Oleg Butovsky

30.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
78 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Oleg Butovsky is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oleg Butovsky has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Neurology, 39 papers in Immunology and 17 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Oleg Butovsky's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Immune cells in cancer (30 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers). Oleg Butovsky is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Immune cells in cancer (30 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers). Oleg Butovsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Oleg Butovsky's co-authors include Marco Colonna, Michal Schwartz, Howard L. Weiner, Gennady Landa, Yaniv Ziv, Charlotte Madore, Adolfo E. Talpalar, Hagit Cohen, Hans Lassmann and Pauline Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Oleg Butovsky

76 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Microglia Function in the Central Nervous System During Health and Neurodegeneration

2017 1.9k citations Marco Colonna, Oleg Butovsky Annual Review of Immunology profile →
Identification of a unique TGF-β–dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia

2013 1.9k citations Oleg Butovsky, Amanda J. Lanser et al. profile →
Depletion of microglia and inhibition of exosome synthesis halt tau propagation

2015 1.2k citations Seiko Ikezu, Oleg Butovsky et al. profile →
Immune cells contribute to the maintenance of neurogenesis and spatial learning abilities in adulthood

2006 905 citations Oleg Butovsky, Jonathan Kipnis et al. profile →
Microglia activated by IL-4 or IFN-γ differentially induce neurogenesis and oligodendrogenesis from adult stem/progenitor cells

2005 728 citations Oleg Butovsky, Michal Schwartz et al. profile →
Microglial signatures and their role in health and disease

2018 637 citations Oleg Butovsky, Howard L. Weiner profile →
TREM2 deficiency eliminates TREM2+ inflammatory macrophages and ameliorates pathology in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models

2015 525 citations Oleg Butovsky et al. profile →
Loss of ‘homeostatic’ microglia and patterns of their activation in active multiple sclerosis

2017 483 citations Oleg Butovsky, Howard L. Weiner et al. profile →
Type I interferon response drives neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer disease

2020 320 citations Zhuoran Yin, Oleg Butovsky et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Selective removal of astrocytic APOE4 strongly protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration and decreases synaptic phagocytosis by microglia

2021 202 citations Zhuoran Yin, Charlotte Madore et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oleg Butovsky United States	47	10.1k	4.7k	3.7k	3.6k	2.1k	78	15.2k
Josef Priller Germany	64	9.1k 0.9×	5.3k 1.1×	4.9k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	212	18.0k
Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch Germany	46	9.0k 0.9×	4.5k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	98	15.7k
Wolfgang J. Streit United States	62	10.2k 1.0×	4.0k 0.8×	3.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	144	16.3k
Shane A. Liddelow United States	40	7.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	4.5k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	73	13.2k
Elly M. Hol Netherlands	61	4.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	5.8k 1.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	198	13.4k
Rehana K. Leak United States	56	5.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	151	12.8k
Yanqin Gao China	56	5.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	4.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	145	11.7k
Richard M. Ransohoff United States	30	4.1k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	864 0.4×	60	8.7k
Markus Schwaninger Germany	60	3.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	4.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	796 0.4×	217	12.3k
Robert Nitsch Germany	61	3.5k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	5.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	176	13.1k

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Kaiser, Tobias, Liang Li, Mandy Chen, et al.. (2024). Transgenic Targeting of Fcrls Creates a Highly Efficient Constitutively Active Microglia Cre Line with Differentiated Specificity. eNeuro. 11(7). ENEURO.0549–23.2024. 2 indexed citations

Wasén, Caroline, Shuqi Li, Christian Gauthier, et al.. (2024). Bacteroidota inhibit microglia clearance of amyloid-beta and promote plaque deposition in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3872–3872. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoming, Lydia Guo, Hadi Abou‐El‐Hassan, et al.. (2023). Nasal administration of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody ameliorates disease in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(37). e2309221120–e2309221120. 13 indexed citations

