Leon G. Leanse

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leon G. Leanse is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon G. Leanse has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leon G. Leanse's work include Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (13 papers), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers). Leon G. Leanse is often cited by papers focused on Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (13 papers), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers). Leon G. Leanse collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Leon G. Leanse's co-authors include Tianhong Dai, Mohamed N. Seleem, Andrew L. Ferguson, Yiorgos Apidianakis, Michael Fernández, Ana L. Santos, Clemencia Pinilla, Robert E. W. Hancock, Themis Lazaridis and Pushpanathan Muthuirulan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Leon G. Leanse

28 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance

2020 806 citations Maria Magana, Pushpanathan Muthuirulan et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leon G. Leanse United States	16	719	685	271	261	141	28	1.4k
Maria Magana Greece	9	612 0.9×	661 1.0×	177 0.7×	56 0.2×	98 0.7×	18	1.2k
Tianhong Dai United States	25	1.1k 1.5×	706 1.0×	666 2.5×	784 3.0×	143 1.0×	58	2.6k
Amy Yeung Canada	18	1.1k 1.5×	731 1.1×	92 0.3×	67 0.3×	255 1.8×	22	1.7k
Daniel Pletzer New Zealand	27	1.2k 1.7×	809 1.2×	167 0.6×	103 0.4×	124 0.9×	81	2.3k
Mustafa Fazli Denmark	15	1.2k 1.7×	227 0.3×	106 0.4×	165 0.6×	41 0.3×	18	1.9k
Vincenzo Luca Italy	21	912 1.3×	784 1.1×	266 1.0×	38 0.1×	168 1.2×	22	1.3k
Louise Dahl Christensen Denmark	11	998 1.4×	235 0.3×	82 0.3×	135 0.5×	62 0.4×	12	1.3k
Clement Opoku‐Temeng United States	17	875 1.2×	266 0.4×	113 0.4×	57 0.2×	187 1.3×	29	1.5k
Guillermo Martínez de Tejada Spain	29	845 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	105 0.4×	61 0.2×	570 4.0×	57	2.0k
Susana Sánchez-Gómez Spain	20	476 0.7×	496 0.7×	96 0.4×	40 0.2×	257 1.8×	26	1.1k

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Özdemir, Gizem Dilara, et al.. (2025). Lights out for Superbugs: Is antimicrobial blue light a potential approach for future infection Control?. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 224. 115654–115654. 1 indexed citations

Anjos, Carolina dos, Yin Wang, Q. C. Truong-Bolduc, et al.. (2024). Blue Light Compromises Bacterial β‐Lactamases Activity to Overcome β‐Lactam Resistance. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 56(7). 673–681. 5 indexed citations

Marasini, Sanjay, Jennifer P. Craig, S. Dean, & Leon G. Leanse. (2023). Managing Corneal Infections: Out with the old, in with the new?. Antibiotics. 12(8). 1334–1334. 7 indexed citations

Leanse, Leon G., Sanjay Marasini, Carolina dos Anjos, & Tianhong Dai. (2023). Antimicrobial Resistance: Is There a ‘Light’ at the End of the Tunnel?. Antibiotics. 12(9). 1437–1437. 15 indexed citations

Leanse, Leon G., Carolina dos Anjos, Jie Hui, et al.. (2023). Blue Light Potentiates Antibiotics in Bacteria via Parallel Pathways of Hydroxyl Radical Production and Enhanced Antibiotic Uptake. Advanced Science. 10(36). e2303731–e2303731. 8 indexed citations

Anjos, Carolina dos, Leon G. Leanse, Xiaojing Liu, et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial Blue Light for Prevention and Treatment of Highly Invasive Vibrio vulnificus Burn Infection in Mice. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 932466–932466. 6 indexed citations

Akasov, Roman, E. V. Khaydukov, Miko Yamada, et al.. (2022). Nanoparticle enhanced blue light therapy. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 184. 114198–114198. 15 indexed citations

Marasini, Sanjay, Leon G. Leanse, & Tianhong Dai. (2021). Can microorganisms develop resistance against light based anti-infective agents?. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 175. 113822–113822. 56 indexed citations

He, Sheng, Leon G. Leanse, & Yanfang Feng. (2021). Artificial intelligence and machine learning assisted drug delivery for effective treatment of infectious diseases. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 178. 113922–113922. 78 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial blue light: A ‘Magic Bullet’ for the 21st century and beyond?. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 180. 114057–114057. 65 indexed citations

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Besegato, João Felipe, Leon G. Leanse, Carolina dos Anjos, et al.. (2021). How can biophotonics help dentistry to avoid or minimize cross infection by SARS-CoV-2?. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 37. 102682–102682. 9 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., Xiaojing Zeng, & Tianhong Dai. (2021). Potentiated antimicrobial blue light killing of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by pyocyanin. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 215. 112109–112109. 20 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., Carolina dos Anjos, João Felipe Besegato, Tianhong Dai, & A. N. S. Rastelli. (2021). Shedding UVC light on Covid-19 to protect dentistry staff and patients. Laser Physics Letters. 18(8). 85602–85602. 4 indexed citations

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Bossé, Janine T., Yan-Wen Li, Leon G. Leanse, et al.. (2021). Rationally designed mariner vectors for functional genomic analysis of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and other Pasteurellaceae species by transposon-directed insertion-site sequencing (TraDIS). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 29–29. 3 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., et al.. (2020). Dual-wavelength photo-killing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. JCI Insight. 5(11). 26 indexed citations

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Gao, Jin, Sihan Wang, Xinyue Dong, et al.. (2020). Co-delivery of resolvin D1 and antibiotics with nanovesicles to lungs resolves inflammation and clears bacteria in mice. Communications Biology. 3(1). 680–680. 60 indexed citations

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Magana, Maria, Pushpanathan Muthuirulan, Ana L. Santos, et al.. (2020). The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20(9). e216–e230. 806 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leanse, Leon G., Pu‐Ting Dong, Min Lu, et al.. (2019). Quinine Enhances Photo-Inactivation of Gram-Negative Bacteria. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(4). 618–626. 23 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., et al.. (2019). Quinine Improves the Fungicidal Effects of Antimicrobial Blue Light: Implications for the Treatment of Cutaneous Candidiasis. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 52(6). 569–575. 18 indexed citations

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Leanse, Leon G., et al.. (2018). Evaluating the Potential for Resistance Development to Antimicrobial Blue Light (at 405 nm) in Gram-Negative Bacteria: In vitro and in vivo Studies. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2403–2403. 40 indexed citations

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