Lorena M. Amaral

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Lorena M. Amaral is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorena M. Amaral has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 58 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 56 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lorena M. Amaral's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (81 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (56 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (56 papers). Lorena M. Amaral is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (81 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (56 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (56 papers). Lorena M. Amaral collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Lorena M. Amaral's co-authors include Babbette LaMarca, Denise C. Cornelius, Mark Cunningham, Kedra Wallace, Ashlyn C. Harmon, Jessica Faulkner, Tarek Ibrahim, Nathan Campbell, Venkata Ramana Vaka and Michelle Owens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The FASEB Journal and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lorena M. Amaral

83 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

The role of inflammation in the pathology of preeclampsia

2016 421 citations Ashlyn C. Harmon, Denise C. Cornelius et al. profile →
The role of immune cells and mediators in preeclampsia

2023 138 citations Evangeline Deer, Owen Herrock et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorena M. Amaral United States	26	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	389	219	85	2.5k
Florian Herse Germany	34	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	346 0.9×	388 1.8×	99	3.3k
Mark Wareing United Kingdom	30	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	485 0.5×	222 0.6×	421 1.9×	95	2.8k
María T. Llinás Spain	20	968 0.5×	804 0.6×	383 0.4×	88 0.2×	199 0.9×	49	1.8k
Andrea Leiva Chile	31	1.1k 0.6×	671 0.5×	159 0.1×	68 0.2×	517 2.4×	90	2.1k
Mohammad N Uddin United States	21	520 0.3×	329 0.2×	240 0.2×	111 0.3×	329 1.5×	55	1.1k
Robin E. Gandley United States	20	682 0.3×	467 0.4×	179 0.2×	231 0.6×	237 1.1×	54	1.5k
Fabián Pardo Chile	29	791 0.4×	485 0.4×	108 0.1×	64 0.2×	543 2.5×	74	1.9k
Julius F.W. Baller Netherlands	15	322 0.2×	366 0.3×	239 0.2×	102 0.3×	328 1.5×	27	1.1k
Christy‐Lynn M. Cooke Canada	17	481 0.2×	470 0.4×	124 0.1×	72 0.2×	134 0.6×	39	909
Marcelo R. Luizon Brazil	23	376 0.2×	271 0.2×	129 0.1×	83 0.2×	291 1.3×	86	1.3k

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Herrock, Owen, Nathan Campbell, Evangeline Deer, et al.. (2025). Preeclamptic Placental CD19+ B Cells Are Causal to Hypertension During Pregnancy. Hypertension. 82(5). 894–903. 3 indexed citations

Campbell, Nathan, Evangeline Deer, Denise C. Cornelius, et al.. (2024). AT1‐AA Is Produced in Offspring in Response to Placental Ischemia and Is Lowered by B‐Cell Depletion Without Compromising Overall Offspring Health. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(4). e031417–e031417. 5 indexed citations

Deer, Evangeline, Owen Herrock, Baoying Zheng, et al.. (2024). 1156 Preeclamptic or History-of-COVID-19 CD4+ T Cells Contribute to Hypertension, Neurovascular Dysfunction Postpartum and in Offspring. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 230(1). S605–S605.

Campbell, Nathan, Xing Fang, Owen Herrock, et al.. (2023). AT1-AA Infusion during Pregnancy Impairs CBF Autoregulation Postpartum. PubMed. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

Herrock, Owen, Evangeline Deer, Lorena M. Amaral, et al.. (2023). Inhibiting B cell activating factor attenuates preeclamptic symptoms in placental ischemic rats. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 89(4). e13693–e13693. 12 indexed citations

Cunningham, Mark, et al.. (2023). Progesterone‐induced blocking factor blockade causes hypertension in pregnant rats. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 91(1). e13805–e13805. 2 indexed citations

Herrock, Owen, Evangeline Deer, Lorena M. Amaral, et al.. (2022). B2 cells contribute to hypertension and natural killer cell activation possibly via AT1-AA in response to placental ischemia. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 324(2). F179–F192. 11 indexed citations

Châtre, Laurent, Frank T. Spradley, Ana C. Palei, et al.. (2022). Increased NOS coupling by the metabolite tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) reduces preeclampsia/IUGR consequences. Redox Biology. 55. 102406–102406. 14 indexed citations

Jayaram, Aswathi, Evangeline Deer, Lorena M. Amaral, et al.. (2021). The role of tumor necrosis factor in triggering activation of natural killer cell, multi-organ mitochondrial dysfunction and hypertension during pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertension. 24. 65–72. 20 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Mark, Lorena M. Amaral, Nathan Campbell, et al.. (2021). Investigation of interleukin-2-mediated changes in blood pressure, fetal growth restriction, and innate immune activation in normal pregnant rats and in a preclinical rat model of preeclampsia. Biology of Sex Differences. 12(1). 4–4. 11 indexed citations

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Cornelius, Denise C., Mark Cunningham, Jessica Faulkner, et al.. (2019). 17-Hydroxyprogesterone caproate improves T cells and NK cells in response to placental ischemia; new mechanisms of action for an old drug. Pregnancy Hypertension. 19. 226–232. 21 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Mark, Venkata Ramana Vaka, Kristen McMaster, et al.. (2018). Renal natural killer cell activation and mitochondrial oxidative stress; new mechanisms in AT1-AA mediated hypertensive pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertension. 15. 72–77. 37 indexed citations

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Harmon, Ashlyn C., Tarek Ibrahim, Denise C. Cornelius, et al.. (2018). Placental CD4+ T cells isolated from preeclamptic women cause preeclampsia-like symptoms in pregnant nude-athymic rats. Pregnancy Hypertension. 15. 7–11. 17 indexed citations

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Amaral, Lorena M., Kedra Wallace, Michelle Owens, & Babbette LaMarca. (2017). Pathophysiology and Current Clinical Management of Preeclampsia. Current Hypertension Reports. 19(8). 61–61. 195 indexed citations

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Machado, Jackeline de Souza Rangel, Ana C. Palei, Wellington P. Martins, et al.. (2015). Assessment of nitrite oxide and maternal–fetal Doppler parameters during pregnancy. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 29(20). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Luizon, Marcelo R., Ana C. Palei, Valéria C. Sandrim, et al.. (2014). Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 polymorphism, plasma TIMP-1 levels, and antihypertensive therapy responsiveness in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 14(6). 535–541. 37 indexed citations

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Machado, Jackeline de Souza Rangel, Ana C. Palei, Lorena M. Amaral, et al.. (2013). Polymorphisms of the adiponectin gene in gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia. Journal of Human Hypertension. 28(2). 128–132. 14 indexed citations

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Palei, Ana C., Valéria C. Sandrim, Lorena M. Amaral, et al.. (2012). Association between matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 polymorphisms and MMP-2 levels in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 92(2). 217–221. 54 indexed citations

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Machado, Jackeline de Souza Rangel, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Ana C. Palei, et al.. (2012). PP002. Study of polymorphisms of the adiponectin gene in women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension. 2(3). 241–241. 2 indexed citations

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Amaral, Lorena M., et al.. (2009). Relationship between structure and antibacterial activity of lipophilic N-acyldiamines. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 64(4). 287–290. 43 indexed citations

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