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Viviane Balloy

Viviane Balloy

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
45
Citations
8495
World Ranking
4989
National Ranking
300

Viviane Balloy 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 Viviane Balloy sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 106 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Viviane Balloy 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 Viviane Balloy sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Viviane Balloy is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a research focus spanning infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, immune responses and vaccinations, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, antimicrobial peptides and activities, cystic fibrosis research advances, and inhalation and respiratory drug delivery.

Frequent coauthors in Viviane Balloy's collaborations include Jeanne Bigot, Loïc Guillot, Harriet Corvol, J. Guitard, and Christophe Hennequin.

Balloy's work has been published in multiple venues, most notably:

  • Revue des Maladies Respiratoires
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports

Recent publications feature a range of topics relevant to lung infections, immune modulation, and fungal pathogenicity. Notable papers include:

  • "Bronchial Epithelial Cells on the Front Line to Fight Lung Infection-Causing Aspergillus fumigatus" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Flagellin From Pseudomonas aeruginosa Modulates SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelial Cells by Increasing TMPRSS2 Expression" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Biochemical and structural studies of target lectin SapL1 from the emerging opportunistic microfungus Scedosporium apiospermum" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Effect of Flagellin Pre-Exposure on the Inflammatory and Antifungal Response of Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Fungal Pathogens" (2022, Journal of Fungi)
  • "Hexavalent thiofucosides to probe the role of the Aspergillus fumigatus lectin FleA in fungal pathogenicity" (2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Detrimental contribution of the Toll-like receptor (TLR)3 to influenza A virus-induced acute pneumonia.

    Ronan Le Goffic;Ronan Le Goffic;Viviane Balloy;Viviane Balloy;Micheline Lagranderie;Lena Alexopoulou;Lena Alexopoulou

  • Response of Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cells to Lipopolysaccharide Involves Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent Signaling Pathways EVIDENCE FOR AN INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF TLR4

    Loïc Guillot;Samir Medjane;Karine Le-Barillec;Viviane Balloy

  • A critical role for peptidoglycan N-deacetylation in Listeria evasion from the host innate immune system

    Ivo G. Boneca;Olivier Dussurget;Didier Cabanes;Marie-Anne Nahori

  • Cutting Edge: The Immunostimulatory Activity of the Lung Surfactant Protein-A Involves Toll-Like Receptor 4

    Loïc Guillot;Viviane Balloy;Francis X. McCormack;Douglas T. Golenbock

  • Bacteriophages can treat and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections.

    Laurent Debarbieux;Dominique Leduc;Damien Maura;Eric Morello

  • Differences in Patterns of Infection and Inflammation for Corticosteroid Treatment and Chemotherapy in Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

    Viviane Balloy;Michel Huerre;Jean-Paul Latgé;Michel Chignard

  • In vivo biofilm composition of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Céline Loussert;Christine Schmitt;Marie-Christine Prevost;Viviane Balloy

  • Differential TLR Recognition of Leptospiral Lipid A and Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Cells

    Marie-Anne Nahori;Edith Fournié-Amazouz;Nanette S. Que-Gewirth;Viviane Balloy

  • The innate immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Viviane Balloy;Michel Chignard;Michel Chignard

  • Neutrophil recruitment and increased permeability during acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide.

    M. Chignard;V. Balloy

  • Helicobacter pylori heat shock protein 60 mediates interleukin-6 production by macrophages via a toll-like receptor (TLR)-2-, TLR-4-, and myeloid differentiation factor 88-independent mechanism.

    Alain P Gobert;Jean-Christophe Christophe Bambou;Catherine Werts;Viviane Balloy

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa LPS or flagellin are sufficient to activate TLR-dependent signaling in murine alveolar macrophages and airway epithelial cells.

    Eloïse Raoust;Eloïse Raoust;Viviane Balloy;Viviane Balloy;Ignacio Garcia-Verdugo;Ignacio Garcia-Verdugo;Lhousseine Touqui;Lhousseine Touqui

  • Lipopolysaccharides from Legionella and Rhizobium stimulate mouse bone marrow granulocytes via Toll-like receptor 2

    Robert Girard;Thierry Pedron;Satoshi Uematsu;Viviane Balloy

  • Specific inhibition of thrombin-induced cell activation by the neutrophil proteinases elastase, cathepsin G, and proteinase 3: evidence for distinct cleavage sites within the aminoterminal domain of the thrombin receptor.

    Patricia Renesto;Mustapha Si-Tahar;Marc Moniatte;Viviane Balloy

  • Aspergillus fumigatus Induces Innate Immune Responses in Alveolar Macrophages through the MAPK Pathway Independently of TLR2 and TLR4

    Marc Dubourdeau;Rafika Athman;Viviane Balloy;Michel Huerre

  • Proteolysis of monocyte CD14 by human leukocyte elastase inhibits lipopolysaccharide-mediated cell activation

    Karine Le-Barillec;Mustapha Si-Tahar;Viviane Balloy;Michel Chignard

  • Control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lung requires the recognition of either lipopolysaccharide or flagellin.

    Reuben Ramphal;Viviane Balloy;Viviane Balloy;Jeevan Jyot;Amrisha Verma

  • Modifying the protease, antiprotease pattern by elafin overexpression protects mice from colitis.

    Jean–Paul Motta;Jean–Paul Motta;Jean–Paul Motta;Laurent Magne;Laurent Magne;Delphyne Descamps;Delphyne Descamps;Corinne Rolland;Corinne Rolland;Corinne Rolland

  • Involvement of toll-like receptor 2 in experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

    Viviane Balloy;Mustapha Si-Tahar;Osamu Takeuchi;Bruno Philippe

  • Deletion of the α-(1,3)-glucan synthase genes induces a restructuring of the conidial cell wall responsible for the avirulence of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Anne Beauvais;Silvia Bozza;Olaf Kniemeyer;Céline Formosa

  • Aspergillus fumigatus-induced interleukin-8 synthesis by respiratory epithelial cells is controlled by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, p38 MAPK, and ERK1/2 pathways and not by the toll-like receptor-MyD88 pathway.

    Viviane Balloy;Viviane Balloy;Jean-Michel Sallenave;Jean-Michel Sallenave;Yongzheng Wu;Yongzheng Wu;Lhousseine Touqui;Lhousseine Touqui

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Chignard
Michel Chignard Institut Pasteur
Mustapha Si-Tahar
Mustapha Si-Tahar François Rabelais University
Reuben Ramphal
Reuben Ramphal University of Florida
Jean-Michel Sallenave
Jean-Michel Sallenave Université Paris Cité
Jean-Paul Latgé
Jean-Paul Latgé University of Crete
Michel Huerre
Michel Huerre Institut Pasteur
Anne Imberty
Anne Imberty Grenoble Alpes University
Marie-Anne Nahori
Marie-Anne Nahori Institut Pasteur
Dana J. Philpott
Dana J. Philpott University of Toronto

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