Alex G. Cuenca

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Alex G. Cuenca is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex G. Cuenca has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Alex G. Cuenca's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (18 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (8 papers). Alex G. Cuenca is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (18 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (8 papers). Alex G. Cuenca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Alex G. Cuenca's co-authors include Lyle L. Moldawer, Philip A. Efron, Matthew J. Delano, Lori F. Gentile, Frederick A. Moore, Kindra M. Kelly‐Scumpia, Azra Bihorac, Philip O. Scumpia, Bruce A. McKinley and Darwin Ang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Alex G. Cuenca

65 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Persistent inflammation and immunosuppression

2012 552 citations Lori F. Gentile, Alex G. Cuenca et al. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care profile →

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Matthew J. Delano United States

Warren L. Lee Canada

C. Erik Hack Netherlands

Ralf Schindler Germany

Chun‐Shiang Chung United States

Andreas Spittler Austria

Matthias Kochanek Germany

H. P. Friedl United States

Kent J. Johnson United States

Asada Leelahavanichkul Thailand

Matthew J. Delano United States

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304 ×0.6

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533 ×1.1

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex G. Cuenca

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Fattori, Victor, et al.. (2025). Adjuvant conditioning enhances neutrophil function while inducing a suppressive peritoneal macrophage phenotype. The Journal of Immunology. 214(12). 3604–3617.

Al‐Ibraheemi, Alyaa, et al.. (2024). Early Graft Loss With Suspected Seventh‐Day Syndrome Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation. 28(5). e14818–e14818.

Staffa, Steven J., et al.. (2024). Effect of citizenship status on access to pediatric liver and kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(10). 1868–1880.

Ge, Jifu, Ivy A. Rosales, Kashish Chetal, et al.. (2023). Intragraft B cell differentiation during the development of tolerance to kidney allografts is associated with a regulatory B cell signature revealed by single cell transcriptomics. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(9). 1319–1330. 12 indexed citations

Kastenberg, Zachary J., Reto M. Baertschiger, Alex G. Cuenca, et al.. (2023). Critical elements of pediatric liver cancer surgery. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 32(5). 151340–151340. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Functional side-to-side splenorenal shunts to treat extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis in children. The American Journal of Surgery. 224(1). 530–534.

Cuenca, Alex G., Ivy A. Rosales, Richard J. Lee, et al.. (2020). Resolution of a High Grade and Metastatic BK Polyomavirus-Associated Urothelial Cell Carcinoma Following Radical Allograft Nephroureterectomy and Immune Checkpoint Treatment: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings. 52(9). 2720–2725. 4 indexed citations

Vanzant, Erin, Tezcan Ozrazgat‐Baslanti, Huazhi Liu, et al.. (2015). Clostridium difficile Infections after Blunt Trauma: A Different Patient Population?. Surgical Infections. 16(4). 421–427. 4 indexed citations

Gentile, Lori F., Dina C. Nacionales, María López, et al.. (2014). A Better Understanding of Why Murine Models of Trauma Do Not Recapitulate the Human Syndrome*. Critical Care Medicine. 42(6). 1406–1413. 34 indexed citations

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Gentile, Lori F., Dina C. Nacionales, M. Cecilia López, et al.. (2014). Host Responses to Sepsis Vary in Different Low-Lethality Murine Models. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e94404–e94404. 37 indexed citations

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Vanzant, Erin, Cecilia M. López, Tezcan Ozrazgat‐Baslanti, et al.. (2013). Persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome after severe blunt trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 76(1). 21–30. 119 indexed citations

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Cuenca, Alex G., Lori F. Gentile, María López, et al.. (2013). Development of a Genomic Metric That Can Be Rapidly Used to Predict Clinical Outcome in Severely Injured Trauma Patients*. Critical Care Medicine. 41(5). 1175–1185. 74 indexed citations

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Bihorac, Azra, Tezcan Ozrazgat Baslanti, Alex G. Cuenca, et al.. (2013). Acute kidney injury is associated with early cytokine changes after trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 74(4). 1005–1013. 51 indexed citations

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Gentile, Lori F., Alex G. Cuenca, Erin Vanzant, et al.. (2013). Is there value in plasma cytokine measurements in patients with severe trauma and sepsis?. Methods. 61(1). 3–9. 48 indexed citations

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Nacionales, Dina C., Alex G. Cuenca, Ricardo Ungaro, et al.. (2012). The Acute Immunological Response to Blood Transfusion Is Influenced by Polymicrobial Sepsis. Shock. 38(6). 598–606. 7 indexed citations

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Efron, Philip A., Huazhi Liu, Lawrence Lottenberg, et al.. (2012). A genomic analysis of Clostridium difficile infections in blunt trauma patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 74(1). 334–338. 5 indexed citations

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Winfield, Robert D., Matthew J. Delano, Alex G. Cuenca, et al.. (2012). Obese Patients Show a Depressed Cytokine Profile Following Severe Blunt Injury. Shock. 37(3). 253–256. 23 indexed citations

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Kelly‐Scumpia, Kindra M., Philip O. Scumpia, Matthew J. Delano, et al.. (2010). Type I interferon signaling in hematopoietic cells is required for survival in mouse polymicrobial sepsis by regulating CXCL10. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 207(2). 319–326. 98 indexed citations

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Peter, Shawn D. St., Susan W. Sharp, Saleem Islam, et al.. (2009). Diminishing role of contrast enema in simple meconium ileus. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 44(11). 2130–2132. 28 indexed citations

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Cuenca, Alex G. & Elizabeth A. Beierle. (2007). Pulmonary surgery in cystic fibrosis. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 17(1). 60–65. 3 indexed citations

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