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Andreas Meinhardt

Andreas Meinhardt

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Biology and Biochemistry

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72
Citations
15703
World Ranking
6417
National Ranking
452

Overview

Andreas Meinhardt is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and has authored numerous publications focusing mainly on medicine, immunology, and reproductive health.

Their research spans several interconnected fields, with primary attention given to:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these broad domains, they have contributed to subfields including:

  • Immunology
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Meinhardt's work frequently addresses a range of topics related to reproductive biology and immune function, such as:

  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Testicular diseases and treatments
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Immune cells in cancer

The scientist has published in various journals, with several recurrent venues including:

  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Andrology

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Immune Cell Subtypes and Their Function in the Testis" (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Two populations of self-maintaining monocyte-independent macrophages exist in adult epididymis and testis" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Mechanism of Inflammatory Associated Impairment of Sperm Function, Spermatogenesis and Steroidogenesis" (2022), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Sex hormone and metabolic dysregulations are associated with critical illness in male Covid-19 patients" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "High estradiol and low testosterone levels are associated with critical illness in male but not in female COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study" (2021), published in Emerging Microbes & Infections

Meinhardt has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sudhanshu Bhushan
  • Monika Fijak
  • Christiane Pleuger
  • Kate L. Loveland
  • Mark P. Hedger

Best Publications

  • In Vitro-Differentiated Embryonic Stem Cells Give Rise to Male Gametes that Can Generate Offspring Mice

    Karim Nayernia;Jessica Nolte;Hans W. Michelmann;Jae Ho Lee

  • The testis in immune privilege

    Monika Fijak;Andreas Meinhardt

  • An Essential Role for Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Angiogenesis and the Growth of a Murine Lymphoma

    Jason Chesney;Christine Metz;Michael Bacher;Tina Peng

  • Migration inhibitory factor expression in experimentally induced endotoxemia.

    M. Bacher;A. Meinhardt;H. Y. Lan;W. Mu

  • Cytokines and the immune-testicular axis.

    Mark P Hedger;Andreas Meinhardt

  • The Pathogenic Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Immunologically Induced Kidney Disease in the Rat

    Hui Y. Lan;Michael Bacher;Niansheng Yang;Wei Mu

  • Chronic orchitis: a neglected cause of male infertility?

    H.-C. Schuppe;A. Meinhardt;J. P. Allam;M. Bergmann

  • Immunological, paracrine and endocrine aspects of testicular immune privilege.

    Andreas Meinhardt;Mark P. Hedger

  • Childhood cancer predisposition syndromes : A concise review and recommendations by the Cancer Predisposition Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology

    Tim Ripperger;Stefan S. Bielack;Arndt Borkhardt;Ines B. Brecht;Ines B. Brecht

  • Infectious, inflammatory and ‘autoimmune’ male factor infertility: how do rodent models inform clinical practice?

    Monika Fijak;Adrian Pilatz;Mark P. Hedger;Nour Nicolas

  • Insulin secretion is regulated by the glucose-dependent production of islet β cell macrophage migration inhibitory factor

    Gérard Waeber;Thierry Calandra;Raphael Roduit;Jacques-Antoine Haefliger

  • Phase II Window Study on Rituximab in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Burkitt Leukemia

    Andrea Meinhardt;Birgit Burkhardt;Martin Zimmermann;Arndt Borkhardt

  • Testosterone Replacement Effectively Inhibits the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Orchitis in Rats: Evidence for a Direct Role of Testosterone on Regulatory T Cell Expansion

    Monika Fijak;Eva Schneider;Jörg Klug;Sudhanshu Bhushan

  • 3D Reconstitution of the Patterned Neural Tube from Embryonic Stem Cells

    Andrea Meinhardt;Dominic Eberle;Akira Tazaki;Adrian Ranga

  • Neural tube morphogenesis in synthetic 3D microenvironments

    Adrian Ranga;Mehmet Girgin;Andrea Meinhardt;Dominic Eberle

  • MIF expression in the rat brain: implications for neuronal function.

    Michael Bacher;Andreas Meinhardt;Hui Y. Lan;Firdaus S. Dhabhar

  • The Hook1 gene is non-functional in the abnormal spermatozoon head shape ( azh ) mutant mouse

    Irene Mendoza-Lujambio;Peter Burfeind;Christa Dixkens;Andreas Meinhardt

  • Regulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor expression by glucocorticoids in vivo.

    Gunter Fingerle-Rowson;Peter Koch;Rachel Bikoff;Xinchun Lin

  • The Small Heat Shock Protein ODF1/HSPB10 Is Essential for Tight Linkage of Sperm Head to Tail and Male Fertility in Mice

    Kefei Yang;Andreas Meinhardt;Bing Zhang;Pawel Grzmil;Pawel Grzmil

  • De novo renal expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor during the development of rat crescentic glomerulonephritis

    Hui Y. Lan;Wei Mu;Niansheng Yang;Andreas Meinhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark P. Hedger
Mark P. Hedger Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Wolfgang Engel
Wolfgang Engel University of Göttingen
Kate L Loveland
Kate L Loveland Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Richard Bucala
Richard Bucala Yale University
Ibrahim M. Adham
Ibrahim M. Adham University of Göttingen
Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen
Christine N. Metz
Christine N. Metz Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
D. M. de Kretser
D. M. de Kretser Monash University
Moira K O'Bryan
Moira K O'Bryan University of Melbourne
Wolfgang Weidner
Wolfgang Weidner University of Giessen

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