2026 Eicke Latz: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	128	250	231	10	9	366	109787
Medicine	128	2636	2458	130	126	363	109785

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in Germany Leader Award
2016 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology

Overview

Eicke Latz is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their publication record spans various subfields including molecular biology, immunology, physiology, neurology, and epidemiology.

Their research topics primarily focus on inflammasome and immune disorders, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune response and inflammation, interferon and immune responses, immune cells in cancer, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Significant publication venues for this scientist include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Immunology
Cell Reports
Nature Communications
The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eicke Latz are:

Michael T. Heneka
Susanne V. Schmidt
Matthew Mangan
Róisín M. McManus
Mario Lauterbach

Among notable recent papers where Eicke Latz contributed are:

Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease, 2020, Nature Reviews. Immunology
Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Immediate and long-term consequences of COVID-19 infections for the development of neurological disease, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes, 2020, Nature Immunology
Microglia jointly degrade fibrillar alpha-synuclein cargo by distribution through tunneling nanotubes, 2021, Cell

In 2016, Eicke Latz received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in the field of Microbiology and Immunology.

Best Publications

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

6282
Citations
NLRP3 inflammasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals

Peter Duewell;Hajime Kono;Katey J. Rayner;Katey J. Rayner;Cherilyn M. Sirois

4380
Citations
Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization

Veit Hornung;Franz G. Bauernfeind;Annett Halle;Eivind O. Samstad;Eivind O. Samstad

3483
Citations
IKKepsilon and TBK1 are essential components of the IRF3 signaling pathway.

Katherine A. Fitzgerald;Sarah M. McWhirter;Kerrie L. Faia;Daniel C. Rowe

3340
Citations
Activation and regulation of the inflammasomes

Eicke Latz;T. Sam Xiao;Andrea Stutz

3278
Citations
Cutting edge: NF-kappaB activating pattern recognition and cytokine receptors license NLRP3 inflammasome activation by regulating NLRP3 expression.

Franz G. Bauernfeind;Gabor Horvath;Andrea Stutz;Emad S. Alnemri

3204
Citations
AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1 activating inflammasome with ASC

Veit Hornung;Veit Hornung;Andrea Ablasser;Andrea Ablasser;Marie Charrel-Dennis;Franz G. Bauernfeind;Franz G. Bauernfeind

2973
Citations
NLRP3 is activated in Alzheimer´s disease and contributes to pathology in APP/PS1 mice

Michael T. Heneka;Markus P. Kummer;Andrea Stutz;Andrea Delekate

2953
Citations
The NALP3 inflammasome is involved in the innate immune response to amyloid-beta.

Annett Halle;Veit Hornung;Gabor C Petzold;Cameron R Stewart

2829
Citations
A small-molecule inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of inflammatory diseases

Rebecca C Coll;Avril A B Robertson;Jae Jin Chae;Sarah C Higgins

2805
Citations
Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease

Mihai G. Netea;Leo A. B. Joosten;Eicke Latz;Kingston H. G. Mills

2572
Citations
Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

2315
Citations
Transcriptome-Based Network Analysis Reveals a Spectrum Model of Human Macrophage Activation

Jia Xue;Susanne V. Schmidt;Jil Sander;Astrid Draffehn

2312
Citations
Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome in inflammatory diseases

Matthew S J Mangan;Matthew S J Mangan;Edward J Olhava;William R Roush;H Martin Seidel

2037
Citations
Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death.

Damien Bertheloot;Eicke Latz;Eicke Latz;Eicke Latz;Bernardo S. Franklin

1961
Citations
IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA.

Leonie Unterholzner;Sinead E. Keating;Marcin Baran;Kristy A. Horan

1916
Citations
TLR9 signals after translocating from the ER to CpG DNA in the lysosome

Eicke Latz;Annett Schoenemeyer;Alberto Visintin;Katherine A. Fitzgerald

1738
Citations
Toll-like receptor 9-dependent activation by DNA-containing immune complexes is mediated by HMGB1 and RAGE.

Jane Tian;Ana Maria Avalos;Su-Yau Mao;Bo Chen

1652
Citations
LPS-TLR4 Signaling to IRF-3/7 and NF-κB Involves the Toll Adapters TRAM and TRIF

Katherine A. Fitzgerald;Daniel C. Rowe;Betsy J. Barnes;Daniel R. Caffrey

1624
Citations
Innate immune activation in neurodegenerative disease

Michael T. Heneka;Markus P. Kummer;Eicke Latz

1544
Citations
The AIM2 inflammasome is essential for host defense against cytosolic bacteria and DNA viruses.

Vijay A.K. Rathinam;Zhaozhao Jiang;Stephen N. Waggoner;Shrutie Sharma

1542
Citations
Erratum: NLRP3 inflammasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals (Nature (2010) 464 (1357-1361))

Peter Duewell;Hajime Kono;Katey J. Rayner;Cherilyn M. Sirois

24
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas T. Golenbock University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Michael T. Heneka University Hospital Bonn

Katherine A. Fitzgerald University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Terje Espevik Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Veit Hornung Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Joachim L. Schultze University of Bonn

Ann Marshak-Rothstein University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Mihai G. Netea Radboud University

Ashley Mansell Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Egil Lien University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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