Chen Varol

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Chen Varol is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Varol has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chen Varol's work include Immune cells in cancer (18 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers). Chen Varol is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (18 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers). Chen Varol collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Chen Varol's co-authors include Steffen Jung, Alexander Mildner, Ehud Zigmond, Zamir Halpern, Limor Landsman, Guy Shakhar, Matthias Mack, Metsada Pasmanik‐Chor, Eli Brazowski and Gilgi Friedlander and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Chen Varol

47 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Macrophages: Development and Tissue Specialization

2015 736 citations Chen Varol, Steffen Jung et al. profile →
Infiltrating Blood-Derived Macrophages Are Vital Cells Playing an Anti-inflammatory Role in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

2009 608 citations Chen Varol, Matthias Mack et al. profile →
Ly6Chi Monocytes in the Inflamed Colon Give Rise to Proinflammatory Effector Cells and Migratory Antigen-Presenting Cells

2012 573 citations Ehud Zigmond, Chen Varol et al. Immunity profile →
Intestinal Lamina Propria Dendritic Cell Subsets Have Different Origin and Functions

2009 561 citations Chen Varol, Eran Elinav et al. Immunity profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen Varol Israel	24	3.4k	1.3k	657	627	592	48	5.5k
Rimpei Morita Japan	39	4.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	394 0.6×	696 1.2×	84	6.7k
Cédric Auffray France	25	4.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	879 1.3×	609 1.0×	547 0.9×	40	5.8k
Jean M. Fletcher Ireland	33	3.1k 0.9×	875 0.7×	612 0.9×	365 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	71	5.3k
Aleksey Chudnovskiy United States	15	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	634 1.0×	381 0.6×	526 0.9×	20	4.8k
Chuan Wu United States	35	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	722 1.1×	389 0.6×	493 0.8×	69	5.7k
Masafumi Onodera Japan	38	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	803 1.2×	262 0.4×	345 0.6×	123	5.2k
Shigeru Kakuta Japan	35	3.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	853 1.3×	208 0.3×	757 1.3×	74	6.4k
Laura Helming Germany	18	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	493 0.8×	322 0.5×	554 0.9×	25	4.4k
Stoyan Ivanov France	31	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	735 1.1×	679 1.1×	791 1.3×	53	5.6k
Sophie Janssens Belgium	41	3.1k 0.9×	3.3k 2.6×	833 1.3×	383 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	88	7.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Erez, Noam, Shani Ben‐Shlomo, Thomas Vogl, et al.. (2025). S100A8/S100A9 impairs energy expenditure and whole body metabolism. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 329(2). E341–E354. 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Andreas H., Michal Itan, Israel Zan‐Bar, et al.. (2025). Distinct Roles for Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin ( TSLP ) and IL ‐33 in Experimental Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Allergy. 80(11). 3095–3107.

Fishman, Sigal, et al.. (2024). Sortilin in Biliary Epithelial Cells Promotes Ductular Reaction and Fibrosis during Cholestatic Injury. American Journal Of Pathology. 194(6). 941–957. 1 indexed citations

Hammoud, Rola, Kiran Deep Kaur, Jacqueline A. Koehler, et al.. (2024). Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor signaling alleviates gut inflammation in mice. JCI Insight. 10(3). 10 indexed citations

Zvibel, Isabel, et al.. (2023). NLRP3 Deficiency in Nonimmune Cells Averts Obesity-Induced Fatty Liver Disease. Laboratory Investigation. 104(2). 100308–100308. 4 indexed citations

Cohen, Keren, Noam Erez, Daniel Kedar, et al.. (2021). COMMD10 is critical for Kupffer cell survival and controls Ly6Chi monocyte differentiation and inflammation in the injured liver. Cell Reports. 37(7). 110026–110026. 12 indexed citations

Zvibel, Isabel, et al.. (2021). GIPR Signaling in Immune Cells Maintains Metabolically Beneficial Type 2 Immune Responses in the White Fat From Obese Mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 643144–643144. 13 indexed citations

Cohen, Keren, et al.. (2019). COMMD10-Guided Phagolysosomal Maturation Promotes Clearance of Staphylococcus aureus in Macrophages. iScience. 14. 147–163. 15 indexed citations

Larush, Liraz, Ehud Zigmond, Chen Varol, et al.. (2019). Size and lipid modification determine liposomal Indocyanine green performance for tumor imaging in a model of rectal cancer. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8566–8566. 9 indexed citations

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Ben‐Califa, Nathalie, Sahar Hiram‐Bab, Debby Reuveni, et al.. (2017). Erythropoietin enhances Kupffer cell number and activity in the challenged liver. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10379–10379. 33 indexed citations

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Afik, Ran, Ehud Zigmond, Mordehay Klepfish, et al.. (2016). Tumor macrophages are pivotal constructors of tumor collagenous matrix. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(11). 2315–2331. 268 indexed citations

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Zigmond, Ehud, et al.. (2014). Low-Level Light Therapy Induces Mucosal Healing in a Murine Model of Dextran-Sodium-Sulfate Induced Colitis. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 32(8). 450–457. 8 indexed citations

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Zigmond, Ehud, Biana Bernshtein, Gilgi Friedlander, et al.. (2014). Macrophage-Restricted Interleukin-10 Receptor Deficiency, but Not IL-10 Deficiency, Causes Severe Spontaneous Colitis. Immunity. 40(5). 720–733. 418 indexed citations

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Zvibel, Isabel, Shira Zelber‐Sagi, Chen Varol, et al.. (2014). Discriminatory metabolic and inflammatory parameters in serum and omental adipose tissue of obese patients with different insulin sensitivity. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology. 1(3). 115–119. 2 indexed citations

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Zigmond, Ehud, Chen Varol, Júlia Farache, et al.. (2012). Ly6Chi Monocytes in the Inflamed Colon Give Rise to Proinflammatory Effector Cells and Migratory Antigen-Presenting Cells. Immunity. 37(6). 1076–1090. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zvibel, Isabel, Adam P. Wagner, Metsada Pasmanik‐Chor, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional profiling identifies genes induced by hepatocyte-derived extracellular matrix in metastatic human colorectal cancer cell lines. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 30(2). 189–200. 19 indexed citations

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Zigmond, Ehud, Zamir Halpern, Eran Elinav, et al.. (2011). Utilization of Murine Colonoscopy for Orthotopic Implantation of Colorectal Cancer. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28858–e28858. 51 indexed citations

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Varol, Chen, Ehud Zigmond, & Steffen Jung. (2010). Securing the immune tightrope: mononuclear phagocytes in the intestinal lamina propria. Nature reviews. Immunology. 10(6). 415–426. 170 indexed citations

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Shpilman, Michal, Leonora Niv‐Spector, Meirav Katz, et al.. (2010). Development and Characterization of High Affinity Leptins and Leptin Antagonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(6). 4429–4442. 119 indexed citations

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Landsman, Limor, Chen Varol, & Steffen Jung. (2007). Distinct Differentiation Potential of Blood Monocyte Subsets in the Lung. The Journal of Immunology. 178(4). 2000–2007. 256 indexed citations

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