Michiel van Gent

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michiel van Gent is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michiel van Gent has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michiel van Gent's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (9 papers), interferon and immune responses (7 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (6 papers). Michiel van Gent is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (9 papers), interferon and immune responses (7 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (6 papers). Michiel van Gent collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Michiel van Gent's co-authors include Michaela U. Gack, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz, Maaike E. Ressing, Jessica J. Chiang, Ingrid G. J. Boer, Marjolein J. G. Hooykaas, Karl‐Peter Hopfner, Charlotte Lässig and Teng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Immunology and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Michiel van Gent

22 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

ISG15-dependent activation of the sensor MDA5 is antagonized by the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease to evade host innate immunity

2021 206 citations Guanqun Liu, Jung‐Hyun Lee et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michiel van Gent Netherlands	13	785	504	375	354	349	23	1.4k
Sean N. Tucker United States	16	864 1.1×	720 1.4×	496 1.3×	211 0.6×	289 0.8×	31	1.8k
Chenhe Su China	22	822 1.0×	488 1.0×	350 0.9×	174 0.5×	635 1.8×	27	1.4k
Nadia V. Giannakopoulos United States	12	1.0k 1.3×	521 1.0×	323 0.9×	350 1.0×	264 0.8×	15	1.6k
Mary Y. Murphy United States	4	1.3k 1.6×	651 1.3×	599 1.6×	463 1.3×	456 1.3×	7	2.3k
Keh-Chuang Chin Singapore	12	959 1.2×	622 1.2×	205 0.5×	284 0.8×	191 0.5×	14	1.6k
Christina Paulus Germany	23	765 1.0×	620 1.2×	308 0.8×	299 0.8×	952 2.7×	33	1.8k
Margaret K. Offermann United States	21	569 0.7×	318 0.6×	377 1.0×	643 1.8×	527 1.5×	34	1.4k
David Jesse Sanchez United States	12	811 1.0×	332 0.7×	169 0.5×	411 1.2×	507 1.5×	21	1.4k
Fanxiu Zhu United States	24	880 1.1×	686 1.4×	487 1.3×	1.1k 3.2×	1.1k 3.0×	45	2.2k
Musheng Bao United States	17	2.1k 2.7×	1.2k 2.3×	430 1.1×	270 0.8×	352 1.0×	22	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michiel van Gent

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michiel van Gent. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michiel van Gent based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michiel van Gent. Michiel van Gent is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Neugebauer, Eva, Stephanie Wälter, Nir Drayman, et al.. (2025). Herpesviruses mimic zygotic genome activation to promote viral replication. Nature Communications. 16(1). 710–710. 3 indexed citations

Gent, Michiel van, et al.. (2024). Neurovirulence of Usutu virus in human fetal organotypic brain slice cultures partially resembles Zika and West Nile virus. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20095–20095. 3 indexed citations

Tran, Diana, et al.. (2024). Herpes simplex virus infection induces necroptosis of neurons and astrocytes in human fetal organotypic brain slice cultures. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21(1). 38–38. 11 indexed citations

Gent, Michiel van, Werner J. D. Ouwendijk, Victoria Campbell, et al.. (2023). Varicella-zoster virus proteome-wide T-cell screening demonstrates low prevalence of virus-specific CD8 T-cells in latently infected human trigeminal ganglia. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 141–141. 2 indexed citations

Gent, Michiel van, Tomasz K. Prajsnar, Nienke W. M. de Jong, et al.. (2021). Human-specific staphylococcal virulence factors enhance pathogenicity in a humanised zebrafish C5a receptor model. Journal of Cell Science. 134(5). 3 indexed citations

Gent, Michiel van, Adrian Reich, Sadanandan E. Velu, & Michaela U. Gack. (2021). Nonsense-mediated decay controls the reactivation of the oncogenic herpesviruses EBV and KSHV. PLoS Biology. 19(2). e3001097–e3001097. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Xing, Yijie Ma, Michiel van Gent, et al.. (2021). The herpesvirus accessory protein γ134.5 facilitates viral replication by disabling mitochondrial translocation of RIG-I. PLoS Pathogens. 17(3). e1009446–e1009446. 19 indexed citations

Gent, Michiel van, et al.. (2021). High-throughput RNA sequencing of paraformaldehyde-fixed single cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5636–5636. 38 indexed citations

Liu, Guanqun, Jung‐Hyun Lee, Zachary M. Parker, et al.. (2021). ISG15-dependent activation of the sensor MDA5 is antagonized by the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease to evade host innate immunity. Nature Microbiology. 6(4). 467–478. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tromp, Angelino T., Michiel van Gent, Carla J. C. de Haas, et al.. (2020). Host–Receptor Post-Translational Modifications Refine Staphylococcal Leukocidin Cytotoxicity. Toxins. 12(2). 106–106. 10 indexed citations

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Prajsnar, Tomasz K., Nienke W. M. de Jong, Michiel van Gent, et al.. (2019). A transgenic zebrafish line for in vivo visualisation of neutrophil myeloperoxidase. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0215592–e0215592. 42 indexed citations

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Full, Florian, Michiel van Gent, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, et al.. (2018). Centrosomal protein TRIM43 restricts herpesvirus infection by regulating nuclear lamina integrity. Nature Microbiology. 4(1). 164–176. 42 indexed citations

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Chiang, Jessica J., Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Michiel van Gent, et al.. (2017). Viral unmasking of cellular 5S rRNA pseudogene transcripts induces RIG-I-mediated immunity. Nature Immunology. 19(1). 53–62. 188 indexed citations

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Hooykaas, Marjolein J. G., Michiel van Gent, Jasper A. Soppe, et al.. (2017). EBV MicroRNA BART16 Suppresses Type I IFN Signaling. The Journal of Immunology. 198(10). 4062–4073. 80 indexed citations

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Ressing, Maaike E., Michiel van Gent, Anna M. Gram, et al.. (2015). Immune Evasion by Epstein-Barr Virus. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 391. 355–381. 117 indexed citations

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Gent, Michiel van, Anna M. Gram, Ingrid G. J. Boer, et al.. (2014). Silencing the shutoff protein of Epstein–Barr virus in productively infected B cells points to (innate) targets for immune evasion. Journal of General Virology. 96(4). 858–865. 25 indexed citations

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Gent, Michiel van, Annemieke de Jong, Janneke G. C. Peeters, et al.. (2014). Epstein-Barr Virus Large Tegument Protein BPLF1 Contributes to Innate Immune Evasion through Interference with Toll-Like Receptor Signaling. PLoS Pathogens. 10(2). e1003960–e1003960. 117 indexed citations

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Gent, Michiel van, Bryan D. Griffin, E. G. M. Berkhoff, et al.. (2010). EBV Lytic-Phase Protein BGLF5 Contributes to TLR9 Downregulation during Productive Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 186(3). 1694–1702. 75 indexed citations

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Hagemeijer, Marne C., Michiel van Gent, Cornelis P. J. Bekker, et al.. (2008). Topology and Membrane Anchoring of the Coronavirus Replication Complex: Not All Hydrophobic Domains of nsp3 and nsp6 Are Membrane Spanning. Journal of Virology. 82(24). 12392–12405. 133 indexed citations

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Dent, P. B., et al.. (1972). Intrauterine infection and cord immunoglobulin M. I. Analysis of methods of assay and levels of immunoglobulin M in normal newborns.. PubMed. 106(8). 889–93. 9 indexed citations

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