Richard M. Ransohoff

81.0k total citations · 23 hit papers
352 papers, 54.3k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Ransohoff is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Ransohoff has authored 352 papers receiving a total of 54.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Immunology, 147 papers in Oncology and 144 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Ransohoff's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (141 papers), Chemokine receptors and signaling (96 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (69 papers). Richard M. Ransohoff is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (141 papers), Chemokine receptors and signaling (96 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (69 papers). Richard M. Ransohoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Richard M. Ransohoff's co-authors include Israel Charo, Richard A. Rudick, Bruce D. Trapp, Britta Engelhardt, Astrid E. Cardona, V. Hugh Perry, Birgit Obermeier, Richard Daneman, Pia Kivisäkk and John W. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Ransohoff

350 papers receiving 53.6k citations

Hit Papers

Axonal Transection in the... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2006 2013 2013 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Axonal Transection in the Lesions of Multiple Sclerosis
    1998 3.1k citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. The Many Roles of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Inflammation
    2006 2.0k citations Israel Charo, Richard M. Ransohoff New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Identification of a unique TGF-β–dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia
    2013 1.9k citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  4. Development, maintenance and disruption of the blood-brain barrier
    2013 1.8k citations Birgit Obermeier, Richard Daneman et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  5. How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration
    2016 1.4k citations Richard M. Ransohoff Science profile →
  6. Microglial Physiology: Unique Stimuli, Specialized Responses
    2009 1.4k citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  7. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease
    2019 1.4k citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Nature profile →
  8. Control of microglial neurotoxicity by the fractalkine receptor
    2006 1.2k citations Astrid E. Cardona, Sandra M. Cardona et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  9. A polarizing question: do M1 and M2 microglia exist?
    2016 1.2k citations Richard M. Ransohoff Nature Neuroscience profile →
  10. Expression of specific chemokines and chemokine receptors in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis patients
    1999 853 citations Marie Tani, Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  11. Inflammatory Cortical Demyelination in Early Multiple Sclerosis
    2011 827 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity
    2017 795 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Science profile →
  13. Three or more routes for leukocyte migration into the central nervous system
    2003 793 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  14. Innate immunity in the central nervous system
    2012 773 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  15. The anatomical and cellular basis of immune surveillance in the central nervous system
    2012 700 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  16. The myeloid cells of the central nervous system parenchyma
    2010 622 citations Richard M. Ransohoff, Astrid E. Cardona Nature profile →
  17. Heterogeneity of CNS myeloid cells and their roles in neurodegeneration
    2011 540 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  18. TREM2 deficiency eliminates TREM2+ inflammatory macrophages and ameliorates pathology in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models
    2015 525 citations Shane M. Bemiller, Anne C. Cotleur et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  19. Disrupted cardiac development but normal hematopoiesis in mice deficient in the second CXCL12/SDF-1 receptor, CXCR7
    2007 501 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  20. Temporal Tracking of Microglia Activation in Neurodegeneration at Single-Cell Resolution
    2017 486 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  21. Efficient derivation of microglia-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells
    2016 481 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  22. Reactive microglia drive tau pathology and contribute to the spreading of pathological tau in the brain
    2015 423 citations Astrid E. Cardona, Richard M. Ransohoff et al. profile →
  23. Crosstalk Between Astrocytes and Microglia: An Overview
    2020 289 citations Richard M. Ransohoff et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard M. Ransohoff United States 116 23.5k 20.4k 12.2k 9.8k 9.7k 352 54.3k
Hans Lassmann Austria 145 18.1k 0.8× 18.8k 0.9× 18.7k 1.5× 30.8k 3.2× 7.6k 0.8× 645 70.7k
Jack P. Antel Canada 102 10.9k 0.5× 12.0k 0.6× 11.1k 0.9× 12.9k 1.3× 3.6k 0.4× 525 38.0k
Marco Prinz Germany 91 17.1k 0.7× 13.9k 0.7× 11.3k 0.9× 2.3k 0.2× 2.2k 0.2× 356 34.9k
Wolfgang Brück Germany 89 8.4k 0.4× 7.1k 0.3× 7.7k 0.6× 14.7k 1.5× 3.4k 0.3× 391 32.1k
V. Hugh Perry United Kingdom 106 18.9k 0.8× 8.7k 0.4× 13.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.2× 1.6k 0.2× 340 42.4k
Lawrence Steinman United States 112 4.7k 0.2× 21.9k 1.1× 15.4k 1.3× 9.5k 1.0× 6.4k 0.7× 558 48.5k
V. Wee Yong Canada 100 7.8k 0.3× 6.3k 0.3× 10.0k 0.8× 5.8k 0.6× 3.7k 0.4× 437 30.1k
Cedric S. Raine United States 88 7.1k 0.3× 12.3k 0.6× 8.5k 0.7× 9.2k 0.9× 4.2k 0.4× 413 31.5k
