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Niels Hellings

Niels Hellings

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
51
Citations
7795
World Ranking
4175
National Ranking
64

Niels Hellings 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 Niels Hellings sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 197 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Niels Hellings 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 Niels Hellings sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Niels Hellings is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium. Their research encompasses medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology and microbiology. Within these fields, Hellings contributes to subfields including immunology, molecular biology, neurology, pathology, forensic medicine, and genetics.

Their work addresses core topics such as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune cell function and interaction, multiple sclerosis research studies, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immunotherapy and immune responses, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and immune response and inflammation.

Hellings has published multiple papers in prominent venues. Recent publications include:

  • Oxidative stress and impaired oligodendrocyte precursor cell differentiation in neurological disorders, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Neutrophils: Underestimated Players in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Efficacy and safety of spore-forming probiotics in the treatment of functional dyspepsia: a pilot randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Machine learning analysis of motor evoked potential time series to predict disability progression in multiple sclerosis, 2020, BMC Neurology
  • Sodium perturbs mitochondrial respiration and induces dysfunctional Tregs, 2023, Cell Metabolism

Frequent publication venues for Hellings include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Immunology, Research Square, and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Hellings are:

  • Bieke Broux
  • Tim Vanmierlo
  • Melissa Schepers
  • Assia Tiane
  • Paulien Baeten

Best Publications

  • Compromised CD4+ CD25(high) regulatory T-cell function in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is correlated with a reduced frequency of FOXP3-positive cells and reduced FOXP3 expression at the single-cell level.

    Koen Venken;Niels Hellings;Marielle Thewissen;Veerle Somers

  • Systemic immune activation leads to neuroinflammation and sickness behavior in mice.

    Steven Biesmans;Theo F. Meert;Jan A. Bouwknecht;Paul D. Acton

  • Natural naive CD4+CD25+CD127low regulatory T cell (Treg) development and function are disturbed in multiple sclerosis patients: recovery of memory Treg homeostasis during disease progression.

    Koen Venken;Niels Hellings;Tom Broekmans;Karen Hensen

  • Secondary progressive in contrast to relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients show a normal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cell function and FOXP3 expression

    Koen Venken;Niels Hellings;Karen Hensen;Jean-Luc Rummens

  • CD4+CD28null T cells in autoimmune disease: pathogenic features and decreased susceptibility to immunoregulation.

    Marielle Thewissen;Veerle Somers;Niels Hellings;Judith Fraussen

  • Age-Associated B Cells with Proinflammatory Characteristics Are Expanded in a Proportion of Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    Nele Claes;Judith Fraussen;Marjan Vanheusden;Niels Hellings

  • T‐cell reactivity to multiple myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls

    Niels Hellings;Mark Baree;Christof Verhoeven;Marie Beatrijs D'hooghe

  • Disturbed regulatory T cell homeostasis in multiple sclerosis.

    Koen Venken;Koen Venken;Niels Hellings;Roland Liblau;Piet Stinissen

  • A CFSE based assay for measuring CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cell mediated suppression of auto-antigen specific and polyclonal T cell responses

    Koen Venken;Marielle Thewissen;Niels Hellings;Veerle Somers

  • Characterization of three human oligodendroglial cell lines as a model to study oligodendrocyte injury: morphology and oligodendrocyte-specific gene expression.

    Mieke Buntinx;Joris Vanderlocht;Niels Hellings;Frank Vandenabeele

  • CX(3)CR1 drives cytotoxic CD4(+)CD28(-) T cells into the brain of multiple sclerosis patients

    Bieke Broux;Kim Pannemans;Xin Zhang;Silva Markovic-Plese

  • Pathogenic features of CD4+CD28- T cells in immune disorders.

    Bieke Broux;Silva Markovic-Plese;Piet Stinissen;Niels Hellings

  • Circulating Follicular Regulatory T Cells Are Defective in Multiple Sclerosis

    Tessa Dhaeze;Evelyn Peelen;Anneleen Hombrouck;Liesbet Peeters

  • Insights into the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.

    Niels Hellings;Jef Raus;Piet Stinissen

  • Human Wharton's Jelly-Derived Stem Cells Display a Distinct Immunomodulatory and Proregenerative Transcriptional Signature Compared to Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells

    Raf Donders;Jeroen F J Bogie;Stylianos Ravanidis;Pascal Gervois

  • High Fat Diet Exacerbates Neuroinflammation in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis by Activation of the Renin Angiotensin System

    Silke Timmermans;Jeroen F. J. Bogie;Tim Vanmierlo;Dieter Lütjohann

  • Myelin alters the inflammatory phenotype of macrophages by activating PPARs

    Jeroen F J Bogie;Winde Jorissen;Jo Mailleux;Philip G Nijland

  • Human Wharton's Jelly-Derived Stem Cells Display Immunomodulatory Properties and Transiently Improve Rat Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.

    Raf Donders;Marjan Vanheusden;Jeroen F. J. Bogie;Stylianos Ravanidis

  • Glycine and glycine receptor signalling in non-neuronal cells.

    Jimmy Van den Eynden;Sheen Saheb Ali;Nikki Horwood;Sofi e Carmans

  • Compositional Changes of B and T Cell Subtypes during Fingolimod Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study

    Nele Claes;Tessa Dhaeze;Judith Fraussen;Bieke Broux

  • Neutrophils: Underestimated Players in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

    Mirre De Bondt;Mirre De Bondt;Niels Hellings;Ghislain Opdenakker;Sofie Struyf

  • CD4+CD28null T cells in autoimmune disease: pathogenic features and decreased susceptibility to immunoregulation

    Marielle Thewissen;Veerle Somers;Niels Heltings;Piet Stinissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Piet Stinissen
Piet Stinissen Hasselt University
Jack van Horssen
Jack van Horssen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Raymond Hupperts
Raymond Hupperts Maastricht University
Helga E. de Vries
Helga E. de Vries University of Amsterdam
Jan Damoiseaux
Jan Damoiseaux Maastricht University
Jef Raus
Jef Raus Hasselt University
Daniel L.A. van den Hove
Daniel L.A. van den Hove Maastricht University
Dirk De Ridder
Dirk De Ridder University of Otago
Theo Meert
Theo Meert Janssen (Belgium)

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