2026 Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	105	595	549	16	16	441	38500
Medicine	105	6802	6396	202	192	456	38549

Overview

Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi is affiliated with Inserm in France and has a significant body of research primarily in medicine and immunology. Their scholarly output spans 182 publications in medicine and 86 in immunology and microbiology. Within these broad fields, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as immunology, nephrology, hematology, genetics, and infectious diseases.

The research focus concentrates on several key topics, prominently including:

Complement system in diseases
Renal diseases and glomerulopathies
Blood groups and transfusion
Renal transplantation outcomes and treatments
Platelet disorders and treatments
COVID-19 clinical research studies
Hemoglobinopathies and related disorders

Their work appears consistently in specialized journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Kidney International Reports
Blood
Kidney International

Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Sophie Chauvet
Fádi Fakhouri
Lubka T. Roumenina
Anna Duval
Éric Rondeau

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, notable among them:

Eculizumab as an emergency treatment for adult patients with severe COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: A proof-of-concept study (2020), published in EClinicalMedicine
Eculizumab discontinuation in children and adults with atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome: a prospective multicenter study (2020), published in Blood
Management of thrombotic microangiopathy in pregnancy and postpartum: report from an international working group (2020), published in Blood
Fatal thrombotic microangiopathy case following adeno-associated viral SMN gene therapy (2022), published in Blood Advances
Thrombotic microangiopathy in aHUS and beyond: clinical clues from complement genetics (2021), published in Nature Reviews Nephrology

Best Publications

Complement System Part I - Molecular Mechanisms of Activation and Regulation

Nicolas S. Merle;Nicolas S. Merle;Nicolas S. Merle;Sarah Elizabeth Church;Sarah Elizabeth Church;Sarah Elizabeth Church;Veronique Fremeaux-Bacchi;Lubka T. Roumenina;Lubka T. Roumenina;Lubka T. Roumenina

1751
Citations
Complement System Part II: Role in Immunity.

Nicolas S. Merle;Remi Noe;Lise Halbwachs-Mecarelli;Veronique Fremeaux-Bacchi

1138
Citations
Complement-Binding Anti-HLA Antibodies and Kidney-Allograft Survival

Alexandre Loupy;Carmen Lefaucheur;Dewi Vernerey;Christof Prugger

936
Citations
Genetics and Outcome of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Nationwide French Series Comparing Children and Adults

Véronique Fremeaux-Bacchi;Fadi Fakhouri;Arnaud Garnier;Frank Bienaimé

839
Citations
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Chantal Loirat;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi

804
Citations
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and C3 glomerulopathy: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

Timothy H.J. Goodship;H. Terence Cook;Fadi Fakhouri;Fernando C. Fervenza

741
Citations
C3 glomerulopathy: consensus report

Matthew C. Pickering;Vivette D. D'agati;Carla M. Nester;Richard J. Smith

716
Citations
An international consensus approach to the management of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in children.

Chantal Loirat;Fadi Fakhouri;Gema Ariceta;Nesrin Besbas

674
Citations
Acquired and genetic complement abnormalities play a critical role in dense deposit disease and other C3 glomerulopathies

Aude Servais;Aude Servais;Laure-Hélène Noël;Lubka T. Roumenina;Moglie Le Quintrec

636
Citations
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome.

Fadi Fakhouri;Julien Zuber;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Chantal Loirat

605
Citations
Anti–Factor H Autoantibodies Associated with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey;Chantal Loirat;Sylvie Cloarec;Marie-Alice Macher

592
Citations
Pregnancy-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Revisited in the Era of Complement Gene Mutations

Fadi Fakhouri;Lubka Roumenina;François Provot;Marion Sallée

576
Citations
Differential Impact of Complement Mutations on Clinical Characteristics in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Anne-Laure Sellier-Leclerc;Veronique Fremeaux-Bacchi;Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey;Marie-Alice Macher

543
Citations
Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Mathieu Lemaire;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Franz Schaefer;Murim Choi

528
Citations
Use of eculizumab for atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome and C3 glomerulopathies

Julien Zuber;Fadi Fakhouri;Lubka T. Roumenina;Chantal Loirat

516
Citations
Heterozygous and Homozygous Factor H Deficiencies Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome or Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis: Report and Genetic Analysis of 16 Cases

Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Chantal Loirat;Jacques Blouin

512
Citations
Complement factor I: a susceptibility gene for atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome

V Fremeaux-Bacchi;MA Dragon-Durey;J Blouin;C Vigneau

470
Citations
Eculizumab in severe Shiga-toxin-associated HUS.

Anne-Laure Lapeyraque;Michal Malina;Véronique Fremeaux-Bacchi;Tobias Boppel

465
Citations
C3 glomerulopathy: a new classification

Fadi Fakhouri;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Laure-Hélène Noël;H Terence Cook

456
Citations
Endothelium structure and function in kidney health and disease

Noemie Jourde-Chiche;Noemie Jourde-Chiche;Fadi Fakhouri;Laetitia Dou;Jeremy Bellien

447
Citations
ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME AND C3 GLOMERULOPATHY: CONCLUSIONS FROM A «KIDNEY DISEASE: IMPROVING GLOBAL OUTCOMES» (KDIGO) CONTROVERSIES CONFERENCE

Timothy H.J. Goodship;H. Terence Cook;Fadi Fakhouri;Fernando C. Fervenza

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lubka T. Roumenina Inserm

Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey Université Paris Cité

Chantal Loirat Grenoble Alpes University

Timothy H.J. Goodship Newcastle University

Marina Noris Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Wolf H. Fridman Université Paris Cité

Catherine Sautès-Fridman Université Paris Cité

John P. Atkinson Washington University in St. Louis

David J. Kavanagh Queensland University of Technology

Richard J.H. Smith University of Iowa

External Links

Personal website of Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi

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