Michal Schwartz Israel 93 16.8k 0.7× 7.7k 0.4× 7.9k 0.6× 4.6k 0.5× 993 0.1× 301 32.6k
Bruce D. Trapp United States 94 8.3k 0.4× 4.5k 0.2× 11.3k 0.9× 12.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.2× 277 34.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mendiola, Andrew S., Difernando Vanegas, Sandra M. Cardona, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological depletion of microglia alleviates neuronal and vascular damage in the diabetic CX3CR1-WT retina but not in CX3CR1-KO or hCX3CR1I249/M280-expressing retina. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1130735–1130735. 14 indexed citations
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Takeshita, Yukio, Kenichi Serizawa, Fumitaka Shimizu, et al.. (2021). New BBB Model Reveals That IL-6 Blockade Suppressed the BBB Disorder, Preventing Onset of NMOSD. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 8(6). 63 indexed citations
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Gunner, Georgia, Lucas Cheadle, Kasey M. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Sensory lesioning induces microglial synapse elimination via ADAM10 and fractalkine signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 22(7). 1075–1088. 216 indexed citations
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Maatouk, Layal, María-Angeles Carrillo-de Sauvage, Alexis‐Pierre Bemelmans, et al.. (2018). TLR9 activation via microglial glucocorticoid receptors contributes to degeneration of midbrain dopamine neurons. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2450–2450. 66 indexed citations
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Spiller, Krista J., Clark R. Restrepo, Tahiyana Khan, et al.. (2018). Microglia-mediated recovery from ALS-relevant motor neuron degeneration in a mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathy. Nature Neuroscience. 21(3). 329–340. 218 indexed citations
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Ransohoff, Richard M.. (2016). How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration. Science. 353(6301). 777–783. 1434 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dal-Secco, Daniela, Jing Wang, Zhutian Zeng, et al.. (2015). A dynamic spectrum of monocytes arising from the in situ reprogramming of CCR2+ monocytes at a site of sterile injury. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(4). 447–456. 350 indexed citations
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Takeshita, Yukio, Birgit Obermeier, Anne Cotleur, et al.. (2014). An in vitro blood–brain barrier model combining shear stress and endothelial cell/astrocyte co-culture. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 232. 165–172. 53 indexed citations
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Obermeier, Birgit, Richard Daneman, & Richard M. Ransohoff. (2013). Development, maintenance and disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Nature Medicine. 19(12). 1584–1596. 1818 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varvel, Nicholas H., Stefan Grathwohl, Frank Baumann, et al.. (2012). Microglial repopulation model reveals a robust homeostatic process for replacing CNS myeloid cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(44). 18150–18155. 203 indexed citations
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Kwan, Wanda, Anna Magnusson, Austin Chou, et al.. (2012). Bone Marrow Transplantation Confers Modest Benefits in Mouse Models of Huntington's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(1). 133–142. 60 indexed citations
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Lee, Kit Ming, Clive S. McKimmie, Derek S. Gilchrist, et al.. (2011). D6 facilitates cellular migration and fluid flow to lymph nodes by suppressing lymphatic congestion. Blood. 118(23). 6220–6229. 69 indexed citations
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Ransohoff, Richard M. & Astrid E. Cardona. (2010). The myeloid cells of the central nervous system parenchyma. Nature. 468(7321). 253–262. 622 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shultz, David, M.R. Sandhya Rani, John Fuller, Richard M. Ransohoff, & George R. Stark. (2009). Roles of IKK-β, IRF1, and p65 in the Activation of Chemokine Genes by Interferon-γ. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 29(12). 817–824. 39 indexed citations
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Constantinescu, Cris S., Marie Tani, Richard M. Ransohoff, et al.. (2005). Astrocytes as antigen‐presenting cells: expression of IL‐12/IL‐23. Journal of Neurochemistry. 95(2). 331–340. 115 indexed citations
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Rani, M.R. Sandhya & Richard M. Ransohoff. (2005). Alternative and Accessory Pathways in the Regulation of IFN-β-Mediated Gene Expression. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 25(12). 788–798. 52 indexed citations
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Sizemore, Nywana, Anju Agarwal, Kingshuk Das, et al.. (2004). Inhibitor of κB kinase is required to activate a subset of interferon γ-stimulated genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(21). 7994–7998. 49 indexed citations
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Głąbiński, Andrzej, Bartosz Bielecki, Paweł Kołodziejski, et al.. (2003). TNF-α Microinjection Upregulates Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in the Central Nervous System Without Inducing Leukocyte Infiltration. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 23(8). 457–466. 32 indexed citations
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Ransohoff, Richard M.. (1998). Cellular Responses to Interferons and Other Cytokines: The JAK–STAT Paradigm. New England Journal of Medicine. 338(9). 616–618. 63 indexed citations

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