Robert Bals

30.1k citations
393 papers · 15.8k · 6 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Papers in

    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research 88
    • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research 36
    • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms 31
    • Immune Response and Inflammation 33

Robert Bals

361 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Robert Bals's Hit Papers

Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment 2020 · 802 citations
8020+9+18Years since publication250500750

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Robert Bals
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
  • Microbiology 5.2k
  • Emergency Medical Services 1.6k
  • Immunology 4.7k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2.9k
  • Cancer Research 991
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Bals, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Severe COVID-19 Is Marked by a Dysregulated Myeloid Cell Compartment
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2020802
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An angiogenic role for the human peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18
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2003736
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Toll-like receptor expression reveals CpG DNA as a unique microbial stimulus for plasmacytoid dendritic cells which synergizes with CD40 ligand to induce high amounts of IL-12
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2001648
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The peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 is expressed in epithelia of the human lung where it has broad antimicrobial activity at the airway surface
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1998635
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Human beta-defensin 2 is a salt-sensitive peptide antibiotic expressed in human lung.
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1998506
6 2004449
7 2001413
8 2000404
9 2003374
10 2001361
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The innate immune function of airway epithelial cells in inflammatory lung disease
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2015319
12 2011275
13 2003273
14 1999261
15 2005225
16 2002218
17 2002190
18 1999175
19 2011175
20 1999171

About Robert Bals

Robert Bals is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Emergency Medical Services, having authored 393 papers that have together received 15.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (88 papers), Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (53 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (50 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (37 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (36 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (33 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (32 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (5.2k citations), Emergency Medical Services (1.6k citations), Immunology (4.7k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.9k citations) and Cancer Research (991 citations). Robert Bals has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include James M. Wilson, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Christoph Beißwenger, Claus Vogelmeier, Christian Herr, Andreas Rembert Koczulla, Daniel J. Weiner, Michael Zasloff, Renat Shaykhiev and Xiaorong Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Respiratory Research, European Respiratory Journal, Respiratory Medicine, International Journal of COPD and ASAIO Journal.

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