Willi K. Born

12.3k citations

182 papers · 10.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 53

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Immunology top 0.1%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Dermatology top 0.5%

Papers in

Immunology 150
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 104
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 102
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 40
- Immune Response and Inflammation 25
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 15
Oncology 25
- CAR-T cell therapy research 13

Co-authors: Rebecca L. O’Brien (119 shared papers)Ralph T. Kubo (11 shared papers)Christina L. Roark (26 shared papers)Philippa Marrack (14 shared papers)John W. Kappler (9 shared papers)Marc Bonneville (1 shared paper)Michele Pigeon (2 shared papers)Michael Lahn (19 shared papers)
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (47 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (6 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)Molecular Immunology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany South Korea

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γδ T cell effector functions: a blend of innate programming and acquired plasticity 2010 · 730 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Nature reviews. Immunology
1989 The Journal of Immunology
1989 Cell

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1	γδ T cell effector functions: a blend of innate programming and acquired plasticity Nature reviews. Immunology ·Marc Bonneville, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Willi K. Born Hit paper breakdown →	2010	730
2	Characterization of a monoclonal antibody which detects all murine alpha beta T cell receptors. The Journal of Immunology ·Ralph T. Kubo, Willi K. Born, John W. Kappler, Philippa Marrack, Michele Pigeon Hit paper breakdown →	1989	715
3	Stimulation of a major subset of lymphocytes expressing T cell receptor γδ by an antigen derived from mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell ·Rebecca L. O’Brien, Mary Pat Happ, Angela Dallas, Ed Palmer, Ralph T. Kubo, Willi K. Born Hit paper breakdown →	1989	429
4	IL-17A Produced by γδ T Cells Plays a Critical Role in Innate Immunity against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in the Liver The Journal of Immunology ·Satoru Hamada, Masayuki Umemura, Takeru Shiono, Kensho Tanaka, Ayano Yahagi, Mst. Dilara Begum, Kiyotetsu Oshiro, Yuko Okamoto, Hisami Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Christina L. Roark, Willi K. Born, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Koichi Ikuta, Hiromichi Ishikawa, Susumu Nakae, Yoichiro Iwakura, Takao Ohta, Goro Matsuzaki	2008	283
5	γδ T cells: an important source of IL-17 Current Opinion in Immunology ·Christina L. Roark, Philip L. Simonian, Andrew P. Fontenot, Willi K. Born, Rebecca L. O’Brien	2008	277
6	T-cell receptor δ gene rearrangements in early thymocytes Nature ·Yueh-hsiu Chiei, Makio Iwashima, Dániel Wettstein, Kenneth B. Kaplan, John F. Elliott, Willi K. Born, Mark M. Davis	1987	276
7	Two better cell lines for making hybridomas expressing specific T cell receptors. The Journal of Immunology ·J. Michael White, Marcia A. Blackman, J Bill, John W. Kappler, Philippa Marrack, Daniel P. Gold, Willi K. Born	1989	271
8	Exacerbation of Collagen-Induced Arthritis by Oligoclonal, IL-17-Producing γδ T Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Christina L. Roark, Jena D. French, Molly A. Taylor, Alison M. Bendele, Willi K. Born, Rebecca L. O’Brien	2007	254
9	Recognition of a Peptide Antigen by Heat Shock--reactive γδ T Lymphocytes Science ·Willi K. Born, Lisa Hall, Angela Dallas, Joel Boymel, Thomas M. Shinnick, Douglas B. Young, Patrick J. Brennan, Rebecca L. O’Brien	1990	249
10	γδ T cells protect against lung fibrosis via IL-22 The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Philip L. Simonian, Fabian Wehrmann, Christina L. Roark, Willi K. Born, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Andrew P. Fontenot	2010	201
11	Recognition of heat shock proteins and γΔ cell function Immunology Today ·Willi K. Born, Mary Pat Happ, Angela Dallas, Christopher Reardon, Ralph T. Kubo, Thomas M. Shinnick, Patrick J. Brennan, Rebecca L. O’Brien	1990	200
12	Immune protection and control of inflammatory tissue necrosis by gamma delta T cells. The Journal of Immunology ·Yang Fu, C E Roark, Katherine A. Kelly, Douglas A. Drevets, Pauline Campbell, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Willi K. Born	1994	171
13	Immunoregulatory Functions of γδ T Cells Advances in immunology ·Willi K. Born, Carol Cady, Jessica Jones‐Carson, Akiko Mukasa, Michael Lahn, Rebecca L. O’Brien	1998	167
14	Rearrangement of T-cell receptor beta-chain genes during T-cell development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Willi K. Born, Jordi Yagüe, E Palmer, J W Kappler, Philippa Marrack	1985	163
15	Negative regulation of airway responsiveness that is dependent on γδ T cells and independent of αβ T cells Nature Medicine ·Michael Lahn, Arihiko Kanehiro, Katsuyuki Takeda, Anthony Joetham, Jürgen Schwarze, Gabriele Köhler, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Erwin W. Gelfand, Willi K. Born	1999	148
16	Th17-Polarized Immune Response in a Murine Model of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Lung Fibrosis The Journal of Immunology ·Philip L. Simonian, Christina L. Roark, Fabian Wehrmann, Allison K. Lanham, Fernando Diaz del Valle, Willi K. Born, Rebecca L. O’Brien, Andrew P. Fontenot	2009	147
17	Heat shock protein Hsp60-reactive gamma delta cells: a large, diversified T-lymphocyte subset with highly focused specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rebecca L. O’Brien, Yang‐Xin Fu, R L Cranfill, Angela Dallas, C.E. Ellis, Christopher Reardon, Julie Lang, Simon R. Carding, Ralph T. Kubo, Willi K. Born	1992	146
18	The function of γδ T cells in innate immunity Current Opinion in Immunology ·Willi K. Born, Christopher L. Reardon, Rebecca L. O’Brien	2005	144
19	IL‐17‐producing γδ T cells European Journal of Immunology ·Rebecca L. O’Brien, Christina L. Roark, Willi K. Born	2009	136
20	Limited diversity of T-cell receptor gamma-chain expression of murine Thy-1+ dendritic epidermal cells revealed by V gamma 3-specific monoclonal antibody. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wendy L. Havran, S Grell, Gail Duwe, John Kimura, Anne Wilson, Ada M. Kruisbeek, Richard L. O’Brien, Willi K. Born, R E Tigelaar, James P. Allison	1989	132

About Willi K. Born

Willi K. Born is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Physiology, having authored 182 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (104 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (102 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (40 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (25 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (18 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (15 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (8.5k citations), Dermatology (529 citations), Immunology and Allergy (307 citations), Oncology (1.1k citations) and Physiology (183 citations). Willi K. Born has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Rebecca L. O’Brien, Ralph T. Kubo, Christina L. Roark, Philippa Marrack, John W. Kappler, Marc Bonneville, Michele Pigeon, Michael Lahn, Andrew P. Fontenot and Philip L. Simonian. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, PLoS ONE and Molecular Immunology.

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