Wolfgang W. Leitner

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang W. Leitner is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang W. Leitner has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Immunology, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang W. Leitner's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (15 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers). Wolfgang W. Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (15 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers). Wolfgang W. Leitner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Wolfgang W. Leitner's co-authors include Elke S. Bergmann‐Leitner, Nicholas P. Restifo, Stephan Frank, Brigitte Gaume, Carolyn L. Smith, Richard J. Youle, Everett G. Robert, Frédéric Catez, Ying Han and Leroy N. Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang W. Leitner

81 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Dynamin-Relat... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. The Role of Dynamin-Related Protein 1, a Mediator of Mitochondrial Fission, in Apoptosis
    2001 1.5k citations Elke S. Bergmann‐Leitner, Wolfgang W. Leitner 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
Wolfgang W. Leitner United States 27 2.4k 1.9k 668 567 511 82 4.7k
Nancy Hosken United States 19 1.3k 0.6× 3.5k 1.8× 1.7k 2.5× 375 0.7× 641 1.3× 31 5.9k
George Yap United States 40 1.1k 0.5× 3.2k 1.7× 2.3k 3.4× 503 0.9× 626 1.2× 80 6.5k
Dirk Schlüter Germany 49 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 1.9k 2.8× 448 0.8× 379 0.7× 145 5.9k
Fabio Re United States 36 2.7k 1.1× 4.2k 2.2× 897 1.3× 606 1.1× 648 1.3× 51 7.2k
Laurence Abrami Switzerland 37 3.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 426 0.6× 813 1.4× 241 0.5× 63 5.2k
Lee‐Ann H. Allen United States 39 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 374 0.6× 627 1.1× 162 0.3× 98 5.1k
Philippe Georgel France 44 3.5k 1.4× 6.1k 3.2× 1.4k 2.1× 549 1.0× 663 1.3× 114 9.7k
Yutaro Kumagai Japan 36 2.3k 1.0× 4.2k 2.2× 1.1k 1.6× 921 1.6× 594 1.2× 71 6.9k
Berish Y. Rubin United States 36 1.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.8× 1.6k 2.4× 771 1.4× 841 1.6× 83 7.0k
Nicole N. van der Wel Netherlands 36 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 2.3× 1.6k 2.7× 228 0.4× 92 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang W. Leitner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leitner, Wolfgang W., et al.. (2023). Comprehensive immunoprofiling and systematic adjuvant comparisons for identifying suitable vaccine: Adjuvant pairings. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 19(2). 2223503–2223503. 3 indexed citations
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Andrisani, Ourania, Qian Liu, Patricia Kehn, et al.. (2022). Biological functions of DEAD/DEAH-box RNA helicases in health and disease. Nature Immunology. 23(3). 354–357. 36 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W., et al.. (2011). Immunological consequences of arthropod vector‐derived salivary factors. European Journal of Immunology. 41(12). 3396–3400. 17 indexed citations
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Brandmaier, Andrew, et al.. (2009). High-avidity Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells Induce Host CTL, Overcome Tregs and Mediate Tumor Destruction. Journal of Immunotherapy. 32(7). 677–688. 15 indexed citations
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Diebold, Sandra S., Oliver Schulz, Lena Alexopoulou, et al.. (2008). Role of TLR3 in the immunogenicity of replicon plasmid-based vaccines. Gene Therapy. 16(3). 359–366. 22 indexed citations
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Lopez, Theresa, et al.. (2007). MFG-E8/Lactadherin Promotes Tumor Growth in an Angiogenesis-Dependent Transgenic Mouse Model of Multistage Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 67(14). 6777–6785. 80 indexed citations
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Robinson‐White, Audrey, Hui‐Pin Hsiao, Wolfgang W. Leitner, et al.. (2007). Protein Kinase A-Independent Inhibition of Proliferation and Induction of Apoptosis in Human Thyroid Cancer Cells by 8-Cl-Adenosine. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 93(3). 1020–1029. 19 indexed citations
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Robinson‐White, Audrey, Wolfgang W. Leitner, Eiman Aleem, et al.. (2006). PRKAR1A Inactivation Leads to Increased Proliferation and Decreased Apoptosis in Human B Lymphocytes. Cancer Research. 66(21). 10603–10612. 33 indexed citations
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Scheiblhofer, Sandra, et al.. (2006). Immunization with a low-dose replicon DNA vaccine encoding Phl p 5 effectively prevents allergic sensitization. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 118(3). 734–741. 21 indexed citations
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Scheiblhofer, Sandra, Wolfgang W. Leitner, Renate Bauer, et al.. (2006). Inhibition of type I allergic responses with nanogram doses of replicon‐based DNA vaccines. Allergy. 61(7). 828–835. 17 indexed citations
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Bergmann‐Leitner, Elke S. & Wolfgang W. Leitner. (2004). Danger, death and DNA vaccines. Microbes and Infection. 6(3). 319–327. 18 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W.. (2003). Myth, menace or medical blessing? The clinical potential and problems of genetic vaccines. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 3(1). 1–4. 19 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W. & Nicholas P. Restifo. (2003). DNA vaccines and apoptosis: to kill or not to kill?. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(1). 22–24. 19 indexed citations
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Touloukian, Christopher E., Wolfgang W. Leitner, Rhonda E. Schnur, et al.. (2003). Normal Tissue Depresses While Tumor Tissue Enhances Human T Cell Responses In Vivo to a Novel Self/Tumor Melanoma Antigen, OA1. The Journal of Immunology. 170(3). 1579–1585. 18 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W., Leroy N. Hwang, Michael DeVeer, et al.. (2002). Alphavirus-based DNA vaccine breaks immunological tolerance by activating innate antiviral pathways. Nature Medicine. 9(1). 33–39. 232 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W., Peter Hammerl, & Josef Thalhamer. (2001). Nucleic Acid for the Treatment of Cancer: Genetic Vaccines and DNA Adjuvants. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 7(16). 1641–67. 27 indexed citations
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Weiss, Richard, Wolfgang W. Leitner, Sandra Scheiblhofer, et al.. (2000). Genetic Vaccination against Malaria Infection by Intradermal and Epidermal Injections of a Plasmid Containing the Gene Encoding thePlasmodium bergheiCircumsporozoite Protein. Infection and Immunity. 68(10). 5914–5919. 49 indexed citations
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Leitner, Wolfgang W., et al.. (1992). Immunoarchitecture and Specific Functions of Splenic Autotransplants at Different Implantation Sites. European Surgical Research. 24(1). 22–36. 17 indexed citations

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