Doris L. LaRock

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Doris L. LaRock is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Doris L. LaRock has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Doris L. LaRock's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (7 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (6 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (4 papers). Doris L. LaRock is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (7 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (6 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (4 papers). Doris L. LaRock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Doris L. LaRock's co-authors include Samuel I. Miller, Anu Chaudhary, Christopher N. LaRock, A. Johnson, Victor Nizet, Joshua Olson, Anthony J. O’Donoghue, Avril A. B. Robertson, Hal M. Hoffman and Matthew A. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Doris L. LaRock

15 papers receiving 831 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.

Salmonellae interactions with host processes

2015 366 citations Doris L. LaRock, Anu Chaudhary et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Group A Streptococcus induces GSDMA-dependent pyroptosis in keratinocytes

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

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Doris L. LaRock United States	11	441	226	200	151	142	16	836
Eric Alix France	15	343 0.8×	168 0.7×	267 1.3×	151 1.0×	81 0.6×	18	801
Nicolas Personnic France	15	452 1.0×	234 1.0×	335 1.7×	134 0.9×	42 0.3×	21	992
Wael Elhenawy Canada	16	563 1.3×	123 0.5×	188 0.9×	113 0.7×	55 0.4×	23	1.0k
Lonneke Scheffer Norway	8	364 0.8×	146 0.6×	124 0.6×	121 0.8×	47 0.3×	16	731
Stefan A. Fattinger Sweden	11	302 0.7×	167 0.7×	143 0.7×	148 1.0×	36 0.3×	16	604
Neil J. Oldfield United Kingdom	17	299 0.7×	200 0.9×	120 0.6×	128 0.8×	102 0.7×	41	1.1k
Marie Wrande Sweden	8	410 0.9×	106 0.5×	97 0.5×	174 1.2×	46 0.3×	13	699
Julie Guignot France	20	333 0.8×	161 0.7×	520 2.6×	139 0.9×	98 0.7×	29	1.0k
Pamela Schnupf France	18	623 1.4×	328 1.5×	260 1.3×	262 1.7×	47 0.3×	28	1.4k

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16 of 16 papers shown

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.

Johnson, A., et al.. (2025). Proinflammatory synergy between protease and superantigen streptococcal pyogenic exotoxins. Infection and Immunity. 93(3). e0040524–e0040524. 1 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

Everett, Martin, David T. Davies, Jérôme Castandet, et al.. (2023). Chemical Optimization of Selective Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasB Elastase Inhibitors and Their Impact on LasB-Mediated Activation of IL-1β in Cellular and Animal Infection Models. ACS Infectious Diseases. 9(2). 270–282. 15 indexed citations

LaRock, Doris L., et al.. (2022). Group A Streptococcus induces GSDMA-dependent pyroptosis in keratinocytes. Nature. 605(7910). 527–531. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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

LaRock, Doris L., Jacqueline M. Kimmey, Joshua Olson, et al.. (2020). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease LasB directly activates IL-1β. EBioMedicine. 60. 102984–102984. 41 indexed citations

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LaRock, Doris L., Marine Richard, Paul Bushway, et al.. (2019). Inflammasome inhibition blocks cardiac glycoside cell toxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(34). 12846–12854. 15 indexed citations

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Munguia, Jason, Doris L. LaRock, Hannah Tsunemoto, et al.. (2017). The Mla pathway is critical for Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to outer membrane permeabilization and host innate immune clearance. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 95(10). 1127–1136. 30 indexed citations

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LaRock, Christopher N., Doris L. LaRock, Joshua Olson, et al.. (2016). IL-1β is an innate immune sensor of microbial proteolysis. Science Immunology. 1(2). 113 indexed citations

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LaRock, Doris L., Anu Chaudhary, & Samuel I. Miller. (2015). Salmonellae interactions with host processes. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 13(4). 191–205. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jarrett, Clayton O., et al.. (2012). Yersinia pestis insecticidal-like toxin complex (Tc) family proteins: characterization of expression, subcellular localization, and potential role in infection of the flea vector. BMC Microbiology. 12(1). 296–296. 16 indexed citations

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LaRock, Doris L., et al.. (2012). A Salmonella typhimurium-translocated Glycerophospholipid:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Promotes Virulence by Binding to the RhoA Protein Switch Regions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(35). 29654–29663. 26 indexed citations

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Christen, Matthias, et al.. (2009). Activation of a Bacterial Virulence Protein by the GTPase RhoA. Science Signaling. 2(95). ra71–ra71. 48 indexed citations

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