Sam Vanherle

577 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 234 citations indexed

About

Sam Vanherle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Vanherle has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 234 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sam Vanherle's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (4 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (3 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (3 papers). Sam Vanherle is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (4 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (3 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (3 papers). Sam Vanherle collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Sam Vanherle's co-authors include Jeroen F. J. Bogie, Jerome J. A. Hendriks, Mansour Haidar, Melanie Loix, Tess Dierckx, Joy Irobi, Pascal Gervois, Ivo Lambrichts, Elien Wouters and Elien Grajchen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sam Vanherle

12 papers receiving 233 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.

Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS

2025 19 citations Sam Vanherle, Melanie Loix et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

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Sam Vanherle

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Melanie Loix Belgium

Tess Dierckx Belgium

Wenjing Xian China

Xiaoye Mo China

Bei Pu China

Jiefang Chen China

Hyeran Won South Korea

Yizhou Zhao China

Yuanxin Zhao China

Melanie Loix Belgium

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34 ×1.1

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Vanherle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Vanherle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Vanherle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Vanherle based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Vanherle. Sam Vanherle is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Loix, Melanie, Sam Vanherle, Sanne G. S. Verberk, et al.. (2025). UBE3A promotes foam cell formation and counters remyelination by targeting ABCA1 for proteasomal degradation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8077–8077. 1 indexed citations

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Vanherle, Sam, Melanie Loix, Véronique E. Miron, Jerome J. A. Hendriks, & Jeroen F. J. Bogie. (2025). Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 26(4). 214–231. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loix, Melanie, Sam Vanherle, Stephan Kemp, et al.. (2024). Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1: a potential therapeutic target for neurological disorders. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 19(1). 85–85. 6 indexed citations

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Verberk, Sanne G. S., Mansour Haidar, Elien Grajchen, et al.. (2023). Fatty acid elongation by ELOVL6 hampers remyelination by promoting inflammatory foam cell formation during demyelination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(37). e2301030120–e2301030120. 18 indexed citations

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Vanherle, Sam, Melanie Loix, Tess Dierckx, et al.. (2023). Extracellular vesicle‐associated cholesterol supports the regenerative functions of macrophages in the brain. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(12). e12394–e12394. 12 indexed citations

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Dierckx, Tess, Sam Vanherle, Mansour Haidar, et al.. (2022). Phloretin enhances remyelination by stimulating oligodendrocyte precursor cell differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(46). e2120393119–e2120393119. 12 indexed citations

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Loix, Melanie, Elien Wouters, Sam Vanherle, et al.. (2022). Perilipin-2 limits remyelination by preventing lipid droplet degradation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(10). 515–515. 28 indexed citations

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Vanherle, Sam, W. P. Jorissen, Tess Dierckx, et al.. (2022). The ApoA-I mimetic peptide 5A enhances remyelination by promoting clearance and degradation of myelin debris. Cell Reports. 41(6). 111591–111591. 16 indexed citations

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Vanherle, Sam, et al.. (2022). Protein Lipidation by Palmitate Controls Macrophage Function. Cells. 11(3). 565–565. 7 indexed citations

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Haidar, Mansour, Melanie Loix, Sam Vanherle, et al.. (2022). Targeting lipophagy in macrophages improves repair in multiple sclerosis. Autophagy. 18(11). 2697–2710. 40 indexed citations

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Dierckx, Tess, Mansour Haidar, Elien Grajchen, et al.. (2021). Phloretin suppresses neuroinflammation by autophagy-mediated Nrf2 activation in macrophages. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 18(1). 148–148. 40 indexed citations

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Vanherle, Sam, Mansour Haidar, Joy Irobi, Jeroen F. J. Bogie, & Jerome J. A. Hendriks. (2020). Extracellular vesicle-associated lipids in central nervous system disorders. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 159. 322–331. 35 indexed citations

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