Herbert W. Virgin

78.6k citations

258 papers · 38.7k indexed · 20 hit papers · h-index 98

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.02%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Immunology top 0.05%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- interferon and immune responses

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 85
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 61
Epidemiology 145
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research 90
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments 59
- Autophagy in Disease and Therapy 40

Co-authors: Beth Levine Noboru Mizushima Samuel H. Speck Christiane E. Wobus Larissa B. Thackray Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck Rafi Ahmed Ken Cadwell
Journals: Journal of Virology (86 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (16 papers)Cell Host & Microbe (14 papers)PLoS Pathogens (13 papers)Science (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Herbert W. Virgin

256 papers receiving 38.3k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement 2022 · 311 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Science
2021 Nature
2017 Cell
2016 Science
2016 Nature Biotechnology
2015 Immunity
2015 Cell
2015 Cell Host & Microbe
2014 Cell
2012 Cell Metabolism
2012 Nature
2011 Nature
2010 Cell
2009 Cell
2008 Nature
2006 Journal of Virology
2004 PLoS Biology
2003 Science
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 Journal of Virology

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Herbert W. Virgin, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Autophagy gene-dependent intracellular immunity triggered by interferon-γ mBio ·Michael R. McAllaster, 脇田隆司, Dale R. Balce, Anthony Orvedahl, Arnold Park, Seungmin Hwang, Meagan E. Sullender, L. David Sibley, Herbert W. Virgin	2023	7
2	A host receptor enables type 1 pilus-mediated pathogenesis of Escherichia coli pyelonephritis PLoS Pathogens ·Lisa K. McLellan, Michael R. McAllaster, Arthur S. Kim, Ľubomíra Tóthová, Patrick D. Olson, Jerome S. Pinkner, S. S. Malik, Teri N. Hreha, James W. Janetka, Daved H. Fremont, Scott J. Hultgren, Herbert W. Virgin, David A. Hunstad	2021	30
3	Cytidine Monophosphate N -Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase and Solute Carrier Family 35 Member A1 Are Required for Reovirus Binding and Infection Journal of Virology ·Kelly Urbanek, Danica M. Sutherland, Robert C. Orchard, Craig B. Wilen, Jonathan J. Knowlton, Pavithra Aravamudhan, Gwen M. Taylor, Herbert W. Virgin, Terence S. Dermody	2020	12
4	Bile Salts Alter the Mouse Norovirus Capsid Conformation: Possible Implications for Cell Attachment and Immune Evasion Journal of Virology ·Michael B. Sherman, И. В. Ролевич, Hong Q. Smith, Christopher A. Nelson, Craig B. Wilen, Daved H. Fremont, Herbert W. Virgin, Thomas J. Smith	2019	47
5	Identification of Antinorovirus Genes in Human Cells Using Genome-Wide CRISPR Activation Screening Journal of Virology ·Robert C. Orchard, Meagan E. Sullender, R. Ye. Prilutskiy, Dale R. Balce, John G. Doench, Herbert W. Virgin	2018	44
6	Intestinal virome changes precede autoimmunity in type I diabetes-susceptible children Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Guoyan Zhao, Tommi Vatanen, Lindsay Droit, Arnold Park, Aleksandar D. Kostic, Tiffany Poon, Hera Vlamakis, Heli Siljander, Taina Härkönen, Ömer Şahin, Aleksandr Peet, Vallo Tillmann, Jorma Ilonen, David Wang, Mikael Knip, Ramnik J. Xavier, Herbert W. Virgin	2017	212
7	Discovery of a proteinaceous cellular receptor for a norovirus Science ·Robert C. Orchard, Craig B. Wilen, John G. Doench, Megan T. Baldridge, Broc T. McCune, Ying‐Chiang J. Lee, Sanghyun Lee, Shondra M. Pruett‐Miller, Christopher A. Nelson, Daved H. Fremont, Herbert W. Virgin	2016	206
8	Transkingdom control of viral infection and immunity in the mammalian intestine Science ·Julie K. Pfeiffer, Herbert W. Virgin	2016	187
9	Impaired autophagy in macrophages promotes inflammatory eye disease Autophagy ·Andrea Santeford, Luke A. Wiley, Sunmin Park, MEDOUGA MBALA Félicité Victorine, Rei Nakamura, Abdelaziz Gdoura, Thomas A. Ferguson, P. Kumar Rao, Jun‐Lin Guan, Tatsuya Saitoh, Shizuo Akira, Ramnik J. Xavier, Herbert W. Virgin, Rajendra S. Apte	2016	56
10	Commensal microbes and interferon-λ determine persistence of enteric murine norovirus infection Science ·Megan T. Baldridge, Timothy J. Nice, Broc T. McCune, Christine C. Yokoyama, Amal Kambal, Michael J. Wheadon, Michael Diamond, Yulia Ivanova, Maxim N. Artyomov, Herbert W. Virgin	2014	324
