Rainer H. Köhler

14.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
98 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Rainer H. Köhler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer H. Köhler has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rainer H. Köhler's work include Immune cells in cancer (15 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (10 papers). Rainer H. Köhler is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (15 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (10 papers). Rainer H. Köhler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Rainer H. Köhler's co-authors include Ralph Weissleder, Maureen R. Hanson, Mikäel J. Pittet, Elena Aïkawa, Matthias Nahrendorf, Miles A. Miller, Jose‐Luiz Figueiredo, Sean P. Arlauckas, Filip K. Świrski and Watt W. Webb and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Rainer H. Köhler

97 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of Splenic Reservoir Monocytes and Their Deployment to Inflammatory Sites

2009 1.7k citations Filip K. Świrski, Matthias Nahrendorf et al. Science profile →
TLR7/8-agonist-loaded nanoparticles promote the polarization of tumour-associated macrophages to enhance cancer immunotherapy

2018 867 citations Christopher B. Rodell, Sean P. Arlauckas et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Osteogenesis Associates With Inflammation in Early-Stage Atherosclerosis Evaluated by Molecular Imaging In Vivo

2007 512 citations Elena Aïkawa, Matthias Nahrendorf et al. profile →
In vivo imaging reveals a tumor-associated macrophage–mediated resistance pathway in anti–PD-1 therapy

2017 504 citations Sean P. Arlauckas, Christopher Garris et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
IRF3 and type I interferons fuel a fatal response to myocardial infarction

2017 412 citations Aaron D. Aguirre, Rainer H. Köhler et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer H. Köhler United States	43	4.2k	3.0k	2.0k	1.6k	966	98	10.1k
Jun‐Lin Guan United States	78	13.2k 3.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	3.3k 2.1×	715 0.7×	202	24.9k
David W. Speicher United States	72	12.6k 3.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	405 0.4×	278	19.3k
Siu Kwan Sze Singapore	58	9.0k 2.1×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	869 0.6×	397 0.4×	280	13.4k
Michael Hsiao Taiwan	69	9.7k 2.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.9×	697 0.7×	429	16.7k
Gabriele Multhoff Germany	64	9.2k 2.2×	4.2k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	521 0.5×	285	14.8k
Yanming Wang China	59	9.6k 2.3×	6.7k 2.2×	798 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	456 0.5×	224	18.6k
Nicola J. Brown United Kingdom	50	3.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.8k 1.8×	423 0.4×	201	10.0k
Victor Koteliansky United States	57	10.3k 2.5×	3.0k 1.0×	782 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	782 0.8×	125	17.2k
Nikos K. Karamanos Greece	58	7.9k 1.9×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	3.2k 2.1×	1.4k 1.4×	345	16.2k
Udo Schumacher Germany	54	5.7k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	792 0.4×	3.3k 2.1×	332 0.3×	443	11.8k

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Garris, Christopher, Eliana Marinari, Juhyun Oh, et al.. (2025). Targeting immunosuppressive myeloid cells via implant-mediated slow release of small molecules to prevent glioblastoma recurrence. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 1 indexed citations

Garris, Christopher, Rainer H. Köhler, Yoshiko Iwamoto, et al.. (2024). Targeted SPP1 Inhibition of Tumor‐Associated Myeloid Cells Effectively Decreases Tumor Sizes. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2410360–e2410360. 8 indexed citations

Goubet, Anne‐Gaëlle, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological Polarization of Tumor‐Associated Macrophages Toward a CXCL9 Antitumor Phenotype. Advanced Science. 11(15). e2309026–e2309026. 7 indexed citations

Köhler, Rainer H., et al.. (2024). FAP-Targeted Fluorescent Imaging Agents to Study Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts In Vivo. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 36(1). 44–53. 3 indexed citations

Li, Ran, Thomas S.C. Ng, Stephanie J. Wang, et al.. (2021). Therapeutically reprogrammed nutrient signalling enhances nanoparticulate albumin bound drug uptake and efficacy in KRAS-mutant cancer. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(7). 830–839. 94 indexed citations

