Mihai G. Netea

146.1k citations
1.0k papers · 75.8k indexed · 39 hit papers · h-index 136
Co-authors
Leo A. B. JoostenBart Jan KullbergJ.W.M. van der MeerFrank L. van de VeerdonkNeil A. R. GowGordon D. BrownCharles A. DinarelloRamnik J. Xavier
Topics
Immune responses and vaccinations (219 papers)Immune Response and Inflammation (176 papers)Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (174 papers)
Cited by
ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology
Journals
ScienceNew England Journal of MedicineCell
Partner nations
NetherlandsGermanyUnited States

In The Last Decade

Mihai G. Netea

1.0k papers receiving 74.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections20062026201220192012201620202017201210002.0k3.0k
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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. Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections
    2012 3.1k citations Gordon D. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  2. Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease
    2016 1.8k citations Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. Science profile →
  3. Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease
    2020 1.6k citations Mihai G. Netea, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés et al. profile →
  4. The immunopathology of sepsis and potential therapeutic targets
    2017 1.3k citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  5. Bacille Calmette-Guérin induces NOD2-dependent nonspecific protection from reinfection via epigenetic reprogramming of monocytes
    2012 1.2k citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases
    2019 1.1k citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  7. Candida albicans Infection Affords Protection against Reinfection via Functional Reprogramming of Monocytes
    2012 918 citations Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis, Bart Jan Kullberg et al. profile →
  8. Linking the Human Gut Microbiome to Inflammatory Cytokine Production Capacity
    2016 826 citations Martin Jaeger, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
  9. BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity
    2018 800 citations Rob J.W. Arts, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag et al. profile →
  10. An integrated model of the recognition of Candida albicans by the innate immune system
    2007 720 citations Mihai G. Netea, Gordon D. Brown et al. profile →
  11. Differential requirement for the activation of the inflammasome for processing and release of IL-1β in monocytes and macrophages
    2008 660 citations Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
  12. Candida albicans morphogenesis and host defence: discriminating invasion from colonization
    2011 647 citations Neil A. R. Gow, Frank L. van de Veerdonk et al. profile →
  13. Inflammasome is a central player in the induction of obesity and insulin resistance
    2011 605 citations Rinke Stienstra, Janna A. van Diepen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. The role of TNF-α in chronic inflammatory conditions, intermediary metabolism, and cardiovascular risk
    2007 601 citations Mihai G. Netea, J.W.M. van der Meer et al. profile →
  15. Immune sensing of Candida albicans requires cooperative recognition of mannans and glucans by lectin and Toll-like receptors
    2006 589 citations Mihai G. Netea profile →
  16. Inflammasome activation and IL-1β and IL-18 processing during infection
    2011 558 citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  17. The Inflammasome-Mediated Caspase-1 Activation Controls Adipocyte Differentiation and Insulin Sensitivity
    2010 538 citations Rinke Stienstra, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
  18. Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway
    2018 529 citations Rob J.W. Arts, Yang Li et al. profile →
  19. Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Induces Long-Term Proinflammatory Cytokine Production and Foam Cell Formation via Epigenetic Reprogramming of Monocytes
    2014 504 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, J.W.M. van der Meer et al. profile →
  20. Immunometabolic Pathways in BCG-Induced Trained Immunity
    2016 476 citations Rob J.W. Arts, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. Cell Reports profile →
  21. Oxidized Phospholipids on Lipoprotein(a) Elicit Arterial Wall Inflammation and an Inflammatory Monocyte Response in Humans
    2016 454 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  22. Immune defence against Candida fungal infections
    2015 444 citations Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
  23. Broad defects in the energy metabolism of leukocytes underlie immunoparalysis in sepsis
    2016 438 citations Rob J.W. Arts, Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis et al. profile →
  24. Long-Lasting Effects of BCG Vaccination on Both Heterologous Th1/Th17 Responses and Innate Trained Immunity
    2013 438 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Ramnik J. Xavier et al. profile →
  25. STAT1 Mutations in Autosomal Dominant Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
    2011 436 citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Theo S. Plantinga et al. profile →
  26. BCG-induced trained immunity in NK cells: Role for non-specific protection to infection
    2014 368 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Ramnik J. Xavier et al. profile →
  27. BCG-induced trained immunity: can it offer protection against COVID-19?
    2020 353 citations Luke O'neill, Mihai G. Netea profile →
  28. Aspergillus fumigatus morphology and dynamic host interactions
    2017 337 citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  29. Therapeutic targeting of trained immunity
    2019 312 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  30. Non-specific effects of BCG vaccine on viral infections
    2019 299 citations Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Rob J.W. Arts et al. profile →
  31. Trained immunity — basic concepts and contributions to immunopathology
    2022 214 citations Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  32. Kallikrein-kinin blockade in patients with COVID-19 to prevent acute respiratory distress syndrome
    2020 205 citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  33. A guide to immunotherapy for COVID-19
    2022 191 citations Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis et al. profile →
  34. Maladaptive innate immune training of myelopoiesis links inflammatory comorbidities
    2022 183 citations Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  35. Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome
    2022 173 citations Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  36. The pathophysiology of sepsis and precision-medicine-based immunotherapy
    2024 158 citations Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou et al. profile →
  37. Engineering cytokine therapeutics
    2023 132 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  38. Trained immunity: General and emerging concepts
    2024 58 citations Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →
  39. Trained immunity in chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer
    2025 29 citations Mihai G. Netea et al. profile →

