Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag's work include Immune responses and vaccinations (38 papers), COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag is often cited by papers focused on Immune responses and vaccinations (38 papers), COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Romania. Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag's co-authors include Mihai G. Netea, Rob J.W. Arts, Leo A. B. Joosten, Reinout van Crevel, Boris Novakovic, Reinout van Crevel, Christine Stabell Benn, Marije Oosting, Peter Aaby and Ramnik J. Xavier and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag

45 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity

2018 800 citations Rob J.W. Arts, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Non-specific effects of BCG vaccine on viral infections

2019 299 citations Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Rob J.W. Arts et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The impact of interferon-γ pathway on trained immunity induction by vaccination with Bacille Calmette-Guérin 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Cosmin Andrei Cismaru, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Vera P. Mourits, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Leo A. B. Joosten, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Sex-specific DNA methylation associations with circulating urate levels and BCG-induced urate changes 2025 ·Communications Medicine ·Zhaoli Liu, Tania O. Crișan, Cancan Qi, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Xuan Liu, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, (unknown), (unknown), L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Xu Gao, Andrea Baccarelli, Joel Schwartz, Frank Peßler, Carlos A. Guzmán, Yang Li, Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten, Cheng‐Jian Xu	0
3	Long-term effects of BCG vaccination on telomere length and telomerase activity 2025 ·iScience ·Özlem Bulut, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Vera P. Mourits, Gizem Kılıç, Priya A. Debisarun, Marijke Baltissen, Joost H.A. Martens, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Leo A. B. Joosten, (unknown)	1
4	RORα negatively regulates BCG-induced trained immunity 2024 ·Cellular Immunology ·Gizem Kılıç, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Özlem Bulut, (unknown), Anaísa V. Ferreira, Katrin Rabold, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Leo A. B. Joosten, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Mihai G. Netea	5
5	The effect of BCG vaccination in the elderly on infectious and non-infectious immune-mediated diseases 2024 ·Journal of Infection ·(unknown), (unknown), Esther Taks, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Josephine van de Maat, Jaap ten Oever, Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Cornelis H. van Werkhoven, Marc J. M. Bonten, (unknown), Frits R. Rosendaal, Mihai G. Netea	3
6	Epigenetic, transcriptional, and functional characterization of myeloid cells in familial Mediterranean fever 2024 ·iScience ·Rutger J. Röring, Wenchao Li, Ruiqi Liu, Mariolina Bruno, Bowen Zhang, Priya A. Debisarun, (unknown), (unknown), Viola Klück, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Yang Li, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea	2
7	A single-cell view on host immune transcriptional response to in vivo BCG-induced trained immunity 2023 ·Cell Reports ·Wenchao Li, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Rutger J. Röring, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Bowen Zhang, Jianbo Fu, Zhenhua Zhang, Inge Grondman, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Liang Zhou, (unknown), Leo A. B. Joosten, Reinout van Crevel, Cheng‐Jian Xu, Mihai G. Netea, Yang Li	28
8	Genetic regulators of cytokine responses upon BCG vaccination in children from West Africa 2023 ·Journal of genetics and genomics ·Collins K. Boahen, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Stephanie Fanucchi, Ivan Monteiro, (unknown), Ezio T. Fok, Musa M. Mhlanga, Leo A. B. Joosten, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn, Mihai G. Netea, Vinod Kumar	4
9	Routine vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease and its effect on COVID-19 in a population of Dutch older adults 2023 ·Vaccine X ·Esther Taks, (unknown), Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Reinout van Crevel, Cornelis H. van Werkhoven, Mihai G. Netea, Jaap ten Oever	2
