Ildikò Rita Dunay

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
101 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

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Ildikò Rita Dunay is a scholar working on Parasitology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ildikò Rita Dunay has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Parasitology, 38 papers in Immunology and 29 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ildikò Rita Dunay's work include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (39 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (23 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (17 papers). Ildikò Rita Dunay is often cited by papers focused on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (39 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (23 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (17 papers). Ildikò Rita Dunay collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. Ildikò Rita Dunay's co-authors include L. David Sibley, Oliver Liesenfeld, Markus M. Heimesaat, Luisa Möhle, Stefan Bereswill, Dirk Schlüter, André Fischer, Blima Fux, Reshika Dhakal and Kiran Gajurel and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Ildikò Rita Dunay

95 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Differentiation of Type 1 ILCs from a Common Progenitor to All Helper-like Innate Lymphoid Cell Lineages

2014 840 citations Christoph S. N. Klose, Ildikò Rita Dunay et al. profile →
Treatment of Toxoplasmosis: Historical Perspective, Animal Models, and Current Clinical Practice

2018 333 citations Ildikò Rita Dunay, Oliver Liesenfeld et al. profile →
Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system

2021 141 citations Ildikò Rita Dunay, L. David Sibley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ildikò Rita Dunay Germany	35	2.2k	2.1k	1.7k	1.2k	714	101	5.6k
Dirk Schlüter Germany	49	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	301 0.4×	145	5.9k
Lloyd H. Kasper United States	43	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	190 0.3×	102	6.6k
Terez Shea‐Donohue United States	45	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	799 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.9×	138	7.3k
Walter Däubener Germany	34	1.1k 0.5×	988 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	923 0.8×	578 0.8×	74	4.4k
Júlio Aliberti United States	42	5.1k 2.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.2×	417 0.6×	72	9.4k
Meera G. Nair United States	31	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	553 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	512 0.7×	77	5.4k
Gregory A. Taylor United States	46	2.8k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	3.0k 1.8×	3.0k 2.4×	376 0.5×	98	7.7k
Helen S. Goodridge United States	33	2.8k 1.3×	568 0.3×	741 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	190 0.3×	72	6.1k
Antonio Barragán Sweden	38	1.0k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	800 0.7×	146 0.2×	81	4.5k
John R. Grainger United Kingdom	25	2.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	418 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	316 0.4×	43	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dunay, Ildikò Rita, et al.. (2026). Cerebellar Resistance to Amyloid Plaque Deposition and Elevated Microglial ECM Proteoglycan Uptake in 5xFAD Mice. Cells. 15(2). 182–182.

Steffen, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Group 2 innate lymphoid cells drive inhibitory synapse formation with lasting effects on learning and memory. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 22(1). 163–163.

Puta, Christian, S. Chakrabarty, Stefanie Schreiber, et al.. (2025). Acute exercise alters immune responses in older adults, with extracellular vesicle changes observed in a high-intensity intervention. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1661161–1661161. 1 indexed citations

Behrendt, Carolyn E., et al.. (2025). PD1+ innate lymphoid cells 3 predict JAK-dependent inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 154. 103424–103424.

Sun, Wei‐Lun, et al.. (2024). Integrity of neural extracellular matrix is required for microglia‐mediated synaptic remodeling. Glia. 72(10). 1874–1892. 11 indexed citations

Ham, Marco van, et al.. (2024). Proteomic analysis of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles: pre- and postprandial comparisons. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23032–23032. 7 indexed citations

Michaelsen‐Preusse, Kristin, et al.. (2023). Astrocytes evoke a robust IRF7-independent type I interferon response upon neurotropic viral infection. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 213–213. 1 indexed citations

Richter, Anni, Lea Knopf, Renat Yakupov, et al.. (2023). Plasma concentrations of anti-inflammatory cytokine TGF-β are associated with hippocampal structure related to explicit memory performance in older adults. Journal of Neural Transmission. 130(8). 989–1002. 9 indexed citations

Mattern, Hendrik, et al.. (2023). Spatio-temporal dynamics of microglia phenotype in human and murine cSVD: impact of acute and chronic hypertensive states. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 204–204. 14 indexed citations

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Kany, Shinwan, et al.. (2020). Short Exposure to Ethanol Diminishes Caspase-1 and ASC Activation in Human HepG2 Cells In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(9). 3196–3196. 14 indexed citations

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Dunay, Ildikò Rita, et al.. (2020). NK Cells Negatively Regulate CD8 T Cells to Promote Immune Exhaustion and Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 313–313. 19 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ann‐Kristin, Marc P. Hübner, Kai Hildner, et al.. (2019). Protection of Batf3‐deficient mice from experimental cerebral malaria correlates with impaired cytotoxic T‐cell responses and immune regulation. Immunology. 159(2). 193–204. 8 indexed citations

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Knop, Laura, Katrin Deiser, Ulrich Kalinke, et al.. (2019). Interferon-γ Receptor Signaling in Dendritic Cells Restrains Spontaneous Proliferation of CD4+ T Cells in Chronic Lymphopenic Mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 140–140. 6 indexed citations

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Biswas, Aindrila, T J French, Nancy Müeller, et al.. (2017). Behavior of Neutrophil Granulocytes during Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the Central Nervous System. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 259–259. 34 indexed citations

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Harsan, Laura, Marta Zagrebelsky, Dominik von Elverfeldt, et al.. (2014). Chronic murine toxoplasmosis is defined by subtle changes in the neuronal connectivity. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 7(4). 459–69. 78 indexed citations

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Biswas, Aindrila & Ildikò Rita Dunay. (2014). Ly6Chi monocytes govern cerebral toxoplasmosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 275(1-2). 75–76. 1 indexed citations

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Bereswill, Stefan, André Fischer, Ildikò Rita Dunay, et al.. (2013). Pro-inflammatory potential ofEscherichia colistrains K12 and Nissle 1917 in a murine model of acute ileitis. European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology. 3(2). 126–134. 19 indexed citations

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Dunay, Ildikò Rita, Renato Augusto DaMatta, Blima Fux, et al.. (2008). Gr1+ Inflammatory Monocytes Are Required for Mucosal Resistance to the Pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. Immunity. 29(2). 306–317. 338 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zijiang, Blima Fux, Ildikò Rita Dunay, et al.. (2008). Autophagosome-Independent Essential Function for the Autophagy Protein Atg5 in Cellular Immunity to Intracellular Pathogens. Cell Host & Microbe. 4(5). 458–469. 343 indexed citations

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Heimesaat, Markus M., Stefan Bereswill, André Fischer, et al.. (2006). Gram-Negative Bacteria Aggravate Murine Small Intestinal Th1-Type Immunopathology following Oral Infection with Toxoplasma gondii. The Journal of Immunology. 177(12). 8785–8795. 298 indexed citations

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