Joseph El Khoury

23.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
101 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Joseph El Khoury is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph El Khoury has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Neurology, 35 papers in Immunology and 32 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Joseph El Khoury's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (34 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers). Joseph El Khoury is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (34 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers). Joseph El Khoury collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lebanon and Netherlands. Joseph El Khoury's co-authors include Suzanne E. Hickman, Terry K. Means, Elizabeth Allison, Saef Izzy, Andrew D. Luster, Samuel C. Silverstein, Liza Morsett, Pritha Sen, Kathryn J. Moore and Christian A. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joseph El Khoury

100 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Microglia in neurodegeneration

2018 1.2k citations Suzanne E. Hickman, Saef Izzy et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
CD36 ligands promote sterile inflammation through assembly of a Toll-like receptor 4 and 6 heterodimer

2009 1.2k citations Joseph El Khoury, Kathryn J. Moore et al. Nature Immunology profile →
The microglial sensome revealed by direct RNA sequencing

2013 1.2k citations Suzanne E. Hickman, Terry K. Means et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Microglial Dysfunction and Defective β-Amyloid Clearance Pathways in Aging Alzheimer's Disease Mice

2008 1.1k citations Suzanne E. Hickman, Joseph El Khoury et al. profile →
Ccr2 deficiency impairs microglial accumulation and accelerates progression of Alzheimer-like disease

2007 740 citations Joseph El Khoury, Suzanne E. Hickman et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Scavenger receptor-mediated adhesion of microglia to β-amyloid fibrils

1996 636 citations Joseph El Khoury, Suzanne E. Hickman et al. profile →
Neuroimmunology of Traumatic Brain Injury: Time for a Paradigm Shift

2017 521 citations Saef Izzy, Michael J. Whalen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph El Khoury United States	50	6.1k	4.4k	4.2k	4.1k	1.2k	101	13.6k
Terrence Town United States	61	3.6k 0.6×	4.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	4.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	139	14.3k
Andrea J. Tenner United States	67	4.5k 0.7×	6.0k 1.4×	4.1k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	683 0.6×	156	13.6k
Hadas Keren‐Shaul Israel	23	4.6k 0.8×	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	5.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	32	12.0k
Harald Neumann Germany	63	7.0k 1.1×	4.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	757 0.7×	189	13.6k
Alexandre Prat Canada	61	5.9k 1.0×	5.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	4.6k 1.1×	732 0.6×	209	16.2k
Stuart M. Allan United Kingdom	56	4.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	720 0.6×	191	11.4k
Sandra Amor Netherlands	61	4.3k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	3.6k 0.9×	654 0.6×	198	12.4k
Burkhard Becher Switzerland	80	7.2k 1.2×	15.3k 3.5×	2.9k 0.7×	6.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	234	27.0k
Celia F. Brosnan United States	70	5.9k 1.0×	6.3k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	4.7k 1.1×	614 0.5×	205	16.7k
Francisco J. Quintana United States	71	2.9k 0.5×	9.3k 2.1×	1.9k 0.5×	6.1k 1.5×	1.8k 1.5×	199	20.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph El Khoury

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Jorge, April, Taotao Lao, Joseph El Khoury, et al.. (2022). SCARF1-Induced Efferocytosis Plays an Immunomodulatory Role in Humans, and Autoantibodies Targeting SCARF1 Are Produced in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The Journal of Immunology. 208(4). 955–967. 13 indexed citations

Robles, Rebeca, Jared W. Keeley, Hamid Vega-Ramírez, et al.. (2021). Validity of Categories Related to Gender Identity in ICD-11 and DSM-5 Among Transgender Individuals who Seek Gender-Affirming Medical Procedures. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 22(1). 100281–100281. 14 indexed citations

Izzy, Saef, Joon Yong Chung, Sevda Lüle, et al.. (2021). Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury Causes Neuroinflammation before Tau Pathology in Adolescent P301S Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(2). 907–907. 13 indexed citations

