Nesrine I. Affara

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Nesrine I. Affara is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nesrine I. Affara has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Nesrine I. Affara's work include Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (4 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (3 papers). Nesrine I. Affara is often cited by papers focused on Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (4 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (3 papers). Nesrine I. Affara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Netherlands. Nesrine I. Affara's co-authors include Lisa M. Coussens, Brian Ruffell, David G. DeNardo, Magnus Johansson, Pauline Andreu, Lidiya Korets, Simon Junankar, Andrew J. Gunderson, Bryan Irving and Tingting Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Genes & Development and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nesrine I. Affara

14 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Differential macrophage programming in the tumor microenvironment

2012 687 citations Brian Ruffell, Nesrine I. Affara et al. Trends in Immunology profile →
Bruton Tyrosine Kinase–Dependent Immune Cell Cross-talk Drives Pancreas Cancer

2015 381 citations Andrew J. Gunderson, Megan M. Kaneda et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nesrine I. Affara United States	12	1.4k	1.2k	681	420	160	14	2.3k
Giacomo Desantis Italy	10	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	648 1.0×	540 1.3×	221 1.4×	13	2.5k
Liam Campion United States	4	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	748 1.1×	311 0.7×	155 1.0×	9	2.2k
Anna Kiialainen Switzerland	19	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	988 1.5×	335 0.8×	201 1.3×	35	2.9k
Stefania Canè Italy	23	768 0.5×	698 0.6×	619 0.9×	310 0.7×	197 1.2×	39	2.0k
Katelyn T. Byrne United States	19	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	506 0.7×	234 0.6×	169 1.1×	30	2.4k
Evgenii N. Tcyganov United States	6	1.5k 1.1×	947 0.8×	509 0.7×	239 0.6×	159 1.0×	7	2.0k
Christopher Groth Germany	14	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	584 0.9×	240 0.6×	187 1.2×	18	2.1k
Claire M. Connell United Kingdom	13	877 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	773 1.1×	360 0.9×	209 1.3×	19	2.4k
Monther Al‐Alwan Saudi Arabia	22	840 0.6×	823 0.7×	626 0.9×	217 0.5×	156 1.0×	46	1.8k
Cheei‐Sing Hau Netherlands	12	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	616 0.9×	282 0.7×	209 1.3×	15	2.2k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Affara, Nesrine I., et al.. (2024). The cellular triumvirate: fibroblasts entangled in the crosstalk between cancer cells and immune cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1337333–1337333. 2 indexed citations

Massó-Vallés, Daniel, Toni Jauset, Erika Serrano, et al.. (2015). Ibrutinib Exerts Potent Antifibrotic and Antitumor Activities in Mouse Models of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 75(8). 1675–1681. 92 indexed citations

Gunderson, Andrew J., Megan M. Kaneda, Takahiro Tsujikawa, et al.. (2015). Bruton Tyrosine Kinase–Dependent Immune Cell Cross-talk Drives Pancreas Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 6(3). 270–285. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

Affara, Nesrine I., Brian Ruffell, Terry R. Medler, et al.. (2014). B Cells Regulate Macrophage Phenotype and Response to Chemotherapy in Squamous Carcinomas. Cancer Cell. 25(6). 809–821. 232 indexed citations

Ruffell, Brian, Nesrine I. Affara, Lucia Cottone, et al.. (2013). Cathepsin C is a tissue-specific regulator of squamous carcinogenesis. Genes & Development. 27(19). 2086–2098. 80 indexed citations

Ruffell, Brian, Nesrine I. Affara, & Lisa M. Coussens. (2012). Differential macrophage programming in the tumor microenvironment. Trends in Immunology. 33(3). 119–126. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

Andreu, Pauline, Magnus Johansson, Nesrine I. Affara, et al.. (2010). FcRγ Activation Regulates Inflammation-Associated Squamous Carcinogenesis. Cancer Cell. 17(2). 121–134. 438 indexed citations

Sounni, Nor Eddine, Kerstin Dehne, Léon C.L.T. van Kempen, et al.. (2010). Stromal regulation of vessel stability by MMP14 and TGFβ. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 3(5-6). 317–332. 74 indexed citations

Affara, Nesrine I., Pauline Andreu, & Lisa M. Coussens. (2009). Delineating Protease Functions During  Cancer Development. Methods in molecular biology. 539. 1–32. 40 indexed citations

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Ruffell, Brian, David G. DeNardo, Nesrine I. Affara, & Lisa M. Coussens. (2009). Lymphocytes in cancer development: Polarization towards pro-tumor immunity. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 21(1). 3–10. 186 indexed citations

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Affara, Nesrine I. & Lisa M. Coussens. (2007). IKKα at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Metastasis. Cell. 129(1). 25–26. 35 indexed citations

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Affara, Nesrine I., Carol S. Trempus, Brandon Schanbacher, et al.. (2006). Activation of Akt and mTOR in CD34+/K15+ keratinocyte stem cells and skin tumors during multi-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis.. PubMed. 26(4B). 2805–20. 21 indexed citations

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Affara, Nesrine I. & Fredika M. Robertson. (2005). Vascular endothelial growth factor as a survival factor in tumor-associated angiogenesis.. PubMed. 18(5). 525–42. 24 indexed citations

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Affara, Nesrine I., Brandon Schanbacher, Michael J. Mihm, et al.. (2004). Activated Akt-1 in specific cell populations during multi-stage skin carcinogenesis.. PubMed. 24(5A). 2773–81. 7 indexed citations

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