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Christian Trautwein

Christian Trautwein

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
130
Citations
61068
World Ranking
2500
National Ranking
122

Christian Trautwein publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Trautwein sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,415 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Christian Trautwein D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 130 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Trautwein is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has a strong research focus within the field of medicine, particularly in hepatology and related subfields.

The main research areas of Trautwein encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology

Main topics of their work include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Liver physiology and pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis

Frequent co-authors in Trautwein's publications reflect collaboration with researchers in related medical and hepatology fields. These include:

  • Tony Bruns
  • Frank Tacke
  • Pavel Strnad
  • Theresa H. Wirtz
  • Kai Markus Schneider

Trautwein has published extensively in several key journals, with the most notable venues being:

  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • JHEP Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Among recent papers associated with Trautwein's research domain are:

  • Pan-cancer image-based detection of clinically actionable genetic alterations, 2020, Nature Cancer
  • The PREDICT study uncovers three clinical courses of acutely decompensated cirrhosis that have distinct pathophysiology, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Selonsertib for patients with bridging fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis due to NASH: Results from randomized phase III STELLAR trials, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Clinical-Grade Detection of Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Tumors by Deep Learning, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Modeling NAFLD Disease Burden in China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States for the period 2016-2030

    Chris Estes;Quentin M. Anstee;Maria Teresa Arias-Loste;Heike Bantel

  • Deep learning can predict microsatellite instability directly from histology in gastrointestinal cancer.

    Jakob Nikolas Kather;Alexander T. Pearson;Niels Halama;Dirk Jäger

  • Micro-RNA profiling reveals a role for miR-29 in human and murine liver fibrosis

    Christoph Roderburg;Gerd-Willem Urban;Kira Bettermann;Mihael Vucur

  • Hepatic recruitment of the inflammatory Gr1+ monocyte subset upon liver injury promotes hepatic fibrosis.

    Karlin Raja Karlmark;Ralf Weiskirchen;Henning W. Zimmermann;Nikolaus Gassler

  • Hepatic fibrosis: Concept to treatment

    Christian Trautwein;Scott L. Friedman;Detlef Schuppan;Massimo Pinzani

  • Deletion of NEMO/IKKγ in Liver Parenchymal Cells Causes Steatohepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Tom Luedde;Tom Luedde;Naiara Beraza;Vasileios Kotsikoris;Geert van Loo

  • Met provides essential signals for liver regeneration

    Malgorzata Borowiak;Alistair N. Garratt;Torsten Wüstefeld;Michael Strehle

  • Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine CCL2 (MCP-1) diminishes liver macrophage infiltration and steatohepatitis in chronic hepatic injury

    Christer Baeck;Alexander Wehr;Karlin Raja Karlmark;Felix Heymann

  • Pan-cancer image-based detection of clinically actionable genetic alterations

    Jakob Nikolas Kather;Jakob Nikolas Kather;Lara R. Heij;Lara R. Heij;Heike I. Grabsch;Heike I. Grabsch;Chiara Loeffler

  • Liver - guardian, modifier and target of sepsis.

    Pavel Strnad;Frank Tacke;Alexander Koch;Christian Trautwein

  • Caspase 8 small interfering RNA prevents acute liver failure in mice.

    Lars Zender;Sebastian Hütker;Christian Liedtke;Hans Ludger Tillmann

  • The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Is Required for Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Mediated Apoptosis and Cytochrome c Release

    Cynthia A. Bradham;Ting Qian;Konrad Streetz;Christian Trautwein

  • Mechanisms of hepatic toxicity. I. TNF-induced liver injury

    Cynthia A. Bradham;Jörg Plümpe;Michael P. Manns;David A. Brenner

  • Inflammatory Pathways in Liver Homeostasis and Liver Injury

    Frank Tacke;Tom Luedde;Christian Trautwein

  • Therapeutic inhibition of inflammatory monocyte recruitment reduces steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis

    Oliver Krenkel;Tobias Puengel;Olivier Govaere;Ali T. Abdallah

  • Impact of Interleukin-6 on Plaque Development and Morphology in Experimental Atherosclerosis

    Bernhard Schieffer;Tina Selle;Andres Hilfiker;Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner

  • Hepatic acute-phase proteins control innate immune responses during infection by promoting myeloid-derived suppressor cell function

    Leif E. Sander;Leif E. Sander;Sara Dutton Sackett;Uta Dierssen;Naiara Beraza

  • STAT3 Is Required for IL-6-gp130-Dependent Activation of Hepcidin In Vivo

    Antonello Pietrangelo;Uta Dierssen;Linda Valli;Cinzia Garuti

  • Experimental liver fibrosis research: update on animal models, legal issues and translational aspects

    Christian Liedtke;Tom Luedde;Tilman Sauerbruch;David Scholten

  • Stimulation of collagen α1(I) gene expression is associated with lipid peroxidation in hepatocellular injury: A link to tissue fibrosis?

    Pierre Bedossa;Karl Houglum;Christian Trautwein;Axel Holstege

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Tacke
Frank Tacke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael P. Manns
Michael P. Manns Hannover Medical School
Ralf Weiskirchen
Ralf Weiskirchen RWTH Aachen University
Mark V. Boekschoten
Mark V. Boekschoten Wageningen University & Research
Hans L. Tillmann
Hans L. Tillmann East Carolina University
Twan Lammers
Twan Lammers RWTH Aachen University
Tania Roskams
Tania Roskams KU Leuven
Frank Lammert
Frank Lammert Saarland University
Claus Hellerbrand
Claus Hellerbrand University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sabina Janciauskiene
Sabina Janciauskiene Hannover Medical School

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