Florin Niculescu

5.0k total citations
77 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Florin Niculescu is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Florin Niculescu has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Immunology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Florin Niculescu's work include Complement system in diseases (34 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (17 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (11 papers). Florin Niculescu is often cited by papers focused on Complement system in diseases (34 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (17 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (11 papers). Florin Niculescu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Romania. Florin Niculescu's co-authors include Horea Rus, R Vlaicu, Moon L. Shin, Cornelia Cudrici, Violeta Rus, M L Shin, A Cristea, Tudor C. Badea, Lucian Soane and Matthew Fosbrink and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Florin Niculescu

77 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Florin Niculescu United States 37 2.5k 1.0k 418 391 386 77 4.0k
Horea Rus United States 43 2.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 628 1.5× 447 1.1× 454 1.2× 126 5.1k
Carl Atkinson United States 38 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 327 0.8× 229 0.6× 419 1.1× 141 4.9k
Kim S. C. Weber Germany 23 1.7k 0.7× 807 0.8× 219 0.5× 349 0.9× 348 0.9× 31 3.5k
Annalisa Capobianco Italy 22 1.4k 0.6× 830 0.8× 176 0.4× 644 1.6× 226 0.6× 45 3.4k
Anil K. Chauhan United States 41 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 282 0.7× 1.5k 3.8× 494 1.3× 129 5.3k
Martha Kirby United States 42 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.8× 176 0.4× 587 1.5× 519 1.3× 83 5.8k
H. Daniel Perez United States 35 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 251 0.6× 152 0.4× 304 0.8× 87 3.5k
G. Ed Rainger United Kingdom 34 1.5k 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 130 0.3× 529 1.4× 313 0.8× 78 3.8k
Kristine Kikly United States 22 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 124 0.3× 276 0.7× 270 0.7× 32 3.4k
Sharon Gordon United Kingdom 16 948 0.4× 924 0.9× 238 0.6× 159 0.4× 157 0.4× 24 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Florin Niculescu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Florin Niculescu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vlaicu, Sonia I., Cosmin Tegla, Cornelia Cudrici, et al.. (2012). Role of C5b-9 complement complex and response gene to complement-32 (RGC-32) in cancer. Immunologic Research. 56(1). 109–121. 36 indexed citations
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Fosbrink, Matthew, Cornelia Cudrici, Cosmin Tegla, et al.. (2009). Response gene to complement 32 is required for C5b-9 induced cell cycle activation in endothelial cells. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 86(2). 87–94. 58 indexed citations
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Cudrici, Cornelia, Takahiro Ito, Florin Niculescu, et al.. (2007). Dendritic cells are abundant in non-lesional gray matter in multiple sclerosis. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 83(2). 198–206. 21 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea, Cornelia Cudrici, & Florin Niculescu. (2007). C5b-9 Complement Complex in Autoimmune Demyelination: Dual Role in Neuroinflammation and Neuroprotection. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 586. 139–151. 12 indexed citations
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Cudrici, Cornelia, Florin Niculescu, Matthew Fosbrink, et al.. (2006). C5b-9 Terminal Complex Protects Oligodendrocytes from Apoptotic Cell Death by Inhibiting Caspase-8 Processing and Up-Regulating FLIP. The Journal of Immunology. 176(5). 3173–3180. 51 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea, Cornelia Cudrici, Florin Niculescu, & Moon L. Shin. (2006). Complement activation in autoimmune demyelination: Dual role in neuroinflammation and neuroprotection. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 180(1-2). 9–16. 35 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea, Cornelia Cudrici, & Florin Niculescu. (2005). The Role of the Complement System in Innate Immunity. Immunologic Research. 33(2). 103–112. 182 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Phuong Nguyen, Teodora Niculescu, et al.. (2003). Pathogenic T cells in murine lupus exhibit spontaneous signaling activity through phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase and mitogen‐activated protein kinase pathways. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 48(4). 1071–1079. 24 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Teodora Niculescu, & Horea Rus. (2003). C5b-9 terminal complement complex assembly on apoptotic cells in human arterial wall with atherosclerosis. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 76(1). 17–23. 30 indexed citations
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Soane, Lucian, et al.. (2001). C5b-9 Terminal Complement Complex Protects Oligodendrocytes from Death by Regulating Bad Through Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 167(4). 2305–2311. 96 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea & Florin Niculescu. (2001). The Complement System in Central Nervous System Diseases. Immunologic Research. 24(1). 79–86. 26 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Tudor C. Badea, & Horea Rus. (1999). Sublytic C5b-9 induces proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells. Atherosclerosis. 142(1). 47–56. 96 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Lucian Soane, Tudor C. Badea, Moon L. Shin, & Horea Rus. (1999). Tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Janus kinase 1 and STAT3 by sublytic C5b-9 complement complex in aortic endothelial cells. Immunopharmacology. 42(1-3). 187–193. 30 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Horea Rus, Tim van Biesen, & M L Shin. (1997). Activation of Ras and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway by terminal complement complexes is G protein dependent. The Journal of Immunology. 158(9). 4405–4412. 103 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea, R Vlaicu, & Florin Niculescu. (1996). Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 protein and gene expression in human arterial atherosclerotic wall. Atherosclerosis. 127(2). 263–271. 272 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Horea Rus, & M L Shin. (1994). Receptor-independent activation of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins by terminal complement complexes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(6). 4417–4423. 61 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, et al.. (1993). Generation of diacylglycerol and ceramide during homologous complement activation. The Journal of Immunology. 150(1). 214–224. 64 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, et al.. (1992). Isolation of anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), specific immunoglobulins and their use in immunocytochemical and enzyme-immunoassays (ELISA).. PubMed. 48(3). 227–35. 2 indexed citations
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Niculescu, Florin, Horea Rus, & R Vlaicu. (1990). Decay-accelerating factor regulates complement-mediated damage in the human atherosclerotic wall. Immunology Letters. 26(1). 17–23. 11 indexed citations
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Rus, Horea, et al.. (1989). Cells carrying C5b-9 complement complexes in human atherosclerotic wall. Immunology Letters. 20(4). 305–310. 18 indexed citations

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