Rainer Disch

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rainer Disch is a scholar working on Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Disch has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Dermatology, 8 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Disch's work include Dermatology and Skin Diseases (10 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (8 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (6 papers). Rainer Disch is often cited by papers focused on Dermatology and Skin Diseases (10 papers), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (8 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (6 papers). Rainer Disch collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Türkiye. Rainer Disch's co-authors include Kurt Blaser, Cezmi A. Akdiş, Axel Trautmann, Mübeccel Akdiş, Günnur Deniz, Reto Crameri, Alison Taylor, Rudolf Valenta, Mübeccel Akdis and Helmut Fiebig and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, The FASEB Journal and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Disch

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Immune Responses in Healthy and Allergic Individuals Are ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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  1. Immune Responses in Healthy and Allergic Individuals Are Characterized by a Fine Balance between Allergen-specific T Regulatory 1 and T Helper 2 Cells
    2004 817 citations Mübeccel Akdis, Johan Verhagen et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Disch Switzerland 12 811 728 720 635 113 16 1.6k
Mübeccel Akdis Switzerland 12 982 1.2× 440 0.6× 881 1.2× 502 0.8× 121 1.1× 15 1.6k
Joanne P. Brewer United States 12 509 0.6× 408 0.6× 646 0.9× 551 0.9× 95 0.8× 12 1.4k
Sarah Thunberg Sweden 15 658 0.8× 336 0.5× 724 1.0× 619 1.0× 92 0.8× 21 1.4k
Margarete Niebuhr Germany 21 572 0.7× 881 1.2× 331 0.5× 368 0.6× 133 1.2× 33 1.3k
Pattraporn Satitsuksanoa Switzerland 15 565 0.7× 251 0.3× 620 0.9× 402 0.6× 149 1.3× 23 1.2k
S K Huang United States 13 428 0.5× 177 0.2× 857 1.2× 768 1.2× 243 2.2× 23 1.5k
Per Stahl Skov Denmark 16 534 0.7× 383 0.5× 311 0.4× 326 0.5× 139 1.2× 31 1.1k
Christian Lupinek Austria 25 1.4k 1.7× 415 0.6× 868 1.2× 234 0.4× 119 1.1× 60 1.7k
Lan Xu United States 16 352 0.4× 224 0.3× 558 0.8× 893 1.4× 177 1.6× 18 1.6k
N. I. Leaves United Kingdom 11 302 0.4× 268 0.4× 633 0.9× 335 0.5× 268 2.4× 13 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Disch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Disch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Disch

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Çetin, Esin Aktaş, Mübeccel Akdiş, Rainer Disch, et al.. (2005). Different natural killer (NK) receptor expression and immunoglobulin E (IgE) regulation by NK1 and NK2 cells. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 140(2). 301–309. 45 indexed citations
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Schmid‐Grendelmeier, Peter, Sabine Flückiger, Rainer Disch, et al.. (2005). IgE-mediated and T cell–mediated autoimmunity against manganese superoxide dismutase in atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 115(5). 1068–1075. 168 indexed citations
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Tröster, Heinrich, et al.. (2005). Belastungserleben, Krankheitsbewältigung und gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität der Eltern von Kindern mit atopischer Dermatitis. Kindheit und Entwicklung. 14(2). 87–95. 5 indexed citations
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Akdis, Mübeccel, Johan Verhagen, Alison Taylor, et al.. (2004). Immune Responses in Healthy and Allergic Individuals Are Characterized by a Fine Balance between Allergen-specific T Regulatory 1 and T Helper 2 Cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 199(11). 1567–1575. 817 indexed citations breakdown →
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Trautmann, Axel, Rainer Disch, Eva‐B. Bröcker, Cezmi A. Akdiş, & R. Gillitzer. (2003). Wie entsteht ein Ekzem?. JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. 1(1). 8–11. 6 indexed citations
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Trautmann, Axel, Sven Klunker, Isabelle Daigle, et al.. (2003). T helper (Th) 2 predominance in atopy is due to preferential Th1 memory/effector cell apoptosis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 111(2). S130–S130. 1 indexed citations
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Akdiş, Mübeccel, Axel Trautmann, Sven Klunker, et al.. (2003). T helper (Th) 2 predominance in atopic diseases is due to preferential apoptosis of circulating memory/effector Th1 cells. The FASEB Journal. 17(9). 1026–1035. 129 indexed citations
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Trautmann, Axel, Frank Altznauer, Mübeccel Akdiş, et al.. (2001). The Differential Fate of Cadherins during T-Cell-Induced Keratinocyte Apoptosis Leads to Spongiosis in Eczematous Dermatitis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 117(4). 927–934. 88 indexed citations
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Borelli, Siegfried, et al.. (2001). Galli-Galli disease: An unrecognized entity or an acantholytic variant of Dowling-Degos disease?. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 45(5). 760–763. 31 indexed citations
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Trautmann, Axel, Mübeccel Akdiş, Peter Schmid‐Grendelmeier, et al.. (2001). Targeting keratinocyte apoptosis in the treatment of atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 108(5). 839–846. 122 indexed citations
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Barth, Gerold, L. Weigl, Heiner Boeing, Rainer Disch, & S Borelli. (2001). Food intake of patients with atopic dermatitis.. PubMed. 11(3). 199–202. 14 indexed citations
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Akdiş, Cezmi A., Mübeccel Akdiş, Dagmar Simon, et al.. (1999). T Cells and T Cell-Derived Cytokines as Pathogenic Factors in the Nonallergic Form of Atopic Dermatitis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 113(4). 628–634. 132 indexed citations
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Disch, Rainer, et al.. (1997). Contact dermatitis and stomatitis due to amine fluoride. Contact Dermatitis. 37(5). 248–248. 3 indexed citations
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Abeck, Dietrich, et al.. (1997). The Early Phase of Epidermal Barrier Regeneration Is Faster in Patients with Atopic Eczema. Dermatology. 195(4). 332–336. 17 indexed citations
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Disch, Rainer, et al.. (1995). Different Reactivity to Recombinant <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> Allergen l/a in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis or Allergic Asthma Sensitised to <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 108(1). 89–94. 15 indexed citations

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