Janesh Pillay

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Janesh Pillay is a scholar working on Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Janesh Pillay has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Immunology, 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Janesh Pillay's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (15 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Janesh Pillay is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (15 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers). Janesh Pillay collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Janesh Pillay's co-authors include Leo Koenderman, Luke P. H. Leenen, Tamar Tak, Vera Kamp, José A. M. Borghans, Kiki Tesselaar, Peter Pickkers, Pieter H. C. Leliefeld, Nienke Vrisekoop and Rob J. de Boer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Janesh Pillay

49 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

A subset of neutrophils in human systemic inflammation inhibits T cell responses through Mac-1

2011 639 citations Janesh Pillay, Vera Kamp et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
In vivo labeling with 2H2O reveals a human neutrophil lifespan of 5.4 days

2010 631 citations Janesh Pillay, Nienke Vrisekoop et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janesh Pillay Netherlands	21	2.1k	675	583	372	372	50	3.3k
Carlo Chizzolini Switzerland	38	2.0k 1.0×	701 1.0×	750 1.3×	539 1.4×	412 1.1×	162	4.9k
Matthew Schaller United States	37	2.0k 1.0×	1000 1.5×	1.0k 1.7×	578 1.6×	369 1.0×	85	3.9k
Marion Frankenberger Germany	33	2.5k 1.2×	536 0.8×	918 1.6×	679 1.8×	560 1.5×	81	4.2k
Walter Ferlin Switzerland	30	2.0k 1.0×	339 0.5×	579 1.0×	199 0.5×	707 1.9×	65	3.2k
Francesco Puppo Italy	40	2.6k 1.3×	485 0.7×	605 1.0×	250 0.7×	544 1.5×	124	4.7k
Christophe Parizot France	22	3.0k 1.4×	540 0.8×	459 0.8×	340 0.9×	702 1.9×	49	4.5k
Philip Bufler Germany	31	2.3k 1.1×	634 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	335 0.9×	505 1.4×	88	4.3k
Claudia A. Nold‐Petry Australia	29	2.1k 1.0×	499 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	581 1.6×	501 1.3×	67	4.0k
Jesse W. Williams United States	33	1.7k 0.8×	582 0.9×	816 1.4×	230 0.6×	449 1.2×	94	3.6k
Panagiotis Skendros Greece	27	2.0k 1.0×	477 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	450 1.2×	165 0.4×	70	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pillay, Janesh, et al.. (2025). Post-COVID pulmonary sequelae: Mechanisms and potential targets to reduce persistent fibrosis. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 272. 108891–108891. 4 indexed citations

Slart, Riemer H. J. A., Matijs van Meurs, Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans, et al.. (2025). [18F]FDG PET/CT identifies infectious and inflammatory foci in persistent critical illness. Annals of Intensive Care. 15(1). 24–24. 2 indexed citations

Arbous, M. Sesmu, et al.. (2025). Low postoperative mitochondrial oxygen tension is an early marker of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: A prospective observational study. Journal of Critical Care. 88. 155088–155088.

Duiverman, Marieke L., Martijn D. de Kruif, Daniela E. Oprea‐Lager, et al.. (2025). [68Ga]FAPI PET/CT reveals increased pulmonary fibroblast activation protein expression in long COVID patients after ICU discharge. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 53(1). 565–573. 1 indexed citations

Volbeda, Meint, Matijs van Meurs, Janesh Pillay, et al.. (2024). Time course of plasma urea and urinary urea excretion in patients with a prolonged ICU stay. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25779–25779. 2 indexed citations

Slart, Riemer H. J. A., et al.. (2024). 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient. Intensive Care Medicine. 50(8). 1361–1362. 1 indexed citations

Moser, Jill, Matijs van Meurs, Dorien Kiers, et al.. (2024). Neo-epitope detection identifies extracellular matrix turnover in systemic inflammation and sepsis: an exploratory study. Critical Care. 28(1). 120–120. 3 indexed citations

Nijsten, Maarten W., et al.. (2024). Long axial field of view PET/CT in critically ill patients: lessons from a case report. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1347791–1347791. 3 indexed citations

Nijsten, Maarten W., et al.. (2023). [18F]FDG-PET/CT in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients with COVID-19 ARDS and persistent inflammation. Clinical and Translational Imaging. 11(3). 297–306. 4 indexed citations

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Lauri, Chiara, Giuseppe Campagna, Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Affects Thyroid and Adrenal Glands: An 18F-FDG PET/CT Study. Biomedicines. 11(11). 2899–2899. 4 indexed citations

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Nijsten, Maarten W., et al.. (2023). Practice of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in ICU Patients: A Systematic Review. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 53(6). 809–819. 9 indexed citations

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Voort, Peter H. J. van der, et al.. (2021). Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically-ill patients with COVID-19 in a setting of selective decontamination of the digestive tract. Critical Care. 25(1). 445–445. 8 indexed citations

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Boers, L.S., Michela Botta, Anna Geke Algera, et al.. (2020). PRactice of VENTilation in Patients with Novel Coronavirus Disease (PRoVENT-COVID): rationale and protocol for a national multicenter observational study in The Netherlands. Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(19). 1251–1251. 14 indexed citations

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Grinsven, Erinke van, et al.. (2018). A comprehensive three-dimensional assay to assess neutrophil defense against bacteria. Journal of Immunological Methods. 462. 83–90. 6 indexed citations

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Tak, Tamar, Tomasz P. Rygiel, Guruswamy Karnam, et al.. (2017). Neutrophil-mediated Suppression of Influenza-induced Pathology Requires CD11b/CD18 (MAC-1). American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 58(4). 492–499. 34 indexed citations

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Leliefeld, Pieter H. C., et al.. (2016). The role of neutrophils in immune dysfunction during severe inflammation. Critical Care. 20(1). 198 indexed citations

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Pillay, Janesh, et al.. (2015). Neutrophils in respiratory syncytial virus infection: A target for asthma prevention. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 136(4). 838–847. 76 indexed citations

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Hietbrink, Falco, et al.. (2013). Kinetics of the Innate Immune Response After Trauma. Shock. 40(1). 21–27. 51 indexed citations

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Pillay, Janesh, Vera Kamp, Els van Hoffen, et al.. (2011). A subset of neutrophils in human systemic inflammation inhibits T cell responses through Mac-1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(1). 327–336. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pillay, Janesh, Falco Hietbrink, Leo Koenderman, & Luke P. H. Leenen. (2007). The systemic inflammatory response induced by trauma is reflected by multiple phenotypes of blood neutrophils. Injury. 38(12). 1365–1372. 74 indexed citations

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