2026 Mathias Heikenwalder: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	106	559	516	31	30	366	46514
Medicine	106	6466	6084	367	353	372	46515

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine

Overview

Mathias Heikenwalder is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Hepatology.

The scientist's work has focused extensively on liver diseases and cancer, exploring topics such as:

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Hepatitis C virus research
Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Immune cells in cancer
Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Mathias Heikenwalder has published in several notable venues, often contributing to journals specializing in hepatology and cancer research. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Hepatology
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nature

Recent papers reflect a focus on liver cancer, inflammation, and immunological mechanisms, with titles and publication details such as:

Immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma, 2021, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
The immunological and metabolic landscape in primary and metastatic liver cancer, 2021, Nature reviews. Cancer
Immune mechanisms linking metabolic injury to inflammation and fibrosis in fatty liver disease - novel insights into cellular communication circuits, 2022, Journal of Hepatology
Auto-aggressive CXCR6+ CD8 T cells cause liver immune pathology in NASH, 2021, Nature
SpaceM reveals metabolic states of single cells, 2021, Nature Methods

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

Danijela Heide
Suchira Gallage
Tobias Riedl
Mohammad Rahbari
Thomas F. Baumert

Mathias Heikenwalder was recognized by election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2019, specifically highlighting contributions in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine.

Best Publications

Immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Josep M Llovet;Josep M Llovet;Josep M Llovet;Florian Castet;Mathias Heikenwalder;Mala K Maini

1711
Citations
Senescence surveillance of pre-malignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development

Tae-Won Kang;Tetyana Yevsa;Norman Woller;Lisa Hoenicke

1639
Citations
Microglia emerge from erythromyeloid precursors via Pu.1- and Irf8-dependent pathways

Katrin Kierdorf;Daniel Erny;Tobias Goldmann;Victor Sander

1612
Citations
From NASH to HCC: current concepts and future challenges.

Quentin M Anstee;Quentin M Anstee;Helen L Reeves;Helen L Reeves;Elena Kotsiliti;Olivier Govaere

1342
Citations
The maternal microbiota drives early postnatal innate immune development

Mercedes Gomez de Agüero;Stephanie C. Ganal-Vonarburg;Tobias Fuhrer;Sandra Rupp

1255
Citations
Microglia in the adult brain arise from Ly-6ChiCCR2+ monocytes only under defined host conditions

Alexander Mildner;Hauke Schmidt;Mirko Nitsche;Doron Merkler

1216
Citations
NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC

Dominik Pfister;Dominik Pfister;Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez;Roser Pinyol;Olivier Govaere

1140
Citations
Specific and nonhepatotoxic degradation of nuclear hepatitis B virus cccDNA.

Julie Lucifora;Yuchen Xia;Florian Reisinger;Ke Zhang

1026
Citations
The immunology of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Marc Ringelhan;Dominik Pfister;Tracy O'Connor;Eli Pikarsky

1000
Citations
Reversible Microbial Colonization of Germ-Free Mice Reveals the Dynamics of IgA Immune Responses

Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Melissa A.E. Lawson;Emma Wetter Slack;Jorum K. Kirundi

910
Citations
mTOR regulates MAPKAPK2 translation to control the senescence-associated secretory phenotype

Nicolás Herranz;Suchira Gallage;Massimiliano Mellone;Torsten Wuestefeld

781
Citations
NAFLD causes selective CD4 + T lymphocyte loss and promotes hepatocarcinogenesis

Chi Ma;Aparna H. Kesarwala;Tobias Eggert;José Medina-Echeverz

755
Citations
A new type of microglia gene targeting shows TAK1 to be pivotal in CNS autoimmune inflammation

Tobias Goldmann;Peter Wieghofer;Philippe F Müller;Yochai Wolf

738
Citations
Metabolic activation of intrahepatic CD8+ T cells and NKT cells causes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver cancer via cross-talk with hepatocytes

Monika Julia Wolf;Arlind Adili;Kira Piotrowitz;Zeinab Abdullah

723
Citations
Peripherally Applied Aβ-Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral β-Amyloidosis

Yvonne S. Eisele;Ulrike Obermüller;Ulrike Obermüller;Götz Heilbronner;Götz Heilbronner;Frank Baumann;Frank Baumann

658
Citations
Distinct Functions of Senescence-Associated Immune Responses in Liver Tumor Surveillance and Tumor Progression

Tobias Eggert;Katharina Wolter;Juling Ji;Chi Ma

598
Citations
The immunological and metabolic landscape in primary and metastatic liver cancer

Xin Li;Pierluigi Ramadori;Dominik Pfister;Marco Seehawer

574
Citations
Lymphoid follicle destruction and immunosuppression after repeated CpG oligodeoxynucleotide administration

Mathias Heikenwalder;Magdalini Polymenidou;Tobias Junt;Christina Sigurdson

550
Citations
The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island (SPI)-2 and SPI-1 Type III Secretion Systems Allow Salmonella Serovar typhimurium to Trigger Colitis via MyD88-Dependent and MyD88-Independent Mechanisms

Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Bärbel Stecher;Manja Barthel;Marcus Kremer

547
Citations
Interaction between tumour-infiltrating B cells and T cells controls the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Marta Garnelo;Alex Tan;Zhisheng Her;Joe Yeong;Joe Yeong

467
Citations
A Lymphotoxin-Driven Pathway to Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Johannes Haybaeck;Nicolas Zeller;Monika Julia Wolf;Achim Weber

454
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Achim Weber University of Zurich

Ulrike Protzer Technical University of Munich

Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich

Adriano Aguzzi University of Zurich

Marco Prinz University of Freiburg

Lars Zender German Cancer Research Center

Roland Rad Technical University of Munich

Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University

Josep M. Llovet University of Barcelona

Petra Schwarz University of Zurich

External Links

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