Leif Erik Sander

21.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Leif Erik Sander is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leif Erik Sander has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Immunology, 32 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Leif Erik Sander's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (23 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (20 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (17 papers). Leif Erik Sander is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (23 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (20 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (17 papers). Leif Erik Sander collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Leif Erik Sander's co-authors include J. Magarian Blander, Florian Kurth, Michael Müller, Christian Trautwein, Naiara Beraza, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Frank Tacke, Johan Garaude, Norbert Suttorp and Joel A. Swanson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Leif Erik Sander

77 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course

2021 283 citations Terry C. Jones, Guido Biele et al. Science profile →
mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

2022 243 citations Henning Gruell, Kanika Vanshylla et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Ultra-fast proteomics with Scanning SWATH

2021 179 citations Norbert Suttorp, Leif Erik Sander et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Macrophages recycle phagocytosed bacteria to fuel immunometabolic responses 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), Julie A. Reisz, (unknown), (unknown), Mónica Fernández‐Monreal, Jean‐William Dupuy, Angèle Tingaud‐Sequeira, (unknown), (unknown), Benoı̂t Pinson, Daniel Wendisch, (unknown), Alejo Efeyan, Leif Erik Sander, Angelo D’Alessandro, Johan Garaude	17
2	Streptococcus pyogenes EVs induce the alternative inflammasome via caspase-4/-5 in human monocytes 2025 ·EMBO Reports ·Kathrin Krause, (unknown), Matteo Ugolini, Tonya Kueck, (unknown), Eric J. C. Gálvez, Matthias Muenzner, Christian Goosmann, Volker Brinkmann, Christian K. Frese, Kathirvel Alagesan, Tim Vierbuchen, Holger Heine, Ulrike Resch, Leif Erik Sander, Emmanuelle Charpentier	1
3	Severe imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria with hyperparasitaemia: evaluation of determinants of critical disease in adult returning travellers 2025 ·Journal of Travel Medicine ·Tilman Lingscheid, (unknown), Pinkus Tober‐Lau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Henrik Nielsen, (unknown), Kristine Mørch, Emmanuel Bottieau, Frieder Pfäfflin, Leif Erik Sander, Thomas Zöller, Michael Ramharter, Florian Kurth	0
4	A new phenotype of patients with post-COVID-19 condition is characterised by a pattern of complex ventilatory dysfunction, neuromuscular disturbance and fatigue symptoms 2024 ·ERJ Open Research ·Fridolin Steinbeis, Claudia Kedor, (unknown), Charlotte Thibeault, Mirja Mittermaier, Philipp Knape, Katharina Ahrens, Gabriele Rotter, Bettina Temmesfeld‐Wollbrück, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Kurth, Martin Witzenrath, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Thomas Zöller	1
5	Performance of commercial SARS-CoV-2 wild-type and Omicron BA.1 antibody assays compared with pseudovirus neutralization tests 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Virology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lutz Gieselmann, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Jens Klotsche, (unknown), (unknown), Jan Zernicke, Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Klein, Gerd R Burmester, Robert Biesen, (unknown)	1
6	RECAST: Study protocol for an observational study for the understanding of the increased REsilience of Children compared to Adults in SARS-CoV-2 infecTion 2023 ·BMJ Open ·Sebastian Stricker, (unknown), Martin Karsten, Thomas P. Van Boeckel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anita Balázs, (unknown), Chantip Dang‐Heine, Valentin A. Schriever, Roland Eils, Irina Lehmann, Leif Erik Sander, Markus Ralser, Victor M. Corman, Marcus Mall, Birgit Sawitzki, Jobst Roehmel	0
7	Post-treatment haemolysis is common following oral artemisinin combination therapy of uncomplicated malaria in travellers 2023 ·Journal of Travel Medicine ·Florian Kurth, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Tilman Lingscheid, (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Angheben, Federico Gobbi, (unknown), Miriam Stegemann, Kathrin Heim, Frieder Pfäfflin, (unknown), Mariana Schürmann, Agata Mikołajewska, Martin Witzenrath, Leif Erik Sander, Beate Mayer, Thomas Zöller	6
8	Associations of myeloid cells with cellular and humoral responses following vaccinations in patients with neuroimmunological diseases 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Camila Fernández‐Zapata, Maya Golan, (unknown), Leif Erik Sander, Stephan Schlickeiser, Désirée Kunkel, Tanja Schmitz‐Hübsch, Birgit Sawitzki, Arnon Karni, Julian Braun, Lucie Loyal, Andreas Thiel, Judith Bellmann–Strobl, Friedemann Paul, Lil Meyer‐Arndt, Chotima Böttcher	2
