Tommy Regen

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Tommy Regen is a scholar working on Immunology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tommy Regen has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Immunology, 21 papers in Neurology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tommy Regen's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (21 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (10 papers). Tommy Regen is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (21 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (10 papers). Tommy Regen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Tommy Regen's co-authors include Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch, Ari Waisman, Denise van Rossum, Judith Hauptmann, Mikael Simons, Mareike Schnaars, Dirk Fitzner, Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy, Payam Dibaj and Mostafa Bakhti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tommy Regen

44 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Selective transfer of exosomes from oligodendrocytes to microglia by macropinocytosis

2011 669 citations Denise van Rossum, Tommy Regen et al. profile →
Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

2015 485 citations Julia Bruttger, Khalad Karram et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tommy Regen Germany	26	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	512	432	44	4.1k
Anuja Ghorpade United States	41	1.6k 1.1×	877 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	569 1.1×	354 0.8×	85	4.8k
Marcus Kaul United States	35	1.7k 1.2×	991 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	731 1.4×	438 1.0×	81	5.6k
Seija Lehnardt Germany	29	2.2k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	463 0.9×	451 1.0×	49	4.6k
John R. Lukens United States	41	916 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	2.6k 2.0×	807 1.6×	301 0.7×	92	5.8k
Kim Summers Australia	34	949 0.6×	963 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	394 0.8×	286 0.7×	157	4.6k
Wen S. Sheng United States	37	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	657 1.3×	157 0.4×	91	4.9k
William R. Tyor United States	37	1.4k 1.0×	990 0.7×	844 0.6×	451 0.9×	108 0.3×	90	4.2k
Cinthia Farina Italy	31	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	503 1.0×	251 0.6×	74	5.0k
Nathalie Arbour Canada	39	1.7k 1.2×	2.9k 2.0×	1.2k 0.9×	386 0.8×	223 0.5×	97	6.4k
Servio H. Ramirez United States	39	1.9k 1.3×	502 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	555 1.1×	331 0.8×	80	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Tommy Regen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tommy Regen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tommy Regen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tommy Regen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tommy Regen. Tommy Regen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Desiato, Genni, Tommy Regen, L.R. Scherer, et al.. (2024). Embryo-restricted responses to maternal IL-17A promote neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse offspring. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(4). 1585–1593. 3 indexed citations

Moos, Sonja, Tommy Regen, Florian Wanke, et al.. (2023). IL-17 Signaling in Keratinocytes Orchestrates the Defense against Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infection. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 143(7). 1257–1267.e10. 6 indexed citations

Becker, Stefanie I., et al.. (2022). Microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites in vascular inflammation and cardiovascular disease. Amino Acids. 54(10). 1339–1356. 85 indexed citations

Regen, Tommy, Christopher N. Parkhurst, Anees Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Antigen-presenting innate lymphoid cells orchestrate neuroinflammation. Nature. 600(7890). 707–712. 65 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Miguel, Helena C. Brigas, Mariana Temido‐Ferreira, et al.. (2019). Meningeal γδ T cell–derived IL-17 controls synaptic plasticity and short-term memory. Science Immunology. 4(40). 203 indexed citations

Weng, Shih‐Yen, Xiaoyu Wang, Santosh Vijayan, et al.. (2018). IL-4 Receptor Alpha Signaling through Macrophages Differentially Regulates Liver Fibrosis Progression and Reversal. EBioMedicine. 29. 92–103. 97 indexed citations

Wanke, Florian, Yilang Tang, Konrad Gronke, et al.. (2018). Expression of IL-17F is associated with non-pathogenic Th17 cells. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 96(8). 819–829. 20 indexed citations

Bartsch, Kareen, Markus Daμμe, Tommy Regen, et al.. (2018). RNase H2 Loss in Murine Astrocytes Results in Cellular Defects Reminiscent of Nucleic Acid-Mediated Autoinflammation. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 587–587. 16 indexed citations

Remy, Mélissa M., Lukas Flatz, Tommy Regen, et al.. (2017). Interferon-γ-Driven iNOS: A Molecular Pathway to Terminal Shock in Arenavirus Hemorrhagic Fever. Cell Host & Microbe. 22(3). 354–365.e5. 12 indexed citations

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Mufazalov, Ilgiz A., Tommy Regen, Alexei Nikolaev, et al.. (2016). Generation of a Novel T Cell Specific Interleukin-1 Receptor Type 1 Conditional Knock Out Mouse Reveals Intrinsic Defects in Survival, Expansion and Cytokine Production of CD4 T Cells. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161505–e0161505. 13 indexed citations

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Bruttger, Julia, Khalad Karram, Simone Wörtge, et al.. (2015). Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System. Immunity. 43(1). 92–106. 485 indexed citations breakdown →

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Regen, Tommy, Kai Dittmann, Michael Engelke, et al.. (2013). Empty liposomes induce antitumoral effects associated with macrophage responses distinct from those of the TLR1/2 agonist Pam3CSK4 (BLP). Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 62(10). 1587–1597. 10 indexed citations

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Ribes, Sandra, Nina Adam, Sandra Schütze, et al.. (2012). The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing-2 ligand muramyl dipeptide enhances phagocytosis and intracellular killing of Escherichia coli K1 by Toll-like receptor agonists in microglial cells. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 252(1-2). 16–23. 12 indexed citations

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Brück, Wolfgang, Trinh Pham, Jingya Zhang, et al.. (2012). Reduced astrocytic NF-κB activation by laquinimod protects from cuprizone-induced demyelination. Acta Neuropathologica. 124(3). 411–424. 144 indexed citations

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Neerven, Sabien van, Tommy Regen, Bernd Denecke, et al.. (2010). Inflammatory cytokine release of astrocytes in vitro is reduced by all-trans retinoic acid. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 229(1-2). 169–179. 62 indexed citations

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Regen, Tommy, Denise van Rossum, Jörg Scheffel, et al.. (2010). CD14 and TRIF govern distinct responsiveness and responses in mouse microglial TLR4 challenges by structural variants of LPS. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 25(5). 957–970. 49 indexed citations

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Pukrop, Tobias, Faramarz Dehghani, Han‐Ning Chuang, et al.. (2010). Microglia promote colonization of brain tissue by breast cancer cells in a Wnt‐dependent way. Glia. 58(12). 1477–1489. 171 indexed citations

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Flatz, Lukas, Toni Rieger, Doron Merkler, et al.. (2010). T Cell-Dependence of Lassa Fever Pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 6(3). e1000836–e1000836. 88 indexed citations

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Ribes, Sandra, Sandra Ebert, Tommy Regen, et al.. (2009). Fibronectin stimulates Escherichia coli phagocytosis by microglial cells. Glia. 58(3). 367–376. 18 indexed citations

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Sturm, Angelika, Rogério Amino, Tommy Regen, et al.. (2006). Manipulation of Host Hepatocytes by the Malaria Parasite for Delivery into Liver Sinusoids. Science. 313(5791). 1287–1290. 371 indexed citations

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