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Immunology

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76
Citations
19769
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1919
National Ranking
132

Medicine

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Gerhard Opelz 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 Gerhard Opelz sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 528 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerhard Opelz 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 Gerhard Opelz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerhard Opelz is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on transplantation and immune cell interactions, with a significant emphasis on renal transplantation outcomes and treatments.

The main fields of study covered in Opelz's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Their subfields of study comprise:

  • Transplantation
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Key topics Opelz has addressed include:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Important recent publications by Opelz cover various aspects of transplantation immunology and immune cell regulation:

  • "Phase I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation", 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Higher CD19+CD25+ Bregs are independently associated with better graft function in renal transplant recipients", 2021, BMC Nephrology
  • "CD4+CD25+CD127-Foxp3+ and CD8+CD28- Tregs in Renal Transplant Recipients: Phenotypic Patterns, Association With Immunosuppressive Drugs, and Interaction With Effector CD8+ T Cells and CD19+IL-10+ Bregs", 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Induction of Long-Lasting Regulatory B Lymphocytes by Modified Immune Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients", 2022, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • "NK cell subsets in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage and renal transplant patients", 2020, Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Opelz include:

  • Volker Daniel
  • Christian Morath
  • Caner Süsal
  • Claudius Speer
  • Martin Zeier

Gerhard Opelz's publications appear in notable venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Transplantation
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • BMC Nephrology
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

  • Consensus guidelines on the testing and clinical management issues associated with HLA and non-HLA antibodies in transplantation.

    Brian D. Tait;Caner Süsal;Howard M. Gebel;Peter W. Nickerson

  • Association of chronic kidney graft failure with recipient blood pressure

    Gerhard Opelz;Thomas Wujciak;Eberhard Ritz

  • Improvement of kidney-graft survival with increased numbers of blood transfusions.

    Gerhard Opelz;Paul I. Terasaki

  • Effect of human leukocyte antigen compatibility on kidney graft survival: comparative analysis of two decades.

    Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Döhler

  • Deliberate Donor-specific Blood Transfusions Prior to Living Related Renal Transplantation: A New Approach

    Oscar Salvatierra;Flavio Vincenti;William Amend;Donald Potter

  • Prospective evaluation of pretransplant blood transfusions in cadaver kidney recipients

    G. Opelz;Y. Vanrenterghem;G. Kirste;D. W.r. Gray

  • Histocompatibility Testing 1984

    Ekkehard D. Albert;Max P. Baur;Wolfgang R. Mayr;J. Bertrams

  • Incidence of de-novo breast cancer in women chronically immunosuppressed after organ transplantation

    T. H. M. Stewart;S.-C. J. Tsai;H. Grayson;R. Henderson

  • HLA compatibility and organ transplant survival. Collaborative Transplant Study.

    G Opelz;T Wujciak;B Döhler;S Scherer

  • Kidney graft survival in Europe and the United States: strikingly different long-term outcomes.

    Adam Gondos;Bernd Döhler;Hermann Brenner;Gerhard Opelz

  • Salinomycin overcomes ABC transporter-mediated multidrug and apoptosis resistance in human leukemia stem cell-like KG-1a cells

    Dominik Fuchs;Volker Daniel;Mahmoud Sadeghi;Gerhard Opelz

  • Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis and Graft Outcome in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

    Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Döhler;Andrea Ruhenstroth

  • No Improvement of Patient or Graft Survival in Transplant Recipients Treated with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

    Gerhard Opelz;Martin Zeier;Gunter Laux;Christian Morath

  • Sjögren's syndrome association with HLA-Dw3.

    Thomas M. Chused;Stuart S. Kassan;Gerhard Opelz;Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos

  • Defective DNA mismatch repair in acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome after organ transplantation

    Judith Offman;Gerhard Opelz;Bernd Doehler;David Cummins

  • The Risk of Transplant Failure With HLA Mismatch in First Adult Kidney Allografts From Deceased Donors.

    Robert C. Williams;Gerhard Opelz;Chelsea J. McGarvey;E. Jennifer Weil

  • DOMINANT EFFECT OF TRANSFUSIONS ON KIDNEY GRAFT SURVIVAL

    Gerhard Opelz;Paul I. Terasaki

  • Three-year outcomes following 1420 ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants performed after ABO antibody reduction: results from 101 centers.

    Gerhard Opelz;Christian Morath;Caner Süsal;Thuong Hien Tran

  • Identification of Highly Responsive Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Pretransplant Soluble CD30

    Caner Süsal;Steffen Pelzl;Bernd Döhler;Gerhard Opelz

  • Correlation of HLA matching with kidney graft survival in patients with or without cyclosporine treatment.

    Gerhard Opelz

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Daniel
Volker Daniel University Hospital Heidelberg
Caner Süsal
Caner Süsal Koç University
Martin Zeier
Martin Zeier University Hospital Heidelberg
Paul I. Terasaki
Paul I. Terasaki University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Schnitzler
Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg
Flavio Vincenti
Flavio Vincenti University of California, San Francisco
Carsten Müller-Tidow
Carsten Müller-Tidow University Hospital Heidelberg
Melvyn Little
Melvyn Little German Cancer Research Center
Derek Middleton
Derek Middleton University of Liverpool
Luis Moroder
Luis Moroder Max Planck Society

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