Thomas Brunner

17.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
171 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Brunner is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Brunner has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Immunology, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Brunner's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (44 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (30 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (25 papers). Thomas Brunner is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (44 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (30 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (25 papers). Thomas Brunner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Brunner's co-authors include Douglas R. Green, Thomas A. Ferguson, Thomas S. Griffith, C. A. Dahinden, Shailaja Kasibhatla, Artin Mahboubi, Fernando Echeverri, Stephan C. Bischoff, Nadia Corazza and Clemens A. Dahinden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Brunner

169 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Immune Privilege

1995 1.7k citations Thomas Brunner, Douglas R. Green et al. profile →
Cell-autonomous Fas (CD95)/Fas-ligand interaction mediates activation-induced apoptosis in T-cell hybridomas

1995 1.2k citations Thomas Brunner, Douglas R. Green et al. profile →
Calpain-mediated cleavage of Atg5 switches autophagy to apoptosis

2006 1.1k citations Thomas Brunner et al. profile →
DNA Damaging Agents Induce Expression of Fas Ligand and Subsequent Apoptosis in T Lymphocytes via the Activation of NF-κB and AP-1

1998 627 citations Thomas Brunner, Douglas R. Green et al. profile →
RANTES and macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha induce the migration and activation of normal human eosinophil granulocytes.

1992 535 citations Thomas Brunner et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Induction of human IgE synthesis in B cells by mast cells and basophils

1993 513 citations Thomas Brunner, Clemens A. Dahinden et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Brunner

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Glucocorticoids are differentially synthesized along the murine and human respiratory tree 2023 ·Allergy ·(unknown), Pietro Renzulli, Bart Vrugt, (unknown), Thomas Brunner	6
2	Human lung carcinomas synthesize immunoregulatory glucocorticoids 2023 ·Genes and Immunity ·(unknown), Leonie Grob, (unknown), Thomas Brunner	3
3	Non-canonical BIM-regulated energy metabolism determines drug-induced liver necrosis 2023 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·R Lambrecht, (unknown), (unknown), Valentina C. Sladky, Truong San Phan, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Kaufmann, Adrian Keogh, Susanne Kirschnek, Aswin Mangerich, Florian Stengel, Marcel Leist, Andreas Villunger, Thomas Brunner	8
4	Keratinocytes control skin immune homeostasis through de novo–synthesized glucocorticoids 2021 ·Science Advances ·Truong San Phan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pascale Zwicky, Sarah Mundt, Dagmar Simon, Dagmar Kulms, Susanne Abraham, Daniel F. Legler, Mario Noti, Thomas Brunner	36
5	Natural Merosesquiterpenes Activate the DNA Damage Response via DNA Strand Break Formation and Trigger Apoptotic Cell Death in p53-Wild-Type and Mutant Colorectal Cancer 2021 ·Cancers ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nina Seiwert, Daniel Heylmann, (unknown), Markus Christmann, (unknown), Thomas Brunner, (unknown), Till F. Schäberle, Anuchit Plubrukarn, Jörg Fahrer	10
6	Titin kinase ubiquitination aligns autophagy receptors with mechanical signals in the sarcomere 2021 ·EMBO Reports ·Julius Bogomolovas, Jennifer R. Fleming, Barbara Franke, (unknown), Bernd Simon, Alexander Gasch, Marija Marković, Thomas Brunner, Ralph Knöll, Ju Chen, Siegfried Labeit, Martin Scheffner, Christine Peter, Olga Mayans	31
7	The orphan nuclear receptor LRH-1/NR5a2 critically regulates T cell functions 2019 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Juan Huang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Truong San Phan, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Schmidt, Nadia Corazza, M. Eugenia Delgado, Theresa Schnalzger, Kristina Schoonjans, Thomas Brunner	18
8	Bax retrotranslocation potentiates Bcl-xL’s antiapoptotic activity and is essential for switch-like transitions between MOMP competency and resistance 2018 ·Cell Death and Disease ·(unknown), Kushal Kumar Das, Ana J. García‐Sáez, Thomas Brunner, Markus Rehm	17
9	PU.1 supports TRAIL-induced cell death by inhibiting NF-κB-mediated cell survival and inducing DR5 expression 2017 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·A Haimovici, Magali Humbert, Elena Federzoni, (unknown), Thomas Brunner, Steffen Frese, Thomas Kaufmann, Bruce E. Torbett, Mario P. Tschan	20
10	Immunoproteasome inhibition prevents chronic antibody-mediated allograft rejection in renal transplantation 2017 ·Kidney International ·Jun Li, Michael Basler, Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Thomas Brunner, Christopher J. Kirk, Marcus Groettrup	42
11	Stabilization of bacterially expressed erythropoietin by single site-specific introduction of short branched PEG chains at naturally occurring glycosylation sites 2016 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Else K. Hoffmann, (unknown), Nicole Nischan, (unknown), Thomas Brunner, (unknown), Christian P. R. Hackenberger, Marina Rubini	11
12	Local glucocorticoid production in the mouse lung is induced by immune cell stimulation 2011 ·Allergy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniela Kassahn, Kristina Schoonjans, Nadia Corazza, Thomas Brunner	56
13	miR-15a and miR-16 Are Implicated in Cell Cycle Regulation in a Rb-Dependent Manner and Are Frequently Deleted or Down-regulated in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Nora Bandi, (unknown), Mathias Gugger, Marlène Arnold, Verena Kocher, Lara Hasan, Андреас Каппелер, Thomas Brunner, Erik Vassella	312
14	Lung epithelial apoptosis in influenza virus pneumonia: the role of macrophage-expressed TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand 2008 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Susanne Herold, (unknown), Werner von Wulffen, Lidija Cakarova, Royline Fathima Pinto, Stephan Pleschka, Matthias Mack, William A. Kuziel, Nadia Corazza, Thomas Brunner, Werner Seeger, Juergen Lohmeyer	298
15	Akupunktur zur Behandlung postmenopausaler Beschwerden: Ein Erfahrungsbericht 2005 ·Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH) ·Harald Zeisler, Thomas Brunner, (unknown)	1
16	The Role of p53 and Fas in a Model of Acute Murine Graft-versus-Host Disease 2005 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Shinichiro Yada, Noriaki Takamura, Kyoko Inagaki‐Ohara, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Brunner, Douglas R. Green, Tesu Lin, Michael J. Pinkoski	9
17	Synergistic induction of the Fas (CD95) ligand promoter by Max and NFκB in human non-small lung cancer cells 2004 ·Experimental Cell Research ·Zoltán Wiener, Edgar Ontsouka, Sabine Jakob, (unknown), András Falus, Christoph Mueller, Thomas Brunner	13
18	Sensitizing antigen-specific CD8+ T cells for accelerated suicide causes immune incompetence 2003 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·(unknown), (unknown), Leslie Saurer, Nadia Corazza, Sabine Jakob, (unknown), Claudio Vallan, Christoph Mueller, Thomas Brunner	16
19	Accumulation and Activation-Induced Release of Preformed Fas (CD95) Ligand During the Pathogenesis of Experimental Graft-Versus-Host Disease 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claudio Vallan, Tesu Lin, Douglas R. Green, Christoph Mueller, Thomas Brunner	29
20	Regulation of basophil effector functions by cytokines 1993 ·Thomas Brunner, Clemens A. Dahinden	1

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