Heela Sarlus

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 965 citations indexed

About

Heela Sarlus is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heela Sarlus has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 965 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Heela Sarlus's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Heela Sarlus is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Heela Sarlus collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Heela Sarlus's co-authors include Michael T. Heneka, Robert A. Harris, Mircea Oprica, Marianne Schultzberg, Barbara Canlon, Xiuzhe Wang, Christopher R. Cederroth, Jin Hong Min, Jinming Han and Virginija Danylaité Karrenbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, The EMBO Journal and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Heela Sarlus

22 papers receiving 960 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Microglia in Alzheimer’s disease

2017 641 citations Heela Sarlus, Michael T. Heneka Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heela Sarlus Sweden	12	530	426	267	178	164	22	965
Sara Bachiller Spain	14	627 1.2×	221 0.5×	361 1.4×	230 1.3×	184 1.1×	24	1.2k
Young Cheul Chung South Korea	13	441 0.8×	149 0.3×	224 0.8×	118 0.7×	107 0.7×	20	911
Hong Lian China	10	735 1.4×	450 1.1×	333 1.2×	241 1.4×	178 1.1×	17	1.3k
Min‐Soo Kwon South Korea	22	326 0.6×	228 0.5×	377 1.4×	160 0.9×	215 1.3×	65	1.4k
Hannah Scheiblich Germany	14	418 0.8×	259 0.6×	379 1.4×	152 0.9×	129 0.8×	21	966
Liza Morsett United States	6	821 1.5×	315 0.7×	484 1.8×	331 1.9×	145 0.9×	6	1.4k
Myungjin Jo South Korea	15	497 0.9×	271 0.6×	393 1.5×	143 0.8×	95 0.6×	21	1.2k
Agnieszka M. Jurga Poland	13	603 1.1×	533 1.3×	379 1.4×	244 1.4×	117 0.7×	16	1.4k
Dirk Luchtman Canada	15	263 0.5×	186 0.4×	206 0.8×	158 0.9×	130 0.8×	19	1.0k
Silvia Bullitta Italy	19	533 1.0×	131 0.3×	438 1.6×	210 1.2×	163 1.0×	24	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heela Sarlus

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Sarlus, Heela, Kavi Bhalla, Sergio Castro‐Gomez, et al.. (2025). Proliferating Microglia Exhibit Unique Transcriptional and Functional Alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease. ASN NEURO. 17(1). 2506406–2506406. 1 indexed citations

Min, Jin Hong, Heela Sarlus, & Robert A. Harris. (2024). MAD—microbial (origin of) Alzheimer’s disease hypothesis: from infection and the antimicrobial response to disruption of key copper-based systems. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1467333–1467333. 4 indexed citations

Min, Jin Hong, Heela Sarlus, & Robert A. Harris. (2024). Copper toxicity and deficiency: the vicious cycle at the core of protein aggregation in ALS. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1408159–1408159. 11 indexed citations

Glotfelty, Elliot J., et al.. (2024). Bacterial peptidoglycan signalling in microglia: Activation by MDP via the NF-κB/MAPK pathway. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 121. 43–55. 14 indexed citations

Min, Jin Hong, et al.. (2024). Thioflavin-T: application as a neuronal body and nucleolar stain and the blue light photo enhancement effect. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24846–24846. 3 indexed citations

Min, Jin Hong, Heela Sarlus, & Robert A. Harris. (2024). Glycyl-l-histidyl-l-lysine prevents copper- and zinc-induced protein aggregation and central nervous system cell death in vitro. Metallomics. 16(5). 4 indexed citations

Samanta, Sumanta, Vignesh Kumar Rangasami, Heela Sarlus, et al.. (2022). Interpenetrating gallol functionalized tissue adhesive hyaluronic acid hydrogel polarizes macrophages to an immunosuppressive phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia. 142. 36–48. 33 indexed citations

Zhu, Keying, Yang Wang, Heela Sarlus, et al.. (2022). Myeloid cell‐specific topoisomerase 1 inhibition using DNA origami mitigates neuroinflammation. EMBO Reports. 23(7). e54499–e54499. 17 indexed citations

Sun, Jingxian, Keying Zhu, Yumeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Activation of TRPV1 receptor facilitates myelin repair following demyelination via the regulation of microglial function. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 44(4). 766–779. 14 indexed citations

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Kummer, Markus P., Christina Ising, Christiane Kummer, et al.. (2021). Microglial PD‐1 stimulation by astrocytic PD‐L1 suppresses neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The EMBO Journal. 40(24). e108662–e108662. 68 indexed citations

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Fontana, Jacopo Maria, et al.. (2021). Differential effects of noise exposure between substrains of CBA mice. Hearing Research. 415. 108395–108395. 4 indexed citations

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Sarlus, Heela, Alina Codita, Xiuzhe Wang, et al.. (2020). Chronic Airway Allergy Induces Pro-Inflammatory Responses in the Brain of Wildtype Mice but Not 3xTgAD Mice. Neuroscience. 448. 14–27. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Jinming, Heela Sarlus, Zbigniew K. Wszołek, Virginija Danylaité Karrenbauer, & Robert A. Harris. (2020). Microglial replacement therapy: a potential therapeutic strategy for incurable CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 217–217. 35 indexed citations

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Sarlus, Heela, Erik Björn, Eduardo Linck Machado Guimarães, et al.. (2020). Circadian vulnerability of cisplatin‐induced ototoxicity in the cochlea. The FASEB Journal. 34(10). 13978–13992. 16 indexed citations

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Fontana, Jacopo Maria, et al.. (2019). Impact of noise exposure on the circadian clock in the auditory system. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 146(5). 3960–3966. 11 indexed citations

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Cederroth, Christopher R., Benjamin D. Weger, Heela Sarlus, et al.. (2019). Circadian Regulation of Cochlear Sensitivity to Noise by Circulating Glucocorticoids. Current Biology. 29(15). 2477–2487.e6. 23 indexed citations

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Sarlus, Heela, et al.. (2019). Circadian integration of inflammation and glucocorticoid actions: Implications for the cochlea. Hearing Research. 377. 53–60. 5 indexed citations

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Sarlus, Heela & Michael T. Heneka. (2017). Microglia in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(9). 3240–3249. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sarlus, Heela, Xiuzhe Wang, Ángel Cedazo-Mı́nguez, Marianne Schultzberg, & Mircea Oprica. (2013). Chronic airway-induced allergy in mice modifies gene expression in the brain toward insulin resistance and inflammatory responses. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 10(1). 99–99. 18 indexed citations

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Sarlus, Heela, C. Olgart Höglund, Bianka Karshikoff, et al.. (2012). Allergy influences the inflammatory status of the brain and enhances tau‐phosphorylation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 16(10). 2401–2412. 32 indexed citations

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