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D-Index
57
Citations
11571
World Ranking
3628
National Ranking
149

Heinrich Körner 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 Heinrich Körner sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 146 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heinrich Körner 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 Heinrich Körner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heinrich Körner is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine, Immunology, and Microbiology.

Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Their recent papers reflect a focus on immune defense mechanisms, inflammatory responses, and disease pathogenesis. Notable publications include:

  • Susceptibility to Intracellular Infections: Contributions of TNF to Immune Defense (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • TNF deficiency dysregulates inflammatory cytokine production, leading to lung pathology and death during respiratory poxvirus infection (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Glutaric Acidemia, Pathogenesis and Nutritional Therapy (2021), published in Frontiers in Nutrition
  • CP-25 alleviates antigen-induced experimental Sjögren's syndrome in mice by inhibiting JAK1-STAT1/2-CXCL13 signaling and interfering with B-cell migration (2020), published in Laboratory Investigation
  • Alleviating effect of paeoniflorin-6'-O-benzene sulfonate in antigen-induced experimental Sjögren's syndrome by modulating B lymphocyte migration via CXCR5-GRK2-ERK/p38 signaling pathway (2020), published in International Immunopharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Huaxun Wu, Qi Liu, Qiaolin Zhang, Xinming Wang, and Xiaoying Liu. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Körner.

The scientist's work has appeared in various publication venues such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Nutrition, Laboratory Investigation, and International Immunopharmacology.

In addition to journal articles, Heinrich Körner has contributed to book publications, including a title with Frontiers Media titled The Potential Drug Regulation in Arthritic Disorders (2023).

Best Publications

  • Absence of Tumor Necrosis Factor Supports Alternative Activation of Macrophages in the Liver after Infection with Leishmania major.

    Shanshan Hu;Cameron Marshall;Jocelyn Darby;Wei Wei

  • Structural deficiencies in granuloma formation in TNF gene-targeted mice underlie the heightened susceptibility to aerosol Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, which is not compensated for by lymphotoxin.

    Andrew G. D. Bean;Daniel R. Roach;Helen Briscoe;Helen Briscoe

  • Lymphotoxin alpha/beta and tumor necrosis factor are required for stromal cell expression of homing chemokines in B and T cell areas of the spleen.

    Vu N. Ngo;Heinrich Korner;Michael D. Gunn;Kerstin N. Schmidt

  • Distinct roles for lymphotoxin-alpha and tumor necrosis factor in organogenesis and spatial organization of lymphoid tissue.

    Heinrich Körner;Matthew Cook;D. Sean Riminton;Frances A. Lemckert

  • Tumor necrosis factor: a master-regulator of leukocyte movement.

    Jonathon D Sedgwick;D.Sean Riminton;Jason G Cyster;Heinrich Körner

  • Membrane-Bound TNF Supports Secondary Lymphoid Organ Structure but Is Subservient to Secreted TNF in Driving Autoimmune Inflammation

    Sigrid R Ruuls;Robert M Hoek;Vu N Ngo;Tom McNeil

  • Critical Points of Tumor Necrosis Factor Action in Central Nervous System Autoimmune Inflammation Defined by Gene Targeting

    H Körner;D S Riminton;D H Strickland;F A Lemckert

  • Rapidly fatal leishmaniasis in resistant C57BL/6 mice lacking TNF.

    Patricia Wilhelm;Uwe Ritter;Stefanie Labbow;Norbert Donhauser

  • Challenging Cytokine Redundancy: Inflammatory Cell Movement and Clinical Course of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Are Normal in Lymphotoxin-deficient, but Not Tumor Necrosis Factor–deficient, Mice

    D. Sean Riminton;Heinrich Körner;Deborah H. Strickland;Frances A. Lemckert

  • Focal MMP-2 and MMP-9 Activity at the Blood-Brain Barrier Promotes Chemokine-Induced Leukocyte Migration

    Jian Song;Chuan Wu;Eva Korpos;Xueli Zhang

  • Molecular Mechanisms of T Cells Activation by Dendritic Cells in Autoimmune Diseases

    Yu Tai;Qingtong Wang;Heinrich Korner;Heinrich Korner;Lingling Zhang

  • CD8α‐ and Langerin‐negative dendritic cells, but not Langerhans cells, act as principal antigen‐presenting cells in leishmaniasis

    Uwe Ritter;Anja Meissner;Christina Scheidig;Heinrich Körner;Heinrich Körner

  • An Essential Role for Tumor Necrosis Factor in Natural Killer Cell–mediated Tumor Rejection in the Peritoneum

    Mark J. Smyth;Janice M. Kelly;Alan G. Baxter;Heinrich Körner

  • Tumor necrosis factor blockade in actively induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis prevents clinical disease despite activated T cell infiltration to the central nervous system.

    Heinrich Körner;Frances A. Lemckert;Geeta Chaudhri;Susanne Etteldorf

  • CC Chemokine Ligand 20 and Its Cognate Receptor CCR6 in Mucosal T Cell Immunology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Odd Couple or Axis of Evil?

    Adrian Y. S. Lee;Rajaraman Eri;Alan Bruce Lyons;Michael Grimm

  • Inhibition of CCR6 Function Reduces the Severity of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis via Effects on the Priming Phase of the Immune Response

    Adrian Liston;Rachel E. Kohler;Scott Townley;Sarah Haylock-Jacobs

  • Roquin-2 Shares Functions with Its Paralog Roquin-1 in the Repression of mRNAs Controlling T Follicular Helper Cells and Systemic Inflammation

    Alvin Pratama;Roybel R. Ramiscal;Diego G. Silva;Souvik K. Das

  • Both lymphotoxin-alpha and TNF are crucial for control of Toxoplasma gondii in the central nervous system.

    Dirk Schlüter;Lai-Yu Kwok;Sonja Lütjen;Sabine Soltek

  • MicroRNAs in Microglia: How do MicroRNAs Affect Activation, Inflammation, Polarization of Microglia and Mediate the Interaction Between Microglia and Glioma?

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  • Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor activity minimizes target organ damage in experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis despite quantitatively normal activated T cell traffic to the retina

    Andrew D. Dick;Paul G. McMenamin;Heinrich Körner;Bernard J. Scallon

  • Gene knock-out technology: a methodological overview for the interested novice.

    L.A. Galli-Taliadoros;J.D. Sedgwick;S.A. Wood;H. Körner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathon D. Sedgwick
Jonathon D. Sedgwick Eli Lilly (United States)
Christian Bogdan
Christian Bogdan University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dirk Schlüter
Dirk Schlüter Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Shaun R. McColl
Shaun R. McColl University of Adelaide
Matthew C. Cook
Matthew C. Cook Australian National University
Martin Röllinghoff
Martin Röllinghoff University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jason G. Cyster
Jason G. Cyster University of California, San Francisco
Matthias Mack
Matthias Mack University of Regensburg
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University

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