Victor Nizet

63.2k citations

564 papers · 43.2k indexed · 17 hit papers · h-index 108

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
Immunology top 0.05%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.02%
Infectious Diseases top 0.05%
Epidemiology top 0.1%

Co-authors: Randall S. Johnson Richard L. Gallo Annelies S. Zinkernagel George Y. Liu Michael Karin Kelly S. Doran Toby Lawrence Mary E. Hensler
Topics: Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (189 papers)Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (162 papers)Neonatal and Maternal Infections (156 papers)
Cited by: Microbiology Immunology Infectious Diseases
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Australia Germany

In The Last Decade

Victor Nizet

544 papers receiving 42.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

HIF-1α Is Essential for Myeloid Cell-Mediated Inflammation

2003 1.6k citations Victor Nizet, Randall S. Johnson et al. profile →
NF-κB links innate immunity to the hypoxic response through transcriptional regulation of HIF-1α

2008 1.3k citations Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Victor Nizet et al. profile →
Innate antimicrobial peptide protects the skin from invasive bacterial infection

2001 963 citations Victor Nizet, Xavier Lauth et al. profile →
HIF Transcription Factors, Inflammation, and Immunity

2014 907 citations Victor Nizet, Randall S. Johnson et al. profile →
Innate Immunity Gone Awry: Linking Microbial Infections to Chronic Inflammation and Cancer

2006 740 citations Victor Nizet et al. profile →
ATP Release Guides Neutrophil Chemotaxis via P2Y2 and A3 Receptors

2006 704 citations Yu Chen, Ross Corriden et al. Science profile →
Skin microbiota: a source of disease or defence?

2008 664 citations Victor Nizet et al. profile →
Disease Manifestations and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus

2014 616 citations Jason N. Cole, Anna Henningham et al. profile →
Interdependence of hypoxic and innate immune responses

2009 574 citations Victor Nizet, Randall S. Johnson profile →
HIF-1α expression regulates the bactericidal capacity of phagocytes

2005 566 citations Carole Peyssonnaux, Vivekanand Datta et al. profile →
Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity

2005 556 citations Vivekanand Datta, Victor Nizet et al. profile →
IKKα limits macrophage NF-κB activation and contributes to the resolution of inflammation

2005 546 citations Victor Nizet et al. profile →
DNase Expression Allows the Pathogen Group A Streptococcus to Escape Killing in Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

2006 541 citations Ramy K. Aziz, Victor Nizet et al. profile →
Regulation of iron homeostasis by the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs)

2007 509 citations Carole Peyssonnaux, Annelies S. Zinkernagel et al. profile →
Macrophage-like nanoparticles concurrently absorbing endotoxins and proinflammatory cytokines for sepsis management

2017 467 citations Joshua Olson, Victor Nizet et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia

2022 242 citations Victor Nizet et al. profile →
Sulfur(VI) Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx)-Enabled High-Throughput Medicinal Chemistry

