Thomas Hehlgans

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Hehlgans is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hehlgans has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hehlgans's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (33 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (13 papers). Thomas Hehlgans is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (33 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (13 papers). Thomas Hehlgans collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Thomas Hehlgans's co-authors include Klaus Pfeffer, Daniela N. Männel, Johann Röhrl, Joost J. Oppenheim, De Yang, Lucas Onder, Burkhard Ludewig, Elke Scandella, Peter Stopfer and Ernst Holler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hehlgans

71 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

The intriguing biology of the tumour necrosis factor/tumour necrosis factor receptor superfamily: players, rules and the games

2005 611 citations Thomas Hehlgans, Klaus Pfeffer Immunology profile →
Metagenomic Analysis of the Stool Microbiome in Patients Receiving Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Loss of Diversity Is Associated with Use of Systemic Antibiotics and More Pronounced in Gastrointestinal Graft-versus-Host Disease

2014 367 citations Ernst Holler, Karin Schmid‐Zalaudek et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Hehlgans Germany	29	1.9k	1.2k	662	365	318	71	3.4k
Pin‐Yu Perera United States	28	2.2k 1.1×	892 0.8×	642 1.0×	184 0.5×	500 1.6×	47	3.5k
Sachiko Akashi‐Takamura Japan	26	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	383 0.6×	212 0.6×	368 1.2×	43	3.7k
Maria Gabriella Torcia Italy	27	926 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	442 0.7×	372 1.0×	221 0.7×	58	3.1k
Paul W. Dempsey United States	20	3.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	705 1.1×	266 0.7×	1.0k 3.2×	29	4.4k
Ian R. Rifkin United States	28	4.2k 2.2×	980 0.9×	572 0.9×	148 0.4×	301 0.9×	61	5.4k
Ernst Brandt Germany	33	1.6k 0.8×	867 0.8×	950 1.4×	239 0.7×	214 0.7×	55	3.4k
Alessandra Mazzoni Italy	27	3.7k 1.9×	917 0.8×	843 1.3×	381 1.0×	306 1.0×	52	5.0k
Josh Gregorio United States	15	4.7k 2.5×	1.1k 1.0×	616 0.9×	658 1.8×	204 0.6×	18	5.7k
Shahla Abdollahi‐Roodsaz Netherlands	30	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	325 0.5×	97 0.3×	337 1.1×	50	3.6k
Dipyaman Ganguly India	21	2.5k 1.3×	881 0.8×	350 0.5×	292 0.8×	190 0.6×	53	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Hehlgans

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Abe, Jun, Yannick O. Alexandre, Erika Girardi, et al.. (2022). CD169⁺macrophages in lymph node and spleen critically depend on dual RANK and LTbetaR signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(3). 20 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

Cheng, Hung‐Wei, Urs Mörbe, Mechthild Lütge, et al.. (2022). Intestinal fibroblastic reticular cell niches control innate lymphoid cell homeostasis and function. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2027–2027. 14 indexed citations

Kreutz, Marina, et al.. (2022). Propionate induces cross-tolerance to TLR1/2 and TLR4 agonists in an IFIT-dependent manner. Immunobiology. 227(2). 152186–152186. 1 indexed citations

Menzel, Lutz, Michael Grau, Anne-Clémence Vion, et al.. (2020). Lymphoma Angiogenesis Is Orchestrated by Noncanonical Signaling Pathways. Cancer Research. 80(6). 1316–1329. 13 indexed citations

Cheng, Hung‐Wei, Lucas Onder, Mario Novković, et al.. (2019). Origin and differentiation trajectories of fibroblastic reticular cells in the splenic white pulp. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1739–1739. 73 indexed citations

Grau, Michael, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Kerstin Gerlach, et al.. (2014). Access to Follicular Dendritic Cells Is a Pivotal Step in Murine Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B-cell Activation and Proliferation. Cancer Discovery. 4(12). 1448–1465. 56 indexed citations

Holler, Ernst, Karin Schmid‐Zalaudek, Christian Hundsrucker, et al.. (2014). Metagenomic analysis of the stool microbiome in patients receiving allogeneic SCT: Loss of diversity is associated with use of systemic antibiotics and more pronounced in gastrointestinal GvHD. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 4 indexed citations

Mostböck, Sven, et al.. (2012). Mechanisms of immune complex-mediated experimental glomerulonephritis: possible role of the balance between endogenous TNF and soluble TNF receptor type 2. European Cytokine Network. 23(1). 15–20. 2 indexed citations

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Ludewig, Burkhard, Qian Chai, Lucas Onder, et al.. (2012). CCL19-Cre transgenics: targeting lymph node fibroblastic reticular cells in vivo (44.14). The Journal of Immunology. 188(1_Supplement). 44.14–44.14. 3 indexed citations

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Ehrenschwender, Martin, et al.. (2012). E3-14.7K Is Recruited to TNF-Receptor 1 and Blocks TNF Cytolysis Independent from Interaction with Optineurin. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38348–e38348. 4 indexed citations

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Riemann, Marc, et al.. (2011). RelA and RelB Transcription Factors in Distinct Thymocyte Populations Control Lymphotoxin-Dependent Interleukin-17 Production in γδ T Cells. Immunity. 34(3). 364–374. 95 indexed citations

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Röhrl, Johann, De Yang, Joost J. Oppenheim, & Thomas Hehlgans. (2010). Human β-Defensin 2 and 3 and Their Mouse Orthologs Induce Chemotaxis through Interaction with CCR2. The Journal of Immunology. 184(12). 6688–6694. 228 indexed citations

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Wege, Anja K., et al.. (2009). Neutralization of LIGHT ameliorates acute dextran sodium sulphate‐induced intestinal inflammation. Immunology. 128(3). 451–458. 26 indexed citations

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Runza, Valeria, Thomas Hehlgans, Bernd Echtenacher, et al.. (2006). Localization of the mouse defense lectin ficolin B in lysosomes of activated macrophages. Journal of Endotoxin Research. 12(2). 120–126. 30 indexed citations

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Stopfer, Peter, Daniela N. Männel, & Thomas Hehlgans. (2004). Lymphotoxin-β Receptor Activation by Activated T Cells Induces Cytokine Release from Mouse Bone Marrow-Derived Mast Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 172(12). 7459–7465. 58 indexed citations

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Männel, Daniela N., et al.. (2004). From “Junk” to Gene: Curriculum vitae of a Primate Receptor Isoform Gene. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341(4). 883–886. 64 indexed citations

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Ehlers, Stefan, Christoph Hölscher, Stefanie Scheu, et al.. (2003). The Lymphotoxin β Receptor Is Critically Involved in Controlling Infections with the Intracellular Pathogens Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Listeria monocytogenes. The Journal of Immunology. 170(10). 5210–5218. 120 indexed citations

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Hehlgans, Thomas & Daniela N. Männel. (2002). The TNFTNF Receptor System. Biological Chemistry. 383(10). 1581–5. 69 indexed citations

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Hehlgans, Thomas, et al.. (2001). Hypoxic Upregulation of TNF Receptor Type 2 Expression Involves NF-IL-6 and Is Independent of HIF-1 or HIF-2. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 21(9). 757–762. 14 indexed citations

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