Benoît Desnues

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Benoît Desnues is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Desnues has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Benoît Desnues's work include Whipple's Disease and Interleukins (17 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers). Benoît Desnues is often cited by papers focused on Whipple's Disease and Interleukins (17 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers). Benoît Desnues collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Morocco. Benoît Desnues's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Mège, Marie Benoit, Didier Raoult, Lena Alexopoulou, Soraya Mezouar, Khatoun Al Moussawi, Hubert Lépidi, Éric Ghigo, Gérald Grégori and Hugo Aguilaniu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Desnues

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections
    2008 1.0k citations Marie Benoit, Benoît Desnues et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benoît Desnues France 23 1000 566 353 347 307 43 2.3k
Bibhuti B. Mishra United States 27 1.2k 1.2× 956 1.7× 760 2.2× 172 0.5× 631 2.1× 59 2.6k
Noriyuki Fujikado Japan 12 1.4k 1.4× 465 0.8× 355 1.0× 125 0.4× 340 1.1× 14 2.2k
Ulrich Zügel Germany 22 867 0.9× 774 1.4× 257 0.7× 1.1k 3.0× 367 1.2× 37 3.0k
James R. Oliver United States 15 1.9k 1.9× 364 0.6× 226 0.6× 253 0.7× 194 0.6× 26 2.6k
Yoichi Moroi Japan 28 1.0k 1.0× 941 1.7× 146 0.4× 177 0.5× 363 1.2× 117 2.7k
Leopoldo Santos‐Argumedo Mexico 27 1.3k 1.3× 692 1.2× 293 0.8× 111 0.3× 312 1.0× 129 3.0k
Alberto Nóbrega Brazil 27 1.2k 1.2× 510 0.9× 140 0.4× 86 0.2× 386 1.3× 73 2.4k
Ricardo Gonçalves Brazil 19 1.3k 1.3× 867 1.5× 300 0.8× 81 0.2× 591 1.9× 42 2.9k
Ivy M. Dambuza United Kingdom 17 1.1k 1.1× 443 0.8× 438 1.2× 98 0.3× 483 1.6× 33 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Benoît Desnues

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benoît Desnues

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Desnues

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benoît Desnues. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benoît Desnues based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benoît Desnues. Benoît Desnues is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mezouar, Soraya, Benoît Desnues, Yassina Bechah, et al.. (2025). Pathogenicity and Virulence of Coxiella burnetii: Focus on Q fever. Virulence. 16(1). 2495842–2495842.
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Vitte, Joana, et al.. (2025). Eosinophils and COVID‐19: Insights into immune complexity and vaccine safety. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 15(3). e70050–e70050. 2 indexed citations
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Sérémé, Youssouf, et al.. (2022). Vimentin is an important ACE2 co-receptor for SARS-CoV-2 in epithelial cells. iScience. 25(11). 105463–105463. 16 indexed citations
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Boumaza, Asma, Laëtitia Gay, Soraya Mezouar, et al.. (2021). Monocytes and Macrophages, Targets of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: The Clue for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Immunoparalysis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(3). 395–406. 117 indexed citations
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Landemarre, Ludovic, Benoît Roubinet, Philippe Decloquement, et al.. (2021). Human galectin-1 and galectin-3 promote Tropheryma whipplei infection. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1–15. 8 indexed citations
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Gay, Laëtitia, Cléa Melenotte, Alexandre Lopez, et al.. (2021). Impact of Sex Hormones on Macrophage Responses to Coxiella burnetii. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 705088–705088. 8 indexed citations
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Boumaza, Asma, et al.. (2021). Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Exacerbate Whipple’s Disease by Reprogramming Macrophage and Inducing Apoptosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 667357–667357. 10 indexed citations
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Vitte, Joana, Moïse Michel, Soraya Mezouar, et al.. (2020). Immune Modulation as a Therapeutic Option During the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: The Case for Antimalarial Aminoquinolines. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 2159–2159. 9 indexed citations
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Fournier, Pierre‐Edouard, et al.. (2020). Utilization of Galectins by Pathogens for Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1877–1877. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Yawen, Laetitia Marcadet, Lionel Chasson, et al.. (2019). Lupus Autoimmunity and Metabolic Parameters Are Exacerbated Upon High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity Due to TLR7 Signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2015–2015. 37 indexed citations
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Alexopoulou, Lena, Benoît Desnues, & Olivier Demaria. (2012). Le récepteur Toll-like8. médecine/sciences. 28(1). 96–102. 30 indexed citations
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Moussawi, Khatoun Al, Nada Malou, Jean‐Louis Mège, Didier Raoult, & Benoît Desnues. (2011). An Experimental Mouse Model to Establish Tropheryma whipplei as a Diarrheal Agent. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(1). 44–50. 17 indexed citations
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Desnues, Benoît, Khatoun Al Moussawi, & Florence Fenollar. (2010). New insights into Whipple’s disease and Tropheryma whipplei infections. Microbes and Infection. 12(14-15). 1102–1110. 27 indexed citations
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Moussawi, Khatoun Al, Éric Ghigo, Ulrich Kalinke, et al.. (2010). Type I Interferon Induction Is Detrimental during Infection with the Whipple's Disease Bacterium, Tropheryma whipplei. PLoS Pathogens. 6(1). e1000722–e1000722. 35 indexed citations
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Benoit, Marie, Yassina Bechah, Christian Capo, et al.. (2009). Role of the cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor Nod2 in Coxiella burnetii infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15. 154–155. 7 indexed citations
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Desnues, Benoît, G. Imbert, Didier Raoult, Jean‐Louis Mège, & Éric Ghigo. (2009). Role of specific antibodies in Coxiella burnetii infection of macrophages. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15. 161–162. 11 indexed citations
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Benoit, Marie, Benoît Desnues, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2008). Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections. The Journal of Immunology. 181(6). 3733–3739. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyer, Laurent, Laurent Turchi, Benoît Desnues, et al.. (2006). CNF1-induced Ubiquitylation and Proteasome Destruction of Activated RhoA Is Impaired in Smurf1−/−Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(6). 2489–2497. 54 indexed citations
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Meghari, Soraya, et al.. (2006). Coxiella burnetii stimulates production of RANTES and MCP-1 by mononuclear cells: modulation by adhesion to endothelial cells and its implication in Q fever.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations
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Desnues, Benoît, Didier Raoult, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2005). IL-16 Is Critical for Tropheryma whipplei Replication in Whipple’s Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 175(7). 4575–4582. 68 indexed citations

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