Brian Luna

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brian Luna is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Luna has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Medicine, 13 papers in Endocrinology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian Luna's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (23 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (8 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers). Brian Luna is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (23 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (8 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers). Brian Luna collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Greece. Brian Luna's co-authors include Brad Spellberg, Travis B. Nielsen, Robert A. Bonomo, Paul Pantapalangkoor, Darren Wong, Jun Yan, William R. Bishai, Sanjay K. Jain, Daniel J. Mollura and Ulaş Bağcı and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Microbiology Reviews and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Brian Luna

45 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Clinical and Pathophysiological Overview of Acinetobacter Infections: a Century of Challenges

2017 828 citations Travis B. Nielsen, Robert A. Bonomo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Luna United States	20	1.0k	558	484	327	258	49	1.8k
Kwang Seung Park South Korea	13	1.5k 1.5×	582 1.0×	631 1.3×	359 1.1×	191 0.7×	24	2.1k
Paul Pantapalangkoor United States	13	1.1k 1.1×	507 0.9×	586 1.2×	247 0.8×	129 0.5×	16	1.6k
Zhihui Zhou China	19	1.1k 1.0×	580 1.0×	466 1.0×	186 0.6×	196 0.8×	51	1.5k
Lizhong Han China	26	827 0.8×	599 1.1×	440 0.9×	446 1.4×	562 2.2×	83	1.8k
Samuel Bellais France	25	1.0k 1.0×	773 1.4×	660 1.4×	416 1.3×	266 1.0×	33	2.0k
Younes Smani Spain	24	1.1k 1.1×	727 1.3×	512 1.1×	289 0.9×	162 0.6×	70	1.9k
Michelle K. Paczosa United States	8	926 0.9×	554 1.0×	392 0.8×	329 1.0×	178 0.7×	9	1.7k
Young Bae Kim South Korea	23	1.4k 1.3×	753 1.3×	596 1.2×	568 1.7×	177 0.7×	79	2.8k
Véronique Dubois France	33	1.3k 1.3×	681 1.2×	516 1.1×	416 1.3×	317 1.2×	90	2.6k
Yanping Luo China	27	789 0.8×	805 1.4×	456 0.9×	423 1.3×	416 1.6×	111	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Luna

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Luna

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Nielsen, Travis B., et al.. (2025). Evaluating antibody mediated opsonophagocytosis of bacteria via lab protocol: RAW 264.7 cell phagocytosis assay. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0331445–e0331445.

Zhang, Yong‐Zhen, Jieqiang Zhou, Yinzhi Lang, et al.. (2024). Improved characterization of aminoglycoside penetration into human lung epithelial lining fluid via population pharmacokinetics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(2). e0139323–e0139323. 7 indexed citations

Jiao, Yuanyuan, Jun Yan, Dhruvitkumar S. Sutaria, et al.. (2024). Population pharmacokinetics and humanized dosage regimens matching the peak, area, trough, and range of amikacin plasma concentrations in immune-competent murine bloodstream and lung infection models. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 68(3). e0139423–e0139423.

Jiao, Yuanyuan, Jun Yan, Michael Vicchiarelli, et al.. (2023). Individual Components of Polymyxin B Modeled via Population Pharmacokinetics to Design Humanized Dosage Regimens for a Bloodstream and Lung Infection Model in Immune-Competent Mice. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 67(5). e0019723–e0019723. 5 indexed citations

Nielsen, Travis B., Jun Yan, Rachel Li, et al.. (2023). Development of a Bispecific Antibody Targeting Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(9). 1042–1049. 12 indexed citations

Prati, Fabio, et al.. (2023). Defining the minimum inhibitory concentration of 22 rifamycins in iron limited, physiologic medium against Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287102–e0287102.

Nielsen, Travis B., Jun Yan, Ulrike MacDonald, et al.. (2021). Capsule carbohydrate structure determines virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS Pathogens. 17(2). e1009291–e1009291. 72 indexed citations

Nielsen, Travis B., Jun Yan, Rachel Li, et al.. (2021). Monoclonal Antibody Therapy against Acinetobacter baumannii. Infection and Immunity. 89(10). e0016221–e0016221. 28 indexed citations

Weinstein, Edward A., Abhay Joshi, Simone M. Shurland, et al.. (2020). FDA Public Workshop Summary: Advancing Animal Models for Antibacterial Drug Development. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 65(1). 13 indexed citations

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Luna, Brian, Jun Yan, Travis B. Nielsen, et al.. (2019). Natural history of Acinetobacter baumannii infection in mice. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219824–e0219824. 29 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziyue, Mingchen Gao, Georgios Z. Papadakis, et al.. (2018). Joint solution for PET image segmentation, denoising, and partial volume correction. Medical Image Analysis. 46. 229–243. 33 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Travis B., Jun Yan, Brian Luna, & Brad Spellberg. (2018). Murine Oropharyngeal Aspiration Model of Ventilator-associated and Hospital-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 22 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Travis B., Paul Pantapalangkoor, Jun Yan, et al.. (2017). Diabetes Exacerbates Infection via Hyperinflammation by Signaling through TLR4 and RAGE. mBio. 8(4). 48 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziyue, Ulaş Bağcı, Awais Mansoor, et al.. (2015). Computer‐aided pulmonary image analysis in small animal models. Medical Physics. 42(7). 3896–3910. 12 indexed citations

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Kübler, André, Christer Larsson, Brian Luna, et al.. (2015). Cathepsin K Contributes to Cavitation and Collagen Turnover in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 213(4). 618–627. 24 indexed citations

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Luna, Brian, André Kübler, Christer Larsson, et al.. (2014). In Vivo Prediction of Tuberculosis-Associated Cavity Formation in Rabbits. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 211(3). 481–485. 11 indexed citations

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Bağcı, Ulaş, Brent Foster, Brian Luna, et al.. (2013). A computational pipeline for quantification of pulmonary infections in small animal models using serial PET-CT imaging. EJNMMI Research. 3(1). 55–55. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziyue, Ulaş Bağcı, André Kübler, et al.. (2013). Computer‐aided detection and quantification of cavitary tuberculosis from CT scans. Medical Physics. 40(11). 113701–113701. 17 indexed citations

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Larsson, Christer, Brian Luna, Nicole C. Ammerman, et al.. (2012). Gene Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Putative Transcription Factors whiB1-7 in Redox Environments. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e37516–e37516. 57 indexed citations

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Luna, Brian, Jennifer Juhn, & Anthony A. James. (2007). Injection of dsRNA into Female A. aegypti Mosquitos. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 215–215. 8 indexed citations

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