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Matthias Leippe

Matthias Leippe

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
59
Citations
10061
World Ranking
3327
National Ranking
248

Matthias Leippe 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 Matthias Leippe sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 169 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthias Leippe 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 Matthias Leippe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matthias Leippe is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Aging, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas, including antimicrobial peptides and activities, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, biosensors and analytical detection, electrowetting and microfluidic technologies, immune response and inflammation, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and protist diversity and phylogeny.

Matthias Leippe has published in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Biochemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Influence of disulfide bonds in human beta defensin-3 on its strain specific activity against Gram-negative bacteria" (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • "Digital Microfluidics and Magnetic Bead-Based Intact Proteoform Elution for Quantitative Top-down Nanoproteomics of Single C. elegans Nematodes" (2023), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "How Phagocytic Cells Kill Different Bacteria: a Quantitative Analysis Using Dictyostelium discoideum" (2021), published in mBio
  • "Digital Microfluidics Supported Microproteomics for Quantitative Proteome Analysis of Single Caenorhabditis elegans Nematodes" (2022), published in Journal of Proteome Research
  • "The multifarious lysozyme arsenal of Dictyostelium discoideum" (2020), published in Developmental & Comparative Immunology

Among frequent coauthors associated with Matthias Leippe are:

  • Andreas Tholey
  • Thomas Gutsmann
  • Jan Leipert
  • Philipp T. Kaulich
  • Max K. Steinbach

Best Publications

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Brendan Loftus;Iain Anderson;Rob Davies;U. Cecilia M. Alsmark

  • Granulysin, a T Cell Product, Kills Bacteria by Altering Membrane Permeability

    William A. Ernst;Sybille Thoma-Uszynski;Rachel Teitelbaum;Christine Ko

  • Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence.

    Thomas C.G. Bosch;René Augustin;Friederike Anton-Erxleben;Sebastian Fraune

  • Pore-forming peptide of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica.

    Matthias Leippe;Sebastian Ebel;Oeyvind L. Schoenberger;Rolf D. Horstmann

  • Superdiffusion dominates intracellular particle motion in the supercrowded cytoplasm of pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii

    Julia F. Reverey;Jae-Hyung Jeon;Han Bao;Matthias Leippe

  • ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA AND ENTAMOEBA DISPAR: DIFFERENCES IN NUMBERS AND EXPRESSION OF CYSTEINE PROTEINASE GENES

    Iris Bruchhaus;Thomas Jacobs;Matthias Leippe;Egbert Tannich

  • Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome.

    Clark Cg;Alsmark Uc;Tazreiter M;Saito-Nakano Y

  • Amoebapores, a family of membranolytic peptides from cytoplasmic granules of Entamoeba histolytica: isolation, primary structure, and pore bacterial cytoplasmic membranes

    Matthias Leippe;Jörg Andrä;Rose Nickel;Egbert Tannich

  • Rab5-associated vacuoles play a unique role in phagocytosis of the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

    Yumiko Saito-Nakano;Tomoyoshi Yasuda;Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui;Matthias Leippe

  • The Natural Anticancer Compounds Rocaglamides Inhibit the Raf-MEK-ERK Pathway by Targeting Prohibitin 1 and 2

    Gernot Polier;Jennifer Neumann;Frédéric Thuaud;Nigel Ribeiro

  • Unusual gene organization in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

    I. Bruchhaus;M. Leippe;C. Lioutas;E. Tannich

  • Necrosis versus apoptosis as the mechanism of target cell death induced by Entamoeba histolytica.

    O Berninghausen;M Leippe

  • Antisense inhibition of amoebapore expression in Entamoeba histolytica causes a decrease in amoebic virulence

    Rivka Bracha;Yael Nuchamowitz;Matthias Leippe;David Mirelman

  • Hydramacin-1, Structure and Antibacterial Activity of a Protein from the Basal Metazoan Hydra

    Sascha Jung;Andrew J. Dingley;René Augustin;Friederike Anton-Erxleben

  • Isolation and molecular characterization of a surface‐bound proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica

    Thomas Jacobs;Iris Bruchhaus;Thomas Dandekar;Egbert Tannich

  • Antimicrobial and cytolytic polypeptides of amoeboid protozoa - effector molecules of primitive phagocytes

    Matthias Leippe

  • Primary and secondary structure of the pore-forming peptide of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica

    M. Leippe;E. Tannich;R. Nickel;G. van der Goot

  • Cytolytic and antibacterial activity of synthetic peptides derived from amoebapore, the pore-forming peptide of Entamoeba histolytica

    Matthias Leippe;Jorg Andra;Hans J. Muller-Eberhard

  • Microbial Challenge Promotes the Regenerative Process of the Injured Central Nervous System of the Medicinal Leech by Inducing the Synthesis of Antimicrobial Peptides in Neurons and Microglia

    David Schikorski;Virginie Cuvillier-Hot;Matthias Leippe;Céline Boidin-Wichlacz

  • Structure and mode of action of the antimicrobial peptide arenicin

    Jörg Andrä;Igor Jakovkin;Joachim Grötzinger;Oliver Hecht

  • Superdiffusion dominates intracellular particle motion in the supercrowded space of pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii

    J. F. Reverey;J.-H. Jeon;H. Bao;M. Leippe

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Grötzinger
Joachim Grötzinger Kiel University
Tanja Schirmeister
Tanja Schirmeister Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ottmar Janssen
Ottmar Janssen Kiel University
Egbert Tannich
Egbert Tannich Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Hinrich Schulenburg
Hinrich Schulenburg Kiel University
Iris Bruchhaus
Iris Bruchhaus Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Rolf D. Horstmann
Rolf D. Horstmann Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Philip Rosenstiel
Philip Rosenstiel Kiel University
Ernst Kalm
Ernst Kalm Kiel University
Georg Thaller
Georg Thaller Kiel University

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