Dritan Agalliu

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Dritan Agalliu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dritan Agalliu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Neurology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dritan Agalliu's work include Barrier Structure and Function Studies (13 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (9 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Dritan Agalliu is often cited by papers focused on Barrier Structure and Function Studies (13 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (9 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Dritan Agalliu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Dritan Agalliu's co-authors include Ben A. Barres, Stefan Liebner, Yvonne Reiss, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Karl H. Plate, Gabriela Constantin, Calvin J. Kuo, Richard Daneman, Frank Kuhnert and Lu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dritan Agalliu

42 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Functional morphology of the blood–brain barrier in health and disease

2018 644 citations Dritan Agalliu et al. profile →
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is required for CNS, but not non-CNS, angiogenesis

2009 579 citations Richard Daneman, Dritan Agalliu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Angiopoietin-2 aggravates Alzheimer’s disease by promoting blood-brain barrier dysfunction and neuroinflammation 2026 ·Cell Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Erica Acquarone, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Viviana Gradinaru, Patrick J. Murphy, Dritan Agalliu, Ottavio Arancio, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Infection with Toxoplasma gondii triggers coagulation at the blood-brain barrier and a reduction in cerebral blood flow 2025 ·Journal of Neuroinflammation ·(unknown), Christine A. Schneider, Christian Crouzet, Tatiane S. Lima, Dario X. Figueroa Velez, (unknown), Dritan Agalliu, Sunil Gandhi, Bernard Choi, Melissa B. Lodoen	1
3	VEGF-A-mediated venous endothelial cell proliferation results in neoangiogenesis during neuroinflammation 2024 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Sanjid Shahriar, (unknown), (unknown), Uğur Akcan, (unknown), Michael Glendinning, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heidi Stuhlmann, Rolf A. Brekken, Vilas Menon, Dritan Agalliu	13
4	Generating iAstrocytes From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Combining Low‐Density Passaging of Neural Progenitor Cells and Transcription Factor NFIA Transdifferentiation 2024 ·Current Protocols ·(unknown), Uğur Akcan, Damian J. Williams, (unknown), Dritan Agalliu, Andrew A. Sproul	0
5	Postinfectious Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection, and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder 2023 ·Developmental Neuroscience ·Allison Vreeland, (unknown), (unknown), Richard E. Frye, Dritan Agalliu, Herbert M. Lachman, Christopher Pittenger, Stefano Pallanti, (unknown), (unknown), Margo Thienemann, Antonella Gagliano, Elizabeth Mellins, Jennifer Frankovich	7
6	Endothelial Unc5B controls blood-brain barrier integrity 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Kevin Boyé, Luiz Henrique Geraldo, (unknown), Laurence Pibouin-Fragner, Mathilde Poulet, Doyeun Kim, Bryce Nelson, Yunling Xu, Laurent Jacob, Nawal Maïssa, Dritan Agalliu, Lena Claesson‐Welsh, Susan L. Ackerman, Anne Eichmann	69
7	Pluripotent stem cell-derived epithelium misidentified as brain microvascular endothelium requires ETS factors to acquire vascular fate 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tyler M. Lu, Sean Houghton, Tarig Magdeldin, José Gabriel Barcia Durán, Andrew P. Minotti, Amanda M. Snead, Andrew A. Sproul, Duc-Huy T. Nguyen, Jenny Xiang, Howard A. Fine, Zev Rosenwaks, Lorenz Studer, Shahin Rafii, Dritan Agalliu, David Redmond, Raphaël Lis	146
8	COVID-19 Morbidity and Severity in Patients With Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Korean Nationwide Cohort Study 2021 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Jee Myung Yang, Sung Yong Moon, Joo‐Yong Lee, Dritan Agalliu, Dong Keon Yon, Seung Won Lee	11
9	Activation of endothelial Wnt/β-catenin signaling by protective astrocytes repairs BBB damage in ischemic stroke 2020 ·Progress in Neurobiology ·Shanshan Song, Huachen Huang, Xiudong Guan, Victoria M. Fiesler, Mohammad Iqbal H. Bhuiyan, Ruijia Liu, (unknown), Md Nabiul Hasan, Albert Tai, Ansuman Chattopadhyay, Srilakshmi Chaparala, Ming Sun, Donna B. Stolz, Pingnian He, Dritan Agalliu, Dandan Sun, Gulnaz Begum	105
10	Autoimmunity in Parkinson's Disease: The Role of α-Synuclein-Specific T Cells 2019 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·Francesca Garretti, Dritan Agalliu, Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn, Alessandro Sette, David Sulzer	124
11	The Impact of Pregnancy on Hemorrhagic Stroke in Young Women 2018 ·Cerebrovascular Diseases ·Eliza C. Miller, (unknown), Joshua Z. Willey, Amelia K. Boehme, Dritan Agalliu, Randolph S. Marshall	17
12	The Wnt Inhibitor Apcdd1 Coordinates Vascular Remodeling and Barrier Maturation of Retinal Blood Vessels 2017 ·Neuron ·(unknown), Julian R. Smith, Sanjid Shahriar, Tyler Cutforth, (unknown), Dritan Agalliu	52
13	Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling cascade after traumatic nerve injury 2015 ·Neuroscience ·Shigeru Kurimoto, (unknown), Minal Tapadia, Justin Lengfeld, Dritan Agalliu, Marian L. Waterman, Tahseen Mozaffar, Ranjan Gupta	33
14	The role of angiogenesis in the pathology of multiple sclerosis 2014 ·PubMed ·Justin Lengfeld, Tyler Cutforth, Dritan Agalliu	32
15	The Role of Pericytes in Blood-Brain Barrier Function and Stroke 2012 ·Current Pharmaceutical Design ·Shuo Liu, Dritan Agalliu, Chuanhui Yu, Mark Fisher	123
16	Wnt/β-catenin signaling is required for CNS, but not non-CNS, angiogenesis breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard Daneman, Dritan Agalliu, Lu Zhou, Frank Kuhnert, Calvin J. Kuo, Ben A. Barres	579
17	Myelin Gene Regulatory Factor Is a Critical Transcriptional Regulator Required for CNS Myelination 2009 ·Cell ·Ben Emery, Dritan Agalliu, (unknown), Trent A. Watkins, Jason C. Dugas, Sara B. Mulinyawe, (unknown), Keith L. Ligon, David H. Rowitch, Ben A. Barres	397
18	Wnt5a Signaling Induces Proliferation and Survival of Endothelial Cells In Vitro and Expression of MMP-1 and Tie-2 2006 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown), Dritan Agalliu, Marina Vorontchikhina, Audrey Ahn, Nancy L. Parmalee, Chi-Ming Li, Alan Soo Beng Khoo, Benjamin Tycko, Anthony M.C. Brown, Jan Kitajewski	185
19	RecA-Mediated, Targeted Mutagenesis in Zebrafish 2003 ·Marine Biotechnology ·Zongbin Cui, Ying Yang, Christopher D. Kaufman, Dritan Agalliu, Perry B. Hackett	19
20	Position‐independent expression of transgenes in zebrafish 1999 ·Transgenic Research ·Ljubica Caldovic, Dritan Agalliu, Perry B. Hackett	10

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