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

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.

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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Francis United States	54	3.4k	2.9k	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	210	7.9k
Shannon Glaser United States	62	4.9k 1.4×	4.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	269	10.6k
Paolo Onori Italy	45	2.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	980 0.6×	154	5.5k
Antonio Franchitto Italy	44	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	975 0.5×	940 0.5×	133	4.9k
Albert Geerts Belgium	46	1.6k 0.5×	3.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	619 0.3×	110	6.6k
Gianfranco Alpini United States	75	7.3k 2.1×	6.4k 2.2×	4.0k 1.9×	4.1k 2.1×	3.9k 2.2×	353	15.9k
Fanyin Meng United States	47	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	4.6k 2.4×	1.2k 0.7×	158	8.9k
Fiona Oakley United Kingdom	41	798 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	539 0.3×	105	6.0k
Sharon DeMorrow United States	42	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	937 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	127	4.4k
Keiko Iwaisako Japan	30	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	636 0.4×	71	5.0k
Davide D’Amico Italy	35	1.4k 0.4×	955 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	560 0.3×	137	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Francis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Francis

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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

Kennedy, Lindsey, et al.. (2023). Sex-Dependent Differences in Cholestasis. American Journal Of Pathology. 193(10). 1355–1362. 8 indexed citations

Wu, Nan, Tianhao Zhou, Guido Carpino, et al.. (2023). Prolonged administration of a secretin receptor antagonist inhibits biliary senescence and liver fibrosis in Mdr2−/− mice. Hepatology. 77(6). 1849–1865. 6 indexed citations

Kundu, Debjyoti, Lindsey Kennedy, Tianhao Zhou, et al.. (2023). p16 INK4A drives nonalcoholic fatty liver disease phenotypes in high fat diet fed mice through biliary E2F1/FOXO1/IGF-1 signaling. Hepatology. 78(1). 243–257. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjun, Konstantina Kyritsi, Ping Li, et al.. (2023). Development of Scaffold-Free Three-Dimensional Cholangiocyte Organoids to Study the Progression of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. American Journal Of Pathology. 193(9). 1156–1169. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjun, Simon J. Conway, Ying Liu, et al.. (2021). Heterogeneity of Hepatic Stellate Cells in Fibrogenesis of the Liver: Insights from Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis in Liver Injury. Cells. 10(8). 2129–2129. 35 indexed citations

Sato, Keisaku, Wenjun Zhang, Samira Safarikia, et al.. (2020). Organoids and Spheroids as Models for Studying Cholestatic Liver Injury and Cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatology. 74(1). 491–502. 56 indexed citations

Meadows, Vik, Lindsey Kennedy, Debjyoti Kundu, Gianfranco Alpini, & Heather Francis. (2020). Bile Acid Receptor Therapeutics Effects on Chronic Liver Diseases. PMC. 3 indexed citations

Sato, Keisaku, Shannon Glaser, Lindsey Kennedy, et al.. (2019). Preclinical insights into cholangiopathies: disease modeling and emerging therapeutic targets. PMC. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Keisaku, Lindsey Kennedy, Suthat Liangpunsakul, et al.. (2019). Intercellular Communication between Hepatic Cells in Liver Diseases. PMC.

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Meng, Fanyin, Heather Francis, & Gianfranco Alpini. (2012). Non-coding RNAs in human liver malignancies: Critical regulators for cancer stemness?. 1(1). 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Francis, Heather, Sharon DeMorrow, Antonio Franchitto, et al.. (2011). Histamine stimulates the proliferation of small and large cholangiocytes by activation of both IP3/Ca2+ and cAMP-dependent signaling mechanisms. Laboratory Investigation. 92(2). 282–294. 51 indexed citations

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Mancinelli, Romina, Antonio Franchitto, Eugenio Gaudio, et al.. (2010). 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. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(4). 1790–1800. 67 indexed citations

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Francis, Heather, Paolo Onori, Eugenio Gaudio, et al.. (2009). H3 Histamine Receptor–Mediated Activation of Protein Kinase Cα Inhibits the Growth of Cholangiocarcinoma In vitro and In vivo. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(10). 1704–1713. 58 indexed citations

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Francis, Heather, Sharon DeMorrow, Julie Venter, et al.. (2008). The activation of H3/H4 histamine receptors induces a decrease in cholangiocarcinoma growth. Cancer Research. 68. 3602–3602. 1 indexed citations

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Marzioni, Marco, Gianfranco Alpini, S. Saccomanno, et al.. (2007). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Its Receptor Agonist Exendin-4 Modulate Cholangiocyte Adaptive Response to Cholestasis. Gastroenterology. 133(1). 244–255. 70 indexed citations

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Ueno, Yoshiyuki, Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, et al.. (2007). Taurocholic acid feeding prevents tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced damage of cholangiocytes by a PI3K-mediated pathway.. Università Politecnica delle Marche (Università Politecnica delle Marche). 232(7). 942–9. 15 indexed citations

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Alvaro, Domenico, Maria Grazia Mancino, Shannon Glaser, et al.. (2006). Proliferating Cholangiocytes: A Neuroendocrine Compartment in the Diseased Liver. Gastroenterology. 132(1). 415–431. 230 indexed citations

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Alvaro, Domenico, Barbara Barbaro, Antonio Franchitto, et al.. (2006). Estrogens and Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Modulate Neoplastic Cell Growth in Human Cholangiocarcinoma. American Journal Of Pathology. 169(3). 877–888. 122 indexed citations

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Gaudio, Eugenio, Barbara Barbaro, Domenico Alvaro, et al.. (2006). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Stimulates Rat Cholangiocyte Proliferation Via an Autocrine Mechanism. Gastroenterology. 130(4). 1270–1282. 167 indexed citations

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Francis, Heather, Joe Bartges, Karen M. Tobias, & P.J.D. Snow. (2004). Enterostomy feeding tubes. Veterinary medicine. 99(7). 627–630.

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