Vincent Bours

17.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
252 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Vincent Bours is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent Bours has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Molecular Biology, 87 papers in Cancer Research and 50 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Vincent Bours's work include NF-κB Signaling Pathways (59 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (21 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (16 papers). Vincent Bours is often cited by papers focused on NF-κB Signaling Pathways (59 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (21 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (16 papers). Vincent Bours collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Vincent Bours's co-authors include Marie‐Paule Merville, Alain Chariot, Patrick Viatour, Ulrich Siebenlist, Giuseppina Bonizzi, Mohamed Bentires‐Alj, Pierre A. Robe, Jacques Gielen, Kathleen Kelly and Marie-Paule Merville and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Vincent Bours

250 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Phosphorylation of NF-κB and IκB proteins: implications in cancer and inflammation

2004 1.3k citations Marie‐Paule Merville, Vincent Bours et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vincent Bours Belgium	58	5.7k	4.4k	3.5k	2.1k	1.0k	252	11.9k
Claus Scheidereit Germany	66	7.6k 1.3×	5.4k 1.2×	5.3k 1.5×	2.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	103	14.3k
Marina Kreutz Germany	52	4.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	505 0.5×	147	10.1k
András Falus Hungary	49	6.3k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	550 0.5×	357	12.0k
Vinay Tergaonkar Singapore	61	6.4k 1.1×	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	482 0.5×	122	10.5k
David M. Hockenbery United States	50	10.5k 1.9×	2.1k 0.5×	3.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	124	16.7k
Guido Franzoso United States	49	6.5k 1.2×	5.5k 1.2×	5.3k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	545 0.5×	96	13.2k
Fionula M. Brennan United Kingdom	71	4.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	7.7k 2.2×	3.6k 1.7×	1.0k 1.0×	172	17.5k
Neil D. Perkins United Kingdom	56	8.0k 1.4×	5.4k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	3.4k 1.6×	800 0.8×	133	14.1k
Harald Wajant Germany	65	8.8k 1.6×	3.8k 0.9×	6.8k 1.9×	2.9k 1.3×	675 0.7×	222	15.6k
Wei Wei China	57	6.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	512 0.5×	474	13.7k

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Ambroise, Jérôme, Cédric van Marcke, Mieke Van Bockstal, et al.. (2025). Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancers is associated with epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes. Molecular Oncology. 19(8). 2330–2347. 1 indexed citations

Segers, Karin, Pascal Wolter, Joëlle Collignon, et al.. (2024). Digenic Inheritance of Mutations in Homologous Recombination Genes in Cancer Patients. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(6). 584–584.

Goffart, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Limited Effects of Class II Transactivator-Based Immunotherapy in Murine and Human Glioblastoma. Cancers. 16(1). 193–193. 1 indexed citations

Streel, Sylvie, Vincent Bours, Katty Delbecque, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic Performance of Immunohistochemistry Compared to Molecular Techniques for Microsatellite Instability and p53 Mutation Detection in Endometrial Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4866–4866. 16 indexed citations

Potorac, Iulia, Olivier Malaise, Corinne Fasquelle, et al.. (2023). The Role of MCM9 in the Etiology of Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 990–990. 4 indexed citations

Bours, Vincent, Katty Delbecque, Christine Gennigens, et al.. (2022). 2022-RA-193-ESGO Cost-effectiveness of molecular profiling for endometrial neoplasia: a single institution experience. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 32. A91–A91.

Donneau, Anne‐Françoise, Michèle Guillaume, Vincent Bours, et al.. (2022). University population-based prospective cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 infection and immunity (SARSSURV-ULiège): a study protocol. BMJ Open. 12(1). e055721–e055721. 7 indexed citations

Dellicour, Simon, Keith Durkin, Samuel L. Hong, et al.. (2020). A Phylodynamic Workflow to Rapidly Gain Insights into the Dispersal History and Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(4). 1608–1613. 51 indexed citations

Berendsen, Sharon, Wim G.M. Spliet, Marjolein Geurts, et al.. (2019). Epilepsy Associates with Decreased HIF-1α/STAT5b Signaling in Glioblastoma. Cancers. 11(1). 41–41. 14 indexed citations

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Courtois, Audrey, Wouter Coppieters, Vincent Bours, et al.. (2017). A novel SMAD3 mutation caused multiple aneurysms in a patient without osteoarthritis symptoms. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 60(4). 228–231. 6 indexed citations

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Eyskens, François, et al.. (2015). Epidemiological data on sickle cell disease in Belgium. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations

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Ramaekers, V., Beat Thöny, J.M. Sequeira, et al.. (2014). Folinic acid treatment for schizophrenia associated with folate receptor autoantibodies. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 113(4). 307–314. 44 indexed citations

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Josse, Claire, et al.. (2010). Systematic Chromosomal Aberrations Found in Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 19(8). 1167–1173. 44 indexed citations

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Daly, Adrian, Anne Barlier, Marie‐Lise Jaffrain‐Rea, et al.. (2009). High Incidence of AIP mutations in sporadic pituitary adenomas in young patients with macroadenomas. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 5 indexed citations

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Yaneva, Maria, Adrian Daly, María A. Tichomirowa, et al.. (2008). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor interacting Protein Gene Mutations in Bulgarian FIPA and Young Sporadic Pituitary Adenoma Patients. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 7 indexed citations

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Beckers, Albert, Jean-François Vanbellinghen, Sosipatros A. Boikos, et al.. (2008). Germline AIP, MEN1, PRKAR1A, CDKN1B (p27Kip1) and CDKN2C (p18INK4c) gene mutations in a large cohort of pediatric patients with pituitary adenomas occurring in isolation or with associated syndromic features. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 10 indexed citations

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Théâtre, Emilie, Laurence de Leval, Lucien Bettendorff, Vincent Bours, & Cécile Oury. (2008). Overexpression of airway CD39 in transgenic mice enhances lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation.. Purinergic Signalling. 4. 1 indexed citations

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Lambert, Cécile, Clio Ribbens, Vincent Bours, et al.. (2003). Identification of the signalling pathways required for interleukin-1 beta stimulation of osteoprotegerin synthesis in osteoblastic cells. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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Bureau, Fabrice, Giuseppina Bonizzi, Nathalie Kirschvink, et al.. (2000). Correlation between Nuclear Factor- κ B Activity in Bronchial Brushing Samples and Lung Dysfunction in an Animal Model of Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(4). 1314–1321. 102 indexed citations

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Bureau, Fabrice, Sylvie Delhalle, Giuseppina Bonizzi, et al.. (2000). Mechanisms of Persistent NF-κB Activity in the Bronchi of an Animal Model of Asthma. The Journal of Immunology. 165(10). 5822–5830. 108 indexed citations

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