Irah L. King

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Irah L. King is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irah L. King has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Immunology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Irah L. King's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (15 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (11 papers). Irah L. King is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (15 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (11 papers). Irah L. King collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Irah L. King's co-authors include Markus Mohrs, Jianguo Xia, Achal Dhariwal, Benjamin M. Segal, Jasmine Chong, Salam M. Habib, Luis B. Agellon, Travis L. Dickendesher, Maziar Divangahi and Edward J. Pearce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Irah L. King

57 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MicrobiomeAnalyst: a web-based tool for comprehensive statistical, visual and meta-analysis of microbiome data

2017 1.4k citations Irah L. King et al. profile →
BCG Educates Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Generate Protective Innate Immunity against Tuberculosis

2018 804 citations Eva Kaufmann, Nargis Khan et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irah L. King Canada	27	3.1k	1.4k	603	500	444	58	5.3k
Meera G. Nair United States	31	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	598 1.0×	670 1.3×	266 0.6×	77	5.4k
Carlos Rosales Mexico	40	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	451 0.7×	464 0.9×	569 1.3×	92	5.8k
Lisa C. Osborne United States	25	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	849 1.4×	456 0.9×	388 0.9×	49	5.2k
Mark S. Wilson United States	46	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	1.1k 2.2×	501 1.1×	84	9.4k
Mario M. Zaiss Germany	36	1.3k 0.4×	2.6k 1.8×	444 0.7×	575 1.1×	617 1.4×	73	4.9k
Clark A. Santee United States	9	1.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.8×	1.0k 1.7×	533 1.1×	201 0.5×	9	4.4k
Seth Rakoff-Nahoum United States	26	2.7k 0.9×	4.1k 2.9×	1.1k 1.9×	645 1.3×	749 1.7×	40	8.1k
Ernst Heinen Belgium	30	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	250 0.4×	252 0.5×	353 0.8×	155	4.9k
Katherine C. Goldfarb United States	14	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 2.0×	995 1.7×	465 0.9×	213 0.5×	15	4.6k
Allyson L. Byrd United States	19	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	656 1.1×	443 0.9×	285 0.6×	22	5.9k

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Westfall, Susan, Tayla M. Olsen, Danielle Karo‐Atar, et al.. (2025). A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance against intestinal infection. Cell. 188(12). 3135–3151.e22. 2 indexed citations

King, Irah L., et al.. (2024). Worming into infancy: Exploring helminth-microbiome interactions in early life. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(5). 639–650. 3 indexed citations

King, Irah L., et al.. (2024). Card9 Broadly Regulates Host Immunity against Experimental Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans 52D Infection. Journal of Fungi. 10(6). 434–434. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Yun, Iris H. Gao, Takato Kusakabe, et al.. (2024). Fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice promotes type 2 immunity. Nature. 636(8043). 697–704. 16 indexed citations

Meli, Alexandre P., et al.. (2024). LAG-3- and CXCR5-expressing CD4 T cells display progenitor-like properties during chronic visceral leishmaniasis. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113879–113879. 2 indexed citations

Meli, Alexandre P., Laura Weichselbaum, Erwan Pernet, et al.. (2023). Bcl-6 expression by CD4+ T cells determines concomitant immunity and host resistance across distinct parasitic infections. Mucosal Immunology. 16(6). 801–816. 1 indexed citations

Karo‐Atar, Danielle, Shaida Ouladan, Susan Westfall, et al.. (2022). Helminth-induced reprogramming of the stem cell compartment inhibits type 2 immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 219(9). 17 indexed citations

Downey, Jeffrey, Haley E. Randolph, Erwan Pernet, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial cyclophilin D promotes disease tolerance by licensing NK cell development and IL-22 production against influenza virus. Cell Reports. 39(12). 110974–110974. 8 indexed citations

Polese, Barbara, Hualin Zhang, Ghislaine Fontès, et al.. (2021). Prostaglandin E2 amplifies IL-17 production by γδ T cells during barrier inflammation. Cell Reports. 36(4). 109456–109456. 18 indexed citations

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Karo‐Atar, Danielle, Nargis Khan, Maziar Divangahi, & Irah L. King. (2021). Helminth-mediated disease tolerance in TB: A role for microbiota?. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009690–e1009690. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Liying Gong, Alexandre P. Meli, et al.. (2020). Cbl and Cbl-b control the germinal center reaction by facilitating naive B cell antigen processing. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(9). 11 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ming‐Chao, Yan Lü, Jin Qian, et al.. (2020). SLAM family receptors control pro-survival effectors in germinal center B cells to promote humoral immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(3). 13 indexed citations

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Shah, Kathleen, Ghislaine Fontès, Eva Kaufmann, et al.. (2019). NK cell recruitment limits tissue damage during an enteric helminth infection. Mucosal Immunology. 13(2). 357–370. 20 indexed citations

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Roussel, Lucie, Makan Golizeh, Christina Gavino, et al.. (2018). Loss of human ICOSL results in combined immunodeficiency. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(12). 3151–3164. 37 indexed citations

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King, Irah L., et al.. (2018). Blood and guts: The intestinal vasculature during health and helminth infection. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7). e1007045–e1007045. 13 indexed citations

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King, Irah L. & Yue Li. (2018). Host–Parasite Interactions Promote Disease Tolerance to Intestinal Helminth Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2128–2128. 36 indexed citations

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Meli, Alexandre P., et al.. (2017). T Follicular Helper Cell–Derived IL-4 Is Required for IgE Production during Intestinal Helminth Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 199(1). 244–252. 77 indexed citations

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Duerr, Claudia U., Barbara C. Mindt, Manuel Rubio, et al.. (2015). Type I interferon restricts type 2 immunopathology through the regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells. Nature Immunology. 17(1). 65–75. 276 indexed citations

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Lu, Shao‐Ming, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Irah L. King, et al.. (2011). HIV-1 Tat-Induced Microgliosis and Synaptic Damage via Interactions between Peripheral and Central Myeloid Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e23915–e23915. 53 indexed citations

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King, Irah L. & Benjamin M. Segal. (2005). Cutting Edge: IL-12 Induces CD4+CD25− T Cell Activation in the Presence of T Regulatory Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 175(2). 641–645. 79 indexed citations

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