Silvia Melgar

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Silvia Melgar is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvia Melgar has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Immunology, 29 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Silvia Melgar's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (24 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (16 papers). Silvia Melgar is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (24 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (16 papers). Silvia Melgar collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Sweden and United Kingdom. Silvia Melgar's co-authors include Erik Michaëlsson, Agneta Karlsson, Mònica Aguilera, Fergus Shanahan, John MacSharry, Marie‐Louise Hammarström, Caitríona M. O’Driscoll, Sten Hammarström, Kenneth Nally and Aoife Quinlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Silvia Melgar

69 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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The Impact of Western Diet and Nutrients on the Microbiota and Immune Response at Mucosal Interfaces

2017 346 citations Mònica Aguilera, John MacSharry et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Humberto Jijon Canada

Heitor Siffert Pereira de Souza Brazil

Janneke N. Samsom Netherlands

Myron R. Szewczuk Canada

Atsushi Nishida Japan

Tokiyoshi Ayabe Japan

Debby Laukens Belgium

Louise Glover United States

Terrence A. Barrett United States

Florian Obermeier Germany

Humberto Jijon Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvia Melgar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Silvia Melgar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Silvia Melgar 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 Silvia Melgar. Silvia Melgar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Murphy, Anne M., et al.. (2024). Mixed-method Irish study exploring the role of diet in IBD based on an online questionnaire and a patient panel opinion. BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 11(1). e001251–e001251.

Flood, Peter F., et al.. (2023). Human intestinal organoids: Modeling gastrointestinal physiology and immunopathology — current applications and limitations. European Journal of Immunology. 54(2). e2250248–e2250248. 14 indexed citations

Stamou, Panagiota, Fiona Crispie, Chyi‐Song Hsieh, et al.. (2022). Identification of Gut Bacteria such as Lactobacillus johnsonii that Disseminate to Systemic Tissues of Wild Type and MyD88–/– Mice. Gut Microbes. 14(1). 2007743–2007743. 2 indexed citations

Woznicki, Jerzy A., Peter F. Flood, Ciaran M. Lee, et al.. (2021). TNF-α synergises with IFN-γ to induce caspase-8-JAK1/2-STAT1-dependent death of intestinal epithelial cells. Cell Death and Disease. 12(10). 864–864. 109 indexed citations

Aguilera, Mònica, Valerio Rossini, Donjetë Simnica, et al.. (2021). Inflammasome Signaling Regulates the Microbial–Neuroimmune Axis and Visceral Pain in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(15). 8336–8336. 12 indexed citations

Stamou, Panagiota, María Esteban-Torres, Francesca Bottacini, et al.. (2021). Bifidobacterium breve Exopolysaccharide Blocks Dendritic Cell Maturation and Activation of CD4+ T Cells. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 653587–653587. 26 indexed citations

Andersson‐Engels, Stefan, et al.. (2019). <p>Emerging applications of upconverting nanoparticles in intestinal infection and colorectal cancer</p>. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 14. 1027–1038. 48 indexed citations

Egan, Muireann, Francesca Bottacini, Mary O’Connell Motherway, et al.. (2018). Staying alive: growth and survival of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(24). 10645–10663. 6 indexed citations

Aguilera, Mònica, et al.. (2017). The Impact of Western Diet and Nutrients on the Microbiota and Immune Response at Mucosal Interfaces. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 838–838. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhdanov, Alexander V., Irina A. Okkelman, Anna V. Golubeva, et al.. (2016). Quantitative analysis of mucosal oxygenation using ex vivo imaging of healthy and inflamed mammalian colon tissue. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 74(1). 141–151. 23 indexed citations

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Zhdanov, Alexander V., Irina A. Okkelman, Fergus W. J. Collins, Silvia Melgar, & Dmitri B. Papkovsky. (2015). A novel effect of DMOG on cell metabolism: direct inhibition of mitochondrial function precedes HIF target gene expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1847(10). 1254–1266. 82 indexed citations

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Murphy, C., Lindsay J. Hall, Aoife Quinlan, et al.. (2012). The Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Analogue FTY720 Impairs Mucosal Immunity and Clearance of the Enteric Pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. Infection and Immunity. 80(8). 2712–2723. 23 indexed citations

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Walsh, D., Joanna McCarthy, Caitríona M. O’Driscoll, & Silvia Melgar. (2012). Pattern recognition receptors—Molecular orchestrators of inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 24(2). 91–104. 131 indexed citations

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Melgar, Silvia, et al.. (2008). Psychological stress reactivates dextran sulfate sodium-induced chronic colitis in mice. Stress. 11(5). 348–362. 46 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Vicente & Silvia Melgar. (2008). Lack of colonic inflammation‐induced acute visceral hypersensitivity to colorectal distension in Na_v1.9 knockout mice. European Journal of Pain. 12(7). 934–944. 35 indexed citations

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Melgar, Silvia, et al.. (2008). Validation of murine dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis using four therapeutic agents for human inflammatory bowel disease. International Immunopharmacology. 8(6). 836–844. 159 indexed citations

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Karlsson, Agneta, Erika Rehnström, Per‐Göran Gillberg, et al.. (2007). Intra-colonic administration of the TLR7 agonist R-848 induces an acute local and systemic inflammation in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 367(2). 242–248. 13 indexed citations

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Melgar, Silvia, Sten Hammarström, Åke Öberg, Anna Danielsson, & Marie‐Louise Hammarström. (2004). Cytolytic Capabilities of Lamina Propria and Intraepithelial Lymphocytes in Normal and Chronically Inflamed Human Intestine. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 60(1-2). 167–177. 14 indexed citations

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Forsberg, Göte, Olle Hernell, Silvia Melgar, et al.. (2002). Paradoxical coexpression of proinflammatory and down-regulatory cytokines in intestinal T cells in childhood celiac disease. Gastroenterology. 123(3). 667–678. 135 indexed citations

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Lai, Xin‐He, Jianguo Xu, Silvia Melgar, & Bernt Eric Uhlin. (1999). An apoptotic response by J774 macrophage cells is common upon infection with diarrheagenicEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 172(1). 29–34. 17 indexed citations

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