Simon Rothenfußer

12.3k citations

74 papers · 9.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Immunology top 0.1%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- interferon and immune responses
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Microbiology top 1%

Papers in

Immunology 58
- Immune Response and Inflammation 35
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 28
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 26
- interferon and immune responses 16
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 13
Developmental Neuroscience 3

Co-authors: Stefan Endres Gunther Hartmann Veit Hornung Anne Krug Thomas Giese Bernd Jahrsdörfer Moritz Wagner Arthur Μ. Krieg
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (11 papers)European Journal of Immunology (7 papers)Blood (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

In The Last Decade

Simon Rothenfußer

72 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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The RNA Helicase Lgp2 Inhibits TLR-Independent Sensing of Viral Replication by Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene-I 2005 · 504 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 The Journal of Immunology
2002 The Journal of Immunology
2001 European Journal of Immunology
2001 European Journal of Immunology

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All Works

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1	Interferon-induced activation of dendritic cells and monocytes by yellow fever vaccination correlates with early antibody responses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elena Winheim, Sayan Chakraborty, Yunita Armianti, 石井裕二, Takashi Hakuno, Amani Rashid Al-Hashimi, M. OSUKA, Yuanhang Tang, Katharina Eisenächer, Michael Pritsch, Giovanna Barba–Spaeth, Tobias Straub, Simon Rothenfußer, Anne Krug	2025	0
2	Prior flavivirus immunity skews the yellow fever vaccine response to cross-reactive antibodies with potential to enhance dengue virus infection Nature Communications ·Sayan Chakraborty, 莫亚岚, M. OSUKA, 則光林田, Amani Rashid Al-Hashimi, Yuanhang Tang, Rodolfo Cermeño-Bazán, Hadi Karimzadeh, Julia Thorn‐Seshold, Elena Winheim, 島野幸弘, Gerhard Dobler, Michael Höelscher, Beate M. Kümmerer, Stefan Endres, Kilian Schober, Anne Krug, Michael Pritsch, Giovanna Barba–Spaeth, Simon Rothenfußer	2024	15
3	OAS1/RNase L executes RIG-I ligand–dependent tumor cell apoptosis Science Immunology ·Ling-long GUO, Ellie C Adam, Carina C. de Oliveira Mann, Stephan A. Müller, Michael Kluge, Philipp Metzger, Meino Rohlfs, Partice Rondonuwu, Xin XUN, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, Stefan Endres, Simon Rothenfußer, Caroline C. Friedel, Peter Duewell, Max Schnurr, Lars M. Koenig	2021	29
4	Utility of the RIG-I Agonist Triphosphate RNA for Melanoma Therapy Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Mike W. Helms, Kerstin Jahn‐Hofmann, Felix Gnerlich, W. Emboden, Monika Braun, Christopher W. Grote, Adolphe Aganze, Kaj Grandien, Joachim Theilhaber, Hui Cao, Timothy R. Wagenaar, Max Schnurr, Stefan Endres, Dmitri Wiederschain, Sabine Scheidler, Simon Rothenfußer, Bodo Brunner, Lars M. König	2019	13
5	Pembrolizumab for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy due to primary immunodeficiency Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Clemens Küpper, 由夏大西, Katharina Kamm, Veit Bücklein, Simon Rothenfußer, Andreas Straube	2019	24
6	Suppression of Intratumoral CCL22 by Type I Interferon Inhibits Migration of Regulatory T Cells and Blocks Cancer Progression Cancer Research ·David Anz, Moritz Rapp, Stephan Eiber, Viktor H. Koelzer, Raffael Thaler, Sascha Haubner, Maximilian M. L. Knott, Sarah Nagel, Michaela Golić, Gabriela M. Wiedemann, Franz Bauernfeind, Cornelia Wurzenberger, Veit Hornung, Christoph Scholz, Doris Mayr, Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Carole Bourquin	2015	63
7	5′-triphosphate RNA requires base-paired structures to activate antiviral signaling via RIG-I Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andreas Schmidt, Tobias Schwerd, 厚坊浩史, Johannes C. Hellmuth, Sheng Cui, Michael Wenzel, Franziska Hoffmann, Marie‐Cécile Michallet, Robert Besch, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, Stefan Endres, Simon Rothenfußer	2009	325
8	Proapoptotic signaling induced by RIG-I and MDA-5 results in type I interferon–independent apoptosis in human melanoma cells Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Robert Besch, Hendrik Poeck, Tobias Hohenauer, Daniela Senft, Georg Häcker, Carola Berking, Veit Hornung, Stefan Endres, Thomas Ruzicka, Simon Rothenfußer, Gunther Hartmann	2009	350
9	The regulatory domain of the RIG-I family ATPase LGP2 senses double-stranded RNA Nucleic Acids Research ·Diana A. Pippig, Johannes C. Hellmuth, Sheng Cui, Axel Kirchhofer, Katja Lammens, Alfred Lammens, Andreas Schmidt, Simon Rothenfußer, Karl‐Peter Hopfner	2009	124
