Mihai Cîrstea

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

About

Mihai Cîrstea is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mihai Cîrstea has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mihai Cîrstea's work include Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Mihai Cîrstea is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (15 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Mihai Cîrstea collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Romania. Mihai Cîrstea's co-authors include John H. Boyd, Keith R. Walley, B. Brett Finlay, James A. Russell, Nina Radisavljevic, Christopher D. Fjell, Silke Appel‐Cresswell, Kelly R. Genga, James A. Russell and Adam C. Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mihai Cîrstea

32 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

PCSK9 is a critical regulator of the innate immune response and septic shock outcome

2014 277 citations Keith R. Walley, James A. Russell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mihai Cîrstea Canada	18	500	445	345	278	217	33	1.4k
Honggang Wang China	23	849 1.7×	336 0.8×	313 0.9×	93 0.3×	118 0.5×	80	1.9k
Lili Gu China	32	719 1.4×	784 1.8×	561 1.6×	86 0.3×	190 0.9×	77	2.3k
Yuki Watanabe Japan	22	620 1.2×	333 0.7×	281 0.8×	88 0.3×	95 0.4×	106	1.7k
Paweł Wołkow Poland	25	687 1.4×	288 0.6×	335 1.0×	86 0.3×	193 0.9×	106	2.0k
Fang Gao Smith United Kingdom	25	355 0.7×	604 1.4×	231 0.7×	54 0.2×	305 1.4×	86	2.2k
Seong‐Joon Koh South Korea	23	302 0.6×	398 0.9×	315 0.9×	36 0.1×	181 0.8×	93	1.5k
Naotake Yanagisawa Japan	26	506 1.0×	311 0.7×	130 0.4×	78 0.3×	68 0.3×	86	1.9k
Keith A. Wichterman United States	8	360 0.7×	405 0.9×	539 1.6×	53 0.2×	470 2.2×	12	1.8k
Junli Ma China	25	974 1.9×	196 0.4×	348 1.0×	74 0.3×	54 0.2×	61	1.9k
Ivan Tancevski Austria	25	434 0.9×	371 0.8×	205 0.6×	281 1.0×	140 0.6×	81	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mihai Cîrstea

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Gerbec, Zachary J., Antonio Serapio-Palacios, Haggai Bar‐Yoseph, et al.. (2025). Identification of intratumoral bacteria that enhance breast tumor metastasis. mBio. 16(3). e0359524–e0359524. 4 indexed citations

Partida‐Rodríguez, Oswaldo, Eric Brown, Sarah E. Woodward, et al.. (2024). Fecal microbiota transplantation from protozoa-exposed donors downregulates immune response in a germ-free mouse model, its role in immune response and physiology of the intestine. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0312775–e0312775. 1 indexed citations

Cîrstea, Mihai, Adam C. Yu, Hena R. Ramay, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Large‐Scale Disruptions of the Gut Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders. 39(10). 1740–1751. 7 indexed citations

Bar‐Yoseph, Haggai, et al.. (2024). Microbiome changes under enteral deprivation are dynamic and dependent on intestinal location. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 48(4). 502–511. 1 indexed citations

Radisavljevic, Nina, et al.. (2023). Microbiota-mediated effects of Parkinson’s disease medications on Parkinsonian non-motor symptoms in male transgenic mice. mSphere. 9(1). e0037923–e0037923. 5 indexed citations

Bar‐Yoseph, Haggai, Mihai Cîrstea, Kyung‐Mee Moon, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Nutrient Deprivation on Early Life Small Intestinal Mucosal Microbiome and Host Proteome. Journal of Nutrition. 154(2). 412–423. 1 indexed citations

Woodward, Sarah E., Stefanie Vogt, Ryan A. Melnyk, et al.. (2022). Gastric acid and escape to systemic circulation represent major bottlenecks to host infection by Citrobacter rodentium. The ISME Journal. 17(1). 36–46. 13 indexed citations

Radisavljevic, Nina, Mihai Cîrstea, Kylynda C. Bauer, et al.. (2022). Effects of Gut Microbiota Alterations on Motor, Gastrointestinal, and Behavioral Phenotype in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 12(5). 1479–1495. 9 indexed citations

Cîrstea, Mihai, et al.. (2022). Development of a data science CURE in microbiology using publicly available microbiome datasets. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1018237–1018237. 1 indexed citations

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Serapio-Palacios, Antonio, Sarah E. Woodward, Stefanie Vogt, et al.. (2022). Type VI secretion systems of pathogenic and commensal bacteria mediate niche occupancy in the gut. Cell Reports. 39(4). 110731–110731. 40 indexed citations

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Chong, Chun Wie, Shen‐Yang Lim, Jeff S. Bowman, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease: New insights from meta-analysis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 94. 1–9. 97 indexed citations

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Cîrstea, Mihai, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Chirurgia. 116(5). 620–620. 2 indexed citations

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Boutin, Rozlyn C. T., Charisse Petersen, Sarah E. Woodward, et al.. (2021). Bacterial–fungal interactions in the neonatal gut influence asthma outcomes later in life. eLife. 10. 33 indexed citations

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Trinder, Mark, Kelly R. Genga, HyeJin Julia Kong, et al.. (2018). Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Influences High-Density Lipoprotein Levels and Survival in Sepsis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 199(7). 854–862. 69 indexed citations

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Cîrstea, Mihai, Nina Radisavljevic, & B. Brett Finlay. (2018). Good Bug, Bad Bug: Breaking through Microbial Stereotypes. Cell Host & Microbe. 23(1). 10–13. 56 indexed citations

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Genga, Kelly R., Mihai Cîrstea, Fernando Sergio Leitão Filho, et al.. (2018). Impact of PCSK9 loss-of-function genotype on 1-year mortality and recurrent infection in sepsis survivors. EBioMedicine. 38. 257–264. 30 indexed citations

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Boyd, John H., Christopher D. Fjell, James A. Russell, et al.. (2016). Increased Plasma PCSK9 Levels Are Associated with Reduced Endotoxin Clearance and the Development of Acute Organ Failures during Sepsis. Journal of Innate Immunity. 8(2). 211–220. 106 indexed citations

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Cîrstea, Mihai, Keith R. Walley, James A. Russell, et al.. (2016). Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is an early prognostic marker for organ dysfunction and death in patients with suspected sepsis. Journal of Critical Care. 38. 289–294. 115 indexed citations

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Thair, Simone A., Elena Topchiy, John H. Boyd, et al.. (2015). TNFAIP2 Inhibits Early TNFa-Induced NF-κB Signaling and Decreases Survival in Septic Shock Patients. Journal of Innate Immunity. 8(1). 57–66. 19 indexed citations

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Cîrstea, Mihai, et al.. (1987). The diagnostic value of intradermal tests with penicilloyl-dextran and aspiryl-polylysine.. PubMed. 23(4). 237–43. 1 indexed citations

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