Helen M. Lazear

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Helen M. Lazear is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen M. Lazear has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Infectious Diseases, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Helen M. Lazear's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (30 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (27 papers) and interferon and immune responses (16 papers). Helen M. Lazear is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (30 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (27 papers) and interferon and immune responses (16 papers). Helen M. Lazear collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Helen M. Lazear's co-authors include Michael Diamond, John W. Schoggins, Timothy J. Nice, Carolyn B. Coyne, Jonathan J. Miner, Estefanı́a Fernández, Derek J. Platt, Jennifer Govero, Amber M. Smith and Michael Gale and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Helen M. Lazear

52 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Shared and Distinct Functions of Type I and Type III Interferons

2019 761 citations Helen M. Lazear, Michael Diamond et al. Immunity profile →
A Mouse Model of Zika Virus Pathogenesis

2016 698 citations Helen M. Lazear, Jonathan J. Miner et al. profile →
Interferon-λ: Immune Functions at Barrier Surfaces and Beyond

2015 366 citations Helen M. Lazear, Timothy J. Nice et al. Immunity profile →
Zika Virus: New Clinical Syndromes and Its Emergence in the Western Hemisphere

2016 360 citations Helen M. Lazear, Michael Diamond Journal of Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen M. Lazear United States	34	2.8k	2.3k	1.8k	1.2k	861	53	5.2k
Thomas E. Morrison United States	39	3.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	873 0.7×	917 1.1×	116	5.5k
Mehul S. Suthar United States	40	4.1k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	108	6.8k
William B. Klimstra United States	43	3.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	96	6.3k
Jonathan J. Miner United States	33	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	53	5.4k
Sujan Shresta United States	49	4.7k 1.7×	5.0k 2.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.7k 2.0×	104	8.8k
Christopher T. Jones United States	35	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 2.0×	1.9k 2.2×	69	7.7k
Sonja M. Best United States	36	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	890 0.5×	926 0.8×	586 0.7×	84	4.1k
Philippe Desprès France	40	3.8k 1.4×	4.2k 1.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	848 1.0×	67	5.9k
Michael S. Diamond United States	34	2.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	609 0.5×	637 0.7×	47	4.3k
Justin M. Richner United States	24	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	570 0.3×	678 0.6×	706 0.8×	45	2.9k

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Meganck, Rita M., Atul Rangadurai, Bo Zhao, et al.. (2025). Lifetime of ground conformational state determines the activity of structured RNA. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(7). 1021–1029. 1 indexed citations

Lazear, Helen M., et al.. (2024). A fur plucking model to study herpes simplex virus reactivation and recurrent disease. mSphere. 9(10). e0078323–e0078323.

Catanzaro, Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Interferon lambda restricts herpes simplex virus skin disease by suppressing neutrophil-mediated pathology. mBio. 15(4). e0262323–e0262323. 3 indexed citations

Mattocks, Melissa D., et al.. (2023). Neuroinvasive Flavivirus Pathogenesis Is Restricted by Host Genetic Factors in Collaborative Cross Mice, Independently of Oas1b. Journal of Virology. 97(7). e0071523–e0071523. 7 indexed citations

Shu, Bo, Thiam‐Seng Ng, Bruno Segovia-Chumbez, et al.. (2023). Structure and neutralization mechanism of a human antibody targeting a complex Epitope on Zika virus. PLoS Pathogens. 19(1). e1010814–e1010814. 4 indexed citations

Prokunina‐Olsson, Ludmila, Ruth E. Dickenson, Joan E. Durbin, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 and emerging viral infections: The case for interferon lambda. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(5). 140 indexed citations

Zhou, Shuntai, et al.. (2020). Two Genetic Differences between Closely Related Zika Virus Strains Determine Pathogenic Outcome in Mice. Journal of Virology. 94(20). 10 indexed citations

Suwanpradid, Jutamas, Michael J. McFadden, Lauren Floyd, et al.. (2020). IL-27 signaling activates skin cells to induce innate antiviral proteins and protects against Zika virus infection. Science Advances. 6(14). eaay3245–eaay3245. 37 indexed citations

Luo, Huanle, E. Winkelmann, Alan D.T. Barrett, et al.. (2020). MAVS Is Essential for Primary CD4 + T Cell Immunity but Not for Recall T Cell Responses following an Attenuated West Nile Virus Infection. UNC Libraries. 2 indexed citations

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Collins, Matthew H., Ciara Gimblet, Ramesh Jadi, et al.. (2019). Human antibody response to Zika targets type-specific quaternary structure epitopes. JCI Insight. 4(8). 38 indexed citations

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Lazear, Helen M., et al.. (2019). Protective and Pathogenic Effects of Interferon Signaling During Pregnancy. Viral Immunology. 33(1). 3–11. 40 indexed citations

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Daniels, Brian P., Douglas M. Durrant, Jessica Williams, et al.. (2017). Regional astrocyte IFN signaling restricts pathogenesis during neurotropic viral infection. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(3). 843–856. 92 indexed citations

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Widman, Douglas G., Ellen Young, Boyd L. Yount, et al.. (2017). A Reverse Genetics Platform That Spans the Zika Virus Family Tree. mBio. 8(2). 53 indexed citations

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Lazear, Helen M., Timothy J. Nice, & Michael Diamond. (2015). Interferon-λ: Immune Functions at Barrier Surfaces and Beyond. Immunity. 43(1). 15–28. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lazear, Helen M. & Michael Diamond. (2014). New insights into innate immune restriction of West Nile virus infection. Current Opinion in Virology. 11. 1–6. 35 indexed citations

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Brien, James D., Helen M. Lazear, & Michael Diamond. (2013). Propagation, Quantification, Detection, and Storage of West Nile Virus. Current Protocols in Microbiology. 31(1). 15D.3.1–15D.3.18. 89 indexed citations

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Lazear, Helen M., Amelia K. Pinto, Hilario J. Ramos, et al.. (2013). Pattern Recognition Receptor MDA5 Modulates CD8 ⁺ T Cell-Dependent Clearance of West Nile Virus from the Central Nervous System. Journal of Virology. 87(21). 11401–11415. 49 indexed citations

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Lazear, Helen M., Alissa M. Lancaster, Courtney Wilkins, et al.. (2013). Correction: IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 Coordinately Regulate the Type I IFN Response in Myeloid Dendritic Cells Downstream of MAVS Signaling. PLoS Pathogens. 9(5). 36 indexed citations

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Lazear, Helen M., Alissa M. Lancaster, Courtney Wilkins, et al.. (2013). IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 Coordinately Regulate the Type I IFN Response in Myeloid Dendritic Cells Downstream of MAVS Signaling. PLoS Pathogens. 9(1). e1003118–e1003118. 243 indexed citations

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Daffis, Stéphane, Helen M. Lazear, Michelle D. Audsley, et al.. (2011). The Naturally Attenuated Kunjin Strain of West Nile Virus Shows Enhanced Sensitivity to the Host Type I Interferon Response. Journal of Virology. 85(11). 5664–5668. 53 indexed citations

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