Li, Ran, Stephanie Wang, Mark Prytyskach, et al.. (2020). In vivo microscopy reveals macrophage polarization locally promotes coherent microtubule dynamics in migrating cancer cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3521–3521. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Stephanie J., Ran Li, Thomas S.C. Ng, et al.. (2020). Efficient blockade of locally reciprocated tumor-macrophage signaling using a TAM-avid nanotherapy. Science Advances. 6(21). eaaz8521–eaaz8521. 24 indexed citations

Ahmed, Maaz S., Christopher B. Rodell, Maarten Hulsmans, et al.. (2019). A Supramolecular Nanocarrier for Delivery of Amiodarone Anti-Arrhythmic Therapy to the Heart. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(3). 733–740. 23 indexed citations

Mohan, James F., Rainer H. Köhler, Jonathan A. Hill, et al.. (2017). Imaging the emergence and natural progression of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(37). E7776–E7785. 48 indexed citations

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Arlauckas, Sean P., Christopher Garris, Rainer H. Köhler, et al.. (2017). In vivo imaging reveals a tumor-associated macrophage–mediated resistance pathway in anti–PD-1 therapy. Science Translational Medicine. 9(389). 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miller, Miles A., Eunha Kim, Michael F. Cuccarese, et al.. (2017). Near infrared imaging of Mer tyrosine kinase (MERTK) using MERi-SiR reveals tumor associated macrophage uptake in metastatic disease. Chemical Communications. 54(1). 42–45. 21 indexed citations

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Miller, Miles A., Ravi A. Chandra, Michael F. Cuccarese, et al.. (2017). Radiation therapy primes tumors for nanotherapeutic delivery via macrophage-mediated vascular bursts. Science Translational Medicine. 9(392). 184 indexed citations

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Magnuson, Angela M., Greg M. Thurber, Rainer H. Köhler, et al.. (2015). Population dynamics of islet-infiltrating cells in autoimmune diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(5). 1511–1516. 69 indexed citations

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Miller, Miles A., Yao‐Rong Zheng, Suresh Gadde, et al.. (2015). Tumour-associated macrophages act as a slow-release reservoir of nano-therapeutic Pt(IV) pro-drug. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8692–8692. 366 indexed citations

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Thurber, Greg M., Thomas Reiner, Katherine S. Yang, Rainer H. Köhler, & Ralph Weissleder. (2014). Effect of Small-Molecule Modification on Single-Cell Pharmacokinetics of PARP Inhibitors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 13(4). 986–995. 38 indexed citations

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Laughney, Ashley M., Eunha Kim, Melissa M. Sprachman, et al.. (2014). Single-cell pharmacokinetic imaging reveals a therapeutic strategy to overcome drug resistance to the microtubule inhibitor eribulin. Science Translational Medicine. 6(261). 261ra152–261ra152. 62 indexed citations

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Orth, James D., Rainer H. Köhler, Floris Foijer, et al.. (2011). Analysis of Mitosis and Antimitotic Drug Responses in Tumors by In Vivo Microscopy and Single-Cell Pharmacodynamics. Cancer Research. 71(13). 4608–4616. 120 indexed citations

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Hjortnaes, Jesper, Jonathan T. Butcher, José Luiz de Figueiredo, et al.. (2010). Arterial and aortic valve calcification inversely correlates with osteoporotic bone remodelling: a role for inflammation. European Heart Journal. 31(16). 1975–1984. 173 indexed citations

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Świrski, Filip K., Matthias Nahrendorf, Martin Etzrodt, et al.. (2009). Identification of Splenic Reservoir Monocytes and Their Deployment to Inflammatory Sites. Science. 325(5940). 612–616. 1708 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hjortnaes, Jesper, Danielle Gottlieb, José Luiz de Figueiredo, et al.. (2009). Intravital Molecular Imaging of Small-Diameter Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts in Mice: A Feasibility Study. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 16(4). 597–607. 28 indexed citations

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