Josef Anrather

19.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
126 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Josef Anrather is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef Anrather has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Neurology, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Josef Anrather's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (48 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (21 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers). Josef Anrather is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (48 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (21 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers). Josef Anrather collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Portugal. Josef Anrather's co-authors include Costantino Iadecola, Laibaik Park, Ping Zhou, Gianfranco Racchumi, Fritz H. Bach, Miguel P. Soares, Giuseppe Faraco, Hélène Girouard, Marion S. Buckwalter and Augustine M.K. Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Josef Anrather

125 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

The immunology of stroke: from mechanisms t... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2011 2000 2016 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. The immunology of stroke: from mechanisms to translation
    2011 2.0k citations Costantino Iadecola, Josef Anrather profile →
  2. Carbon Monoxide Generated by Heme Oxygenase 1 Suppresses Endothelial Cell Apoptosis
    2000 837 citations Josef Anrather, Miguel P. Soares et al. profile →
  3. Commensal microbiota affects ischemic stroke outcome by regulating intestinal γδ T cells
    2016 807 citations Corinne Benakis, David Brea et al. profile →
  4. Inflammation and Stroke: An Overview
    2016 716 citations Josef Anrather, Costantino Iadecola profile →
  5. Expression of heme oxygenase-1 can determine cardiac xenograft survival
    1998 525 citations Miguel P. Soares, Josef Anrather et al. profile →
  6. Immune responses to stroke: mechanisms, modulation, and therapeutic potential
    2020 520 citations Costantino Iadecola, Marion S. Buckwalter et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  7. Identification and Characterization of CD39/Vascular ATP Diphosphohydrolase
    1996 488 citations Josef Anrather et al. profile →
  8. Effects of COVID-19 on the Nervous System
    2020 438 citations Costantino Iadecola, Josef Anrather et al. Cell profile →
  9. Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke
    2024 86 citations Lidia García‐Bonilla, Gianfranco Racchumi et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josef Anrather United States 64 5.9k 5.5k 3.0k 2.5k 1.9k 126 15.4k
Thiruma V. Arumugam Australia 68 5.9k 1.0× 5.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.3× 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 191 15.5k
Christopher G. Sobey Australia 64 3.5k 0.6× 4.7k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 3.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.6× 232 15.3k
Ignacio Lizasoaín Spain 60 3.6k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 959 0.5× 208 12.4k
Frank C. Barone United States 63 5.8k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 189 14.8k
Anna M. Planas Spain 64 5.8k 1.0× 4.5k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 233 14.4k
Markus Schwaninger Germany 60 3.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 217 12.3k
Marı́a A. Moro Spain 63 3.5k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 861 0.5× 202 12.0k
Christoph Kleinschnitz Germany 62 3.6k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.0k 1.1× 440 13.8k
Jun Chen United States 80 7.2k 1.2× 8.7k 1.6× 3.3k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 2.6k 1.4× 246 19.5k
Midori A. Yenari United States 70 4.8k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 164 14.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef Anrather

