2026 Thomas Aigner: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	93	2126	1927	151	140	294	28342
Medicine	91	11908	11201	645	621	319	25251

Overview

Thomas Aigner is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research focuses on topics such as:

Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Management of metastatic bone disease
Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
Bone Metabolism and Diseases
TGF-β signaling in diseases

Some of the recent publications by Thomas Aigner include:

"Regulation of Gdf5 expression in joint remodelling, repair and osteoarthritis" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
"ROR2 blockade as a therapy for osteoarthritis" (2020), published in Science Translational Medicine
"Cytotoxic and immunosuppressive inflammatory cells predict regression and prognosis following neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of oesophageal adenocarcinoma" (2020), published in Radiotherapy and Oncology
"PD-1 and PD-L1 expression predict regression and prognosis following neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of oesophageal adenocarcinoma" (2022), published in Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
"Spinal and cervical nodal metastases in a patient with glioblastoma" (2024), published in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Frequent co-authors with whom Thomas Aigner has collaborated include:

Gerhard G. Grabenbauer
Francesco Dell'Accio
Luitpold Distel
Anne-Sophie Thorup
Danielle Strachan

The most common venues where Thomas Aigner's work appears are:

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Scientific Reports
Science Translational Medicine
Radiotherapy and Oncology

Best Publications

Collagens—structure, function, and biosynthesis

K Gelse;E Pöschl;T Aigner

3029
Citations
Articular cartilage and changes in Arthritis: Cell biology of osteoarthritis

Linda J Sandell;Thomas Aigner

1179
Citations
Premature induction of hypertrophy during in vitro chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells correlates with calcification and vascular invasion after ectopic transplantation in SCID mice

Karoliina Pelttari;Anja Winter;Eric Steck;Katrin Goetzke

1082
Citations
Histological assessment of cartilage repair: a report by the Histology Endpoint Committee of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS).

Pierre Mainil-Varlet;Thomas Aigner;Mats Brittberg;Peter Bullough

641
Citations
Oxygen and reactive oxygen species in cartilage degradation: friends or foes?

Yves Henrotin;B. Kurz;Thomas Aigner

591
Citations
Human laminin β2 deficiency causes congenital nephrosis with mesangial sclerosis and distinct eye abnormalities

Martin Zenker;Thomas Aigner;Olaf Wendler;Tim Tralau

539
Citations
Relative messenger RNA expression profiling of collagenases and aggrecanases in human articular chondrocytes in vivo and in vitro

Brigitte Bau;Pia M. Gebhard;Jochen Haag;Thomas Knorr

537
Citations
Basic methods in histopathology of joint tissues.

N. Schmitz;S. Laverty;V.B. Kraus;T. Aigner

488
Citations
Anabolic and catabolic gene expression pattern analysis in normal versus osteoarthritic cartilage using complementary DNA-array technology.

Thomas Aigner;Alexander Zien;Angelika Gehrsitz;Pia Margarethe Gebhard

436
Citations
Large‐scale gene expression profiling reveals major pathogenetic pathways of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

Thomas Aigner;Katrin Fundel;Joachim Saas;Pia M. Gebhard

391
Citations
Apoptotic cell death is not a widespread phenomenon in normal aging and osteoarthritic human articular knee cartilage: A study of proliferation, programmed cell death (apoptosis), and viability of chondrocytes in normal and osteoarthritic human knee cartilage

T. Aigner;M. Hemmel;D. Neureiter;P. M. Gebhard

389
Citations
Transplantation of allograft chondrocytes embedded in agarose gel into cartilage defects of rabbits

B. Rahfoth;J. Weisser;F. Sternkopf;T. Aigner

377
Citations
Collagens—major component of the physiological cartilage matrix, major target of cartilage degeneration, major tool in cartilage repair

T Aigner;J Stöve

343
Citations
Mechanisms of Disease: role of chondrocytes in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis—structure, chaos and senescence

Thomas Aigner;Stefan Söder;Pia M Gebhard;Audrey McAlinden

340
Citations
Independent expression of fibril-forming collagens I, II, and III in chondrocytes of human osteoarthritic cartilage.

T Aigner;W Bertling;H Stöss;G Weseloh

338
Citations
Articular cartilage repair by gene therapy using growth factor-producing mesenchymal cells.

Kolja Gelse;Klaus von der Mark;Thomas Aigner;Jung Park

331
Citations
Immunolocalization of type X collagen in normal fetal and adult osteoarthritic cartilage with monoclonal antibodies

Girkontaite I;Frischholz S;Lammi P;Wagner K

297
Citations
Apoptosis and cellular vitality: Issues in osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration

T. Aigner;H. A. Kim

244
Citations
Reexpression of type IIA procollagen by adult articular chondrocytes in osteoarthritic cartilage.

Thomas Aigner;Yong Zhu;Howard H. Chansky;Frederick A. Matsen

231
Citations
Choice behavior in rhesus monkeys: cocaine versus food

Thomas G. Aigner;Robert L. Balster

215
Citations