Christine Becker

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christine Becker is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Becker has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Christine Becker's work include Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (5 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers) and Vitamin D Research Studies (3 papers). Christine Becker is often cited by papers focused on Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (5 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers) and Vitamin D Research Studies (3 papers). Christine Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Germany. Christine Becker's co-authors include Lynda M. Stuart, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Anna Sokolovska, Vijay Rathinam, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Luke O'neill, Lisa Waggoner, John M. Leong, Kathryn J. Moore and Hasini Ediriweera and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christine Becker

31 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

CD36 coordinates NLRP3 inflammasome activation by facilitating intracellular nucleation of soluble ligands into particulate ligands in sterile inflammation

2013 731 citations Christine Becker, Lynda M. Stuart et al. Nature Immunology profile →
TRIF Licenses Caspase-11-Dependent NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Gram-Negative Bacteria

2012 577 citations Vijay Rathinam, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja et al. Cell profile →

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Anne Jarry France

Belén de Andrés Spain

Hong Yu United States

Gustavo Batista Menezes Brazil

Pengyuan Zheng China

Hisashi Kawashima Japan

Sieghart Sopper Germany

Christian Sina Germany

Christoph Schneider Switzerland

Anne Jarry France

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480 ×1.2

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346 ×1.5

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Becker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Quaade, Anna Sophie, Thomas Litman, Xing Wang, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic profiling of chronic hand eczema skin reveals shared immune pathways and molecular drivers across subtypes. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 155(4). 1250–1263. 2 indexed citations

Kidd, Brian, Christine Becker, Eddye Golden, et al.. (2024). Acute Effects of Growth Hormone on the Cellular Immunologic Landscape in Pediatric Patients. Cureus. 16(4). e57383–e57383. 2 indexed citations

Quaade, Anna Sophie, et al.. (2023). Circulating biomarkers are associated with disease severity of chronic hand eczema and atopic dermatitis. British Journal of Dermatology. 189(1). 114–124. 14 indexed citations

Quaade, Anna Sophie, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory plasma signature of chronic hand eczema: Associations with aetiological and clinical subtypes. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 38(6). 1101–1111. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, et al.. (2022). IL-17 Pathway Members as Potential Biomarkers of Effective Systemic Treatment and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(1). 555–555. 21 indexed citations

Krakauer, Martin, K. Henningsen, Xing Wang, et al.. (2021). Association between Vascular Inflammation and Inflammation in Adipose Tissue, Spleen, and Bone Marrow in Patients with Psoriasis. Life. 11(4). 305–305. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, Martin Krakauer, Claus Zachariae, et al.. (2021). Neutrophil Pathways of Inflammation Characterize the Blood Transcriptomic Signature of Patients with Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10818–10818. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, et al.. (2021). Biomarkers of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with psoriasis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 27 indexed citations

Becker, Christine, Xing Wang, Martin Krakauer, et al.. (2021). Multiscale Biology of Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriasis: Protocol for a Case-Control Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(9). e28669–e28669. 6 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Dipankar, Christine Becker, Benjamin Readhead, et al.. (2021). Repositioning of a novel GABA-B receptor agonist, AZD3355 (Lesogaberan), for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 20827–20827. 12 indexed citations

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Krakauer, Martin, K. Henningsen, Xiaoying Wang, et al.. (2021). Statin Therapy and Vascular Inflammation Detected by Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients with Psoriasis. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 101(2). adv00406–adv00406. 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Hao-Chih, Osamu Ichikawa, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, et al.. (2020). Identification of therapeutic targets from genetic association studies using hierarchical component analysis. BioData Mining. 13(1). 6–6. 2 indexed citations

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Graham, Daniel B., Christine Becker, Gautam Goel, et al.. (2015). Functional genomics identifies negative regulatory nodes controlling phagocyte oxidative burst. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7838–7838. 27 indexed citations

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Tam, Jenny M., Michael K. Mansour, Nida S. Khan, et al.. (2014). Dectin-1–Dependent LC3 Recruitment to Phagosomes Enhances Fungicidal Activity in Macrophages. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210(11). 1844–1854. 80 indexed citations

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Mansour, Michael K., Jenny M. Tam, Nida S. Khan, et al.. (2013). Dectin-1 Activation Controls Maturation of β-1,3-Glucan-containing Phagosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(22). 16043–16054. 61 indexed citations

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Sokolovska, Anna, Christine Becker, Wai‐Ki Ip, et al.. (2013). Activation of caspase-1 by the NLRP3 inflammasome regulates the NADPH oxidase NOX2 to control phagosome function. Nature Immunology. 14(6). 543–553. 167 indexed citations

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Rathinam, Vijay, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Lisa Waggoner, et al.. (2012). TRIF Licenses Caspase-11-Dependent NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Gram-Negative Bacteria. Cell. 150(3). 606–619. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Becker, Christine, Emma M. Creagh, & Luke O'neill. (2009). Rab39a Binds Caspase-1 and Is Required for Caspase-1-dependent Interleukin-1β Secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(50). 34531–34537. 45 indexed citations

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Becker, Christine & Luke O'neill. (2007). Inflammasomes in inflammatory disorders: the role of TLRs and their interactions with NLRs. Seminars in Immunopathology. 29(3). 239–248. 135 indexed citations

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Schott, Björn H., Alan Richardson‐Klavehn, Richard N. Henson, et al.. (2006). Neuroanatomical Dissociation of Encoding Processes Related to Priming and Explicit Memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(3). 792–800. 55 indexed citations

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