Astrid E. Cardona

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Astrid E. Cardona is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Astrid E. Cardona has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Neurology, 38 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Astrid E. Cardona's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (45 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (18 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (16 papers). Astrid E. Cardona is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (45 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (18 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (16 papers). Astrid E. Cardona collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and Spain. Astrid E. Cardona's co-authors include Richard M. Ransohoff, Bruce T. Lamb, Sandra M. Cardona, Kiran Bhaskar, Olga N. Kokiko‐Cochran, Andrew S. Mendiola, Margaret E Sasse, Guixiang Xu, Makiko Mizutani and Paula A. Pino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Astrid E. Cardona

60 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Control of microglial neurotoxicity by the fractalkine receptor

2006 1.2k citations Astrid E. Cardona, Sandra M. Cardona et al. profile →
The myeloid cells of the central nervous system parenchyma

2010 622 citations Richard M. Ransohoff, Astrid E. Cardona profile →
Reactive microglia drive tau pathology and contribute to the spreading of pathological tau in the brain

2015 423 citations Nicole Maphis, Guixiang Xu et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Astrid E. Cardona United States	34	4.1k	2.4k	1.4k	1.2k	766	64	6.5k
Bart J. L. Eggen Netherlands	46	3.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	917 1.2×	144	7.5k
Sunhee C. Lee United States	50	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.7×	936 1.2×	92	7.2k
Richard M. Ransohoff United States	30	4.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	60	8.7k
Craig S. Moore Canada	37	3.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	836 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	711 0.9×	94	7.5k
Gabriela Constantin Italy	40	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	2.8k 2.3×	826 1.1×	93	7.7k
Laura Piccio United States	39	2.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	305 0.4×	96	6.4k
Jun Kawanokuchi Japan	34	2.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	791 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	837 1.1×	51	4.4k
Lu Zhou China	25	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	822 0.6×	2.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.5×	68	6.4k
Thomas Möller United States	50	4.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	2.9k 2.4×	2.0k 2.6×	100	8.9k
Yoshinori Imai Japan	34	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	59	6.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cardona, Sandra M., Difernando Vanegas, Ahmed Elsheikh, et al.. (2025). CX3CR1–Fractalkine Dysregulation Affects Retinal GFAP Expression, Inflammatory Gene Induction, and LPS Response in a Mouse Model of Hypoxic Retinopathy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(3). 1131–1131.

Cardona, Astrid E., et al.. (2024). Roles in Innate Immunity. Advances in neurobiology. 37. 263–286. 1 indexed citations

Mendiola, Andrew S., Difernando Vanegas, Sandra M. Cardona, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological depletion of microglia alleviates neuronal and vascular damage in the diabetic CX3CR1-WT retina but not in CX3CR1-KO or hCX3CR1I249/M280-expressing retina. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1130735–1130735. 14 indexed citations

Vanegas, Difernando, et al.. (2023). Dynamic intravital imaging reveals reactive vessel-associated microglia play a protective role in cerebral malaria coagulopathy. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19526–19526. 1 indexed citations

Cardona, Sandra M., et al.. (2021). Fibrinogen in Microglia-Mediated Inflammation in Diabetic Retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(8). 418–418. 1 indexed citations

Almeida, Monique Marylin Alves de, Yutong Li, Tim Footz, et al.. (2021). Fractalkine signaling regulates oligodendroglial cell genesis from SVZ precursor cells. Stem Cell Reports. 16(8). 1968–1984. 20 indexed citations

Pal, Rahul, Sandra M. Cardona, Victor H. Carpio, et al.. (2018). Elimination of intravascular thrombi prevents early mortality and reduces gliosis in hyper-inflammatory experimental cerebral malaria. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 173–173. 15 indexed citations

Cardona, Sandra M., Sangwon V. Kim, Vanessa O. Torres, et al.. (2018). Role of the Fractalkine Receptor in CNS Autoimmune Inflammation: New Approach Utilizing a Mouse Model Expressing the Human CX3CR1I249/M280 Variant. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12. 365–365. 49 indexed citations

Bemiller, Shane M., Nicole Maphis, Shane Formica, et al.. (2018). Genetically enhancing the expression of chemokine domain of CX3CL1 fails to prevent tau pathology in mouse models of tauopathy. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 278–278. 21 indexed citations

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Mendiola, Andrew S. & Astrid E. Cardona. (2017). The IL-1β phenomena in neuroinflammatory diseases. Journal of Neural Transmission. 125(5). 781–795. 213 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Rene Solano, Swetha Mahesula, Deana M. Apple, et al.. (2016). Neurogenic Niche Microglia Undergo Positional Remodeling and Progressive Activation Contributing to Age-Associated Reductions in Neurogenesis. Stem Cells and Development. 25(7). 542–555. 77 indexed citations

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Maphis, Nicole, Guixiang Xu, Olga N. Kokiko‐Cochran, et al.. (2015). Loss of tau rescues inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9. 196–196. 76 indexed citations

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Cardona, Sandra M., et al.. (2013). Analyses of Microglia Effector Function Using CX3CR1-GFP Knock-In Mice. Methods in molecular biology. 1041. 307–317. 18 indexed citations

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Hamann, Isabell, Nadine Unterwalder, Astrid E. Cardona, et al.. (2011). Analyses of phenotypic and functional characteristics of CX3CR1‐expressing natural killer cells. Immunology. 133(1). 62–73. 70 indexed citations

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Mizutani, Makiko, Paula A. Pino, Noah Saederup, et al.. (2011). The Fractalkine Receptor but Not CCR2 Is Present on Microglia from Embryonic Development throughout Adulthood. The Journal of Immunology. 188(1). 29–36. 274 indexed citations

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Pino, Paula A. & Astrid E. Cardona. (2011). Isolation of Brain and Spinal Cord Mononuclear Cells Using Percoll Gradients. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 117 indexed citations

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Lee, Sung‐Ho, Nicholas H. Varvel, Guixiang Xu, et al.. (2010). CX3CR1 Deficiency Alters Microglial Activation and Reduces Beta-Amyloid Deposition in Two Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(5). 2549–2562. 381 indexed citations

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Ransohoff, Richard M., Liping Liu, & Astrid E. Cardona. (2007). Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: Multipurpose Players in Neuroinflammation. International review of neurobiology. 82. 187–204. 132 indexed citations

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Cardona, Astrid E. & Judy M. Teale. (2002). γ/δ T Cell-Deficient Mice Exhibit Reduced Disease Severity and Decreased Inflammatory Response in the Brain in Murine Neurocysticercosis. The Journal of Immunology. 169(6). 3163–3171. 40 indexed citations

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Melby, Peter C., et al.. (2001). Leishmania donovani: Evolution and Architecture of the Splenic Cellular Immune Response Related to Control of Infection. Experimental Parasitology. 99(1). 17–25. 43 indexed citations

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