2026 Ana Claudia Zenclussen: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	60	3361	3094	231	214	216	10612

Overview

Ana Claudia Zenclussen is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. The primary area of research spans medicine, with over 110 publications, focusing strongly on immunology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, obstetrics and gynecology, molecular biology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work concentrates on several key topics within these fields, including:

Reproductive System and Pregnancy
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
Birth, Development, and Health
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Ana Claudia Zenclussen has published extensively in multiple academic journals, with preferred venues including:

Frontiers in Immunology (8 publications)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (7 publications)
Cells (6 publications)
Placenta (6 publications)
The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)

Frequent collaborators in their scientific work include:

Gunda Herberth, with 33 co-authored publications
Anne Schumacher, with 26 co-authored publications
Nicole Meyer, with 24 co-authored publications
Mario Bauer, with 23 co-authored publications
Stefan Röder, with 22 co-authored publications

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ana Claudia Zenclussen are:

"Human Breast Milk: From Food to Active Immune Response With Disease Protection in Infants and Mothers," 2022, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"Neurotoxic mixture effects of chemicals extracted from blood of pregnant women," 2024, published in Science
"Dermal exposure to the UV filter benzophenone-3 during early pregnancy affects fetal growth and sex ratio of the progeny in mice," 2020, published in Archives of Toxicology
"Alternatives for the worse: Molecular insights into adverse effects of bisphenol a and substitutes during human adipocyte differentiation," 2021, published in Environment International
"Immune Cells in the Uterine Remodeling: Are They the Target of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals?," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

Abnormal T-cell reactivity against paternal antigens in spontaneous abortion: adoptive transfer of pregnancy-induced CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells prevents fetal rejection in a murine abortion model.

Ana Claudia Zenclussen;Katrin Gerlof;Maria Laura Zenclussen;André Sollwedel

760
Citations
Human chorionic gonadotropin attracts regulatory T cells into the fetal-maternal interface during early human pregnancy.

Anne Schumacher;Nadja Brachwitz;Sindy Sohr;Kurt Engeland

388
Citations
Regulatory T cells induce a privileged tolerant microenvironment at the fetal-maternal interface.

Ana Claudia Zenclussen;Katrin Gerlof;Maria L. Zenclussen;Stefanie Ritschel

291
Citations
Endocrine factors modulating immune responses in pregnancy.

Anne Schumacher;Serban-Dan Costa;Ana Claudia Zenclussen

255
Citations
Regulatory T cells and their role in pregnancy.

Anne Leber;Ana Teles;Ana C. Zenclussen

219
Citations
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a Central Regulator of Pregnancy Immune Tolerance

Anne Schumacher;Kristina Heinze;Jeanette Witte;Eileen Poloski

204
Citations
Maternal extracellular vesicles and platelets promote preeclampsia via inflammasome activation in trophoblasts

Shrey Kohli;Satish Ranjan;Juliane Hoffmann;Muhammed Kashif

201
Citations
Cutting Edge: IL-10-Producing Regulatory B Cells in Early Human Pregnancy

Luise Rolle;Maryam Memarzadeh Tehran;Anselm Morell-García;Anselm Morell-García;Yanitsa Raeva

197
Citations
Estradiol and Progesterone Regulate the Migration of Mast Cells from the Periphery to the Uterus and Induce Their Maturation and Degranulation

Federico Jensen;Mariana A Woudwyk;Mariana A Woudwyk;Ana Teles;Ana Teles;Katja Woidacki

171
Citations
The progesterone derivative dydrogesterone abrogates murine stress-triggered abortion by inducing a Th2 biased local immune response.

Ricarda Joachim;Ana Claudia Zenclussen;Beata Polgar;Alison J Douglas

170
Citations
CD19+CD5+ Cells as Indicators of Preeclampsia

Federico Jensen;Gerd Wallukat;Florian Herse;Oliver Budner

169
Citations
Role of female sex hormones, estradiol and progesterone, in mast cell behavior.

Oliver Zierau;Ana Claudia Zenclussen;Federico Jensen

163
Citations
Mast cells as protectors of health

Anne Dudeck;Martin Köberle;Oliver Goldmann;Nicole Meyer

150
Citations
Regulatory B10 Cells Restore Pregnancy Tolerance in a Mouse Model

Federico Jensen;Damián Muzzio;Rocío Soldati;Stefan Fest

139
Citations
Kinetics of regulatory T cells during murine pregnancy.

Catharina Thuere;Maria Laura Zenclussen;Anne Schumacher;Stefanie Langwisch

136
Citations
Introducing a mouse model for pre-eclampsia: adoptive transfer of activated Th1 cells leads to pre-eclampsia-like symptoms exclusively in pregnant mice.

Ana C Zenclussen;Stefan Fest;Ricarda Joachim;Burghard F Klapp

132
Citations
Regulatory T cells in pregnancy.

Ana Claudia Zenclussen

131
Citations
Heme oxygenases in pregnancy II: HO-2 is downregulated in human pathologic pregnancies.

A. C. Zenclussen;E. Lim;S. Knoeller;M. Knackstedt

127
Citations
Adaptive immune responses during pregnancy.

Ana Claudia Zenclussen

127
Citations
Cellular Regulation of the Uterine Microenvironment That Enables Embryo Implantation

Ana Claudia Zenclussen;Günter J. Hämmerling

126
Citations
Blockage of Heme Oxygenase-1 Abrogates the Protective Effect of Regulatory T Cells on Murine Pregnancy and Promotes the Maturation of Dendritic Cells

Anne Schumacher;Paul Ojiambo Wafula;Ana Teles;Tarek El-Mousleh

117
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Dieter Volk Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Petra C. Arck Universität Hamburg

Burghard F. Klapp Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Marcus Maurer Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Martin Metz Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Gabriel A. Rabinovich Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute

Ralf Dechend Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Hideo Yagita Juntendo University

Michael L. Dustin University of Oxford

Miguel P. Soares Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

External Links

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