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Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber

Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber

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Microbiology
Austria
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
76
Citations
19139
World Ranking
1430
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine with a specialization in Immunology and Allergy.

Their work expands into several subfields, including Immunology and Allergy, Dermatology, Physiology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The scientist's main topics of study cover Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Contact Dermatitis and Allergies, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery.

They have published extensively, with a significant number of articles appearing in the journal Allergy. Other frequent publication venues include Clinical and Translational Allergy, Allergo Journal, Frontiers in Allergy, and Allergologie select.

Among notable recent papers associated with their research are:

  • <scp>EAACI</scp> guidelines on the diagnosis of <scp>IgE</scp>-mediated food allergy (2023, Allergy)
  • Immunology of COVID-19: Mechanisms, clinical outcome, diagnostics, and perspectives-A report of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) (2020, Allergy)
  • Intranasal corticosteroids in allergic rhinitis in COVID-19 infected patients: An ARIA-EAACI statement (2020, Allergy)
  • Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Plant Allergens? (2020, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology)
  • Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Animal Allergens? (2021, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Marek Jutel, Ioana Agache, Cezmi A. Akdiş, Jean Bousquet, and Edward F. Knol. The number of joint publications with these co-authors ranges from 17 to 25, indicating sustained collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • EAACI Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Guidelines: diagnosis and management of food allergy

    A. Muraro;T. Werfel;K. Hoffmann-Sommergruber;G. Roberts;G. Roberts;G. Roberts

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide.

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

  • The epidemiology of food allergy in Europe: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    B I Nwaru;L Hickstein;S S Panesar;A Muraro

  • Microarrayed allergen molecules: diagnostic gatekeepers for allergy treatment.

    Reinhard Hiller;Sylvia Laffer;Christian Harwanegg;Martin Huber

  • 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

  • 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

  • The diagnosis of food allergy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    K Soares-Weiser;Y Takwoingi;S S Panesar;A Muraro

  • IgE-mediated food allergy diagnosis: Current status and new perspectives

    Riccardo Asero;Barbara K. Ballmer-Weber;Kirsten Beyer;Amedeo Conti

  • Position paper of the EAACI: food allergy due to immunological cross-reactions with common inhalant allergens.

    T. Werfel;R. Asero;B. K. Ballmer-Weber;K. Beyer

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0

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  • Pathogenesis-related (PR)-proteins identified as allergens.

    K. Hoffmann-Sommergruber

  • Plant allergens and pathogenesis-related proteins. What do they have in common?

    Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber

  • Research needs in allergy: an EAACI position paper, in collaboration with EFA

    Nikolaos G Papadopoulos;Ioana Agache;Sevim Bavbek;Beatrice M Bilo

  • The prevalence and distribution of food sensitization in European adults

    P. G. J. Burney;J. Potts;I. Kummeling;E. N. C. Mills

  • Isoforms of Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen, analyzed by liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and cDNA cloning.

    Ines Swoboda;Alexander Jilek;Fátima Ferreira;Edwin Engel

  • Quantitative IgE inhibition experiments with purified recombinant allergens indicate pollen-derived allergens as the sensitizing agents responsible for many forms of plant food allergy

    Lili Kazemi-Shirazi;Gabrielle Pauli;Ashok Purohit;Susanne Spitzauer

  • Primary prevention of food allergy in children and adults: systematic review

    D de Silva;M Geromi;S Halken;A Host

  • Efficacy of birch‐pollen immunotherapy on cross‐reactive food allergy confirmed by skin tests and double‐blind food challenges

    S T H P Bolhaar;M M Tiemessen;L Zuidmeer;A van Leeuwen

  • Silencing the major apple allergen Mal d 1 by using the RNA interference approach.

    Luud J.W.J. Gilissen;Suzanne T.H.P. Bolhaar;Catarina I. Matos;Gerard J.A. Rouwendal

  • Guidance on allergenicity assessment of genetically modified plants

    Hanspeter Naegeli;Andrew Nicholas Birch;Josep Casacuberta

  • In vivo assessment with prick-to-prick testing and double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of allergenicity of apple cultivars

    Suzanne T.H.P. Bolhaar;W. Eric van de Weg;Ronald van Ree;Eloina Gonzalez-Mancebo

  • The promoter of an apple Ypr10 gene, encoding the major allergen Mal d 1, is stress- and pathogen-inducible

    Helene Pühringer;Dieter Moll;Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber;Bernard Watillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Heimo Breiteneder
Heimo Breiteneder Medical University of Vienna
Graham Roberts
Graham Roberts University of Southampton
Jean Bousquet
Jean Bousquet University of Montpellier
Marek Jutel
Marek Jutel Wrocław Medical University
Ioana Agache
Ioana Agache Transylvania University of Brașov
Cezmi A. Akdis
Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich
André C. Knulst
André C. Knulst Utrecht University
Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas
Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Otto Scheiner
Otto Scheiner Medical University of Vienna
Margitta Worm
Margitta Worm Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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