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D-Index
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23458
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3712
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277

Axel M. Gressner publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel M. Gressner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 795 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Axel M. Gressner D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel M. Gressner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Axel M. Gressner is affiliated with Wisplinghoff Medical Laboratories in Germany. Their professional background centers on medical laboratory work, contributing to the field through involvement in diagnostic and research activities within this institution.

There are no reported publications, including recent papers, which suggests that Axel M. Gressner may focus more on practical laboratory applications rather than academic publishing or that their publication record is not publicly listed.

Similarly, no frequent co-authors or publication venues are listed, indicating either limited collaboration in published research or a lack of available data regarding such collaborations.

The absence of listed book publications suggests a focus outside of authoring textbooks or monographs, potentially emphasizing clinical or applied medical laboratory expertise.

No main fields or subfields of study are specified, which limits detailed insight into specialized research interests or disciplinary focus.

There are also no main topics of work identified, indicating that precise thematic areas of their scientific activities are not cataloged or publicly available.

Axel M. Gressner has not been recorded as having received any awards, which either reflects a lack of documented formal recognitions or simply unlisted honors.

They are not deceased and presumably remain active or available for professional contributions within their field.

Best Publications

  • Endocrine regulation of energy metabolism: review of pathobiochemical and clinical chemical aspects of leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, and resistin.

    Ursula Meier;Axel M. Gressner

  • Roles of TGF-beta in hepatic fibrosis.

    Axel M Gressner;Ralf Weiskirchen;Katja Breitkopf;Steven Dooley

  • Modern pathogenetic concepts of liver fibrosis suggest stellate cells and TGF-β as major players and therapeutic targets

    A. M. Gressner;R. Weiskirchen

  • Patients with acute on chronic liver failure display 'sepsis-like' immune paralysis

    Hermann E. Wasmuth;Dagmar Kunz;Eray Yagmur;Annette Timmer-Stranghöner

  • Smad7 prevents activation of hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrosis in rats.

    Steven Dooley;Jafar Hamzavi;Katja Breitkopf;Eliza Wiercinska

  • Ito cells are liver-resident antigen-presenting cells for activating T cell responses.

    Florian Winau;Guido Hegasy;Ralf Weiskirchen;Stephan Weber

  • The Phosphorylation of Liver Ribosomal Proteins in Vivo EVIDENCE THAT ONLY A SINGLE SMALL SUBUNIT PROTEIN (S6) IS PHOSPHORYLATED

    Axel M. Gressner;Ira G. Wool

  • The synthesis of proteoglycans in fat-storing cells of rat liver.

    Stephan Schäfer;Ottwin Zerbe;Axel M. Gressner

  • Connective tissue growth factor: a fibrogenic master switch in fibrotic liver diseases

    Olav A. Gressner;Axel M. Gressner

  • Complement factor 5 is a quantitative trait gene that modifies liver fibrogenesis in mice and humans

    Sonja Hillebrandt;Sonja Hillebrandt;Hermann E Wasmuth;Ralf Weiskirchen;Claus Hellerbrand

  • Activation of rat liver perisinusoidal lipocytes by transforming growth factors derived from myofibroblastlike cells. A potential mechanism of self perpetuation in liver fibrogenesis.

    Max G. Bachem;Dieter Meyer;Ralph Melchior;Klaus-Martin Sell

  • The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis - an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts

    Axel M. Gressner

  • Biomarkers of liver fibrosis: clinical translation of molecular pathogenesis or based on liver-dependent malfunction tests

    Olav A. Gressner;Ralf Weiskirchen;Axel M. Gressner

  • Transforming growth factor β signal transduction in hepatic stellate cells via Smad2/3 phosphorylation, a pathway that is abrogated during in vitro progression to myofibroblasts

    Steven Dooley;Bert Delvoux;Maike Streckert;Linda Bonzel

  • Pro-fibrogenic potential of PDGF-D in liver fibrosis.

    Erawan Borkham-Kamphorst;Claudia R.C. van Roeyen;Tammo Ostendorf;Jürgen Floege

  • IFN-γ abrogates profibrogenic TGF-β signaling in liver by targeting expression of inhibitory and receptor Smads

    Honglei Weng;Peter R. Mertens;Axel M. Gressner;Steven Dooley

  • Up-regulated expression of the receptor for advanced glycation end products in cultured rat hepatic stellate cells during transdifferentiation to myofibroblasts

    Heinz Fehrenbach;Ralf Weiskirchen;Michael Kasper;Axel M. Gressner

  • Dominant-negative soluble PDGF-beta receptor inhibits hepatic stellate cell activation and attenuates liver fibrosis.

    Erawan Borkham-Kamphorst;Jens Herrmann;Doris Stoll;Jens Treptau

  • Inhibition of hepatic fibrogenesis by matrix metalloproteinase-9 mutants in mice

    Martin Roderfeld;Ralf Weiskirchen;Sandra Wagner;Marie-Luise Berres

  • Biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis, fibrogenesis and genetic pre-disposition pending between fiction and reality.

    O.A. Gressner;R. Weiskirchen;A.M. Gressner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Weiskirchen
Ralf Weiskirchen RWTH Aachen University
Claus Hellerbrand
Claus Hellerbrand University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christian Trautwein
Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University
Frank Lammert
Frank Lammert Saarland University
Rolf Rossaint
Rolf Rossaint RWTH Aachen University
Frank Tacke
Frank Tacke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Markus Moser
Markus Moser Technical University of Munich
Peter ten Dijke
Peter ten Dijke Leiden University Medical Center
Dallas M. Swallow
Dallas M. Swallow University College London

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