Jean‐Léon Thomas

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Jean‐Léon Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐Léon Thomas has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 30 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jean‐Léon Thomas's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (30 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (20 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (16 papers). Jean‐Léon Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (30 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (20 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (16 papers). Jean‐Léon Thomas collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Jean‐Léon Thomas's co-authors include Anne Eichmann, Kari Alitalo, Bernard Zalc, Nathalie Spassky, Salli Antila, Christiane Bréant, Bernard Zalc, Thomas Mathivet, Lígia Simões Braga Boisserand and Peter Carmeliet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐Léon Thomas

83 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours

2020 357 citations Eric Song, Tianyang Mao et al. Nature profile →
Development and plasticity of meningeal lymphatic vessels

2017 315 citations Salli Antila, Sinem Karaman et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Conserved meningeal lymphatic drainage circuits in mice and humans

2022 98 citations Laurent Jacob, José M. Brito et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean‐Léon Thomas France	39	2.6k	1.8k	1.1k	892	643	87	5.3k
Bernard Rogister Belgium	40	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	597 0.7×	534 0.8×	138	5.3k
Alison C. Lloyd United Kingdom	30	2.7k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	773 0.9×	575 0.9×	52	5.9k
Dies Meijer Netherlands	43	3.1k 1.2×	2.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	394 0.4×	890 1.4×	74	6.7k
Simona Parrinello United Kingdom	26	2.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	691 0.6×	854 1.0×	383 0.6×	38	5.9k
Eric D. Laywell United States	27	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	562 0.6×	551 0.9×	42	4.6k
Patrizia Casaccia‐Bonnefil United States	40	3.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.9×	501 0.6×	387 0.6×	56	5.6k
Alistair N. Garratt Germany	33	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	925 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	620 1.0×	47	5.6k
Fanie Barnabé‐Heider Sweden	26	4.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.9×	503 0.6×	538 0.8×	33	7.7k
Anna V. Molofsky United States	27	3.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	736 0.8×	356 0.6×	36	6.5k
Susan K. Goderie United States	26	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 2.1×	382 0.4×	479 0.7×	35	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Kyungdeok, Siling Du, Zachary Papadopoulos, et al.. (2025). Meningeal lymphatics-microglia axis regulates synaptic physiology. Cell. 188(10). 2705–2719.e23. 13 indexed citations

Neves, Sofia Pereira das, Yingxue Ren, Chiara Starvaggi Cucuzza, et al.. (2024). Meningeal lymphatic function promotes oligodendrocyte survival and brain myelination. Immunity. 57(10). 2328–2343.e8. 12 indexed citations

Thomas, Jean‐Léon, Emmanuelle A. D. Schindler, & Christopher Gottschalk. (2024). Meningeal lymphatic vessel dysfunction driven by CGRP signaling causes migraine-like pain in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(15). 1 indexed citations

Geraldo, Luiz Henrique, Yunling Xu, Levi L. Blazer, et al.. (2024). Monoclonal antibodies that block Roundabout 1 and 2 signaling target pathological ocular neovascularization through myeloid cells. Science Translational Medicine. 16(774). eadn8388–eadn8388. 2 indexed citations

Lenck, Stéphanie, et al.. (2024). The glymphatic system as a nexus between obesity and neurological diseases. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 21(1). 1–2. 3 indexed citations

Lenck, Stéphanie, et al.. (2024). Rewiring of the glymphatic landscape in metabolic disorders. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 36(8). 710–720.

Lee, Ju-Hyun, Teresa Lee, Hee‐Won Suh, et al.. (2023). Intrathecal delivery of nanoparticle PARP inhibitor to the cerebrospinal fluid for the treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma. Science Translational Medicine. 15(720). eadi1617–eadi1617. 17 indexed citations

Damon‐Soubeyrand, Christelle, Antonino Bongiovanni, Chantal Goubely, et al.. (2023). Three-dimensional imaging of vascular development in the mouse epididymis. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

Genet, Gaël, Nicholas W. Chavkin, Umadevi Paila, et al.. (2023). Connexin 43-mediated neurovascular interactions regulate neurogenesis in the adult brain subventricular zone. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112371–112371. 14 indexed citations

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Geraldo, Luiz Henrique, Celina García, Yunling Xu, et al.. (2023). CCL21-CCR7 signaling promotes microglia/macrophage recruitment and chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(7). 179–179. 13 indexed citations

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Jacob, Laurent, José M. Brito, Stéphanie Lenck, et al.. (2022). Conserved meningeal lymphatic drainage circuits in mice and humans. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 219(8). 98 indexed citations breakdown →

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Song, Eric, Tianyang Mao, Huiping Dong, et al.. (2020). VEGF-C-driven lymphatic drainage enables immunosurveillance of brain tumours. Nature. 577(7792). 689–694. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Genet, Gaël, Kevin Boyé, Thomas Mathivet, et al.. (2019). Endophilin-A2 dependent VEGFR2 endocytosis promotes sprouting angiogenesis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2350–2350. 58 indexed citations

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Jacob, Laurent, Lígia Simões Braga Boisserand, Luiz Henrique Geraldo, et al.. (2019). Anatomy and function of the vertebral column lymphatic network in mice. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4594–4594. 100 indexed citations

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Antila, Salli, Sinem Karaman, Harri Nurmi, et al.. (2017). Development and plasticity of meningeal lymphatic vessels. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(12). 3645–3667. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miguez, Andrés, Sébastien Ducret, Thomas Di Meglio, et al.. (2012). Opposing Roles forHoxa2andHoxb2in Hindbrain Oligodendrocyte Patterning. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(48). 17172–17185. 33 indexed citations

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Hallani, Soufiane El, Blandine Boisselier, Florent Péglion, et al.. (2010). A new alternative mechanism in glioblastoma vascularization: tubular vasculogenic mimicry. Brain. 133(4). 973–982. 284 indexed citations

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Heydon, Katharina, Ana Cumano, Markus H. Schwab, et al.. (2008). Early Neuronal and Glial Fate Restriction of Embryonic Neural Stem Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(10). 2551–2562. 55 indexed citations

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Heydon, Katharina, Andrés Miguez, Markus H. Schwab, et al.. (2008). Genetic tracing of subpopulation neurons in the prethalamus of mice (Mus musculus). The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 512(1). 74–83. 30 indexed citations

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Farace, Françoise, Laetitia Prestoz, Martine Guillier, et al.. (2004). Evaluation of Hematopoietic Potential Generated by Transplantation of Muscle-Derived Stem Cells in Mice. Stem Cells and Development. 13(1). 83–92. 7 indexed citations

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