Heather Francis

12.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
210 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Heather Francis is a scholar working on Surgery, Hepatology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Francis has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Surgery, 86 papers in Hepatology and 66 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Heather Francis's work include Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (65 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (56 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (49 papers). Heather Francis is often cited by papers focused on Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (65 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (56 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (49 papers). Heather Francis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. Heather Francis's co-authors include Gianfranco Alpini, Shannon Glaser, Marco Marzioni, Domenico Alvaro, Fanyin Meng, Eugenio Gaudio, Julie Venter, Paolo Onori, Yoshiyuki Ueno and Gene LeSage and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Francis

204 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Increased Liver Localization of Lipopolysaccharides in Human and Experimental NAFLD

2019 284 citations Guido Carpino, Heather Francis et al. Hepatology profile →
Ductular Reaction in Liver Diseases: Pathological Mechanisms and Translational Significances

2018 265 citations Keisaku Sato, Marco Marzioni et al. Hepatology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Francis

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex-Dependent Differences in Cholestasis 2023 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·(unknown), Lindsey Kennedy, Heather Francis	8
2	Prolonged administration of a secretin receptor antagonist inhibits biliary senescence and liver fibrosis in Mdr2−/− mice 2023 ·Hepatology ·Nan Wu, Tianhao Zhou, Guido Carpino, Leonardo Baiocchi, Konstantina Kyritsi, Lindsey Kennedy, Ludovica Ceci, Lixian Chen, Chaodong Wu, Debjyoti Kundu, (unknown), Antonio Franchitto, Paolo Onori, Burcin Ekser, Eugenio Gaudio, Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Gianfranco Alpini	6
3	p16 INK4A drives nonalcoholic fatty liver disease phenotypes in high fat diet fed mice through biliary E2F1/FOXO1/IGF-1 signaling 2023 ·Hepatology ·Debjyoti Kundu, Lindsey Kennedy, Tianhao Zhou, Burcin Ekser, Vik Meadows, Amelia Sybenga, Konstantina Kyritsi, Lixian Chen, Ludovica Ceci, Nan Wu, Chaodong Wu, Shannon Glaser, Guido Carpino, Paolo Onori, Eugenio Gaudio, Gianfranco Alpini, Heather Francis	12
4	Development of Scaffold-Free Three-Dimensional Cholangiocyte Organoids to Study the Progression of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 2023 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Wenjun Zhang, Konstantina Kyritsi, (unknown), (unknown), Ping Li, (unknown), Kevin Lopez, Lindsey Kennedy, Keisaku Sato, Shannon Glaser, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini, Burcin Ekser	6
5	Heterogeneity of Hepatic Stellate Cells in Fibrogenesis of the Liver: Insights from Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis in Liver Injury 2021 ·Cells ·Wenjun Zhang, Simon J. Conway, Ying Liu, Paige Snider, Hanying Chen, Hongyu Gao, Yunlong Liu, (unknown), Kevin Lopez, Gonzalo Campaña, Ping Li, Burcin Ekser, Heather Francis, Weinian Shou, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal	35
6	Organoids and Spheroids as Models for Studying Cholestatic Liver Injury and Cholangiocarcinoma 2020 ·Hepatology ·Keisaku Sato, Wenjun Zhang, Samira Safarikia, (unknown), Angela M. Chen, Ping Li, Heather Francis, Lindsey Kennedy, Leonardo Baiocchi, Domenico Alvaro, Shannon Glaser, Burcin Ekser, Gianfranco Alpini	56
7	Bile Acid Receptor Therapeutics Effects on Chronic Liver Diseases 2020 ·PMC ·Vik Meadows, Lindsey Kennedy, Debjyoti Kundu, Gianfranco Alpini, Heather Francis	3
8	Preclinical insights into cholangiopathies: disease modeling and emerging therapeutic targets 2019 ·PMC ·Keisaku Sato, Shannon Glaser, Lindsey Kennedy, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Fanyin Meng, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini	1
