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D-Index
70
Citations
17753
World Ranking
2416
National Ranking
167

Thomas H. Winkler 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 Thomas H. Winkler sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 248 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas H. Winkler 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 Thomas H. Winkler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas H. Winkler is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their research spans multiple subfields including immunology, hematology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and genetics.

The primary focus areas of Winkler's work include T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, acute myeloid leukemia research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy research, and immunotherapy and immune responses.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Winkler are:

  • Katharina Habenicht
  • Andréas Mackensen
  • Georg Schett
  • Matthias Tenbusch
  • Simon Schäfer

Winkler regularly publishes in a range of scientific journals and has a notable presence in the following venues:

  • Blood
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Winkler include:

  • Anti-CD19 CAR T cell therapy for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Disease - A Case Series with Follow-up (2024, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Germinal center B cells selectively oxidize fatty acids for energy while conducting minimal glycolysis (2020, Nature Immunology)
  • Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination (2022, Science Immunology)
  • SARS-CoV-2 in severe COVID-19 induces a TGF-β-dominated chronic immune response that does not target itself (2021, Nature Communications)

Throughout their career, Thomas H. Winkler has contributed to a substantial body of work encompassing more than 142 publications in medicine and 70 in immunology and microbiology. Their research on immune mechanisms and therapeutic interventions is reflected in numerous papers on CAR-T cell therapy and immune responses to infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib depletes plasma cells and protects mice with lupus-like disease from nephritis.

    Kirsten Neubert;Silke Meister;Katrin Moser;Florian Weisel

  • Eltrombopag Added to Standard Immunosuppression for Aplastic Anemia.

    Danielle M. Townsley;Phillip Scheinberg;Thomas Winkler;Ronan Desmond

  • Down-regulation of RAG1 and RAG2 gene expression in preB cells after functional immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement.

    Ulf Grawunder;Thomas M.J. Leu;David G. Schatz;Annick Werner

  • Specific inhibition of bcr-abl gene expression by small interfering RNA

    Michaela Scherr;Michaela Scherr;Karin Battmer;Karin Battmer;Thomas Winkler;Thomas Winkler;Olaf Heidenreich;Olaf Heidenreich

  • The BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase induces production of reactive oxygen species in hematopoietic cells

    Martin Sattler;Shalini Verma;Gautam Shrikhande;Christopher H. Byrne

  • Tetracycline repressor, tetR, rather than the tetR-mammalian cell transcription factor fusion derivatives, regulates inducible gene expression in mammalian cells.

    Feng Yao;Tor Svensjö;Thomas Winkler;Michael Lu

  • IL-2 receptor alpha chain (CD25, TAC) expression defines a crucial stage in pre-B cell development.

    Antonius Rolink;Ulf Grawunder;Thomas H. Winkler;Hajime Karasuyama

  • Clearance deficiency and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

    Udo S. Gaipl;Luis E. Munoz;Gerhard Grossmayer;Kirsten Lauber

  • Regulation of autoantibody activity by the IL-23-T H 17 axis determines the onset of autoimmune disease.

    René Pfeifle;Tobias Rothe;Natacha Ipseiz;Hans U Scherer

  • Analysis of immunoglobulin variable region genes from human IgG anti-DNA hybridomas.

    Thomas H. Winkler;Holger Fehr;Joachim R. Kalden

  • Positive and negative selection events during B lymphopoiesis.

    Fritz Melchers;Antonius Rolink;Ulf Grawunder;Thomas H Winkler

  • Human IgG anti-DNA antibodies deposit in kidneys and induce proteinuria in SCID mice.

    Michael R. Ehrenstein;David R. Katz;Meryl H. Griffiths;Lucienne Papadaki

  • Germinal center B cells selectively oxidize fatty acids for energy while conducting minimal glycolysis

    Florian J. Weisel;Steven J. Mullett;Rebecca A. Elsner;Ashley V. Menk

  • LSECtin interacts with filovirus glycoproteins and the spike protein of SARS coronavirus.

    Thomas Gramberg;Heike Hofmann;Peggy Möller;Patricia F. Lalor

  • Etiopathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Martin Herrmann;Thomas Winkler;Udo Gaipl;Hanns-Martin Lorenz

  • Precursor B cell receptor-dependent B cell proliferation and differentiation does not require the bone marrow or fetal liver environment.

    Antonius G. Rolink;Thomas Winkler;Fritz Melchers;Jan Andersson

  • The evolution of human anti-double-stranded DNA autoantibodies

    Ute Wellmann;Miriam Letz;Martin Herrmann;Sieglinde Angermüller

  • IFN-γ drives inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis through VE-cadherin–directed vascular barrier disruption

    Victoria Langer;Eugenia Vivi;Daniela Regensburger;Thomas H. Winkler

  • Siglec-G is a B1 cell–inhibitory receptor that controls expansion and calcium signaling of the B1 cell population

    Anja Hoffmann;Sheena Kerr;Julia Jellusova;Jiquan Zhang

  • Etiopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

    Martin Herrmann;Reinhard E Voll;Joachim R Kalden

  • Role of apoptosis in autoimmunity.

    H M Lorenz;M Herrmann;T Winkler;U Gaipl

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Mach
Michael Mach University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Fritz Melchers
Fritz Melchers Leibniz Association
Martin Herrmann
Martin Herrmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Joachim R. Kalden
Joachim R. Kalden University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lars Nitschke
Lars Nitschke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Heinrich Sticht
Heinrich Sticht University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Antonius Rolink
Antonius Rolink University of Basel
Reinhard E. Voll
Reinhard E. Voll University of Freiburg
Andreas Mackensen
Andreas Mackensen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Hans-Martin Jäck
Hans-Martin Jäck University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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