Volker Brinkmann

59.5k total citations · 18 hit papers
250 papers, 45.3k citations indexed

About

Volker Brinkmann is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Brinkmann has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 45.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Immunology, 112 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Volker Brinkmann's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (58 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (35 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (33 papers). Volker Brinkmann is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (58 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (35 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (33 papers). Volker Brinkmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Volker Brinkmann's co-authors include Arturo Zychlinsky, Christian Goosmann, Yvette Weinrauch, David S. Weiss, Beatrix Fauler, Ulrike Abu Abed, Carmen Birchmeier, Constantin F. Urban, Jason G. Cyster and Thomas F. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Volker Brinkmann

247 papers receiving 44.6k 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.

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Kill Bacteria

2004 7.6k citations Volker Brinkmann, Christian Goosmann et al. profile →
Novel cell death program leads to neutrophil extracellular traps

2007 2.5k citations Tobias A. Fuchs, Ulrike Abu Abed et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Lymphocyte egress from thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs is dependent on S1P receptor 1

2004 2.1k citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Contain Calprotectin, a Cytosolic Protein Complex Involved in Host Defense against Candida albicans

2009 1.3k citations Monika Schmid, Christian Goosmann et al. profile →
Netting neutrophils in autoimmune small-vessel vasculitis

2009 1.3k citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
The Immune Modulator FTY720 Targets Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptors

2002 1.2k citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor is essential for liver development

1995 1.1k citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Impairment of neutrophil extracellular trap degradation is associated with lupus nephritis

2010 1.1k citations Abdul Hakkim, Barbara G. Fürnrohr et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Fingolimod (FTY720): discovery and development of an oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis

2010 1.0k citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Reciprocal coupling of coagulation and innate immunity via neutrophil serine proteases

2010 926 citations Christian Goosmann, Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Statins selectively inhibit leukocyte function antigen-1 by binding to a novel regulatory integrin site

2001 844 citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Neutrophil extracellular traps capture and kill Candida albicans yeast and hyphal forms

2005 796 citations Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky et al. profile →
Neutrophil extracellular traps: Is immunity the second function of chromatin?

2012 769 citations Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Beneficial suicide: why neutrophils die to make NETs

2007 741 citations Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky profile →
Diverse stimuli engage different neutrophil extracellular trap pathways

2017 596 citations Elaine F. Kenny, Alf Herzig et al. eLife profile →
Severe neuropathies in mice with targeted mutations in the ErbB3 receptor

1997 569 citations Volker Brinkmann et al. profile →
Requirement for β-Catenin in Anterior-Posterior Axis Formation in Mice

2000 521 citations Volker Brinkmann, Walter Birchmeier et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
The Notch and Wnt pathways regulate stemness and differentiation in human fallopian tube organoids

