Werner Müller

44.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
363 papers, 32.9k citations indexed

About

Werner Müller is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Müller has authored 363 papers receiving a total of 32.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Immunology, 86 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Werner Müller's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (76 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (67 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (35 papers). Werner Müller is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (76 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (67 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (35 papers). Werner Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Werner Müller's co-authors include Klaus Rajewsky, Ralf Kühn, D Rennick, Jürgen Löhler, Axel Roers, Andreas Radbruch, Walter Weichel, Stefan Miltenyi, Norbert Wagner and James P. Di Santo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Werner Müller

358 papers receiving 32.2k citations

Hit Papers

Interleukin-10-deficient mice develop chronic enterocolitis 1990 2026 2002 2014 1993 1990 2008 1995 1991 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Interleukin-10-deficient mice develop chronic enterocolitis
    1993 3.5k citations Ralf Kühn, Klaus Rajewsky et al. profile →
  2. High gradient magnetic cell separation with MACS
    1990 1.4k citations Werner Müller et al. profile →
  3. Regulatory T Cell-Derived Interleukin-10 Limits Inflammation at Environmental Interfaces
    2008 1.2k citations Axel Roers, Werner Müller et al. profile →
  4. Altered immune responses in mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase
    1995 1.1k citations Werner Müller et al. profile →
  5. Generation and Analysis of Interleukin-4 Deficient Mice
    1991 1.1k citations Ralf Kühn, Klaus Rajewsky et al. profile →
  6. Enterocolitis and colon cancer in interleukin-10-deficient mice are associated with aberrant cytokine production and CD4(+) TH1-like responses.
    1996 957 citations Ralf Kühn, Werner Müller et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  7. Differential Roles of Macrophages in Diverse Phases of Skin Repair
    2010 938 citations Ari Waisman, Jürgen Roes et al. profile →
  8. In the absence of endogenous IL-10, mice acutely infected with Toxoplasma gondii succumb to a lethal immune response dependent on CD4+ T cells and accompanied by overproduction of IL-12, IFN-γ and TNF-α
    1996 760 citations Ralf Kühn, Werner Müller et al. profile →
  9. Interleukin-10 Signaling in Regulatory T Cells Is Required for Suppression of Th17 Cell-Mediated Inflammation
    2011 740 citations Marina C. Pils, Robert Smail Jack et al. profile →
  10. Lymphoid development in mice with a targeted deletion of the interleukin 2 receptor gamma chain.
    1995 727 citations Werner Müller, Alain Fischer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Intestinal Tolerance Requires Gut Homing and Expansion of FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells in the Lamina Propria
    2011 679 citations Angela Schippers, Norbert Wagner et al. profile →
  12. Loss of a gp130 Cardiac Muscle Cell Survival Pathway Is a Critical Event in the Onset of Heart Failure during Biomechanical Stress
    1999 548 citations Ulrich A. K. Betz, Klaus Rajewsky et al. profile →
  13. Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
    2015 485 citations Emmanuel Pinteaux, Werner Müller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Werner Müller Germany 81 18.1k 8.1k 4.2k 3.7k 3.4k 363 32.9k
Sharon M. Wahl United States 87 15.0k 0.8× 7.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.1× 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 277 31.6k
Howard A. Young United States 97 16.6k 0.9× 9.5k 1.2× 6.3k 1.5× 3.4k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 369 31.4k
Jack Gauldie Canada 95 9.1k 0.5× 8.2k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 416 31.9k
William E. Paul United States 98 30.2k 1.7× 8.2k 1.0× 6.1k 1.5× 3.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 344 42.5k
Emil R. Unanue United States 106 24.6k 1.4× 10.3k 1.3× 3.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 432 39.9k
Martin F. Bachmann Switzerland 96 18.0k 1.0× 8.3k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 5.1k 1.4× 2.1k 0.6× 371 31.3k
Terry B. Strom United States 90 23.2k 1.3× 6.0k 0.7× 5.4k 1.3× 3.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 423 35.4k
Bernard Malissen France 95 27.2k 1.5× 7.6k 0.9× 4.9k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 399 35.4k
Ethan M. Shevach United States 104 37.5k 2.1× 6.6k 0.8× 7.3k 1.7× 3.2k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 423 47.7k
Richard S. Blumberg United States 94 16.4k 0.9× 11.0k 1.4× 3.9k 0.9× 5.0k 1.4× 5.1k 1.5× 321 34.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Werner Müller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Werner Müller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Werner Müller 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 Werner Müller. Werner Müller is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reguant, Anna Pascual, Ralf Köhler, Ronja Mothes, et al.. (2021). Multiplexed histology analyses for the phenotypic and spatial characterization of human innate lymphoid cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1737–1737. 22 indexed citations
