James McCluskey

35.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
347 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

James McCluskey is a scholar working on Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James McCluskey has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Immunology, 67 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 65 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James McCluskey's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (187 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (176 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (94 papers). James McCluskey is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (187 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (176 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (94 papers). James McCluskey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. James McCluskey's co-authors include Jamie Rossjohn, Anthony W. Purcell, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Dale I. Godfrey, Scott R. Burrows, Zhenjun Chen, John J. Miles, David P. Fairlie, Alexandra J. Corbett and Stéphanie Gras and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James McCluskey

344 papers receiving 22.7k 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.

MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells

2012 971 citations Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Alexandra J. Corbett et al. profile →
More than one reason to rethink the use of peptides in vaccine design

2007 671 citations Anthony W. Purcell, James McCluskey et al. profile →
T-cell activation by transitory neo-antigens derived from distinct microbial pathways

2014 612 citations Alexandra J. Corbett, Sidonia B. G. Eckle et al. profile →
EEA1, an Early Endosome-Associated Protein.

1995 612 citations James McCluskey et al. profile →
T Cell Antigen Receptor Recognition of Antigen-Presenting Molecules

2014 567 citations Jamie Rossjohn, Stephen T. Turner et al. profile →
The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells

2015 548 citations Dale I. Godfrey, Adam P. Uldrich et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Immune self-reactivity triggered by drug-modified HLA-peptide repertoire

2012 513 citations Patricia T. Illing, J.P. Vivian et al. profile →
The biology and functional importance of MAIT cells

2019 366 citations Dale I. Godfrey, Hui‐Fern Koay et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
James McCluskey	16.7k	4.6k	3.5k	2.9k	2.2k	347	23.0k
Jamie Rossjohn	20.7k 1.2×	8.5k 1.9×	4.6k 1.3×	4.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	480	32.0k
Abul K. Abbas	17.5k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	3.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	190	25.9k
Anthony W. Purcell	8.9k 0.5×	6.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	320	16.6k
Manfred Köpf	14.6k 0.9×	5.6k 1.2×	3.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	647 0.3×	234	25.3k
Kiyoshi Takatsu	11.8k 0.7×	4.7k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	343	21.0k
Raif S. Geha	19.4k 1.2×	5.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	501	31.8k
Hans Wigzell	17.8k 1.1×	6.2k 1.4×	3.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	5.0k 2.2×	489	28.6k
Edgar G. Engleman	15.5k 0.9×	6.0k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	5.8k 2.0×	2.1k 1.0×	277	24.9k
Paul M. Allen	16.6k 1.0×	7.5k 1.6×	1.6k 0.4×	3.6k 1.2×	3.6k 1.6×	209	24.8k
P Vassalli	10.2k 0.6×	6.1k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	209	22.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James McCluskey

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Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Huy N. Hoang, Xin Yi Lim, et al.. (2024). Potent Immunomodulators Developed from an Unstable Bacterial Metabolite of Vitamin B2 Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 136(31). 1 indexed citations

Suliman, Sara, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Liyen Loh, et al.. (2022). Dual TCR-α Expression on Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells as a Potential Confounder of TCR Interpretation. The Journal of Immunology. 208(6). 1389–1395. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zhongfang, Xiaoyun Yang, Jiaying Zhong, et al.. (2021). Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 generates T-cell memory in the absence of a detectable viral infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1724–1724. 75 indexed citations

Howson, Lauren J., Jasmine Li, Anouk von Borstel, et al.. (2021). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cell Effector Function Is an Intrinsic Cell Property That Can Be Augmented by the Metabolic Cofactor α-Ketoglutarate. The Journal of Immunology. 206(7). 1425–1435. 8 indexed citations

Crowther, Michael D., Garry Dolton, Mateusz Legut, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals ubiquitous T cell cancer targeting via the monomorphic MHC class I-related protein MR1. Nature Immunology. 21(2). 178–185. 166 indexed citations

Toubal, Amine, Badr Kiaf, Lucie Beaudoin, et al.. (2020). Mucosal-associated invariant T cells promote inflammation and intestinal dysbiosis leading to metabolic dysfunction during obesity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3755–3755. 120 indexed citations

McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, Wael Awad, et al.. (2020). Endoplasmic reticulum chaperones stabilize ligand-receptive MR1 molecules for efficient presentation of metabolite antigens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(40). 24974–24985. 35 indexed citations

Koay, Hui‐Fern, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Zhe Zhao, et al.. (2019). Diverse MR1-restricted T cells in mice and humans. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2243–2243. 61 indexed citations

Juno, Jennifer A., Kathleen M. Wragg, Thakshila Amarasena, et al.. (2019). MAIT Cells Upregulate α4β7 in Response to Acute Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/Simian HIV Infection but Are Resistant to Peripheral Depletion in Pigtail Macaques. The Journal of Immunology. 202(7). 2105–2120. 25 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Dale I., Hui‐Fern Koay, James McCluskey, & Nicholas A. Gherardin. (2019). The biology and functional importance of MAIT cells. Nature Immunology. 20(9). 1110–1128. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gherardin, Nicholas A., Liyen Loh, Alexander J. Davenport, et al.. (2018). Enumeration, functional responses and cytotoxic capacity of MAIT cells in newly diagnosed and relapsed multiple myeloma. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4159–4159. 77 indexed citations

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Illing, Patricia T., Phillip Pymm, Nathan P. Croft, et al.. (2018). HLA-B57 micropolymorphism defines the sequence and conformational breadth of the immunopeptidome. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4693–4693. 42 indexed citations

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Rouxel, Ophélie, Jennifer Da Silva, Lucie Beaudoin, et al.. (2017). Cytotoxic and regulatory roles of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in type 1 diabetes. Nature Immunology. 18(12). 1321–1331. 184 indexed citations

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McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Alex Theodossis, et al.. (2016). The intracellular pathway for the presentation of vitamin B–related antigens by the antigen-presenting molecule MR1. Nature Immunology. 17(5). 531–537. 125 indexed citations

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Loh, Liyen, Zhongfang Wang, Sneha Sant, et al.. (2016). Human mucosal-associated invariant T cells contribute to antiviral influenza immunity via IL-18–dependent activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(36). 10133–10138. 183 indexed citations

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Scally, S.W., Jan Petersen, Soi Cheng Law, et al.. (2013). A molecular basis for the association of the HLA-DRB1 locus, citrullination, and rheumatoid arthritis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 210(12). 2569–2582. 308 indexed citations

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Berry, Richard, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Matthew A. Perugini, et al.. (2012). The structural basis for autonomous dimerization of the pre-T-cell antigen receptor. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 9 indexed citations

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Ely, Lauren K., Travis Beddoe, Craig S. Clements, et al.. (2006). Disparate thermodynamics governing T cell receptor–MHC-I interactions implicate extrinsic factors in guiding MHC restriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(17). 6641–6646. 46 indexed citations

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Macdonald, W.A., Anthony W. Purcell, Nicole A. Mifsud, et al.. (2003). A Naturally Selected Dimorphism within the HLA-B44 Supertype Alters Class I Structure, Peptide Repertoire, and T Cell Recognition. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 198(5). 679–691. 167 indexed citations

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Moffatt, Miriam F., J A Faux, Susan Lester, et al.. (2003). Atopy, respiratory function and HLA-DR in Aboriginal Australians. Human Molecular Genetics. 12(6). 625–630. 24 indexed citations

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