Susan Westfall

2.6k total citations
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Susan Westfall is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Westfall has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Susan Westfall's work include Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Susan Westfall is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Susan Westfall collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Susan Westfall's co-authors include Satya Prakash, Nikita Lomis, Giulio Maria Pasinetti, Surya Pratap Singh, Imen Kahouli, Shikha Chouhan, Satyndra Kumar Yadav, Meenakshi Malhotra, Tal Frolinger and Francesca Caracci and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Susan Westfall

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susan Westfall Canada 23 964 546 367 227 194 38 1.9k
Ebrahim Kouchaki Iran 17 966 1.0× 639 1.2× 412 1.1× 237 1.0× 219 1.1× 47 1.8k
Omid Reza Tamtaji Iran 28 1.3k 1.4× 829 1.5× 473 1.3× 297 1.3× 344 1.8× 71 2.7k
Xu Hu China 28 2.1k 2.2× 678 1.2× 695 1.9× 250 1.1× 212 1.1× 95 3.4k
Valentina Cecarini Italy 29 1.4k 1.4× 807 1.5× 445 1.2× 188 0.8× 63 0.3× 57 2.4k
Carmen De Italy 26 879 0.9× 539 1.0× 158 0.4× 253 1.1× 88 0.5× 62 2.1k
Laura Bonfili Italy 29 1.2k 1.3× 744 1.4× 463 1.3× 217 1.0× 51 0.3× 71 2.3k
Matheus Augusto de Bittencourt Pasquali Brazil 31 744 0.8× 260 0.5× 264 0.7× 503 2.2× 104 0.5× 109 2.7k
Lívia H. Morais Brazil 13 973 1.0× 486 0.9× 404 1.1× 94 0.4× 173 0.9× 19 1.7k
Saravana Babu Chidambaram India 29 1.2k 1.2× 625 1.1× 322 0.9× 121 0.5× 281 1.4× 139 3.1k
Fei Huang China 28 1.1k 1.1× 390 0.7× 257 0.7× 73 0.3× 98 0.5× 101 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Westfall

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

All Works

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Westfall, Susan, Tayla M. Olsen, Danielle Karo‐Atar, et al.. (2025). A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection. Cell. 188(12). 3135–3151.e22. 2 indexed citations
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Karo‐Atar, Danielle, Shaida Ouladan, Susan Westfall, et al.. (2022). Helminth-induced reprogramming of the stem cell compartment inhibits type 2 immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 219(9). 17 indexed citations
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Lomis, Nikita, Susan Westfall, Dominique Shum‐Tim, & Satya Prakash. (2021). Synthesis and characterization of peptide conjugated human serum albumin nanoparticles for targeted cardiac uptake and drug delivery. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0254305–e0254305. 10 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Francesca Caracci, Molly Estill, et al.. (2021). Chronic Stress-Induced Depression and Anxiety Priming Modulated by Gut-Brain-Axis Immunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 670500–670500. 88 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Francesca Caracci, Danyue Zhao, et al.. (2020). Microbiota metabolites modulate the T helper 17 to regulatory T cell (Th17/Treg) imbalance promoting resilience to stress-induced anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 91. 350–368. 114 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Nikita Lomis, & Satya Prakash. (2019). A novel synbiotic delays Alzheimer’s disease onset via combinatorial gut-brain-axis signaling in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214985–e0214985. 75 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Umar Iqbal, Maria Sebastian-Valverde, & Giulio Maria Pasinetti. (2019). Gut microbiota mediated allostasis prevents stress-induced neuroinflammatory risk factors of Alzheimer's disease. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 168. 147–181. 34 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan & Giulio Maria Pasinetti. (2019). Design of a Novel Synbiotic Formulation to Optimize Gut-derived Phenolic Acid Mediated Gut-brain Axis Signals for the Treatment of Stress-induced Depression and Anxiety (OR23-03-19). Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. nzz040.OR23–3. 5 indexed citations
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Ho, Lap, Danyue Zhao, Kenjiro Ono, et al.. (2018). Heterogeneity in gut microbiota drive polyphenol metabolism that influences α-synuclein misfolding and toxicity. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 64. 170–181. 56 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Nikita Lomis, & Satya Prakash. (2018). Ferulic Acid Produced by Lactobacillus fermentum Influences Developmental Growth Through a dTOR-Mediated Mechanism. Molecular Biotechnology. 61(1). 1–11. 30 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Nikita Lomis, & Satya Prakash. (2018). Longevity extension in Drosophila through gut-brain communication. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8362–8362. 86 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Umar, Susan Westfall, & Satya Prakash. (2018). Novel microencapsulated probiotic blend for use in metabolic syndrome: design and in-vivo analysis. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology. 46(sup3). 116–124. 17 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, et al.. (2018). Suppression of Presymptomatic Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neurodegeneration by Grape-Derived Polyphenols. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9. 867–867. 30 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Nikita Lomis, & Satya Prakash. (2018). A novel polyphenolic prebiotic and probiotic formulation have synergistic effects on the gut microbiota influencing Drosophila melanogaster physiology. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology. 46(sup2). 441–455. 57 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, et al.. (2017). Microbiome, probiotics and neurodegenerative diseases: deciphering the gut brain axis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 74(20). 3769–3787. 398 indexed citations
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Busche, Stephan, Xiaojian Shao, Maxime Caron, et al.. (2015). Population whole-genome bisulfite sequencing across two tissues highlights the environment as the principal source of human methylome variation. Genome biology. 16(1). 290–290. 59 indexed citations
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Chouhan, Shikha, Satyndra Kumar Yadav, Jay Prakash, et al.. (2014). Increase in the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase on exposure to bisphenol A: A possible cause for decline in steroidogenesis in male mice. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 39(1). 405–416. 40 indexed citations
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Cermakian, Nicolas, Susan Westfall, & Silke Kießling. (2014). Circadian Clocks and Inflammation: Reciprocal Regulation and Shared Mediators. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 62(4). 303–318. 62 indexed citations
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Yadav, Satyndra Kumar, Jay Prakash, Shikha Chouhan, et al.. (2013). Comparison of the neuroprotective potential of Mucuna pruriens seed extract with estrogen in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced PD mice model. Neurochemistry International. 65. 1–13. 59 indexed citations
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Westfall, Susan, Argel Aguilar‐Valles, Valérie Mongrain, Giamal N. Luheshi, & Nicolas Cermakian. (2013). Time-Dependent Effects of Localized Inflammation on Peripheral Clock Gene Expression in Rats. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59808–e59808. 13 indexed citations

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