Petra Hoffmann

14.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
130 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Petra Hoffmann is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Hoffmann has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Immunology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Petra Hoffmann's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (41 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (39 papers) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (28 papers). Petra Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (41 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (39 papers) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (28 papers). Petra Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Petra Hoffmann's co-authors include Matthias Edinger, Samuel Strober, Joerg Ermann, Reinhard Andreesen, C. Garrison Fathman, Robert S. Negrin, Ruediger Eder, Leoni A. Kunz‐Schughart, Tina J. Boeld and Mark W. Chase and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Petra Hoffmann

126 papers receiving 8.9k citations

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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.

Inhibitory effect of tumor cell–derived lactic acid on human T cells

2007 1.5k citations Petra Hoffmann, Matthias Edinger et al. Blood profile →
CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells preserve graft-versus-tumor activity while inhibiting graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation

2003 1.0k citations Matthias Edinger, Petra Hoffmann et al. profile →
Donor-type CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Suppress Lethal Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

2002 894 citations Petra Hoffmann, Matthias Edinger et al. profile →
DNA demethylation in the human FOXP3 locus discriminates regulatory T cells from activated FOXP3⁺ conventional T cells

2007 548 citations Petra Hoffmann, Matthias Edinger et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Petra Hoffmann Germany	35	5.6k	2.3k	1.9k	1.5k	874	130	9.1k
Jun Minowada United States	45	3.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	652 0.7×	301	8.0k
Naoko Arai Japan	53	6.0k 1.1×	5.3k 2.3×	480 0.2×	2.2k 1.4×	894 1.0×	125	12.3k
Mamoru Ito Japan	53	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	415 0.5×	220	10.0k
Francis W. Ruscetti United States	55	11.0k 2.0×	4.6k 2.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	726 0.8×	144	17.0k
Martin J. Cline United States	60	3.5k 0.6×	3.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	661 0.8×	198	11.5k
Shu Man Fu United States	67	9.1k 1.6×	2.8k 1.2×	943 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	452 0.5×	227	13.6k
Kiyoshi Takatsuki Japan	56	8.7k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	351 0.4×	360	13.7k
Takis S. Papas United States	45	2.2k 0.4×	5.2k 2.2×	503 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	728 0.8×	139	9.0k
Gregg J. Silverman United States	51	6.5k 1.2×	2.9k 1.2×	505 0.3×	592 0.4×	227 0.3×	191	10.9k
Phillip I. Bird Australia	50	3.1k 0.5×	4.2k 1.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 2.2×	189	9.2k

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Yaspo, Marie‐Laure, et al.. (2025). Treatment of SR/SD Chronic GvHD with In Vitro Expanded Donor Regulatory T Cells. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 31(2). S32–S32.

Liang, Chunguang, Katharina Habenicht, Julia Winkler, et al.. (2024). Oligoclonal CD4+CXCR5+ T cells with a cytotoxic phenotype appear in tonsils and blood. Communications Biology. 7(1). 879–879. 3 indexed citations

Strieder, Nicholas, Alexander Fischer, Claudia Gebhard, et al.. (2024). Donor regulatory T cells rapidly adapt to recipient tissues to control murine acute graft-versus-host disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3224–3224. 4 indexed citations

Raubenheimer, David, Patrick G. Meirmans, Nicole M. van Dam, et al.. (2023). Development of embodied capital: Diet composition, foraging skills, and botanical knowledge of forager children in the Congo Basin. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 1 indexed citations

Decking, Sonja-Maria, Christina Bruß, Sebastian Klobuch, et al.. (2022). LDHB Overexpression Can Partially Overcome T Cell Inhibition by Lactic Acid. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(11). 5970–5970. 18 indexed citations

Jurek, Benjamin, Mercedes Alfonso‐Prieto, Vladimir M. Milenkovic, et al.. (2022). Structure-function relationships of the disease-linked A218T oxytocin receptor variant. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(2). 907–917. 19 indexed citations

Bittner, Sebastian, Lisa Schmidleithner, Asmita Pant, et al.. (2022). Biosensors for inflammation as a strategy to engineer regulatory T cells for cell therapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(40). e2208436119–e2208436119. 23 indexed citations

Hofmann, Peter, Adam Thomas Clark, Petra Hoffmann, et al.. (2021). Beyond nitrogen: phosphorus – estimating the minimum niche dimensionality for resource competition between phytoplankton. Ecology Letters. 24(4). 761–771. 18 indexed citations

Ghimire, Sakhila, Daniela Weber, Andreas Hiergeist, et al.. (2021). GPR Expression in Intestinal Biopsies From SCT Patients Is Upregulated in GvHD and Is Suppressed by Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 753287–753287. 10 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Andreas, Andreas Fuchs, Johanna Raithel, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms governing the pioneering and redistribution capabilities of the non-classical pioneer PU.1. Nature Communications. 11(1). 402–402. 81 indexed citations

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Ullrich, Evelyn, Emilia Salzmann‐Manrique, Shahrzad Bakhtiar, et al.. (2016). Relation between Acute GVHD and NK Cell Subset Reconstitution Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 595–595. 33 indexed citations

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Schmidl, Christian, Leo Hansmann, Timo Lassmann, et al.. (2014). The enhancer and promoter landscape of human regulatory and conventional T-cell subpopulations. Blood. 123(17). e68–e78. 63 indexed citations

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Schmidl, Christian, Kathrin Renner, Katrin Peter, et al.. (2014). Transcription and enhancer profiling in human monocyte subsets. Blood. 123(17). e90–e99. 135 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra, Jerzy–Roch Nofer, Gottfried Pohlentz, et al.. (2010). Neutral glycosphingolipids in human blood: a precise mass spectrometry analysis with special reference to lipoprotein-associated Shiga toxin receptors. Journal of Lipid Research. 51(8). 2282–2294. 35 indexed citations

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Kathriarachchi, Hashendra, Rosabelle Samuel, Petra Hoffmann, et al.. (2006). Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data. American Journal of Botany. 93(4). 637–655. 105 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra, et al.. (2000). Peat athelia, Athelia turficola sp. nov. (anamorph: Burgoa turficola anam. nov.), a new species on horticultural growing substrates.. 65(4). 144–146. 3 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra & Gordon McPherson. (1998). Revision of the genus Blotia (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae). Adansonia. 20(2). 247–261. 2 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra. (1998). Revision of the genus Wielandia (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra, et al.. (1993). Untersuchungen zur Blütenmorphologie der Gattung Reynosia Griseb. (Rhamnaceae). Flora. 188. 275–286. 4 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Petra, Karl‐Heinz Wiesmüller, Jörg W. Metzger, Günther Jung, & Wolfgang G. Bessler. (1989). Induction of Tumor Cytotoxicity in Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages by Two Synthetic Lipopeptide Analogues. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler. 370(1). 575–582. 51 indexed citations

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