Michelle L. Block

18.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
61 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Michelle L. Block is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle L. Block has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Neurology, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michelle L. Block's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (45 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (14 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). Michelle L. Block is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (45 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (14 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers). Michelle L. Block collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Michelle L. Block's co-authors include Jau‐Shyong Hong, Luigi Zecca, Lilian Calderón‐Garcidueñas, Melinda E. Lull, Liya Qin, Xuefei Wu, Yuxin Liu, Belinda Wilson, George R. Breese and Fulton T. Crews and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michelle L. Block

60 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

Microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: uncovering the molecula... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2007 2005 2009 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: uncovering the molecular mechanisms
    2006 3.3k citations Michelle L. Block, Luigi Zecca et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
  2. Systemic LPS causes chronic neuroinflammation and progressive neurodegeneration
    2007 1.7k citations Michelle L. Block, Yuxin Liu et al. Glia profile →
  3. Microglia and inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration: Multiple triggers with a common mechanism
    2005 1.3k citations Michelle L. Block, Jau‐Shyong Hong profile →
  4. Air pollution: mechanisms of neuroinflammation and CNS disease
    2009 1.2k citations Michelle L. Block, Lilian Calderón‐Garcidueñas Trends in Neurosciences profile →
  5. Aggregated α‐synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson's disease
    2005 1.0k citations Michelle L. Block, Belinda Wilson et al. profile →
  6. Microglial Activation and Chronic Neurodegeneration
    2010 818 citations Melinda E. Lull, Michelle L. Block profile →
  7. NADPH Oxidase Mediates Lipopolysaccharide-induced Neurotoxicity and Proinflammatory Gene Expression in Activated Microglia
    2004 515 citations Yuxin Liu, Sung‐Jen Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michelle L. Block United States 41 6.9k 3.4k 2.7k 2.6k 2.6k 61 14.8k
Maria Grazia De Simoni Italy 54 3.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 543 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 161 9.9k
Todd E. Morgan United States 53 2.2k 0.3× 5.0k 1.5× 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 5.5k 2.1× 113 13.0k
Diogo O. Souza Brazil 67 2.6k 0.4× 6.0k 1.7× 4.9k 1.8× 1.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 602 18.6k
Belinda Wilson United States 54 5.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 3.1k 1.1× 301 0.1× 2.0k 0.8× 86 9.6k
Masashi Kitazawa United States 46 2.8k 0.4× 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 680 0.3× 3.0k 1.1× 102 8.3k
Debomoy K. Lahiri United States 78 2.0k 0.3× 7.1k 2.1× 3.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 7.5k 2.9× 319 20.7k
Tomás R. Guilarte United States 57 1.4k 0.2× 2.5k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 165 10.3k
James P. O’Callaghan United States 59 2.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 659 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 219 11.4k
Michael A. Schwarzschild United States 72 2.8k 0.4× 4.5k 1.3× 5.1k 1.9× 340 0.1× 1.8k 0.7× 235 17.3k
Anumantha G. Kanthasamy United States 64 2.2k 0.3× 5.3k 1.5× 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 225 12.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garza-Lombó, Carla, et al.. (2024). Peripheral HMGB1 is linked to O3 pathology of disease‐associated astrocytes and amyloid. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(5). 3551–3566. 8 indexed citations
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Garza-Lombó, Carla, et al.. (2021). Circulating HMGB1 is elevated in veterans with Gulf War Illness and triggers the persistent pro-inflammatory microglia phenotype in male C57Bl/6J mice. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 390–390. 10 indexed citations
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Taetzsch, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Loss of NF-κB p50 function synergistically augments microglial priming in the middle-aged brain. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 16(1). 60–60. 14 indexed citations
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Dallas, Shannon, Michelle L. Block, Deborah Thompson, et al.. (2013). Microglial activation decreases retention of the protease inhibitor saquinavir: implications for HIV treatment. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 10(1). 58–58. 4 indexed citations
