Kerstin Berer

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kerstin Berer is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerstin Berer has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kerstin Berer's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Kerstin Berer is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Kerstin Berer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Kerstin Berer's co-authors include Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Hartmut Wekerle, Marina Boziki, Caroline Johner, Marsilius Mues, Zakeya Al Rasbi, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Tania Kümpfel, Zhongkui Xia and Luisa Klotz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kerstin Berer

16 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination
    2011 942 citations Kerstin Berer, Marsilius Mues et al. Nature profile →
  2. 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kerstin Berer Germany 14 1.4k 859 640 370 345 16 2.7k
Marina Boziki Greece 24 1.0k 0.7× 608 0.7× 513 0.8× 257 0.7× 353 1.0× 71 2.6k
Egle Cekanaviciute United States 18 1.5k 1.1× 395 0.5× 266 0.4× 325 0.9× 346 1.0× 31 2.7k
Caroline Johner Germany 5 936 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 216 0.3× 360 1.0× 173 0.5× 7 2.2k
David Luckey United States 19 1.3k 0.9× 407 0.5× 225 0.4× 414 1.1× 213 0.6× 29 2.0k
Ilana Katz Sand United States 21 1.0k 0.7× 267 0.3× 1.0k 1.6× 208 0.6× 193 0.6× 41 2.2k
Xiaoming Jia United States 13 798 0.6× 712 0.8× 276 0.4× 191 0.5× 143 0.4× 28 2.4k
Sakhina Begum-Haque United States 12 797 0.6× 616 0.7× 237 0.4× 311 0.8× 173 0.5× 14 1.5k
Sara Omenetti United States 12 870 0.6× 909 1.1× 114 0.2× 180 0.5× 206 0.6× 16 2.1k
Tessel F. Runia Netherlands 14 748 0.5× 236 0.3× 603 0.9× 166 0.4× 163 0.5× 20 1.5k
Suna Önengüt-Gümüşcü United States 26 964 0.7× 1.3k 1.6× 166 0.3× 145 0.4× 191 0.6× 79 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerstin Berer

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Berer, Kerstin, Inés Martínez, Alesia Walker, et al.. (2018). Dietary non-fermentable fiber prevents autoimmune neurological disease by changing gut metabolic and immune status. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10431–10431. 70 indexed citations
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Hucke, Stephanie, Martin Herold, Kerstin Berer, et al.. (2018). Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation Modulates CNS Autoimmunity (P2.413). Neurology. 90(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Egle Cekanaviciute, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiota from multiple sclerosis patients enables spontaneous autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(40). 10719–10724. 650 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schuh, Elisabeth, Kerstin Berer, Matthias Mulazzani, et al.. (2016). Features of Human CD3+CD20+ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 197(4). 1111–1117. 138 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2014). Microbial view of central nervous system autoimmunity. FEBS Letters. 588(22). 4207–4213. 112 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin, Marina Boziki, & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2014). Selective Accumulation of Pro-Inflammatory T Cells in the Intestine Contributes to the Resistance to Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e87876–e87876. 31 indexed citations
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Ben‐Nun, Avraham, Nathali Kaushansky, Naoto Kawakami, et al.. (2014). From classic to spontaneous and humanized models of multiple sclerosis: Impact on understanding pathogenesis and drug development. Journal of Autoimmunity. 54. 33–50. 131 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin, et al.. (2014). Treg cells mediate recovery from EAE by controlling effector T cell proliferation and motility in the CNS. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2(1). 97 indexed citations
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Laan, Sander W. van der, Manuela Schneider, Rainer Malik, et al.. (2014). Deficiency of the Stroke Relevant HDAC9 Gene Attenuates Atherosclerosis in Accord With Allele-Specific Effects at 7p21.1. Stroke. 46(1). 197–202. 61 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Franziska, Peer‐Hendrik Kuhn, Sarah Laurent, et al.. (2014). The Immunoregulator Soluble TACI Is Released by ADAM10 and Reflects B Cell Activation in Autoimmunity. The Journal of Immunology. 194(2). 542–552. 87 indexed citations
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Wekerle, Hartmut, Kerstin Berer, & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2013). Remote control — triggering of brain autoimmune disease in the gut. Current Opinion in Immunology. 25(6). 683–689. 33 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2012). Commensal gut flora and brain autoimmunity: a love or hate affair?. Acta Neuropathologica. 123(5). 639–651. 63 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin, Marsilius Mues, Zakeya Al Rasbi, et al.. (2011). Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination. Nature. 479(7374). 538–541. 942 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berer, Kerstin, Hartmut Wekerle, & Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy. (2010). B cells in spontaneous autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system. Molecular Immunology. 48(11). 1332–1337. 32 indexed citations
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Pöllinger, Bernadette, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Kerstin Berer, et al.. (2009). Spontaneous relapsing-remitting EAE in the SJL/J mouse: MOG-reactive transgenic T cells recruit endogenous MOG-specific B cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(6). 1303–1316. 218 indexed citations
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Berer, Kerstin, et al.. (2005). Pathological consequences of molecular mimicry between myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) and butyrophilin (BTN) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Immunology. 116. 42–42. 4 indexed citations

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