Peers

Mihai G. Netea
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
  • Immunology 36.4k
  • Infectious Diseases 22.0k
  • Molecular Biology 20.9k
  • Epidemiology 20.4k
  • Genetics 5.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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Interleukin 38 reduces antigen-presentation capacity and antibody production after vaccination
2024 ·Vaccine ·(unknown),Esther Taks,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Joshua Gillard,Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos,Marien I. de Jonge,Mihai G. Netea,Leo A. B. Joosten,Rob J.W. Arts
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RORα negatively regulates BCG-induced trained immunity
2024 ·Cellular Immunology ·Gizem Kılıç,Vasiliki Matzaraki,Özlem Bulut,(unknown),Anaísa V. Ferreira,Katrin Rabold,Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag,Valerie A. C. M. Koeken,L. Charlotte J. de Bree,Vera P. Mourits,Leo A. B. Joosten,Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés,Mihai G. Netea
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An observational study on lifestyle and environmental risk factors in patients with acute appendicitis
2023 ·Heliyon ·(unknown),Bert Houben,(unknown),(unknown),Valentino D’Onofrio,(unknown),Martin Jaeger,(unknown),Mihai G. Netea,Inge C. Gyssens
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Targeted plasma proteomics identifies MICA and IL1R1 proteins associated with HIV-1 reservoir size
2023 ·iScience ·Marc J. T. Blaauw,Jéssica Cristina dos Santos,(unknown),Wim Trypsteen,(unknown),(unknown),Zhenhua Zhang,Yang Li,Quirijn de Mast,Mihai G. Netea,Leo A. B. Joosten,Linos Vandekerckhove,André van der Ven,Vasiliki Matzaraki
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A single-cell view on host immune transcriptional response to in vivo BCG-induced trained immunity
2023 ·Cell Reports ·Wenchao Li,Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag,Valerie A. C. M. Koeken,Rutger J. Röring,L. Charlotte J. de Bree,Vera P. Mourits,Manoj Kumar Gupta,Bowen Zhang,Jianbo Fu,Zhenhua Zhang,Inge Grondman,Krista E. van Meijgaarden,Liang Zhou,(unknown),Leo A. B. Joosten,Reinout van Crevel,Cheng‐Jian Xu,Mihai G. Netea,Yang Li
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Complement activation in severely ill patients with sepsis: no relationship with inflammation and disease severity
2023 ·Critical Care ·(unknown),Antigone Kotsaki,(unknown),Matthijs Kox,Peter Pickkers,Erik J. M. Toonen,Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis,Mihai G. Netea
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Immune cells fold and damage fungal hyphae
2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Judith M. Bain,(unknown),Delma S. Childers,(unknown),K. MacKenzie,Arnab Pradhan,Leanne E. Lewis,(unknown),Gabriela M. Avelar,Daniel E. Larcombe,Mihai G. Netea,Neil A. R. Gow,Gordon D. Brown,Lars P. Erwig,Alistair J. P. Brown
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 as Cause of Viral Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis*
2021 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Eleni Karakike,Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis,Miltiades Kyprianou,Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek,Mathias W. Pletz,Mihai G. Netea,Konrad Reinhart,Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou
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Lung Epithelial Signaling Mediates Early Vaccine-Induced CD4 + T Cell Activation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Control
2021 ·mBio ·Shibali Das,Nancy D. Marín,Ekaterina Esaulova,Mushtaq Ahmed,Amanda Swain,Bruce A. Rosa,Makedonka Mitreva,Javier Rangel‐Moreno,Mihai G. Netea,Luis B. Barreiro,Maziar Divangahi,Maxim N. Artyomov,Deepak Kaushal,Shabaana A. Khader
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Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Associated With Increased Innate Immune Responses
2019 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Ayesha J Verrall,Marion Schneider,Bachti Alisjahbana,Lika Apriani,Arjan van Laarhoven,Valerie A. C. M. Koeken,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rachel F. Hannaway,Agnes Rengga Indrati,Mihai G. Netea,Katrina Sharples,Philip C. Hill,James E. Ussher,Reinout van Crevel
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Hypoxia Promotes Immune Evasion by Triggering β-Glucan Masking on the Candida albicans Cell Surface via Mitochondrial and cAMP-Protein Kinase A Signaling