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Papoutsopoulou, Stamatia, Emily Smith, Philip Stegmaier, et al.. (2020). Using systems medicine to identify a therapeutic agent with potential for repurposing in inflammatory bowel disease. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 13(11). 11 indexed citations
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Hiller, Björn, Christa Haase, Nadja Schubert, et al.. (2018). Ribonucleotide Excision Repair Is Essential to Prevent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin. Cancer Research. 78(20). 5917–5926. 30 indexed citations
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Bagnall, James, Hazel England, Ruth Brignall, et al.. (2018). Quantitative analysis of competitive cytokine signaling predicts tissue thresholds for the propagation of macrophage activation. Science Signaling. 11(540). 39 indexed citations
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Wong, Raymond, Nikolett Lénárt, Graham Coutts, et al.. (2018). Interleukin-1 mediates ischaemic brain injury via distinct actions on endothelial cells and cholinergic neurons. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 76. 126–138. 56 indexed citations
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Brufau, Gemma, Marion J. Gijbels, Ine M. J. Wolfs, et al.. (2016). Deleting myeloid IL-10 receptor signalling attenuates atherosclerosis in LDLR-/- mice by altering intestinal cholesterol fluxes. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 116(9). 565–577. 17 indexed citations
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Häsler, Robert, Raheleh Sheibani‐Tezerji, Anupam Sinha, et al.. (2016). Uncoupling of mucosal gene regulation, mRNA splicing and adherent microbiota signatures in inflammatory bowel disease. Gut. 66(12). 2087–2097. 54 indexed citations
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Pastille, Eva, Diana Fleissner, Alexandra Adamczyk, et al.. (2014). Transient Ablation of Regulatory T cells Improves Antitumor Immunity in Colitis-Associated Colon Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(16). 4258–4269. 80 indexed citations
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Lokken, Kristen L., Jason P. Mooney, Brian P. Butler, et al.. (2014). Malaria Parasite Infection Compromises Control of Concurrent Systemic Non-typhoidal Salmonella Infection via IL-10-Mediated Alteration of Myeloid Cell Function. PLoS Pathogens. 10(5). e1004049–e1004049. 64 indexed citations
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Vaccaro, Carlos, et al.. (2009). Conditional deletion of the MHC class I-related receptor FcRn reveals the sites of IgG homeostasis in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(8). 2788–2793. 170 indexed citations
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Pils, Marina C., Fabio Pisano, Nicolas Fasnacht, et al.. (2009). Monocytes/macrophages and/or neutrophils are the target of IL‐10 in the LPS endotoxemia model. European Journal of Immunology. 40(2). 443–448. 95 indexed citations
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Alberti, Siegfried, et al.. (2007). Serum Response Factor Contributes Selectively to Lymphocyte Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(33). 24320–24328. 33 indexed citations
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Müller, Werner. (2006). Dissecting the cytokine network. Cellular Immunology. 244(2). 162–164. 9 indexed citations
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Loetscher, Erika, et al.. (2004). Differential inverse agonist efficacies of SB-258719, SB-258741 and SB-269970 at human recombinant serotonin 5-HT7 receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 495(2-3). 97–102. 48 indexed citations
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Sarnacki, Sabine, F. Auber, Marina Cavazzana, et al.. (2000). Blockade of the integrin αLβ2 but not of integrins α4 and/or β7 significantly prolongs intestinal allograft survival in mice. Gut. 47(1). 97–104. 18 indexed citations
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Kanwar, Jagat R., et al.. (2000). β7 integrins contribute to demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 103(2). 146–152. 73 indexed citations
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Kuklin, Nelly A., Lusijah Rott, Jama M. Darling, et al.. (2000). α4β7 independent pathway for CD8+ T cell–mediated intestinal immunity to rotavirus. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 106(12). 1541–1552. 47 indexed citations
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Rajewsky, Klaus, Hua Gu, Ralf Kühn, et al.. (1996). Conditional gene targeting.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 98(3). 600–603. 349 indexed citations
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Blankenstein, Thomas, Weiqun Li, Werner Müller, & Tibor Diamantstein. (1990). Retroviral interleukin 4 gene transfer into an interleukin 4‐dependent cell line results in autocrine growth but not in tumorigenicity. European Journal of Immunology. 20(4). 935–938. 26 indexed citations
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Cheeger, Jeff, Werner Müller, & Robert Schrader. (1986). Kinematic and tube formulas for piecewise linear spaces. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 35(4). 737–754. 18 indexed citations

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