Gordon D. Brown

45.0k total citations · 16 hit papers
218 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

Gordon D. Brown is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon D. Brown has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Infectious Diseases, 100 papers in Immunology and 96 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gordon D. Brown's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (97 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (78 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (37 papers). Gordon D. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (97 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (78 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (37 papers). Gordon D. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Gordon D. Brown's co-authors include Siamon Gordon, Janet A. Willment, Neil A. R. Gow, Mihai G. Netea, Philip R. Taylor, David L. Williams, Stuart M. Levitz, David W. Denning, Theodore C. White and Luisa Martı́nez-Pomares and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gordon D. Brown

214 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

Hidden Killers: Human Fun... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2012 2001 2005 2003 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections
    2012 3.1k citations Gordon D. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  2. A new receptor for β-glucans
    2001 1.3k citations Gordon D. Brown, Siamon Gordon profile →
  3. MACROPHAGE RECEPTORS AND IMMUNE RECOGNITION
    2005 1.0k citations Philip R. Taylor, Gordon D. Brown et al. profile →
  4. Dectin-1 Mediates the Biological Effects of β-Glucans
    2003 1.0k citations Gordon D. Brown, David L. Williams et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  5. Syk- and CARD9-dependent coupling of innate immunity to the induction of T helper cells that produce interleukin 17
    2007 934 citations Olaf Groß, S. Vicky Tsoni et al. profile →
  6. Dectin-1 is required for β-glucan recognition and control of fungal infection
    2006 912 citations Philip R. Taylor, S. Vicky Tsoni et al. profile →
  7. Dectin-1: a signalling non-TLR pattern-recognition receptor
    2005 863 citations Gordon D. Brown profile →
  8. Dectin-1 Is A Major β-Glucan Receptor On Macrophages
    2002 829 citations Gordon D. Brown, Philip R. Taylor et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  9. Interactions Between Commensal Fungi and the C-Type Lectin Receptor Dectin-1 Influence Colitis
    2012 827 citations Iliyan D. Iliev, Vincent Funari et al. Science profile →
  10. Neutrophils sense microbe size and selectively release neutrophil extracellular traps in response to large pathogens
    2014 786 citations Gordon D. Brown et al. profile →
  11. Syk-Dependent Cytokine Induction by Dectin-1 Reveals a Novel Pattern Recognition Pathway for C Type Lectins
    2005 727 citations David L. Williams, Siamon Gordon et al. profile →
  12. An integrated model of the recognition of Candida albicans by the innate immune system
    2007 720 citations Mihai G. Netea, Gordon D. Brown et al. profile →
  13. Fungal β-Glucans and Mammalian Immunity
    2003 537 citations Gordon D. Brown, Siamon Gordon profile →
  14. The β-Glucan Receptor, Dectin-1, Is Predominantly Expressed on the Surface of Cells of the Monocyte/Macrophage and Neutrophil Lineages
    2002 517 citations Philip R. Taylor, Gordon D. Brown et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  15. C-type lectins in immunity and homeostasis
    2018 494 citations Gordon D. Brown, Janet A. Willment et al. profile →
  16. A role for fungal β-glucans and their receptor Dectin-1 in the induction of autoimmune arthritis in genetically susceptible mice
    2005 359 citations Gordon D. Brown, Siamon Gordon et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gordon D. Brown 13.5k 12.4k 10.4k 8.2k 4.7k 218 32.1k
Luigina Romani 10.3k 0.8× 10.8k 0.9× 8.7k 0.8× 6.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 370 25.6k
David M. Underhill 13.3k 1.0× 4.7k 0.4× 5.0k 0.5× 8.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.3× 117 25.7k
Victor Nizet 11.4k 0.8× 8.5k 0.7× 6.6k 0.6× 15.3k 1.9× 891 0.2× 564 43.2k
Herbert W. Virgin 10.5k 0.8× 10.4k 0.8× 16.0k 1.5× 12.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.2× 258 38.7k
Neil A. R. Gow 2.9k 0.2× 19.0k 1.5× 13.5k 1.3× 10.9k 1.3× 7.5k 1.6× 360 31.5k
Vojo Deretić 6.6k 0.5× 6.0k 0.5× 16.3k 1.6× 15.0k 1.8× 1.3k 0.3× 241 33.0k
Jean‐Paul Latgé 2.5k 0.2× 13.5k 1.1× 8.5k 0.8× 9.4k 1.1× 9.2k 2.0× 370 27.2k
David L. Williams 6.6k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 3.4k 0.3× 5.1k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 356 19.4k
Naoki Yamamoto 12.9k 1.0× 5.5k 0.4× 5.1k 0.5× 9.9k 1.2× 943 0.2× 741 30.6k
Bernhard Hube 1.8k 0.1× 14.9k 1.2× 10.3k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 301 21.3k

