Jean‐Louis Mège

20.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Jean‐Louis Mège is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐Louis Mège has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Infectious Diseases, 51 papers in Parasitology and 47 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Jean‐Louis Mège's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (50 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers). Jean‐Louis Mège is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (50 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers). Jean‐Louis Mège collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Morocco. Jean‐Louis Mège's co-authors include Benoît Desnues, Didier Raoult, Christian Capo, Marie Benoit, Soraya Mezouar, Éric Ghigo, Jean‐Marc Rolain, Olivier Blin, Fabienne Brégeon and Hubert Lépidi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐Louis Mège

174 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections

2008 1.0k citations Marie Benoit, Benoît Desnues et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization: An Update on Mechanisms, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Subsequent Infections

2018 353 citations Jean‐Louis Mège et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean‐Louis Mège France	39	1.8k	1.6k	1.3k	1.3k	898	179	6.2k
Edouard Vannier United States	43	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	897 1.0×	83	6.3k
Helle Bielefeldt‐Ohmann Australia	45	1.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.9×	759 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 2.2×	246	7.8k
Jan Ernerudh Sweden	52	4.2k 2.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	892 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	271	9.1k
Andrew S. MacDonald United Kingdom	45	3.6k 2.0×	890 0.5×	2.6k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	762 0.8×	122	7.3k
Susanne Hartmann Germany	44	1.2k 0.7×	943 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	274 0.3×	140	5.5k
Hans‐Walter Pfister Germany	52	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	853 0.9×	161	7.0k
Christian Capo France	38	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	746 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	138	4.4k
Quan Liu China	47	742 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	2.8k 2.2×	2.1k 1.7×	970 1.1×	350	8.5k
George E. Griffin United Kingdom	50	2.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.6×	932 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	589 0.7×	181	9.3k
Martı́n E. Rottenberg Sweden	46	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	505 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	992 1.1×	129	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐Louis Mège

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Desnues, Benoît, et al.. (2025). Preferential apical infection of Caco-2 intestinal cell monolayers by SARS-CoV-2 is associated with damage to cellular barrier integrity: Implications for the pathophysiology of COVID-19. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0313068–e0313068.

Mège, Jean‐Louis, et al.. (2025). Monkeypox Virus and Pregnancy. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(4). e70337–e70337. 1 indexed citations

Mezouar, Soraya, Benoît Desnues, Yassina Bechah, et al.. (2025). Pathogenicity and Virulence of Coxiella burnetii: Focus on Q fever. Virulence. 16(1). 2495842–2495842.

Gay, Laëtitia, Asma Boumaza, Aïssatou Bailo Diallo, et al.. (2024). Protective role of macrophages from maternal–fetal interface in unvaccinated coronavirus disease 2019 pregnant women. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(7). e29819–e29819. 1 indexed citations

Coiffard, Benjamin, Hamid Merdji, Mohamed Boucékine, et al.. (2023). Changes in Body Temperature Patterns Are Predictive of Mortality in Septic Shock: An Observational Study. Biology. 12(5). 638–638. 1 indexed citations

Michel, Moïse, Fabrice Malergue, Pierre‐Emmanuel Morange, et al.. (2022). A rapid, easy, and scalable whole blood monocyte CD169 assay for outpatient screening during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, and potentially other emerging disease outbreaks. SAGE Open Medicine. 10. 3911966299–3911966299. 3 indexed citations

Sérémé, Youssouf, Moïse Michel, Soraya Mezouar, et al.. (2022). A Non-Invasive Neonatal Signature Predicts Later Development of Atopic Diseases. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(10). 2749–2749. 5 indexed citations

Boumaza, Asma, Laëtitia Gay, Soraya Mezouar, et al.. (2021). Monocytes and Macrophages, Targets of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: The Clue for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Immunoparalysis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(3). 395–406. 117 indexed citations

Bertin, Daniel, Matthieu Million, Line Meddeb, et al.. (2019). Thromboses in tuberculosis are linked to antiphosphatidylethanolamine antibodies levels: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 15. 100092–100092. 2 indexed citations

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Mezouar, Soraya, Joana Vitte, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2019). A Role for Placental Mast Cells in Normal and Complicated Pregnancy. 3(1). 3 indexed citations

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Giroux, Valentin, Cédric Favre, Yassina Bechah, et al.. (2015). In the absence of its cytosolic domain, the CD28 molecule still contributes to T cell activation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72(14). 2739–2748. 12 indexed citations

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Gorvel, Laurent, Amira Ben Amara, Mignane Ka, et al.. (2014). Myeloid decidual dendritic cells and immunoregulation of pregnancy: defective responsiveness to Coxiella burnetii and Brucella abortus. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 4. 179–179. 17 indexed citations

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Amara, Amira Ben, Yassina Bechah, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2012). Immune Response and Coxiella burnetii Invasion. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 984. 287–298. 17 indexed citations

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Benoit, Marie, Yassina Bechah, Christian Capo, et al.. (2009). Role of the cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor Nod2 in Coxiella burnetii infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15. 154–155. 7 indexed citations

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Benoit, Marie, Benoît Desnues, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2008). Macrophage Polarization in Bacterial Infections. The Journal of Immunology. 181(6). 3733–3739. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →

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Desnues, Benoît, Didier Raoult, & Jean‐Louis Mège. (2005). IL-16 Is Critical for Tropheryma whipplei Replication in Whipple’s Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 175(7). 4575–4582. 68 indexed citations

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Honstettre, Amélie, Éric Ghigo, Christian Capo, et al.. (2004). Lipopolysaccharide from Coxiella burnetii Is Involved in Bacterial Phagocytosis, Filamentous Actin Reorganization, and Inflammatory Responses through Toll-Like Receptor 4. The Journal of Immunology. 172(6). 3695–3703. 95 indexed citations

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Capo, Christian, Yves Collette, Daniel Olive, et al.. (2003). Coxiella burnetii Avoids Macrophage Phagocytosis by Interfering with Spatial Distribution of Complement Receptor 3. The Journal of Immunology. 170(8). 4217–4225. 33 indexed citations

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Ghigo, Éric, Christian Capo, Ching‐Hsuan Tung, et al.. (2002). Coxiella burnetii Survival in THP-1 Monocytes Involves the Impairment of Phagosome Maturation: IFN-γ Mediates its Restoration and Bacterial Killing. The Journal of Immunology. 169(8). 4488–4495. 121 indexed citations

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Capo, Christian, Frederik P. Lindberg, Sonia Meconi, et al.. (1999). Subversion of Monocyte Functions by Coxiella burnetii: Impairment of the Cross-Talk Between αvβ3 Integrin and CR3. The Journal of Immunology. 163(11). 6078–6085. 97 indexed citations

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