Benjamin E. Gewurz

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin E. Gewurz is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin E. Gewurz has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Oncology, 33 papers in Immunology and 27 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin E. Gewurz's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (47 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (25 papers) and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (24 papers). Benjamin E. Gewurz is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (47 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (25 papers) and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (24 papers). Benjamin E. Gewurz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Benjamin E. Gewurz's co-authors include Hidde L. Ploegh, Domenico Tortorella, Danny J. Schust, Margo H. Furman, Bo Zhao, Sizun Jiang, Elliott Kieff, Rui Guo, Liang Wei Wang and Peter J. Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin E. Gewurz

75 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Viral Subversion of the Immune System

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin E. Gewurz United States	37	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	623	81	3.9k
Takayuki Murata Japan	34	788 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	466 0.7×	147	4.2k
Tatsuya Tsurumi Japan	42	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.7×	2.5k 2.1×	1.5k 1.3×	530 0.9×	123	4.8k
Maaike E. Ressing Netherlands	37	2.7k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	358 0.6×	73	4.4k
Timothy F. Kowalik United States	42	850 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	2.7k 2.3×	212 0.3×	84	5.6k
Marvin S. Reitz United States	36	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	305 0.5×	90	5.0k
Graham R. Leggatt Australia	32	2.4k 1.6×	940 0.6×	953 0.8×	866 0.7×	194 0.3×	97	3.7k
Armin Ensser Germany	30	679 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	472 0.4×	163 0.3×	93	2.8k
Kanji Hirai Japan	35	737 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	581 0.5×	603 1.0×	147	3.7k
Laurent Coscoy United States	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	117 0.2×	41	3.1k
Gislâine A. Martins United States	28	2.7k 1.8×	739 0.5×	892 0.7×	702 0.6×	111 0.2×	48	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin E. Gewurz

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Mitra, Bidisha, et al.. (2026). Epstein-barr virus latent membrane protein 1 targets cIAP1, cIAP2 and TRAF2 for proteasomal degradation to activate the non-canonical NF-κB pathway. PLoS Pathogens. 22(1). e1013898–e1013898.

Wang, Yin, Yizhe Sun, Bidisha Mitra, et al.. (2025). The CTLH ubiquitin ligase substrates ZMYND19 and MKLN1 negatively regulate mTORC1 at the lysosomal membrane. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10731–10731.

Reynoso, Glennys V., Thomas J. Meyer, Monika A. Zelazowska, et al.. (2024). Multifaceted roles for STAT3 in gammaherpesvirus latency revealed through in vivo B cell knockout models. mBio. 15(2). e0299823–e0299823. 2 indexed citations

Giulino‐Roth, Lisa, et al.. (2024). Germinal center cytokine driven epigenetic control of Epstein-Barr virus latency gene expression. PLoS Pathogens. 20(4). e1011939–e1011939. 6 indexed citations

Mitra, Bidisha, et al.. (2023). Characterization of target gene regulation by the two Epstein-Barr virus oncogene LMP1 domains essential for B-cell transformation. mBio. 14(6). e0233823–e0233823. 9 indexed citations

Shrock, Ellen, Richard T. Timms, Tomasz Kula, et al.. (2023). Germline-encoded amino acid–binding motifs drive immunodominant public antibody responses. Science. 380(6640). eadc9498–eadc9498. 45 indexed citations

Burton, Eric, et al.. (2022). Epstein–Barr virus latency programs dynamically sensitize B cells to ferroptosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(11). e2118300119–e2118300119. 50 indexed citations

Yiu, Stephanie Pei Tung, et al.. (2022). Epstein-Barr virus BNRF1 destabilizes SMC5/6 cohesin complexes to evade its restriction of replication compartments. Cell Reports. 38(10). 110411–110411. 45 indexed citations

Liang, Jin, Chong Wang, Stephanie Pei Tung Yiu, et al.. (2021). Epstein-Barr Virus Induced Cytidine Metabolism Roles in Transformed B-Cell Growth and Survival. mBio. 12(4). e0153021–e0153021. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhonghao, Rui Guo, Stephen J. Trudeau, et al.. (2021). CYB561A3 is the key lysosomal iron reductase required for Burkitt B-cell growth and survival. Blood. 138(22). 2216–2230. 20 indexed citations

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Soldan, Samantha S., Drew Frase, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2021). EBNA1 inhibitors have potent and selective antitumor activity in xenograft models of Epstein–Barr virus-associated gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 24(5). 1076–1088. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuchen, Rui Guo, Hardik Shah, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 hijacks folate and one-carbon metabolism for viral replication. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1676–1676. 103 indexed citations

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Gewurz, Benjamin E., et al.. (2018). Epigenetic crossroads of the Epstein-Barr virus B-cell relationship. Current Opinion in Virology. 32. 15–23. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Yijie, Michael J. Walsh, Katharina Bernhardt, et al.. (2017). CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Epstein-Barr Virus-Transformed B Cell Host Dependency Factors. Cell Host & Microbe. 21(5). 580–591.e7. 104 indexed citations

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Blondel, Carlos J., Joseph S. Park, Troy P. Hubbard, et al.. (2016). CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Requirements for Host Cell Sulfation and Fucosylation in Bacterial Type III Secretion System-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Cell Host & Microbe. 20(2). 226–237. 53 indexed citations

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Hunter, Jill V., Jacqueline Butterworth, Bo Zhao, et al.. (2015). The NF-κB subunit c-Rel regulates Bach2 tumour suppressor expression in B-cell lymphoma. Oncogene. 35(26). 3476–3484. 28 indexed citations

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Greenfeld, Hannah, Kaoru Takasaki, Michael J. Walsh, et al.. (2015). TRAF1 Coordinates Polyubiquitin Signaling to Enhance Epstein-Barr Virus LMP1-Mediated Growth and Survival Pathway Activation. PLoS Pathogens. 11(5). e1004890–e1004890. 64 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaohui, Benjamin E. Gewurz, Jennifer M. Ritchie, et al.. (2013). A Vibrio parahaemolyticus T3SS Effector Mediates Pathogenesis by Independently Enabling Intestinal Colonization and Inhibiting TAK1 Activation. Cell Reports. 3(5). 1690–1702. 71 indexed citations

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Gewurz, Benjamin E., Francisco M. Marty, Lindsey R. Baden, & Joel T. Katz. (2008). Human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 10(4). 292–9. 32 indexed citations

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McAdam, Alexander J., Benjamin E. Gewurz, Evan A. Farkash, & Arlene H. Sharpe. (2000). Either B7 Costimulation or IL-2 Can Elicit Generation of Primary Alloreactive CTL. The Journal of Immunology. 165(6). 3088–3093. 18 indexed citations

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