Alain Townsend

23.2k citations

134 papers · 14.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Immunology top 0.05%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Virology top 0.5%
- HIV Research and Treatment

Papers in

Immunology 73
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 42
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 28
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 25
Epidemiology 56
- Influenza Virus Research Studies 50
- Respiratory viral infections research 13

Co-authors: Helen C. Bodmer Judy Bastin Vincenzo Cerundolo Andrew J. McMichael Frances Gotch Claes Öhlén John Elvin Klas Kärre
Journals: Nature (15 papers)European Journal of Immunology (13 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (7 papers)Frontiers in Immunology (6 papers)Journal of Virology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom India United States

In The Last Decade

Alain Townsend

134 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Molecular analysis of the association of HLA-B53 and resistance to severe malaria 1992 · 520 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Nature
1990 Nature
1989 Annual Review of Immunology
1989 Nature
1986 Cell
1985 Cell

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1	Structure-guided loop grafting improves expression and stability of influenza neuraminidase for vaccine development eLife ·Pramila Rijal, G. Cortiñas, Guido C. Paesen, David I. Stuart, Mark Howarth, Kuan-Ying A. Huang, Thomas A. Bowden, Alain Townsend	2025	1
2	A locally administered single-cycle influenza vaccine expressing a non-fusogenic stabilized hemagglutinin stimulates strong T-cell and neutralizing antibody immunity Journal of Virology ·Dar-Ron Huang, Pramila Rijal, Tiong Kit Tan, Alain Townsend	2025	1
3	Proactive vaccination using multiviral Quartet Nanocages to elicit broad anti-coronavirus responses Nature Nanotechnology ·Débora Freitas de Lima, Tiong Kit Tan, Alexander A. Cohen, Jennifer R. Keeffe, Anthony H. Keeble, Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam, David Harrison, Melissa M. Clemens, Anthony P. West, Michelle L. Hill, Sai Liu, Javier Gilbert‐Jaramillo, J. Ongko, Han Wanqu, 郎红军, William James, Pamela J. Björkman, Alain Townsend, Mark Howarth	2024	25
4	Structural basis for a conserved neutralization epitope on the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Nature Communications ·Kuan-Ying A. Huang, Xiaorui Chen, Markéta Begany, Kazushi Adachi, Lisa Schimanski, Tiong Kit Tan, Pramila Rijal, Masafumi Minamisawa, Débora Freitas de Lima, Mark Howarth, Jennifer R. Keeffe, Alexander A. Cohen, Leesa M. Kakutani, Yimin Wu, Md. Shahed-Al-Mahmud, Yu‐Chi Chou, Pamela J. Björkman, Alain Townsend, Che Ma	2023	26
5	Single-cycle influenza virus vaccine generates lung CD8 ⁺ Trm that cross-react against viral variants and subvert virus escape mutants Science Advances ·Brently Nelson, Tiong Kit Tan, Ji-Hong Zeng, 智雄加藤, Yi‐Mo Deng, R Niranjjan, Sophie A. Valkenburg, Haogao Gu, Leo L. M. Poon, Patrick C. Reading, Alain Townsend, Linda M. Wakim	2023	10
6	Kinetics of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 proteins in individuals with varying severity of infection and following a single dose of the AZD1222 Clinical & Experimental Immunology ·Deshni Jayathilaka, Chandima Jeewandara, Laksiri Gomes, Tibutius T. P. Jayadas, Achala Kamaladasa, Г. А. Сидоров, Dinuka Guruge, 政晴小宮山, D. Nalanipriya, L Muxiao, M Kucharczyk, Konda Tawaluyan, Heshan Kuruppu, Ananda Wijewickrama, Ruwan Wijayamuni, Lisa Schimanski, Tiong Kit Tan, Graham S. Ogg, Alain Townsend, Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige	2022	5
7	Cutting Edge: High-Dose Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines Elicit Pulmonary Tissue-Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells in the Face of Pre-Existing Humoral Immunity The Journal of Immunology ·Brently Nelson, R Niranjjan, Zhongfang Wang, Tiong Kit Tan, Katherine Kedzierska, Alain Townsend, Patrick C. Reading, Linda M. Wakim	2022	6
8	Secondary influenza challenge triggers resident memory B cell migration and rapid relocation to boost antibody secretion at infected sites Immunity ·王盛元, Elly F J Hiensch-Goormachtig, Lada A. Koneva, Moustafa Attar, Cesar A. Prada‐Medina, Emily Thornton, Ariane C. Gomes, Aadil El-Turabi, Martin F. Bachmann, Pramila Rijal, Tiong Kit Tan, Alain Townsend, Stephen N. Sansom, Oliver Bannard, Tal I. Arnon	2022	76
