Tobias B. Huber

39.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
257 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Tobias B. Huber is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias B. Huber has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Nephrology, 100 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tobias B. Huber's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (122 papers), Renal and related cancers (40 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (38 papers). Tobias B. Huber is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (122 papers), Renal and related cancers (40 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (38 papers). Tobias B. Huber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Tobias B. Huber's co-authors include Gerd Walz, Thomas Benzing, Florian Grahammer, Björn Hartleben, Christoph Schell, Oliver Kretz, Mario Schiffer, Berend Isermann, Hans‐Joachim Anders and Shuya Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Tobias B. Huber

234 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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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.

Mitochondrial Dynamics Controls T Cell Fate through Metabolic Programming

2016 1.0k citations Oliver Kretz, Tobias B. Huber et al. profile →
Autophagy influences glomerular disease susceptibility and maintains podocyte homeostasis in aging mice

2010 586 citations Björn Hartleben, Markus Gödel et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
CKD in diabetes: diabetic kidney disease versus nondiabetic kidney disease

2018 542 citations Tobias B. Huber et al. profile →
mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice

2011 438 citations Markus A. Rüegg, Michael N. Hall et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tobias B. Huber Germany	56	5.7k	5.2k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	257	12.7k
Katalin Suszták United States	61	8.2k 1.4×	6.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	190	16.1k
Yashpal S. Kanwar United States	59	6.3k 1.1×	3.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	234	13.8k
Jochen Reiser United States	51	5.3k 0.9×	9.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	639 0.4×	179	14.1k
Stuart J. Shankland United States	70	6.8k 1.2×	8.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	478 0.3×	229	15.2k
Susan E. Quaggin United States	60	6.0k 1.0×	4.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	478 0.3×	156	12.2k
Benjamin D. Humphreys United States	71	8.6k 1.5×	4.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	835 0.5×	184	16.9k
Volker H. Haase United States	60	6.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.3×	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	937 0.6×	114	14.9k
Hermann-Josef Gröne Germany	62	5.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.3×	878 0.5×	2.7k 1.6×	776 0.5×	170	11.9k
George F. Schreiner United States	56	4.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	792 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	975 0.6×	139	11.3k
Emile de Heer Netherlands	47	2.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	478 0.3×	204	8.5k

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Lagies, Simon, D.‐Ch. Neugebauer, Tobias B. Huber, et al.. (2025). Lectin-Based Substrate Detection in Fabry Disease Using the Gb3-Binding Lectins StxB and LecA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(5). 2272–2272.

Hengel, Felicitas E., et al.. (2025). Passive transfer of patient-derived anti-nephrin autoantibodies causes a podocytopathy with minimal change lesions. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(5). 7 indexed citations

Rissiek, Björn, Christian F. Krebs, Hans‐Willi Mittrücker, et al.. (2024). ATP-Gated P2X7-Ion Channel on Kidney-Resident Natural Killer T Cells and Memory T Cells in Intrarenal Inflammation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 36(4). 602–613. 3 indexed citations

Rupprecht, Harald, Kerstin Amann, Felicitas E. Hengel, et al.. (2024). Assessment and Risk Prediction of Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Fibrosis Using Non-Invasive Biomarkers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 3678–3678. 9 indexed citations

Barreiro, Karina, Abigail C. Lay, Germán Leparc, et al.. (2023). An in vitro approach to understand contribution of kidney cells to human urinary extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(2). e12304–e12304. 22 indexed citations

Zhao, Yu, Hans‐Joachim Paust, Claudia Wegscheid, et al.. (2023). Transcriptional and Clonal Characterization of Cytotoxic T Cells in Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 34(6). 1003–1018. 10 indexed citations

Lindenmeyer, Maja T., Catherine Meyer‐Schwesinger, Heimo Ehmke, et al.. (2023). Deficiency of Complement C3a and C5a receptors Does Not Prevent Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension and Hypertensive End-Organ Damage. Hypertension. 81(1). 138–150. 4 indexed citations

Drexler, Richard, Thomas Sauvigny, Ulrich Schüller, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic profiling reveals a strong association between lack of 5-ALA fluorescence and EGFR amplification in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 10(5). 462–471. 1 indexed citations

Rauch, Simon, Raimund Lechner, Giacomo Strapazzon, et al.. (2023). Suspension syndrome: a scoping review and recommendations from the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM). Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 31(1). 95–95. 1 indexed citations

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Shedden‐Mora, Meike, Christian Schmidt‐Lauber, Bernd Löwe, et al.. (2022). Predictors of somatic symptom persistence in patients with chronic kidney disease (SOMA.CK): study protocol for a mixed-methods cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(11). e067821–e067821. 1 indexed citations

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Löwe, Bernd, Viola Andresen, Omer Van den Bergh, et al.. (2022). Persistent SOMAtic symptoms ACROSS diseases — from risk factors to modification: scientific framework and overarching protocol of the interdisciplinary SOMACROSS research unit (RU 5211). BMJ Open. 12(1). e057596–e057596. 61 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Robert D., Oliver Kretz, David Chambers, et al.. (2021). A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 14(2). 1 indexed citations

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Kluger, Malte A., Jan Czogalla, Christian Schmidt‐Lauber, et al.. (2021). Convalescent plasma treatment for early post‐kidney transplant acquired COVID‐19. Transplant Infectious Disease. 23(4). e13685–e13685. 6 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Robert D., Manuela Antonioli, Oliver Kretz, et al.. (2017). Protein and Molecular Characterization of a Clinically Compliant Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Fraction Capable of Accelerating Muscle Regeneration Through Enhancement of Angiogenesis. Stem Cells and Development. 26(18). 1316–1333. 42 indexed citations

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Grahammer, Florian, Malte Roerden, Nicola Wanner, et al.. (2014). mTORC1 maintains renal tubular homeostasis and is essential in response to ischemic stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). E2817–26. 83 indexed citations

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Wanner, Nicola, Björn Hartleben, Nadja Herbach, et al.. (2014). Unraveling the Role of Podocyte Turnover in Glomerular Aging and Injury. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 25(4). 707–716. 143 indexed citations

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Helmstädter, Martin, Kevin Lüthy, Markus Gödel, et al.. (2012). Functional Study of Mammalian Neph Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40300–e40300. 25 indexed citations

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Hartleben, Björn, Markus Gödel, Catherine Meyer‐Schwesinger, et al.. (2010). Autophagy influences glomerular disease susceptibility and maintains podocyte homeostasis in aging mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(4). 1084–1096. 586 indexed citations breakdown →

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Skouloudaki, Kassiani, Matias Simons, Christopher Boehlke, et al.. (2009). Scribble participates in Hippo signaling and is required for normal zebrafish pronephros development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(21). 8579–8584. 116 indexed citations

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Huber, Tobias B., Bernhard Schermer, Roman Ulrich Müller, et al.. (2006). Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17079–17086. 236 indexed citations

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