Alison K. Criss

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alison K. Criss is a scholar working on Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison K. Criss has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Microbiology, 20 papers in Immunology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alison K. Criss's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (42 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (23 papers) and Amoebic Infections and Treatments (10 papers). Alison K. Criss is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (42 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (23 papers) and Amoebic Infections and Treatments (10 papers). Alison K. Criss collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Alison K. Criss's co-authors include Stephanie A. Ragland, H. Steven Seifert, M. Brittany Johnson, Elizabeth A. Stohl, James E. Casanova, Kimberly A. Kline, Louise M. Ball, Asya Smirnov, Beth A. McCormick and Richard A. Juneau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Immunology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alison K. Criss

61 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

From bacterial killing to immune modulation: Recent insights into the functions of lysozyme

2017 608 citations Stephanie A. Ragland, Alison K. Criss PLoS Pathogens profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison K. Criss United States	27	1.0k	709	633	319	275	62	2.4k
Pier Luigi Fiori Italy	33	1.1k 1.1×	606 0.9×	637 1.0×	506 1.6×	519 1.9×	109	2.8k
Martha H. Mulks United States	27	1.0k 1.0×	865 1.2×	398 0.6×	653 2.0×	218 0.8×	59	2.6k
Nina M. van Sorge Netherlands	35	496 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	662 1.0×	683 2.1×	663 2.4×	95	3.3k
Richard F. Rest United States	30	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	565 0.9×	367 1.2×	346 1.3×	68	2.7k
Andra B. Schromm Germany	31	794 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	1.9k 3.0×	481 1.5×	272 1.0×	56	3.3k
Marcus Fulde Germany	31	464 0.4×	682 1.0×	345 0.5×	502 1.6×	656 2.4×	80	2.4k
Rachel M. Exley United Kingdom	25	937 0.9×	616 0.9×	424 0.7×	709 2.2×	251 0.9×	47	2.0k
Daniel C. Stein United States	26	1.1k 1.0×	865 1.2×	236 0.4×	308 1.0×	184 0.7×	104	2.3k
Joseph P. Dillard United States	31	1.3k 1.3×	881 1.2×	252 0.4×	608 1.9×	380 1.4×	75	2.7k
Takashi Shimizu Japan	26	394 0.4×	813 1.1×	413 0.7×	314 1.0×	86 0.3×	87	2.1k

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Criss, Alison K., et al.. (2025). Terminal complement complexes with or without C9 potentiate antimicrobial activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. mBio. 16(5). e0014125–e0014125. 1 indexed citations

Connolly, Kristie L., Ann E. Jerse, Andrew N. Macintyre, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Immunization Route in Induction of Vaccine-Mediated Anti-Gonococcal Immune Responses in a Murine Model of Ascending Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(5). e765–e777. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Weiyan, Andreea Waltmann, Kristie L. Connolly, et al.. (2025). Protection against N. gonorrhoeae induced by OMV-based meningococcal vaccines are associated with cross-species directed humoral and cellular immune responses. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1539795–1539795. 3 indexed citations

Glomski, Ian J., et al.. (2025). High-dimensional spectral flow cytometry of activation and phagocytosis by peripheral human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 117(4).

Cárdenas, A., Keena S. Thomas, Marcos M. Pires, et al.. (2024). Neisseria gonorrhoeae scavenges host sialic acid for Siglec-mediated, complement-independent suppression of neutrophil activation. mBio. 15(5). e0011924–e0011924. 4 indexed citations

Smirnov, Asya, Kylene P. Daily, Mary C. Gray, et al.. (2023). Phagocytosis via complement receptor 3 enables microbes to evade killing by neutrophils. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 114(1). 1–20. 14 indexed citations

John, Constance M., Nancy J. Phillips, A. Cárdenas, Alison K. Criss, & Gary A. Jarvis. (2023). Comparison of lipooligosaccharides from human challenge strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1215946–1215946. 4 indexed citations

Mohlin, Frida C., Meagan Belcher Dufrisne, Asya Smirnov, et al.. (2023). Neisseria gonorrhoeae co-opts C4b-binding protein to enhance complement-independent survival from neutrophils. PLoS Pathogens. 19(3). e1011055–e1011055. 9 indexed citations

Criss, Alison K., et al.. (2023). Metal piracy by Neisseria gonorrhoeae to overcome human nutritional immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 19(2). e1011091–e1011091. 3 indexed citations

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Maxwell, C. Noel, et al.. (2019). The novel interaction between Neisseria gonorrhoeae TdfJ and human S100A7 allows gonococci to subvert host zinc restriction. PLoS Pathogens. 15(8). e1007937–e1007937. 27 indexed citations

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Ragland, Stephanie A. & Alison K. Criss. (2019). Protocols to Interrogate the Interactions Between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Primary Human Neutrophils. Methods in molecular biology. 1997. 319–345. 10 indexed citations

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Ragland, Stephanie A., María Victoria Humbert, Myron Christodoulides, & Alison K. Criss. (2018). Neisseria gonorrhoeae employs two protein inhibitors to evade killing by human lysozyme. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7). e1007080–e1007080. 20 indexed citations

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Smirnov, Asya, Michael D. Solga, Joanne Lannigan, & Alison K. Criss. (2017). High‐Throughput Particle Uptake Analysis by Imaging Flow Cytometry. Current Protocols in Cytometry. 80(1). 11.22.1–11.22.17. 12 indexed citations

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Criss, Alison K., et al.. (2017). Pathogenesis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the female reproductive tract: neutrophilic host response, sustained infection, and clinical sequelae. Current Opinion in Hematology. 25(1). 13–21. 58 indexed citations

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Criss, Alison K., et al.. (2014). The lipooligosaccharide-modifying enzyme LptA enhances gonococcal defence against human neutrophils. Cellular Microbiology. 17(6). 910–921. 28 indexed citations

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Criss, Alison K. & H. Steven Seifert. (2012). A bacterial siren song: intimate interactions between Neisseria and neutrophils. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 10(3). 178–190. 111 indexed citations

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Johnson, M. Brittany & Alison K. Criss. (2011). Resistance of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae to Neutrophils. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2. 77–77. 63 indexed citations

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Criss, Alison K. & H. Steven Seifert. (2006). Gonococci exit apically and basally from polarized epithelial cells and exhibit dynamic changes in type IV pili. Cellular Microbiology. 8(9). 1430–1443. 20 indexed citations

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Criss, Alison K. & James E. Casanova. (2003). Coordinate Regulation ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhimurium Invasion of Epithelial Cells by the Arp2/3 Complex and Rho GTPases. Infection and Immunity. 71(5). 2885–2891. 46 indexed citations

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Lynch, Daniel V., et al.. (1997). Ceramide Glucosylation in Bean Hypocotyl Microsomes: Evidence That Steryl Glucoside Serves as Glucose Donor. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 340(2). 311–316. 32 indexed citations

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