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B. Boris Vargaftig

B. Boris Vargaftig

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
71
Citations
16003
World Ranking
2347
National Ranking
12

B. Boris Vargaftig publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. Boris Vargaftig sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 380 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

B. Boris Vargaftig D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. Boris Vargaftig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

B. Boris Vargaftig is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a primary focus on several subfields including Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

The researcher's work centers on topics related to Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion, and Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects. These topics reflect a concentration on biochemical and physiological processes relevant to ischemic conditions and molecular signaling mechanisms.

Vargaftig has contributed to academic literature with publications in notable venues such as Clinics. Among these publications is the 2021 paper titled "Estradiol prevented intestinal ischemia and reperfusion-induced changes in intestinal permeability and motility in male rats", published in Clinics.

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Fernanda Yamamoto Ricardo-da-Silva, Evelyn Thaís Fantozzi, Sara Rodrigues-Garbin, Helori Vanni Domingos, and Ricardo Martins Oliveira-Filho. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary engagement within related medical and physiological research areas.

  • Estradiol prevented intestinal ischemia and reperfusion-induced changes in intestinal permeability and motility in male rats (2021, Clinics)

  • Fernanda Yamamoto Ricardo-da-Silva
  • Evelyn Thaís Fantozzi
  • Sara Rodrigues-Garbin
  • Helori Vanni Domingos
  • Ricardo Martins Oliveira-Filho

  • Clinics

  • Medicine

  • Physiology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Surgery

  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
  • Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects

Best Publications

  • Platelet-activating factor induces a platelet-dependent bronchoconstriction unrelated to the formation of prostaglandin derivatives

    Bernardo B. Vargaftig;Jean Lefort;Michel Chignard;Jacques Benveniste

  • The role of platelet-activating factor in platelet aggregation

    M Chignard;J P Le Couedic;M Tence;B B Vargaftig

  • Cutting Edge: Invariant Vα14 NKT Cells Are Required for Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation and Hyperreactivity in an Experimental Asthma Model

    Mariette Lisbonne;Séverine Diem;Alexandre de Castro Keller;Alexandre de Castro Keller;Jean Lefort

  • Requirement for γδ T Cells in Allergic Airway Inflammation

    Claudia Zuany-Amorim;Claude Ruffié;Solomon Hailé;B. Boris Vargaftig

  • Interleukin-10 inhibits antigen-induced cellular recruitment into the airways of sensitized mice.

    C Zuany-Amorim;S Hailé;D Leduc;C Dumarey

  • Murine models of asthma

    Johan C. Kips;G. P. Anderson;J. J. Fredberg;U. Herz

  • Platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) secretion from platelets: effect of aggregating agents.

    M. Chignard;J. P. Le Couedic;B. B. Vargaftig;J. Benvenisie

  • Eosinophil Recruitment into Guinea Pig Lungs after PAF-acether and Allergen Administration: Modulation by Prostacyclin, Platelet Depletion, and Selective Antagonists

    Arielle Lellouch-Tubiana;Jean Lefort;Marie-Thérèse Simon;André Pfister

  • Bacterial lipopolysaccharide signaling through Toll-like receptor 4 suppresses asthma-like responses via nitric oxide synthase 2 activity.

    Dunia Rodríguez;Alexandre C. Keller;Eliana L. Faquim-Mauro;Mahasti S. de Macedo

  • A MARCKS-related peptide blocks mucus hypersecretion in a mouse model of asthma

    Monique Singer;Linda D Martin;B Boris Vargaftig;Joungjoa Park

  • Antibody to very late activation antigen 4 prevents antigen-induced bronchial hyperreactivity and cellular infiltration in the guinea pig airways.

    M Pretolani;C Ruffié;J R Lapa e Silva;D Joseph

  • Eosinophil recruitment into the respiratory epithelium following antigenic challenge in hyper-IgE mice is accompanied by interleukin 5-dependent bronchial hyperresponsiveness

    Seok-Yong Eum;Solomon Haile;Jean Lefort;Michel Huerre

  • BIOSYNTHESIS OF PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR (PAF-ACETHER) II. INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IN THE FORMATION OF PAF-ACETHER AND LYSO-PAF-ACETHER FROM RABBIT PLATELETS

    J Benveniste;M Chignard;J.P Le Couedic;B.B Vargaftig

  • Accumulation of eosinophils in response to intracutaneous PAF-acether and allergens in man.

    E. Henocq;B.B. Vargaftig

  • Rapid increase in bone-marrow eosinophil production and responses to eosinopoietic interleukins triggered by intranasal allergen challenge

    Maria Ignez C. Gaspar Elsas;Danielle Joseph;P. Xavier Elsas;B. Boris Vargaftig

  • Suppression of asthma-like responses in different mouse strains by oral tolerance.

    Momtchilo Russo;Marie-Anne Nahori;Jean Lefort;Eliane Gomes

  • Effect of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors and modulators of cyclic AMP formation on lipopolysaccharide-induced neutrophil infiltration in mouse lung.

    Vera Lucia Gonçalves de Moraes;B. Boris Vargaftig;Jean Lefort;Anthony Meager

  • Dendritic cells recruited to the lung shortly after intranasal delivery of Mycobacterium bovis BCG drive the primary immune response towards a type 1 cytokine production

    Micheline Lagranderie;Marie-Anne Nahori;Anne-Marie Balazuc;Hélène Kiefer-Biasizzo

  • Leukotrienes mediate murine bronchopulmonary hyperreactivity, inflammation, and part of mucosal metaplasia and tissue injury induced by recombinant murine interleukin-13.

    B. Boris Vargaftig;Monique Singer

  • Endotoxin induces expression of type II phospholipase A2 in macrophages during acute lung injury in guinea pigs: involvement of TNF-alpha in lipopolysaccharide-induced type II phospholipase A2 synthesis.

    L Arbibe;D Vial;I Rosinski-Chupin;N Havet

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Chignard
Michel Chignard Institut Pasteur
Jacques Benveniste
Jacques Benveniste Grenoble Alpes University
Marie-Anne Nahori
Marie-Anne Nahori Institut Pasteur
Patrícia T. Bozza
Patrícia T. Bozza Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Bernhard Ryffel
Bernhard Ryffel University of Orléans
Momtchilo Russo
Momtchilo Russo Universidade de São Paulo
Fernando Q. Cunha
Fernando Q. Cunha Universidade de São Paulo
Michel Huerre
Michel Huerre Institut Pasteur
Cassian Bon
Cassian Bon Institut Pasteur
Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto
Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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