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Rainer Haas

Rainer Haas

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Biology and Biochemistry
Austria
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
43503
World Ranking
764
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
44123
World Ranking
4396
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Rainer Haas is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly focusing on hematology and molecular biology. Their work spans a wide range of subfields including hematology, molecular biology, genetics, oncology, and cancer research.

The primary topics in Rainer Haas's research include:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments

Rainer Haas's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific venues. The most common journals include:

  • Annals of Hematology
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • best practice onkologie
  • Blood Advances

Their research collaborations involve multiple frequently co-published authors, including:

  • Guido Kobbe
  • Thomas Schroeder
  • Ulrich Germing
  • Christina Rautenberg
  • Paul Jäger

Among Rainer Haas's recent papers are the following:

  • Emergence of the E484K mutation in SARS-COV-2-infected immunocompromised patients treated with bamlanivimab in Germany, 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes deserve specific diagnostic sub-classification and risk-stratification-an approach to classification of patients with t-MDS, 2020, Leukemia
  • Treatment of myeloid malignancies relapsing after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with venetoclax and hypomethylating agents-a retrospective multicenter analysis on behalf of the German Cooperative Transplant Study Group, 2020, Annals of Hematology
  • Real-world experience of CPX-351 as first-line treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, 2021, Blood Cancer Journal
  • Prediction of Response and Survival Following Treatment with Azacitidine for Relapse of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, 2020, Cancers

Rainer Haas's research integrates clinical and molecular perspectives, focusing significantly on acute myeloid leukemia and related hematologic malignancies. Their work combines diagnostic, treatment, and prognostic aspects, often involving therapeutic approaches following stem cell transplantation.

Best Publications

  • Translocation of Helicobacter pylori CagA into gastric epithelial cells by type IV secretion.

    Stefan Odenbreit;Jürgen Püls;Bettina Sedlmaier;Elke Gerland

  • Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin inhibits T lymphocyte activation.

    Bettina Gebert;Wolfgang Fischer;Evelyn Weiss;Reinhard Hoffmann

  • Patient characteristics associated with successful mobilizing and autografting of peripheral blood progenitor cells in malignant lymphoma.

    Rainer Haas;Robert Möhle;Stefan Frühauf;Hartmut Goldschmidt

  • Systematic mutagenesis of the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island: essential genes for CagA translocation in host cells and induction of interleukin-8.

    Wolfgang Fischer;Jürgen Püls;Renate Buhrdorf;Bettina Gebert

  • Lymphocyte Circadian Clocks Control Lymph Node Trafficking and Adaptive Immune Responses

    David Druzd;Olga Matveeva;Louise Ince;Ute Harrison

  • Alternating versus concurrent schedules of imatinib and chemotherapy as front-line therapy for Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph^+ALL)

    Barbara Wassmann;Heike Pfeifer;Nicola Goekbuget;Dietrich W. Beelen

  • Grb2 Is a Key Mediator of Helicobacter pylori CagA Protein Activities

    Hitomi Mimuro;Toshihiko Suzuki;Toshihiko Suzuki;Jiro Tanaka;Momoyo Asahi

  • The repertoire of silent pilus genes in neisseria gonorrhoeae: Evidence for gene conversion

    Rainer Haas;Thomas F. Meyer

  • Genetic analysis of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin: structural similarities with the IgA protease type of exported protein.

    Wolfgang Schmitt;Rainer Haas

  • Treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes with valproic acid alone or in combination with all-trans retinoic acid.

    Andrea Kuendgen;Corinna Strupp;Manuel Aivado;Alf Bernhardt

  • Germ-cell tumors in childhood and adolescence

    U. Gobel;D. T. Schneider;G. Calaminus;R. J. Haas

  • Migrating Platelets Are Mechano-scavengers that Collect and Bundle Bacteria.

    Florian Gaertner;Zerkah Ahmad;Gerhild Rosenberger;Shuxia Fan

  • Helicobacter pylori outer membrane proteins and gastroduodenal disease

    Yoshio Yamaoka;Olabisi Ojo;Saori Fujimoto;Stefan Odenbreit

  • Successful autologous transplantation of blood stem cells mobilized with recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

    Haas R;Ho Ad;Bredthauer U;Cayeux S

  • A novel sheathed surface organelle of the Helicobacter pylori cag type IV secretion system.

    Manfred Rohde;Jürgen Püls;Renate Buhrdorf;Wolfgang Fischer

  • Identification and Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Genes Essential for Gastric Colonization

    Holger Kavermann;Brendan P. Burns;Katrin Angermüller;Stefan Odenbreit

  • MALT-type lymphoma of the stomach is associated with Helicobacter pylori strains expressing the CagA protein.

    M Eck;B Schmausser;R Haas;A Greiner

  • Genetic and functional characterization of the alpAB gene locus essential for the adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric tissue.

    Stefan Odenbreit;Markus Till;Dirk Hofreuter;Gerhard Faller

  • Immunization of BALB/c mice against Helicobacter felis infection with Helicobacter pylori urease

    Pierre Michetti;Iréne Corthésy-Theulaz;Catherine Davin;Rainer Haas

  • Natural transformation competence in Helicobacter pylori is mediated by the basic components of a type IV secretion system

    Dirk Hofreuter;Stefan Odenbreit;Rainer Haas

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Meyer
Thomas F. Meyer Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Ulrich Germing
Ulrich Germing Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Norbert Gattermann
Norbert Gattermann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Thomas Borén
Thomas Borén Umeå University
David Y. Graham
David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine
Hartmut Goldschmidt
Hartmut Goldschmidt University Hospital Heidelberg
Aristoteles Giagounidis
Aristoteles Giagounidis Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl
Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl University of Lausanne
Nicolaus Kröger
Nicolaus Kröger Universität Hamburg
Yoshio Yamaoka
Yoshio Yamaoka Oita University

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