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D-Index
75
Citations
19398
World Ranking
1506
National Ranking
656

Klaus Früh 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 Klaus Früh sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 184 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus Früh 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 Klaus Früh sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Klaus Früh is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on Epidemiology, Immunology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequent publication venues for Klaus Früh include:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Immunology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Trends in Immunology

Frequent co-authors working with Klaus Früh are:

  • Daniel Malouli
  • Scott G. Hansen
  • Louis J. Picker
  • David Morrow
  • Husam Taher

Notable recent papers include:

  • Modulation of MHC-E transport by viral decoy ligands is required for RhCMV/SIV vaccine efficacy, 2021, Science
  • Cytomegaloviral determinants of CD8 + T cell programming and RhCMV/SIV vaccine efficacy, 2021, Science Immunology
  • HLA-E-restricted, Gag-specific CD8 + T cells can suppress HIV-1 infection, offering vaccine opportunities, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Programming cytomegalovirus as an HIV vaccine, 2023, Trends in Immunology
  • In vitro and in vivo characterization of a recombinant rhesus cytomegalovirus containing a complete genome, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • A viral inhibitor of peptide transporters for antigen presentation

    Klaus Früh;Kwangseog Ahn;Hakim Djaballah;Pascal Sempé

  • Neural adhesion molecule L1 as a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily with binding domains similar to fibronectin.

    Marion Moos;Roland Tacke;Herta Scherer;David Teplow

  • Immune clearance of highly pathogenic SIV infection

    Scott G. Hansen;Michael Piatak;Abigail B. Ventura;Colette M. Hughes

  • The ER-luminal domain of the HCMV glycoprotein US6 inhibits peptide translocation by TAP.

    Kwangseog Ahn;Albrecht Gruhler;Begona Galocha;Thomas R Jones

  • Human cytomegalovirus inhibits antigen presentation by a sequential multistep process

    Kwangseog Ahn;Ana Angulo;Peter Ghazal;Per A. Peterson

  • Cytomegalovirus Vectors Violate CD8+ T Cell Epitope Recognition Paradigms

    Scott G. Hansen;Jonah B. Sacha;Colette M. Hughes;Julia C. Ford

  • Vpu Directs the Degradation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Restriction Factor BST-2/Tetherin via a βTrCP-Dependent Mechanism

    Janet L. Douglas;Kasinath Viswanathan;Matthew N. McCarroll;Jean K. Gustin

  • Molecular mechanism and species specificity of TAP inhibition by herpes simplex virus ICP47.

    Kwaangseog Ahn;Thomas H. Meyer;Stephan Uebel;Pascal Sempé

  • Interaction of MHC class I molecules with the transporter associated with antigen processing

    Woong Kyung Suh;Myrna F. Cohen-Doyle;Klaus Fruh;Kena Wang

  • Downregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I by Human Ubiquitin Ligases Related to Viral Immune Evasion Proteins

    Eric Bartee;Mandana Mansouri;Bianca T. Hovey Nerenberg;Kristine Gouveia

  • Antigen presentation by MHC class I and its regulation by interferon γ

    Klaus Früh;Young Yang

  • IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 coordinately regulate the type I IFN response in myeloid dendritic cells downstream of MAVS signaling

    Helen M. Lazear;Alissa Lancaster;Courtney Wilkins;Mehul S. Suthar;Mehul S. Suthar

  • Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus.

    Scott G. Hansen;Colin J. Powers;Rebecca Richards;Abigail B. Ventura

  • Molecular Mechanism of BST2/Tetherin Downregulation by K5/MIR2 of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus

    Mandana Mansouri;Kasinath Viswanathan;Janet L. Douglas;Jennie Hines

  • Broadly targeted CD8⁺ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E.

    Scott G. Hansen;Helen L. Wu;Benjamin J. Burwitz;Colette M. Hughes

  • Displacement of housekeeping proteasome subunits by MHC-encoded LMPs: a newly discovered mechanism for modulating the multicatalytic proteinase complex.

    Klaus Früh;Manfred Gossen;Kena Wang;Hermann Bujard

  • Peptide length and sequence specificity of the mouse TAP1/TAP2 translocator.

    Ton N.M. Schumacher;Devang V. Kantesaria;Marie Therese Heemels;Philip G. Ashton-Rickardt

  • West Nile virus infection activates the unfolded protein response, leading to CHOP induction and apoptosis.

    Guruprasad R. Medigeshi;Alissa M. Lancaster;Alec J. Hirsch;Thomas Briese

  • Prevention of tuberculosis in rhesus macaques by a cytomegalovirus-based vaccine.

    Scott G Hansen;Daniel E Zak;Guangwu Xu;Julia C Ford

  • Quantitative membrane proteomics reveals new cellular targets of viral immune modulators.

    Eric Bartee;Ashley McCormack;Klaus Früh

  • In Vivo Assembly of the Proteasomal Complexes, Implications for Antigen Processing

    Young Yang;Klaus Früh;Kwangseog Ahn;Per A. Peterson

  • Global modulation of cellular transcription by human cytomegalovirus is initiated by viral glycoprotein B

    Kenneth A. Simmen;Jasbir Singh;B. G. Mattias Luukkonen;Matt Lopper

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis J. Picker
Louis J. Picker Oregon Health & Science University
Michael K. Axthelm
Michael K. Axthelm Oregon National Primate Research Center
Jay A. Nelson
Jay A. Nelson Oregon Health & Science University
Jonah B. Sacha
Jonah B. Sacha Oregon Health & Science University
Per A. Peterson
Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute
Daniel N. Streblow
Daniel N. Streblow Oregon Health & Science University
Hermann Bujard
Hermann Bujard Heidelberg University
Andrea Crisanti
Andrea Crisanti University of Padua
Jacob D. Estes
Jacob D. Estes Oregon Health & Science University
Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz
Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz Utrecht University

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