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Josef Anrather. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Josef Anrather based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Josef Anrather. Josef Anrather is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahn, Sung Ji, et al.. (2025). A minimally invasive thrombotic model to study stroke in awake mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4356–4356. 1 indexed citations
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Santisteban, Monica M., Sung Ji Ahn, Gianfranco Racchumi, et al.. (2025). Hypertension-induced neurovascular and cognitive dysfunction at single-cell resolution. Neuron. 114(3). 422–443.e7. 1 indexed citations
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Zera, Kristy, Jennifer E. Goertz, Sanna Loppi, et al.. (2025). Assessing post-stroke cognition in pre-clinical models: Lessons and recommendations from a multi-center study. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 271678X251400241–271678X251400241.
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García‐Bonilla, Lidia, et al.. (2024). Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke. Nature Immunology. 25(2). 357–370. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anfray, Antoine, Samantha Schaeffer, Yorito Hattori, et al.. (2024). A cell-autonomous role for border-associated macrophages in ApoE4 neurovascular dysfunction and susceptibility to white matter injury. Nature Neuroscience. 27(11). 2138–2151. 21 indexed citations
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Ahn, Sung Ji, Antoine Anfray, Josef Anrather, & Costantino Iadecola. (2023). Calcium transients in nNOS neurons underlie distinct phases of the neurovascular response to barrel cortex activation in awake mice. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 43(10). 1633–1647. 6 indexed citations
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Santisteban, Monica M., Samantha Schaeffer, Antoine Anfray, et al.. (2023). Meningeal interleukin-17-producing T cells mediate cognitive impairment in a mouse model of salt-sensitive hypertension. Nature Neuroscience. 27(1). 63–77. 42 indexed citations
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Uekawa, Ken, Yorito Hattori, Sung Ji Ahn, et al.. (2023). Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 18(1). 73–73. 40 indexed citations
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Brea, David, Carrie Poon, Corinne Benakis, et al.. (2021). Stroke affects intestinal immune cell trafficking to the central nervous system. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 96. 295–302. 45 indexed citations
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García‐Bonilla, Lidia, Gianfranco Racchumi, Joan Montaner, et al.. (2021). Role of microglial and endothelial CD36 in post-ischemic inflammasome activation and interleukin-1β-induced endothelial activation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 95. 489–501. 16 indexed citations
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Santisteban, Monica M., Sung Ji Ahn, Diane Lane, et al.. (2020). Endothelium-Macrophage Crosstalk Mediates Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Hypertension. Hypertension. 76(3). 795–807. 129 indexed citations
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Park, Laibaik, Karin Hochrainer, Yorito Hattori, et al.. (2020). Tau induces PSD95–neuronal NOS uncoupling and neurovascular dysfunction independent of neurodegeneration. Nature Neuroscience. 23(9). 1079–1089. 79 indexed citations
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Iadecola, Costantino, Josef Anrather, & Hooman Kamel. (2020). Effects of COVID-19 on the Nervous System. Cell. 183(1). 16–27.e1. 438 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iadecola, Costantino, Marion S. Buckwalter, & Josef Anrather. (2020). Immune responses to stroke: mechanisms, modulation, and therapeutic potential. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(6). 2777–2788. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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García‐Bonilla, Lidia, David Brea, Corinne Benakis, et al.. (2018). Endogenous Protection from Ischemic Brain Injury by Preconditioned Monocytes. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(30). 6722–6736. 58 indexed citations
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Faraco, Giuseppe, Laibaik Park, Ping Zhou, et al.. (2015). Hypertension enhances A β -induced neurovascular dysfunction, promotes β -secretase activity, and leads to amyloidogenic processing of APP. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 36(1). 241–252. 133 indexed citations
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Hochrainer, Karin, Katherine Jackman, Corinne Benakis, Josef Anrather, & Costantino Iadecola. (2014). SUMO2/3 is Associated with Ubiquitinated Protein Aggregates in the Mouse Neocortex after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 35(1). 1–5. 33 indexed citations
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Kunz, Alexander, T Abe, Karin Hochrainer, et al.. (2008). Nuclear Factor-κB Activation and Postischemic Inflammation Are Suppressed in CD36-Null Mice after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(7). 1649–1658. 98 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela, Nadja Pejanovic, Rasmus Larsen, et al.. (2007). Heme Oxygenase-1 Inhibits the Expression of Adhesion Molecules Associated with Endothelial Cell Activation via Inhibition of NF-κB RelA Phosphorylation at Serine 276. The Journal of Immunology. 179(11). 7840–7851. 120 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongtao, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Guobin Song, et al.. (2000). TNF-α Gene Expression in Macrophages: Regulation by NF-κB Is Independent of c-Jun or C/EBPβ. The Journal of Immunology. 164(8). 4277–4285. 191 indexed citations

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