Maas, Sybren L. N., Erik R. Abels, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Glioblastoma hijacks microglial gene expression to support tumor growth. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1). 120–120. 81 indexed citations

Alquraini, Ali & Joseph El Khoury. (2020). Scavenger receptors. Current Biology. 30(14). R790–R795. 105 indexed citations

Abels, Erik R., Sybren L. N. Maas, Lisa Nieland, et al.. (2019). Glioblastoma-Associated Microglia Reprogramming Is Mediated by Functional Transfer of Extracellular miR-21. Cell Reports. 28(12). 3105–3119.e7. 150 indexed citations

Hickman, Suzanne E., Saef Izzy, Pritha Sen, Liza Morsett, & Joseph El Khoury. (2018). Microglia in neurodegeneration. Nature Neuroscience. 21(10). 1359–1369. 1195 indexed citations breakdown →

Khoury, Joseph El, et al.. (2016). Botulinum Neurotoxin A for Parotid Enlargement in Cystic Fibrosis: The First Case Report. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 74(9). 1771–1773. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Jia, Qian Liu, Joseph El Khoury, et al.. (2015). Hypoxic preconditioning decreases nuclear factor κB activity via Disrupted in Schizophrenia-1. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 70. 140–148. 4 indexed citations

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Vos, Kristan E. van der, Erik R. Abels, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2015). Directly visualized glioblastoma-derived extracellular vesicles transfer RNA to microglia/macrophages in the brain. Neuro-Oncology. 18(1). 58–69. 260 indexed citations

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Ibla, Juan C. & Joseph El Khoury. (2013). Methods to Assess Tissue Permeability. Methods in molecular biology. 81–88. 8 indexed citations

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Ramirez‐Ortiz, Zaida G., William F. Pendergraft, Amit Prasad, et al.. (2013). The scavenger receptor SCARF1 mediates the clearance of apoptotic cells and prevents autoimmunity. Nature Immunology. 14(9). 917–926. 169 indexed citations

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Leung, Elaine, et al.. (2009). Microglia activation mediates fibrillar amyloid-β toxicity in the aged primate cortex. Neurobiology of Aging. 32(3). 387–397. 38 indexed citations

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Eckle, Tobias, Manfred Wehrmann, Joseph El Khoury, et al.. (2007). Identification of Ectonucleotidases CD39 and CD73 in Innate Protection during Acute Lung Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 178(12). 8127–8137. 233 indexed citations

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Khoury, Joseph El, Suzanne E. Hickman, Terry K. Means, et al.. (2007). Ccr2 deficiency impairs microglial accumulation and accelerates progression of Alzheimer-like disease. Nature Medicine. 13(4). 432–438. 740 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ibla, Juan C. & Joseph El Khoury. (2006). Methods to Assess Tissue Permeability. Humana Press eBooks. 1066. 111–118. 18 indexed citations

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Khoury, Joseph El, Kathryn J. Moore, Terry K. Means, et al.. (2003). CD36 Mediates the Innate Host Response to β-Amyloid. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 197(12). 1657–1666. 399 indexed citations

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Stehr, Maximilian, Rosalyn M. Adam, Joseph El Khoury, et al.. (2003). Platelet Derived Growth Factor-BB is a Potent Mitogen for Rat Ureteral and Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells: Dependence in Lipid Rafts for Cell Signaling. The Journal of Urology. 169(3). 1165–1170. 49 indexed citations

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Adam, Rosalyn M., Jonathan A. Roth, Joseph El Khoury, et al.. (2003). Signaling Through PI3K/Akt Mediates Stretch and PDGF-BB-Dependent DNA Synthesis in Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells. The Journal of Urology. 169(6). 2388–2393. 58 indexed citations

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Khoury, Joseph El & David Langleben. (1998). Effects of Endotoxin on Lung Pericytesin Vitro. Microvascular Research. 56(2). 71–84. 11 indexed citations

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