Aaron Weinberg

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Aaron Weinberg is a scholar working on Microbiology, Immunology and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Weinberg has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Microbiology, 31 papers in Immunology and 29 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Aaron Weinberg's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (53 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (29 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers). Aaron Weinberg is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (53 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (29 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers). Aaron Weinberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Aaron Weinberg's co-authors include Zhimin Feng, Beverly A. Dale, Suttichai Krisanaprakornkit, Michael M. Lederman, Richard J. Lamont, Gill Diamond, Kevin O. Kisich, Nicholas Beckloff, C. M. Belton and Santosh K. Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Weinberg

121 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Roles of Antimicrobial Peptides in Innate Host Defense

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron Weinberg United States	39	2.8k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	978	125	6.4k
Kohtaro Fujihashi United States	53	589 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	5.0k 2.6×	665 0.3×	336 0.3×	169	8.3k
Klaus Heeg Germany	54	890 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	7.5k 3.9×	272 0.1×	859 0.9×	223	11.5k
Hui Wu United States	44	530 0.2×	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	213	6.5k
Lee Ann Campbell United States	44	4.9k 1.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	145 0.1×	682 0.7×	149	8.4k
Masafumi Yamamoto Japan	39	376 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	3.1k 1.6×	552 0.3×	284 0.3×	155	5.7k
Hiroshi Kiyono United States	37	493 0.2×	776 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	350 0.2×	288 0.3×	88	4.9k
Robin R. Ingalls United States	34	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	4.4k 2.2×	160 0.1×	553 0.6×	54	6.2k
Hiroshi Kiyono Japan	66	602 0.2×	2.7k 1.4×	7.8k 4.0×	243 0.1×	406 0.4×	232	12.6k
Adrian Ozinsky United States	25	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	7.0k 3.6×	150 0.1×	475 0.5×	31	10.5k
Sven Hammerschmidt Germany	58	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	172 0.1×	2.3k 2.4×	218	9.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Weinberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Weinberg

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Zhang, Liqun, Santosh K. Ghosh, Yinghua Chen, et al.. (2022). HBD-2 binds SARS-CoV-2 RBD and blocks viral entry: Strategy to combat COVID-19. iScience. 25(3). 103856–103856. 28 indexed citations

Bhaskaran, Natarajan, Sangeetha Jayaraman, Mahmoud Ghannoum, et al.. (2021). The Role of Dectin-1 Signaling in Altering Tumor Immune Microenvironment in the Context of Aging. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 669066–669066. 24 indexed citations

Bhaskaran, Natarajan, Fady Faddoul, Sangeetha Jayaraman, et al.. (2020). IL-1β-MyD88-mTOR Axis Promotes Immune-Protective IL-17A+Foxp3+ Cells During Mucosal Infection and Is Dysregulated With Aging. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 595936–595936. 25 indexed citations

Jin, Ge & Aaron Weinberg. (2018). Human antimicrobial peptides and cancer. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 88. 156–162. 71 indexed citations

Ghosh, Santosh K., Bhumika Shokeen, Renate Lux, et al.. (2016). FAD-I, a Fusobacterium nucleatum Cell Wall-Associated Diacylated Lipoprotein That Mediates Human Beta Defensin 2 Induction through Toll-Like Receptor-1/2 (TLR-1/2) and TLR-2/6. Infection and Immunity. 84(5). 1446–1456. 35 indexed citations

Yu, Xiaolan, Xiang Shao, Patricia A. Conrad, et al.. (2016). Suppression of KSHV-induced angiopoietin-2 inhibits angiogenesis, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and tumor growth. Cell Cycle. 15(15). 2053–2065. 20 indexed citations

Zapata, Wildeman, Wbeimar Aguilar-Jiménez, Zhimin Feng, et al.. (2015). Identification of innate immune antiretroviral factors during in vivo and in vitro exposure to HIV-1. Microbes and Infection. 18(3). 211–219. 24 indexed citations

Herrera, Rossana, Michael B. Morris, Kristina W. Rosbe, et al.. (2015). Human beta-defensins 2 and -3 cointernalize with human immunodeficiency virus via heparan sulfate proteoglycans and reduce infectivity of intracellular virions in tonsil epithelial cells. Virology. 487. 172–187. 51 indexed citations

Pietropaoli, Davide, Rita Del Pinto, Daniele Corridoni, et al.. (2014). Occurrence of Spontaneous Periodontal Disease in the SAMP1/YitFc Murine Model of Crohn Disease. Journal of Periodontology. 85(12). 1799–1805. 43 indexed citations

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Pandiyan, Pushpa, Natarajan Bhaskaran, Yifan Zhang, & Aaron Weinberg. (2014). Isolation of T cells from mouse oral tissues. Biological Procedures Online. 16(1). 4–4. 19 indexed citations

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Jiang, Wei, Santosh K. Ghosh, Rebecca Flyckt, et al.. (2012). Bacterial Colonization and Beta Defensins in the Female Genital Tract in HIV Infection. Current HIV Research. 10(6). 504–512. 11 indexed citations

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Ye, Fengchun, Ali Abdul Lattif, Jianping Xie, Aaron Weinberg, & Shou‐Jiang Gao. (2012). Nutlin-3 induces apoptosis, disrupts viral latency and inhibits expression of angiopoietin-2 in Kaposi sarcoma tumor cells. Cell Cycle. 11(7). 1393–1399. 29 indexed citations

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Vernon, Lance T., Denise C. Babineau, Catherine Demko, et al.. (2011). A Prospective Cohort Study of Periodontal Disease Measures and Cardiovascular Disease Markers in HIV-Infected Adults. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(11). 1157–1166. 17 indexed citations

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Williams, Wesley M., Aaron Weinberg, & Mark A. Smith. (2011). Protein Modification by Dicarbonyl Molecular Species in Neurodegenerative Diseases. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2011. 1–9. 12 indexed citations

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Jin, Ge, Hameem I. Kawsar, Stanley Hirsch, et al.. (2010). An Antimicrobial Peptide Regulates Tumor-Associated Macrophage Trafficking via the Chemokine Receptor CCR2, a Model for Tumorigenesis. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e10993–e10993. 117 indexed citations

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Lederman, Michael M., Galit Alter, Demetre Daskalakis, et al.. (2010). Determinants of Protection among HIV‐Exposed Seronegative Persons: An Overview. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202(S3). S333–S338. 35 indexed citations

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Funderburg, Nicholas, Michael M. Lederman, Zhimin Feng, et al.. (2007). Human β-defensin-3 activates professional antigen-presenting cells via Toll-like receptors 1 and 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(47). 18631–18635. 302 indexed citations

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Feng, Zhimin & Aaron Weinberg. (2006). Role of bacteria in health and disease of periodontal tissues. Periodontology 2000. 40(1). 50–76. 211 indexed citations

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Dale, Beverly A., Janet R. Kimball, Suttichai Krisanaprakornkit, et al.. (2001). Localized antimicrobial peptide expression in human gingiva. Journal of Periodontal Research. 36(5). 285–294. 212 indexed citations

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Leu, Szu‐Yun, et al.. (1996). Interbacterial binding among strains of pathogenic and commensal oral bacterial species. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 11(1). 35–41. 69 indexed citations

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