2020 152 citations Victor Nizet et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Elucidation of independently modulated genes in Streptococcus pyogenes reveals carbon sources that control its expression of hemolytic toxins 2023 ·mSystems ·Yujiro Hirose,Saugat Poudel,Anand V. Sastry,Kevin Rychel,Cameron Lamoureux,Richard Szubin,Daniel C. Zielinski,Hyun Gyu Lim,(unknown),Helena Bergsten,Satoshi Uchiyama,(unknown),Shigetada Kawabata,Bernhard Ø. Palsson,Victor Nizet	12
2	Human Milk Oligosaccharides Reduce Murine Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization with Minimal Impact on the Vaginal Microbiota 2022 ·mSphere ·(unknown),(unknown),Alison Vrbanac,P. Gireesh Babu,(unknown),(unknown),Lars Bode,Victor Nizet,Kathryn A. Patras	12
3	Coordination of CcpA and CodY Regulators in Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Strains 2022 ·mSystems ·Saugat Poudel,Ying Hefner,Richard Szubin,Anand V. Sastry,Ye Gao,Victor Nizet,Bernhard Ø. Palsson	16
4	Clinical Efficacy of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preventing the Progression of Moderate to Severe COVID-19 and Its Correlation to Viral Clearance: Results of a Pilot Study 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Merlin Moni,(unknown),Dipu T Sathyapalan,Veena Menon,Georg Gutjahr,Fabia Edathadathil,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Indulekha C. L. Pillai,Geetha B. Kumar,Bipin G. Nair,Victor Nizet,Aveek Jayant	3
5	Repurposed drugs block toxin-driven platelet clearance by the hepatic Ashwell-Morell receptor to clear Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia 2021 ·Science Translational Medicine ·(unknown),Satoshi Uchiyama,Joshua Olson,Yosuke Morodomi,Ingrid Cornax,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nina M. Haste,Sachiko Kanaji,Taisuke Kanaji,Warren E. Rose,George Sakoulas,Jamey D. Marth,Victor Nizet	33
6	Revealing 29 sets of independently modulated genes in Staphylococcus aureus , their regulators, and role in key physiological response 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Saugat Poudel,Hannah Tsunemoto,Yara Seif,Anand V. Sastry,Richard Szubin,Sibei Xu,Henrique Machado,Connor A. Olson,Amitesh Anand,Joe Pogliano,Victor Nizet,Bernhard Ø. Palsson	57
7	TLR4 signaling and macrophage inflammatory responses are dampened by GIV/Girdin 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Gajanan D. Katkar,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Vanessa Castillo,Joshua Olson,Victor Nizet,Irina Kufareva,Soumita Das,Pradipta Ghosh	72
8	Recurrent group A Streptococcus tonsillitis is an immunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant T _FH cells 2019 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Jennifer M. Dan,Colin Havenar‐Daughton,Kayla Kendric,(unknown),Kirti Kaushik,Sandy L. Rosales,Ericka L. Anderson,Christopher N. LaRock,Pandurangan Vijayanand,Grégory Seumois,David Layfield,Ramsey Cutress,Christian H. Ottensmeier,Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn,Alessandro Sette,Victor Nizet,Marcella Bothwell,Matthew T. Brigger,Shane Crotty	84
9	Erythrocyte sialoglycoproteins engage Siglec-9 on neutrophils to suppress activation 2017 ·Blood ·Anel Lizcano,Ismael Secundino,Simon Döhrmann,Ross Corriden,C.C. Rohena,Sandra Diaz,Pradipta Ghosh,Lingquan Deng,Victor Nizet,Ajit Varki	83
10	Coiled-coil destabilizing residues in the group A Streptococcus M1 protein are required for functional interaction 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Cosmo Z. Buffalo,J. Andrés Valderrama,Anna Henningham,Jason N. Cole,Victor Nizet,Partho Ghosh	31
11	Direct cloning and refactoring of a silent lipopeptide biosynthetic gene cluster yields the antibiotic taromycin A 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kazuya Yamanaka,Kirk A. Reynolds,Roland D. Kersten,Katherine S. Ryan,David J. Gonzalez,Victor Nizet,Pieter C. Dorrestein,Bradley S. Moore	351
12	Adenosine‐A ₃ receptors in neutrophil microdomains promote the formation of bacteria‐tethering cytonemes 2013 ·EMBO Reports ·Ross Corriden,Tim Self,(unknown),Victor Nizet,Barrie Kellam,Stephen J. Briddon,Stephen J. Hill	35
13	Imaging mass spectrometry of intraspecies metabolic exchange revealed the cannibalistic factors of Bacillus subtilis 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wei-Ting Liu,Yuliang Yang,Yuquan Xu,Anne Lamsa,Nina M. Haste,Jane Y. Yang,Julio Ng,David J. Gonzalez,Craig D. Ellermeier,Paul D. Straight,Pavel A. Pevzner,Joe Pogliano,Victor Nizet,Kit Pogliano,Pieter C. Dorrestein	157
14	Pathogen Microevolution in High Resolution 2010 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Ramy K. Aziz,Victor Nizet	14
15	Innate immune-induced depletion of bone marrow neutrophils aggravates systemic bacterial infections 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alexander A. Navarini,Karl S. Lang,Admar Verschoor,Mike Recher,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Victor Nizet,Bernhard Odermatt,Hans Hengartner,Rolf M. Zinkernagel	84
16	Coiled-Coil Irregularities and Instabilities in Group A Streptococcus M1 Are Required for Virulence 2008 ·Science ·Case W. McNamara,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Pauline Machebœuf,Madeleine W. Cunningham,Victor Nizet,Partho Ghosh	124
17	Discovery of a widely distributed toxin biosynthetic gene cluster 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shaun W. Lee,Douglas A. Mitchell,Andrew L. Markley,Mary E. Hensler,David J. Gonzalez,(unknown),Pieter C. Dorrestein,Victor Nizet,Jack E. Dixon	169
18	Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance Mechanisms of Human Bacterial Pathogens 2006 ·Current Issues in Molecular Biology ·Victor Nizet	236
19	ATP Release Guides Neutrophil Chemotaxis via P2Y2 and A3 Receptorsbreakdown → 2006 ·Science ·Yu Chen,Ross Corriden,Yoshiaki Inoue,Linda Yip,Naoyuki Hashiguchi,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Victor Nizet,Paul A. Insel,Wolfgang G. Junger	704
20	TLR4-dependent hepcidin expression by myeloid cells in response to bacterial pathogens 2006 ·Blood ·Carole Peyssonnaux,Annelies S. Zinkernagel,Vivekanand Datta,Xavier Lauth,Randall S. Johnson,Victor Nizet	298

About Victor Nizet

Victor Nizet is a scholar working on Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 564 papers that have together received 43.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (189 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (162 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (156 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (5.8k citations), Immunology (11.4k citations) and Infectious Diseases (8.5k citations). Victor Nizet has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Randall S. Johnson, Richard L. Gallo, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, George Y. Liu, Michael Karin, Kelly S. Doran, Toby Lawrence, Mary E. Hensler, Jason N. Cole and Carole Peyssonnaux. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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