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Frédéric Tangy

Frédéric Tangy

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
9895
World Ranking
3618
National Ranking
210

Frédéric Tangy publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frédéric Tangy sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 221 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Frédéric Tangy D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Frédéric Tangy is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work includes a substantial number of publications in subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects of viral infections and immune responses. Key areas include:

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Among the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Tangy are:

  • "Smoking changes adaptive immunity with persistent effects," 2024, published in Nature
  • "A chromosome-level assembly of the black tiger shrimp ( Penaeus monodon ) genome facilitates the identification of growth-associated genes," 2021, published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "The immune factors driving DNA methylation variation in human blood," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "A single-shot Lassa vaccine induces long-term immunity and protects cynomolgus monkeys against heterologous strains," 2021, published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Frequent Homozygous Deletions of Type I Interferon Genes in Pleural Mesothelioma Confer Sensitivity to Oncolytic Measles Virus," 2020, published in Journal of Thoracic Oncology

The venues that have frequently published Tangy's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Journal of Virology

Frequent collaborators in their research comprise:

  • Darragh Duffy
  • Valérie Najburg
  • Étienne Patin
  • Chantal Combredet
  • Matthew L. Albert

Best Publications

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a recombinant measles-virus-based chikungunya vaccine: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, active-comparator, first-in-man trial.

    Katrin Ramsauer;Michael Schwameis;Christa Firbas;Matthias Müllner

  • Functional analysis via standardized whole-blood stimulation systems defines the boundaries of a healthy immune response to complex stimuli.

    Darragh Duffy;Darragh Duffy;Vincent Rouilly;Valentina Libri;Milena Hasan

  • On Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenases and Their Inhibitors and Uses

    Hélène Munier-Lehmann;Pierre-Olivier Vidalain;Frédéric Tangy;Yves L. Janin

  • Human genetic variants and age are the strongest predictors of humoral immune responses to common pathogens and vaccines

    Petar Scepanovic;Petar Scepanovic;Cécile Alanio;Christian Hammer;Christian Hammer;Christian Hammer;Flavia Hodel;Flavia Hodel

  • The antimicrobial peptide dermaseptin S4 inhibits HIV-1 infectivity in vitro.

    Clarisse Lorin;Héla Saidi;Afifa Belaid;Amira Zairi

  • Nedd4.1-mediated ubiquitination and subsequent recruitment of Tsg101 ensure HTLV-1 Gag trafficking towards the multivesicular body pathway prior to virus budding.

    Vincent Blot;Fabien Perugi;Marie-Christine Prévost

  • A molecularly cloned Schwarz strain of measles virus vaccine induces strong immune responses in macaques and transgenic mice.

    Chantal Combredet;Valérie Labrousse;Lucile Mollet;Lucile Mollet;Clarisse Lorin

  • A Single Injection of Recombinant Measles Virus Vaccines Expressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Clade B Envelope Glycoproteins Induces Neutralizing Antibodies and Cellular Immune Responses to HIV

    Clarisse Lorin;Lucile Mollet;Frédéric Delebecque;Chantal Combredet

  • Benchmarking a luciferase complementation assay for detecting protein complexes.

    Patricia Cassonnet;Caroline Rolloy;Gregory Neveu;Pierre-Olivier Vidalain

  • Live measles vaccine expressing the secreted form of the West Nile virus envelope glycoprotein protects against West Nile virus encephalitis.

    Philippe Desprès;Chantal Combredet;Marie-Pascale Frenkiel;Clarisse Lorin

  • A recombinant measles vaccine expressing chikungunya virus-like particles is strongly immunogenic and protects mice from lethal challenge with chikungunya virus

    Samantha Brandler;Claude Ruffié;Chantal Combredet;Jean-Baptiste Brault

  • Inhibition of Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Pathway Suppresses Viral Growth through Innate Immunity

    Marianne Lucas-Hourani;Daniel Dauzonne;Pierre Jorda;Pierre Jorda;Gaëlle Cousin;Gaëlle Cousin

  • Measles virus induces oncolysis of mesothelioma cells and allows dendritic cells to cross-prime tumor-specific CD8 response.

    Anne Gauvrit;Samantha Brandler;Carole Sapede-Peroz;Nicolas Boisgerault

  • A Prime-Boost Strategy Using Virus-Like Particles Pseudotyped for HCV Proteins Triggers Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies in Macaques

    Pierre Garrone;Anne-Catherine Fluckiger;Philippe E. Mangeot;Emmanuel Gauthier

  • A Human Coronavirus Responsible for the Common Cold Massively Kills Dendritic Cells but Not Monocytes

    Mariana Mesel-Lemoine;Jean Millet;Pierre-Olivier Vidalain;Helen Law

  • Measles virus V protein blocks Jak1-mediated phosphorylation of STAT1 to escape IFN-alpha/beta signaling.

    Grégory Caignard;Mathilde Guerbois;Jean-Louis Labernardière;Yves Jacob

  • Inhibition of Chikungunya Virus Infection in Cultured Human Muscle Cells by Furin Inhibitors : IMPAIRMENT OF THE MATURATION OF THE E2 SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN

    Simona Ozden;Marianne Lucas-Hourani;Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi;Ajoy Basak

  • Species‐specific impact of the autophagy machinery on Chikungunya virus infection

    Delphine Judith;Serge Mostowy;Mehdi Bourai;Nicolas Gangneux

  • Mapping of chikungunya virus interactions with host proteins identified nsp2 as a highly connected viral component

    Mehdi Bouraï;Marianne Lucas-Hourani;Hans Henrik Gad;Christian Drosten

  • Measles Virus Vaccine–Infected Tumor Cells Induce Tumor Antigen Cross-Presentation by Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

    Jean-Baptiste Guillerme;Nicolas Boisgerault;David Roulois;Jérémie Ménager

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Olivier Vidalain
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Yves Jacob
Yves Jacob Institut Pasteur
Philippe Desprès
Philippe Desprès University of La Réunion
Michel Brahic
Michel Brahic Stanford University
Olivier Schwartz
Olivier Schwartz Université Paris Cité
Eliane F. Meurs
Eliane F. Meurs Institut Pasteur
Etienne Simon-Loriere
Etienne Simon-Loriere Institut Pasteur
Brian Wigdahl
Brian Wigdahl Drexel University
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur

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