Lily Keane

740 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 378 citations indexed

About

Lily Keane is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lily Keane has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 378 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Neurology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lily Keane's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers). Lily Keane is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers). Lily Keane collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Ireland. Lily Keane's co-authors include Melania Capasso, Enrique Gabandé‐Rodríguez, Bertrand Joseph, Mathilde Cheray, John F. Cryan, Gerard Clarke, Gerard M. Moloney, Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Patricia González-Rodríguez and Klas Blomgren and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature reviews. Immunology and Nature Reviews Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Lily Keane

17 papers receiving 377 citations

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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.

The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis: Therapeutic implications

2025 61 citations Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Gerard M. Moloney et al. Cell Reports Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lily Keane Sweden	9	169	146	91	78	52	18	378
Zhezhi Deng China	12	122 0.7×	160 1.1×	34 0.4×	48 0.6×	55 1.1×	20	395
Giulia Scalisi Italy	8	195 1.2×	212 1.5×	152 1.7×	82 1.1×	26 0.5×	12	537
Davis Borucki United States	11	202 1.2×	176 1.2×	110 1.2×	54 0.7×	33 0.6×	13	459
Pinelopi Engskog‐Vlachos Sweden	9	231 1.4×	174 1.2×	81 0.9×	54 0.7×	58 1.1×	11	454
Jerry B. Hunt United States	8	122 0.7×	181 1.2×	84 0.9×	151 1.9×	23 0.4×	13	366
Chongdong Jian China	8	167 1.0×	126 0.9×	67 0.7×	70 0.9×	16 0.3×	17	350
Ruying Fu China	4	159 0.9×	417 2.9×	195 2.1×	149 1.9×	41 0.8×	6	625
Maria Khrestian United States	9	171 1.0×	123 0.8×	77 0.8×	121 1.6×	21 0.4×	16	369
Begoña Fernández-Díez Spain	5	103 0.6×	106 0.7×	111 1.2×	43 0.6×	13 0.3×	6	355

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18 of 18 papers shown

Keane, Lily, Gerard Clarke, & John F. Cryan. (2025). A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis. Nature reviews. Immunology. 25(11). 847–861. 6 indexed citations

O’Riordan, Kenneth J., Gerard M. Moloney, Lily Keane, Gerard Clarke, & John F. Cryan. (2025). The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis: Therapeutic implications. Cell Reports Medicine. 6(3). 101982–101982. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Keane, Lily, et al.. (2025). Age-associated microglial transcriptome leads to diminished immunogenicity and dysregulation of MCT4 and P2RY12/P2RY13 related functions. Cell Death Discovery. 11(1). 16–16. 7 indexed citations

Bose, Raj, Lily Keane, Anna Falk, et al.. (2024). Bi-allelic NRXN1α deletion in microglia derived from iPSC of an autistic patient increases interleukin-6 production and impairs supporting function on neuronal networking. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 28–42. 4 indexed citations

Keane, Lily, et al.. (2024). Exploiting the gut microbiome for brain tumour treatment. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 31(3). 213–223. 8 indexed citations

Keane, Lily & Rochellys Diaz Heijtz. (2023). Linking the maternal milk microbiota and infant respiratory infections. Nature reviews. Immunology. 23(4). 204–204.

Heijtz, Rochellys Diaz, Lily Keane, & Omry Koren. (2023). Early-life sensitive periods for antibiotic-induced shifts in neuro-immune developmental trajectories and vulnerability to brain disorders. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 114. 78–79. 1 indexed citations

Keane, Lily, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific role for microglial CST7 in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature reviews. Immunology. 23(2). 73–73. 7 indexed citations

Keane, Lily, et al.. (2023). A skull bone marrow niche for antitumour neutrophils in glioblastoma. Nature reviews. Immunology. 23(7). 414–414. 1 indexed citations

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Grabert, Kathleen, Pinelopi Engskog‐Vlachos, Adriana‐Natalia Murgoci, et al.. (2023). Proteome integral solubility alteration high-throughput proteomics assay identifies Collectin-12 as a non-apoptotic microglial caspase-3 substrate. Cell Death and Disease. 14(3). 192–192. 7 indexed citations

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González-Rodríguez, Patricia, Elizabeth Delorme‐Axford, Amélie Bernard, et al.. (2022). SETD2 transcriptional control of ATG14L/S isoforms regulates autophagosome–lysosome fusion. Cell Death and Disease. 13(11). 953–953. 11 indexed citations

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González-Rodríguez, Patricia, Mathilde Cheray, Lily Keane, Pinelopi Engskog‐Vlachos, & Bertrand Joseph. (2022). ULK3-dependent activation of GLI1 promotes DNMT3A expression upon autophagy induction. Autophagy. 18(12). 2769–2780. 16 indexed citations

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Keane, Lily, Mathilde Cheray, Klas Blomgren, & Bertrand Joseph. (2021). Multifaceted microglia — key players in primary brain tumour heterogeneity. Nature Reviews Neurology. 17(4). 243–259. 33 indexed citations

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Cheray, Mathilde, et al.. (2021). Atg7 deficiency in microglia drives an altered transcriptomic profile associated with an impaired neuroinflammatory response. Molecular Brain. 14(1). 87–87. 9 indexed citations

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Keane, Lily, Mathilde Cheray, Patricia González-Rodríguez, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of microglial EZH2 leads to anti-tumoral effects in pediatric diffuse midline gliomas. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdab096–vdab096. 20 indexed citations

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Keane, Lily, Sean‐Patrick Riechers, Raphaël Zollinger, et al.. (2020). mTOR-dependent translation amplifies microglia priming in aging mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(1). 62 indexed citations

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González-Rodríguez, Patricia, Mathilde Cheray, Jens Füllgrabe, et al.. (2020). The DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A contributes to autophagy long-term memory. Autophagy. 17(5). 1259–1277. 30 indexed citations

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Gabandé‐Rodríguez, Enrique, Lily Keane, & Melania Capasso. (2019). Microglial phagocytosis in aging and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(2). 284–298. 95 indexed citations

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