2018 ·mBio ·Arnab Pradhan,Gabriela M. Avelar,Judith M. Bain,Delma S. Childers,Daniel E. Larcombe,Mihai G. Netea,Elena Shekhova,Carol A. Munro,Gordon D. Brown,Lars P. Erwig,Neil A. R. Gow,Alistair J. P. Brown
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Digitalis-like Compounds Facilitate Non-Medullary Thyroid Cancer Redifferentiation through Intracellular Ca2+, FOS, and Autophagy-Dependent Pathways
2016 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·(unknown),(unknown),Herman G.P. Swarts,(unknown),Otto C. Boerman,Jan J. Koenderink,Hendrik G. Stunnenberg,Mihai G. Netea,Johannes W. A. Smit,Romana T. Netea‐Maier,Theo S. Plantinga
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CXCR1-mediated neutrophil degranulation and fungal killing promote Candida clearance and host survival
2016 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Muthulekha Swamydas,Ji‐Liang Gao,Timothy J. Break,Melissa D. Johnson,Martin Jaeger,Carlos A. Rodriguez,Jean K. Lim,(unknown),Amanda L. Collar,Brett G. Fischer,Chyi‐Chia Richard Lee,John R. Perfect,Barbara D. Alexander,Bart Jan Kullberg,Mihai G. Netea,Philip M. Murphy,Michail S. Lionakis
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Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and diseasebreakdown →
2016 ·Science ·Mihai G. Netea,Leo A. B. Joosten,Eicke Latz,Kingston H. G. Mills,Gioacchino Natoli,Hendrik G. Stunnenberg,Luke O'neill,Ramnik J. Xavier
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Inflammasome is a central player in the induction of obesity and insulin resistancebreakdown →
2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rinke Stienstra,Janna A. van Diepen,Cees J. Tack,Hasan Zaki,Frank L. van de Veerdonk,(unknown),Geoffrey Neale,Guido Hooiveld,Anneke Hijmans,Irene O.C.M. Vroegrijk,Sjoerd A.A. van den Berg,Johannes A. Romijn,Patrick C.N. Rensen,Leo A. B. Joosten,Mihai G. Netea,Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti
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The Inflammatory Response Induced by Aspartic Proteases of Candida albicans Is Independent of Proteolytic Activity
2010 ·Infection and Immunity ·Donatella Pietrella,Anna Rachini,(unknown),Lydia Schild,Mihai G. Netea,Francesco Bistoni,Bernhard Hube,Anna Vecchiarelli
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Drosomycin-Like Defensin, a Human Homologue of Drosophila melanogaster Drosomycin with Antifungal Activity
2008 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Anna Simon,Bart Jan Kullberg,Brian Tripet,Otto C. Boerman,Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen,Johanna van der Ven‐Jongekrijg,Paul E. Verweij,Joost Schalkwijk,Robert S. Hodges,Jos W.M. van der Meer,Mihai G. Netea
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IL-32, a proinflammatory cytokine in rheumatoid arthritis
2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Leo A. B. Joosten,Mihai G. Netea,Soohyun Kim,Do‐Young Yoon,Birgitte Oppers‐Walgreen,Timothy R. D. J. Radstake,Pilar Barrera,Fons A. J. van de Loo,Charles A. Dinarello,Wim B. van den Berg
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Differential Cytokine Production and Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways by Candida albicans Blastoconidia and Hyphae
2005 ·Infection and Immunity ·Chantal A. A. van der Graaf,Mihai G. Netea,Ineke Verschueren,J.W.M. van der Meer,Bart Jan Kullberg
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LethalEscherichia coli andSalmonella typhimurium endotoxemia is mediated through different pathways
2001 ·European Journal of Immunology ·Mihai G. Netea,Bart Jan Kullberg,Leo A. B. Joosten,Tom Sprong,Ineke Verschueren,Otto C. Boerman,Franck Amiot,Wim B. van den Berg,J.W.M. van der Meer
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About Mihai G. Netea

Mihai G. Netea is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, having authored 1.0k papers that have together received 75.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune responses and vaccinations (219 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (176 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (174 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (36.4k citations), Infectious Diseases (22.0k citations) and Epidemiology (20.4k citations). Mihai G. Netea has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Leo A. B. Joosten, Bart Jan Kullberg, J.W.M. van der Meer, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Neil A. R. Gow, Gordon D. Brown, Charles A. Dinarello, Ramnik J. Xavier, Niels P. Riksen and Reinout van Crevel. Their work appears in journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

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