2015 344 citations Volker Brinkmann, Hans‐Joachim Mollenkopf et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	SOD1 controls neutrophil oxidative burst and microbial killing 2025 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Volker Brinkmann, Christian Goosmann, (unknown), Thomas Meyer, A Foti	1
2	Streptococcus pyogenes EVs induce the alternative inflammasome via caspase-4/-5 in human monocytes 2025 ·EMBO Reports ·Kathrin Krause, (unknown), Matteo Ugolini, Tonya Kueck, (unknown), Eric J. C. Gálvez, Matthias Muenzner, Christian Goosmann, Volker Brinkmann, Christian K. Frese, Kathirvel Alagesan, Tim Vierbuchen, Holger Heine, Ulrike Resch, Leif Erik Sander, Emmanuelle Charpentier	1
3	Decoding spatiotemporal transcriptional dynamics and epithelial fibroblast crosstalk during gastroesophageal junction development through single cell analysis 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Naveen Kumar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Volker Brinkmann, Hans‐Joachim Mollenkopf, Tobias Krammer, (unknown), Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, Matthias Biebl, Christian Jürgensen, Bertram Wiedenmann, Thomas F. Meyer, Rajendra Kumar Gurumurthy, Cindrilla Chumduri	9
4	Human GBP1 Is Involved in the Repair of Damaged Phagosomes/Endolysosomes 2023 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Volker Brinkmann, Robert Hurwitz, Anca Dorhoi, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Gang Pei	7
5	Histone H3 clipping is a novel signature of human neutrophil extracellular traps 2022 ·eLife ·Dorothea Ogmore Tilley, (unknown), (unknown), Monika Schmid, Stefan Florian, Peter R. Jungblut, Volker Brinkmann, Alf Herzig, Arturo Zychlinsky	29
6	Entering the neutrophil trap 2021 ·Nature reviews. Immunology ·Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky	3
7	Neutrophil extracellular traps drive inflammatory pathogenesis in malaria 2019 ·Science Immunology ·(unknown), Athina Georgiadou, Falko Apel, (unknown), Christopher A. Moxon, Aubrey J. Cunnington, Bärbel Raupach, Deirdre Cunningham, Jean Langhorne, Renate Krüger, Valentina Barrera, Simon Harding, Åse Berg, Sam Patel, Kari Otterdal, Benjamin Mordmüller, Evelin Schwarzer, Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky, Borko Amulic	118
8	Dnase1 ‐deficient mice spontaneously develop a systemic lupus erythematosus‐like disease 2019 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Elaine F. Kenny, Bärbel Raupach, Ulrike Abu Abed, Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky	28
9	Unbiased classification of mosquito blood cells by single-cell genomics and high-content imaging 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maiara S. Severo, Jonathan J. M. Landry, Randall L. Lindquist, Christian Goosmann, Volker Brinkmann, Paul Collier, Anja E. Hauser, Vladimı́r Beneš, Johan Henriksson, Sarah A. Teichmann, Elena A. Levashina	49
10	The Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Membranous Features of the Plasmodium Liver Stage Tubovesicular Network 2014 ·Traffic ·Josephine Grützke, (unknown), Christian Goosmann, Olivier Silvie, (unknown), Dagmar Heuer, Maik J. Lehmann, Ann‐Kristin Mueller, Volker Brinkmann, Kai Matuschewski, Alyssa Ingmundson	41
11	Wnt/β‐catenin signalling induces MLL to create epigenetic changes in salivary gland tumours 2013 ·The EMBO Journal ·Peter Wend, Liang Fang, Qionghua Zhu, Jörg Schipper, Christoph Loddenkemper, (unknown), Volker Brinkmann, Klaus Eckert, (unknown), Jane D. Holland, Stephan Lehr, Michaël Kahn, Ulrike Ziebold, Walter Birchmeier	84
12	Impairment of neutrophil extracellular trap degradation is associated with lupus nephritis breakdown → 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Abdul Hakkim, Barbara G. Fürnrohr, Kerstin Amann, Britta Laube, Ulrike Abu Abed, Volker Brinkmann, Martin Herrmann, Reinhard Voll, Arturo Zychlinsky	1137
13	Restoration of NET formation by gene therapy in CGD controls aspergillosis 2009 ·Blood ·Matteo Bianchi, Abdul Hakkim, Volker Brinkmann, Ulrich Siler, Reinhard Seger, Arturo Zychlinsky, Janine Reichenbach	442
14	Intravital 2-photon imaging of encephalitogenic effector cells during fingolimod (FTY720) treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 2008 ·Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Ingo Bartholomäus, Christian Schläger, Volker Brinkmann, Hartmut Wekerle, Alexander Flügel	4
15	Novel cell death program leads to neutrophil extracellular traps breakdown → 2007 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Tobias A. Fuchs, Ulrike Abu Abed, Christian Goosmann, Robert Hurwitz, Ilka Schulze, V. Wahn, Yvette Weinrauch, Volker Brinkmann, Arturo Zychlinsky	2500
16	Role of HGF/SF and c‐Met in Morphogenesis and Metastasis of Epithelial Cells 2007 ·Novartis Foundation symposium ·Walter Birchmeier, Volker Brinkmann, Catherin Niemann, Silke Meiners, (unknown), H Naundorf, (unknown)	28
17	Inhibition of Th1- and Th2-Mediated Airway Inflammation by the Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptor Agonist FTY720 2003 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Elżbieta Sawicka, Cláudia Zuany‐Amorim, (unknown), Alexandre Trifilieff, Volker Brinkmann, D.M. Kemeny, Christoph Walker	123
18	The IFN-Inducible Golgi- and Endoplasmic Reticulum- Associated 47-kDa GTPase IIGP Is Transiently Expressed During Listeriosis 2002 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Jens Zerrahn, Ulrich E. Schaible, Volker Brinkmann, (unknown), Stefan H. E. Kaufmann	54
19	FTY720 Immunosuppression Impairs Effector T Cell Peripheral Homing Without Affecting Induction, Expansion, and Memory 2000 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Daniel D. Pinschewer, Adrian F. Ochsenbein, Bernhard Odermatt, Volker Brinkmann, Hans Hengartner, Rolf M. Zinkernagel	323
20	Interferon-α Suppresses the Capacity of T Cells to Help Antibody Production by Human B Cells 1992 ·Journal of Interferon Research ·Volker Brinkmann, C H Heusser, (unknown), E. Kilchherr, François Erard	11

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