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D-Index
44
Citations
17351
World Ranking
5071
National Ranking
347

Hubertus Hochrein publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hubertus Hochrein sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 97 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hubertus Hochrein D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hubertus Hochrein sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hubertus Hochrein is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research activity focuses on multiple interconnected areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, immunology, and microbiology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields where they have contributed include:

  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases

Key research topics addressed are:

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Among their frequent co-authors are Maria Hinterberger, José Medina-Echeverz, Paul Chaplin, Ignacio Melero, and Pedro Berraondo, reflecting collaborative work in the scientific community.

Publication venues where Hubertus Hochrein has appeared multiple times include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Cancer Research
  • Vaccine
  • Vaccines

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Human monkeypox - After 40 years, an unintended consequence of smallpox eradication" (2020, Vaccine)
  • "A Capsid Virus-Like Particle-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Induces High Levels of Antibodies and Protects Rhesus Macaques" (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "The Quest for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine for Older Adults: Thinking beyond the F Protein" (2023, Vaccines)
  • "Intratumoral virotherapy with 4-1BBL armed modified vaccinia Ankara eradicates solid tumors and promotes protective immune memory" (2021, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)
  • "Discordance in STING-Induced Activation and Cell Death Between Mouse and Human Dendritic Cell Populations" (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)

Best Publications

  • Species-Specific Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA via Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8

    Florian Heil;Hiroaki Hemmi;Hubertus Hochrein;Franziska Ampenberger

  • CD4 and CD8 Expression by Dendritic Cell Subtypes in Mouse Thymus and Spleen

    David Vremec;Joanne Pooley;Hubertus Hochrein;Li Wu

  • Differential production of IL-12, IFN-alpha, and IFN-gamma by mouse dendritic cell subsets.

    Hubertus Hochrein;Ken Shortman;David Vremec;Bernadette M Scott

  • The Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)-specific stimulus loxoribine uncovers a strong relationship within the TLR7, 8 and 9 subfamily.

    Florian Heil;Parviz Ahmad-Nejad;Hiroaki Hemmi;Hubertus Hochrein

  • Quantitative proteomics reveals subset-specific viral recognition in dendritic cells.

    Christian A. Luber;Jürgen Cox;Henning Lauterbach;Ben Fancke

  • Herpes simplex virus type-1 induces IFN-α production via Toll-like receptor 9-dependent and -independent pathways

    Hubertus Hochrein;Beatrix Schlatter;Meredith O'Keeffe;Cornelia Wagner

  • Mouse Plasmacytoid Cells Long-lived Cells, Heterogeneous in Surface Phenotype and Function, that Differentiate Into CD8+ Dendritic Cells Only after Microbial Stimulus

    Meredith O’Keeffe;Hubertus Hochrein;David Vremec;Irina Caminschi

  • TLR13 Recognizes Bacterial 23S rRNA Devoid of Erythromycin Resistance–Forming Modification

    Marina Oldenburg;Anne Krüger;Ruth Ferstl;Andreas Kaufmann

  • Functionally distinct dendritic cell (DC) populations induced by physiologic stimuli: prostaglandin E2 regulates the migratory capacity of specific DC subsets

    Thomas Luft;Michael Jefford;Petra Luetjens;Tracey Toy

  • Interleukin (Il)-4 Is a Major Regulatory Cytokine Governing Bioactive IL-12 Production by Mouse and Human Dendritic Cells

    Hubertus Hochrein;Meredith O'Keeffe;Thomas Luft;Stéphane Vandenabeele

  • Pollen-associated phytoprostanes inhibit dendritic cell interleukin-12 production and augment T helper type 2 cell polarization.

    Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann;Valentina Mariani;Hubertus Hochrein;Kathrin Karg

  • Endosomal translocation of vertebrate DNA activates dendritic cells via TLR9-dependent and -independent pathways.

    Kei Yasuda;Philipp Yu;Carsten J. Kirschning;Beatrix Schlatter

  • LIF receptor signaling limits immune-mediated demyelination by enhancing oligodendrocyte survival

    Helmut Butzkueven;Jian Guo Zhang;Merja Soilu-Hanninen;Hubertus Hochrein

  • Mouse CD8α+ DCs and human BDCA3+ DCs are major producers of IFN-λ in response to poly IC

    Henning Lauterbach;Barbara Bathke;Stefanie Gilles;Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

  • Vaccination with plasmid DNA activates dendritic cells via Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) but functions in TLR9-deficient mice.

    Barbara Spies;Hubertus Hochrein;Martin Vabulas;Katharina Huster

  • The Major Surface Protein of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Filarial Nematodes Elicits Immune Responses through TLR2 and TLR4

    Norbert W. Brattig;Chiara Bazzocchi;Carsten J. Kirschning;Norbert Reiling

  • Development of thymic and splenic dendritic cell populations from different hemopoietic precursors.

    Li Wu;Angela D'Amico;Angela D'Amico;Hubertus Hochrein;Hubertus Hochrein;Meredith O'Keeffe;Meredith O'Keeffe

  • Dendritic cell precursor populations of mouse blood: identification of the murine homologues of human blood plasmacytoid pre-DC2 and CD11c+ DC1 precursors.

    Meredith O'Keeffe;Hubertus Hochrein;David Vremec;Bernadette Maree Scott

  • CD8α+ Dendritic Cells Are Required for Efficient Entry of Listeria monocytogenes into the Spleen

    Michael Neuenhahn;Kristen M. Kerksiek;Magdalena Nauerth;Michael H. Suhre

  • Effects of administration of progenipoietin 1, Flt-3 ligand, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and pegylated granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on dendritic cell subsets in mice

    Meredith O'Keeffe;Hubertus Hochrein;Hubertus Hochrein;Hubertus Hochrein;David Vremec;David Vremec;David Vremec;Joanne Pooley

Frequent Co-Authors

Meredith O'Keeffe
Meredith O'Keeffe Monash University
Hermann Wagner
Hermann Wagner Technical University of Munich
Ken Shortman
Ken Shortman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
David Vremec
David Vremec Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Carsten J. Kirschning
Carsten J. Kirschning University of Duisburg-Essen
Stefan Bauer
Stefan Bauer Philipp University of Marburg
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann Technical University of Munich
Li Wu
Li Wu Tsinghua University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Marina A. Freudenberg
Marina A. Freudenberg University of Freiburg

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