Allison Abendroth

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Allison Abendroth is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allison Abendroth has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Epidemiology, 48 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Allison Abendroth's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (58 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (41 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers). Allison Abendroth is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (58 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (41 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers). Allison Abendroth collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Brazil. Allison Abendroth's co-authors include Barry Slobedman, Anthony L. Cunningham, Megan Steain, Brian P. McSharry, Ann M. Arvin, Selmir Avdic, Tessa M. Campbell, Allen Ka Loon Cheung, Paul R. Kinchington and Gavin Morrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Allison Abendroth

79 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Manipulation of the Innate Immune Response by Varicella Zoster Virus

2020 260 citations Chelsea Gerada, Tessa M. Campbell et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Allison Abendroth	2.4k	1.4k	543	402	376	79	3.3k
Barry Slobedman	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	598 1.1×	415 1.0×	453 1.2×	93	3.7k
Lynda A. Morrison	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	112 0.2×	528 1.3×	667 1.8×	87	3.4k
Brian P. McSharry	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	579 1.1×	188 0.5×	718 1.9×	67	4.4k
Mary Wellish	2.4k 1.0×	317 0.2×	606 1.1×	553 1.4×	188 0.5×	78	2.9k
U H Koszinowski	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	498 0.9×	335 0.8×	749 2.0×	39	4.6k
Lucy Rasmussen	2.1k 0.9×	506 0.4×	548 1.0×	330 0.8×	239 0.6×	49	2.5k
Ana Angulo	2.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.9×	368 0.7×	243 0.6×	729 1.9×	84	4.2k
Huan Lou	2.3k 1.0×	874 0.6×	167 0.3×	595 1.5×	583 1.6×	45	3.1k
John E. Oakes	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	112 0.2×	133 0.3×	258 0.7×	70	3.0k
Tanya Scharton‐Kersten	1.8k 0.8×	3.1k 2.2×	1.8k 3.3×	180 0.4×	626 1.7×	37	5.2k

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Stern, Lauren, Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, David P. Fairlie, et al.. (2025). Herpes simplex virus type 1 impairs mucosal-associated invariant T cells. mBio. 16(5). e0388724–e0388724. 1 indexed citations

Slobedman, Barry, et al.. (2023). Varicella Zoster Virus Downregulates Expression of the Nonclassical Antigen Presentation Molecule CD1d. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(2). e416–e426. 3 indexed citations

Stern, Lauren, Helen M. McGuire, Selmir Avdic, et al.. (2023). Circulating cytokine and chemokine patterns associated with cytomegalovirus reactivation after stem cell transplantation. Clinical & Translational Immunology. 12(12). e16815–e16815. 1 indexed citations

Ashley, Caroline L., Brian P. McSharry, Hamish E. G. McWilliam, et al.. (2023). Suppression of MR1 by human cytomegalovirus inhibits MAIT cell activation. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1107497–1107497. 7 indexed citations

Stern, Lauren, Helen M. McGuire, Selmir Avdic, et al.. (2022). Immunoprofiling reveals cell subsets associated with the trajectory of cytomegalovirus reactivation post stem cell transplantation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2603–2603. 11 indexed citations

Abendroth, Allison, et al.. (2021). Viral Impacts on MR1 Antigen Presentation to MAIT Cells. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 41(5). 49–67. 3 indexed citations

Steain, Megan, Chi L.L. Pham, Yann Gambin, et al.. (2020). Varicella zoster virus encodes a viral decoy RHIM to inhibit cell death. PLoS Pathogens. 16(7). e1008473–e1008473. 38 indexed citations

McSharry, Brian P., Hamish E. G. McWilliam, Caroline L. Ashley, et al.. (2020). Virus-Mediated Suppression of the Antigen Presentation Molecule MR1. Cell Reports. 30(9). 2948–2962.e4. 38 indexed citations

Gerada, Chelsea, Tessa M. Campbell, Brian P. McSharry, et al.. (2020). Manipulation of the Innate Immune Response by Varicella Zoster Virus. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1–1. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stern, Lauren, Barbara Withers, Selmir Avdic, et al.. (2019). Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1186–1186. 94 indexed citations

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Ashley, Caroline L., Allison Abendroth, Brian P. McSharry, & Barry Slobedman. (2019). Interferon-Independent Innate Responses to Cytomegalovirus. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2751–2751. 43 indexed citations

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Steain, Megan, et al.. (2013). Analysis of T Cell Responses during Active Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation in Human Ganglia. Journal of Virology. 88(5). 2704–2716. 97 indexed citations

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Christensen, Jenna M., Megan Steain, Barry Slobedman, & Allison Abendroth. (2011). Differentiated Neuroblastoma Cells Provide a Highly Efficient Model for Studies of Productive Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neuronal Cells. Journal of Virology. 85(16). 8436–8442. 39 indexed citations

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Gowrishankar, Kavitha, Megan Steain, Anthony L. Cunningham, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the Host Immune Response in Human Ganglia after Herpes Zoster. Journal of Virology. 84(17). 8861–8870. 60 indexed citations

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Abendroth, Allison, Paul R. Kinchington, & Barry Slobedman. (2010). Varicella Zoster Virus Immune Evasion Strategies. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 342. 155–171. 42 indexed citations

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Steain, Megan, Barry Slobedman, & Allison Abendroth. (2010). Experimental Models to Study Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neurons. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 342. 211–228. 15 indexed citations

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Jaworowski, Anthony, Wan‐Jung Cheng, Clare L V Westhorpe, et al.. (2009). Enhanced monocyte Fc phagocytosis by a homologue of interleukin-10 encoded by human cytomegalovirus. Virology. 391(1). 20–24. 15 indexed citations

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Abendroth, Allison, et al.. (2007). Expression of a human cytomegalovirus latency-associated homolog of interleukin-10 during the productive phase of infection. Virology. 370(2). 285–294. 35 indexed citations

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Bosnjak, Lidija, Cheryl Jones, Allison Abendroth, & Anthony L. Cunningham. (2005). Dendritic Cell Biology in Herpesvirus Infections. Viral Immunology. 18(3). 419–433. 18 indexed citations

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Abendroth, Allison & Ann M. Arvin. (2001). Immune evasion mechanisms of varicella-zoster virus. PubMed. 99–107. 10 indexed citations

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