Ali A. Ashkar

10.8k citations

156 papers · 8.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Immunology top 0.2%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Reproductive System and Pregnancy
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Obstetrics and Gynecology top 0.5%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Papers in

Immunology 123
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 80
- Immune Response and Inflammation 33
- Reproductive System and Pregnancy 29
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 25
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 17
- Immune cells in cancer 14
Virology 8

Co-authors: B. Anne Croy Amanda J. Lee Kenneth L. Rosenthal James P. Di Santo Karen Mossman Sophie M. Poznanski Navkiran Gill Marianne V. Chew
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (10 papers)Journal of Virology (9 papers)Journal of Leukocyte Biology (7 papers)Frontiers in Immunology (5 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (5 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

Ali A. Ashkar

150 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Metabolic flexibility determines human NK cell functional fate in the tumor microenvironment 2021 · 210 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.

2021 Cell Metabolism
2018 Frontiers in Immunology
2000 The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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1	The impact of oral cannabis consumption during pregnancy on maternal spiral artery remodelling, fetal growth and offspring behaviour in mice EBioMedicine ·Tyrah M. Ritchie, Katsuya Tokai, Fatemeh Vahedi, Angelina Groll, Attila Fogarasi, E.M.G.J. de Jong, Ana L. Portillo, Sophie M. Poznanski, Lauren Chan, Carina Gabriela Andrade Oliveira, Deborah M. Sloboda, Dawn M. E. Bowdish, Ali A. Ashkar	2025	5
2	Maternal Diet‐Induced Excess Adiposity in Mice Disrupts Mid‐Gestation Decidual Immune and Vascular Homeostasis Without Impairing Spiral Artery Remodeling Acta Physiologica ·Attila Fogarasi, Thomas Wong Wai-Pong, Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro, K Viveka, L.A. Leiter, 淳一佐々木, 木崎早矢香, Katherine M. Kennedy, Ali A. Ashkar, Alexander G. Beristain, Dawn M. E. Bowdish, Deborah M. Sloboda	2025	0
3	Natural Killer Cell-Derived Interferon-γ Regulates Macrophage-Mediated Immunopathology During Viral Infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Katsuya Tokai, 张绰, Ana L. Portillo, A. S. Zhdanov, Ali A. Ashkar	2023	3
4	Charting a killer course to the solid tumor: strategies to recruit and activate NK cells in the tumor microenvironment Frontiers in Immunology ·Ana L. Portillo, 张绰, Eduardo A. Peña Rojas, Tyrah M. Ritchie, Amy Gillgrass, Ali A. Ashkar	2023	12
5	Type I Interferon Signaling is Required for Oncostatin-M Driven Inflammatory Responses in Mouse Lung Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research ·Huiling Guo, Fernando Botelho, Ali A. Ashkar, Carl D. Richards	2022	0
6	Expanded CD56superbrightCD16+ NK Cells from Ovarian Cancer Patients Are Cytotoxic against Autologous Tumor in a Patient-Derived Xenograft Murine Model Cancer Immunology Research ·Sophie M. Poznanski, Tina Nham, Marianne V. Chew, Amanda J. Lee, Joanne A. Hammill, Isabella Y. Fan, Martin Butcher, Jonathan L. Bramson, Dean A. Lee, Hal W. Hirte, Ali A. Ashkar	2018	43
7	Ex vivo expanded natural killer cells from breast cancer patients and healthy donors are highly cytotoxic against breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived tumours Breast Cancer Research ·Mira M. Shenouda, Amy Gillgrass, Tina Nham, Richard T. Hogg, Amanda J. Lee, Marianne V. Chew, Fernanda Menezes, L G Makarov, Dean A. Lee, John A. Hassell, Anita Bane, Sukhbinder Dhesy‐Thind, Ali A. Ashkar	2017	58
8	Type I interferon signalling is not required for the induction of endotoxin tolerance Cytokine ·조정연, Sophie M. Poznanski, Fatemeh Vahedi, Branson Chen, Marianne V. Chew, Amanda J. Lee, Ali A. Ashkar	2017	10
9	IL-18/IL-15/IL-12 synergy induces elevated and prolonged IFN-γ production by ex vivo expanded NK cells which is not due to enhanced STAT4 activation Molecular Immunology ·D. Dibie-Krajcman, Sophie M. Poznanski, 刘可真, Talveer S. Mandur, Dean A. Lee, Carl D. Richards, Ali A. Ashkar	2017	72