9	Intercellular Communication between Hepatic Cells in Liver Diseases 2019 ·PMC ·Keisaku Sato, Lindsey Kennedy, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Praveen Kusumanchi, Zhihong Yang, Fanyin Meng, Shannon Glaser, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini	0
10	Non-coding RNAs in human liver malignancies: Critical regulators for cancer stemness? 2012 ·Fanyin Meng, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini	3
11	Histamine stimulates the proliferation of small and large cholangiocytes by activation of both IP3/Ca2+ and cAMP-dependent signaling mechanisms 2011 ·Laboratory Investigation ·Heather Francis, Sharon DeMorrow, Antonio Franchitto, Julie Venter, Romina Mancinelli, Mellanie White, Fanyin Meng, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Guido Carpino, Anastasia Renzi, (unknown), (unknown), Taylor Francis, Eugenio Gaudio, Gianfranco Alpini, Paolo Onori	51
12	After Damage of Large Bile Ducts by Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Small Ducts Replenish the Biliary Tree by Amplification of Calcium-Dependent Signaling and de Novo Acquisition of Large Cholangiocyte Phenotypes 2010 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Romina Mancinelli, Antonio Franchitto, Eugenio Gaudio, Paolo Onori, Shannon Glaser, Heather Francis, Julie Venter, Sharon DeMorrow, Guido Carpino, Shelley Kopriva, Mellanie White, Giammarco Fava, Domenico Alvaro, Gianfranco Alpini	67
13	H3 Histamine Receptor–Mediated Activation of Protein Kinase Cα Inhibits the Growth of Cholangiocarcinoma In vitro and In vivo 2009 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Heather Francis, Paolo Onori, Eugenio Gaudio, Antonio Franchitto, Sharon DeMorrow, Julie Venter, Shelley Kopriva, Guido Carpino, Romina Mancinelli, Mellanie White, Fanyin Meng, Antonella Vetuschi, Roberta Sferra, Gianfranco Alpini	58
14	The activation of H3/H4 histamine receptors induces a decrease in cholangiocarcinoma growth 2008 ·Cancer Research ·Heather Francis, Sharon DeMorrow, Julie Venter, Shelley Kopriva, Bradley Vaculin, Jennifer Savage, Gianfranco Alpini	1
15	Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Its Receptor Agonist Exendin-4 Modulate Cholangiocyte Adaptive Response to Cholestasis 2007 ·Gastroenterology ·Marco Marzioni, Gianfranco Alpini, S. Saccomanno, C. Candelaresi, Juliet Venter, C. Rychlicki, Giammarco Fava, Heather Francis, L. Trozzi, Shannon Glaser, A. Benedetti	70
16	Taurocholic acid feeding prevents tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced damage of cholangiocytes by a PI3K-mediated pathway. 2007 ·Università Politecnica delle Marche (Università Politecnica delle Marche) ·Yoshiyuki Ueno, Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Sharon DeMorrow, Julie Venter, A. Benedetti, Giammarco Fava, Marco Marzioni, Gianfranco Alpini	15
17	Proliferating Cholangiocytes: A Neuroendocrine Compartment in the Diseased Liver 2006 ·Gastroenterology ·Domenico Alvaro, Maria Grazia Mancino, Shannon Glaser, Eugenio Gaudio, Marco Marzioni, Heather Francis, Gianfranco Alpini	230
18	Estrogens and Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Modulate Neoplastic Cell Growth in Human Cholangiocarcinoma 2006 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Domenico Alvaro, Barbara Barbaro, Antonio Franchitto, Paolo Onori, Shannon Glaser, Gianfranco Alpini, Heather Francis, Luca Marucci, Paola Sterpetti, Stefano Ginanni Corradini, Andrea Onetti Muda, David E. Dostal, A. De Santis, A.F. Attili, A. Benedetti, Eugenio Gaudio	122
19	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Stimulates Rat Cholangiocyte Proliferation Via an Autocrine Mechanism 2006 ·Gastroenterology ·Eugenio Gaudio, Barbara Barbaro, Domenico Alvaro, Shannon Glaser, Heather Francis, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Cynthia J. Meininger, Antonio Franchitto, Paolo Onori, Marco Marzioni, Silvia Taffetani, Giammarco Fava, George Stoica, Julie Venter, Ramona Reichenbach, Sharon De Morrow, (unknown), Gianfranco Alpini	167
20	Enterostomy feeding tubes 2004 ·Veterinary medicine ·Heather Francis, Joe Bartges, Karen M. Tobias, P.J.D. Snow	0

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