2026 Reinhold Schirmbeck: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	65	2881	2658	189	176	202	11549

Overview

Reinhold Schirmbeck is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their research is primarily focused on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a strong emphasis on subfields including Oncology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics, notably:

Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
3D Printing in Biomedical Research
CAR-T cell therapy research
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Reinhold Schirmbeck has published in various scientific venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Scientific Reports
Vaccine
Vaccines

Some recent notable publications are:

"IFN-γ treatment protocol for MHC-I^lo/PD-L1⁺ pancreatic tumor cells selectively restores their TAP-mediated presentation competence and CD8 T-cell priming potential" (2020) in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
"A tumor-specific neoepitope expressed in homologous/self or heterologous/viral antigens induced comparable effector CD8+ T-cell responses by DNA vaccination" (2020) in Vaccine
"A pancreatic cancer organoid-in-matrix platform shows distinct sensitivities to T cell killing" (2024) in Scientific Reports
"Immunization with GP1 but Not Core-like Particles Displaying Isolated Receptor-Binding Epitopes Elicits Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies against Junín Virus" (2022) in Vaccines
"CD8 T cell-mediated depletion of HBV surface-antigen-expressing, bilineal-differentiated liver carcinoma cells generates highly aggressive escape variants" (2023) in OncoImmunology

Frequent collaborators in Reinhold Schirmbeck's research include:

Thomas Seufferlein
André Lechel
Katja Stifter
Alexander Kleger
Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula

Best Publications

Impaired immune surveillance accelerates accumulation of senescent cells and aging

Yossi Ovadya;Tomer Landsberger;Hanna Leins;Ezra Vadai

532
Citations
MHC Class I–Restricted CTL Responses to Exogenous Antigens

Mikael Jondal;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jörg Reimann

400
Citations
Multiple Effects of Codon Usage Optimization on Expression and Immunogenicity of DNA Candidate Vaccines Encoding the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag Protein

Ludwig Deml;Alexandra Bojak;Stephanie Steck;Marcus Graf

372
Citations
Nucleic acid vaccination primes hepatitis B virus surface antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in nonresponder mice.

R Schirmbeck;W Böhm;K Ando;F V Chisari

296
Citations
Composition and arrangement of genes define the strength of IRES-driven translation in bicistronic mRNAs.

Meike Hennecke;Marcin Kwissa;Karin Metzger;André Oumard

264
Citations
High-Resolution PET Imaging with Therapeutic Antibody-based PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Tracers.

Michael Hettich;Friederike Braun;Mark D. Bartholomä;Reinhold Schirmbeck

251
Citations
Immunization with soluble hepatitis B virus surface protein elicits murine H-2 class I-restricted CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses in vivo.

R Schirmbeck;K Melber;A Kuhröber;Z A Janowicz

235
Citations
T cell-mediated, IFN-gamma-facilitated rejection of murine B16 melanomas

Waltraud Böhm;Stefan Thoma;Frank Leithäuser;Peter Möller

219
Citations
Hepatitis B virus small surface antigen particles are processed in a novel endosomal pathway for major histocompatibility complex class I‐restricted epitope presentation

Reinhold Schirmbeck;Karl Melber;Jörg Reimann

209
Citations
DNA immunization induces antibody and cytotoxic T cell responses to hepatitis B core antigen in H-2b mice.

Andreas Kuhöber;Hans Peter Pudollek;Kurt Reifenberg;Francis V. Chisari

198
Citations
DNA-Mediated Immunization in Mice Induces a Potent MHC Class I-Restricted Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Response to the Hepatitis B Envelope Protein

Heather L. Davis;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jörg Reimann;Robert G. Whalen

197
Citations
Evidence for a Functional Second Thymus in Mice

Grzegorz Terszowski;Susanna M. Müller;Conrad C. Bleul;Carmen Blum

192
Citations
Comparison between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) particles derived from mammalian cells (CHO) and yeast cells (Hansenula polymorpha): composition, structure and immunogenicity

Dvorah Diminsky;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jorg Reimann;Yechezkel Barenholz

189
Citations
IL-12/IL-18-dependent IFN-gamma release by murine dendritic cells.

Detlef Stober;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jörg Reimann

186
Citations
Human cytomegalovirus-induced NKG2C(hi) CD57(hi) natural killer cells are effectors dependent on humoral antiviral immunity.

Zeguang Wu;Christian Sinzger;Giada Frascaroli;Johanna Reichel

179
Citations
NKT Cells Provide Help for Dendritic Cell-Dependent Priming of MHC Class I-Restricted CD8+ T Cells In Vivo

Detlef Stober;Ieva Jomantaitė;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jörg Reimann

177
Citations
Priming Th1 immunity to viral core particles is facilitated by trace amounts of RNA bound to its arginine-rich domain.

Petra Riedl;Detlef Stober;Claude Oehninger;Karl Melber

171
Citations
Marginal zone B cells control the response of follicular helper T cells to a high-cholesterol diet

Meritxell Nus;Andrew P Sage;Yuning Lu;Leanne Masters

157
Citations
Priming MHC-I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to exogenous hepatitis B surface antigen is CD4+ T cell dependent.

Jens Wild;Michael J. Grusby;Reinhold Schirmbeck;Jörg Reimann

151
Citations
Alternative pathways for processing exogenous and endogenous antigens that can generate peptides for MHC class I-restricted presentation.

Jorg Reimann;Reinhold Schirmbeck

147
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Reimann University of Ulm

Bernhard O. Boehm Nanyang Technological University

Mengji Lu University of Duisburg-Essen

Ralf Wagner University of Regensburg

Hans Wolf University of Amsterdam

Hansjörg Hauser Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Hartmut Geiger University of Ulm

Thomas Wirth University of Ulm

Thomas Mertens University of Ulm

Stefan Kochanek University of Ulm

External Links

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