Ben A. Croker

8.0k citations

63 papers · 5.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Immunology top 0.5%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- interferon and immune responses
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Immune cells in cancer
Oncology top 2%
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Papers in

Immunology 42
- Immune Response and Inflammation 19
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms 10
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 9
- interferon and immune responses 6
- Immune cells in cancer 5
Oncology 15
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions 13

Co-authors: Hiu Kiu Sandra E. Nicholson Andrew W. Roberts Warren S. Alexander Donald Metcalf Bruce Beutler Motti Gerlic Karine Crozat
Journals: Blood (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)The Journal of Immunology (4 papers)EMBO Reports (3 papers)Immunology and Cell Biology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Israel

In The Last Decade

Ben A. Croker

56 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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RIPK3 promotes cell death and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in the absence of MLKL 2015 · 510 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.

2015 Nature Communications
2006 Annual Review of Immunology
2003 Nature Immunology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ben A. Croker, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Development of a Mouse Model of Coccidioidomycosis Using an Inhalation Exposure System Journal of Fungi ·Jonathan R. Erlich, Priscila Rodriguez, Ka Pui Sharon Yau, Matthew Tate, Aaron F. Carlin, Joshua Fierer, Theo N. Kirkland, Hal M. Hoffman, Sinem Beyhan, Ben A. Croker	2025	0
2	NLRP3 activation in neutrophils induces lethal autoinflammation, liver inflammation, and fibrosis EMBO Reports ·Benedikt Kaufmann, Aleksandra Leszczynska, Agustina Reca, Laela M. Booshehri, Janset Onyuru, ZheHao Tan, Alexander Wree, Helmut Friess, Daniel Hartmann, Bettina G. Papouchado, Lori Broderick, Hal M. Hoffman, Ben A. Croker, Yanfang Peipei Zhu, Ariel E. Feldstein	2024	2
3	Defective endomembrane dynamics in Rab27a deficiency impairs nucleic acid sensing and cytokine secretion in immune cells Cell Reports ·Yu Zhou, Elsa Meneses‐Salas, Jennifer L. Johnson, Susanna Manenti, Mouad Ait Kbaich, Danni Chen, Kasra Askari, Jing He, Aparna Shukla, Binchu V. Shaji, Rosana González‐Quintial, Ben A. Croker, Jinzhong Zhang, Hal M. Hoffman, William B. Kiosses, Catherine C. Hedrick, Kersi Pestonjamasp, Nathan E. Wineinger, Roberto Baccalà, Sergio Catz	2024	0
4	Conformational flexibility in neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by naturally elicited anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies Communications Biology ·Ruofan Li, Michael Mor, Bingting Ma, Alex E. Clark, Joel Alter, Michal Werbner, Jamie Casey Lee, Sandra L. Leibel, Aaron F. Carlin, Moshe Dessau, Meital Gal-Tanamy, Ben A. Croker, Ye Xiang, Natalia T. Freund	2022	9
5	Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein with amilorides correlate with antiviral activity PLoS Pathogens ·Sang Ho Park, Haley Siddiqi, Daniela V. Castro, Anna A. De Angelis, Aaron L. Oom, Charlotte A. Stoneham, Mary K. Lewinski, Alex E. Clark, Ben A. Croker, Aaron F. Carlin, John Guatelli, Stanley J. Opella	2021	25
6	Cholesterol 25‐Hydroxylase inhibits SARS ‐CoV‐2 and other coronaviruses by depleting membrane cholesterol The EMBO Journal ·Shaobo Wang, Wanyu Li, Hui Hui, Shashi Kant Tiwari, Qiong Zhang, Ben A. Croker, Stephen A. Rawlings, Davey M. Smith, Aaron F. Carlin, Tariq M. Rana	2020	199
7	β-glucan–dependent shuttling of conidia from neutrophils to macrophages occurs during fungal infection establishment PLoS Biology ·Vahid Pazhakh, Felix Ellett, Ben A. Croker, Joanne A. O’Donnell, Luke Pase, Keith E. Schulze, R. Stefan Greulich, Aakash Gupta, Constantino Carlos Reyes‐Aldasoro, Alex Andrianopoulos, Graham J. Lieschke	2019	23
8	Selective FcγR Co-engagement on APCs Modulates the Activity of Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting T Cell Antigens Cancer Cell ·Jeremy D. Waight, Dhan Chand, Sylvia Dietrich, Randi B. Gombos, Thomas Horn, Ana María González, Mariana Manrique, Lukasz Swiech, Benjamin Morin, Christine Brittsan, Antoine Tanne, Belinda Akpeng, Ben A. Croker, Jennifer S. Buell, Robert B. Stein, David A. Savitsky, Nicholas S. Wilson	2018	64
