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Austria
2025

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86
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24871
World Ranking
1276
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Heimo Breiteneder is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on immunology and allergy. Their research spans several subfields, including immunology and allergy, dermatology, physiology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The main topics explored in their work include allergic rhinitis and sensitization, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, contact dermatitis and allergies, asthma and respiratory diseases, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, transgenic plants and applications, and dermatology and skin diseases.

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to several scientific venues, notably:

  • Allergy
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Frontiers in Allergy
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Biomolecules

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Heimo Breiteneder include:

  • "Biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of therapy responses in allergic diseases and asthma," 2020, Allergy
  • "EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0," 2023, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • "A compendium answering 150 questions on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Allergy
  • "Vaccines and allergic reactions: The past, the current COVID-19 pandemic, and future perspectives," 2021, Allergy
  • "COVID-19 pandemic: Practical considerations on the organization of an allergy clinic-An EAACI/ARIA Position Paper," 2020, Allergy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Tanja Kalic
  • Christine Häfner
  • Christian Radauer
  • Kari C. Nadeau
  • Cezmi A. Akdiş

Heimo Breiteneder's research contributions cover diverse areas within medicine, particularly immunology and allergy, emphasizing allergic diseases and their management. Their work integrates clinical and translational aspects, contributing to understanding biomarkers, therapy responses, and allergy diagnosis.

Best Publications

  • The gene coding for the major birch pollen allergen Betv1, is highly homologous to a pea disease resistance response gene.

    H. Breiteneder;K. Pettenburger;A. Bito;R. Valenta

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide.

    P.M Matricardi;J Kleine-Tebbe;H.J Hoffmann;R Valenta

  • Molecular and biochemical classification of plant-derived food allergens.

    Heimo Breiteneder;Christof Ebner

  • A classification of plant food allergens.

    Heimo Breiteneder;Christian Radauer

  • Microarrayed allergen molecules: diagnostic gatekeepers for allergy treatment.

    Reinhard Hiller;Sylvia Laffer;Christian Harwanegg;Martin Huber

  • Allergens are distributed into few protein families and possess a restricted number of biochemical functions.

    Christian Radauer;Merima Bublin;Stefan Wagner;Adriano Mari

  • Identification of allergens in fruits and vegetables: IgE cross-reactivities with the important birch pollen allergens Bet v 1 and Bet v 2 (birch profilin)

    Christof Ebner;Reinhold Hirschwehr;Leonhardt Bauer;Heimo Breiteneder

  • Molecular properties of food allergens

    Heimo Breiteneder;E.N. Clare Mills

  • Apple allergy across Europe: how allergen sensitization profiles determine the clinical expression of allergies to plant foods.

    Montserrat Fernández-Rivas;Suzanne Bolhaar;Eloina González-Mancebo;Riccardo Asero

  • Cloning and sequencing of Mal d 1, the major allergen from apple (Malus domestica), and its immunological relationship to Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen.

    M. Vanekkrebitz;K. Hoffmannsommergruber;M.L.D. Machado;M. Susani

  • Crystal Structure of a Hypoallergenic Isoform of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1 and its Likely Biological Function as a Plant Steroid Carrier

    Zora Marković-Housley;Massimo Degano;Doriano Lamba;Edda von Roepenack-Lahaye

  • The Bet v 1 fold: an ancient, versatile scaffold for binding of large, hydrophobic ligands

    Christian Radauer;Peter Lackner;Heimo Breiteneder

  • Nomenclature and structural biology of allergens

    Martin D. Chapman;Anna Pomés;Heimo Breiteneder;Fatima Ferreira

  • Dissection of Immunoglobulin E and T Lymphocyte Reactivity of Isoforms of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1: Potential Use of Hypoallergenic Isoforms for Immunotherapy

    Fátima Ferreira;Kora Hirtenlehner;Alexander Jilek;Jasminka Godnik-Cvar

  • Structural relatedness of plant food allergens with specific reference to cross-reactive allergens: An in silico analysis

    John A. Jenkins;Sam Griffiths-Jones;Peter R. Shewry;Heimo Breiteneder

  • Molecular Characterization of Api g 1, the Major Allergen of Celery (Apium graveolens), and Its Immumological and Structural Relationships to a Group of 17-kDa Tree Pollen Allergens

    Heimo Breiteneder;Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber;Gabriel O'Riordain;Markus Susani

  • Modulation of IgE reactivity of allergens by site-directed mutagenesis: potential use of hypoallergenic variants for immunotherapy

    Fátima Ferreira;Christof Ebner;Bettina Kramer;Georg Casari

  • Evolutionary distance from human homologs reflects allergenicity of animal food proteins.

    John A. Jenkins;Heimo Breiteneder;E. N. Clare Mills

  • Evolutionary biology of plant food allergens.

    Christian Radauer;Heimo Breiteneder

  • Isolation, Characterization, and Functional Analysis of a Novel cDNA Clone Encoding a Small Rubber Particle Protein from Hevea brasiliensis

    Soo Kyung Oh;Hunseung Kang;Dong Ho Shin;Jaemo Yang

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0

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Frequent Co-Authors

Otto Scheiner
Otto Scheiner Medical University of Vienna
Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber
Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber Medical University of Vienna
Christof Ebner
Christof Ebner Graz University of Technology
Fatima Ferreira
Fatima Ferreira University of Salzburg
Rudolf Valenta
Rudolf Valenta Medical University of Vienna
Erika Jensen-Jarolim
Erika Jensen-Jarolim Medical University of Vienna
Adriano Mari
Adriano Mari National Health Service
Ursula Wiedermann
Ursula Wiedermann Medical University of Vienna
Barbara Bohle
Barbara Bohle Medical University of Vienna
Peter Briza
Peter Briza University of Salzburg

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