Lukas Heger

1.4k total citations
37 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Lukas Heger is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lukas Heger has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Lukas Heger's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (23 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers). Lukas Heger is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (23 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers). Lukas Heger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Lukas Heger's co-authors include Diana Dudziak, Christian H.K. Lehmann, Gordon F. Heidkamp, Lukas Amon, Anna Barańska, Jennifer J. Lühr, Falk Nimmerjahn, Friederike Zunke, Friedrich Paulsen and Alana Hoffmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Journal of Immunology and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Lukas Heger

36 papers receiving 774 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lukas Heger Germany 18 534 263 171 92 82 37 789
Kazutaka Kitaura Japan 18 542 1.0× 159 0.6× 258 1.5× 86 0.9× 41 0.5× 46 880
Kwan T. Chow United States 12 352 0.7× 416 1.6× 139 0.8× 131 1.4× 33 0.4× 20 845
Stephanie van de Wall United States 11 341 0.6× 174 0.7× 177 1.0× 61 0.7× 28 0.3× 20 513
Yuya Nagai Japan 11 433 0.8× 252 1.0× 226 1.3× 61 0.7× 64 0.8× 43 853
Venky Ramakrishna United States 13 871 1.6× 495 1.9× 334 2.0× 44 0.5× 113 1.4× 19 1.1k
Ramon Roozendaal Netherlands 15 867 1.6× 246 0.9× 252 1.5× 104 1.1× 62 0.8× 29 1.3k
Xuezhi Cao China 11 676 1.3× 311 1.2× 243 1.4× 147 1.6× 44 0.5× 16 929
Dominika Rudnicka United Kingdom 9 302 0.6× 503 1.9× 99 0.6× 82 0.9× 66 0.8× 10 954
Brandon Hogstad United States 5 390 0.7× 256 1.0× 128 0.7× 62 0.7× 47 0.6× 5 710
Diego Alignani Spain 15 670 1.3× 326 1.2× 453 2.6× 49 0.5× 57 0.7× 27 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lukas Heger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lukas Heger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lukas Heger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lukas Heger. Lukas Heger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heger, Lukas, Diana Dudziak, Michael Erdmann, et al.. (2025). Avelumab mediates antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity against monocyte‐derived dendritic cells through natural killer cells. MedComm. 6(3). e70111–e70111. 1 indexed citations
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Wickel, Jonathan, Ulf Schnetzke, Jenny Rinke, et al.. (2024). Anti-CD19 CAR-T cells are effective in severe idiopathic Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(11). 101794–101794. 5 indexed citations
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Heger, Lukas, et al.. (2022). Modulation of urelumab glycosylation separates immune stimulatory activity from organ toxicity. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 970290–970290. 6 indexed citations
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Socher, Eileen, Lukas Heger, Friedrich Paulsen, Friederike Zunke, & Philipp Arnold. (2022). Molecular dynamics simulations of the delta and omicron SARS-CoV-2 spike – ACE2 complexes reveal distinct changes between both variants. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20. 1168–1176. 30 indexed citations
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Polisetti, Naresh, Andreas Gießl, Matthias Zenkel, et al.. (2021). Melanocytes as emerging key players in niche regulation of limbal epithelial stem cells. The Ocular Surface. 22. 172–189. 34 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Christian H.K., Ariawan Purbojo, Chunguang Liang, et al.. (2021). Select hyperactivating NLRP3 ligands enhance the T H 1- and T H 17-inducing potential of human type 2 conventional dendritic cells. Science Signaling. 14(680). 43 indexed citations
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Socher, Eileen, Lukas Heger, Friedrich Paulsen, et al.. (2021). Mutations in the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Reduce Receptor-Binding Affinity and Induce a Flexible Link to the Fusion Peptide. Biomedicines. 9(5). 525–525. 25 indexed citations
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Amon, Lukas, et al.. (2021). Inflammasomes in dendritic cells: Friend or foe?. Immunology Letters. 234. 16–32. 25 indexed citations
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Socher, Eileen, Lukas Heger, Friedrich Paulsen, et al.. (2021). Computational decomposition reveals reshaping of the SARS‐CoV‐2–ACE2 interface among viral variants expressing the N501Y mutation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 122(12). 1863–1872. 14 indexed citations
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Heger, Lukas, et al.. (2021). Six-Color Confocal Immunofluorescence Microscopy with 4-Laser Lines. Methods in molecular biology. 2350. 21–30. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Bénédikt, et al.. (2021). Characterization and Manipulation of the Crosstalk Between Dendritic and Natural Killer Cells Within the Tumor Microenvironment. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 670540–670540. 14 indexed citations
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Danzer, Heike, Anne Baerenwaldt, Anja Lux, et al.. (2020). Human Fcγ-receptor IIb modulates pathogen-specific versus self-reactive antibody responses in lyme arthritis. eLife. 9. 8 indexed citations
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Lühr, Jennifer J., Lukas Amon, Martin Kräter, et al.. (2020). Maturation of Monocyte-Derived DCs Leads to Increased Cellular Stiffness, Higher Membrane Fluidity, and Changed Lipid Composition. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 590121–590121. 26 indexed citations
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Amon, Lukas, Christian H.K. Lehmann, Lukas Heger, Gordon F. Heidkamp, & Diana Dudziak. (2020). The ontogenetic path of human dendritic cells. Molecular Immunology. 120. 122–129. 22 indexed citations
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Schlötzer‐Schrehardt, Ursula, Naresh Polisetti, Matthias Zenkel, et al.. (2018). Melanocytes as an emerging key player in niche regulation of limbal stem cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 3453–3453. 1 indexed citations
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Heger, Lukas, Jennifer J. Lühr, Gordon F. Heidkamp, et al.. (2018). CLEC10A Is a Specific Marker for Human CD1c+ Dendritic Cells and Enhances Their Toll-Like Receptor 7/8-Induced Cytokine Secretion. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 744–744. 89 indexed citations
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Heger, Lukas, et al.. (2018). Monocyte-Derived Signals Activate Human Natural Killer Cells in Response to Leishmania Parasites. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 24–24. 19 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Christian H.K., Anna Barańska, Gordon F. Heidkamp, et al.. (2017). DC subset–specific induction of T cell responses upon antigen uptake via Fcγ receptors in vivo. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(5). 1509–1528. 56 indexed citations
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Ortner, Daniela, Christoph H. Tripp, Viktor Fleming, et al.. (2015). Impaired gp100-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Responses in the Presence of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in a Spontaneous Mouse Melanoma Model. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 135(11). 2785–2793. 18 indexed citations

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