Martin Aichinger

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Martin Aichinger is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Aichinger has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Martin Aichinger's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Martin Aichinger is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Martin Aichinger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Martin Aichinger's co-authors include Ludger Klein, Jelena Nedjic, Noboru Mizushima, Jan Emmerich, Dontscho Kerjaschki, Reiner Wimmer, Alexandra Leopoldi, Josef Penninger, Maria Novatchkova and Olivia Prazeres da Costa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Martin Aichinger

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vascu... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy
    2019 545 citations Reiner Wimmer, Alexandra Leopoldi et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Aichinger Germany 12 774 609 354 314 214 19 1.8k
Toru Nishi Japan 25 750 1.0× 247 0.4× 244 0.7× 206 0.7× 226 1.1× 70 2.0k
Irene M. Min United States 19 1.0k 1.3× 425 0.7× 133 0.4× 217 0.7× 658 3.1× 42 1.8k
Shadmehr Demehri United States 29 868 1.1× 927 1.5× 387 1.1× 236 0.8× 1.0k 4.8× 92 3.2k
Barbara Corneo United States 20 2.0k 2.6× 450 0.7× 195 0.6× 147 0.5× 398 1.9× 48 2.7k
Manuela Gavina Italy 17 1.0k 1.4× 444 0.7× 304 0.9× 114 0.4× 143 0.7× 20 2.1k
Martin S. Kluger United States 23 718 0.9× 450 0.7× 92 0.3× 187 0.6× 234 1.1× 27 1.5k
Taylor H. Schreiber United States 23 475 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 95 0.3× 173 0.6× 574 2.7× 50 1.8k
Richard G. James United States 25 1.4k 1.8× 533 0.9× 109 0.3× 100 0.3× 277 1.3× 46 2.1k
Kati Elima Finland 28 884 1.1× 734 1.2× 156 0.4× 88 0.3× 538 2.5× 53 2.3k
Brigitte Hantusch Austria 15 759 1.0× 277 0.5× 72 0.2× 262 0.8× 514 2.4× 22 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Aichinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Aichinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Aichinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Aichinger 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 Martin Aichinger. Martin Aichinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Pinto, Catarina, Barbara Thaler, Abdallah Souabni, et al.. (2023). Tumor microenvironment mimicking 3D models unveil the multifaceted effects of SMAC mimetics. iScience. 26(4). 106381–106381. 4 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Irmgard, Anke Baum, Marco H. Hofmann, et al.. (2022). Pharmacodynamic and Antitumor Activity of BI 836880, a Dual Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Angiopoietin 2 Inhibitor, Alone and Combined with Programmed Cell Death Protein-1 Inhibition. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 384(3). 331–342. 9 indexed citations
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Künkele, Klaus‐Peter, Daniela Wesch, Hans‐Heinrich Oberg, et al.. (2020). Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells: Can We Re-Purpose a Potent Anti-Infection Mechanism for Cancer Therapy?. Cells. 9(4). 829–829. 18 indexed citations
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Wimmer, Reiner, Alexandra Leopoldi, Martin Aichinger, et al.. (2019). Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy. Nature. 565(7740). 505–510. 545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wimmer, Reiner, Alexandra Leopoldi, Martin Aichinger, Dontscho Kerjaschki, & Josef Penninger. (2019). Generation of blood vessel organoids from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Protocols. 14(11). 3082–3100. 188 indexed citations
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Ng, Charles, Martin Aichinger, Tung H. Nguyen, et al.. (2019). The histone chaperone CAF-1 cooperates with the DNA methyltransferases to maintain Cd4 silencing in cytotoxic T cells. Genes & Development. 33(11-12). 669–683. 25 indexed citations
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Skucha, Anna, Mareike Roth, Thomas Eder, et al.. (2018). MLL-fusion-driven leukemia requires SETD2 to safeguard genomic integrity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1983–1983. 43 indexed citations
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Michlits, Georg, Maria Hubmann, Gintautas Vainorius, et al.. (2017). CRISPR-UMI: single-cell lineage tracing of pooled CRISPR–Cas9 screens. Nature Methods. 14(12). 1191–1197. 85 indexed citations
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Aichinger, Martin, Chunyan Wu, Jelena Nedjic, & Ludger Klein. (2013). Macroautophagy substrates are loaded onto MHC class II of medullary thymic epithelial cells for central tolerance. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 210(2). 287–300. 117 indexed citations
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Wu, Chunyan, Martin Aichinger, Jelena Nedjic, & Ludger Klein. (2013). Thymic epithelial cells use macroautophagy to turn their inside out for CD4 T cell tolerance. Autophagy. 9(6). 931–932. 7 indexed citations
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Aichinger, Martin, Chunyan Wu, Jelena Nedjic, & Ludger Klein. (2013). Macroautophagy substrates are loaded onto MHC class II of medullary thymic epithelial cells for central tolerance. The Journal of Cell Biology. 200(4). i8–i8. 4 indexed citations
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Klein, Ludger, et al.. (2011). Autonomous versus dendritic cell-dependent contributions of medullary thymic epithelial cells to central tolerance. Trends in Immunology. 32(5). 188–193. 45 indexed citations
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Bertossi, Arianna, Martin Aichinger, Maciej Lech, et al.. (2011). Loss of Roquin induces early death and immune deregulation but not autoimmunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(9). 1749–1756. 85 indexed citations
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Aichinger, Martin, Maria Hinterberger, & Ludger Klein. (2011). Probing gene function in thymic epithelial cells. European Journal of Cell Biology. 91(1). 24–30. 6 indexed citations
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Aichinger, Martin, et al.. (2010). Autonomous role of medullary thymic epithelial cells in central CD4+ T cell tolerance. Nature Immunology. 11(6). 512–519. 185 indexed citations
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Nedjic, Jelena, Martin Aichinger, Noboru Mizushima, & Ludger Klein. (2009). Macroautophagy, endogenous MHC II loading and T cell selection: the benefits of breaking the rules. Current Opinion in Immunology. 21(1). 92–97. 43 indexed citations
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Nedjic, Jelena, Martin Aichinger, & Ludger Klein. (2008). Autophagy and T-cell education in the thymus: Eat yourself to know yourself. Cell Cycle. 7(23). 3625–3628. 10 indexed citations
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Nedjic, Jelena, Martin Aichinger, & Ludger Klein. (2008). A novel role for autophagy in T cell education. Autophagy. 4(8). 1090–1092. 10 indexed citations
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Nedjic, Jelena, Martin Aichinger, Jan Emmerich, Noboru Mizushima, & Ludger Klein. (2008). Autophagy in thymic epithelium shapes the T-cell repertoire and is essential for tolerance. Nature. 455(7211). 396–400. 391 indexed citations

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