Emma Gerrits

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 568 citations indexed

About

Emma Gerrits is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Gerrits has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 568 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Neurology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Emma Gerrits's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers), Immune cells in cancer (4 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). Emma Gerrits is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers), Immune cells in cancer (4 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). Emma Gerrits collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Denmark and United States. Emma Gerrits's co-authors include Bart J. L. Eggen, Erik Boddeke, Susanne M. Kooistra, Nieske Brouwer, Yang Heng, Thomas Möller, Maya E. Woodbury, Knut Biber, Wilfred F.A. den Dunnen and Peter Paul De Deyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Acta Neuropathologica and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Emma Gerrits

12 papers receiving 566 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.

Distinct amyloid-β and tau-associated microglia profiles in Alzheimer’s disease

2021 207 citations Emma Gerrits, Nieske Brouwer et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma Gerrits Netherlands	10	407	190	181	166	58	13	568
Maria Cimpean United States	7	445 1.1×	221 1.2×	229 1.3×	227 1.4×	60 1.0×	10	684
Michael Frangieh United States	7	327 0.8×	148 0.8×	164 0.9×	222 1.3×	49 0.8×	7	530
Megan Varnum United States	6	304 0.7×	245 1.3×	175 1.0×	117 0.7×	74 1.3×	8	594
Thais Fernanda de Almeida Galatro Brazil	7	454 1.1×	158 0.8×	143 0.8×	281 1.7×	64 1.1×	8	634
Paula R. Sola Brazil	5	423 1.0×	130 0.7×	136 0.8×	240 1.4×	63 1.1×	8	545
Sarah M. Connor United States	5	316 0.8×	135 0.7×	189 1.0×	140 0.8×	45 0.8×	6	466
Christina Yung United States	6	296 0.7×	181 1.0×	163 0.9×	157 0.9×	42 0.7×	7	471
Edsel M. Abud United States	8	311 0.8×	240 1.3×	297 1.6×	177 1.1×	65 1.1×	14	723
Dan Swartzlander United States	6	286 0.7×	188 1.0×	222 1.2×	106 0.6×	59 1.0×	8	515
Lori Lebson United States	8	172 0.4×	148 0.8×	149 0.8×	129 0.8×	62 1.1×	15	436

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Gerrits

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Gerrits, Emma, et al.. (2024). Glioblastoma and its treatment are associated with extensive accelerated brain aging. Aging Cell. 23(3). e14066–e14066. 8 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, Bart J. L. Eggen, Marga G. A. Goris, et al.. (2024). Calorie restriction increases the sensitivity of progeroid Ercc1Δ/− mice to acute (neuro)inflammation. GeroScience. 47(2). 1641–1652.

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Gerrits, Emma, Lucia Giannini, Nieske Brouwer, et al.. (2022). Neurovascular dysfunction in GRN-associated frontotemporal dementia identified by single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human cerebral cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 25(8). 1034–1048. 43 indexed citations

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Furtado, Gabriel Vasata, Emma Gerrits, Hein Schepers, et al.. (2022). Targeting DNA topoisomerases or checkpoint kinases results in an overload of chaperone systems, triggering aggregation of a metastable subproteome. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, Nieske Brouwer, Qiong Jiang, et al.. (2022). Brain macrophages acquire distinct transcriptomes in multiple sclerosis lesions and normal appearing white matter. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10(1). 8–8. 41 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, Nieske Brouwer, John J. P. Brevé, et al.. (2022). Distinct gene expression in demyelinated white and grey matter areas of patients with multiple sclerosis. Brain Communications. 4(2). fcac005–fcac005. 15 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, Nieske Brouwer, Susanne M. Kooistra, et al.. (2021). Distinct amyloid-β and tau-associated microglia profiles in Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 141(5). 681–696. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amor, Sandra, Niamh B. McNamara, Emma Gerrits, et al.. (2021). White matter microglia heterogeneity in the CNS. Acta Neuropathologica. 143(2). 125–141. 60 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, et al.. (2021). Exploring reported genes of microglia RNA‐sequencing data: Uses and considerations. Glia. 69(12). 2933–2946. 5 indexed citations

10.

Gerrits, Emma, et al.. (2021). Identification of distinct and age‐dependent p16^High microglia subtypes. Aging Cell. 20(10). e13450–e13450. 30 indexed citations

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Jiang, Qiong, Laura Kracht, Emma Gerrits, et al.. (2020). Profiling Microglia From Alzheimer’s Disease Donors and Non-demented Elderly in Acute Human Postmortem Cortical Tissue. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 13. 134–134. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoming, Yang Heng, Susanne M. Kooistra, et al.. (2020). Intrinsic DNA damage repair deficiency results in progressive microglia loss and replacement. Glia. 69(3). 729–745. 17 indexed citations

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Gerrits, Emma, Yang Heng, Erik Boddeke, & Bart J. L. Eggen. (2019). Transcriptional profiling of microglia; current state of the art and future perspectives. Glia. 68(4). 740–755. 79 indexed citations

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