2026 Manuel A. Friese: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	54	3841	3540	263	245	143	16969

Manuel A. Friese publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manuel A. Friese sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 143 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Manuel A. Friese D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Manuel A. Friese is a researcher affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their work primarily intersects the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Immunology, Neurology, and Molecular Biology. Additional areas of interest include Pathology and Forensic Medicine as well as Physiology.

Their research explores various topics, including:

Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Some of the recent papers reflecting the scope of their work are:

Frequent neurocognitive deficits after recovery from mild COVID-19, 2020, Brain Communications
The immunology of multiple sclerosis, 2022, Nature Reviews. Immunology
The blood-brain barrier is dysregulated in COVID-19 and serves as a CNS entry route for SARS-CoV-2, 2022, Stem Cell Reports
Ferroptosis in health and disease, 2024, Redox Biology
Rituximab Treatment and Long-term Outcome of Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis, 2021, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of colleagues, including:

Marcel S. Woo
Christoph Heesen
Friedemann Paul
Jana K. Sonner
Jan Broder Engler

Their publications appear predominantly in select scientific journals. The top venues for their work are:

Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Immunology
Brain Communications
Cell

Best Publications

Immunopathology of multiple sclerosis

Calliope A. Dendrou;Lars Fugger;Lars Fugger;Manuel A. Friese

2382
Citations
Interleukin-17 production in central nervous system-infiltrating T cells and glial cells is associated with active disease in multiple sclerosis.

John S. Tzartos;Manuel A. Friese;Matthew J. Craner;Jackie Palace

1672
Citations
N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

Sarosh R. Irani;Katarzyna Bera;Patrick Waters;Luigi Zuliani

1142
Citations
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and axonal dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

Manuel A Friese;Benjamin Schattling;Lars Fugger

770
Citations
A vaccine targeting mutant IDH1 induces antitumour immunity

Theresa Schumacher;Lukas Bunse;Stefan Pusch;Felix Sahm

762
Citations
Neuronal vulnerability and multilineage diversity in multiple sclerosis

Lucas Schirmer;Dmitry Velmeshev;Staffan Holmqvist;Max Kaufmann

645
Citations
Neutralization of the IL-17 axis diminishes neutrophil invasion and protects from ischemic stroke.

Mathias Gelderblom;Anna Weymar;Christian Bernreuther;Joachim Velden

512
Citations
Acid-sensing ion channel-1 contributes to axonal degeneration in autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system.

Manuel A Friese;Matthew J Craner;Ruth Etzensperger;Sandra Vergo

467
Citations
RNA Interference Targeting Transforming Growth Factor-β Enhances NKG2D-Mediated Antiglioma Immune Response, Inhibits Glioma Cell Migration and Invasiveness, and Abrogates Tumorigenicity In vivo

Manuel A. Friese;Jörg Wischhusen;Wolfgang Wick;Markus Weiler

435
Citations
Autoreactive CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis: a new target for therapy?

Manuel A. Friese;Lars Fugger

353
Citations
MICA/NKG2D-Mediated Immunogene Therapy of Experimental Gliomas

Manuel A. Friese;Michael Platten;Stefan Z. Lutz;Ulrike Naumann

336
Citations
The immunology of multiple sclerosis

Unknown

312
Citations
TGF-β and metalloproteinases differentially suppress NKG2D ligand surface expression on malignant glioma cells

Günter Eisele;Jörg Wischhusen;Michel Mittelbronn;Richard Meyermann

301
Citations
Pathogenic CD8(+) T cells in multiple sclerosis.

Manuel A. Friese;Lars Fugger;Lars Fugger

240
Citations
T Cell-Mediated Autoimmune Disease Due to Low-Affinity Crossreactivity to Common Microbial Peptides

Maria Harkiolaki;Samantha L. Holmes;Samantha L. Holmes;Pia Svendsen;Jon W. Gregersen

238
Citations
Opposing effects of HLA class I molecules in tuning autoreactive CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis

Manuel A Friese;Karen B Jakobsen;Lone Friis;Ruth Etzensperger

235
Citations
Acid-sensing ion channel 1 is involved in both axonal injury and demyelination in multiple sclerosis and its animal model.

Sandra Vergo;Matthew J. Craner;Ruth Etzensperger;Kathrine Attfield

224
Citations
The value of animal models for drug development in multiple sclerosis.

Manuel A. Friese;Xavier Montalban;Nick Willcox;John I. Bell

221
Citations
TRPM4 cation channel mediates axonal and neuronal degeneration in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis.

Benjamin Schattling;Karin Steinbach;Karin Steinbach;Edda Thies;Martin Kruse

220
Citations
HLA-E protects glioma cells from NKG2D-mediated immune responses in vitro: implications for immune escape in vivo.

Jörg Wischhusen;Manuel A. Friese;Manuel A. Friese;Michel Mittelbronn;Richard Meyermann

219
Citations
Human Fetal TNF-α-Cytokine-Producing CD4+ Effector Memory T Cells Promote Intestinal Development and Mediate Inflammation Early in Life

Renée R C E Schreurs;Martin E Baumdick;Adrian F Sagebiel;Max Kaufmann

210
Citations
Multiple sclerosis : T-cell receptor expression in distinct brain regions. Commentary

Manuel A. Friese;Lars Fugger;Andreas Junker;Jana Ivanidze

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Fugger University of Oxford

Peter F. Zipfel Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Michael Weller University of Zurich

Seppo Meri University of Helsinki

Doron Merkler University of Geneva

Alexander Steinle Goethe University Frankfurt

Margaret M. Esiri University of Oxford

Petra C. Arck Universität Hamburg

Christian Gerloff University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Marc Freichel Heidelberg University

External Links

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