Marta Kubera

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Marta Kubera is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marta Kubera has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 80 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 36 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Marta Kubera's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (88 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (80 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (19 papers). Marta Kubera is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (88 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (80 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (19 papers). Marta Kubera collaborates with scholars based in Poland, Thailand and Australia. Marta Kubera's co-authors include Michaël Maes, Agnieszka Basta‐Kaim, Jean–Claude Leunis, Bogusława Budziszewska, Władysław Lasoń, Eugène Bosmans, Michael Berk, Ivanka Mihaylova, Monika Leśkiewicz and Joanna Brzeszcz and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Marta Kubera

179 papers receiving 9.2k 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 inflammatory & neurodegenerative (I&ND) hypothesis of depression: leads for future research and new drug developments in depression

2008 720 citations Michaël Maes, Marta Kubera et al. Metabolic Brain Disease profile →
The new ‘5-HT’ hypothesis of depression: Cell-mediated immune activation induces indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, which leads to lower plasma tryptophan and an increased synthesis of detrimental tryptophan catabolites (TRYCATs), both of which contribute to the onset of depression

2010 553 citations Michaël Maes, Marta Kubera et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marta Kubera Poland	50	4.9k	3.6k	1.9k	1.8k	1.3k	179	9.5k
Brian E. Leonard Ireland	48	4.1k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	147	9.5k
Günter Kenis Netherlands	55	3.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	944 0.8×	147	10.9k
Markus Schwarz Germany	64	5.8k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	3.4k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	230	12.3k
Jason C. O’Connor United States	39	6.7k 1.4×	5.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	2.9k 2.3×	80	11.8k
Eugène Bosmans Belgium	55	4.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	922 0.7×	104	10.1k
Brian J. Miller United States	42	5.7k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	162	10.4k
Lucile Capuron France	50	6.2k 1.3×	4.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	111	12.7k
Sophie Erhardt Sweden	45	4.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	697 0.6×	128	6.9k
Gregory G. Freund United States	38	3.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	818 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	121	9.9k
Cai Song China	49	2.8k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	713 0.4×	1.8k 1.4×	152	8.7k

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Jirakran, Ketsupar, et al.. (2025). Lipid profiles in major depression, both with and without metabolic syndrome: associations with suicidal behaviors and neuroticism. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 379–379. 3 indexed citations

Maes, Michael, Ketsupar Jirakran, Pimpayao Sodsai, et al.. (2022). Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict the Phenome of Affective Disorders and These Effects Are Mediated by Staging, Neuroimmunotoxic and Growth Factor Profiles. Cells. 11(9). 1564–1564. 36 indexed citations

Curzytek, Katarzyna, Michaël Maes, & Marta Kubera. (2021). Immune-Regulatory and Molecular Effects of Antidepressants on the Inflamed Human Keratinocyte HaCaT Cell Line. Neurotoxicity Research. 39(4). 1211–1226. 8 indexed citations

Maes, Michaël, Marta Kubera, & Magdalena Kotańska. (2021). Aberrations in the Cross-Talks Among Redox, Nuclear Factor-κB and Wnt/Catenin Pathway Signaling Underpin Myalgic Encephalomyelitis andChronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Review and New Hypothesis Based on Results of Network, Enrichment and Annotation Analyses. Preprints.org. 2 indexed citations

Roomruangwong, Chutima, Cristiano Noto, Buranee Kanchanatawan, et al.. (2019). The Role of Aberrations in the Immune-Inflammatory Response System (IRS) and the Compensatory Immune-Regulatory Reflex System (CIRS) in Different Phenotypes of Schizophrenia: the IRS-CIRS Theory of Schizophrenia. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(2). 778–797. 114 indexed citations

Stoyanov, Drozdstoy, Jean–Claude Leunis, André F. Carvalho, et al.. (2019). Increased Serum Immunoglobulin Responses to Gut Commensal Gram-Negative Bacteria in Unipolar Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder Type 1, Especially When Melancholia Is Present. Neurotoxicity Research. 37(2). 338–348. 36 indexed citations

