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Rehana K. Leak

Independent Researcher

0000-0003-2817-7417

192

Publications

16,574

Citations

62

H-Index

142

i10-Index

13.78

2yr Mean Cite

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Most Cited Works

Microglia/Macrophage Polarization Dynamics Reveal Novel Mechanism of Injury Expansion After Focal Cerebral Ischemia OA

Xiaoming Hu, Peiying Li, Yanling Guo, Haiying Wang, Rehana K. Leak +3 more

Stroke 2012

1,555

Microglial and macrophage polarization—new prospects for brain repair

Xiaoming Hu, Rehana K. Leak, Yejie Shi, Jun Suenaga, Yanqin Gao +2 more

Nature Reviews Neurology 2014

1,455

Emerging roles of Nrf2 and phase II antioxidant enzymes in neuroprotection OA

Meijuan Zhang, Chengrui An, Yanqin Gao, Rehana K. Leak, Jun Chen +1 more

Progress in Neurobiology 2012

598

Suprachiasmatic nucleus organization

Robert Y. Moore, Joan C. Speh, Rehana K. Leak

Cell and Tissue Research 2002

531

Microglia/Macrophage Polarization Dynamics in White Matter after Traumatic Brain Injury OA

Guohua Wang, Jia Zhang, Xiaoming Hu, Lili Zhang, Leilei Mao +5 more

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 2013

481

Publications

192 total

Discovery of multitargeting single agents as a novel route to the potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Jeetal Vyas, Anuj S. Jamenis, Krishna Kaku, Yesha Shah, Kristin M. Miner - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Monocyte-derived macrophages and their roles in ischemic stroke.

C. Dufort, Qi Tian, Lingxiao Lu, Yanji Tong, Zhihong Du - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Testing an inverse link between limbic alpha-synucleinopathy and myelin markers in mice and humans

Rachel N. Clark, Reese E. Landes, Muslim Abbas, Victoria G Mistretta, Jhanvi R. Jhaveri - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Single-cell transcriptomic analyses reveal angiogenic vascular responses to chronic cerebral hypoperfusion

Jiajing Shan, Ruyu Shi, Liyuan Jiang, C. Dufort, Wanying Miao - iScience, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Galectin-3 mediates lysosome-related inflammation within monocyte-derived macrophages in a mouse model of ischemic brain injury.

Miao Wang, Zhen-Bo Huang, Zhihong Du, Jiajing Shan, Qing Ye - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Phagocytosis is crucial for brain repair

Junxuan Lyu, Wenting Zhang, Wan-Chen Wu, R. Leak, Jun Chen - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2026

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Ser129 Phosphorylation Paradox: Non-phosphorylated α-Synuclein Drives Parkinson’s Disease-like Pathogenesis in Vivo

Zhengming Tian, Zirui Xu, Mengyuan Guo, Haoyi Fang, Huiyi Yang - bioRxiv, 2025

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Chewable Tablets for Precise Unit Dosing of Animals

Reese E. Landes, Pradeep Valekar, Muslim Abbas, Kieran A. DeLoatch, James B. Schreiber - Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 2025

Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

Single-cell RNA sequencing in stroke and traumatic brain injury: Current achievements, challenges, and future perspectives on transcriptomic profiling. OA

Ruyu Shi, Huaijun Chen, Wenting Zhang, R. Leak, Dequan Lou - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2024

Cited by 9 Semantic Scholar

The hormesis principle of neuroplasticity and neuroprotection.

Mark P. Mattson, R. Leak - Cell Metabolism, 2024

Cited by 42 Semantic Scholar

Research Topics

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (62) Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (25) Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (24) Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (16) Immune cells in cancer (16)

Frequent Co-Authors

JU

Jun Chen

11 joint publications

XI

Xiaoming Hu

10 joint publications

YA

Yanqin Gao

7 joint publications

YE

Yejie Shi

4 joint publications

LE

Leilei Mao

3 joint publications

XI

Xiaoyan Jiang

3 joint publications

Affiliations

Dartmouth College

US 2012 - 2012

State University of New York

US 1996 - 1996

Shandong University

CN 2013 - 2013

Sun Yat-sen University

CN 2015 - 2015

Duquesne University

US 2025 - 2011

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