Abou‐El‐Hassan, Hadi, Rafael M. Rezende, Saef Izzy, et al.. (2023). Vγ1 and Vγ4 gamma-delta T cells play opposing roles in the immunopathology of traumatic brain injury in males. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4286–4286. 21 indexed citations

Margeta, Milica A., Zhuoran Yin, Charlotte Madore, et al.. (2022). Apolipoprotein E4 impairs the response of neurodegenerative retinal microglia and prevents neuronal loss in glaucoma. Immunity. 55(9). 1627–1644.e7. 62 indexed citations

Shi, Haoshen, Zhuoran Yin, Yosef Koronyo, et al.. (2022). Regulating microglial miR-155 transcriptional phenotype alleviates Alzheimer’s-induced retinal vasculopathy by limiting Clec7a/Galectin-3+ neurodegenerative microglia. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10(1). 136–136. 19 indexed citations

West, Phillip K., Boris Guennewig, Thomas M. Ashhurst, et al.. (2022). The cytokines interleukin-6 and interferon-α induce distinct microglia phenotypes. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 19(1). 96–96. 46 indexed citations

Yaqubi, Moein, Caroline Baufeld, Manon Blain, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D Regulates MerTK-Dependent Phagocytosis in Human Myeloid Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 205(2). 398–406. 16 indexed citations

Yoon, Hyejin, Charlotte Madore, Scott Smith, et al.. (2020). Loss of homeostatic microglial phenotype in CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 72–72. 45 indexed citations

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Hagan, Nellwyn, John L. Kane, Deepak Grover, et al.. (2020). CSF1R signaling is a regulator of pathogenesis in progressive MS. Cell Death and Disease. 11(10). 904–904. 95 indexed citations

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Madore, Charlotte, Zhuoran Yin, Jeffrey Leibowitz, & Oleg Butovsky. (2020). Microglia, Lifestyle Stress, and Neurodegeneration. Immunity. 52(2). 222–240. 237 indexed citations

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Hartmann, A., Diego Sepúlveda‐Falla, Indigo V.L. Rose, et al.. (2019). Complement 3+-astrocytes are highly abundant in prion diseases, but their abolishment led to an accelerated disease course and early dysregulation of microglia. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 7(1). 83–83. 94 indexed citations

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Lund, Harald, Melanie Pieber, Roham Parsa, et al.. (2018). Competitive repopulation of an empty microglial niche yields functionally distinct subsets of microglia-like cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4845–4845. 161 indexed citations

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Mazaheri, Fargol, Nicolas Snaidero, Gernot Kleinberger, et al.. (2017). TREM 2 deficiency impairs chemotaxis and microglial responses to neuronal injury. EMBO Reports. 18(7). 1186–1198. 237 indexed citations

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Colonna, Marco & Oleg Butovsky. (2017). Microglia Function in the Central Nervous System During Health and Neurodegeneration. Annual Review of Immunology. 35(1). 441–468. 1901 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delpech, Jean-Christophe, Lan Wei, Hao Jin, et al.. (2016). Early life stress perturbs the maturation of microglia in the developing hippocampus. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 57. 79–93. 149 indexed citations

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Butovsky, Oleg, Shafiuddin Siddiqui, Galina Gabriely, et al.. (2012). Modulating inflammatory monocytes with a unique microRNA gene signature ameliorates murine ALS. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(9). 3063–3087. 381 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal, Oleg Butovsky, & Jonathan Kipnis. (2006). Does Inflammation in an Autoimmune Disease Differ from Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases? Possible Implications for Therapy. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 1(1). 4–10. 15 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal, Oleg Butovsky, Wolfgang Brück, & Uwe‐Karsten Hanisch. (2006). Microglial phenotype: is the commitment reversible?. Trends in Neurosciences. 29(2). 68–74. 354 indexed citations

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Avidan, Hila, Jonathan Kipnis, Oleg Butovsky, Rachel R Caspi, & Michal Schwartz. (2004). Vaccination with autoantigen protects against aggregated β‐amyloid and glutamate toxicity by controlling microglia: effect of CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells. European Journal of Immunology. 34(12). 3434–3445. 59 indexed citations

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