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Holger Kirchner

Holger Kirchner

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Immunology

D-Index
79
Citations
20084
World Ranking
1705
National Ranking
118

Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
20093
World Ranking
17694
National Ranking
926

Overview

Holger Kirchner is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany. Their research is positioned primarily within the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on various subfields including Physiology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work centers on topics related to sleep and respiratory conditions as well as cardiovascular health. Key areas of research include:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Among Holger Kirchner's recent publications are:

  • Associations between obstructive sleep apnea and sleep characteristics with chronic kidney disease in rural Pennsylvania, 2024, published in Sleep Medicine
  • Effects of poor sleep quality and sleep-disordered breathing and kidney function in adults, 2021, presented at ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Female sex is associated with short-term mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting patients: A propensity-matched analysis, 2025, published in Heliyon

Their research has been disseminated through journals and conferences such as Sleep Medicine, ISEE Conference Abstracts, and Heliyon.

Holger Kirchner collaborates with various coauthors, including Alison P. Sanders, Bruno Saconi, Maria D. Politis, J. Neil Manus, and Shimelis G. Kitancho, reflecting a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to investigating complex health conditions.

Best Publications

  • Antiviral effects of recombinant tumour necrosis factor in vitro

    J. Mestan;W. Digel;S. Mittnacht;H. Hillen

  • Altered cytokine production in the elderly

    Lothar Rink;Irem Cakman;Holger Kirchner

  • EVIDENCE OF SUPPRESSOR CELL ACTIVITY IN SPLEENS OF MICE BEARING PRIMARY TUMORS INDUCED BY MOLONEY SARCOMA VIRUS

    H. Kirchner;T. M. Chused;R. B. Herberman;H. T. Holden

  • Increased production of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor precedes clinical manifestation in multiple sclerosis: Do cytokines trigger off exacerbations?

    Unknown

  • Association between clinical disease activity and Epstein–Barr virus reactivation in MS

    K.-P. Wandinger;W. Jabs;A. Siekhaus;S. Bubel

  • Zinc-Altered Immune Function and Cytokine Production

    Lothar Rink;Holger Kirchner

  • Cytokine production and serum proteins in depression.

    A. Seidel;V. Arolt;M. Hunstiger;L. Rink

  • The immunobiology of zinc

    Nele Wellinghausen;Holger Kirchner;Lothar Rink

  • High Incidence of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection Among Septic Patients

    Astrid S. T. Kutza;Elke Muhl;Holger Hackstein;Holger Kirchner

  • INVESTIGATIONS OF CYTOKINE PRODUCTION IN WHOLE BLOOD CULTURES OF PARANOID AND RESIDUAL SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

    I. Wilke;V. Arolt;M. Rothermundt;C.-H. Weitzsch

  • Inflammatory markers in major depression and melancholia.

    Matthias Rothermundt;Volker Arolt;Marion Peters;Heike Gutbrodt

  • A whole-blood technique for testing production of human interferon by leukocytes

    H. Kirchner;Ch. Kleinicke;W. Digel

  • Dysregulation between TH1 and TH2 T cell subpopulations in the elderly.

    Irem Cakman;Jan Rohwer;Rudolf-M. Schütz;Holger Kirchner

  • Increased S100B blood levels in unmedicated and treated schizophrenic patients are correlated with negative symptomatology

    M Rothermundt;U Missler;V Arolt;M Peters

  • Recent progress in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha field.

    Lothar Rink;Holger Kirchner

  • Rapid HLA‐DRB1 genotyping by nested PCR amplification

    G. Bein;R. Gläser;H. Kirchner

  • Induction of cytokines by zinc ions in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and separated monocytes.

    C Driessen;K Hirv;L Rink;H Kirchner

  • The Effects of General Anesthesia on Human Peripheral Immune Cell Distribution and Cytokine Production

    Jörg-Matthias Brand;Holger Kirchner;Carsten Poppe;Peter Schmucker

  • Frequency and load of hepatitis B virus DNA in first-time blood donors with antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen.

    Holger Hennig;Ines Puchta;Jürgen Luhm;Peter Schlenke

  • Different immune patterns in melancholic and non-melancholic major depression.

    Matthias Rothermundt;Volker Arolt;Jan Fenker;Heike Gutbrodt

  • Detection and quantification of latently infected B lymphocytes in Epstein-Barr virus-seropositive, healthy individuals by polymerase chain reaction.

    H J Wagner;G Bein;A Bitsch;H Kirchner

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar Rink
Lothar Rink RWTH Aachen University
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Peter H. Krammer
Peter H. Krammer German Cancer Research Center
Volker Schirrmacher
Volker Schirrmacher German Cancer Research Center
Christoph Driessen
Christoph Driessen University of St. Gallen
Santo Landolfo
Santo Landolfo University of Turin
Alexander Kapp
Alexander Kapp Hannover Medical School
Daniela N. Männel
Daniela N. Männel University of Regensburg
Martin L. Olsson
Martin L. Olsson Lund University
Laurence Corash
Laurence Corash Cerus (United States)

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