2026 Hugo O. Besedovsky: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	56	3675	3391	253	236	175	16362

Overview

Hugo O. Besedovsky is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. In particular, their work covers subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, vagus nerve stimulation research, long-term effects of COVID-19, COVID-19 clinical research studies, receptor mechanisms and signaling, immune response and inflammation, and advanced drug delivery systems.

Best Publications

Immune-neuro-endocrine interactions: facts and hypotheses.

H O Besedovsky;A del Rey

2242
Citations
Immunoregulatory feedback between interleukin-1 and glucocorticoid hormones

H Besedovsky;A del Rey;E Sorkin;CA Dinarello

2241
Citations
A neuromodulatory role of interleukin-1β in the hippocampus

H Schneider;F Pitossi;Detlef Balschun;A Wagner

704
Citations
The immune response evokes changes in brain noradrenergic neurons

H Besedovsky;A del Rey;E Sorkin;M Da Prada

633
Citations
Changes in blood hormone levels during the immune response.

H Besedovsky;E Sorkin;M Keller;J Müller

457
Citations
Microglial activation with atypical proinflammatory cytokine expression in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Amaicha M. Depino;Chris Earl;Elke Kaczmarczyk;Carina Ferrari

295
Citations
What do the immune system and the brain know about each other

Hugo O. Besedovsky;Adriana E. del Rey;Ernst Sorkin

274
Citations
Physiology of psychoneuroimmunology: a personal view.

Hugo O. Besedovsky;Adriana del Rey

262
Citations
Induction of cytokine transcripts in the central nervous system and pituitary following peripheral administration of endotoxin to mice

Fernando Pitossi;Adriana del Rey;Alexa Kabiersch;Hugo Besedovsky

260
Citations
Lymphokine-containing supernatants from con A-stimulated cells increase corticosterone blood levels.

H O Besedovsky;A del Rey;E Sorkin

255
Citations
A cytokine network involving brain-borne IL-1β, IL-1ra, IL-18, IL-6, and TNFα operates during long-term potentiation and learning.

Adriana del Rey;Detlef Balschun;Wolfram Wetzel;Anke Randolf

226
Citations
Neuroendocrine, sympathetic and metabolic responses induced by interleukin-1.

Frank Berkenbosch;Dimphena E.C. de Goeij;Adriana del Rey;Hugo O. Besedovsky

223
Citations
The cytokine-HPA axis feed-back circuit.

H.O. Besedovsky;A. del Rey

198
Citations
Interleukin-1 induces changes in norepinephrine metabolism in the rat brain

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188
Citations
Interleukin 1 affects glucose homeostasis.

A. del Rey;H. Besedovsky

170
Citations
Lymphoid cells produce an immunoregulatory glucocorticoid increasing factor (GIF) acting through the pituitary gland.

H O Besedovsky;A Del Rey;E Sorkin;W Lotz

161
Citations
Selective Depletion of Macrophages Prevents Pituitary-Adrenal Activation in Response to Subpyrogenic, but not to Pyrogenic, Doses of Bacterial Endotoxin in Rats

Roel Derijk;Nico Van Rooijen;Fred J. H. Tilders;Hugo O. Besedovsky

161
Citations
Endogenous glucocorticoids cause thymus atrophy but are protective during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Eduardo Roggero;Ana R Pérez;Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu;Isabel Piazzon

142
Citations
Central and peripheral cytokines mediate immune-brain connectivity.

Hugo O. Besedovsky;Adriana del Rey

140
Citations
Thymus atrophy during Trypanosoma cruzi infection is caused by an immuno-endocrine imbalance

Ana Rosa Pérez;Eduardo Roggero;Alicia Nicora;Jorge Palazzi

138
Citations
Endocrine and cytokine responses in humans with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Adriana del Rey;Carolina V. Mahuad;Verónica V. Bozza;Cristina Bogue

130
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Schedlowski University of Duisburg-Essen

Rainer H. Straub University of Regensburg

Detlef Balschun KU Leuven

Gladis Fragoso National Autonomous University of Mexico

Edda Sciutto National Autonomous University of Mexico

Harald Engler Essen University Hospital

A. Vania Apkarian Northwestern University

William Rostène Institut de la Vision

Martin K.-H. Schäfer Philipp University of Marburg

Wilson Savino Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

External Links

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