Alison D. O’Brien

22.3k citations

201 papers · 17.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 73

Endocrinology top 0.01%
- Escherichia coli research studies 132
Infectious Diseases top 0.05%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 110
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research 43
Biotechnology top 0.05%
- Transgenic Plants and Applications 18
Food Science top 0.1%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology 27
Molecular Medicine top 0.5%
Genetics
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 27
Ecology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 26
Molecular Biology
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research 17

Co-authors: R K Holmes Angela R. Melton‐Celsa Randall K. Holmes John W. Newland Samuel B. Formal Marian L. McKee Vernon L. Tesh Gerald D. LaVeck
Cited by: Endocrinology Infectious Diseases Biotechnology
Journals: Infection and Immunity (79 papers)The Journal of Immunology (10 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Alison D. O’Brien

200 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

2012 Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1987 Microbiological Reviews
1986 Infection and Immunity
1985 The Journal of Infectious Diseases
1984 Science

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1	Rapid DNA cleavage by the LINE-1 endonuclease proximal to DNA ends and at mismatches Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Mercedes Girón,Yu. G. Chirkov,Trevor van Eeuwen,Venkata Reddy Gorla,Julianna Szendrei-Kovacs,Hua Jiang,Alison D. O’Brien,Nan Dai,Robert J. Trachman,Shengxi Guan,Jennifer Flynn,Wen‐Chih Cheng,John M. Sedivy,G. Jogl,Michael P. Rout,John LaCava,Kathleen H. Burns,Martin S. Taylor	2025	1
2	PROTOCOL: Bereavement Interventions for Children and Adolescents: An Evidence and Gap Map of Primary Studies and Systematic Reviews Campbell Systematic Reviews ·우정민,J. R. Lyons,Rizka - Aulivia,Alison D. O’Brien	2025	0
3	The Virulence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates in Mice Depends on Shiga Toxin Type 2a (Stx2a)-Induction and High Levels of Stx2a in Stool Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology ·SUILON NG,G. Arthanareeswaran,Jingxin Zhang,Rebecca L. Lindsey,Nancy Strockbine,Alison D. O’Brien,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa	2020	15
4	The Role of the AggR Regulon in the Virulence of the Shiga Toxin-Producing Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Epidemic O104:H4 Strain in Mice Frontiers in Microbiology ·Nadia Boisen,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,Anne‐Marie Hansen,Tonia Zangari,Mark A. Smith,Isolde Vogel,Flemming Scheutz,Alison D. O’Brien,James P. Nataro	2019	10
5	Shiga Toxin (Stx) Type 1a Reduces the Oral Toxicity of Stx Type 2a The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Isolde Vogel,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,Alison D. O’Brien	2016	16
6	Shiga toxin 2a and EnteroaggregativeEscherichia coli– a deadly combination Gut Microbes ·Nadia Boisen,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,Flemming Scheutz,Alison D. O’Brien,James P. Nataro	2015	34
7	The Presence of the pAA Plasmid in the German O104:H4 Shiga Toxin Type 2a (Stx2a)–Producing Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain Promotes the Translocation of Stx2a Across an Epithelial Cell Monolayer The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Nadia Boisen,Anne‐Marie Hansen,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,Tonia Zangari,Ninell P. Mortensen,James B. Kaper,Alison D. O’Brien,James P. Nataro	2014	31
8	Anthrax vaccination strategies Molecular Aspects of Medicine ·Robert J. Cybulski,Patrick Sanz,Alison D. O’Brien	2009	51
9	Shiga toxin of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli type O157:H7 promotes intestinal colonization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cory M. Robinson,James F. Sinclair,Michael J. Smith,Alison D. O’Brien	2006	136
10	Structure of Shiga Toxin Type 2 (Stx2) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·M.E. Fraser,M. Fujinaga,M.M. Cherney,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,E M Twiddy,Alison D. O’Brien,Michael N.G. James	2004	224
11	Mutations in hns reduce the adherence of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 091:H21 strain B2F1 to human colonic epithelial cells and increase the production of hemolysin Microbial Pathogenesis ·Maria E. Scott,Angela R. Melton‐Celsa,Alison D. O’Brien	2003	14
12	Antibodies to intimin and Escherichia coli secreted proteins A and B in patients with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infections Pediatric Nephrology ·Diana Karpman,Zivile Békássy,지우배,Irene Tandberg Tanum,Mohamed A. Karmali,Mariola Mascarenhas,Karen G. Jarvis,Lisa J. Gansheroff,Alison D. O’Brien,Gerald S. Arbus,James B. Kaper	2002	31
13	Salmonella typhimurium translocates flagellin across intestinal epithelia, inducing a proinflammatory response Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Andrew T. Gewirtz,Peter O. Simon,Clare K. Schmitt,Laura Taylor,Curt H. Hagedorn,Alison D. O’Brien,Andrew S. Neish,James Madara	2001	317
14	Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and other shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains ASM Press eBooks ·James B. Kaper,Alison D. O’Brien	1998	96
15	Specific DNA probes to detect Escherichia coli strains producing cytotoxic necrotising factor type 1 or type 2 Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Éric Oswald,P. Pohl,E. Jacquemin,P. Lintermans,Gabrielle Mello Lopes,Alison D. O’Brien,Jacques Mainil	1994	33
16	The role of the eae gene of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in intimate attachment in vitro and in a porcine model. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Michael S. Donnenberg,Saul Tzipori,Marian L. McKee,Alison D. O’Brien,Joseph Alroy,James B. Kaper	1993	280
17	Production of a Shiga-like cytotoxin by Campylobacter Microbial Pathogenesis ·Marjorie A. Moore,Martin J. Blaser,(unknown),Alison D. O’Brien	1988	23
18	Growth ofEscherichia coliin the presence of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole facilitates detection of Shiga-like toxin producing strains by colony blot assay FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Helge Karch,Nancy Strockbine,Alison D. O’Brien	1986	81
19	Additional evidence that the Lps gene locus regulates natural resistance to S. typhimurium in mice. The Journal of Immunology ·Alison D. O’Brien,David A. Weinstein,Anam Iqbal Samina Naseem,David L. Rosenstreich	1985	25
20	Invasive Escherichia coli Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association ·Windy Meilia Ramadany,Alison D. O’Brien,P. Gemski,Bhupendra P. Doctor	1978	10

About Alison D. O’Brien

Alison D. O’Brien is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Biotechnology, having authored 201 papers that have together received 17.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Escherichia coli research studies (132 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (110 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (43 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (27 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (26 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (18 papers) and Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (12.1k citations), Infectious Diseases (9.6k citations) and Biotechnology (2.1k citations). Alison D. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include R K Holmes, Angela R. Melton‐Celsa, Randall K. Holmes, John W. Newland, Samuel B. Formal, Marian L. McKee, Vernon L. Tesh, Gerald D. LaVeck, James B. Kaper and James E. Samuel. Their work appears in journals such as Infection and Immunity, The Journal of Immunology, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Bacteriology and Microbial Pathogenesis.

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