Damiën Bierschenk

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Damiën Bierschenk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Damiën Bierschenk has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Damiën Bierschenk's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (2 papers). Damiën Bierschenk is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (2 papers). Damiën Bierschenk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and Germany. Damiën Bierschenk's co-authors include Dave Boucher, Kate Schroder, Mercedes Monteleone, Alpha S. Yap, Guillermo A. Gómez, Rebecca C. Coll, Kaiwen Chen, Jessica L. Teo, Katryn J. Stacey and Connie M. Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Damiën Bierschenk

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Caspase-1 self-cleavage is an intrinsic mechanism to terminate inflammasome activity
    2018 439 citations Dave Boucher, Mercedes Monteleone 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
Damiën Bierschenk Netherlands 10 811 385 188 123 110 12 1.1k
Jon A. Hagar United States 8 1.4k 1.8× 914 2.4× 121 0.6× 233 1.9× 150 1.4× 8 1.9k
Dieter Demon Belgium 19 1.0k 1.2× 577 1.5× 81 0.4× 154 1.3× 155 1.4× 25 1.4k
J. Amores Spain 16 627 0.8× 696 1.8× 90 0.5× 195 1.6× 72 0.7× 33 1.4k
Youssef Aachoui United States 13 1.7k 2.0× 1.0k 2.7× 110 0.6× 240 2.0× 211 1.9× 17 2.1k
Baofeng Hu United States 16 578 0.7× 285 0.7× 191 1.0× 114 0.9× 25 0.2× 25 956
Joseph Chavarría‐Smith United States 8 938 1.2× 538 1.4× 92 0.5× 113 0.9× 98 0.9× 8 1.2k
Naomi H. Philip United States 17 796 1.0× 657 1.7× 118 0.6× 102 0.8× 59 0.5× 20 1.3k
Johannes Westman Canada 15 378 0.5× 363 0.9× 347 1.8× 293 2.4× 17 0.2× 24 1.0k
Martha Diaz-Torres United Kingdom 9 250 0.3× 412 1.1× 72 0.4× 65 0.5× 203 1.8× 10 941
Tanja Werner Germany 16 273 0.3× 318 0.8× 153 0.8× 142 1.2× 24 0.2× 39 923

Countries citing papers authored by Damiën Bierschenk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Damiën Bierschenk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Damiën Bierschenk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Damiën Bierschenk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Damiën Bierschenk 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 Damiën Bierschenk. Damiën Bierschenk is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Bierschenk, Damiën, Nikolina Papac-Miličević, Serena Bettoni, et al.. (2023). C4b-binding protein inhibits particulate- and crystalline-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1149822–1149822. 9 indexed citations
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Bierschenk, Damiën, Mercedes Monteleone, Fiona Moghaddas, et al.. (2018). The Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 subverts human NLRP3 and NLRC4 inflammasome responses. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 105(2). 401–410. 36 indexed citations
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Boucher, Dave, Mercedes Monteleone, Rebecca C. Coll, et al.. (2018). Caspase-1 self-cleavage is an intrinsic mechanism to terminate inflammasome activity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(3). 827–840. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bierschenk, Damiën, Dave Boucher, & Kate Schroder. (2016). Salmonella-induced inflammasome activation in humans. Molecular Immunology. 86. 38–43. 30 indexed citations
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Urbanus, Rolf T., Xinglin Zhang, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2015). The N-terminal domain of the thermo-regulated surface protein PrpA of Enterococcus faecium binds to fibrinogen, fibronectin and platelets. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18255–18255. 14 indexed citations
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Yamashiro, Lívia H., Xiaogang Feng, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2015). BCG Skin Infection Triggers IL-1R-MyD88-Dependent Migration of EpCAMlow CD11bhigh Skin Dendritic cells to Draining Lymph Node During CD4+ T-Cell Priming. PLoS Pathogens. 11(10). e1005206–e1005206. 35 indexed citations
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Baker, Paul J., Dave Boucher, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2015). NLRP3 inflammasome activation downstream of cytoplasmic LPS recognition by both caspase‐4 and caspase‐5. European Journal of Immunology. 45(10). 2918–2926. 305 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinglin, Malbert R. C. Rogers, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2013). A LacI-Family Regulator Activates Maltodextrin Metabolism of Enterococcus faecium. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72285–e72285. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, X., Janetta Top, Mark de Been, et al.. (2013). Identification of a Genetic Determinant in Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains That Contributes to Intestinal Colonization During Antibiotic Treatment. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 207(11). 1780–1786. 66 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinglin, Damiën Bierschenk, Janetta Top, et al.. (2013). Functional genomic analysis of bile salt resistance in Enterococcus faecium. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 299–299. 25 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinglin, Fernanda L. Paganelli, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2012). Genome-Wide Identification of Ampicillin Resistance Determinants in Enterococcus faecium. PLoS Genetics. 8(6). e1002804–e1002804. 78 indexed citations
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Spuesens, Emiel B. M., Adam Meijer, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2012). Macrolide Resistance Determination and Molecular Typing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Respiratory Specimens Collected between 1997 and 2008 in The Netherlands. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50(6). 1999–2004. 39 indexed citations

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