Bassam Janji

22.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Bassam Janji is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bassam Janji has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Immunology, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Bassam Janji's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (27 papers), Immune cells in cancer (24 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers). Bassam Janji is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (27 papers), Immune cells in cancer (24 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers). Bassam Janji collaborates with scholars based in Luxembourg, France and United Arab Emirates. Bassam Janji's co-authors include Salem Chouaı̈b, Muhammad Zaeem Noman, Meriem Hasmim, Guy Berchem, Vincenzo Bronte, Philippe Dessen, Giacomo Desantis, Saoussen Karray, Fathia Mami‐Chouaib and Etienne Moussay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bassam Janji

89 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

PD-L1 is a novel direct target of HIF-1α, and its blockad... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. PD-L1 is a novel direct target of HIF-1α, and its blockade under hypoxia enhanced MDSC-mediated T cell activation
    2014 1.7k citations Muhammad Zaeem Noman, Bassam Janji et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bassam Janji Luxembourg 41 3.2k 3.2k 2.7k 2.5k 1.2k 92 7.4k
Muhammad Zaeem Noman France 36 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 916 0.8× 65 6.5k
Elaine Y. Lin United States 31 3.5k 1.1× 3.9k 1.2× 4.0k 1.5× 1.6k 0.6× 762 0.6× 41 8.5k
Jonathan D. Curtis United States 14 2.8k 0.9× 5.1k 1.6× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 967 0.8× 15 8.1k
Frédérique Végran France 31 3.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 310 0.3× 59 6.0k
Thorsten Hagemann United Kingdom 31 2.4k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 1.5k 0.6× 508 0.4× 56 7.0k
Meriem Hasmim France 28 1.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 427 0.4× 42 4.6k
Bin‐Zhi Qian United Kingdom 24 3.1k 1.0× 4.7k 1.5× 3.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 393 0.3× 41 8.4k
Seth B. Coffelt United Kingdom 34 2.7k 0.9× 4.6k 1.4× 3.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 489 0.4× 62 8.3k
Jörg Wischhusen Germany 41 2.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 325 0.3× 91 6.7k
Mikhail Binnewies United States 14 2.6k 0.8× 4.5k 1.4× 3.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.4× 418 0.4× 20 8.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Jiřík, Radovan, Tom Christian Holm Adamsen, Heidi Espedal, et al.. (2024). Quantitative pre-clinical imaging of hypoxia and vascularity using MRI and PET. Methods in cell biology. 191. 289–328.
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Moer, Kris Van, et al.. (2024). Improving STING agonist-based cancer therapy by inhibiting the autophagy-related protein VPS34. OncoImmunology. 13(1). 2364958–2364958. 5 indexed citations
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Janji, Bassam, Muhammad Zaeem Noman, Md. Jakir Hossain, et al.. (2023). 2308P CyPep-1 reprograms the tumor microenvironment and enhances the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Annals of Oncology. 34. S1180–S1180. 1 indexed citations
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Kiweler, Nicole, Catherine Delbrouck, Vitaly I. Pozdeev, et al.. (2022). Mitochondria preserve an autarkic one-carbon cycle to confer growth-independent cancer cell migration and metastasis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2699–2699. 26 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad Zaeem, Santiago Parpal, Kris Van Moer, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of Vps34 reprograms cold into hot inflamed tumors and improves anti–PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy. Science Advances. 6(18). eaax7881–eaax7881. 187 indexed citations
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Lequeux, Audrey, Muhammad Zaeem Noman, Malina Xiao, et al.. (2019). Impact of hypoxic tumor microenvironment and tumor cell plasticity on the expression of immune checkpoints. Cancer Letters. 458. 13–20. 87 indexed citations
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Wurzer, Hannah, Coralie L. Guérin, Céline Hoffmann, et al.. (2018). Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling Drives Breast Cancer Cell Escape from Natural Killer–Mediated Cytotoxicity. Cancer Research. 78(19). 5631–5643. 104 indexed citations
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Janji, Bassam, et al.. (2018). High-dimensional mass cytometry analysis revealed microenvironment complexity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. OncoImmunology. 7(8). e1465167–e1465167. 19 indexed citations
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Hasmim, Meriem, Bassam Janji, Mehdi Khaled, et al.. (2017). Cutting Edge: NANOG Activates Autophagy under Hypoxic Stress by Binding to BNIP3L Promoter. The Journal of Immunology. 198(4). 1423–1428. 31 indexed citations
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Messai, Yosra, Sophie Gad, Muhammad Zaeem Noman, et al.. (2015). Renal Cell Carcinoma Programmed Death-ligand 1, a New Direct Target of Hypoxia-inducible Factor-2 Alpha, is Regulated by von Hippel–Lindau Gene Mutation Status. European Urology. 70(4). 623–632. 125 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad Zaeem, Bassam Janji, Shijun Hu, et al.. (2015). Tumor-Promoting Effects of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Are Potentiated by Hypoxia-Induced Expression of miR-210. Cancer Research. 75(18). 3771–3787. 123 indexed citations
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Nanbakhsh, Arash, Daniel Olive, Bassam Janji, et al.. (2015). miR-181a modulates acute myeloid leukemia susceptibility to natural killer cells. OncoImmunology. 4(12). e996475–e996475. 20 indexed citations
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Akalay, Intissar, Bassam Janji, Meriem Hasmim, et al.. (2013). Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Autophagy Induction in Breast Carcinoma Promote Escape from T-cell–Mediated Lysis. Cancer Research. 73(8). 2418–2427. 247 indexed citations
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Bagińska, Joanna, Elodie Viry, Jérôme Paggetti, et al.. (2013). The Critical Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Shaping Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Anti-Tumor Immunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 4. 490–490. 154 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad Zaeem, Stéphanie Buart, Pedro Romero, et al.. (2012). Hypoxia-Inducible miR-210 Regulates the Susceptibility of Tumor Cells to Lysis by Cytotoxic T Cells. Cancer Research. 72(18). 4629–4641. 160 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad Zaeem, Bassam Janji, Bożena Kamińska, et al.. (2011). Blocking Hypoxia-Induced Autophagy in Tumors Restores Cytotoxic T-Cell Activity and Promotes Regression. Cancer Research. 71(18). 5976–5986. 204 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad Zaeem, Yosra Messai, Intissar Akalay, et al.. (2011). Microenvironmental Hypoxia Orchestrating the Cell Stroma Cross Talk, Tumor Progression and Antitumor Response. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 31(5). 357–377. 73 indexed citations
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El‐Khoury, Victoria, Etienne Moussay, Bassam Janji, et al.. (2010). The Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor MGCD0103 Induces Apoptosis in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells through a Mitochondria-Mediated Caspase Activation Cascade. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(5). 1349–1360. 40 indexed citations
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Noman, Muhammad, Bassam Janji, Kris Van Moer, et al.. (2010). Role of hypoxia induced autophagy in the resistance of tumor cells to CTL-mediated specific lysis. (95.11). The Journal of Immunology. 184(Supplement_1). 95.11–95.11. 1 indexed citations

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