Heather A. Danhof

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Heather A. Danhof is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather A. Danhof has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather A. Danhof's work include Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Heather A. Danhof is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (11 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Heather A. Danhof collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Heather A. Danhof's co-authors include Robert A. Britton, Michael Lorenz, Slavena Vylkova, Huaijin Zhou, John R. Collette, Aaron J. Carman, James Collins, Melinda A. Engevik, James Versalovic and Jennifer M. Auchtung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heather A. Danhof

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile

2018 257 citations James Collins, Catherine D. Robinson et al. Nature profile →
Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation

2021 191 citations Melinda A. Engevik, Heather A. Danhof et al. mBio profile →

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Rasoul Yousefimashouf Iran

Ali Teimoori Iran

Silvia Caballero United States

Grégory Da Costa France

Wenly Ruan United States

Irina Leonardi United States

Vincenzo Di Pilato Italy

Joseph M. Hyser United States

Eiji Miyauchi Japan

Rasoul Yousefimashouf Iran

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Countries citing papers authored by Heather A. Danhof

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather A. Danhof

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather A. Danhof

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rienzi, Sara C. Di, et al.. (2025). Limosilactobacillus reuteri promotes the expression and secretion of enteroendocrine‐ and enterocyte‐derived hormones. PubMed. 39(6). e70408–e70408. 2 indexed citations

Midani, Firas S., et al.. (2025). Emerging Clostridioides difficile ribotypes have divergent metabolic phenotypes. mSystems. 10(3). e0107524–e0107524.

Kambal, Amal, Hoa Nguyen‐Phuc, Sara C. Di Rienzi, et al.. (2023). Human intestinal organoids from Cronkhite-Canada syndrome patients reveal link between serotonin and proliferation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(21). 8 indexed citations

Danhof, Heather A., et al.. (2023). Microbial stimulation of oxytocin release from the intestinal epithelium via secretin signaling. Gut Microbes. 15(2). 2256043–2256043. 23 indexed citations

Norsigian, Charles J., Heather A. Danhof, Firas S. Midani, et al.. (2022). Systems biology approach to functionally assess the Clostridioides difficile pangenome reveals genetic diversity with discriminatory power. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(18). e2119396119–e2119396119. 8 indexed citations

Gonzales-Luna, Anne J, Jennifer K. Spinler, Numan Oezguen, et al.. (2021). Systems biology evaluation of refractory Clostridioides difficile infection including multiple failures of fecal microbiota transplantation. Anaerobe. 70. 102387–102387. 6 indexed citations

Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, Wenly Ruan, et al.. (2021). Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation. mBio. 12(2). 191 indexed citations breakdown →

Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, Anne Hall, et al.. (2021). The metabolic profile of Bifidobacterium dentium reflects its status as a human gut commensal. BMC Microbiology. 21(1). 154–154. 22 indexed citations

Chang‐Graham, Alexandra L., Jacob L. Perry, Melinda A. Engevik, et al.. (2020). Rotavirus induces intercellular calcium waves through ADP signaling. Science. 370(6519). 56 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, J. Robert Britton, & James Versalovic. (2020). 20 ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM IN INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 26(Supplement_1). S29–S29. 2 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., Faith D. Ihekweazu, Amy C. Engevik, et al.. (2020). Human-Derived Bifidobacterium dentium Modulates the Mammalian Serotonergic System and Gut–Brain Axis. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 11(1). 221–248. 122 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, Jennifer M. Auchtung, et al.. (2020). Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to Clostridioides difficile via the RadD Adhesin to Enhance Biofilm Formation in Intestinal Mucus. Gastroenterology. 160(4). 1301–1314.e8. 76 indexed citations

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Norsigian, Charles J., Heather A. Danhof, Numan Oezguen, et al.. (2020). Systems biology analysis of the Clostridioides difficile core-genome contextualizes microenvironmental evolutionary pressures leading to genotypic and phenotypic divergence. npj Systems Biology and Applications. 6(1). 31–31. 18 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, Alexandra L. Chang‐Graham, et al.. (2020). Human intestinal enteroids as a model ofClostridioides difficile-induced enteritis. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 318(5). G870–G888. 30 indexed citations

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Ruan, Wenly, Melinda A. Engevik, Alexandra L. Chang‐Graham, et al.. (2020). Enhancing responsiveness of human jejunal enteroids to host and microbial stimuli. The Journal of Physiology. 598(15). 3085–3105. 16 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., et al.. (2020). 1024 FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM SECRETES OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLES AND PROMOTES INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. Gastroenterology. 158(6). S–205. 5 indexed citations

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Chang‐Graham, Alexandra L., Heather A. Danhof, Melinda A. Engevik, et al.. (2019). Human Intestinal Enteroids With Inducible Neurogenin-3 Expression as a Novel Model of Gut Hormone Secretion. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 8(2). 209–229. 58 indexed citations

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Collins, James, Catherine D. Robinson, Heather A. Danhof, et al.. (2018). Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile. Nature. 553(7688). 291–294. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, James, Heather A. Danhof, & Robert A. Britton. (2018). The role of trehalose in the global spread of epidemicClostridium difficile. Gut Microbes. 10(2). 204–209. 36 indexed citations

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Vylkova, Slavena, Aaron J. Carman, Heather A. Danhof, et al.. (2011). The Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans Autoinduces Hyphal Morphogenesis by Raising Extracellular pH. mBio. 2(3). e00055–11. 274 indexed citations

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