Willi K. Born

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
182 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Willi K. Born is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Willi K. Born has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Oncology and 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Willi K. Born's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (104 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (102 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (40 papers). Willi K. Born is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (104 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (102 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (40 papers). Willi K. Born collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Willi K. Born's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Willi K. Born

177 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

γδ T cell effector functions: a blend of innate programming and acquired plasticity

2010 730 citations Rebecca L. O’Brien, Willi K. Born et al. profile →
Characterization of a monoclonal antibody which detects all murine alpha beta T cell receptors.

1989 715 citations Willi K. Born et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
Stimulation of a major subset of lymphocytes expressing T cell receptor γδ by an antigen derived from mycobacterium tuberculosis

1989 429 citations Rebecca L. O’Brien, Willi K. Born et al. profile →

Peers

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Rebecca L. O’Brien United States

Martin Giedlin United States

Carol Clayberger United States

Clifford M. Snapper United States

Hervé Groux France

F Rousset France

Thomas J. Waldschmidt United States

Kayo Inaba Japan

Thomas Kamradt Germany

Virginia Pascual United States

Rebecca L. O’Brien United States

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675 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Willi K. Born Willi K. Born (= 1×) peers Rebecca L. O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Willi K. Born

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willi K. Born

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Sun, Deming, et al.. (2022). γδ T Cells Activated in Different Inflammatory Environments Are Functionally Distinct. The Journal of Immunology. 208(5). 1224–1231. 10 indexed citations

White, Janice, Rebecca L. O’Brien, & Willi K. Born. (2020). BW5147 and Derivatives for the Study of T Cells and their Antigen Receptors. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 68(3). 15–15. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yafei, Kira Rubtsova, Andrew Getahun, et al.. (2019). γδ T cells shape memory-phenotype αβ T cell populations in non-immunized mice. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218827–e0218827. 6 indexed citations

Born, Willi K., Zhinan Yin, Youn‐Soo Hahn, Deming Sun, & Rebecca L. O’Brien. (2010). Analysis of γδ T Cell Functions in the Mouse. The Journal of Immunology. 184(8). 4055–4061. 47 indexed citations

Jin, Niyun, Christina L. Roark, Nobuaki Miyahara, et al.. (2009). Allergic Airway Hyperresponsiveness-Enhancing γδ T Cells Develop in Normal Untreated Mice and Fail to Produce IL-4/13, Unlike Th2 and NKT Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 182(4). 2002–2010. 19 indexed citations

Hamada, Satoru, Masayuki Umemura, Ayano Yahagi, et al.. (2008). 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. 181(5). 3456–3463. 283 indexed citations

Cook, Laura, Nobuaki Miyahara, Niyun Jin, et al.. (2008). Evidence That CD8+ Dendritic Cells Enable the Development of γδ T Cells That Modulate Airway Hyperresponsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 181(1). 309–319. 31 indexed citations

Simonian, Philip L., Christina L. Roark, Fernando Diaz del Valle, et al.. (2006). Regulatory Role of γδ T Cells in the Recruitment of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells to Lung and Subsequent Pulmonary Fibrosis. The Journal of Immunology. 177(7). 4436–4443. 62 indexed citations

Jin, Niyun, Christian Taube, Youn‐Soo Hahn, et al.. (2005). Mismatched Antigen Prepares γδ T Cells for Suppression of Airway Hyperresponsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 174(5). 2671–2679. 28 indexed citations

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Hahn, Youn‐Soo, Christian Taube, Niyun Jin, et al.. (2004). Different Potentials of γδ T Cell Subsets in Regulating Airway Responsiveness: Vγ1+ Cells, but Not Vγ4+ Cells, Promote Airway Hyperreactivity, Th2 Cytokines, and Airway Inflammation. The Journal of Immunology. 172(5). 2894–2902. 111 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhi-Hua, Anthony Joetham, M. Kemal Aydintug, et al.. (2003). Reversal of Allergic Airway Hyperreactivity after Long-term Allergen Challenge Depends on γδ T Cells. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(11). 1324–1332. 37 indexed citations

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Hahn, Youn-Soo, Christian Taube, Niyun Jin, et al.. (2003). Vγ4+ γδ T Cells Regulate Airway Hyperreactivity to Methacholine in Ovalbumin-Sensitized and Challenged Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 171(6). 3170–3178. 64 indexed citations

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Rha, Yeong-Ho, Christian Taube, Angela Haczku, et al.. (2002). Effect of Microbial Heat Shock Proteins on Airway Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 169(9). 5300–5307. 44 indexed citations

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Kanehiro, Arihiko, Michael Lahn, Mika J. Mäkelä, et al.. (2002). Requirement for the p75 TNF-α Receptor 2 in the Regulation of Airway Hyperresponsiveness by γδ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 169(8). 4190–4197. 31 indexed citations

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Lahn, Michael, et al.. (2001). T Cell Receptor and Function Cosegregate in Gamma-Delta T Cell Subsets. PubMed. 79. 1–28. 34 indexed citations

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Kanehiro, Arihiko, Michael Lahn, Mika J. Mäkelä, et al.. (2001). Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Negatively Regulates Airway Hyperresponsiveness through γδ T Cells. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(12). 2229–2238. 38 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rebecca L., Xiang Yin, Sally A. Huber, Koichi Ikuta, & Willi K. Born. (2000). Depletion of a γδ T Cell Subset Can Increase Host Resistance to a Bacterial Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 165(11). 6472–6479. 76 indexed citations

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Cady, Carol, Michael Lahn, Michaelann Vollmer, et al.. (2000). Response of Murine γδ T Cells to the Synthetic Polypeptide Poly-Glu50Tyr50 1. The Journal of Immunology. 165(4). 1790–1798. 22 indexed citations

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Huber, Sally A., et al.. (2000). Vγ1+ T Cells Suppress and Vγ4+ T Cells Promote Susceptibility to Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 165(8). 4174–4181. 127 indexed citations

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Lahn, Michael, Harshan Kalataradi, Michaelann Vollmer, et al.. (1998). Early preferential stimulation of gamma delta T cells by TNF-alpha.. PubMed. 160(11). 5221–30. 89 indexed citations

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