Yaakov A. Levine

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yaakov A. Levine is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaakov A. Levine has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yaakov A. Levine's work include Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (35 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (21 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Yaakov A. Levine is often cited by papers focused on Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (35 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (21 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Yaakov A. Levine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Netherlands. Yaakov A. Levine's co-authors include Kevin J. Tracey, Peder S. Olofsson, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Valentin A. Pavlov, Jan Andersson, Mahendar Ochani, Sergio Iván Valdés‐Ferrer, Michael Faltys and Colin Reardon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yaakov A. Levine

38 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Acetylcholine-Synthesizing T Cells Relay Neural Signals in a Vagus Nerve Circuit

2011 1.1k citations Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Peder S. Olofsson et al. Science profile →
Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis

2016 706 citations Frieda A. Koopman, Sangeeta S. Chavan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaakov A. Levine United States	21	2.3k	1.4k	799	536	328	41	3.6k
Huan Yang United States	21	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	527 1.0×	305 0.9×	60	4.9k
Kanta Ochani United States	15	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	645 0.8×	371 0.7×	684 2.1×	33	3.3k
Yi Pang United States	42	1.2k 0.5×	883 0.6×	178 0.2×	462 0.9×	626 1.9×	84	4.4k
Valérie Sinniger France	22	1.5k 0.6×	660 0.5×	665 0.8×	314 0.6×	48 0.1×	35	2.5k
René M. van den Wijngaard Netherlands	29	824 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	355 0.4×	226 0.4×	354 1.1×	56	3.4k
William R. Parrish United States	17	1.1k 0.5×	972 0.7×	329 0.4×	230 0.4×	205 0.6×	23	2.1k
Pedro J. Gomez‐Pinilla Belgium	28	547 0.2×	752 0.5×	340 0.4×	243 0.5×	171 0.5×	52	2.5k
Yuanlin Dong United States	46	573 0.2×	917 0.7×	588 0.7×	656 1.2×	347 1.1×	132	6.4k
Dianne Lorton United States	26	718 0.3×	678 0.5×	195 0.2×	661 1.2×	261 0.8×	54	2.3k
Moritz Brandt Germany	26	517 0.2×	974 0.7×	325 0.4×	874 1.6×	243 0.7×	80	3.5k

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Gaylis, Norman, David Sikes, Alan Kivitz, et al.. (2025). Neuroimmune Modulation for Drug-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy in Patients Enrolled in a Pilot Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study. Rheumatology and Therapy. 12(6). 1125–1136.

Natarajan, Chandramohan, et al.. (2024). Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve ameliorates inflammation and disease activity in a rat EAE model of multiple sclerosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2322577121–e2322577121. 8 indexed citations

D’Haens, Geert, Michael Eberhardson, Silvio Danese, et al.. (2023). Neuroimmune Modulation Through Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Inflammatory Activity in Crohn’s Disease Patients: A Prospective Open-label Study. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 17(12). 1897–1909. 33 indexed citations

Poppel, Mireille N. M. van, Warren Boling, Jason M. Schwalb, et al.. (2023). AB0482 CLINICAL SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY OF A NOVEL IMPLANTABLE NEUROIMMUNE MODULATION DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 1435–1435.

Caravaca, April S., et al.. (2022). Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Indomethacin-Induced Small Bowel Inflammation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 730407–730407. 20 indexed citations

Kressel, Adam M., Téa Tsaava, Yaakov A. Levine, et al.. (2020). Identification of a brainstem locus that inhibits tumor necrosis factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(47). 29803–29810. 90 indexed citations

Genovese, Mark C., Norman Gaylis, David Sikes, et al.. (2020). Safety and efficacy of neurostimulation with a miniaturised vagus nerve stimulation device in patients with multidrug-refractory rheumatoid arthritis: a two-stage multicentre, randomised pilot study. The Lancet Rheumatology. 2(9). e527–e538. 81 indexed citations

Caravaca, April S., Laura Tarnawski, Kevin J. Tracey, et al.. (2019). An Effective Method for Acute Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Experimental Inflammation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 877–877. 46 indexed citations

Lehner, Kurt, Harold Silverman, Meghan E. Addorisio, et al.. (2019). Forebrain Cholinergic Signaling Regulates Innate Immune Responses and Inflammation. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 585–585. 54 indexed citations

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Levine, Yaakov A., et al.. (2019). Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Rodent Models: An Overview of Technical Considerations. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 911–911. 42 indexed citations

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Rana, Minakshi, Myoungsun Son, Mahendar Ochani, et al.. (2018). Constitutive Vagus Nerve Activation Modulates Immune Suppression in Sepsis Survivors. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2032–2032. 28 indexed citations

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Tarnawski, Laura, Colin Reardon, April S. Caravaca, et al.. (2018). Adenylyl Cyclase 6 Mediates Inhibition of TNF in the Inflammatory Reflex. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2648–2648. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Huan, Haichao Wang, Yaakov A. Levine, et al.. (2016). Identification of CD163 as an antiinflammatory receptor for HMGB1-haptoglobin complexes. JCI Insight. 1(7). 103 indexed citations

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Hanes, William, Peder S. Olofsson, Sébastien Talbot, et al.. (2016). Neuronal Circuits Modulate Antigen Flow Through Lymph Nodes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 18–28. 28 indexed citations

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Koopman, Frieda A., Sangeeta S. Chavan, Simeon Grazio, et al.. (2016). Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(29). 8284–8289. 706 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lü, Ben, Kevin Kwan, Yaakov A. Levine, et al.. (2014). α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling Inhibits Inflammasome Activation by Preventing Mitochondrial DNA Release. Molecular Medicine. 20(1). 350–358. 162 indexed citations

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Ju, Zhongliang, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Daniel J. Antoine, et al.. (2014). Sequestering HMGB1 via DNA-Conjugated Beads Ameliorates Murine Colitis. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e103992–e103992. 18 indexed citations

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Olofsson, Peder S., Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Yaakov A. Levine, & Kevin J. Tracey. (2012). Rethinking inflammation: neural circuits in the regulation of immunity. Immunological Reviews. 248(1). 188–204. 296 indexed citations

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Rosas‐Ballina, Mauricio, Peder S. Olofsson, Mahendar Ochani, et al.. (2011). Acetylcholine-Synthesizing T Cells Relay Neural Signals in a Vagus Nerve Circuit. Science. 334(6052). 98–101. 1127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Waldburger, Jean‐Marc, David L. Boyle, Linda S. Sorkin, et al.. (2008). Spinal p38 MAP kinase regulates peripheral cholinergic outflow. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 58(9). 2919–2921. 29 indexed citations

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