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Branka Horvat

Branka Horvat

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
43
Citations
5209
World Ranking
4862
National Ranking
232

Branka Horvat 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 Branka Horvat sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 156 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Branka Horvat 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 Branka Horvat sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Branka Horvat is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine as well as Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Virology and Viral Diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, interferon and immune responses, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Branka Horvat has published several papers in notable venues. Among the most frequently published venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience
  • Communications Biology
  • Viruses

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Distinct antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults across the COVID-19 clinical spectrum" (2020), published in Nature Immunology
  • "Evidence of the pathogenic HERV-W envelope expression in T lymphocytes in association with the respiratory outcome of COVID-19 patients" (2021), published in EBioMedicine
  • "Antibody responses to SARS-CoV2 are distinct in children with MIS-C compared to adults with COVID-19" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Hamster organotypic modeling of SARS-CoV-2 lung and brainstem infection" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Quercetin Blocks Ebola Virus Infection by Counteracting the VP24 Interferon-Inhibitory Function" (2020), published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Cyrille Mathieu, Mathieu Iampietro, Matteo Porotto, Anne Moscona, and Didier Décimo, with repeated joint publications across multiple projects and studies.

Best Publications

  • Distinct antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults across the COVID-19 clinical spectrum.

    Stuart P. Weisberg;Thomas J. Connors;Yun Zhu;Matthew R. Baldwin

  • Linking innate and acquired immunity: divergent role of CD46 cytoplasmic domains in T cell–induced inflammation

    Julien C Marie;Anne L Astier;Pierre Rivailler;Chantal Rabourdin-Combe

  • Mechanism of Measles Virus–Induced Suppression of Inflammatory Immune Responses

    Julien C Marie;Jeanne Kehren;Marie-Claude Trescol-Biémont;Alexey Evlashev

  • TCR beta and TCR alpha gene enhancers confer tissue- and stage-specificity on V(D)J recombination events.

    M. Capone;F. Watrin;C. Fernex;B. Horvat

  • Acute Hendra virus infection: Analysis of the pathogenesis and passive antibody protection in the hamster model.

    Vanessa Guillaume;K. Thong Wong;R.Y. Looi;Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot

  • Transgenic mice expressing human measles virus (MV) receptor CD46 provide cells exhibiting different permissivities to MV infections.

    B Horvat;P Rivailler;G Varior-Krishnan;A Cardoso

  • Nipah Virus Uses Leukocytes for Efficient Dissemination within a Host

    C. Mathieu;C. Pohl;J. Szecsi;S. Trajkovic-Bodennec

  • Immunosuppression caused by measles virus: role of viral proteins.

    Yann M. Kerdiles;Caroline I. Sellin;Johan Druelle;Branka Horvat

  • iNKT cell development is orchestrated by different branches of TGF-beta signaling.

    Jean-Marc Doisne;Laurent Bartholin;Kai-Ping Yan;Céline N. Garcia;Céline N. Garcia;Céline N. Garcia

  • Protection Against Henipavirus Infection by Use of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus–Vector Vaccines

    Aurélie Ploquin;Judith Szécsi;Cyrille Mathieu;Vanessa Guillaume

  • Type I Interferon Signaling Protects Mice From Lethal Henipavirus Infection

    Kévin P. Dhondt;Cyrille Mathieu;Cyrille Mathieu;Cyrille Mathieu;Marie Chalons;Marie Chalons;Marie Chalons;Joséphine M. Reynaud;Joséphine M. Reynaud;Joséphine M. Reynaud

  • Nonstructural Nipah Virus C Protein Regulates both the Early Host Proinflammatory Response and Viral Virulence

    Cyrille Mathieu;Vanessa Guillaume;Vanessa Guillaume;Valentina A Volchkova;Valentina A Volchkova;Christine Pohl;Christine Pohl

  • Immunomodulatory properties of Morbillivirus Nucleoproteins

    Yann M. Kerdiles;Boutheina Cherif;Julien C. Marie;Nicolas Tremillon

  • Evidence of the pathogenic HERV-W envelope expression in T lymphocytes in association with the respiratory outcome of COVID-19 patients.

    Emanuela Balestrieri;Antonella Minutolo;Vita Petrone;Marialaura Fanelli

  • Experimental infection of squirrel monkeys with Nipah virus

    Philippe Marianneau;Vanessa Guillaume;K. Thong Wong;Munisamy Badmanathan

  • Measles Encephalitis: Towards New Therapeutics.

    Marion Ferren;Branka Horvat;Cyrille Mathieu

  • A General Strategy to Endow Natural Fusion-protein-Derived Peptides with Potent Antiviral Activity

    Antonello Pessi;Annunziata Langella;Elena Capitò;Silvia Ghezzi

  • High pathogenicity of wild-type measles virus infection in CD150 (SLAM) transgenic mice

    Caroline I. Sellin;Caroline I. Sellin;Nathalie Davoust;Vanessa Guillaume;Vanessa Guillaume;Dominique Baas

  • Current Animal Models: Transgenic Animal Models for the Study of Measles Pathogenesis

    C. I. Sellin;B. Horvat

  • Fatal Measles Virus Infection Prevented by Brain-Penetrant Fusion Inhibitors

    Jeremy C. Welsch;Aparna Talekar;Cyrille Mathieu;Antonello Pessi

  • Mechanism for Active Membrane Fusion Triggering by Morbillivirus Attachment Protein

    Nadine Ader;Melinda Brindley;Mislay Avila;Claes Örvell

  • Measles virus infection induces terminal differentiation of human thymic epithelial cells.

    Hélène Valentin;Olga Azocar;Branka Horvat;Rejane Williems

  • Antibody responses to SARS-CoV2 are distinct in children with MIS-C compared to adults with COVID-19

    Stuart P Weisberg;Thomas Connors;Yun Zhu;Matthew Baldwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Moscona
Anne Moscona Columbia University
Chantal Rabourdin-Combe
Chantal Rabourdin-Combe École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Matteo Porotto
Matteo Porotto Columbia University
Ziad Mallat
Ziad Mallat University of Cambridge
Ulrich Kalinke
Ulrich Kalinke Hannover Medical School
Pierre Ferrier
Pierre Ferrier Aix-Marseille University
Antonello Pessi
Antonello Pessi Schering-Plough
François-Loïc Cosset
François-Loïc Cosset Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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