David K. Finlay

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

David K. Finlay is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, David K. Finlay has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Immunology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in David K. Finlay's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (44 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (16 papers). David K. Finlay is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (44 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (16 papers). David K. Finlay collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Canada. David K. Finlay's co-authors include Doreen A. Cantrell, Róisín M. Loftus, Clair M. Gardiner, Katie O’Brien, Linda V. Sinclair, Raymond P. Donnelly, Nidhi Kedia-Mehta, Vanessa Zaiatz-Bittencourt, Klaus Okkenhaug and Sinéad E. Keating and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

David K. Finlay

63 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

T cell receptor signaling controls Foxp3 expression via PI3K, Akt, and mTOR

2008 699 citations David K. Finlay, Doreen A. Cantrell et al. profile →
TGF-β inhibits the activation and functions of NK cells by repressing the mTOR pathway

2016 493 citations Róisín M. Loftus, David K. Finlay et al. profile →
Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits antitumor responses

2018 448 citations Xavier Michelet, Lydia Dyck et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David K. Finlay Ireland	38	4.8k	2.2k	1.5k	1.2k	734	64	7.1k
Andrew N. Macintyre United States	18	3.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	791 1.1×	46	5.9k
Ruoning Wang United States	35	3.9k 0.8×	3.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	758 1.0×	70	7.8k
Ye Zheng United States	28	5.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	737 0.6×	682 0.9×	51	8.0k
Nancie J. MacIver United States	23	3.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	962 1.3×	42	5.9k
Julianna Blagih Canada	23	3.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	731 1.0×	29	6.8k
Ryan D. Michalek United States	23	3.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	882 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	692 0.9×	35	5.7k
Toshikatsu Hanada Japan	33	3.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	3.0k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	798 1.1×	64	7.2k
Jan Van den Bossche Netherlands	37	4.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	944 0.8×	856 1.2×	90	7.7k
Youhai H. Chen United States	45	3.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	693 0.9×	113	6.0k
Thomas L. Rothstein United States	53	7.1k 1.5×	2.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	717 1.0×	205	10.2k

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Schimmer, Simone, Tanja Werner, David K. Finlay, et al.. (2025). Dietary lipid overload creates a suppressive environment that impedes the antiviral functions of NK cells. iScience. 28(5). 112396–112396.

Jenkins, Benjamin, Helen Heneghan, Fiona Walsh, et al.. (2024). Iron Is Critical for Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cell Metabolism and Effector Functions. The Journal of Immunology. 212(11). 1706–1713. 4 indexed citations

Pelgrom, Leonard R., et al.. (2023). QUAS-R: An SLC1A5-mediated glutamine uptake assay with single-cell resolution reveals metabolic heterogeneity with immune populations. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112828–112828. 13 indexed citations

Schimmer, Simone, Tanja Werner, Sven W. Meckelmann, et al.. (2023). Fatty acids are crucial to fuel NK cells upon acute retrovirus infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1296355–1296355. 10 indexed citations

Finlay, David K., et al.. (2022). Dendritic cells metabolism: a strategic path to improve antitumoral DC vaccination. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 208(2). 193–201. 3 indexed citations

Kedia-Mehta, Nidhi, Laura Tobin, Vanessa Zaiatz-Bittencourt, et al.. (2021). Cytokine-induced natural killer cell training is dependent on cellular metabolism and is defective in obesity. Blood Advances. 5(21). 4447–4455. 21 indexed citations

Zaiatz-Bittencourt, Vanessa, Ciarán Bannan, Colm Bergin, et al.. (2021). Specific human cytomegalovirus signature detected in NK cell metabolic changes post vaccination. npj Vaccines. 6(1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations

Slattery, Karen, Vanessa Zaiatz-Bittencourt, Michael Conroy, et al.. (2021). TGFβ drives NK cell metabolic dysfunction in human metastatic breast cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(2). e002044–e002044. 109 indexed citations

Littwitz-Salomon, Elisabeth, Diana Moreira, Joe N. Frost, et al.. (2021). Metabolic requirements of NK cells during the acute response against retroviral infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5376–5376. 52 indexed citations

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Michelet, Xavier, Lydia Dyck, Andrew E. Hogan, et al.. (2018). Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits antitumor responses. Nature Immunology. 19(12). 1330–1340. 448 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loftus, Róisín M., Nadine Aßmann, Nidhi Kedia-Mehta, et al.. (2018). Amino acid-dependent cMyc expression is essential for NK cell metabolic and functional responses in mice. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2341–2341. 290 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Linda V., et al.. (2016). Nutrient sensing, signal transduction and immune responses. Seminars in Immunology. 28(5). 396–407. 45 indexed citations

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Rolf, Julia, Marouan Zarrouk, David K. Finlay, et al.. (2013). AMPKα1: A glucose sensor that controls CD8 T‐cell memory. European Journal of Immunology. 43(4). 889–896. 191 indexed citations

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Finlay, David K. & Doreen A. Cantrell. (2011). The Coordination of T-cell Function by Serine/Threonine Kinases. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 3(1). a002261–a002261. 16 indexed citations

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Finlay, David K. & Doreen A. Cantrell. (2010). Phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and the mammalian target of rapamycin pathways control T cell migration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1183(1). 149–157. 60 indexed citations

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Waugh, Caryll, Linda V. Sinclair, David K. Finlay, José R. Bayascas, & Doreen A. Cantrell. (2009). Phosphoinositide (3,4,5)-Triphosphate Binding to Phosphoinositide-Dependent Kinase 1 Regulates a Protein Kinase B/Akt Signaling Threshold That Dictates T-Cell Migration, Not Proliferation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(21). 5952–5962. 67 indexed citations

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Finlay, David K., Linda V. Sinclair, Carmen G. Feijóo, et al.. (2009). Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 controls migration and malignant transformation but not cell growth and proliferation in PTEN-null lymphocytes. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(11). 2441–2454. 64 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Linda V., David K. Finlay, Carmen G. Feijóo, et al.. (2008). Phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase and nutrient-sensing mTOR pathways control T lymphocyte trafficking. Nature Immunology. 9(5). 513–521. 318 indexed citations

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Kelly, April, David K. Finlay, Heather Hinton, et al.. (2007). Notch-induced T cell development requires phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1. The EMBO Journal. 26(14). 3441–3450. 111 indexed citations

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Perrier, Sébastien, Christopher Lipina, David K. Finlay, et al.. (2006). Functional characterisation of the regulation of CAAT enhancer binding protein alpha by GSK-3 phosphorylation of Threonines 222/226. BMC Molecular Biology. 7(1). 14–14. 28 indexed citations

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