING

2013 1.3k citations Andrea Ablasser, Marion Goldeck et al. Nature profile →
Incorporation of Pseudouridine Into mRNA Yields Superior Nonimmunogenic Vector With Increased Translational Capacity and Biological Stability

2008 1.3k citations Katalin Karikó, Hiromi Muramatsu et al. Molecular Therapy profile →
Generating the optimal mRNA for therapy: HPLC purification eliminates immune activation and improves translation of nucleoside-modified, protein-encoding mRNA

2011 655 citations Katalin Karikó, Hiromi Muramatsu et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Antiviral immunity via RIG-I-mediated recognition of RNA bearing 5′-diphosphates

2014 441 citations Delphine Goubau, Martin Schlee et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
János Ludwig Germany	23	4.2k	2.4k	1.2k	789	540	37	5.9k
Hal P. Bogerd United States	47	4.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	935 1.2×	792 1.5×	78	7.3k
Monsef Benkirane France	46	4.4k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	997 1.3×	549 1.0×	77	8.4k
Mariola Fotin‐Mleczek Germany	28	3.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	310 0.4×	780 1.4×	38	4.8k
Sun Hur United States	34	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	606 0.5×	762 1.0×	205 0.4×	58	5.0k
Ian MacLachlan United States	30	5.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	776 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	1.1k 2.1×	49	6.7k
Christine Chable-Bessia France	16	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	773 0.6×	977 1.2×	300 0.6×	20	4.2k
Joseph Marcotrigiano United States	31	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	706 0.6×	428 0.5×	218 0.4×	56	5.7k
Richard Bénarous France	43	3.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	313 0.4×	798 1.5×	88	6.8k
J. Ignacio Casal Spain	52	3.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	751 1.0×	1.4k 2.5×	167	7.4k
Amos Panet Israel	42	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	927 0.8×	254 0.3×	1.3k 2.3×	175	5.7k

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Ludwig, János, Marieta Toma, Eva Bartok, et al.. (2025). Immunoengineering eines Photocage‐geschützten 5′‐Triphosphat‐Oligoribonukleotid‐Liganden zur spatiotemporalen Kontrolle der RIG‐I‐Aktivierung bei Tumoren. Angewandte Chemie. 137(21).

Ludwig, János & Jakub Mrázek. (2024). OrthoRefine: automated enhancement of prior ortholog identification via synteny. BMC Bioinformatics. 25(1). 163–163. 1 indexed citations

Vlatkovic, Irena, János Ludwig, Gábor Boros, et al.. (2022). Ribozyme Assays to Quantify the Capping Efficiency of In Vitro-Transcribed mRNA. Pharmaceutics. 14(2). 328–328. 29 indexed citations

Andersen, Line Lykke, Pietro Scaturro, Christopher Dächert, et al.. (2021). NUDT2 initiates viral RNA degradation by removal of 5′-phosphates. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6918–6918. 15 indexed citations

Coch, Christoph, Dirk Wohlleber, Beate M. Kümmerer, et al.. (2017). RIG-I Activation Protects and Rescues from Lethal Influenza Virus Infection and Bacterial Superinfection. Molecular Therapy. 25(9). 2093–2103. 26 indexed citations

Engel, Christina, Marion Goldeck, János Ludwig, et al.. (2017). RIG-I Resists Hypoxia-Induced Immunosuppression and Dedifferentiation. Cancer Immunology Research. 5(6). 455–467. 28 indexed citations

Schuberth-Wagner, Christine, János Ludwig, Anna‐Maria Herzner, et al.. (2015). A Conserved Histidine in the RNA Sensor RIG-I Controls Immune Tolerance to N1-2′O-Methylated Self RNA. Immunity. 43(1). 41–51. 222 indexed citations

Goldeck, Marion, Thomas Tuschl, Gunther Hartmann, & János Ludwig. (2014). Efficient Solid‐Phase Synthesis of pppRNA by Using Product‐Specific Labeling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(18). 4694–4698. 27 indexed citations

Goubau, Delphine, Martin Schlee, Safia Deddouche, et al.. (2014). Antiviral immunity via RIG-I-mediated recognition of RNA bearing 5′-diphosphates. Nature. 514(7522). 372–375. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ablasser, Andrea, Marion Goldeck, Taner Cavlar, et al.. (2013). cGAS produces a 2′-5′-linked cyclic dinucleotide second messenger that activates STING. Nature. 498(7454). 380–384. 1268 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hafner, Markus, Neil Renwick, Miguel Brown, et al.. (2011). RNA-ligase-dependent biases in miRNA representation in deep-sequenced small RNA cDNA libraries. RNA. 17(9). 1697–1712. 256 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanli, János Ludwig, Marion Goldeck, et al.. (2010). Structural and functional insights into 5′-ppp RNA pattern recognition by the innate immune receptor RIG-I. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(7). 781–787. 209 indexed citations

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Pena, John, Sara H. Rouhanifard, János Ludwig, et al.. (2009). miRNA in situ hybridization in formaldehyde and EDC–fixed tissues. Nature Methods. 6(2). 139–141. 244 indexed citations

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Karikó, Katalin, Hiromi Muramatsu, Frank A. Welsh, et al.. (2008). Incorporation of Pseudouridine Into mRNA Yields Superior Nonimmunogenic Vector With Increased Translational Capacity and Biological Stability. Molecular Therapy. 16(11). 1833–1840. 1253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hafner, Markus, Pablo Landgraf, János Ludwig, et al.. (2007). Identification of microRNAs and other small regulatory RNAs using cDNA library sequencing. Methods. 44(1). 3–12. 380 indexed citations

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Li, Ping, Zhihong Xu, Hongyan Liu, et al.. (2005). Synthesis of α-P-Modified Nucleoside Diphosphates with Ethylenediamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(48). 16782–16783. 29 indexed citations

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Serwe, Matthias, János Ludwig, Brian S. Sproat, et al.. (2005). Hammerhead ribozymes with cleavage site specificity for NUH and NCH display significant anti-hepatitis C viral effect in vitro and in recombinant HepG2 and CCL13 cells. Journal of Hepatology. 44(6). 1017–1025. 13 indexed citations

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Salmi, Peter, et al.. (2000). Dopamine D2 receptor ribozyme inhibits quinpirole-induced stereotypy in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 388(1). R1–R2. 15 indexed citations

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Aurup, Helle, Thomas Tuschl, Fritz Benseler, János Ludwig, & Fritz Eckstein. (1994). Oligonucleotide duplexes containing 2′-amino-2′-deoxycytidines: thermal stability and chemical reactivity. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(1). 20–24. 102 indexed citations

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Tomasz, J., Sándor Bottka, János Ludwig, & István Pelczer. (1987). Adenosine Cyclic 3′, 5′-Phosphoramidate and N,N-Dimethylphosphoramidate: Synthesis Via Symmetrical and Mixed Anhydrides and Hydrolysis. Phosphorous and Sulfur and the Related Elements. 30(3-4). 597–600. 4 indexed citations

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