Aleksandra Deczkowska

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Aleksandra Deczkowska is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Aleksandra Deczkowska has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Neurology, 8 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Aleksandra Deczkowska's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (6 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). Aleksandra Deczkowska is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (6 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). Aleksandra Deczkowska collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Aleksandra Deczkowska's co-authors include Michal Schwartz, Ido Amit, Assaf Weiner, Kuti Baruch, Marco Colonna, Hadas Keren‐Shaul, Alexander Kertser, Eyal David, Neta Rosenzweig and Afroditi Tsitsou-Kampeli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aleksandra Deczkowska

23 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Disease-Associated Microglia: A Universal Immune Sensor of Neurodegeneration

2018 879 citations Aleksandra Deczkowska, Hadas Keren‐Shaul et al. Cell profile →
The Physiology, Pathology, and Potential Therapeutic Applications of the TREM2 Signaling Pathway

2020 370 citations Aleksandra Deczkowska, Assaf Weiner et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aleksandra Deczkowska Israel	17	2.3k	1.4k	1.0k	871	707	23	3.8k
Jun Kawanokuchi Japan	34	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	791 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	376 0.5×	51	4.4k
Roman Sankowski Germany	20	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	646 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	373 0.5×	44	3.9k
Alon Monsonego Israel	30	1.6k 0.7×	840 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	825 0.9×	598 0.8×	74	3.4k
Seija Lehnardt Germany	29	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	463 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	249 0.4×	49	4.6k
Eugene D. Ponomarev Hong Kong	31	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	541 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	278 0.4×	53	4.8k
Yoshifumi Sonobe Japan	30	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	643 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	299 0.4×	44	3.4k
Barry W. McColl United Kingdom	34	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	494 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	242 0.3×	61	4.1k
David Gate United States	21	1.0k 0.4×	652 0.5×	953 0.9×	817 0.9×	358 0.5×	39	2.7k
Kuti Baruch Israel	20	4.3k 1.9×	2.0k 1.5×	2.0k 2.0×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.7×	26	6.1k
Sunhee C. Lee United States	20	1.4k 0.6×	952 0.7×	561 0.6×	826 0.9×	216 0.3×	22	3.2k

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Benoıst, Christophe, Staci D. Bilbo, Lisa M. Boulanger, et al.. (2025). Systems neuroimmunology: current bottlenecks, research priorities and future directions. Nature Immunology. 26(3). 325–329. 4 indexed citations

Kovacs, Mariángeles, et al.. (2025). Immune control of brain physiology. Nature reviews. Immunology. 25(7). 515–527. 3 indexed citations

Cohen, Merav, Amir Giladi, Oren Barboy, et al.. (2022). The interaction of CD4+ helper T cells with dendritic cells shapes the tumor microenvironment and immune checkpoint blockade response. Nature Cancer. 3(3). 303–317. 117 indexed citations

Travier, Laetitia, et al.. (2022). Microbial and immune factors regulate brain maintenance and aging. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 76. 102607–102607. 4 indexed citations

Schmutz, Sandrine, et al.. (2022). Isolation and Characterization of the Immune Cells from Micro-dissected Mouse Choroid Plexuses. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Merav, Amir Giladi, Catarina Rapôso, et al.. (2020). Meningeal lymphoid structures are activated under acute and chronic spinal cord pathologies. Life Science Alliance. 4(1). e202000907–e202000907. 23 indexed citations

Deczkowska, Aleksandra, Assaf Weiner, & Ido Amit. (2020). The Physiology, Pathology, and Potential Therapeutic Applications of the TREM2 Signaling Pathway. Cell. 181(6). 1207–1217. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

Bost, Pierre, Amir Giladi, Yang Liu, et al.. (2020). Host-Viral Infection Maps Reveal Signatures of Severe COVID-19 Patients. Cell. 181(7). 1475–1488.e12. 307 indexed citations

Kertser, Alexander, Kuti Baruch, Aleksandra Deczkowska, et al.. (2019). Corticosteroid signaling at the brain-immune interface impedes coping with severe psychological stress. Science Advances. 5(5). eaav4111–eaav4111. 32 indexed citations

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Deczkowska, Aleksandra, Hadas Keren‐Shaul, Assaf Weiner, et al.. (2018). Disease-Associated Microglia: A Universal Immune Sensor of Neurodegeneration. Cell. 173(5). 1073–1081. 879 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deczkowska, Aleksandra & Michal Schwartz. (2018). Targeting neuro–immune communication in neurodegeneration: Challenges and opportunities. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(11). 2702–2704. 21 indexed citations

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Deczkowska, Aleksandra, Orit Matcovitch-Natan, Afroditi Tsitsou-Kampeli, et al.. (2017). Mef2C restrains microglial inflammatory response and is lost in brain ageing in an IFN-I-dependent manner. Nature Communications. 8(1). 717–717. 169 indexed citations

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Deczkowska, Aleksandra, Kuti Baruch, & Michal Schwartz. (2016). Type I/II Interferon Balance in the Regulation of Brain Physiology and Pathology. Trends in Immunology. 37(3). 181–192. 91 indexed citations

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Baruch, Kuti, Aleksandra Deczkowska, Neta Rosenzweig, et al.. (2016). PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade reduces pathology and improves memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Nature Medicine. 22(2). 135–137. 291 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal & Aleksandra Deczkowska. (2016). Neurological Disease as a Failure of Brain–Immune Crosstalk: The Multiple Faces of Neuroinflammation. Trends in Immunology. 37(10). 668–679. 181 indexed citations

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Baruch, Kuti, Neta Rosenzweig, Alexander Kertser, et al.. (2015). Breaking immune tolerance by targeting Foxp3+ regulatory T cells mitigates Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7967–7967. 366 indexed citations

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Wen, Jing, Jessica Doerner, Karen M. Weidenheim, et al.. (2015). TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis promotes blood brain barrier disruption and increases neuronal cell death in MRL/lpr mice. Journal of Autoimmunity. 60. 40–50. 82 indexed citations

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Baruch, Kuti, Aleksandra Deczkowska, Eyal David, et al.. (2014). Aging-induced type I interferon response at the choroid plexus negatively affects brain function. Science. 346(6205). 89–93. 432 indexed citations

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Shifrut, Eric, Kuti Baruch, Hilah Gal, et al.. (2013). CD4+ T Cell-Receptor Repertoire Diversity is Compromised in the Spleen but Not in the Bone Marrow of Aged Mice Due to Private and Sporadic Clonal Expansions. Frontiers in Immunology. 4. 379–379. 27 indexed citations

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Baruch, Kuti, Noga Ron‐Harel, Hilah Gal, et al.. (2013). CNS-specific immunity at the choroid plexus shifts toward destructive Th2 inflammation in brain aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(6). 2264–2269. 234 indexed citations

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