Lisa Ann Gerdes

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Lisa Ann Gerdes is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Ann Gerdes has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lisa Ann Gerdes's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (18 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Lisa Ann Gerdes is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (18 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). Lisa Ann Gerdes collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Slovakia and United States. Lisa Ann Gerdes's co-authors include Reinhard Hohlfeld, Tania Kümpfel, Markus Krumbholz, Luisa Klotz, Hartmut Wekerle, Sergio E. Baranzini, Kerstin Berer, Zhongkui Xia, Egle Cekanaviciute and Liang Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Ann Gerdes

29 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

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 →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lisa Ann Gerdes Germany	13	751	650	521	324	206	31	1.6k
Wakiro Sato Japan	17	572 0.8×	930 1.4×	382 0.7×	610 1.9×	173 0.8×	50	2.0k
M. Mateo Paz Soldán United States	16	484 0.6×	705 1.1×	305 0.6×	151 0.5×	115 0.6×	37	1.5k
Tessel F. Runia Netherlands	14	603 0.8×	748 1.2×	213 0.4×	236 0.7×	98 0.5×	20	1.5k
Helle Bach Søndergaard Denmark	26	758 1.0×	500 0.8×	155 0.3×	424 1.3×	214 1.0×	76	1.7k
K.-P. Wandinger Germany	17	611 0.8×	319 0.5×	616 1.2×	248 0.8×	190 0.9×	28	1.4k
Annette Oturai Denmark	27	1.2k 1.5×	569 0.9×	271 0.5×	855 2.6×	335 1.6×	71	2.3k
Fuhua Peng China	18	418 0.6×	245 0.4×	257 0.5×	168 0.5×	139 0.7×	80	1.1k
Jonathan B. Strober United States	24	820 1.1×	444 0.7×	677 1.3×	207 0.6×	204 1.0×	43	1.9k
Jessica Frau Italy	25	1.1k 1.4×	317 0.5×	354 0.7×	353 1.1×	282 1.4×	111	1.8k
Marcela Fiol Argentina	12	689 0.9×	247 0.4×	263 0.5×	272 0.8×	150 0.7×	25	1.2k

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Yoon, Hongsup, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Florian Beigel, et al.. (2025). Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2419689122–e2419689122. 2 indexed citations

Kendirli, Arek, Paula Sánchez, Lena Spieth, et al.. (2025). In vivo CRISPR screen reveals regulation of macrophage states in neuroinflammation. Nature Neuroscience. 29(2). 493–509.

Barateau, Lucie, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Dany Séverac, et al.. (2024). Single cell transcriptomics of cerebrospinal fluid cells from patients with recent-onset narcolepsy. Journal of Autoimmunity. 146. 103234–103234. 4 indexed citations

Gerdes, Lisa Ann, Tania Kümpfel, Katja Anslinger, et al.. (2024). Impact of adult-onset multiple sclerosis on MRI-based intracranial volume: A study in clinically discordant monozygotic twins. NeuroImage Clinical. 42. 103597–103597.

Peters, Anneli, Lisa Ann Gerdes, & Hartmut Wekerle. (2024). Multiple sclerosis and the intestine: Chasing the microbial offender. Immunological Reviews. 325(1). 152–165. 3 indexed citations

Martı́nez, A.M., Andrea Flierl‐Hecht, Birgit Ertl‐Wagner, et al.. (2024). Twin study identifies early immunological and metabolic dysregulation of CD8 ⁺ T cells in multiple sclerosis. Science Immunology. 9(99). eadj8094–eadj8094. 8 indexed citations

Kendirli, Arek, Isabel Bauer, Stephan Winklmeier, et al.. (2023). A genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screen identifies essential regulators of T cell migration to the CNS in a multiple sclerosis model. Nature Neuroscience. 26(10). 1713–1725. 14 indexed citations

Ingelfinger, Florian, Eduardo Beltrán, Lisa Ann Gerdes, & Burkhard Becher. (2022). Single-cell multiomics in neuroinflammation. Current Opinion in Immunology. 76. 102180–102180. 7 indexed citations

Penkert, Horst, Chris Lauber, Mathias J. Gerl, et al.. (2020). Plasma lipidomics of monozygotic twins discordant for multiple sclerosis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 7(12). 2461–2466. 15 indexed citations

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Gerdes, Lisa Ann, Hongsup Yoon, & Anneli Peters. (2020). Mikrobiota und Multiple Sklerose. Der Nervenarzt. 91(12). 1096–1107. 3 indexed citations

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Souren, Nicole Y., Lisa Ann Gerdes, Pavlo Lutsik, et al.. (2019). DNA methylation signatures of monozygotic twins clinically discordant for multiple sclerosis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2094–2094. 46 indexed citations

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Macrini, Caterina, Markus Krumbholz, Paul J. Hensbergen, et al.. (2019). The Glycosylation Site of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Affects Autoantibody Recognition in a Large Proportion of Patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1189–1189. 14 indexed citations

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Beltrán, Eduardo, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Andrea Flierl‐Hecht, et al.. (2019). Early adaptive immune activation detected in monozygotic twins with prodromal multiple sclerosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(11). 4758–4768. 84 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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Hartl, Christina, et al.. (2017). Seasonal variations of 25-OH vitamin D serum levels are associated with clinical disease activity in multiple sclerosis patients. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 375. 160–164. 25 indexed citations

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Souren, Nicole Y., Lisa Ann Gerdes, Tania Kümpfel, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Heteroplasmy in Monozygotic Twins Clinically Discordant for Multiple Sclerosis. Human Mutation. 37(8). 765–775. 11 indexed citations

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Spadaro, Melania, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Marie Cathrin Mayer, et al.. (2015). Histopathology and clinical course of MOG-antibody-associated encephalomyelitis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2(3). 295–301. 138 indexed citations

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Havla, Joachim, Peter Lohse, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Reinhard Hohlfeld, & Tania Kümpfel. (2013). Symptoms Related to Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1-associated Periodic Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, and Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients Carrying the TNF Receptor Superfamily 1A D12E/p.Asp41Glu Mutation. The Journal of Rheumatology. 40(3). 261–264. 4 indexed citations

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Roos, Karen L., Lisa Ann Gerdes, Kathinka D. Kurz, et al.. (2011). An enhancing brainstem lesion in a patient with a history of worldwide travel. Neurology. 77(19). 1756–1760. 1 indexed citations

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Havla, Joachim, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Ingrid Meinl, et al.. (2011). De-escalation from natalizumab in multiple sclerosis: recurrence of disease activity despite switching to glatiramer acetate. Journal of Neurology. 258(9). 1665–1669. 62 indexed citations

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