Aarron Willingham

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Aarron Willingham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aarron Willingham has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Aarron Willingham's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (5 papers). Aarron Willingham is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (5 papers). Aarron Willingham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Aarron Willingham's co-authors include T Gingeras, Philipp Kapranov, Charles S. Zuker, Richard G. Walker, Pedro Aza‐Blanc, Serge Batalov, Anthony P. Orth, Bo Wen, Peter G. Schultz and Esther C. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Aarron Willingham

23 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

A Strategy for Probing the Function of Noncoding RNAs Finds a Repressor of NFAT

2005 597 citations Aarron Willingham, Anthony P. Orth et al. Science profile →
Genome-wide transcription and the implications for genomic organization

2007 547 citations Philipp Kapranov, Aarron Willingham et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
A Drosophila Mechanosensory Transduction Channel

2000 512 citations Aarron Willingham et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aarron Willingham United States	14	1.7k	924	292	215	195	23	2.3k
Yvonne J. K. Edwards United States	26	1.7k 1.0×	206 0.2×	105 0.4×	174 0.8×	566 2.9×	67	2.5k
Florian Heyd Germany	23	1.2k 0.7×	252 0.3×	78 0.3×	55 0.3×	196 1.0×	64	1.8k
Peter Stoilov United States	29	2.9k 1.7×	578 0.6×	372 1.3×	22 0.1×	304 1.6×	51	3.5k
Yongsheng Shi United States	28	3.2k 1.9×	440 0.5×	210 0.7×	36 0.2×	130 0.7×	65	3.6k
Sheikh Riazuddin United States	26	2.0k 1.2×	125 0.1×	208 0.7×	195 0.9×	504 2.6×	98	2.5k
Teresa Gilbert United States	12	1.2k 0.7×	184 0.2×	866 3.0×	70 0.3×	132 0.7×	14	2.3k
Jenn‐Yah Yu Taiwan	16	1.7k 1.0×	717 0.8×	177 0.6×	24 0.1×	336 1.7×	26	2.1k
Jason R. Willer United States	19	1.2k 0.7×	170 0.2×	97 0.3×	102 0.5×	507 2.6×	31	1.8k
José Sotelo‐Silveira Uruguay	22	944 0.6×	189 0.2×	303 1.0×	25 0.1×	125 0.6×	80	1.5k
Suzanne Rademakers Netherlands	19	1.7k 1.0×	307 0.3×	162 0.6×	28 0.1×	408 2.1×	23	2.3k

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Chernyak, Natalia, Saraswathi Naravula, Ying Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery and Evaluation of TLR-Targeted Immune Agonists. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(18). 16222–16234. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Ying, Natalia Chernyak, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Development and application of an in vitro assay to assess target-independent B-cell activation by targeted TLR7 immune agonists. Journal of Immunological Methods. 522. 113553–113553. 2 indexed citations

Malefyt, René de Waal, et al.. (2023). Investigating combination benefit of PD1 and LAG3 co-blockade using an engineered cellular bioassay. International Immunopharmacology. 119. 109566–109566. 1 indexed citations

Hsu, Yen‐Pang, et al.. (2023). Site-Specific Antibody Conjugation Using Modified Bisected N-Glycans: Method Development and Potential toward Tunable Effector Function. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 34(9). 1633–1644. 8 indexed citations

Selman, Mohammed, Weilong Zhao, Jiwon Jung, et al.. (2023). Engineering Oncolytic Coxsackievirus A21 with Small Transgenes and Enabling Cell-Mediated Virus Delivery by Integrating Viral cDNA into the Genome. Journal of Virology. 97(5). e0030923–e0030923. 9 indexed citations

Vessillier, Sandrine, Madeline Fort, Heather Hinton, et al.. (2020). Development of the first reference antibody panel for qualification and validation of cytokine release assay platforms – Report of an international collaborative study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 100042–100042. 9 indexed citations

Willingham, Aarron, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a TGN1412 analogue using in vitro assays and two immune humanized mouse models. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 372. 57–69. 13 indexed citations

Cherwinski, Holly, Manjiri Sathe, Wolfgang Seghezzi, et al.. (2018). Establishment of engineered cell-based assays mediating LAG3 and PD1 immune suppression enables potency measurement of blocking antibodies and assessment of signal transduction. Journal of Immunological Methods. 456. 7–14. 38 indexed citations

Fucini, Raymond V., et al.. (2012). Adenosine Modification May Be Preferred for Reducing siRNA Immune Stimulation. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 22(3). 205–210. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lihong, et al.. (2012). Single-stranded microRNA mimics. RNA. 18(10). 1796–1804. 40 indexed citations

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Kenski, Denise M., Gabor Butora, Aarron Willingham, et al.. (2012). siRNA-optimized Modifications for Enhanced In Vivo Activity. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 1. e5–e5. 65 indexed citations

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Haringsma, Henry J., Jing Li, Ferdie Soriano, et al.. (2012). mRNA knockdown by single strand RNA is improved by chemical modifications. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(9). 4125–4136. 33 indexed citations

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Kenski, Denise M., Aarron Willingham, Henry J. Haringsma, Jing Li, & W. Michael Flanagan. (2012). In Vivo Activity and Duration of Short Interfering RNAs Containing a Synthetic 5′-Phosphate. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 22(2). 90–95. 8 indexed citations

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Kenski, Denise M., Jing Li, Aarron Willingham, et al.. (2009). Analysis of acyclic nucleoside modifications in siRNAs finds sensitivity at position 1 that is restored by 5′-terminal phosphorylation both in vitro and in vivo. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(2). 660–671. 67 indexed citations

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Kapranov, Philipp, Aarron Willingham, & T Gingeras. (2007). Genome-wide transcription and the implications for genomic organization. Nature Reviews Genetics. 8(6). 413–423. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willingham, Aarron & T Gingeras. (2006). TUF Love for “Junk” DNA. Cell. 125(7). 1215–1220. 120 indexed citations

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Willingham, Aarron, Sujit Dike, Jill Cheng, et al.. (2006). Transcriptional Landscape of the Human and Fly Genomes: Nonlinear and Multifunctional Modular Model of Transcriptomes. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 71(0). 101–110. 15 indexed citations

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Willingham, Aarron, Anthony P. Orth, Serge Batalov, et al.. (2005). A Strategy for Probing the Function of Noncoding RNAs Finds a Repressor of NFAT. Science. 309(5740). 1570–1573. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willingham, Aarron, Quinn L. Deveraux, Garret M. Hampton, & Pedro Aza‐Blanc. (2004). RNAi and HTS: exploring cancer by systematic loss-of-function. Oncogene. 23(51). 8392–8400. 48 indexed citations

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Willingham, Aarron & Thomas A. Keil. (2004). A tissue specific cytochrome P450 required for the structure and function of Drosophila sensory organs. Mechanisms of Development. 121(10). 1289–1297. 45 indexed citations

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