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D-Index
43
Citations
8054
World Ranking
4835
National Ranking
82

Fabienne Willems 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 Fabienne Willems sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 94 publications — 2nd percentile

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

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

Fabienne Willems 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 Fabienne Willems 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

Fabienne Willems is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with particular attention to immunology, health, virology, microbiology, and infectious diseases.

Their work covers several main topics including reproductive system and pregnancy, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, immune responses and vaccinations, immune response and inflammation, immunotherapy and immune responses, HIV research and treatment, and bacterial infections and vaccines.

Recent publications by Fabienne Willems include the following papers:

  • Functional and epigenetic changes in monocytes from adults immunized with an AS01-adjuvanted vaccine, 2024, Science Translational Medicine
  • HIV-related immune activation attenuates polyfunctional IgG and memory B-cell responses to Tdap immunization during pregnancy, 2024, EBioMedicine
  • Impact of pregnancy on polyfunctional IgG and memory B cell responses to Tdap immunization, 2023, Vaccine
  • HIV-Related Immune Activation Compromises Polyfunctional IgG and Memory B-Cell Responses to Tdap Immunization during Pregnancy, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Fabienne Willems has published in several venues frequently, including Science Translational Medicine, EBioMedicine, Vaccine, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their frequent coauthors include Martin Taton, Cyprien Widomski, Charlotte Martin, Yiwei Jiang, and Katty Renard.

Best Publications

  • Interleukin-10 inhibits B7 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression on human monocytes

    Fabienne Willems;Arnaud Marchant;Jean-Pierre Delville;Catherine Gérard

  • Bacterial lipopolysaccharide stimulates the production of cytokines and the expression of costimulatory molecules by human peripheral blood dendritic cells: evidence for a soluble CD14-dependent pathway.

    Valérie Verhasselt;Christel Buelens;Fabienne Willems;Donat De Groote

  • Deficient IL-12(p35) Gene Expression by Dendritic Cells Derived from Neonatal Monocytes

    Stanislas Goriely;Benoı̂t Vincart;Patrick Stordeur;Johan Vekemans

  • Interleukin-10 differentially regulates B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) expression on human peripheral blood dendritic cells.

    Christel Buelens;Fabienne Willems;Anne Delvaux;Géraldine Pierard

  • Interleukin-10 prevents the generation of dendritic cells from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells cultured with interleukin-4 and granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor

    Christel Buelens;Valérie Verhasselt;Donat De Groote;Kris M. Thielemans

  • B7/CD28-dependent IL-5 production by human resting T cells is inhibited by IL-10.

    Liliane Schandené;Cristina Alonso-Vega;Fabienne Willems;C. Gérard

  • N-acetyl-L-cysteine inhibits primary human T cell responses at the dendritic cell level: association with NF-kappaB inhibition.

    Valérie Verhasselt;Wim Vanden Berghe;Nathalie Vanderheyde;Fabienne Willems

  • Human dendritic cell responses to lipopolysaccharide and CD40 ligation are differentially regulated by interleukin-10

    Christel Buelens;Valérie Verhasselt;Donat De Groote;Kris Thielemans

  • Human cytomegalovirus elicits fetal γδ T cell responses in utero

    David Vermijlen;Margreet Brouwer;Catherine Donner;Corinne Liesnard

  • A defect in nucleosome remodeling prevents IL-12(p35) gene transcription in neonatal dendritic cells.

    Stanislas Goriely;Carine Van Lint;Réza Dadkhah;Myriam Libin

  • Blood plasmacytoid dendritic cell responses to CpG oligodeoxynucleotides are impaired in human newborns.

    Dominique De Wit;Dominique De Wit;Véronique Olislagers;Véronique Olislagers;Stanislas Goriely;Stanislas Goriely;Françoise Vermeulen;Françoise Vermeulen

  • Double-stranded RNAs from the helminth parasite Schistosoma activate TLR3 in dendritic cells.

    Ezra Aksoy;Ezra Aksoy;Claudia S. Zouain;François Vanhoutte;Josette Fontaine

  • Impaired responses to toll-like receptor 4 and toll-like receptor 3 ligands in human cord blood.

    Dominique De Wit;Sandrine Tonon;Véronique Olislagers;Stanislas Goriely

  • IL‐23 up‐regulates IL‐10 and induces IL‐17 synthesis by polyclonally activated naive T cells in human

    Serge Vanden Eijnden;Stanislas Goriely;Dominique De Wit;Fabienne Willems

  • Phenotype and function of neonatal DC.

    Fabienne Willems;Sabine Vollstedt;Mark Suter

  • Acquisition of Adult-Like TLR4 and TLR9 Responses during the First Year of Life

    Muriel Nguyen;Elke Leuridan;Tong Zhang;Dominique De Wit

  • IL-27 Synthesis Induced by TLR Ligation Critically Depends on IFN Regulatory Factor 3

    Céline Molle;Muriel Nguyen;Véronique Flamand;Joelle Renneson

  • Ontogeny of myeloid cells.

    Ismé De Kleer;Ismé De Kleer;Fabienne Willems;Bart Lambrecht;Stanislas Goriely

  • Oxidative stress up-regulates IL-8 and TNF-alpha synthesis by human dendritic cells

    Valérie Verhasselt;Michel Goldman;Fabienne Willems

  • Preferential production of the IL-12(p40)/IL-23(p19) heterodimer by dendritic cells from human newborns.

    Serge Vanden Eijnden;Stanislas Goriely;Dominique De Wit;Michel Goldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Goldman
Michel Goldman Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stanislas Goriely
Stanislas Goriely Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jacques Urbain
Jacques Urbain Université Libre de Bruxelles
Arnaud Marchant
Arnaud Marchant Université Libre de Bruxelles
Kris Thielemans
Kris Thielemans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Oberdan Leo
Oberdan Leo Université Libre de Bruxelles
François Trottein
François Trottein Institut Pasteur
Muriel Moser
Muriel Moser Université Libre de Bruxelles
Patrick Robberecht
Patrick Robberecht Université Libre de Bruxelles
Carine Van Lint
Carine Van Lint Université Libre de Bruxelles

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