Nahed Ismail

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Nahed Ismail is a scholar working on Parasitology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Nahed Ismail has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Parasitology, 37 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Nahed Ismail's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (37 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers). Nahed Ismail is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (37 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers). Nahed Ismail collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Canada. Nahed Ismail's co-authors include David H. Walker, Jere W. McBride, Ayman Al‐Hendy, Karen C. Bloch, Heather L. Stevenson, Randal D. Goff, Jochen Mattner, Olaf Schneewind, Kasper Hoebe and Kristin L. DeBord and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Nahed Ismail

91 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Exogenous and endogenous glycolipid antigens activate NKT... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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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. Exogenous and endogenous glycolipid antigens activate NKT cells during microbial infections
    2005 895 citations Nahed Ismail, David H. Walker 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
Nahed Ismail United States 33 1.6k 1.2k 1000 726 521 95 3.8k
T. Sakari Jokiranta Finland 46 3.5k 2.3× 686 0.6× 757 0.8× 1.2k 1.7× 1.6k 3.0× 112 6.4k
Manuel A. Patarroyo Colombia 28 1.1k 0.7× 625 0.5× 742 0.7× 1.4k 2.0× 1.9k 3.6× 291 4.1k
Gilbert J. Kersh United States 34 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 733 1.0× 744 1.4× 97 4.5k
Balbir Singh Malaysia 42 726 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 680 0.7× 538 0.7× 5.6k 10.7× 194 7.2k
Hirotomo Kato Japan 33 809 0.5× 364 0.3× 499 0.5× 535 0.7× 1.7k 3.3× 163 3.8k
Ronald C. Kennedy United States 39 1.8k 1.1× 306 0.3× 754 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 436 0.8× 161 4.7k
Alistair J. Ramsay Australia 37 3.4k 2.2× 162 0.1× 850 0.8× 992 1.4× 331 0.6× 81 6.3k
Markus M. Simon Germany 56 4.1k 2.6× 3.0k 2.5× 2.8k 2.8× 2.1k 3.0× 998 1.9× 207 9.3k
Jianping Cao China 34 349 0.2× 2.1k 1.7× 970 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 223 0.4× 241 3.9k
Huijun Lu China 32 395 0.3× 634 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 958 1.3× 457 0.9× 198 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nahed Ismail

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All Works

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LoPresti, Samuel T., Mangesh Kulkarni, Zariel I. Johnson, et al.. (2025). Effect of Fibroblast Signaling on Macrophage Polarization. American Journal Of Pathology. 195(7). 1264–1278.
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Ismail, Nahed, et al.. (2025). The Brief Case: Legionella micdadei caught red-handed. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 63(8). e0030225–e0030225.
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Hassan, Mohamed K., et al.. (2024). miRNAs: possible regulators of toll like receptors and inflammatory tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 824–824. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiwei, Mohamed Ali, Lindsey S. Treviño, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic Modulation of Inflammatory Pathways in Myometrial Stem Cells and Risk of Uterine Fibroids. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11641–11641. 10 indexed citations
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Sharma, Aditya Kumar, Abdeljabar El Andaloussi, & Nahed Ismail. (2023). Evasion of host antioxidative response via disruption of NRF2 signaling in fatal Ehrlichia-induced liver injury. PLoS Pathogens. 19(11). e1011791–e1011791. 6 indexed citations
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Chugh, Rishi Man, Hang-Soo Park, Abdeljabar El Andaloussi, et al.. (2021). Mesenchymal stem cell therapy ameliorates metabolic dysfunction and restores fertility in a PCOS mouse model through interleukin-10. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 12(1). 388–388. 46 indexed citations
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Elkafas, Hoda, María Victoria Bariani, Mohamed Ali, et al.. (2020). PRO-INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF UTERINE FIBROIDS. Fertility and Sterility. 114(3). e87–e87. 6 indexed citations
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Andaloussi, Abdeljabar El, Ayman Al‐Hendy, Nahed Ismail, Thomas G. Boyer, & Sunil K. Halder. (2020). Introduction of Somatic Mutation in MED12 Induces Wnt4/β-Catenin and Disrupts Autophagy in Human Uterine Myometrial Cell. Reproductive Sciences. 27(3). 823–832. 41 indexed citations
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Trivedi, Nikita, Florian Weisel, Shuchi Smita, et al.. (2019). Liver Is a Generative Site for the B Cell Response to Ehrlichia muris. Immunity. 51(6). 1088–1101.e5. 42 indexed citations
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Elhusseini, Heba, Hoda Elkafas, Sunil K. Halder, et al.. (2018). Diet-induced vitamin D deficiency triggers inflammation and DNA damage profile in murine myometrium. International Journal of Women s Health. Volume 10. 503–514. 30 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiwei, Sangeeta Nair, Archana Laknaur, et al.. (2016). The Polycomb Group Protein EZH2 Impairs DNA Damage Repair Gene Expression in Human Uterine Fibroids1. Biology of Reproduction. 94(3). 69–69. 41 indexed citations
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Andaloussi, Abdeljabar El, et al.. (2016). NK Cell-Mediated Regulation of Protective Memory Responses against Intracellular Ehrlichial Pathogens. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153223–e0153223. 29 indexed citations
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Kowalski, Regis P., et al.. (2014). The Verification of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (Gen-Probe Aptima Assay) for Chlamydia trachomatis from Ocular Samples. Ophthalmology. 122(2). 244–247. 11 indexed citations
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Thota, Chandrasekhar, et al.. (2013). Vitamin D regulates contractile profile in human uterine myometrial cells via NF-κB pathway. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 210(4). 347.e1–347.e10. 38 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Heather L., et al.. (2010). Natural Killer Cells Promote Tissue Injury and Systemic Inflammatory Responses During Fatal Ehrlichia-Induced Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(2). 766–776. 34 indexed citations
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Sousa, Rita de, Nahed Ismail, Tiago Tribolet de Abreu, et al.. (2005). The Presence of Eschars, but Not Greater Severity, in Portuguese Patients Infected with Israeli Spotted Fever. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1063(1). 197–202. 33 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nahed & Peter A. Bretscher. (2001). More antigen-dependent CD4+ T cell / CD4+ T cell interactions are required for the primary generation of Th2 than of Th1 cells. European Journal of Immunology. 31(6). 1765–1771. 29 indexed citations

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