Brook E. Heaton

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 644 citations indexed

About

Brook E. Heaton is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brook E. Heaton has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 644 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brook E. Heaton's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers). Brook E. Heaton is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers). Brook E. Heaton collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Brook E. Heaton's co-authors include Nicholas S. Heaton, Rebekah E. Dumm, Alfred T. Harding, Heather M. Froggatt, Hiroaki Katsura, Vishwaraj Sontake, Yu Mikami, Edward M. Kennedy, Scott H. Randell and Arvind Konkimalla and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Cell and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Brook E. Heaton

12 papers receiving 637 citations

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Human Lung Stem Cell-Based Alveolospheres Provide Insights into SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Interferon Responses and Pneumocyte Dysfunction

2020 248 citations Hiroaki Katsura, Vishwaraj Sontake et al. Cell stem cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brook E. Heaton United States	10	252	232	172	139	102	15	644
Christophe J. Queval France	13	216 0.9×	334 1.4×	386 2.2×	51 0.4×	157 1.5×	19	736
Natalia Redondo Spain	16	236 0.9×	330 1.4×	130 0.8×	37 0.3×	114 1.1×	41	761
Qing Sun China	17	276 1.1×	362 1.6×	292 1.7×	72 0.5×	67 0.7×	55	790
Ding Yuan Oh Australia	14	155 0.6×	112 0.5×	323 1.9×	55 0.4×	145 1.4×	19	615
Abhijeet Bakre United States	13	230 0.9×	166 0.7×	187 1.1×	40 0.3×	94 0.9×	34	504
Hong Ye China	8	255 1.0×	461 2.0×	99 0.6×	154 1.1×	34 0.3×	12	887
Jesús Arcos United States	12	138 0.5×	300 1.3×	231 1.3×	49 0.4×	176 1.7×	16	618
Camila Azevedo Antunes Germany	11	288 1.1×	100 0.4×	133 0.8×	81 0.6×	70 0.7×	17	631
Wanju Zhang China	15	124 0.5×	227 1.0×	181 1.1×	43 0.3×	100 1.0×	25	505

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15 of 15 papers shown

Heaton, Brook E., et al.. (2025). The coronavirus nsp14 exoribonuclease interface with the cofactor nsp10 is essential for efficient virus replication and enzymatic activity. Journal of Virology. 99(2). e0170824–e0170824.

Leonard, R., Zhaochen Luo, Brook E. Heaton, et al.. (2025). Development of DNA and mRNA-LNP vaccines against an H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b influenza virus. Journal of Virology. 99(8). e0079525–e0079525.

Hamele, Cait E., Zhaochen Luo, R. Leonard, et al.. (2024). Headless hemagglutinin-containing influenza viral particles direct immune responses toward more conserved epitopes. Journal of Virology. 98(10). e0116624–e0116624. 2 indexed citations

Leonard, R., et al.. (2023). A low-background, fluorescent assay to evaluate inhibitors of diverse viral proteases. Journal of Virology. 97(8). e0059723–e0059723.

Chaparian, Ryan R., Alfred T. Harding, Cait E. Hamele, et al.. (2022). A Virion-Based Combination Vaccine Protects against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Disease in Mice. Journal of Virology. 96(15). e0068922–e0068922. 15 indexed citations

Luo, Zhaochen, et al.. (2021). Engineered Influenza Virus Virions Reveal the Contributions of Non-hemagglutinin Structural Proteins to Vaccine-Mediated Protection. Journal of Virology. 95(10). 2 indexed citations

Heaton, Brook E., Ryan R. Chaparian, Raquel A. Binder, et al.. (2021). TMEM41B is a host factor required for the replication of diverse coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2. PLoS Pathogens. 17(5). e1009599–e1009599. 49 indexed citations

Froggatt, Heather M., Brook E. Heaton, & Nicholas S. Heaton. (2020). Development of a Fluorescence-Based, High-Throughput SARS-CoV-2 3CL ^pro Reporter Assay. Journal of Virology. 94(22). 73 indexed citations

Katsura, Hiroaki, Vishwaraj Sontake, Aleksandra Tata, et al.. (2020). Human Lung Stem Cell-Based Alveolospheres Provide Insights into SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Interferon Responses and Pneumocyte Dysfunction. Cell stem cell. 27(6). 890–904.e8. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chambers, Benjamin S., Brook E. Heaton, Rebekah E. Dumm, et al.. (2019). DNA mismatch repair is required for the host innate response and controls cellular fate after influenza virus infection. Nature Microbiology. 4(11). 1964–1977. 23 indexed citations

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Wipperman, Matthew F., Brook E. Heaton, Richa Gupta, et al.. (2018). Mycobacterial Mutagenesis and Drug Resistance Are Controlled by Phosphorylation- and Cardiolipin-Mediated Inhibition of the RecA Coprotease. Molecular Cell. 72(1). 152–161.e7. 18 indexed citations

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Heaton, Brook E., Edward M. Kennedy, Rebekah E. Dumm, et al.. (2017). A CRISPR Activation Screen Identifies a Pan-avian Influenza Virus Inhibitory Host Factor. Cell Reports. 20(7). 1503–1512. 109 indexed citations

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Harding, Alfred T., Brook E. Heaton, Rebekah E. Dumm, & Nicholas S. Heaton. (2017). Rationally Designed Influenza Virus Vaccines That Are Antigenically Stable during Growth in Eggs. mBio. 8(3). 36 indexed citations

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Heaton, Brook E., et al.. (2014). Deficiency of Double-Strand DNA Break Repair Does Not Impair Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence in Multiple Animal Models of Infection. Infection and Immunity. 82(8). 3177–3185. 14 indexed citations

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Heaton, Brook E., Julien Herrou, Anne E. Blackwell, Vicki H. Wysocki, & Sean Crosson. (2012). Molecular Structure and Function of the Novel BrnT/BrnA Toxin-Antitoxin System of Brucella abortus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(15). 12098–12110. 55 indexed citations

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