Alec J. Walker

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Alec J. Walker is a scholar working on Immunology, Neurology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alec J. Walker has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alec J. Walker's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Alec J. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Alec J. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Singapore. Alec J. Walker's co-authors include Rimas J. Orentas, Crystal L. Mackall, Adrienne H. Long, Beth Stevens, Terry J. Fry, Kelsey M. Wanhainen, Jillian Smith, Meera Murgai, M. Eric Kohler and Maria Ingaramo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alec J. Walker

16 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Microglia throughout the Mouse Lifespan and in the Injured Brain Reveals Complex Cell-State Changes

2018 1.4k citations Timothy R. Hammond, Connor Dufort et al. Immunity profile →
4-1BB costimulation ameliorates T cell exhaustion induced by tonic signaling of chimeric antigen receptors

2015 1.3k citations Adrienne H. Long, Waleed Haso et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion

2023 102 citations Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, Liwen Deng et al. Nature profile →

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16 of 16 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The meninges host a distinct compartment of regulatory T cells that preserves brain homeostasis 2025 ·Science Immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), Alec J. Walker, Teshika Jayewickreme, Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, (unknown), Ruaidhrí Jackson, Isaac M. Chiu, Christophe Benoıst, Beth Stevens, José Luís Trejo, Diane Mathis	12
2	Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, Liwen Deng, Dylan V. Neel, Özge Erdoğan, Himanish Basu, Daping Yang, (unknown), Alec J. Walker, (unknown), (unknown), Glendon Wu, Beth Stevens, Kelly S. Doran, Dan Levy, Isaac M. Chiu	102
3	FEAST: A flow cytometry-based toolkit for interrogating microglial engulfment of synaptic and myelin proteins 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Lasse Dissing‐Olesen, Alec J. Walker, Qian Feng, Helena J. Barr, Alicia C. Walker, Lili Xie, Daniel K. Wilton, (unknown), Larry I. Benowitz, Beth Stevens	6
4	A RIPK1-regulated inflammatory microglial state in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lauren Mifflin, Zhirui Hu, Connor Dufort, Cynthia C. Hession, Alec J. Walker, Kongyan Niu, Hong Zhu, (unknown), Jun S. Liu, Joshua Z. Levin, Beth Stevens, Junying Yuan, Chengyu Zou	55
5	Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Microglia throughout the Mouse Lifespan and in the Injured Brain Reveals Complex Cell-State Changes breakdown → 2018 ·Immunity ·Timothy R. Hammond, Connor Dufort, Lasse Dissing‐Olesen, Stefanie Giera, Adam M. H. Young, Alec Wysoker, Alec J. Walker, Frederick W. Gergits, Michael Segel, James Nemesh, Samuel E. Marsh, Arpiar Saunders, Evan Z. Macosko, Florent Ginhoux, Jinmiao Chen, Robin J.M. Franklin, Xianhua Piao, Steven A. McCarroll, Beth Stevens	1359
6	CD47 Protects Synapses from Excess Microglia-Mediated Pruning during Development 2018 ·Neuron ·Emily K. Lehrman, Daniel K. Wilton, Elizabeth Y. Litvina, Christina A. Welsh, (unknown), Arnaud Frouin, Alec J. Walker, (unknown), Hisashi Umemori, Chinfei Chen, Beth Stevens	322
7	CCR7 deficient inflammatory Dendritic Cells are retained in the Central Nervous System 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Benjamin D. Clarkson, Alec J. Walker, Melissa G. Harris, Aditya Rayasam, Martin Hsu, Mátyás Sándor, Zsuzsanna Fábry	46
8	Tumor Antigen and Receptor Densities Regulate Efficacy of a Chimeric Antigen Receptor Targeting Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase 2017 ·Molecular Therapy ·Alec J. Walker, Robbie G. Majzner, Ling Zhang, Kelsey M. Wanhainen, Adrienne H. Long, Sang M. Nguyen, (unknown), Marc Vigny, Terry J. Fry, Rimas J. Orentas, Crystal L. Mackall	265
9	Ethylatropine Bromide as a Peripherally Restricted Muscarinic Antagonist 2017 ·ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·Asheebo Rojas, Thota Ganesh, Alec J. Walker, Raymond Dingledine	7
10	Reduction of MDSCs with All-trans Retinoic Acid Improves CAR Therapy Efficacy for Sarcomas 2016 ·Cancer Immunology Research ·Adrienne H. Long, Steven L. Highfill, Yongzhi Cui, Jillian Smith, Alec J. Walker, Sneha Ramakrishna, (unknown), Susana Galli, Maria Tsokos, Rimas J. Orentas, Crystal L. Mackall	258
11	Abstract 2648: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy against anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is limited by target antigen density and CAR surface expression 2016 ·Cancer Research ·Robbie G. Majzner, Alec J. Walker, Meera Murgai, Ling Zhang, Adrienne H. Long, Kelsey M. Wanhainen, Rimas J. Orentas, Crystal L. Mackall	2
12	4-1BB costimulation ameliorates T cell exhaustion induced by tonic signaling of chimeric antigen receptors breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Medicine ·Adrienne H. Long, Waleed Haso, Jack F. Shern, Kelsey M. Wanhainen, Meera Murgai, Maria Ingaramo, Jillian Smith, Alec J. Walker, M. Eric Kohler, (unknown), Rosandra N. Kaplan, George H. Patterson, Terry J. Fry, Rimas J. Orentas, Crystal L. Mackall	1252
13	Mapping the accumulation of co-infiltrating CNS dendritic cells and encephalitogenic T cells during EAE 2014 ·Journal of Neuroimmunology ·Benjamin D. Clarkson, Alec J. Walker, Melissa G. Harris, Aditya Rayasam, Mátyás Sándor, Zsuzsanna Fábry	22
14	CCR2-Dependent Dendritic Cell Accumulation in the Central Nervous System during Early Effector Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Is Essential for Effector T Cell Restimulation In Situ and Disease Progression 2014 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Benjamin D. Clarkson, Alec J. Walker, Melissa G. Harris, Aditya Rayasam, Mátyás Sándor, Zsuzsanna Fábry	49
15	CCR2-dependent dendritic cell recruitment to CNS tissues during EAE promotes disease progression and inflammatory cytokine production by CNS T cells (CCR1P.243) 2014 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Aditya Rayasam, Alec J. Walker, Melissa G. Harris, Mátyás Sándor, Zsuzsanna Fábry	1
16	Pseudohypertriglyceridemia due to benign glycerol kinase deficiency 1996 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Joris Delanghe, (unknown), Marc De Buyzere, (unknown), Peter H.G.M. Willems, Alec J. Walker	1

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