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All Works

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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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Reedy, Jennifer L., Rebecca Ward, Christopher Reardon, et al.. (2024). Fungal melanin suppresses airway epithelial chemokine secretion through blockade of calcium fluxing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5817–5817. 5 indexed citations
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Roselletti, Elena, Eva Pericolini, Alexandre Nore, et al.. (2023). Zinc prevents vaginal candidiasis by inhibiting expression of an inflammatory fungal protein. Science Translational Medicine. 15(725). eadi3363–eadi3363. 30 indexed citations
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Willment, Janet A., et al.. (2022). C‐type lectin receptors in antifungal immunity: Current knowledge and future developments. Parasite Immunology. 45(2). e12951–e12951. 18 indexed citations
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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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Bain, Judith M., Delma S. Childers, K. MacKenzie, et al.. (2021). Immune cells fold and damage fungal hyphae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(15). 35 indexed citations
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Wong, Sarah Sze Wah, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Catherine Simenel, et al.. (2021). Complement-Mediated Differential Immune Response of Human Macrophages to Sporothrix Species Through Interaction With Their Cell Wall Peptidorhamnomannans. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 749074–749074. 14 indexed citations
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Baldassarre, Massimiliano, Ivy M. Dambuza, Delyth M. Reid, et al.. (2021). The Rab32/BLOC-3–dependent pathway mediates host defense against different pathogens in human macrophages. Science Advances. 7(3). 25 indexed citations
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Valsecchi, Isabel, Emmanuel Stephen‐Victor, Sarah Sze Wah Wong, et al.. (2020). The Role of RodA-Conserved Cysteine Residues in the Aspergillus fumigatus Conidial Surface Organization. Journal of Fungi. 6(3). 151–151. 10 indexed citations
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Dambuza, Ivy M., Patawee Asamaphan, Mark H. T. Stappers, et al.. (2019). The pattern recognition receptors dectin-2, mincle, and FcRγ impact the dynamics of phagocytosis of Candida, Saccharomyces, Malassezia, and Mucor species. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0220867–e0220867. 26 indexed citations
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Pradhan, Arnab, Gabriela M. Avelar, Judith M. Bain, et al.. (2018). Hypoxia Promotes Immune Evasion by Triggering β-Glucan Masking on the Candida albicans Cell Surface via Mitochondrial and cAMP-Protein Kinase A Signaling. mBio. 9(6). 94 indexed citations
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Lim, Jenson, Christopher J. Coates, Paula I. Seoane, et al.. (2018). Characterizing the Mechanisms of Nonopsonic Uptake of Cryptococci by Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 200(10). 3539–3546. 28 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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Loures, Flávio V., Eliseu Frank de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, et al.. (2014). Dectin-1 Induces M1 Macrophages and Prominent Expansion of CD8+IL-17+ Cells in Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210(5). 762–773. 67 indexed citations
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Iliev, Iliyan D., Vincent Funari, Kent D. Taylor, et al.. (2012). Interactions Between Commensal Fungi and the C-Type Lectin Receptor Dectin-1 Influence Colitis. Science. 336(6086). 1314–1317. 827 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suram, Saritha, Philip R. Taylor, Marcela Rosas, et al.. (2010). Pathways Regulating Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Activation and Eicosanoid Production in Macrophages by Candida albicans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(40). 30676–30685. 47 indexed citations
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Groß, Olaf, Christoph Hölscher, Else Marie Agger, et al.. (2009). Adjuvanticity of a synthetic cord factor analogue for subunit Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccination requires FcRγ–Syk–Card9–dependent innate immune activation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(1). 89–97. 258 indexed citations
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Suram, Saritha, Gordon D. Brown, Moumita Ghosh, et al.. (2006). Regulation of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Activation and Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression in Macrophages by the β-Glucan Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(9). 5506–5514. 104 indexed citations
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Graham, Lisa M., S. Vicky Tsoni, Janet A. Willment, et al.. (2006). Soluble Dectin-1 as a tool to detect β-glucans. Journal of Immunological Methods. 314(1-2). 164–169. 100 indexed citations
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Palma, Angelina S., Ten Feizi, Yi-Bing Zhang, et al.. (2005). Ligands for the β-Glucan Receptor, Dectin-1, Assigned Using “Designer” Microarrays of Oligosaccharide Probes (Neoglycolipids) Generated from Glucan Polysaccharides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(9). 5771–5779. 290 indexed citations

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