Elizabeth R. Ballou

2.5k total citations
39 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth R. Ballou is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth R. Ballou has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Infectious Diseases, 27 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth R. Ballou's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (31 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (25 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers). Elizabeth R. Ballou is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (31 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (25 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers). Elizabeth R. Ballou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Elizabeth R. Ballou's co-authors include Alistair J. P. Brown, Delma S. Childers, Donna M. MacCallum, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Adilia Warris, Connie B. Nichols, Gordon D. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow, Duncan Wilson and Stavroula Kastora and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth R. Ballou

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elizabeth R. Ballou United Kingdom 21 1.1k 887 472 425 151 39 1.6k
Everardo López-Romero Mexico 22 764 0.7× 617 0.7× 616 1.3× 553 1.3× 220 1.5× 88 1.6k
Ricardo Sérgio Almeida Brazil 20 664 0.6× 470 0.5× 414 0.9× 321 0.8× 77 0.5× 54 1.4k
Oumaïma Ibrahim-Granet France 23 1.2k 1.1× 799 0.9× 557 1.2× 436 1.0× 171 1.1× 42 1.9k
José Antonio Calera Spain 25 974 0.9× 670 0.8× 611 1.3× 572 1.3× 107 0.7× 39 1.7k
Alexandra Brand United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.0× 729 0.8× 730 1.5× 413 1.0× 153 1.0× 30 1.7k
Alejandro De Las Peñas Mexico 22 908 0.9× 699 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 354 0.8× 202 1.3× 51 2.4k
Megan D. Lenardon United Kingdom 21 1.4k 1.4× 957 1.1× 1000 2.1× 816 1.9× 186 1.2× 33 2.6k
Utz Reichard Germany 25 987 0.9× 774 0.9× 582 1.2× 436 1.0× 241 1.6× 46 1.8k
Guanggan Hu Canada 28 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 577 1.2× 991 2.3× 284 1.9× 61 2.2k

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All Works

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Wang, Xiaocui, et al.. (2025). Toll-1-dependent immune evasion induced by fungal infection leads to cell loss in the Drosophila brain. PLoS Biology. 23(2). e3003020–e3003020.
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Corzo-León, Dora, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the Spatiotemporal Localization of a Pan-Mucorales–Specific Antigen During Germination and Immunohistochemistry. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(1). e244–e253. 1 indexed citations
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Liddle, Corin, Emma Camacho, Elizabeth R. Ballou, et al.. (2024). Cryptococcus neoforman s rapidly invades the murine brain by sequential breaching of airway and endothelial tissues barriers, followed by engulfment by microglia. mBio. 15(4). e0307823–e0307823. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Jessica C. S. & Elizabeth R. Ballou. (2024). Is Cryptococcus neoformans a pleomorphic fungus?. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 82. 102539–102539. 4 indexed citations
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Nuwagira, Edwin, Kabanda Taseera, Joel Bazira, et al.. (2023). Investigating Metabolic and Molecular Ecological Evolution of Opportunistic Pulmonary Fungal Coinfections: Protocol for a Laboratory-Based Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e48014–e48014.
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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, Diana Tamayo, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2022). A bacterial endosymbiont of the fungus Rhizopus microsporus drives phagocyte evasion and opportunistic virulence. Current Biology. 32(5). 1115–1130.e6. 28 indexed citations
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Ballou, Elizabeth R., Atlanta G. Cook, & Edward W. Wallace. (2020). Repeated Evolution of Inactive Pseudonucleases in a Fungal Branch of the Dis3/RNase II Family of Nucleases. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(5). 1837–1846. 8 indexed citations
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Ballou, Elizabeth R., et al.. (2019). A titanic drug resistance threat in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 52. 158–164. 47 indexed citations
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Sephton-Clark, Poppy, José F. Muñoz, Elizabeth R. Ballou, Christina A. Cuomo, & Kerstin Voelz. (2018). Pathways of Pathogenicity: Transcriptional Stages of Germination in the Fatal Fungal Pathogen Rhizopus delemar. mSphere. 3(5). 19 indexed citations
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Dambuza, Ivy M., Thomas A. Drake, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2018). The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1006978–e1006978. 117 indexed citations
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Lehtovirta‐Morley, Laura E., Maria J. Niemiec, Anna Carolina Borges Pereira Costa, et al.. (2018). Biphasic zinc compartmentalisation in a human fungal pathogen. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1007013–e1007013. 50 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xin & Elizabeth R. Ballou. (2018). The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan Cell: From In Vivo Phenomenon to In Vitro Model. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. 5(4). 252–260. 20 indexed citations
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Kumwenda, Pizga, Megan D. Lenardon, Ian R. Brown, et al.. (2017). Adaptation of Candida albicans to environmental pH induces cell wall remodelling and enhances innate immune recognition. PLoS Pathogens. 13(5). e1006403–e1006403. 145 indexed citations
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Potrykus, Joanna, Elizabeth R. Ballou, Delma S. Childers, & Alistair J. P. Brown. (2014). Conflicting Interests in the Pathogen–Host Tug of War: Fungal Micronutrient Scavenging Versus Mammalian Nutritional Immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 10(3). e1003910–e1003910. 41 indexed citations
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Bain, Judith M., Leanne E. Lewis, Elizabeth R. Ballou, et al.. (2014). Candida albicans Hypha Formation and Mannan Masking of β-Glucan Inhibit Macrophage Phagosome Maturation. mBio. 5(6). e01874–e01874. 121 indexed citations
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Ballou, Elizabeth R., et al.. (2013). Two Rac paralogs regulate polarized growth in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 57. 58–75. 20 indexed citations
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Ballou, Elizabeth R., Lukasz Kozubowski, Connie B. Nichols, & J. Andrew Alspaugh. (2013). Ras1 Acts through Duplicated Cdc42 and Rac Proteins to Regulate Morphogenesis and Pathogenesis in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Genetics. 9(8). e1003687–e1003687. 31 indexed citations
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Okagaki, Laura H., Yina Wang, Elizabeth R. Ballou, et al.. (2011). Cryptococcal Titan Cell Formation Is Regulated by G-Protein Signaling in Response to Multiple Stimuli. Eukaryotic Cell. 10(10). 1306–1316. 89 indexed citations
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Ballou, Elizabeth R., Connie B. Nichols, Kathleen J. Miglia, Lukasz Kozubowski, & J. Andrew Alspaugh. (2009). Two CDC42 paralogues modulate Cryptococcus neoformans thermotolerance and morphogenesis under host physiological conditions. Molecular Microbiology. 75(3). 763–780. 38 indexed citations

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