Aimee Shen

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Aimee Shen is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aimee Shen has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Aimee Shen's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (46 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (12 papers). Aimee Shen is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (46 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (12 papers). Aimee Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Aimee Shen's co-authors include Kelly A. Fimlaid, Daniel Paredes‐Sabja, Darren E. Higgins, Joseph A. Sorg, Matthew Bogyo, Emily E. Putnam, M.E. Cuff, Stefan Raunser, John J. Mekalanos and Casey A. Gifford and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aimee Shen

65 papers receiving 3.9k 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 Virulence Locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Encodes a Protein Secretion Apparatus

2006 865 citations Joseph D. Mougous, M.E. Cuff et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aimee Shen United States	33	1.9k	1.6k	842	553	378	67	3.9k
Yufeng Yao China	33	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	764 0.9×	410 0.7×	401 1.1×	107	4.5k
K. Heran Darwin United States	34	2.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	608 0.7×	525 0.9×	270 0.7×	79	4.1k
Abigail L. Manson United States	34	3.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	374 0.4×	715 1.3×	430 1.1×	62	5.3k
Jean‐Philippe Nougayrède France	39	3.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 2.3×	1.2k 2.2×	447 1.2×	67	5.7k
Sean‐Paul Nuccio United States	22	1.6k 0.8×	780 0.5×	816 1.0×	422 0.8×	357 0.9×	33	3.3k
Tobias A. Oelschlaeger Germany	33	1.6k 0.8×	541 0.3×	933 1.1×	544 1.0×	384 1.0×	61	3.6k
Julian M. Ketley United Kingdom	38	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	421 0.8×	727 1.9×	89	4.6k
Marcus B. Jones United States	32	1.8k 0.9×	904 0.6×	354 0.4×	544 1.0×	402 1.1×	56	3.3k
Karsten Tedin Germany	31	1.8k 0.9×	764 0.5×	648 0.8×	747 1.4×	461 1.2×	74	4.3k
N A Buchmeier United States	26	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	636 1.2×	511 1.4×	30	4.5k

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Ruppel, Hans Georg, Evan S. Snitkin, Vincent B. Young, et al.. (2025). Flagellar switch inverted repeats impact heterogeneity in flagellar gene expression and thus C. difficile RT027/MLST1 virulence. Cell Reports. 44(6). 115830–115830. 1 indexed citations

Taïb, Najwa, et al.. (2023). Diversification of division mechanisms in endospore-forming bacteria revealed by analyses of peptidoglycan synthesis in Clostridioides difficile. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7975–7975. 10 indexed citations

Shen, Aimee, et al.. (2022). Development of a Dual-Fluorescent-Reporter System in Clostridioides difficile Reveals a Division of Labor between Virulence and Transmission Gene Expression. mSphere. 7(3). e0013222–e0013222. 9 indexed citations

Tanenbaum, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Identification of a Novel Regulator of Clostridioides difficile Cortex Formation. mSphere. 6(3). e0021121–e0021121. 6 indexed citations

Eckenroth, Brian E., et al.. (2021). A lipoprotein allosterically activates the CwlD amidase during Clostridioides difficile spore formation. PLoS Genetics. 17(9). e1009791–e1009791. 12 indexed citations

Shen, Aimee, et al.. (2020). Differential effects of ‘resurrecting' Csp pseudoproteases during Clostridioides difficile spore germination. Biochemical Journal. 477(8). 1459–1478. 5 indexed citations

Shen, Aimee, et al.. (2020). Role of SpoIVA ATPase Motifs during Clostridioides difficile Sporulation. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(21). 5 indexed citations

Shen, Aimee, et al.. (2019). SpoIVA-SipL Complex Formation Is Essential for Clostridioides difficile Spore Assembly. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(8). 16 indexed citations

Eckenroth, Brian E., et al.. (2019). The CspC pseudoprotease regulates germination of Clostridioides difficile spores in response to multiple environmental signals. PLoS Genetics. 15(7). e1008224–e1008224. 31 indexed citations

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Popham, David L., et al.. (2018). Clostridium difficile Lipoprotein GerS Is Required for Cortex Modification and Thus Spore Germination. mSphere. 3(3). 28 indexed citations

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Korza, George, et al.. (2017). Levels of L-malate and other low molecular weight metabolites in spores of Bacillus species and Clostridium difficile. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182656–e0182656. 10 indexed citations

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Paredes‐Sabja, Daniel, Aimee Shen, & Joseph A. Sorg. (2014). Clostridium difficile spore biology: sporulation, germination, and spore structural proteins. Trends in Microbiology. 22(7). 406–416. 307 indexed citations

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Puri, Aaron W., Petr Brož, Aimee Shen, Denise M. Monack, & Matthew Bogyo. (2012). Caspase-1 activity is required to bypass macrophage apoptosis upon Salmonella infection. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(9). 745–747. 59 indexed citations

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Shen, Aimee. (2010). Allosteric regulation of protease activity by small molecules. Molecular BioSystems. 6(8). 1431–1443. 40 indexed citations

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Puri, Aaron W., Patrick J. Lupardus, Edgar Deu, et al.. (2010). Rational Design of Inhibitors and Activity-Based Probes Targeting Clostridium difficile Virulence Factor TcdB. Chemistry & Biology. 17(11). 1201–1211. 51 indexed citations

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Shen, Aimee, Patrick J. Lupardus, Montse Morell, et al.. (2009). Simplified, Enhanced Protein Purification Using an Inducible, Autoprocessing Enzyme Tag. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8119–e8119. 67 indexed citations

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Mougous, Joseph D., M.E. Cuff, Stefan Raunser, et al.. (2006). A Virulence Locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Encodes a Protein Secretion Apparatus. Science. 312(5779). 1526–1530. 865 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Aimee, Heather D. Kamp, Angelika Gründling, & Darren E. Higgins. (2006). A bifunctional O-GlcNAc transferase governs flagellar motility through anti-repression. Genes & Development. 20(23). 3283–3295. 94 indexed citations

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Shen, Aimee & Darren E. Higgins. (2006). The MogR Transcriptional Repressor Regulates Nonhierarchal Expression of Flagellar Motility Genes and Virulence in Listeria monocytogenes. PLoS Pathogens. 2(4). e30–e30. 90 indexed citations

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Shen, Aimee, Lawrence G. Puente, & Hanne L. Ostergaard. (2005). Tyrosine kinase activity and remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton are co‐temporally required for degranulation by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Immunology. 116(2). 276–286. 14 indexed citations

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