Rafaël Contreras

945 total citations
15 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

Rafaël Contreras is a scholar working on Genetics, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafaël Contreras has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Genetics, 5 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rafaël Contreras's work include Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). Rafaël Contreras is often cited by papers focused on Mesenchymal stem cell research (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). Rafaël Contreras collaborates with scholars based in Chile, France and Colombia. Rafaël Contreras's co-authors include Patricia Luz‐Crawford, Fernando Figueroa, Mónica Kurte, Farida Djouad, Gautier Téjédor, Christian Jørgensen, Flavio Carrión, Estefanía Nova‐Lamperti, Javiera Bravo‐Alegria and Danièle Noël and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal Of Pathology, Frontiers in Immunology and Lab on a Chip.

In The Last Decade

Rafaël Contreras

14 papers receiving 716 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafaël Contreras Chile	9	413	234	183	155	97	15	721
Marta Elena Castro-Manrreza Mexico	11	420 1.0×	221 0.9×	164 0.9×	155 1.0×	60 0.6×	21	693
Pablo Mancheño‐Corvo Spain	14	496 1.2×	221 0.9×	180 1.0×	223 1.4×	70 0.7×	18	727
Mónica Kurte Chile	11	538 1.3×	301 1.3×	281 1.5×	211 1.4×	91 0.9×	14	900
Valentina Zernetkina United States	11	388 0.9×	213 0.9×	151 0.8×	229 1.5×	79 0.8×	20	740
Ramón Menta Spain	14	559 1.4×	206 0.9×	210 1.1×	268 1.7×	78 0.8×	19	773
Anoop Babu Vasandan India	4	555 1.3×	228 1.0×	171 0.9×	238 1.5×	75 0.8×	6	745
Fawaz Abomaray Saudi Arabia	14	447 1.1×	221 0.9×	241 1.3×	190 1.2×	63 0.6×	23	741
Guangfeng Zhao China	14	227 0.5×	253 1.1×	225 1.2×	159 1.0×	98 1.0×	33	822
Aisha Nasef France	7	621 1.5×	207 0.9×	163 0.9×	278 1.8×	81 0.8×	8	793
Hossein Mossafa France	11	442 1.1×	299 1.3×	104 0.6×	177 1.1×	63 0.6×	29	846

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15 of 15 papers shown

Zavala, Gabriela, Rafaël Contreras, Belén Olivares, et al.. (2025). Artificial cell-derived vesicles by extrusion, a novel docetaxel drug delivery system for lung cancer. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 106. 106693–106693. 3 indexed citations

Barrère, Christian, Rafaël Contreras, Patricia Luz‐Crawford, et al.. (2021). PPARβ/δ Is Required for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cardioprotective Effects Independently of Their Anti-inflammatory Properties in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8. 681002–681002. 3 indexed citations

Court, Angela C., Patricia Luz‐Crawford, Víctor Aliaga-Tobar, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial transfer from MSCs to T cells induces Treg differentiation and restricts inflammatory response. EMBO Reports. 21(2). e48052–e48052. 175 indexed citations

Contreras, Rafaël, et al.. (2020). Single cell migration profiling on a microenvironmentally tunable hydrogel microstructure device that enables stem cell potency evaluation. Lab on a Chip. 20(5). 958–972. 5 indexed citations

Riquelme, Carlos, Sergio A. Estay, Rafaël Contreras, & Paulo Corti. (2020). Extinction risk assessment of a Patagonian ungulate using population dynamics models under climate change scenarios. International Journal of Biometeorology. 64(11). 1847–1855. 3 indexed citations

Zavala, Gabriela, et al.. (2019). Differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells to functional CD105neg CD73low melanocyte precursors guided by defined culture condition. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 10(1). 249–249. 14 indexed citations

Kurte, Mónica, Patricia Luz‐Crawford, Ana María Vega-Letter, et al.. (2018). IL17/IL17RA as a Novel Signaling Axis Driving Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapeutic Function in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 802–802. 27 indexed citations

Court, Angela C., Patricia Luz‐Crawford, Mónica Kurte, et al.. (2018). Mitochondrial transfer from MSC to human T cells: A first evidence of a stem cell-mediated reprogramming of multiple immune cell function. Cytotherapy. 20(5). S94–S94. 2 indexed citations

Luz‐Crawford, Patricia, Gabriel Espinosa-Carrasco, Natacha Ipseiz, et al.. (2017). Gilz-Activin A as a Novel Signaling Axis Orchestrating Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Th17 Cell Interplay. Theranostics. 8(3). 846–859. 12 indexed citations

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Contreras, Rafaël, Fernando Figueroa, Farida Djouad, & Patricia Luz‐Crawford. (2016). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Regulate the Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Dampening Arthritis Progression. Stem Cells International. 2016(1). 3162743–3162743. 27 indexed citations

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Ayala, Pedro, et al.. (2015). Resolution of Lung Injury after a Single Event of Aspiration. American Journal Of Pathology. 185(10). 2698–2708. 8 indexed citations

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Luz‐Crawford, Patricia, Mónica Kurte, Javiera Bravo‐Alegria, et al.. (2013). Mesenchymal stem cells generate a CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell population during the differentiation process of Th1 and Th17 cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 4(3). 65–65. 386 indexed citations

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Galbete, Cecilia, Rafaël Contreras, J. Alfredo Martínéz, et al.. (2012). Physical Activity and Sex Modulate Obesity Risk Linked to 3111T/C Gene Variant of theCLOCKGene in an Elderly Population: The SUN Project. Chronobiology International. 29(10). 1397–1404. 31 indexed citations

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González, Marta C., et al.. (2005). HIV-1 Tat Upregulates IFN-γ mRNA in Normal PBMCs In Vitro. Retrovirology. 2(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Nishimura, R., et al.. (1999). Filgrastim (r-metHuG-CSF) and its potential use in the reduction of radiation-induced oropharyngeal mucositis: an interim look at a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.. PubMed. 5(3). 175–80. 24 indexed citations

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