Alfonso Blanco

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alfonso Blanco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfonso Blanco has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alfonso Blanco's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). Alfonso Blanco is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). Alfonso Blanco collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Spain and United States. Alfonso Blanco's co-authors include Margaret M. Mc Gee, Kieran Brennan, Yunjie Wu, Katrin Martin, Ciarán Richardson, Jeff O’Sullivan, S. P. Fitzgerald, Mark Keating, Hugh J. Byrne and Franck Bonnier and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Alfonso Blanco

46 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

A comparison of methods for the isolation and separation of extracellular vesicles from protein and lipid particles in human serum

2020 641 citations Kieran Brennan, Katrin Martin et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfonso Blanco Ireland	18	1.2k	430	262	197	113	47	1.7k
Linfeng Huang China	19	1.3k 1.2×	519 1.2×	151 0.6×	129 0.7×	110 1.0×	44	1.8k
Tianyu Zhong China	25	1.3k 1.1×	671 1.6×	276 1.1×	200 1.0×	155 1.4×	111	2.3k
Guansong Wang China	28	1.4k 1.2×	246 0.6×	224 0.9×	246 1.2×	125 1.1×	109	2.2k
Antonella Bongiovanni Italy	22	990 0.9×	261 0.6×	123 0.5×	260 1.3×	95 0.8×	50	1.5k
Han Wang China	23	1.0k 0.9×	566 1.3×	98 0.4×	124 0.6×	141 1.2×	113	1.7k
Ilkka Miinalainen Finland	28	1.4k 1.2×	455 1.1×	142 0.5×	134 0.7×	186 1.6×	85	2.1k
Krizia Sagini Italy	18	1.5k 1.3×	692 1.6×	223 0.9×	266 1.4×	63 0.6×	40	2.0k
Zheng Zeng China	20	1.1k 1.0×	519 1.2×	110 0.4×	137 0.7×	127 1.1×	96	1.9k
Dominique Bihan United Kingdom	29	825 0.7×	392 0.9×	177 0.7×	255 1.3×	340 3.0×	56	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfonso Blanco

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Doyle, Laura V., Kieran Wynne, Alfonso Blanco, et al.. (2025). The fibrin-derived peptide FX06 protects human pulmonary endothelial cells against the COVID-19-triggered cytokine storm. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1591860–1591860.

Miranda-CasoLuengo, Raúl, et al.. (2024). The N-terminal domain is required for cell surface localisation of VapA, a member of the Vap family of Rhodococcus equi virulence proteins. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0298900–e0298900. 2 indexed citations

Strowitzki, Moritz J., Stephen Fitzsimons, Ilona Uzielienè, et al.. (2022). Carbon Dioxide Sensing by Immune Cells Occurs through Carbonic Anhydrase 2–Dependent Changes in Intracellular pH. The Journal of Immunology. 208(10). 2363–2375. 14 indexed citations

Weiß, Luisa, John F. Keaney, Paulina B. Szklanna, et al.. (2021). Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients anticoagulated with rivaroxaban compared with warfarin exhibit reduced circulating extracellular vesicles with attenuated pro‐inflammatory protein signatures. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19(10). 2583–2595. 10 indexed citations

Tomás‐Cortázar, Julen, Catherine J. Reynolds, David K. Butler, et al.. (2021). BpOmpW Antigen Stimulates the Necessary Protective T-Cell Responses Against Melioidosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 767359–767359. 12 indexed citations

Strowitzki, Moritz J., Praveen Radhakrishnan, Jonathan M. Harnoss, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of HIF-prolyl hydroxylases improves healing of intestinal anastomoses. JCI Insight. 6(8). 14 indexed citations

Nováček, Vít, David Matallanas, Alfonso Blanco, et al.. (2020). Accurate prediction of kinase-substrate networks using knowledge graphs. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(12). e1007578–e1007578. 17 indexed citations

Blanco, Alfonso, et al.. (2020). Fasciola hepatica products can alter the response of bovine immune cells to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Parasite Immunology. 42(11). e12779–e12779. 5 indexed citations

Brennan, Kieran, Katrin Martin, S. P. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2020). A comparison of methods for the isolation and separation of extracellular vesicles from protein and lipid particles in human serum. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1039–1039. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schaible, Bettina, Eric J. Brown, Carsten C. Scholz, et al.. (2019). Hydroxylase Inhibition Selectively Induces Cell Death in Monocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 202(5). 1521–1530. 7 indexed citations

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Olszewska, Diana A., Gregory M. Pastores, Kevin J. Murphy, et al.. (2019). Autosomal Dominant Gene Negative Frontotemporal Dementia-Think of SCA17. The Cerebellum. 18(3). 654–658. 11 indexed citations

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Grille, Sofía, Marcelo Iastrebner, Irene Lorand‐Metze, et al.. (2019). Flow cytometry diagnosis in myelodysplastic syndrome: Current practice in Latin America and comparison with other regions of the world. Leukemia Research. 79. 69–74. 4 indexed citations

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Varela-Eirín, Marta, Carlos Luis Paı́no, Virginia Mato‐Abad, et al.. (2018). Targeting of chondrocyte plasticity via connexin43 modulation attenuates cellular senescence and fosters a pro-regenerative environment in osteoarthritis. Cell Death and Disease. 9(12). 1166–1166. 82 indexed citations

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Hanlon, Killian S., Naomi Chadderton, Arpad Palfi, et al.. (2017). A Novel Retinal Ganglion Cell Promoter for Utility in AAV Vectors. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 521–521. 24 indexed citations

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Glaviano, Antonino, Andrew J. H. Smith, Alfonso Blanco, et al.. (2016). A method for isolation of cone photoreceptors from adult zebrafish retinae. BMC Neuroscience. 17(1). 71–71. 6 indexed citations

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Onwuneme, Chike, et al.. (2015). Vitamin D enhances reactive oxygen intermediates production in phagocytic cells in term and preterm infants. Pediatric Research. 79(4). 654–661. 12 indexed citations

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Blanco, Alfonso, et al.. (2012). Enhancement of BODIPY505/515 lipid fluorescence method for applications in biofuel-directed microalgae production. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 90(2). 137–143. 53 indexed citations

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Palfi, Arpad, Naomi Chadderton, Alfonso Blanco, et al.. (2012). Efficacy of Codelivery of Dual AAV2/5 Vectors in the Murine Retina and Hippocampus. Human Gene Therapy. 23(8). 847–858. 30 indexed citations

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McBean, Gethin J., et al.. (2010). A flow‐cytometric method for continuous measurement of intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration. Cytometry Part A. 77A(11). 1091–1097. 44 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Niamh C., Naomi Chadderton, Arpad Palfi, et al.. (2009). AAV‐mediated chronic over‐expression of SNAP‐25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory‐associated synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112(4). 991–1004. 35 indexed citations

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