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Carsten J. Kirschning

Carsten J. Kirschning

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
91
Citations
40237
World Ranking
1023
National Ranking
64

Carsten J. Kirschning publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carsten J. Kirschning sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 191 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Carsten J. Kirschning D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carsten J. Kirschning sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carsten J. Kirschning is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research contributions span multiple areas within medicine, immunology, and molecular biology, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise and collaboration across these fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Key subfields that characterize their work are:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Cancer Research

Their research prominently addresses topics such as:

  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Frequent co-authors of Carsten J. Kirschning include:

  • Jan Buer
  • Rabea J. Madel
  • Peter A. Horn
  • Astrid M. Westendorf
  • Heba Islam

The scientist's publications have appeared in various journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cytotherapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Notable papers by Carsten J. Kirschning include:

  • "Systematic memory B cell archiving and random display shape the human splenic marginal zone throughout life," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Independent human mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicle preparations differentially attenuate symptoms in an advanced murine graft-versus-host disease model," 2023, Cytotherapy
  • "Hepatitis B virus particles activate B cells through the TLR2-MyD88-mTOR axis," 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Independent human mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicle preparations differentially affect symptoms in an advanced murine Graft-versus-Host-Disease model," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The Mycotoxin Beauvericin Exhibits Immunostimulatory Effects on Dendritic Cells via Activating the TLR4 Signaling Pathway," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Species-Specific Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA via Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8

    Florian Heil;Hiroaki Hemmi;Hubertus Hochrein;Franziska Ampenberger

  • Peptidoglycan- and Lipoteichoic Acid-induced Cell Activation Is Mediated by Toll-like Receptor 2

    Ralf Schwandner;Roman Dziarski;Holger Wesche;Mike Rothe

  • Human TLR9 confers responsiveness to bacterial DNA via species-specific CpG motif recognition

    Stefan Bauer;Carsten J. Kirschning;Hans Häcker;Vanessa Redecke

  • HSP70 as Endogenous Stimulus of the Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Signal Pathway

    Ramunas M. Vabulas;Parviz Ahmad-Nejad;Sanghamitra Ghose;Carsten J. Kirschning

  • Human Toll-like Receptor 2 Confers Responsiveness to Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide

    Carsten J. Kirschning;Holger Wesche;T. Merrill Ayres;Mike Rothe

  • Endocytosed HSP60s Use Toll-like Receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR4 to Activate the Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Signaling Pathway in Innate Immune Cells

    Ramunas M. Vabulas;Parviz Ahmad-Nejad;Clarissa da Costa;Thomas Miethke

  • Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide activates cells through a TLR2-dependent mechanism.

    Catherine Werts;Catherine Werts;Richard I. Tapping;John C. Mathison;Tsung Hsien Chuang

  • Cutting Edge: Inflammatory Signaling by Borrelia burgdorferi Lipoproteins Is Mediated by Toll-Like Receptor 2

    M Hirschfeld;C J Kirschning;R Schwandner;H Wesche

  • Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Activates NF-κB through Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4) in Cultured Human Dermal Endothelial Cells DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF TLR-4 AND TLR-2 IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

    Emmanuelle Faure;Ozlem Equils;Peter A. Sieling;Lisa Thomas

  • Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-mediated kinase cascades: Bifurcation of Nuclear Factor-κB and c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK/SAPK) pathways at TNF receptor-associated factor 2

    Ho Yeong Song;Catherine H. Régnier;Carsten J. Kirschning;David V. Goeddel

  • Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Activates Nuclear Factor-κB through Interleukin-1 Signaling Mediators in Cultured Human Dermal Endothelial Cells and Mononuclear Phagocytes

    Frank X. Zhang;Carsten J. Kirschning;Roberta Mancinelli;Xiao Ping Xu

  • Hemagglutinin protein of wild-type measles virus activates toll-like receptor 2 signaling

    Karen Bieback;Egil Lien;Ingo M. Klagge;Elita Avota

  • Renal-associated TLR2 mediates ischemia/reperfusion injury in the kidney

    Jaklien C. Leemans;Geurt Stokman;Nike Claessen;Kasper M. Rouschop

  • IRAK-M Is a Novel Member of the Pelle/Interleukin-1 Receptor-associated Kinase (IRAK) Family

    Holger Wesche;Xiong Gao;Xiaoxia Li;Carsten J. Kirschning

  • The endoplasmic reticulum-resident heat shock protein Gp96 activates dendritic cells via the Toll-like receptor 2/4 pathway.

    Ramunas M Vabulas;Sibylla Braedel;Norbert Hilf;Harpreet Singh-Jasuja

  • Induction of inflammatory and immune responses by HMGB1–nucleosome complexes: implications for the pathogenesis of SLE

    Vilma Urbonaviciute;Barbara G. Fürnrohr;Silke Meister;Luis Munoz

  • Priming of Natural Killer Cells by Nonmucosal Mononuclear Phagocytes Requires Instructive Signals from Commensal Microbiota

    Stephanie C. Ganal;Stephanie L. Sanos;Carsten Kallfass;Karin Oberle

  • Cutting Edge: Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)2- and TLR4-Mediated Pathogen Recognition in Resistance to Airborne Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Norbert Reiling;Christoph Hölscher;Alexandra Fehrenbach;Svenja Kröger

  • TLR13 Recognizes Bacterial 23S rRNA Devoid of Erythromycin Resistance–Forming Modification

    Marina Oldenburg;Anne Krüger;Ruth Ferstl;Andreas Kaufmann

  • Innate immunity mediated by TLR9 modulates pathogenicity in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

    Marco Prinz;Folker Garbe;Hauke Schmidt;Alexander Mildner

  • Toll-like receptor 2-deficient mice succumb to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

    Michael B. Drennan;Delphine Nicolle;Valerie J.F. Quesniaux;Muazzam Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Wagner
Hermann Wagner Technical University of Munich
Stefan Bauer
Stefan Bauer Philipp University of Marburg
Jan Buer
Jan Buer University of Duisburg-Essen
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Hubertus Hochrein
Hubertus Hochrein Technical University of Munich
Uwe Koedel
Uwe Koedel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulf Dittmer
Ulf Dittmer University of Duisburg-Essen
Hans-Walter Pfister
Hans-Walter Pfister Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marina A. Freudenberg
Marina A. Freudenberg University of Freiburg
Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University

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