11	Virus-helminth coinfection reveals a microbiota-independent mechanism of immunomodulation Science ·Lisa C. Osborne, Laurel A. Monticelli, Timothy J. Nice, Thang V. Pham, Mark C. Siracusa, Matthew R. Hepworth, Vesselin T. Tomov, Dmytro Kobuley, A Takeda, Kyle Bittinger, Aubrey Bailey, Alice Laughlin, Jean‐Luc Boucher, E. John Wherry, Frederic D. Bushman, Judith E. Allen, Herbert W. Virgin, David Artis	2014	221
12	Vaccine Activation of the Nutrient Sensor GCN2 in Dendritic Cells Enhances Antigen Presentation Science ·Rajesh Ravindran, Nooruddin Khan, Helder I. Nakaya, Shuzhao Li, Jens Loebbermann, Mohan S. Maddur, Youngja Park, Dean P. Jones, Pascal Chappert, Jean Davoust, David S. Weiss, Herbert W. Virgin, David Ron, Bali Pulendran	2013	161
13	The F rancisella O-antigen mediates survival in the macrophage cytosol via autophagy avoidance Cellular Microbiology ·Elizabeth Di Russo Case, Audrey Chong, Tara D. Wehrly, Bryan Hansen, Robert Child, Seungmin Hwang, Herbert W. Virgin, Jean Celli	2013	56
14	Atg16L1 deficiency confers protection from uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in vivo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Caihong Wang, Graziella R. Mendonsa, Zhiwen Zheng, Qunyuan Zhang, Ken Cadwell, Herbert W. Virgin, Indira U. Mysorekar	2012	84
15	Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Has Evolved Gamma Interferon and Stat1-Repressible Promoters for the Lytic Switch Gene 50 Journal of Virology ·Juliana Amanda Rufine Raiocovitch, Susan Canny, Ashley Steed, Herbert W. Virgin	2010	38
16	Latent herpesvirus infection arms NK cells Blood ·Douglas W. White, Catherine R. Keppel, Stephanie Schneider, Tiffany A. Reese, Noritaka Hiramoto, Jacqueline E. Payton, Timothy J. Ley, Herbert W. Virgin, Todd A. Fehniger	2010	53
17	Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae Journal of Virology ·Rachel M. Presti, Guoyan Zhao, Wandy L. Beatty, Kathie A. Mihindukulasuriya, Amélia P. A. Travassos da Rosa, Vsevolod L. Popov, Robert B. Tesh, Herbert W. Virgin, David Wang	2009	63
18	IFN-stimulated gene 15 functions as a critical antiviral molecule against influenza, herpes, and Sindbis viruses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Deborah J. Lenschow, 任庆文, Natalia Frias‐Staheli, Nadia V. Giannakopoulos, A. Dbeyssi, Thorsten Wolff, René William, Beth Levine, Robert E. Schmidt, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, David A. Leib, Andrew Pekosz, Klaus‐Peter Knobeloch, Ivan D. Horak, Herbert W. Virgin	2007	436
19	Solution structure of a Bcl-2 homolog from Kaposi sarcoma virus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Qiulong Huang, Andrew M. Petros, Herbert W. Virgin, Stephen W. Fesik, Edward T. Olejniczak	2002	103
20	Regulation of starvation- and virus-induced autophagy by the eIF2α kinase signaling pathway Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zsolt Tallóczy, Wenxia Jiang, Herbert W. Virgin, David A. Leib, Donalyn Scheuner, Randal J. Kaufman, Eeva‐Liisa Eskelinen, Beth Levine Hit paper breakdown →	2001	608

About Herbert W. Virgin

Herbert W. Virgin is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Parasitology and Animal Science and Zoology, having authored 258 papers that have together received 38.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (90 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (61 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (60 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (59 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (42 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (40 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (30 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (10.4k citations), Immunology (10.5k citations), Epidemiology (16.0k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (3.1k citations) and Parasitology (1.8k citations). Herbert W. Virgin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Beth Levine, Noboru Mizushima, Samuel H. Speck, Christiane E. Wobus, Larissa B. Thackray, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, Rafi Ahmed, Ken Cadwell, Ramnik J. Xavier and E. John Wherry. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell Host & Microbe, PLoS Pathogens and Science.

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