Dritan Agalliu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Dritan Agalliu is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dritan Agalliu has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Neurology, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dritan Agalliu's work include Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers). Dritan Agalliu is often cited by papers focused on Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers). Dritan Agalliu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Qatar and Israel. Dritan Agalliu's co-authors include Ben A. Barres, Amit Kaushal, Richard Daneman, Lu Zhou, John Perrino, Martin Hsu, Ahmet Arac, Sarah E. Lutz, Gary K. Steinberg and Daniel Knowland and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, PLoS ONE and Development.

In The Last Decade

Dritan Agalliu

10 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Stepwise Recruitment of Transcellular and Paracellular Pa... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Stepwise Recruitment of Transcellular and Paracellular Pathways Underlies Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown in Stroke
    2014 496 citations Daniel Knowland, Ahmet Arac et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dritan Agalliu United States 8 673 447 155 144 136 10 1.2k
Leonor Gouveia Sweden 10 547 0.8× 682 1.5× 125 0.8× 165 1.1× 162 1.2× 16 1.4k
Khayrun Nahar Switzerland 7 617 0.9× 621 1.4× 116 0.7× 169 1.2× 163 1.2× 8 1.4k
Yvette Zarb Switzerland 8 585 0.9× 608 1.4× 105 0.7× 187 1.3× 161 1.2× 10 1.3k
Markus Räsänen Finland 11 544 0.8× 879 2.0× 209 1.3× 179 1.2× 155 1.1× 11 1.7k
Simone Terouz Canada 6 571 0.8× 473 1.1× 156 1.0× 181 1.3× 114 0.8× 11 1.2k
Maj Schneider Thomsen Denmark 11 397 0.6× 341 0.8× 122 0.8× 136 0.9× 103 0.8× 19 1.0k
Susan Noell Germany 21 503 0.7× 717 1.6× 165 1.1× 248 1.7× 310 2.3× 33 1.8k
Kristina Schachtrup Germany 14 326 0.5× 411 0.9× 78 0.5× 265 1.8× 98 0.7× 18 1.2k
Patrick Ventura United States 11 323 0.5× 494 1.1× 97 0.6× 176 1.2× 47 0.3× 11 1.1k
Esther Kur Germany 7 395 0.6× 480 1.1× 118 0.8× 97 0.7× 70 0.5× 7 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dritan Agalliu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dritan Agalliu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dritan Agalliu

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Shahriar, Sanjid, et al.. (2025). Rab7a is required to degrade select blood-brain barrier junctional proteins after ischemic stroke. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 203–203. 1 indexed citations
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Garretti, Francesca, Sanjid Shahriar, Alessandro Sette, et al.. (2023). Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease. Neuron. 111(21). 3397–3413.e5. 23 indexed citations
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Hillman, Elizabeth M. C., et al.. (2022). The age-dependent immune response to ischemic stroke. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 78. 102670–102670. 9 indexed citations
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Agalliu, Dritan, et al.. (2020). Neuronal and glial regulation of CNS angiogenesis and barriergenesis. Development. 147(9). 68 indexed citations
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Benbenishty, Amit, David Kain, Lee Shaashua, et al.. (2019). Prophylactic TLR9 stimulation reduces brain metastasis through microglia activation. PLoS Biology. 17(3). e2006859–e2006859. 39 indexed citations
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Akassoglou, Katerina, Dritan Agalliu, Christopher J. Chang, et al.. (2016). Neurovascular and Immuno-Imaging: From Mechanisms to Therapies. Proceedings of the Inaugural Symposium. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 46–46. 1 indexed citations
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Knowland, Daniel, Ahmet Arac, Martin Hsu, et al.. (2014). Stepwise Recruitment of Transcellular and Paracellular Pathways Underlies Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown in Stroke. Neuron. 82(3). 603–617. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Linan, et al.. (2013). From Blood to the Brain: Can Systemically Transplanted Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier?. Stem Cells International. 2013. 1–7. 101 indexed citations
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Daneman, Richard, et al.. (2010). The Mouse Blood-Brain Barrier Transcriptome: A New Resource for Understanding the Development and Function of Brain Endothelial Cells. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13741–e13741. 423 indexed citations
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Agalliu, Dritan & Ira Schieren. (2009). Heterogeneity in the developmental potential of motor neuron progenitors revealed by clonal analysis of single cells in vitro. Neural Development. 4(1). 2–2. 7 indexed citations

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