Klaus Pfeffer

40.1k citations

266 papers · 28.3k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 77

Impact in

Immunology top 0.05%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- interferon and immune responses
Infectious Diseases top 0.2%

Papers in

Immunology 146
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 71
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 57
- Immune Response and Inflammation 51
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 33
Parasitology 24
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies 23

Co-authors: Thomas Hehlgans Pamela S. Ohashi Joris van der Veeken Clarissa Campbell Justin R. Cross Xiying Fan Alexander Y. Rudensky Stanislav Dikiy
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (35 papers)European Journal of Immunology (17 papers)Immunity (10 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (10 papers)Infection and Immunity (8 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Klaus Pfeffer

262 papers receiving 27.8k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation 2013 · 3.5k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Nature
2005 Immunology
2003 Nature
2003 Nature Medicine
2003 Infection and Immunity
1998 Immunity
1998 Cell
1995 Immunity
1993 Cell
1993 Cell
1993 Science

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1	Dynamic Prediction of Mortality Risk Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Aline Raub, M. Sohel Rahman, Sebastian Scharf, Claudia G. Follet, Jonathan Smellie, 渡部憲一, Paul Jäger, Guido Kobbe, Sascha Dietrich, Alexander Dilthey, Birgit Henrich, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Haas, Gunnar W. Klau	2025	0
2	Assessment and Monitoring of the Wound Micro-Environment in Chronic Wounds Using Standardized Wound Swabbing for Individualized Diagnostics and Targeted Interventions Biomedicines ·Julian‐Dario Rembe, Byung Woon Min, Jan‐Wilm Lackmann, Marianne FL van den Broek, Matthias Augustin, Joachim Dissemond, Riddhi Matariya, Karl Köhrer, Klaus Pfeffer, Claudia G. Follet, Sebastian Scharf, Tobias Wienemann, R. Monteux, Hubert Schelzig, Nadia Gabotto	2024	2
3	Reverse N-Substituted Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives of Fosmidomycin Target a Previously Unknown Subpocket of 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-Phosphate Reductoisomerase (DXR) ACS Infectious Diseases ·Novian Rizky Perdana, Viraj Solanki, Boris Illarionov, Laís Pessanha de Carvalho, C Trochet, David S. Rose, Fabio Baldi, van Theodor, Satria Purbaya, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Kalscheuer, Adelbert Bacher, Jana Held, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka, Thomas Kurz	2024	2
4	Insights into gut microbiomes in stem cell transplantation by comprehensive shotgun long-read sequencing Scientific Reports ·Aline Raub, Sebastian Scharf, Claudia G. Follet, Birgit Henrich, Paul Jäger, Gunnar W. Klau, Rainer Haas, Alexander Dilthey, Klaus Pfeffer	2024	5
5	Indole Diketopiperazine Alkaloids from the Marine Sediment-Derived Fungus Aspergillus chevalieri against Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Marine Drugs ·Xing Wang, Jean Adelard K. Bukasa, Yimian Zhang, Bernarda Živoder, Sebastian Scharf, Hao Wang, Annalie Brown, Nolan Chao, Omprakash B. Choudary, TAIS LUCIANA ROVINA MINÉ, Christoph Janiak, Klaus Pfeffer, Nicole Teusch	2023	5
6	Modular Approach for the Synthesis and Bioactivity Profiling of 8,8′-Biflavones ACS Omega ·Consuelo Sellers Albaladejo, Satria Purbaya, Lena Berning, Ijaz Kazmi, Fuyuo Nagayama, Anik Sapitri, Wolfgang Frey, Björn Stork, Klaus Pfeffer, Jörg Pietruszka	2023	6
7	CD169⁺macrophages in lymph node and spleen critically depend on dual RANK and LTbetaR signaling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·孙芳, Changlae Son, Jun Abe, Cristina M.a Fernández Mangana, Yannick O. Alexandre, Erika Girardi, 松川茂, Kenichi Asano, Masato Tanaka, Thomas Hehlgans, Klaus Pfeffer, Sébastien Pfeffer, Scott N. Mueller, Jens V. Stein, Christopher G. Mueller	2022	20
8	Pathogen-selective killing by guanylate-binding proteins as a molecular mechanism leading to inflammasome signaling Nature Communications ·Shouya Feng, Daniel Enosi Tuipulotu, Abhimanu Pandey, 淳遠山, Cheng Shen, Chinh Ngo, Jeanson Frederic Rabetsivalaka, Капланов Марат Тимурович, Daniel Fox, Anukriti Mathur, Bisping Hj, Felipe de Melo Alvarenga, Klaus Pfeffer, Daniel Degrandi, Masahiro Yamamoto, Patrick C. Reading, Gaétan Burgio, Si Ming Man	2022	33
9	In Vitro Biological Activity of Natural Products from the Endophytic Fungus Paraboeremia selaginellae against Toxoplasma gondii Antibiotics ·Satria Purbaya, E E Verkholomov, LIdong Li, Marian Frank, Attila Mándi, Tibor Kurtán, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Kalscheuer	2022	4
