Christopher N. LaRock

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Christopher N. LaRock is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher N. LaRock has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Christopher N. LaRock's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (21 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (11 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (9 papers). Christopher N. LaRock is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (21 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (11 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (9 papers). Christopher N. LaRock collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Christopher N. LaRock's co-authors include Victor Nizet, Brad T. Cookson, A. Johnson, Doris L. LaRock, Hal M. Hoffman, Joshua Olson, Anthony J. O’Donoghue, Partho Ghosh, Avril A. B. Robertson and Matthew A. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher N. LaRock

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Group A Streptococcus induces GSDMA-dependent pyroptosis in keratinocytes

2022 126 citations Doris L. LaRock, A. Johnson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher N. LaRock United States	22	672	511	305	293	185	39	1.4k
M W Stinson United States	25	682 1.0×	607 1.2×	199 0.7×	242 0.8×	252 1.4×	49	1.9k
Francesca Fabretti Germany	16	663 1.0×	228 0.4×	81 0.3×	429 1.5×	185 1.0×	33	1.3k
Bo Nilson Sweden	26	595 0.9×	427 0.8×	296 1.0×	307 1.0×	497 2.7×	65	1.9k
Inka Sastalla United States	17	900 1.3×	182 0.4×	287 0.9×	203 0.7×	83 0.4×	28	1.3k
Pongsri Tongtawe Thailand	22	397 0.6×	354 0.7×	441 1.4×	221 0.8×	206 1.1×	55	1.4k
Juan Huang China	19	293 0.4×	193 0.4×	283 0.9×	261 0.9×	301 1.6×	153	1.3k
Simonetta Rindi Italy	21	564 0.8×	258 0.5×	110 0.4×	448 1.5×	178 1.0×	45	1.2k
Djalma S. Lima‐Junior Brazil	20	603 0.9×	607 1.2×	654 2.1×	182 0.6×	444 2.4×	27	1.7k
Thomas Areschoug Sweden	20	494 0.7×	719 1.4×	608 2.0×	313 1.1×	389 2.1×	22	1.7k
Leticia Moreno‐Fierros Mexico	24	935 1.4×	119 0.2×	406 1.3×	219 0.7×	113 0.6×	82	1.7k

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LaRock, Christopher N., et al.. (2025). Pentamidine inhibition of streptopain attenuates Streptococcus pyogenes virulence. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(8). e0075825–e0075825.

LaRock, Doris L., et al.. (2025). Therapeutic Inhibition of Metalloproteases by Tetracyclines During Infection by Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(3). e416–e420. 1 indexed citations

LaRock, Doris L., Chen Qu, William Shu Ching Ngai, et al.. (2025). Staphylococcus aureus induces Gasdermin A-dependent keratinocyte pyroptosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10570–10570.

Do, Hackwon, Zhongrui Li, Praveen Tripathi, et al.. (2024). Engineered probiotic overcomes pathogen defences using signal interference and antibiotic production to treat infection in mice. Nature Microbiology. 9(2). 502–513. 21 indexed citations

Mesci, Pinar, Christopher N. LaRock, Hideyuki Nakashima, et al.. (2024). Human microglial cells as a therapeutic target in a neurodevelopmental disease model. Stem Cell Reports. 19(8). 1074–1091. 7 indexed citations

Johnson, A., et al.. (2023). Constitutive secretion of pro-IL-18 allows keratinocytes to initiate inflammation during bacterial infection. PLoS Pathogens. 19(4). e1011321–e1011321. 9 indexed citations

LaRock, Doris L. & Christopher N. LaRock. (2023). Assessing Interleukin-1β Activation During Pyroptosis. Methods in molecular biology. 2641. 163–169. 2 indexed citations

Theus, Andrea S., Liqun Ning, Boeun Hwang, et al.. (2022). 3D bioprinting of nanoparticle-laden hydrogel scaffolds with enhanced antibacterial and imaging properties. iScience. 25(9). 104947–104947. 21 indexed citations

Shokouhimehr, Mohammadreza, Andrea S. Theus, Liqun Ning, et al.. (2021). 3D Bioprinted Bacteriostatic Hyperelastic Bone Scaffold for Damage-Specific Bone Regeneration. Polymers. 13(7). 1099–1099. 34 indexed citations

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Johnson, A., et al.. (2021). Playing With Fire: Proinflammatory Virulence Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 704099–704099. 17 indexed citations

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Johnson, A. & Christopher N. LaRock. (2021). Antibiotic Treatment, Mechanisms for Failure, and Adjunctive Therapies for Infections by Group A Streptococcus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 760255–760255. 43 indexed citations

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LaRock, Doris L., et al.. (2020). Group A Streptococcus Infection of the Nasopharynx Requires Proinflammatory Signaling through the Interleukin-1 Receptor. Infection and Immunity. 88(10). 27 indexed citations

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Khalifa, Yousuf M., et al.. (2020). Combination of lidocaine gel and povidone–iodine to decrease acquired infections in procedures performed using topical anesthesia. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 46(7). 1047–1050. 7 indexed citations

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Dan, Jennifer M., Colin Havenar‐Daughton, Kayla Kendric, et al.. (2019). Recurrent group A Streptococcus tonsillitis is an immunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant T _FH cells. Science Translational Medicine. 11(478). 84 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N. & Victor Nizet. (2015). Cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance mechanisms of streptococcal pathogens. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(11). 3047–3054. 87 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N. & Victor Nizet. (2015). Inflammasome/IL-1β Responses to Streptococcal Pathogens. Frontiers in Immunology. 6. 518–518. 37 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N., Simon Döhrmann, Ross Corriden, et al.. (2015). Group A Streptococcal M1 Protein Sequesters Cathelicidin to Evade Innate Immune Killing. Cell Host & Microbe. 18(4). 471–477. 45 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N., et al.. (2013). Transcriptome Analysis of Acetyl-Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing Regulation in Yersinia pestis. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62337–e62337. 23 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N. & Brad T. Cookson. (2012). The Yersinia Virulence Effector YopM Binds Caspase-1 to Arrest Inflammasome Assembly and Processing. Cell Host & Microbe. 12(6). 799–805. 161 indexed citations

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Livny, Jonathan, Christopher N. LaRock, & David I. Friedman. (2009). Identification and Isolation of Lysogens with Induced Prophage. Methods in molecular biology. 501. 253–265. 3 indexed citations

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