Moraes, Juliana Brum, Michaël Maes, Chutima Roomruangwong, et al.. (2018). In major affective disorders, early life trauma predict increased nitro-oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation and recurrence of major affective disorders, suicidal behaviors and a lowered quality of life. Metabolic Brain Disease. 33(4). 1081–1096. 34 indexed citations

Kanchanatawan, Buranee, Sira Sriswasdi, Supaksorn Thika, et al.. (2018). Deficit schizophrenia is a discrete diagnostic category defined by neuro-immune and neurocognitive features: results of supervised machine learning. Metabolic Brain Disease. 33(4). 1053–1067. 36 indexed citations

Curzytek, Katarzyna, Marta Kubera, Monika Majewska‐Szczepanik, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene-induced contact hypersensitivity reaction by antidepressant drugs. Pharmacological Reports. 65(5). 1237–1246. 16 indexed citations

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Leśkiewicz, Monika, Joanna Kaczanowska, Magdalena Regulska, et al.. (2013). Imipramine prevents inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on SH-SY5Y cell proliferation. Pharmacological Reports. 65. 63–63. 1 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, et al.. (2012). In depression, bacterial translocation may drive inflammatory responses, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS), and autoimmune responses directed against O&NS‐damaged neoepitopes. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 127(5). 344–354. 169 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, et al.. (2011). Increased IgA responses to the LPS of commensal bacteria is associated with inflammation and activation of cell-mediated immunity in chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Affective Disorders. 136(3). 909–917. 90 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, Ivanka Mihaylova, Marta Kubera, et al.. (2010). Increased plasma peroxides and serum oxidized low density lipoprotein antibodies in major depression: Markers that further explain the higher incidence of neurodegeneration and coronary artery disease. Journal of Affective Disorders. 125(1-3). 287–294. 128 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, Ivanka Mihaylova, Marta Kubera, et al.. (2009). Lower plasma Coenzyme Q10 in depression: a marker for treatment resistance and chronic fatigue in depression and a risk factor to cardiovascular disorder in that illness.. PubMed. 30(4). 462–9. 134 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, Ivanka Mihaylova, Marta Kubera, et al.. (2009). Increased 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine, a marker of oxidative damage to DNA, in major depression and myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome.. PubMed. 30(6). 715–22. 133 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, Marta Kubera, & Jean–Claude Leunis. (2008). The gut-brain barrier in major depression: intestinal mucosal dysfunction with an increased translocation of LPS from gram negative enterobacteria (leaky gut) plays a role in the inflammatory pathophysiology of depression.. PubMed. 29(1). 117–24. 478 indexed citations

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Maes, Michaël, Ivana Mihaylova, Marta Kubera, & Jean–Claude Leunis. (2008). An IgM-mediated immune response directed against nitro-bovine serum albumin (nitro-BSA) in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and major depression: evidence that nitrosative stress is another factor underpinning the comorbidity between major depression and CFS.. PubMed. 29(3). 313–9. 44 indexed citations

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Basta‐Kaim, Agnieszka, Bogusława Budziszewska, L Jaworska-Feil, et al.. (2004). Effects of lipopolysaccharide and chlorpromazine on glucocorticoid receptor-mediated gene transcription and immunoreactivity: a possible involvement of p38-MAP kinase. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 14(6). 521–528. 7 indexed citations

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Kubera, Marta. (2000). Effects of Serotonin and Serotonergic Agonists and Antagonists on the Production of Interferon-γ and Interleukin-10. Neuropsychopharmacology. 23(1). 89–98. 84 indexed citations

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Kubera, Marta, et al.. (1992). Stress-induced changes in muscarinic and β-adrenergic binding sites on rat thymocytes and lymphocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 37(3). 229–235. 16 indexed citations

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