David J. Lynn

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Lynn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Lynn has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in David J. Lynn's work include Gut microbiota and health (10 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (9 papers). David J. Lynn is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (10 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (9 papers). David J. Lynn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Ireland and Canada. David J. Lynn's co-authors include Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Amir Foroushani, Robert E. W. Hancock, Cliona O’Farrelly, Geoffrey L. Winsor, Matthew R. Laird, Raymond Lo, Karin Breuer, Carol Chen and Andrew T. Lloyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David J. Lynn

93 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond—recent updates and continuing curation

2012 858 citations David J. Lynn et al. profile →
Long-term perturbation of the peripheral immune system months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

2022 187 citations Feargal J. Ryan, Miriam A. Lynn et al. profile →
Modulation of immune responses to vaccination by the microbiota: implications and potential mechanisms

2021 178 citations David J. Lynn, Saoirse C. Benson et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Lynn Australia	39	2.3k	1.2k	784	733	650	95	5.1k
Ying Zhang China	51	2.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	671 0.9×	1.9k 2.5×	445 0.7×	523	9.3k
Xiang Qin United States	46	4.7k 2.1×	689 0.6×	312 0.4×	1.7k 2.3×	918 1.4×	180	9.1k
Trine H. Mogensen Denmark	36	2.1k 0.9×	3.9k 3.3×	416 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	438 0.7×	116	7.0k
Qing He China	32	984 0.4×	839 0.7×	418 0.5×	470 0.6×	327 0.5×	120	4.3k
Andreas M. Kaufmann Germany	48	2.8k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	946 1.2×	432 0.6×	631 1.0×	250	7.9k
Michael J. Coyne United States	37	4.6k 2.0×	378 0.3×	423 0.5×	877 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	104	6.5k
Rui Luo China	35	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	253 0.3×	1.7k 2.3×	815 1.3×	169	4.1k
David J. Kelvin Canada	56	3.0k 1.3×	4.3k 3.7×	326 0.4×	2.0k 2.7×	543 0.8×	180	10.5k
Li Wu United States	48	3.4k 1.5×	3.6k 3.1×	721 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	469 0.7×	185	9.0k
Ali A. Ashkar Canada	48	1.1k 0.5×	5.7k 4.9×	327 0.4×	753 1.0×	438 0.7×	156	8.2k

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Stevens, Hannah, James D. McFadyen, Natalie A. Mellett, et al.. (2025). Beyond platelet activation: dysregulated lipid metabolism in defining risk and pathophysiology of VITT. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 9(1). 102677–102677. 1 indexed citations

Cakouros, Dimitrios, Feargal J. Ryan, David J. Lynn, et al.. (2025). DNA hydroxy methylases Tet1 and Tet2 regulate bone aging and bone marrow stromal cell metabolism through the IGF-1/mTOR signaling axis. Stem Cells. 43(8).

Ryan, Feargal J., et al.. (2024). The role of the gut microbiota in regulating responses to vaccination: current knowledge and future directions. FEBS Journal. 292(6). 1480–1499. 4 indexed citations

Rekima, Akila, Miriam A. Lynn, A.M. Middleton, et al.. (2024). Diet at birth is critical for healthy growth, independent of effects on the gut microbiota. Microbiome. 12(1). 139–139. 5 indexed citations

Gillis, Joanna L., Chui Y. Mah, Swati Irani, et al.. (2023). Targeting hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (HMMR) enhances response to androgen receptor signalling inhibitors in prostate cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 129(8). 1350–1361. 7 indexed citations

Lynn, Miriam A., et al.. (2022). Protocol to assess the impact of early-life antibiotic exposure on murine longevity. STAR Protocols. 3(1). 101220–101220. 4 indexed citations

Stevens, Natalie E., Feargal J. Ryan, Byron Brook, et al.. (2021). Immunisation with the BCG and DTPw vaccines induces different programs of trained immunity in mice. Vaccine. 40(11). 1594–1605. 8 indexed citations

Blake, Stephen J., et al.. (2021). OX40‐targeted immune agonist antibodies induce potent antitumor immune responses without inducing liver damage in mice. FASEB BioAdvances. 3(10). 829–840. 2 indexed citations

Blake, Stephen J., Feargal J. Ryan, José A. Caparrós‐Martín, et al.. (2021). The immunotoxicity, but not anti-tumor efficacy, of anti-CD40 and anti-CD137 immunotherapies is dependent on the gut microbiota. Cell Reports Medicine. 2(12). 100464–100464. 26 indexed citations

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Ryan, Feargal J., Jillian M. Carr, João M. Furtado, et al.. (2021). Zika Virus Infection of Human Iris Pigment Epithelial Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 644153–644153. 12 indexed citations

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Nassar, Zeyad D., Chui Y. Mah, Margaret M. Centenera, et al.. (2020). Fatty Acid Oxidation Is an Adaptive Survival Pathway Induced in Prostate Tumors by HSP90 Inhibition. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(10). 1500–1511. 19 indexed citations

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Ryan, Feargal J., Damian P. Drew, Lex E. X. Leong, et al.. (2019). Changes in the Composition of the Gut Microbiota and the Blood Transcriptome in Preterm Infants at Less than 29 Weeks Gestation Diagnosed with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. mSystems. 4(5). 30 indexed citations

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Qian, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2018). Network Visualization and Analysis of Spatially Aware Gene Expression Data with InsituNet. Cell Systems. 6(5). 626–630.e3. 11 indexed citations

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Lynn, David J. & Bali Pulendran. (2017). The potential of the microbiota to influence vaccine responses. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 103(2). 225–231. 69 indexed citations

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Berry, D.P., F. Kearney, Emma K. Finlay, et al.. (2013). A genome-wide association study for somatic cell score using the Illumina high-density bovine beadchip identifies several novel QTL potentially related to mastitis susceptibility. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 229–229. 57 indexed citations

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Lemay, Danielle G., David J. Lynn, William Martin, et al.. (2009). The bovine lactation genome: insights into the evolution of mammalian milk. Genome biology. 10(4). R43–R43. 148 indexed citations

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Freeman, Abigail R, David J. Lynn, Caitríona Murray, & Daniel G. Bradley. (2008). Detecting the effects of selection at the population level in six bovine immune genes. BMC Genetics. 9(1). 62–62. 8 indexed citations

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Levine, Ruth, et al.. (2004). Transforming a Clinical Clerkship with Team Learning. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 16(3). 270–275. 165 indexed citations

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Lynn, David J., Andrew T. Lloyd, Mario A. Fares, & Cliona O’Farrelly. (2004). Evidence of Positively Selected Sites in Mammalian α-Defensins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(5). 819–827. 58 indexed citations

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Lynn, David J., et al.. (2003). Bioinformatics: implications for medical research and clinical practice.. PubMed. 26(2). 70–4. 1 indexed citations

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