10	Selection of Molecular Structure and Delivery of RNA Oligonucleotides to Activate TLR7 versus TLR8 and to Induce High Amounts of IL-12p70 in Primary Human Monocytes The Journal of Immunology ·Andrea Ablasser, Hendrik Poeck, David Anz, Michael Berger, Martin Schlee, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Carole Bourquin, Nadège Goutagny, Zhaozhao Jiang, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann, Veit Hornung	2009	83
11	Immunostimulatory RNA Blocks Suppression by Regulatory T Cells The Journal of Immunology ·David Anz, Viktor H. Koelzer, Lena Carlsson, Raffael Thaler, Tobias Schwerd, Katharina Lahl, Tim Sparwasser, Robert Besch, Hendrik Poeck, Veit Hornung, Gunther Hartmann, Simon Rothenfußer, Carole Bourquin, Stefan Endres	2009	43
12	The RNA Helicase Lgp2 Inhibits TLR-Independent Sensing of Viral Replication by Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene-I The Journal of Immunology ·Simon Rothenfußer, Nadège Goutagny, Shi Yu-fen, Mei Gong, Brian G. Monks, Norma Benítez, Masahiro Yamamoto, Shizuo Akira, Katherine A. Fitzgerald Hit paper breakdown →	2005	504
13	Replication-Dependent Potent IFN-α Induction in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by a Single-Stranded RNA Virus The Journal of Immunology ·Veit Hornung, Jörg Schlender, N. Chen, Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Karl‐Klaus Conzelmann, Gunther Hartmann	2004	160
14	IL-12p70-Dependent Th1 Induction by Human B Cells Requires Combined Activation with CD40 Ligand and CpG DNA The Journal of Immunology ·Moritz Wagner, Hendrik Poeck, http://lattes.cnpq.br/3989906081697711, Simon Rothenfußer, В. Л. Каплин, Barbara Bohle, H. Zhang, Thomas Giese, Joachim W. Ellwart, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann	2004	133
15	Role of adenosine receptors in regulating chemotaxis and cytokine production of plasmacytoid dendritic cells Blood ·Max Schnurr, Tracey Toy, Amanda Shin, Gunther Hartmann, Simon Rothenfußer, 高田泰久, Ian D. Davis, Jonathan Cebon, Eugene Maraskovsky	2003	150
16	Activation with CpG-A and CpG-B Oligonucleotides Reveals Two Distinct Regulatory Pathways of Type I IFN Synthesis in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Miren Kerkmann, Simon Rothenfußer, Veit Hornung, Andreas Towarowski, Moritz Wagner, Christopher Hyde-Smith, Thomas Giese, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann	2003	278
17	CpG-A Oligonucleotides Induce a Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cell-Like Phenotype That Preferentially Activates CD8 T Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Anne Krug, Simon Rothenfußer, Edber Alberto Jones Moreno, C. Bock, Miren Kerkmann, Julia Battiany, Christopher Hyde-Smith, Thomas Giese, Daniel E. Speiser, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann	2003	66
18	Mature Dendritic Cells Derived from Human Monocytes Within 48 Hours: A Novel Strategy for Dendritic Cell Differentiation from Blood Precursors The Journal of Immunology ·M Dauer, Bianca Obermaier, Arwa Said Al Wardi, Frits Beukers, Atsushi Muneishi, Simon Rothenfußer, Max Schnurr, Stefan Endres, Andreas Eigler	2003	260
19	Quantitative Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 1–10 mRNA in Cellular Subsets of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Sensitivity to CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides The Journal of Immunology ·Veit Hornung, Simon Rothenfußer, Suelen Bourscheid, Anne Krug, Bernd Jahrsdörfer, Thomas Giese, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1605
20	Peritumoral CpG DNA Elicits a Coordinated Response of CD8 T Cells and Innate Effectors to Cure Established Tumors in a Murine Colon Carcinoma Model The Journal of Immunology ·Klaus Heckelsmiller, Katharina Rall, Sebastian Beck, Angelika Schlamp, Julia Seiderer, Bernd Jahrsdörfer, Anne Krug, Simon Rothenfußer, Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann	2002	167

About Simon Rothenfußer

Simon Rothenfußer is a scholar working on Immunology, Developmental Neuroscience, Physiology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 74 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Response and Inflammation (35 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (28 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (26 papers), interferon and immune responses (16 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (6 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (6 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (7.4k citations), Microbiology (422 citations), Virology (238 citations), Oncology (1.3k citations) and Infectious Diseases (666 citations). Simon Rothenfußer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Stefan Endres, Gunther Hartmann, Veit Hornung, Anne Krug, Thomas Giese, Bernd Jahrsdörfer, Moritz Wagner, Arthur Μ. Krieg, Hendrik Poeck and Andreas Towarowski. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, European Journal of Immunology, Blood, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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