Erin E. West

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Erin E. West is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erin E. West has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Immunology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Erin E. West's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (25 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers) and Complement system in diseases (11 papers). Erin E. West is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (25 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (12 papers) and Complement system in diseases (11 papers). Erin E. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Erin E. West's co-authors include Rafi Ahmed, Claudia Kemper, Sang‐Jun Ha, Koichi Araki, Gordon J. Freeman, Wendy G. Tan, Ben Youngblood, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Ana C. Anderson and John F. McDyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Erin E. West

45 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Cooperation of Tim-3 and PD-1 in CD8 T-cell exhaustion during chronic viral infection

2010 653 citations Erin E. West, Sang‐Jun Ha et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Complosome — the intracellular complement system

2023 142 citations Erin E. West, Claudia Kemper Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erin E. West United States	28	2.8k	1.1k	712	500	467	49	4.1k
Alice Lepelley France	12	4.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	887 1.2×	360 0.7×	361 0.8×	12	5.2k
Daniela Bosisio Italy	37	3.3k 1.2×	840 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	536 1.1×	327 0.7×	74	5.2k
Federica Calzetti Italy	33	2.9k 1.0×	895 0.8×	962 1.4×	405 0.8×	297 0.6×	60	4.3k
Espen S. Bækkevold Norway	31	2.5k 0.9×	783 0.7×	808 1.1×	275 0.6×	325 0.7×	54	3.9k
Hidehiro Yamane United States	23	4.2k 1.5×	1000 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	550 1.1×	577 1.2×	34	5.9k
Mieke Gouwy Belgium	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	330 0.7×	217 0.5×	81	3.7k
Javier Mestas United States	16	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	593 1.2×	301 0.6×	23	4.7k
Hisakata Yamada Japan	41	3.4k 1.2×	756 0.7×	951 1.3×	811 1.6×	292 0.6×	137	5.4k
Harumichi Ishigame Japan	18	3.4k 1.2×	739 0.7×	768 1.1×	399 0.8×	409 0.9×	28	4.7k
Grégory Seumois United States	31	2.4k 0.8×	795 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	374 0.7×	683 1.5×	79	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Merle, Nicolas S., Martin Kolev, Erin E. West, et al.. (2025). Peptide-mediated modulation of complement-like CD109 boosts T cell anti-tumor responses 2967. The Journal of Immunology. 214(Supplement_1).

Kunz, Natalia, Gaëlle Le Friec, Jack Bibby, et al.. (2025). A ‘sweet spot’ for complement receptor CD46 activity: CYT-1 regulates glycolytic and moonlighting functions of glycolytic enzymes during human CD4+ T cell activation. Immunobiology. 230(4). 153057–153057.

West, Erin E., et al.. (2024). Worth the Wait? The Impact of Timing of Repair of Esophageal Atresia With Tracheoesophageal Fistula on Outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 60(2). 161680–161680. 1 indexed citations

West, Erin E., et al.. (2024). Race Does Not Affect Rates of Surgical Complications at Military Treatment Facility. Military Medicine. 189(9-10). e2140–e2145.

Hyman, Susan, et al.. (2024). Outcomes After Thoracoscopic and Open Repair of Esophageal Atresia With Tracheoesophageal Fistula at US Children's Hospitals. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 60(3). 162148–162148. 3 indexed citations

West, Erin E., Trent M. Woodruff, Véronique Frémeaux‐Bacchi, & Claudia Kemper. (2023). Complement in human disease: approved and up-and-coming therapeutics. The Lancet. 403(10424). 392–405. 82 indexed citations

West, Erin E. & Claudia Kemper. (2023). Complosome — the intracellular complement system. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 19(7). 426–439. 142 indexed citations breakdown →

Ebina‐Shibuya, Risa, Erin E. West, Rosanne Spolski, et al.. (2021). Thymic stromal lymphopoietin limits primary and recall CD8+ T-cell anti-viral responses. eLife. 10. 14 indexed citations

West, Erin E. & Claudia Kemper. (2019). Complement and T Cell Metabolism: Food for Thought. PubMed. 1(1). e190006–e190006. 18 indexed citations

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Freeley, Simon, John Cardone, Sira C. Günther, et al.. (2018). Asparaginyl Endopeptidase (Legumain) Supports Human Th1 Induction via Cathepsin L-Mediated Intracellular C3 Activation. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2449–2449. 39 indexed citations

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West, Erin E., Rosanne Spolski, Majid Kazemian, et al.. (2016). A TSLP-complement axis mediates neutrophil killing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Science Immunology. 1(5). 41 indexed citations

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Liao, Wei, Rosanne Spolski, Peng Li, et al.. (2014). Opposing actions of IL-2 and IL-21 on Th9 differentiation correlate with their differential regulation of BCL6 expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(9). 3508–3513. 125 indexed citations

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Wan, Chi‐Keung, Jangsuk Oh, Peng Li, et al.. (2013). The Cytokines IL-21 and GM-CSF Have Opposing Regulatory Roles in the Apoptosis of Conventional Dendritic Cells. Immunity. 38(3). 514–527. 93 indexed citations

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Penaloza‐MacMaster, Pablo, Koichi Araki, Alice O. Kamphorst, et al.. (2011). FoxP3+ CD4+ cells promote CD8 T cell exhaustion during chronic infection (105.5). The Journal of Immunology. 186(1_Supplement). 105.5–105.5. 1 indexed citations

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Mueller, Scott N., Vijay K. Vanguri, Sang‐Jun Ha, et al.. (2010). PD-L1 has distinct functions in hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells in regulating T cell responses during chronic infection in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(7). 2508–2515. 128 indexed citations

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D’Alessio, Franco R., Kenji Tsushima, Neil R. Aggarwal, et al.. (2009). CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs resolve experimental lung injury in mice and are present in humans with acute lung injury. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(10). 2898–2913. 448 indexed citations

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Pipeling, Matthew R., Erin E. West, Christine Osborne, et al.. (2008). Differential CMV-Specific CD8+ Effector T Cell Responses in the Lung Allograft Predominate over the Blood during Human Primary Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 181(1). 546–556. 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Rongbing, Jessica Roman, Jia Guo, et al.. (2006). Lysophosphatidic Acid Modulates the Activation of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 15(6). 797–804. 28 indexed citations

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Shlobin, Oksana A., Erin E. West, Noah Lechtzin, et al.. (2006). Persistent Cytomegalovirus-Specific Memory Responses in the Lung Allograft and Blood following Primary Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Immunology. 176(4). 2625–2634. 51 indexed citations

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West, Erin E., Tera Lavoie, Jonathan B. Orens, et al.. (2005). Pluripotent Allospecific CD8+ Effector T Cells Traffic to Lung in Murine Obliterative Airway Disease. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 34(1). 108–118. 23 indexed citations

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