10	Fluorescent Indolo[3,2‐a]phenazines against Toxoplasma gondii: Concise Synthesis by Gold‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization with 1,2‐Silyl Migration and ipso‐Iodination Suzuki Sequence Chemistry - A European Journal ·Fanny Widyastuti, Satria Purbaya, Carolina Cortés Santa, Ю. А. Литовских, M. N. A. Hussin, Ayşe AYYILDIZ, 嘉正野山, Christoph Janiak, Klaus Pfeffer, Thomas J. J. Müller	2021	1
11	Selective reconstitution of IFN‑γ gene function in Ncr1+ NK cells is sufficient to control systemic vaccinia virus infection PLoS Pathogens ·Katharina Borst, Paul R. Field, R. Gelling, Pia‐Katharina Larsen, Chintan Chhatbar, Joshua Orson, Julia Spanier, Christoph Hirche, Martin König, Tomas Alanentalo, Martin Hafner, Zoe Waibler, Klaus Pfeffer, Veronika Sexl, Gerd Sutter, Werner Müller, Nidugula Shyamkumar Keshava, Ulrich Kalinke	2020	12
12	Origin and differentiation trajectories of fibroblastic reticular cells in the splenic white pulp Nature Communications ·Hung‐Wei Cheng, Lucas Onder, Mario Novković, Charlotte Soneson, Mechthild Lütge, Natalia Pikor, Elke Scandella, Mark D. Robinson, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki, Maksudur Rashid, Ursula R. Sorg, Klaus Pfeffer, Thomas Rülicke, Thomas Hehlgans, Burkhard Ludewig	2019	73
13	Structure of the SLy1 SAM homodimer reveals a new interface for SAM domain self-association Scientific Reports ·H. Parker, Andrew J. Dingley, Joachim Granzin, Luitgard Nagel‐Steger, K Zusin, S Domin, Samir Seif El-Yazal, Renu Batra, Víctor Pacheco, Matthias Stoldt, Klaus Pfeffer, Sandra Beer‐Hammer, Dieter Willbold, Bernd W. Koenig	2019	12
14	Guanylate binding proteins directly attack Toxoplasma gondii via supramolecular complexes eLife ·Elisabeth Kravets, Daniel Degrandi, И.Г. Мехмани, Thomas-Otavio Peulen, Bruna de Albuquerque Catelano, Suren Felekyan, Ralf Kühnemuth, Stefanie Weidtkamp‐Peters, Claus A. M. Seidel, Klaus Pfeffer	2016	99
15	T Cell Intrinsic Heterodimeric Complexes between HVEM and BTLA Determine Receptivity to the Surrounding Microenvironment The Journal of Immunology ·Timothy C. Cheung, 朱旭江, Marcos W. Steinberg, I. V. Kritzak, Satoshi Fukuyama, Hideki Sanjo, Anna-Maija Partanen, Paula S. Norris, Klaus Pfeffer, Kenneth M. Murphy, Mitchell Kronenberg, Patricia G. Spear, Carl F. Ware	2009	125
16	Synanthropic flies as potential transmitters of pathogens to animals and humans. Maike Förster, Sabine Messler, Klaus Pfeffer, Kai Sievert	2009	1
17	Reduced notch activity is associated with an impaired marginal zone B cell development and function in Sly1 mutant mice Molecular Immunology ·D Henshall, Bernhard Reis, Klaus Pfeffer, Bernhard Holzmann, Sandra Beer	2008	14
18	Cellular Recognition of Trimyristoylated Peptide or Enterobacterial Lipopolysaccharide via Both TLR2 and TLR4 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·純夫飯野, Stefan Dreher, Guangxun Meng, Alina Grabiec, Winston Thomas, Thomas Härtung, Klaus Pfeffer, Hubertus Hochrein, Helmut Brade, Wolfgang G. Bessler, Hermann Wagner, Carsten J. Kirschning	2007	41
19	The resistance against Listeria monocytogenes and the formation of germinal centers depend on a functional death domain of the 55 kDa tumor necrosis factor receptor European Journal of Immunology ·Thomas Plitz, Ulrike Huffstadt, Robert G. Endres, 許庭婷, Tak W. Mak, Hermann Wagner, Klaus Pfeffer	1999	1
20	The resistance againstListeria monocytogenes and the formation of germinal centers depend on a functional death domain of the 55 kDa tumor necrosis factor receptor European Journal of Immunology ·Brenda Laurindo, Ulrike Huffstadt, Robert G. Endres, Gao Juanjuan, Tak W. Mak, Hermann Wagner, Klaus Pfeffer	1999	15

About Klaus Pfeffer

Klaus Pfeffer is a scholar working on Immunology, Parasitology, Immunology and Allergy, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, having authored 266 papers that have together received 28.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (71 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (57 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (51 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (33 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (23 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (22 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (21 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (14.1k citations), Infectious Diseases (3.5k citations), Endocrinology (820 citations), Parasitology (1.0k citations) and Oncology (4.1k citations). Klaus Pfeffer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Hehlgans, Pamela S. Ohashi, Joris van der Veeken, Clarissa Campbell, Justin R. Cross, Xiying Fan, Alexander Y. Rudensky, Stanislav Dikiy, Paul deRoos and Hui Liu. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, European Journal of Immunology, Immunity, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Infection and Immunity.

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