Betsy Barnes

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Betsy Barnes is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Betsy Barnes has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Immunology, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Betsy Barnes's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (25 papers), interferon and immune responses (21 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (20 papers). Betsy Barnes is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (25 papers), interferon and immune responses (21 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (20 papers). Betsy Barnes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and China. Betsy Barnes's co-authors include Paula M. Pitha, Eicke Latz, Douglas T. Golenbock, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Brian G. Monks, Daniel R. Caffrey, Daniel C. Rowe, Alberto Visintin, Paul A. Moore and Mikala Egeblad and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Betsy Barnes

84 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19
    2020 1.1k citations Betsy Barnes et al. profile →
  2. LPS-TLR4 Signaling to IRF-3/7 and NF-κB Involves the Toll Adapters TRAM and TRIF
    2003 979 citations Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Daniel C. Rowe et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Betsy Barnes United States 36 4.1k 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 862 85 6.0k
Eliana M. Coccia Italy 46 3.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 487 0.6× 129 6.5k
Peter D. Katsikis United States 46 4.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 572 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 136 7.8k
Laura Maggi Italy 39 4.3k 1.1× 869 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 505 0.5× 517 0.6× 92 6.9k
Caroline A. Jefferies Ireland 36 3.4k 0.8× 705 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 316 0.3× 460 0.5× 76 5.1k
Michael Kurrer Switzerland 45 3.6k 0.9× 945 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 405 0.4× 376 0.4× 87 7.3k
Vincenzo Barnaba Italy 42 3.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 417 0.4× 418 0.5× 148 6.5k
Annunciata Vecchi Italy 49 5.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 2.0k 1.4× 599 0.6× 349 0.4× 82 8.0k
Chyi‐Chia Richard Lee United States 40 1.8k 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 474 0.5× 353 0.4× 114 5.4k
Paul Schwarzenberger United States 34 4.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 684 0.7× 591 0.7× 112 7.2k
Joe Craft United States 47 6.3k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 469 0.5× 1.4k 1.7× 104 8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Betsy Barnes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Betsy Barnes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betsy Barnes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Betsy Barnes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Betsy Barnes 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 Betsy Barnes. Betsy Barnes 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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Patel, Hardik J., Zarina Brune, Barbara Sherry, et al.. (2025). Elevation of Plasma IL-15 and RANTES as Potential Biomarkers of Healing in Chronic Venous Ulcerations: A Pilot Study. Biomolecules. 15(3). 395–395. 2 indexed citations
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Matta, Bharati, et al.. (2024). IRF5 suppresses metastasis through the regulation of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles and pre-metastatic niche formation. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15557–15557. 5 indexed citations
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Barnes, Betsy, et al.. (2023). Role of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) in tumor progression: Prognostic and therapeutic potential. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1879(1). 189061–189061. 12 indexed citations
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Barnes, Betsy, et al.. (2023). Navigating the marrow sea towards erythromyeloblastic islands under normal and inflammatory conditions. Current Opinion in Hematology. 30(3). 80–85. 4 indexed citations
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Seu, Katie, Julien Papoin, David E. Muench, et al.. (2022). Erythroblastic islands foster granulopoiesis in parallel to terminal erythropoiesis. Blood. 140(14). 1621–1634. 28 indexed citations
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Buechler, Matthew B., Won-Ho Hahn, Bharati Matta, et al.. (2019). Chronic TLR7 and TLR9 signaling drives anemia via differentiation of specialized hemophagocytes. Science. 363(6423). 71 indexed citations
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Obr, Alison E., Sushil Kumar, Yun‐Juan Chang, et al.. (2018). Insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling in breast tumor epithelium protects cells from endoplasmic reticulum stress and regulates the tumor microenvironment. Breast Cancer Research. 20(1). 138–138. 34 indexed citations
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De, Saurav, Baohong Zhang, Tiffany Shih, et al.. (2018). B Cell-Intrinsic Role for IRF5 in TLR9/BCR-Induced Human B Cell Activation, Proliferation, and Plasmablast Differentiation. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1938–1938. 44 indexed citations
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Barnes, Betsy, Saurav De, Aaron Winkler, & Baohong Zhang. (2017). IRF5 Loss Impairs TLR9/BCR-Induced B Cell Activation, Proliferation and Plasmablast Differentiation through Erk1-Myc Signaling. Blood. 130. 3580–3580.
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Stone, R., Peicheng Du, Di Feng, et al.. (2013). RNA-Seq for Enrichment and Analysis of IRF5 Transcript Expression in SLE. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54487–e54487. 38 indexed citations
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Feng, Di, R. Stone, Maija‐Leena Eloranta, et al.. (2010). Genetic variants and disease‐associated factors contribute to enhanced interferon regulatory factor 5 expression in blood cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 62(2). 562–573. 94 indexed citations
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Hu, Guodong & Betsy Barnes. (2008). IRF-5 Is a Mediator of the Death Receptor-induced Apoptotic Signaling Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(5). 2767–2777. 60 indexed citations
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Hu, Guodong, Niquiche Sangster‐Guity, Katherine Hoops, et al.. (2005). Two Discrete Promoters Regulate the Alternatively Spliced Human Interferon Regulatory Factor-5 Isoforms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(22). 21078–21090. 130 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Katherine A., Daniel C. Rowe, Betsy Barnes, et al.. (2003). LPS-TLR4 Signaling to IRF-3/7 and NF-κB Involves the Toll Adapters TRAM and TRIF. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 198(7). 1043–1055. 979 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barnes, Betsy, Barbora Lubyová, & Paula M. Pitha. (2002). Review: On the Role of IRF in Host Defense. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 22(1). 59–71. 288 indexed citations
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Hall, Iris H., et al.. (1999). The Hypolipidemic Activity of Heterocyclic Thiosemicarbazones,Thioureas and Their Metal Complexes in Sprague Dawley Male Rats. Metal-Based Drugs. 6(3). 143–147. 37 indexed citations

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