9	Cutting Edge: Blockade of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Sensitizes Neutrophils to TNF- but Not Lipopolysaccharide-Mediated Cell Death and IL-1β Secretion The Journal of Immunology ·Kaiwen Chen, Kate E. Lawlor, Jessica B. von Pein, Dave Boucher, Motti Gerlic, Ben A. Croker, Jelena S. Bezbradica, James E. Vince, Kate Schroder	2018	26
10	Aberrant actin depolymerization triggers the pyrin inflammasome and autoinflammatory disease that is dependent on IL-18, not IL-1β The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Man Lyang Kim, Jae Jin Chae, Yong Hwan Park, Dominic De Nardo, Roslynn A. Stirzaker, Hyun‐Ja Ko, Hazel Tye, Louise H. Cengia, Ladina DiRago, Donald Metcalf, Andrew W. Roberts, Daniel L. Kastner, Andrew M. Lew, Dena Lyras, Benjamin T. Kile, Ben A. Croker, Seth L. Masters	2015	107
11	Distinctive pro-inflammatory gene signatures induced in articular chondrocytes by oncostatin M and IL-6 are regulated by Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-3 Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ·Xiao Liu, Ruijie Liu, Ben A. Croker, Kate E. Lawlor, Gordon K. Smyth, Ian P. Wicks	2015	15
12	RIPK3 promotes cell death and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in the absence of MLKL Nature Communications ·Kate E. Lawlor, Nufail Khan, Alison Mildenhall, Motti Gerlic, Ben A. Croker, Akshay A. D’Cruz, Cathrine Hall, Sukhdeep K. Spall, Holly Anderton, Seth L. Masters, Maryam Rashidi, Ian P. Wicks, Warren S. Alexander, Yasuhiro Mitsuuchi, Christopher A. Benetatos, Stephen M. Condon, W. Wei‐Lynn Wong, John Silke, David L. Vaux, James E. Vince Hit paper breakdown →	2015	510
13	Pyroptotic death storms and cytopenia Current Opinion in Immunology ·Ben A. Croker, Joanne A. O’Donnell, Motti Gerlic	2013	50
14	SOCS regulation of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Ben A. Croker, Hiu Kiu, Sandra E. Nicholson	2008	496
15	ATP-sensitive potassium channels mediate survival during infection in mammals and insects Nature Genetics ·Ben A. Croker, Karine Crozat, Michael Berger, Yu Xia, Sosathya Sovath, Lana Schaffer, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Jean-Luc Imler, Bruce Beutler	2007	58
16	SOCS3 Is a Critical Physiological Negative Regulator of G-CSF Signaling and Emergency Granulopoiesis Immunity ·Ben A. Croker, Donald Metcalf, Lorraine Robb, Wei Wei, Sandra Mifsud, Ladina DiRago, Leonie A. Cluse, (unknown), Lynne Hartley, Emily Williams, Jian‐Guo Zhang, Douglas J. Hilton, Nicos A. Nicola, Warren S. Alexander, Andrew W. Roberts	2004	234
17	SOCS3 negatively regulates IL-6 signaling in vivo Nature Immunology ·Ben A. Croker, Danielle L. Krebs, Jian‐Guo Zhang, Sam Wormald, Tracy A. Willson, Edouard G. Stanley, Lorraine Robb, Christopher J. Greenhalgh, Irmgard Förster, Björn E. Clausen, Nicos A. Nicola, Donald Metcalf, Douglas J. Hilton, Andrew W. Roberts, Warren S. Alexander Hit paper breakdown →	2003	684
18	Cancer and programmed cell death. Genome Biology ·Ben A. Croker, Adam H. Hart	2003	0
19	The Rac2 Guanosine Triphosphatase Regulates B Lymphocyte Antigen Receptor Responses and Chemotaxis and Is Required for Establishment of B-1a and Marginal Zone B Lymphocytes The Journal of Immunology ·Ben A. Croker, David M. Tarlinton, Leonie A. Cluse, Alana J. Tuxen, Amanda Light, Feng‐Chun Yang, David A. Williams, Andrew W. Roberts	2002	104
20	Cloning and characterization of the genes encoding the ankyrin repeat and SOCS box-containing proteins Asb-1, Asb-2, Asb-3 and Asb-4 Gene ·Benjamin T. Kile, Elizabeth M. Viney, Tracy A. Willson, Thomas C. Brodnicki, Michael Cancilla, Amy S. Herlihy, Ben A. Croker, Manuel Baca, Nicos A. Nicola, Douglas J. Hilton, Warren S. Alexander	2000	43

About Ben A. Croker

Ben A. Croker is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology, Immunology and Allergy, Molecular Biology and Hematology, having authored 63 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (13 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (13 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (10 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (9 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (2.8k citations), Oncology (1.3k citations), Molecular Biology (2.4k citations), Cancer Research (451 citations) and Hematology (241 citations). Ben A. Croker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Hiu Kiu, Sandra E. Nicholson, Andrew W. Roberts, Warren S. Alexander, Donald Metcalf, Bruce Beutler, Motti Gerlic, Karine Crozat, Sophie Rutschmann and Douglas J. Hilton. Their work appears in journals such as Blood, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology, EMBO Reports and Immunology and Cell Biology.

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