Author

Peter A. Bretscher

Observed names: Bretscher, Peter, Bretscher, Peter 1956-, Bretscher, Peter A, P A Bretscher, P Bretscher, P. A. BRETSCHER, P. A. Bretscher, P. Bretscher, P.A. Bretscher, PETER A. BRETSCHER, PETER BRETSCHER, Peter A Bretscher, Peter Alan Bretscher, Peter Bretscher, Peter A. Bretscher, Peter A. Bretscher

Observed institutions: Australian National University, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Alberta, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Austin Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, University College London, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, University of Pennsylvania

ORCID: 0000-0002-9156-9846

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-9156-9846

OpenAlex ID: A5076529012

A Theory of Self-Nonself Discrimination

1970 · Peter Bretscher, Melvin Cohn · Science · 1,692

Establishment of Stable, Cell-Mediated Immunity that Makes "Susceptible" Mice Resistant to Leishmania major

1992 · Peter A. Bretscher, Guojian Wei, et al. · Science · 499

A two-step, two-signal model for the primary activation of precursor helper T cells

1999 · Peter A. Bretscher · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 386

The two-signal model of lymphocyte activation twenty-one years later

1992 · Peter Bretscher · Immunology Today · 229

A Strategy for Prophylactic Vaccination Against HIV

1993 · Jonas Salk, Peter A. Bretscher, et al. · Science · 199

Mycobacterial Dose Defines the Th1/Th2 Nature of the Immune Response Independently of Whether Immunization Is Administered by the Intravenous, Subcutaneous, or Intradermal Route

1998 · Carl A. Power, Guojian Wei, et al. · Infection and Immunity · 187

Immune Elimination of Leishmania major in Mice: Implications for Immune Memory, Vaccination, and Reactivation Disease

2001 · Jude E Uzonna, Guojian Wei, et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 181

Minimal Model for the Mechanism of Antibody Induction and Paralysis by Antigen

1968 · P. A. BRETSCHER, M. COHN · Nature · 159

Regulation of the immune response. I. Suppression of delayed‐type hypersensitivity by T cells from mice expressing humoral immunity

1976 · I. A. Ramshaw, P. A. Bretscher, et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 136

Parasite dose determines the Th1/Th2 nature of the response toLeishmania major independently of infection route and strain of host or parasite

1998 · Juthika N. Menon, Peter A. Bretscher · European Journal of Immunology · 114

On the control between cell-mediated, IgM and IgG immunity

1974 · Peter A. Bretscher · Cellular Immunology · 111

A strategy to improve the efficacy of vaccination against tuberculosis and leprosy

1992 · Peter A Bretscher · Immunology Today · 106

On the Mechanism Determining the Th1/Th2 Phenotype of an Immune Response, and its Pertinence to Strategies for the Prevention, and Treatment, of Certain Infectious Diseases

2014 · P. A. Bretscher · Scandinavian Journal of Immunology · 98

Discrimination of suppressor T cells of humoral and cell-mediated immunity by anti-Ly and anti-Ia sera

1977 · Ian A. Ramshaw, Ian F.C. McKenzie, et al. · Cellular Immunology · 81

A valid ELISPOT assay for enumeration of ex vivo, antigen-specific, IFNγ-producing T cells

1999 · Carl A Power, Cory L Grand, et al. · Journal of Immunological Methods · 77

Regulation of the immune response II. Repressor T cells in cyclophosphamide‐induced tolerant mice

1977 · I.A. Ramshav, P.A. Bretscher, et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 72

T cells cooperating in the induction of delayed-type hypersensitivity act via the linked recognition of antigenic determinants.

1982 · M J Tucker, P A Bretscher · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 68

Characterization of the immunological memory state generated in mice susceptible to Leishmania major following exposure to low doses of L. major and resulting in resistance to a normally pathogenic challenge

1996 · Juthika N. Menon, Peter A. Bretscher · European Journal of Immunology · 65

Hypothesis: A model for generalised autoimmunity

1973 · Peter Bretscher · Cellular Immunology · 54

On Analyzing How the Th1/Th2 Phenotype of an Immune Response Is Determined: Classical Observations Must Not Be Ignored

2019 · Peter Bretscher · Frontiers in Immunology · 52

The Th1/Th2 Nature of Concurrent Immune Responses to Unrelated Antigens Can Be Independent

1999 · Nahed Ismail, Peter A Bretscher · The Journal of Immunology · 50

The Control of Humoral and Associative Antibody Synthesis

1972 · Peter Bretscher · Immunological Reviews · 50

Distinct Immunity in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis from that in Subclinically Infected and Drug‐Cured People: Implications for the Mechanism Underlying Drug Cure

2001 · Asrat Hailu, Juthika N. Menon, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 48

Different immune correlates associated with tumor progression and regression: implications for prevention and treatment of cancer

2008 · Duane H. Hamilton, Peter A. Bretscher · Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy · 45

Anti-IL-4 antibody therapy causes regression of chronic lesions caused by medium-dose Leishmania major infection in BALB/c mice

2001 · Jude E. Uzonna, Peter A. Bretscher · European Journal of Immunology · 42

Works count: 138

Citation count: 5,742

H-index: 31

I10-index: 60