2026 Alex Loukas: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	95	902	821	33	32	436	30948
Medicine	96	9745	9146	296	289	432	31123

Overview

Alex Loukas is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has a research focus predominantly within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine.

Their main areas of study include Parasitology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Small Animals. The research topics they address primarily cover Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Trace Elements in Health, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

Ulcerative colitis: clinical biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and emerging treatments (2024) published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Cholangiocarcinoma (2021) published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation (2020) published in Nature Immunology
Revisiting Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pathology, Treatments, Challenges and Emerging Therapeutics Including Drug Leads from Natural Products (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
Harnessing helminth-driven immunoregulation in the search for novel therapeutic modalities (2020) published in PLoS Pathogens

Frequent co-authors in their work include Javier Sotillo, Michael J. Smout, Paul J. Brindley, Thewarach Laha, and Paul Giacomin.

Their research has often been published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal for Parasitology, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Frontiers in Parasitology, and Vaccines.

Best Publications

Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm

Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker;Marco Albonico;Stefan M Geiger;Stefan M Geiger

3250
Citations
Liver fluke induces cholangiocarcinoma.

Banchob Sripa;Sasithorn Kaewkes;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Eimorn Mairiang

908
Citations
Current Status of Vaccines for Schistosomiasis

Donald P. McManus;Alex Loukas

610
Citations
Tetraspanins on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni are protective antigens against schistosomiasis

Mai H Tran;Mark S Pearson;Jeffrey M Bethony;Jeffrey M Bethony;Danielle J Smyth

502
Citations
The tumorigenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini – multiple pathways to cancer

Banchob Sripa;Paul J. Brindley;Jason Mulvenna;Thewarach Laha

488
Citations
Whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium

Neil D Young;Aaron R Jex;Bo Li;Shiping Liu

487
Citations
The Intestinal Microbiota Contributes to the Ability of Helminths to Modulate Allergic Inflammation

Mario M. Zaiss;Alexis Rapin;Luc Lebon;Lalit Kumar Dubey

482
Citations
Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos

Banchob Sripa;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Paiboon Sithithaworn;Sasithorn Kaewkes

412
Citations
Hookworm infection

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328
Citations
Immune Responses in Hookworm Infections

Alex Loukas;Paul Prociv

292
Citations
Developing vaccines to combat hookworm infection and intestinal schistosomiasis.

Peter J. Hotez;Jeffrey M. Bethony;Jeffrey M. Bethony;David J. Diemert;David J. Diemert;Mark Pearson

285
Citations
The genome and developmental transcriptome of the strongylid nematode Haemonchus contortus

Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Erich M Schwarz;Pasi K Korhonen;Bronwyn E Campbell;Neil S Young

269
Citations
Effect of Hookworm Infection on Wheat Challenge in Celiac Disease - A Randomised Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial

A. James Daveson;Dianne M. Jones;Soraya Gaze;Soraya Gaze;Henry McSorley;Henry McSorley

263
Citations
Helminth Immunomodulation in Autoimmune Disease

Taylor B. Smallwood;Paul R. Giacomin;Alex Loukas;Jason P. Mulvenna;Jason P. Mulvenna;Jason P. Mulvenna

254
Citations
Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus

Yat T Tang;Xin Gao;Bruce A Rosa;Sahar Abubucker

224
Citations
Digestive proteases of blood-feeding nematodes

Angela L. Williamson;Paul J. Brindley;David P. Knox;Peter J. Hotez

223
Citations
Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of Parasite Tissue Sequestration during Experimental Cerebral Malaria

Fiona H Amante;Ashraful K M Nazmul Haque;Amanda C Stanley;Fabian De Labastida Rivera

218
Citations
Proteomics Analysis of the Excretory/Secretory Component of the Blood-feeding Stage of the Hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum

Jason Mulvenna;Brett Hamilton;Shivashankar Hiriyur Nagaraj;Danielle Smyth

215
Citations
Therapeutic potential of helminth soluble proteins in TNBS-induced colitis in mice.

Nathalie E. Ruyssers;Benedicte Y. De Winter;Joris G. De Man;Alex Loukas

213
Citations
Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals

Jeffrey Bethony;Alex Loukas;Michael Smout;Simon Brooker

209
Citations
Schistosome membrane proteins as vaccines

Alex Loukas;Mai Tran;Mark S. Pearson

209
Citations
The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation

Susanna S. Ng;Susanna S. Ng;Susanna S. Ng;Fabian De Labastida Rivera;Juming Yan;Juming Yan;Dillon Corvino;Dillon Corvino;Dillon Corvino

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Brindley George Washington University

Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University

Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine

Jason Mulvenna QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Malcolm K. Jones University of Queensland

Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge

Donald P. McManus Australian National University

Banchob Sripa Khon Kaen University

Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne

Bin Zhan Baylor College of Medicine

External Links

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