10	Interleukin-15 Modulates Adipose Tissue by Altering Mitochondrial Mass and Activity PLoS ONE ·Nicole G. Barra, Rengasamy Palanivel, Emmanuel Denou, Marianne V. Chew, Amy Gillgrass, Tina D. Walker, B. Roessli, Carl D. Richards, Manel Jordana, Stephen M. Collins, Bernardo L. Trigatti, Alison C. Holloway, Sandeep Raha, Gregory R. Steinberg, Ali A. Ashkar	2014	32
11	Influenza Infection Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Subsequent Bacterial Superinfection by Impairing NK Cell Responses in the Lung The Journal of Immunology ·Cherrie-Lee Small, Christopher R. Shaler, Sarah McCormick, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, Daniela Damjanovic, Earl G. Brown, Petra Arck, Manel Jordana, Charu Kaushic, Ali A. Ashkar, Zhou Xing	2010	177
12	Characterization and IL-15 dependence of NK cells in humanized mice Immunobiology ·栗原浩之, Tiffany Chan, Sarah Reid, Ali A. Ashkar	2010	35
13	Development of Functional Human NK Cells in an Immunodeficient Mouse Model with the Ability to Provide Protection against Tumor Challenge PLoS ONE ·Bron Alfiner Situmorang, Girika Jyoshna, Kenneth L. Rosenthal, Ali A. Ashkar	2009	20
14	Cutting Edge: FimH Adhesin of Type 1 Fimbriae Is a Novel TLR4 Ligand The Journal of Immunology ·Karen Mossman, M. Firoz Mian, Nicole M. Lauzon, Carlton Gyles, Brian D. Lichty, Dimas Dharu Ramadhan, Navkiran Gill, Ali A. Ashkar	2008	98
15	NK Cells Play a Critical Protective Role in Host Defense against Acute Extracellular Staphylococcus aureus Bacterial Infection in the Lung The Journal of Immunology ·Cherrie-Lee Small, Sarah McCormick, Navkiran Gill, Kapilan Kugathasan, Michael Santosuosso, Toshiki Kurita, David E. Heinrichs, Ali A. Ashkar, Zhou Xing	2008	100
16	Critical Negative Regulation of Type 1 T Cell Immunity and Immunopathology by Signaling Adaptor DAP12 during Intracellular Infection The Journal of Immunology ·Maziar Divangahi, H. Schuetze, Kapilan Kugathasan, Sarah McCormick, Shunsuke Takenaka, Gordon J. Gaschler, Ali A. Ashkar, Martin R. Stämpfli, Jack Gauldie, Jonathan L. Bramson, Toshiyuki Takai, Earl G. Brown, Wayne M. Yokoyama, Naoko Aoki, Zhou Xing	2007	34
17	The direct effects of Toll-like receptor ligands on human NK cell cytokine production and cytotoxicity Cellular Immunology ·Nicole M. Lauzon, Firoz Mian, Dimas Dharu Ramadhan, Ali A. Ashkar	2006	122
18	Herpesviruses and the Innate Immune Response Viral Immunology ·Karen Mossman, Ali A. Ashkar	2005	83
19	Assessment of Requirements for IL-15 and IFN Regulatory Factors in Uterine NK Cell Differentiation and Function During Pregnancy The Journal of Immunology ·Ali A. Ashkar, Elber Berdugo, Qingxia Wei, Hong He, Luchuan Liang, Judith R. Head, B. Anne Croy	2003	210
20	Histological studies of gene-ablated mice support important functional roles for natural killer cells in the uterus during pregnancy Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·B. Anne Croy, Ali A. Ashkar, V. V. Gusev, James P. Di Santo, Jeanne Magram, Nadezhda G. Semenikhina, Sandra Gendler, Michael J. Grusby, Norbert Wagner, Werner Müller, Marie‐Josée Guimond	1997	72

About Ali A. Ashkar

Ali A. Ashkar is a scholar working on Immunology, Virology, Epidemiology, Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, having authored 156 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (80 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (33 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (29 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (25 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (24 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (17 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (14 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (5.7k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (1.0k citations), Reproductive Medicine (892 citations), Virology (305 citations) and Epidemiology (1.9k citations). Ali A. Ashkar has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include B. Anne Croy, Amanda J. Lee, Kenneth L. Rosenthal, James P. Di Santo, Karen Mossman, B. Anne Croy, Sophie M. Poznanski, Navkiran Gill, Marianne V. Chew and Amy Gillgrass. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Virology, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Frontiers in Immunology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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