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Surace, Michael & Michelle L. Block. (2012). Targeting microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: the potential of NOX2 inhibitors. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 69(14). 2409–2427. 115 indexed citations
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Lull, Melinda E., Shannon Levesque, Michael Surace, & Michelle L. Block. (2011). Chronic Apocynin Treatment Attenuates Beta Amyloid Plaque Size and Microglial Number in hAPP(751)SL Mice. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e20153–e20153. 46 indexed citations
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Levesque, Shannon, Thomas Taetzsch, Melinda E. Lull, et al.. (2011). Diesel Exhaust Activates and Primes Microglia: Air Pollution, Neuroinflammation, and Regulation of Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(8). 1149–1155. 293 indexed citations
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Hahn, Yun K., et al.. (2010). β‐Chemokine production by neural and glial progenitor cells is enhanced by HIV‐1 Tat: effects on microglial migration. Journal of Neurochemistry. 114(1). 97–109. 36 indexed citations
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Levesque, Shannon, Belinda Wilson, Shannon Dallas, et al.. (2010). Reactive microgliosis: extracellular μ-calpain and microglia-mediated dopaminergic neurotoxicity. Brain. 133(3). 808–821. 89 indexed citations
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Block, Michelle L. & Lilian Calderón‐Garcidueñas. (2009). Air pollution: mechanisms of neuroinflammation and CNS disease. Trends in Neurosciences. 32(9). 506–516. 1187 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Xiaoming, Dan Zhang, Hao Pang, et al.. (2008). Macrophage Antigen Complex-1 Mediates Reactive Microgliosis and Progressive Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in the MPTP Model of Parkinson’s Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 181(10). 7194–7204. 107 indexed citations
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Block, Michelle L.. (2008). NADPH oxidase as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease. BMC Neuroscience. 9(S2). S8–S8. 176 indexed citations
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MohanKumar, Sheba M.J., Arezoo Campbell, Michelle L. Block, & Bellina Veronesi. (2008). Particulate matter, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity. NeuroToxicology. 29(3). 479–488. 167 indexed citations
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Qiao, Aimin, Ziqing Wang, J. Shawn Goodwin, et al.. (2008). Retinoic Acid Attenuates β-Amyloid Deposition and Rescues Memory Deficits in an Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mouse Model. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(45). 11622–11634. 209 indexed citations
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Yang, Sufen, Dan Zhang, Zhengqin Yang, et al.. (2008). Curcumin Protects Dopaminergic Neuron Against LPS Induced Neurotoxicity in Primary Rat Neuron/Glia Culture. Neurochemical Research. 33(10). 2044–2053. 79 indexed citations
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Pei, Zhong, Hao Pang, Qian Li, et al.. (2007). MAC1 mediates LPS‐induced production of superoxide by microglia: The role of pattern recognition receptors in dopaminergic neurotoxicity. Glia. 55(13). 1362–1373. 83 indexed citations
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Block, Michelle L., Luigi Zecca, & Jau‐Shyong Hong. (2006). Microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: uncovering the molecular mechanisms. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 8(1). 57–69. 3328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Qian, Michelle L. Block, Sung‐Jen Wei, et al.. (2006). Interleukin-10 Protects Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neurotoxicity in Primary Midbrain Cultures by Inhibiting the Function of NADPH Oxidase. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 319(1). 44–52. 94 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Jau‐Shyong Hong, Hyoung‐Chun Kim, Wanqin Zhang, & Michelle L. Block. (2004). Morphinan Neuroprotection: New Insight into the Therapy of Neurodegeneration. PubMed. 16(4). 271–302. 10 indexed citations
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Granger, Douglas A., Kathryn E. Hood, Sandra C. Ikeda, Cheryl Reed, & Michelle L. Block. (1996). Neonatal Endotoxin Exposure Alters the Development of Social Behavior and the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis in Selectively Bred Mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 10(3). 249–259. 39 indexed citations

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