9	Inclusion of cGAMP within virus‐like particle vaccines enhances their immunogenicity EMBO Reports ·Lise Chauveau, Anne Bridgeman, Tiong Kit Tan, (unknown), Joe N. Frost, Pramila Rijal, Isabela Pedroza‐Pacheco, Thomas Partridge, Javier Gilbert‐Jaramillo, Michael L. Knight, Xu Liu, Rebecca A. Russell, Persephone Borrow, Hal Drakesmith, Alain Townsend, Jan Rehwinkel	2021	29
10	Adenosine-to-inosine editing of endogenous Z-form RNA by the deaminase ADAR1 prevents spontaneous MAVS-dependent type I interferon responses Immunity ·Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Rachel E. Rigby, George R. Young, Astrid Korning Hvidt, Tanja Davis, Tiong Kit Tan, Anne Bridgeman, Alain Townsend, George Kassiotis, Jan Rehwinkel	2021	84
11	Simultaneous Aerosol and Intramuscular Immunization with Influenza Vaccine Induces Powerful Protective Local T Cell and Systemic Antibody Immune Responses in Pigs The Journal of Immunology ·Veronica Martini, Basudev Paudyal, Ching-fu Chang, JIM R. MUIRHEAD, Matthew Edmans, Bassem Mefreh Aglan, И В Ламм, Alejandro Núñez, Garry Dolton, Andrew K. Sewell, Peter C. L. Beverley, Ronan MacLoughlin, Alain Townsend, Elma Tchilian	2020	19
12	Micro-fusion inhibition tests: quantifying antibody neutralization of virus-mediated cell–cell fusion Journal of General Virology ·Nazia Thakur, Carina Conceicao, Ariel Isaacs, Stacey Human, Naphak Modhiran, Rebecca McLean, Miriam Pedrera, Tiong Kit Tan, Pramila Rijal, Alain Townsend, Geraldine Taylor, Paul R. Young, Daniel Watterson, Keith J. Chappell, Simon P. Graham, Dalan Bailey	2020	12
13	Overcoming Symmetry Mismatch in Vaccine Nanoassembly through Spontaneous Amidation Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Rolle Rahikainen, Pramila Rijal, Tiong Kit Tan, Hung‐Jen Wu, Anne‐Marie Andersson, Jordan R. Barrett, Thomas A. Bowden, Simon J. Draper, Alain Townsend, Mark Howarth	2020	63
14	Overcoming Symmetry Mismatch in Vaccine Nanoassembly through Spontaneous Amidation Angewandte Chemie ·Rolle Rahikainen, Pramila Rijal, Tiong Kit Tan, Hung‐Jen Wu, Anne‐Marie Andersson, Jordan R. Barrett, Thomas A. Bowden, Simon J. Draper, Alain Townsend, Mark Howarth	2020	9
15	Lung-targeting lentiviral vector for passive immunisation against influenza Thorax ·Tiong Kit Tan, Vicente García Alcántara, Pramila Rijal, Alain Townsend, Deborah R. Gill, Stephen C. Hyde	2020	6
16	Human monoclonal antibodies from convalescent H7N9 patients in China and Taiwan Immunology ·Pramila Rijal, H.P. Cagot, Lisa Schimanski, Thomas Powell, Ikramova Sevinch, Tina T. X. Dong, Mazin Abdulhussein Beden, Alain Townsend	2014	2
17	HIV-1 Nef down-regulates the hemochromatosis protein HFE, manipulating cellular iron homeostasis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hal Drakesmith, Nan Chen, Suci Maghfiratul, Gavin Screaton, Alain Townsend, Xiao‐Ning Xu	2005	69
18	Processing of major histocompatibility class I-restricted antigens in the endoplasmic reticulum. The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Tim Elliott, Anne E. Willis, Vincenzo Cerundolo, Alain Townsend	1995	144
19	Defective presentation to class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vaccinia-infected cells is overcome by enhanced degradation of antigen. The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Alain Townsend, J Bastin, Keith G. Gould, G.G. Brownlee, Morag Andrew, Barbara E.H. Coupar, Iani J. M. B. Gayo, Susan Chan, Geoffrey L. Smith	1988	304
20	HIV-1 gag-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes defined with recombinant vaccinia virus and synthetic peptides Nature ·Douglas F. Nixon, Alain Townsend, John Elvin, C. R. Rizza, John Gallwey, Andrew J. McMichael	1988	381

About Alain Townsend

Alain Townsend is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 134 papers that have together received 14.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (50 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (37 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (25 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (9.9k citations), Virology (1.1k citations), Hematology (1.2k citations), Epidemiology (3.3k citations) and Genetics (851 citations). Alain Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Frequent co-authors include Helen C. Bodmer, Judy Bastin, Vincenzo Cerundolo, Andrew J. McMichael, Frances Gotch, Claes Öhlén, John Elvin, Klas Kärre, John Davey and Tim Elliott. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, European Journal of Immunology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Frontiers in Immunology and Journal of Virology.

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