Matthias Klein

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Matthias Klein is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Klein has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Matthias Klein's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (24 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers). Matthias Klein is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (24 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers). Matthias Klein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Croatia. Matthias Klein's co-authors include Tobias Bopp, Edgar Schmitt, Michael Stassen, Hansjörg Schild, Klaus Pfizenmaier, Ulrich Eisel, Marc A. Becker, Katalin Schlett, Christian Taube and Edgar Serfling and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Klein

63 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Rene... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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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. Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
    2015 485 citations Fédérico Marini, Matthias Klein et al. Immunity profile →

Peers

Matthias Klein
Wassim Elyaman United States
Yasmina Laouar United States
Chen Varol Israel
Julia Skokowa Germany
Daisuke Kamimura Japan
Bettina Schreiner Switzerland
Elizabeth Gray United Kingdom
Karin Loser Germany
Liora Cahalon Israel
David E. Szymkowski United States
Wassim Elyaman United States
Matthias Klein
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Countries citing papers authored by Matthias Klein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Klein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Klein

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

All Works

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Pape, Katrin, Falk Steffen, Sinah Engel, et al.. (2025). Role of CD5 signalling for pro-inflammatory Th17 response in multiple sclerosis. Brain. 149(1). 123–133.
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Lauterbach, Mario, Ute Distler, Matthias Klein, et al.. (2025). Metabolic reprogramming of interleukin-17-producing γδ T cells promotes ACC1-mediated de novo lipogenesis under psoriatic conditions. Nature Metabolism. 7(5). 966–984. 4 indexed citations
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Klein, Matthias, Maximilian Haist, Tobias Sinnberg, et al.. (2025). Constitutive expression of the transcriptional co-activator IκBζ promotes melanoma growth and immunotherapy resistance. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5387–5387.
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Wang, Yong, Emilia Papakonstantinou, Pawit Somnuke, et al.. (2025). CSF1R and IL1R1 inhibitors synergistically attenuate the early pathogenesis of traumatic brain injury in mice. Neurotherapeutics. 23(1). e00787–e00787.
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Lutz, Veronika, Felix S.R. Picard, Hartmann Raifer, et al.. (2023). IL18 Receptor Signaling Regulates Tumor-Reactive CD8+ T-cell Exhaustion via Activation of the IL2/STAT5/mTOR Pathway in a Pancreatic Cancer Model. Cancer Immunology Research. 11(4). 421–434. 39 indexed citations
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Sadanandam, Anguraj, Fédérico Marini, Matthias Klein, et al.. (2022). ARAF suppresses ERBB3 expression and metastasis in a subset of lung cancers. Science Advances. 8(11). eabk1538–eabk1538. 9 indexed citations
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Torke, Sebastian, Matthias Klein, Cathrin Gudd, et al.. (2022). Proinflammatory CD20 + T cells contribute to CNS-directed autoimmunity. Science Translational Medicine. 14(638). eabi4632–eabi4632. 53 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Jean−Fred, Matthias Klein, Thomas Hieronymus, et al.. (2021). Posttranslational modifications by ADAM10 shape myeloid antigen-presenting cell homeostasis in the splenic marginal zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 7 indexed citations
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Muhammad, Khalid, Stefan Klein-Heßling, Krisna Murti, et al.. (2021). NFAT5 Controls the Integrity of Epidermis. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 780727–780727. 2 indexed citations
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Carrascosa, Lucia Campos, Matthias Klein, Yohko Kitagawa, et al.. (2017). Reciprocal regulation of the Il9 locus by counteracting activities of transcription factors IRF1 and IRF4. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15366–15366. 30 indexed citations
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Klein, Matthias & Tobias Bopp. (2016). Cyclic AMP Represents a Crucial Component of Treg Cell-Mediated Immune Regulation. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 315–315. 68 indexed citations
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Vaeth, Martin, Tea Gogishvili, Tobias Bopp, et al.. (2011). Regulatory T cells facilitate the nuclear accumulation of inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER) and suppress nuclear factor of activated T cell c1 (NFATc1). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(6). 2480–2485. 50 indexed citations
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Staudt, Valérie, Matthias Klein, Karen Lingnau, et al.. (2010). Interferon-Regulatory Factor 4 Is Essential for the Developmental Program of T Helper 9 Cells. Immunity. 33(2). 192–202. 429 indexed citations
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Becker, Marc A., Valeska Heib, Matthias Klein, et al.. (2009). Impaired Mast Cell-Driven Immune Responses in Mice Lacking the Transcription Factor NFATc2. The Journal of Immunology. 182(10). 6136–6142. 11 indexed citations
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Bopp, Tobias, Christian Becker, Matthias Klein, et al.. (2007). Cyclic adenosine monophosphate is a key component of regulatory T cell–mediated suppression. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(6). 1303–1310. 473 indexed citations
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Maier, Jana V., Jan Tuckermann, Ute Herzer, et al.. (2007). Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1 Knockout Mice Show Enhanced Susceptibility to Anaphylaxis but Are Sensitive to Glucocorticoids. Molecular Endocrinology. 21(11). 2663–2671. 70 indexed citations
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Klein, Matthias, Stefan Klein-Heßling, Alois Palmetshofer, et al.. (2006). Specific and Redundant Roles for NFAT Transcription Factors in the Expression of Mast Cell-Derived Cytokines. The Journal of Immunology. 177(10). 6667–6674. 87 indexed citations
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Stassen, Michael, Helmut Jonuleit, Christian D. Muller, et al.. (2004). Differential Regulatory Capacity of CD25+ T Regulatory Cells and Preactivated CD25+ T Regulatory Cells on Development, Functional Activation, and Proliferation of Th2 Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 173(1). 267–274. 88 indexed citations
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Klein, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-mediated Neuroprotection against Glutamate-induced Excitotoxicity Is Enhanced by N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(31). 32869–32881. 349 indexed citations
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