George Birchenough

5.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
33 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

George Birchenough is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, George Birchenough has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in George Birchenough's work include Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (11 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (10 papers). George Birchenough is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (11 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (10 papers). George Birchenough collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. George Birchenough's co-authors include Gunnar C. Hansson, Malin Johansson, Elisabeth Nyström, Joakim H. Bergström, Jenny K. Gustafsson, Liisa Arike, Sjoerd van der Post, Bjoern O. Schroeder, Frida Svensson and Fredrik Bäckhed and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

George Birchenough

31 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 2017 2016 2019 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system
    2014 981 citations Thaher Pelaseyed, Joakim H. Bergström et al. profile →
  2. New developments in goblet cell mucus secretion and function
    2015 592 citations George Birchenough, Malin Johansson et al. Mucosal Immunology profile →
  3. Bifidobacteria or Fiber Protects against Diet-Induced Microbiota-Mediated Colonic Mucus Deterioration
    2017 545 citations Bjoern O. Schroeder, George Birchenough et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  4. A sentinel goblet cell guards the colonic crypt by triggering Nlrp6-dependent Muc2 secretion
    2016 438 citations George Birchenough, Elisabeth Nyström et al. Science profile →
  5. Structural weakening of the colonic mucus barrier is an early event in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis
    2019 364 citations Sjoerd van der Post, Karolina S. Jabbar et al. Gut profile →
  6. An intercrypt subpopulation of goblet cells is essential for colonic mucus barrier function
    2021 224 citations Elisabeth Nyström, Beatriz Martínez‐Abad et al. Science profile →

Peers

George Birchenough
Sho Kitamoto United States
A.H. Schutte Germany
Ingrid B. Renes Netherlands
Ana M. Rodríguez‐Piñeiro Sweden
Rana Al–Sadi United States
Cassie L. Behrendt United States
Marı́a Julieta González Chile
Jenny K. Gustafsson Sweden
Kendle M. Maslowski Switzerland
Bjoern O. Schroeder Sweden
Sho Kitamoto United States
George Birchenough
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Fields of papers citing papers by George Birchenough

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Birchenough

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Birchenough. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Birchenough based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with George Birchenough. George Birchenough is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Azimzadeh, Philippe, George Birchenough, Jerome S. Pinkner, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of uropathogenic E. coli mucosal association in the gastrointestinal tract. Science Advances. 11(5). eadp7066–eadp7066. 1 indexed citations
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Yılmaz, Bahtiyar, Elisabeth Nyström, Elena Layunta, et al.. (2025). Neonatal microbiota colonization primes maturation of goblet cell–mediated protection in the pre-weaning colon. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(8).
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Hütten, Matthi as C., Carmen López‐Iglesias, Kèvin Knoops, et al.. (2024). Antenatal Ureaplasma Infection Causes Colonic Mucus Barrier Defects: Implications for Intestinal Pathologies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 4000–4000.
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Song, Ran, William McAlpine, Evan Nair‐Gill, et al.. (2023). Trans-Golgi protein TVP23B regulates host-microbe interactions via Paneth cell homeostasis and Goblet cell glycosylation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3652–3652. 8 indexed citations
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Birchenough, George, Bjoern O. Schroeder, Liisa Arike, et al.. (2023). Muc2-dependent microbial colonization of the jejunal mucus layer is diet sensitive and confers local resistance to enteric pathogen infection. Cell Reports. 42(2). 112084–112084. 32 indexed citations
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Markussen, Turhan, George Birchenough, Elisabeth Nyström, et al.. (2023). Microbial experience through housing in a farmyard-type environment alters intestinal barrier properties in mouse colons. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13701–13701. 7 indexed citations
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Dolan, Brendan, Elisabeth Nyström, George Birchenough, et al.. (2022). Transglutaminase 3 crosslinks the secreted gel-forming mucus component Mucin-2 and stabilizes the colonic mucus layer. Nature Communications. 13(1). 45–45. 42 indexed citations
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Nyström, Elisabeth, Beatriz Martínez‐Abad, Liisa Arike, et al.. (2021). An intercrypt subpopulation of goblet cells is essential for colonic mucus barrier function. Science. 372(6539). 224 indexed citations breakdown →
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Post, Sjoerd van der, George Birchenough, & Jason M. Held. (2021). NOX1-dependent redox signaling potentiates colonic stem cell proliferation to adapt to the intestinal microbiota by linking EGFR and TLR activation. Cell Reports. 35(1). 108949–108949. 45 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Bjoern O., George Birchenough, Meenakshi Pradhan, et al.. (2020). Obesity-associated microbiota contributes to mucus layer defects in genetically obese mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(46). 15712–15726. 41 indexed citations
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Post, Sjoerd van der, Karolina S. Jabbar, George Birchenough, et al.. (2019). Structural weakening of the colonic mucus barrier is an early event in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis. Gut. 68(12). 2142–2151. 364 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nyström, Elisabeth, George Birchenough, Sjoerd van der Post, et al.. (2018). Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Regulator 1 (CLCA1) Controls Mucus Expansion in Colon by Proteolytic Activity. EBioMedicine. 33. 134–143. 75 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Bjoern O., George Birchenough, Marcus Ståhlman, et al.. (2017). Bifidobacteria or Fiber Protects against Diet-Induced Microbiota-Mediated Colonic Mucus Deterioration. Cell Host & Microbe. 23(1). 27–40.e7. 545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Birchenough, George & Gunnar C. Hansson. (2017). Bacteria Tell Us How to Protect Our Intestine. Cell Host & Microbe. 22(1). 3–4. 13 indexed citations
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Birchenough, George, et al.. (2017). Postnatal development of the small intestinal mucosa drives age-dependent, regio-selective susceptibility to Escherichia coli K1 infection. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 83–83. 25 indexed citations
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Birchenough, George, Malin Johansson, Jenny K. Gustafsson, Joakim H. Bergström, & Gunnar C. Hansson. (2015). New developments in goblet cell mucus secretion and function. Mucosal Immunology. 8(4). 712–719. 592 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nyström, Elisabeth, Lars Mundhenk, Liisa Arike, et al.. (2015). The Goblet Cell Protein Clca1 (Alias mClca3 or Gob-5) Is Not Required for Intestinal Mucus Synthesis, Structure and Barrier Function in Naive or DSS-Challenged Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131991–e0131991. 18 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Alex J., et al.. (2014). Non-Invasive Model of Neuropathogenic <em>Escherichia coli</em> Infection in the Neonatal Rat. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e52018–e52018. 17 indexed citations
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Birchenough, George, Malin Johansson, Richard A. Stabler, et al.. (2013). Altered Innate Defenses in the Neonatal Gastrointestinal Tract in Response to Colonization by Neuropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity. 81(9). 3264–3275. 39 indexed citations
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Dawson, Lisa F., Esmeralda Valiente, Elizabeth Donahue, George Birchenough, & Brendan W. Wren. (2011). Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR-Ribotypes Exhibit Resistance to Widely Used Disinfectants. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25754–e25754. 51 indexed citations

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