Mercedes Monteleone

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Mercedes Monteleone is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercedes Monteleone has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Mercedes Monteleone's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Mercedes Monteleone is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Mercedes Monteleone collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mercedes Monteleone's co-authors include Kate Schroder, Dave Boucher, Kaiwen Chen, Matthew J. Sweet, Jessica B. von Pein, Sabine Ehrt, Dirk Schnappinger, Damiën Bierschenk, Wolfgang Hillen and Caroline L. Holley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mercedes Monteleone

20 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Noncanonical inflammasome signaling elicits gasdermin D–dependent neutrophil extracellular traps

2018 484 citations Kaiwen Chen, Mercedes Monteleone et al. Science Immunology profile →
Caspase-1 self-cleavage is an intrinsic mechanism to terminate inflammasome activity

2018 439 citations Dave Boucher, Mercedes Monteleone et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mercedes Monteleone Australia	14	1.7k	866	393	349	222	20	2.2k
Moritz M. Gaidt Germany	17	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	404 1.0×	298 0.9×	177 0.8×	22	2.8k
David E. Place United States	20	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	284 0.7×	481 1.4×	203 0.9×	35	3.2k
Guangxun Meng China	22	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	206 0.5×	408 1.2×	119 0.5×	32	2.4k
Youssef Aachoui United States	13	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	110 0.3×	240 0.7×	232 1.0×	17	2.1k
Salina Louie United States	9	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	108 0.3×	247 0.7×	187 0.8×	14	2.7k
Gabriel Sollberger Germany	13	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	135 0.3×	188 0.5×	151 0.7×	16	2.1k
Rosalie Heilig Switzerland	13	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	141 0.4×	321 0.9×	293 1.3×	14	3.0k
Sebastian Rühl Switzerland	9	2.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	128 0.3×	230 0.7×	237 1.1×	11	2.7k
Mathias S. Dick Switzerland	9	1.5k 0.9×	818 0.9×	120 0.3×	207 0.6×	168 0.8×	10	1.9k
Chris B. Moore United States	16	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 2.1×	283 0.7×	594 1.7×	105 0.5×	20	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Mercedes Monteleone

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mercedes Monteleone

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pizzuto, Malvina, Mercedes Monteleone, Sabrina Sofia Burgener, et al.. (2025). Cardiolipin inhibits the non-canonical inflammasome by preventing LPS binding to caspase-4/11. The EMBO Journal. 44(16). 4419–4442. 3 indexed citations

Holley, Caroline L., et al.. (2024). The septin modifier, forchlorfenuron, activates NLRP3 via a potassium-independent mitochondrial axis. Cell chemical biology. 31(5). 962–972.e4. 5 indexed citations

Thygesen, Sara J, Sabrina Sofia Burgener, Mercedes Monteleone, et al.. (2024). Fluorochrome‐labeled inhibitors of caspase‐1 require membrane permeabilization to efficiently access caspase‐1 in macrophages. European Journal of Immunology. 54(5). e2350515–e2350515. 1 indexed citations

Monteleone, Mercedes, Hiroto Kambara, Alina Starchenko, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Cell Death Induced by the NLRC4 Inflammasome. Methods in molecular biology. 2696. 199–210. 1 indexed citations

Monteleone, Mercedes & Dave Boucher. (2022). Measuring Non-canonical Inflammasome Activation in Neutrophils. Methods in molecular biology. 2459. 29–37. 1 indexed citations

Starobova, Hana, Mercedes Monteleone, Christelle Adolphe, et al.. (2021). Vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy is driven by canonical NLRP3 activation and IL-1β release. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(5). 40 indexed citations

Richter, Johanna, Mercedes Monteleone, Amanda J. Cork, et al.. (2021). Streptolysins are the primary inflammasome activators in macrophages during Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Immunology and Cell Biology. 99(10). 1040–1052. 17 indexed citations

Serafini, Agnese, Lendl Tan, Stuart Horswell, et al.. (2019). Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires glyoxylate shunt and reverse methylcitrate cycle for lactate and pyruvate metabolism. Molecular Microbiology. 112(4). 1284–1307. 63 indexed citations

Monteleone, Mercedes, Amanda C. Stanley, Kaiwen Chen, et al.. (2018). Interleukin-1β Maturation Triggers Its Relocation to the Plasma Membrane for Gasdermin-D-Dependent and -Independent Secretion. Cell Reports. 24(6). 1425–1433. 243 indexed citations

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Bierschenk, Damiën, Mercedes Monteleone, Fiona Moghaddas, et al.. (2018). The Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 subverts human NLRP3 and NLRC4 inflammasome responses. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 105(2). 401–410. 36 indexed citations

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Boucher, Dave, Mercedes Monteleone, Rebecca C. Coll, et al.. (2018). Caspase-1 self-cleavage is an intrinsic mechanism to terminate inflammasome activity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(3). 827–840. 439 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Kaiwen, Mercedes Monteleone, Dave Boucher, et al.. (2018). Noncanonical inflammasome signaling elicits gasdermin D–dependent neutrophil extracellular traps. Science Immunology. 3(26). 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kapétanovic, Ronan, Nilesh J. Bokil, Maud E. S. Achard, et al.. (2016). Salmonella employs multiple mechanisms to subvert the TLR‐inducible zinc‐mediated antimicrobial response of human macrophages. The FASEB Journal. 30(5). 1901–1912. 68 indexed citations

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Monteleone, Mercedes, Jennifer L. Stow, & Kate Schroder. (2015). Mechanisms of unconventional secretion of IL-1 family cytokines. Cytokine. 74(2). 213–218. 103 indexed citations

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Baker, Paul J., Dave Boucher, Damiën Bierschenk, et al.. (2015). NLRP3 inflammasome activation downstream of cytoplasmic LPS recognition by both caspase‐4 and caspase‐5. European Journal of Immunology. 45(10). 2918–2926. 305 indexed citations

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Kim, Jee-Hyun, Kathryn O’Brien, Ritu Sharma, et al.. (2013). A genetic strategy to identify targets for the development of drugs that prevent bacterial persistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 19095–19100. 102 indexed citations

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Taylor, Jude, James A. Tsatsaronis, Mercedes Monteleone, et al.. (2013). Plasmin(ogen) Acquisition by Group A <b><i>Streptococcus</i></b> Protects against C3b-Mediated Neutrophil Killing. Journal of Innate Immunity. 6(2). 240–250. 28 indexed citations

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Gandotra, Sheetal, Dirk Schnappinger, Mercedes Monteleone, Wolfgang Hillen, & Sabine Ehrt. (2007). In vivo gene silencing identifies the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome as essential for the bacteria to persist in mice. Nature Medicine. 13(12). 1515–1520. 201 indexed citations

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Guo, Xinzheng V., Mercedes Monteleone, Marcus Klotzsche, et al.. (2007). Silencing Essential Protein Secretion in Mycobacterium smegmatis by Using Tetracycline Repressors. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(13). 4614–4623. 96 indexed citations

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Miller, Freda D. & Mercedes Monteleone. (1957). [Fine structure of polynuclear giant cells in genign giant cell tumors of bone].. PubMed. 68(1). 49–54. 7 indexed citations

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