10	Neonatal BCG vaccination is associated with a long-term DNA methylation signature in circulating monocytes 2022 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Bowon Kim, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Gizem Kılıç, Brendan R. E. Ansell, Melanie R. Neeland, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Vasiliki Matzaraki, (unknown), Rebecca Shepherd, Susie Germano, Melanie Bahlo, Nicole L. Messina, Richard Saffery, Mihai G. Netea, Nigel Curtis, Boris Novakovic	59
11	Plasma metabolome predicts trained immunity responses after antituberculosis BCG vaccination 2022 ·PLoS Biology ·Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Cancan Qi, Vera P. Mourits, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Heidi Lemmers, Helga Dijkstra, Leo A. B. Joosten, Arjan van Laarhoven, Cheng‐Jian Xu, Reinout van Crevel, Mihai G. Netea, Yang Li	31
12	Single-cell transcriptomic profiles reveal changes associated with BCG-induced trained immunity and protective effects in circulating monocytes 2021 ·Cell Reports ·Lingjia Kong, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Ariel Lefkovith, Bihua Li, Vasiliki Matzaraki, Liesbeth van Emst, (unknown), Isabel Latorre, Martin Jaeger, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Ramnik J. Xavier	37
13	Thyrotrophin and thyroxine support immune homeostasis in humans 2021 ·Immunology ·Martin Jaeger, (unknown), Rob ter Horst, Xiaojing Chu, Hans J. P. M. Koenen, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Vera P. Mourits, Heidi Lemmers, Helga Dijkstra, Marco Medici, Antonius E. van Herwaarden, Irma Joosten, Leo A. B. Joosten, Yang Li, Johannes W. A. Smit, Mihai G. Netea, Romana T. Netea‐Maier	19
14	The influence of the gut microbiome on BCG-induced trained immunity 2021 ·Genome biology ·Martin Stražar, Vera P. Mourits, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Leo A. B. Joosten, Reinout van Crevel, Hera Vlamakis, Mihai G. Netea, Ramnik J. Xavier	35
15	IL-1R1-Dependent Signals Improve Control of Cytosolic Virulent Mycobacteria In Vivo 2021 ·mSphere ·(unknown), Maaike van Zon, Karin de Punder, Anita E. Grootemaat, (unknown), Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Astrid M. van der Sar, Wilbert Bitter, Roland Brosch, Rogélio Hernández‐Pando, Maria T. Peña, Peter J. Peters, Eric A. Reits, Katrin D. Mayer-Barber, Nicole N. van der Wel	4
16	Activate: Randomized Clinical Trial of BCG Vaccination against Infection in the Elderly 2020 ·Cell ·Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis, Μαρία Τσιλικά, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Nikolaos Antonakos, Antigone Kotsaki, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Theologia Gkavogianni, Maria‐Evangelia Adami, Georgia Damoraki, Panagiotis Koufargyris, (unknown), (unknown), Hans J. P. M. Koenen, Reinout van Crevel, (unknown), Georgios Renieris, Antonios Papadopoulos, Mihai G. Netea	258
17	BCG vaccination in humans inhibits systemic inflammation in a sex-dependent manner 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Jona Walk, Branko Cirovic, Rob J.W. Arts, Martin Jaeger, Helga Dijkstra, Heidi Lemmers, Leo A. B. Joosten, Christine Stabell Benn, Reinout van Crevel, Mihai G. Netea	106
18	The effect of BCG vaccination on alveolar macrophages obtained from induced sputum from healthy volunteers 2020 ·Cytokine ·Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, (unknown), Guus P. Leijte, Vera P. Mourits, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Lerm, Matthijs Kox, Arjan van Laarhoven, Mihai G. Netea, Reinout van Crevel	12
19	Circadian rhythm influences induction of trained immunity by BCG vaccination 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, (unknown), Lukas Folkman, Daniele Barreca, Thomas Krausgruber, Victoria Fife, Boris Novakovic, Rob J.W. Arts, Helga Dijkstra, Heidi Lemmers, Christoph Bock, Leo A. B. Joosten, Reinout van Crevel, Christine Stabell Benn, Mihai G. Netea	91
20	BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity breakdown → 2018 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Rob J.W. Arts, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Boris Novakovic, Yang Li, Shuang-Yin Wang, Marije Oosting, Vinod Kumar, Ramnik J. Xavier, Cisca Wijmenga, Leo A. B. Joosten, Chantal Reusken, Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby, Marion Koopmans, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg, Reinout van Crevel, Mihai G. Netea	800

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