Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (19 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (19 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves collaborates with scholars based in France, India and Burkina Faso. Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves's co-authors include J Dausset, Edgardo D. Carosella, Catherine Menier, Nathalie Rouas‐Freiss, Jean-Loup Lemesre, Philippe Holzmüller, Gérard Papierok, Mireille Cavaleyra, Philippe Vincendeau and G. Bourdoiseau and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves

25 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Direct evidence to support the role of HLA-G in protecting the fetus from maternal uterine natural killer cytolysis
    1997 589 citations Nathalie Rouas‐Freiss, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves France 16 772 730 454 216 146 25 1.3k
Martine Vercammen Belgium 14 121 0.2× 240 0.3× 716 1.6× 43 0.2× 972 6.7× 32 1.4k
Tanya Dimova Bulgaria 14 102 0.1× 474 0.6× 44 0.1× 45 0.2× 41 0.3× 30 623
Steen Laursen Denmark 13 415 0.5× 780 1.1× 119 0.3× 415 1.9× 12 0.1× 19 1.4k
G. Bezold Germany 14 116 0.2× 81 0.1× 313 0.7× 161 0.7× 22 0.2× 23 803
Stefanie A. Morosky United States 13 325 0.4× 442 0.6× 323 0.7× 5 0.0× 30 0.2× 16 1.2k
Avraham Bayer United States 11 416 0.5× 394 0.5× 323 0.7× 9 0.0× 26 0.2× 14 1.3k
Rajesh K. Naz United States 19 475 0.6× 311 0.4× 42 0.1× 740 3.4× 8 0.1× 32 1.1k
Marek Kirszenbaum France 18 445 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 52 0.1× 358 1.7× 3 0.0× 34 1.4k
S. Isojima Japan 21 516 0.7× 406 0.6× 59 0.1× 982 4.5× 11 0.1× 88 1.6k
Frances Mercer United States 11 58 0.1× 491 0.7× 107 0.2× 19 0.1× 47 0.3× 20 775

Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bras‐Gonçalves, Rachel, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of peptide-based serological tests for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis. Parasite. 30. 10–10. 7 indexed citations
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Shrestha, Srijan Lal, Anup Bastola, Kishor Pandey, et al.. (2023). Leishmania donovani persistence and circulation causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in unusual-foci of Nepal. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 12329–12329. 8 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, et al.. (2019). Peptide-based vaccine successfully induces protective immunity against canine visceral leishmaniasis. npj Vaccines. 4(1). 49–49. 22 indexed citations
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Best, Iván, Angela Privat‐Maldonado, María Cruz, et al.. (2018). IFN-γ Response Is Associated to Time Exposure Among Asymptomatic Immune Responders That Visited American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Endemic Areas in Peru. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 8. 289–289. 5 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, Anne Geiger, Valérie Rodrigues, et al.. (2018). Trypanosomatid Infections: How Do Parasites and Their Excreted–Secreted Factors Modulate the Inducible Metabolism of l-Arginine in Macrophages?. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 778–778. 15 indexed citations
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Muylder, Géraldine De, Laurence Lecordier, Frédéric‐Antoine Dauchy, et al.. (2017). Trypanosoma musculi Infection in Mice Critically Relies on Mannose Receptor–Mediated Arginase Induction by a TbKHC1 Kinesin H Chain Homolog. The Journal of Immunology. 199(5). 1762–1771. 8 indexed citations
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Papierok, Gérard, et al.. (2016). Recombinant Forms of Leishmania amazonensis Excreted/Secreted Promastigote Surface Antigen (PSA) Induce Protective Immune Responses in Dogs. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(5). e0004614–e0004614. 30 indexed citations
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Berthier, David, Simone Frédérique Brénière, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, et al.. (2015). Tolerance to Trypanosomatids: A Threat, or a Key for Disease Elimination?. Trends in Parasitology. 32(2). 157–168. 42 indexed citations
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Ilboudo, Hamidou, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, Mamadou Camara, et al.. (2014). Unravelling Human Trypanotolerance: IL8 is Associated with Infection Control whereas IL10 and TNFα Are Associated with Subsequent Disease Development. PLoS Pathogens. 10(11). e1004469–e1004469. 31 indexed citations
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Kaushal, Himanshu, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, Narender Singh Negi, et al.. (2014). Role of CD8+ T cells in protection against Leishmania donovani infection in healed Visceral Leishmaniasis individuals. BMC Infectious Diseases. 14(1). 653–653. 45 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, et al.. (2013). The Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Secretome Impairs Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Maturation, Cytokine Production, and Allostimulatory Capacity of Dendritic Cells. Infection and Immunity. 81(9). 3300–3308. 15 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, Pascal Grébaut, Jean‐Paul Brizard, et al.. (2008). “Pathogeno‐Proteomics”. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1149(1). 66–70. 8 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, David G. Biron, Pierrette Courtois, et al.. (2007). Virulence and pathogenicity patterns of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense field isolates in experimentally infected mouse: differences in host immune response modulation by secretome and proteomics. Microbes and Infection. 10(1). 79–86. 52 indexed citations
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Lemesre, Jean-Loup, Philippe Holzmüller, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, et al.. (2007). Long-lasting protection against canine visceral leishmaniasis using the LiESAp-MDP vaccine in endemic areas of France: Double-blind randomised efficacy field trial. Vaccine. 25(21). 4223–4234. 121 indexed citations
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Hidé, Mallorie, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, & Anne‐Laure Bañuls. (2006). Specific cpb copies within the Leishmania donovani complex: evolutionary interpretations and potential clinical implications in humans. Parasitology. 134(3). 379–379. 32 indexed citations
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Holzmüller, Philippe, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, & Jean-Loup Lemesre. (2006). Phenotypical characteristics, biochemical pathways, molecular targets and putative role of nitric oxide-mediated programmed cell death inLeishmania. Parasitology. 132(S1). S19–S32. 40 indexed citations
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Bras‐Gonçalves, Rachel, Frédérique‐Anne Le Gal, Marie‐Françoise Avril, et al.. (2003). In situ detection of antigen-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes using newly designed tetramers. Journal of Immunological Methods. 280(1-2). 103–111. 2 indexed citations
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Riteau, Béatrice, Philippe Moreau, Catherine Menier, et al.. (2001). Characterization of HLA-G1, -G2, -G3, and -G4 isoforms transfected in a human melanoma cell line. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(3). 2360–2364. 33 indexed citations

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