Dennis C. Ko

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Dennis C. Ko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis C. Ko has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dennis C. Ko's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (5 papers). Dennis C. Ko is often cited by papers focused on Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (5 papers). Dennis C. Ko collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Vietnam. Dennis C. Ko's co-authors include Matthew P. Scott, Michael D. Gordon, Arend Sidow, Jonathan Binkley, Liuyang Wang, David M. Tobin, JoAnn Buchanan, Ljiljana Milenković, John Ray and Francisco J. Roca and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dennis C. Ko

51 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections

2012 420 citations David M. Tobin, Francisco J. Roca et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dennis C. Ko United States	22	912	549	505	500	384	55	2.3k
Robin M. Yates Canada	26	976 1.1×	204 0.4×	524 1.0×	688 1.4×	1.1k 2.8×	63	2.8k
Clarissa M. Maya‐Monteiro Brazil	27	875 1.0×	350 0.6×	498 1.0×	264 0.5×	482 1.3×	53	2.4k
David J. Kusner United States	24	836 0.9×	206 0.4×	509 1.0×	502 1.0×	616 1.6×	32	2.0k
Masatoshi Noda Japan	33	1.1k 1.2×	154 0.3×	276 0.5×	802 1.6×	896 2.3×	119	3.5k
Michal Mudd United States	27	1.8k 2.0×	275 0.5×	1.5k 2.9×	405 0.8×	450 1.2×	36	3.3k
Susanne C. Feil Australia	19	1.4k 1.5×	371 0.7×	165 0.3×	250 0.5×	242 0.6×	25	2.2k
Javier Ortego Spain	33	818 0.9×	171 0.3×	308 0.6×	1.6k 3.1×	200 0.5×	106	3.6k
Robert Lodge Canada	27	1.0k 1.1×	193 0.4×	718 1.4×	344 0.7×	610 1.6×	55	2.7k
Shawn J. Green United States	28	1.4k 1.6×	698 1.3×	842 1.7×	367 0.7×	1.4k 3.6×	47	4.6k
Matthias Schweizer Switzerland	38	1.6k 1.7×	519 0.9×	840 1.7×	1.1k 2.2×	881 2.3×	123	5.3k

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Thaden, Joshua T., P. Cox, Sanjay Khandelwal, et al.. (2025). Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 Is Associated With Patient Mortality in Bloodstream Infections. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(5). 1097–1107.

Du, Kuo, David S. Umbaugh, Liuyang Wang, et al.. (2025). Targeting senescent hepatocytes for treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and multi-organ dysfunction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3038–3038. 11 indexed citations

Washington, E., et al.. (2025). A single amino acid in the Salmonella effector SarA/SteE triggers supraphysiological activation of STAT3 for anti-inflammatory gene expression. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115530–115530.

Du, Kuo, Liuyang Wang, Ji Hye Jun, et al.. (2024). Aging promotes metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by inducing ferroptotic stress. Nature Aging. 4(7). 949–968. 31 indexed citations

Karlinsey, Joyce E., Stephen J. Libby, Dennis C. Ko, et al.. (2024). Nuclear factor kappa B-dependent persistence of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi in human macrophages. mBio. 15(4). e0045424–e0045424. 5 indexed citations

Maeso‐Díaz, Raquel, Kuo Du, Christopher C. Pan, et al.. (2023). Targeting senescent hepatocytes using the thrombomodulin-PAR1 inhibitor vorapaxar ameliorates NAFLD progression. Hepatology. 78(4). 1209–1222. 19 indexed citations

Hirano, Minato, Gaddiel Galarza-Muñoz, Liuyang Wang, et al.. (2023). The RNA helicase DDX39B activates FOXP3 RNA splicing to control T regulatory cell fate. eLife. 12. 18 indexed citations

Anderson, Caroline, et al.. (2022). Integration of the Salmonella Typhimurium Methylome and Transcriptome Reveals That DNA Methylation and Transcriptional Regulation Are Largely Decoupled under Virulence-Related Conditions. mBio. 13(3). e0346421–e0346421. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Liuyang, et al.. (2021). Variation in Leishmania chemokine suppression driven by diversification of the GP63 virulence factor. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(10). e0009224–e0009224. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Liuyang, et al.. (2021). ARHGEF26 enhances Salmonella invasion and inflammation in cells and mice. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009713–e1009713. 10 indexed citations

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Zhou, Daoguo, et al.. (2018). Methylthioadenosine Suppresses Salmonella Virulence. Infection and Immunity. 86(9). 12 indexed citations

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Pittman, Kelly J., et al.. (2016). The Legacy of Past Pandemics: Common Human Mutations That Protect against Infectious Disease. PLoS Pathogens. 12(7). e1005680–e1005680. 18 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhi, Ran Li, Sarala Kodukula, et al.. (2015). Multiple Surface Regions on the Niemann-Pick C2 Protein Facilitate Intracellular Cholesterol Transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(45). 27321–27331. 33 indexed citations

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Salinas, Raul, et al.. (2013). A cellular genome-wide association study reveals human variation in microtubule stability and a role in inflammatory cell death. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(1). 76–86. 32 indexed citations

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Ko, Dennis C., et al.. (2013). Understanding Human Variation in Infectious Disease Susceptibility through Clinical and Cellular GWAS. PLoS Pathogens. 9(8). e1003424–e1003424. 18 indexed citations

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Tobin, David M., Francisco J. Roca, Sungwhan F. Oh, et al.. (2012). Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections. Cell. 148(3). 434–446. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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McElwain, Mark A., Dennis C. Ko, Michael D. Gordon, et al.. (2011). A Suppressor/Enhancer Screen in Drosophila Reveals a Role for Wnt-Mediated Lipid Metabolism in Primordial Germ Cell Migration. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e26993–e26993. 19 indexed citations

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Ko, Emily R., Dennis C. Ko, Carolyn Chen, & Joseph S. Lipsick. (2008). A conserved acidic patch in the Myb domain is required for activation of an endogenous target gene and for chromatin binding. Molecular Cancer. 7(1). 77–77. 20 indexed citations

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Ko, Dennis C., et al.. (2005). Cell-Autonomous Death of Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons with Autophagy in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease. PLoS Genetics. 1(1). e7–e7. 182 indexed citations

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Ko, Dennis C., et al.. (2001). Dynamic Movements of Organelles Containing Niemann-Pick C1 Protein: NPC1 Involvement in Late Endocytic Events. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(3). 601–614. 209 indexed citations

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