9	Short- and long-term T cell and antibody responses following dexamethasone treatment in COVID-19 2023 ·JCI Insight ·Charlotte Thibeault, (unknown), Kanika Vanshylla, Veronica Di Cristanziano, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Paula Stubbemann, David Hillus, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, (unknown), Friederike Münn, Lena J. Lippert, Elisa T. Helbig, Tilman Lingscheid, Fridolin Steinbeis, Mirja Mittermaier, Martin Witzenrath, Thomas Zöller, Florian Klein, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Kurth	2
10	Interoperable, Domain-Specific Extensions for the German Corona Consensus (GECCO) COVID-19 Research Data Set Using an Interdisciplinary, Consensus-Based Workflow: Data Set Development Study 2023 ·JMIR Medical Informatics ·Gregor Lichtner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Julian Saß, Alexander Bartschke, David Hillus, Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander, (unknown), Nicole Toepfner, Reinhard Berner, Anna Frey, Marcus Dörr, Jörg Janne Vehreschild, Christof von Kalle, Sylvia Thun	1
11	Characterization of antimicrobial use and co-infections among hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a prospective observational cohort study 2022 ·Infection ·Tilman Lingscheid, Lena J. Lippert, David Hillus, (unknown), Charlotte Thibeault, Elisa T. Helbig, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Frieder Pfäfflin, Holger Müller-Redetzky, Martin Witzenrath, Thomas Zöller, Alexander Uhrig, Bastian Opitz, Norbert Suttorp, Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Leif Erik Sander, Miriam Stegemann, Florian Kurth	7
12	ELF5 is a potential respiratory epithelial cell-specific risk gene for severe COVID-19 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Maik Pietzner, Robert Lorenz Chua, Eleanor Wheeler, Katharina Jechow, Julian Willett, Helena Radbruch, Saskia Trump, Bettina Heidecker, Hugo Zeberg, Frank L. Heppner, Roland Eils, Marcus Mall, J. Brent Richards, Leif Erik Sander, Irina Lehmann, Soeren Lukassen, Nicholas J. Wareham, Christian Conrad, Claudia Langenberg	15
13	Type of vaccine and immunosuppressive therapy but not diagnosis critically influence antibody response after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatic disease 2022 ·RMD Open ·(unknown), (unknown), Jan Zernicke, (unknown), T. Braun, Lara M. Jeworowski, Tatjana Schwarz, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, (unknown), (unknown), Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander, Victor M. Corman, Gerd R Burmester, Robert Biesen, (unknown), Jens Klotsche	15
14	Pharmacokinetics of Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir in COVID-19 Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Intermittent Hemodialysis 2022 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Tilman Lingscheid, Martina Kinzig, Anne Krüger, (unknown), (unknown), Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Friederike Münn, (unknown), Martin Witzenrath, Leif Erik Sander, Fritz Sörgel, Florian Kurth	25
15	mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Medicine ·Henning Gruell, Kanika Vanshylla, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, David Hillus, Philipp Schommers, Clara Lehmann, Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Klein	243
16	Nonproductive exposure of PBMCs to SARS‐CoV ‐2 induces cell‐intrinsic innate immune responses 2022 ·Molecular Systems Biology ·Julia Kazmierski, (unknown), (unknown), Jackson Emanuel, Cornelius Fischer, Jenny Jansen, Anja Richter, Laure Bosquillon de Jarcy, Christiane Schüler, (unknown), Sascha Sauer, Christian Drosten, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, Leif Erik Sander, Marcel A. Müller, Daniela Niemeyer, Christine Goffinet	10
17	Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course breakdown → 2021 ·Science ·Terry C. Jones, Guido Biele, Barbara Mühlemann, Talitha Veith, Julia Schneider, Jörn Beheim-Schwarzbach, Tobias Bleicker, Julia Tesch, Marie Luisa Schmidt, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Kurth, Peter Menzel, Rolf Schwarzer, Marta Żuchowski, Jörg Hofmann, Andi Krumbholz, Angela Stein, Anke Edelmann, Victor M. Corman, Christian Drosten	283
18	Breakdown in membrane asymmetry regulation leads to monocyte recognition of P. falciparum-infected red blood cells 2021 ·PLoS Pathogens ·(unknown), (unknown), Stefan Bröer, Florian Kurth, Leif Erik Sander, Kai Matuschewski, Alexander G. Maier	16
19	The common HAQ STING variant impairs cGAS-dependent antibacterial responses and is associated with susceptibility to Legionnaires’ disease in humans 2018 ·PLoS Pathogens ·(unknown), Lutz Hamann, Javeed A. Shah, Annelies Verbon, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Monika Puzianowska‐Kuźnicka, Jan Naujoks, Leif Erik Sander, Martin Witzenrath, John C. Cambier, Norbert Suttorp, Ralf R. Schumann, Lei Jin, Thomas R. Hawn, Bastian Opitz, (unknown)	43
20	Primary human mast cells express specific isoforms of SNARE proteins 2005 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Leif Erik Sander, (unknown), J. Klempnauer, Michael P. Manns, S.C. Bischoff, Axel Lorentz	2

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