Alejandro Villarreal

1.3k total citations
27 papers, 969 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Villarreal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Villarreal has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 969 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Villarreal's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (4 papers). Alejandro Villarreal is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (4 papers). Alejandro Villarreal collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, Germany and United States. Alejandro Villarreal's co-authors include Alberto Javier Ramos, María Florencia Angelo, Verónica Murta, Jerónimo Lukin, Analı́a Reinés, Tanja Vogel, Alberto Lazarowski, Hugo Rı́os, Thierry Roger and Philip A. Barker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Villarreal

25 papers receiving 953 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Villarreal Argentina 16 348 286 161 159 151 27 969
Chen Xu Wang Canada 18 387 1.1× 421 1.5× 226 1.4× 206 1.3× 120 0.8× 27 1.3k
Byoung‐Soo Shin South Korea 16 341 1.0× 237 0.8× 166 1.0× 246 1.5× 78 0.5× 79 976
Eridan Rocha‐Ferreira United Kingdom 22 308 0.9× 199 0.7× 120 0.7× 102 0.6× 85 0.6× 39 1.2k
Lee A. Shapiro United States 15 290 0.8× 156 0.5× 207 1.3× 174 1.1× 76 0.5× 26 835
Saeid Taheri United States 17 301 0.9× 603 2.1× 300 1.9× 162 1.0× 213 1.4× 42 1.5k
Shotaro Michinaga Japan 17 345 1.0× 358 1.3× 270 1.7× 124 0.8× 115 0.8× 35 966
Eunhee Kim United States 21 431 1.2× 660 2.3× 181 1.1× 156 1.0× 224 1.5× 37 1.4k
David P Buennagel United States 3 267 0.8× 581 2.0× 183 1.1× 138 0.9× 416 2.8× 6 1.1k
Maricarmen Pachicano United States 4 288 0.8× 652 2.3× 197 1.2× 148 0.9× 483 3.2× 6 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Villarreal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Villarreal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Villarreal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Villarreal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Villarreal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Villarreal. Alejandro Villarreal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Villarreal, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Pathological remodeling of reactive astrocytes: Involvement of DNA methylation and downregulation of homeostatic genes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(9). 2935–2955. 9 indexed citations
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Izzo, Annalisa, Stefanie Heidrich, Alejandro Villarreal, et al.. (2023). Multimodal epigenetic changes and altered NEUROD1 chromatin binding in the mouse hippocampus underlie FOXG1 syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(2). e2122467120–e2122467120. 9 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Progression of reactive gliosis and astroglial phenotypic changes following stab wound‐induced traumatic brain injury in mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(2). 183–203. 9 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, Teresa Pélissier, Marı́a Florencia Coronel, et al.. (2021). Intrathecal Administration of an Anti‐nociceptive Non-CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide Reduces Glial Activation and Central Sensitization. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 16(4). 818–834. 5 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). Pathological Neuroinflammatory Conversion of Reactive Astrocytes Is Induced by Microglia and Involves Chromatin Remodeling. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 689346–689346. 28 indexed citations
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Murta, Verónica, Alejandro Villarreal, & Alberto Javier Ramos. (2020). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Impact on the Central Nervous System: Are Astrocytes and Microglia Main Players or Merely Bystanders?. ASN NEURO. 12(1). 1665532240–1665532240. 70 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, Henriette Franz, & Tanja Vogel. (2018). Histone methylations in the developing central nervous system and in neural tube defects. FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg). 24(2). A85–A94.
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Weise, Stefan, Alejandro Villarreal, Stefanie Heidrich, et al.. (2018). TGFβ-Signaling and FOXG1-Expression Are a Hallmark of Astrocyte Lineage Diversity in the Murine Ventral and Dorsal Forebrain. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12. 448–448. 8 indexed citations
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Weise, Stefan, G Arumugam, Alejandro Villarreal, et al.. (2018). FOXG1 Regulates PRKAR2B Transcriptionally and Posttranscriptionally via miR200 in the Adult Hippocampus. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(7). 5188–5201. 13 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, et al.. (2016). Isolation and Characterization of Ischemia-Derived Astrocytes (IDAs) with Ability to Transactivate Quiescent Astrocytes. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 10. 139–139. 26 indexed citations
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Angelo, María Florencia, Alejandro Villarreal, Jerónimo Lukin, et al.. (2014). The Proinflammatory RAGE/NF-κB Pathway Is Involved in Neuronal Damage and Reactive Gliosis in a Model of Sleep Apnea by Intermittent Hypoxia. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107901–e107901. 40 indexed citations
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Angelo, María Florencia, et al.. (2013). Gabapentin Administration Reduces Reactive Gliosis and Neurodegeneration after Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78516–e78516. 51 indexed citations
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Alaimo, Agustina, et al.. (2013). Manganese induces mitochondrial dynamics impairment and apoptotic cell death: A study in human Gli36 cells. Neuroscience Letters. 554. 76–81. 31 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Alejandro, et al.. (2011). S100B alters neuronal survival and dendrite extension via RAGE‐mediated NF‐κB signaling. Journal of Neurochemistry. 117(2). 321–332. 87 indexed citations
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Angelo, María Florencia, et al.. (2009). p75NTR Expression is induced in isolated neurons of the penumbra after ischemia by cortical devascularization. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 87(8). 1892–1903. 27 indexed citations
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Angelo, María Florencia, et al.. (2009). Intermittent hypoxia during sleep induces reactive gliosis and limited neuronal death in rats: implications for sleep apnea. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112(4). 854–869. 90 indexed citations
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Desmarais, Michel C., Alejandro Villarreal, & Michel Gagnon. (2008). Adaptive Test Design with a Naive Bayes Framework.. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 48–56. 3 indexed citations
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Jerjes‐Sánchez, Carlos, Alicia Ramírez‐Rivera, José Elizalde, et al.. (1996). Intrapleural Fibrinolysis With Streptokinase as an Adjunctive Treatment in Hemothorax and Empyema. CHEST Journal. 109(6). 1514–1519. 123 indexed citations

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