Jennifer Major

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Major is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Major has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Major's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Jennifer Major is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Jennifer Major collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Jennifer Major's co-authors include Thomas A. Hamilton, Michael J. Cody, Stefanie N. Vogel, Zhang Shu-ling, Pin‐Yu Perera, Matthew J. Fenton, Bryan W. Jones, Karen E. Thomas, Vladimir Y. Toshchakov and Bryan Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Major

36 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

TLR4, but not TLR2, mediates IFN-β–induced STAT1α/β-dependent gene expression in macrophages

2002 685 citations Vladimir Y. Toshchakov, Bryan W. Jones et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer Major United States	26	1.5k	893	597	428	345	37	2.9k
Lynn Williams United Kingdom	27	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	705 1.2×	480 1.1×	157 0.5×	40	3.4k
Koen Vandenbroeck Spain	30	1.2k 0.8×	856 1.0×	462 0.8×	242 0.6×	162 0.5×	96	2.9k
Seiichi Kitagawa Japan	38	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	911 1.5×	469 1.1×	243 0.7×	128	4.1k
Tomoh Matsumiya Japan	30	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	535 0.9×	281 0.7×	136 0.4×	126	3.0k
Sarah R. Walmsley United Kingdom	28	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	419 0.7×	1.0k 2.4×	239 0.7×	44	3.4k
Kenneth Schooley United States	10	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	913 1.5×	803 1.9×	185 0.5×	12	3.6k
Masahide Tone United Kingdom	31	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	569 1.0×	444 1.0×	140 0.4×	48	4.4k
Günther Böck Austria	29	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 2.1×	953 1.6×	334 0.8×	187 0.5×	66	4.1k
Azzam A. Maghazachi Norway	37	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	177 0.4×	160 0.5×	114	4.2k
M. Tsujimoto Japan	22	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	617 1.0×	257 0.6×	147 0.4×	38	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Major

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Major

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All Works

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Nithianantham, Stanley, Himanshu Pandey, Tatyana Bodrug, et al.. (2023). The kinesin-5 tail and bipolar minifilament domains are the origin of its microtubule crosslinking and sliding activity. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 34(11). ar111–ar111. 5 indexed citations

Brubaker, Gregory, Jennifer Major, Chase Neumann, et al.. (2020). Uptake of high-density lipoprotein by scavenger receptor class B type 1 is associated with prostate cancer proliferation and tumor progression in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(24). 8252–8261. 31 indexed citations

Bodrug, Tatyana, Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek, Stanley Nithianantham, et al.. (2020). The kinesin-5 tail domain directly modulates the mechanochemical cycle of the motor domain for anti-parallel microtubule sliding. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations

Muretta, Joseph M., Babu J.N. Reddy, Guido Scarabelli, et al.. (2018). A posttranslational modification of the mitotic kinesin Eg5 that enhances its mechanochemical coupling and alters its mitotic function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(8). E1779–E1788. 25 indexed citations

Muretta, Joseph M., Yonggun Jun, Steven P. Gross, et al.. (2016). The Structural Kinetics of Switch-1 and the Neck Linker Explain the Functions of Kinesin-1 and Eg5. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 459a–460a. 1 indexed citations

Goulet, Adeline, William M. Behnke‐Parks, Charles V. Sindelar, et al.. (2013). The Structural Basis of Force Generation by the Mitotic Motor Kinesin-5. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 382a–382a.

Muretta, Joseph M., William M. Behnke‐Parks, Jennifer Major, et al.. (2013). Loop L5 Assumes Three Distinct Orientations during the ATPase Cycle of the Mitotic Kinesin Eg5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(48). 34839–34849. 23 indexed citations

Kaan, Hung Yi Kristal, et al.. (2013). “Snapshots” of Ispinesib-induced Conformational Changes in the Mitotic Kinesin Eg5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(25). 18588–18598. 27 indexed citations

Goulet, Adeline, William M. Behnke‐Parks, Charles V. Sindelar, et al.. (2012). The Structural Basis of Force Generation by the Mitotic Motor Kinesin-5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(53). 44654–44666. 60 indexed citations

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Kelly, Karen R., Sangeeta R. Kashyap, Valerie B. O’Leary, et al.. (2009). Retinol‐binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Protein Expression Is Increased in Omental Adipose Tissue of Severely Obese Patients. Obesity. 18(4). 663–666. 37 indexed citations

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Dai, Yalei, Jennifer Major, Michael Novotny, & Thomas A. Hamilton. (2005). IL-4 Inhibits Expression of the Formyl Peptide Receptor Gene in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 25(1). 11–19. 11 indexed citations

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Toshchakov, Vladimir Y., Bryan W. Jones, Arnd Lentschat, et al.. (2003). TLR2 and TLR4 agonists stimulate unique repertoires of host resistance genes in murine macrophages: interferon-β-dependent signaling in TLR4-mediated responses. Journal of Endotoxin Research. 9(3). 169–175. 36 indexed citations

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Toshchakov, Vladimir Y., Bryan W. Jones, Pin‐Yu Perera, et al.. (2002). TLR4, but not TLR2, mediates IFN-β–induced STAT1α/β-dependent gene expression in macrophages. Nature Immunology. 3(4). 392–398. 685 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tebo, Julie, Shyamasree Datta, Raj Kishore, et al.. (2000). Interleukin-1-mediated Stabilization of Mouse KC mRNA Depends on Sequences in both 5′- and 3′-Untranslated Regions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(17). 12987–12993. 60 indexed citations

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Kopydlowski, Karen M., C A Salkowski, Michael J. Cody, et al.. (1999). Regulation of Macrophage Chemokine Expression by Lipopolysaccharide In Vitro and In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 163(3). 1537–1544. 275 indexed citations

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Major, Jennifer, et al.. (1996). Regulation of Chemokine Gene Expression by Contact Hypersensitivity and by Oral Tolerancea. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 778(1). 434–437. 3 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Thomas A., Jennifer Major, & G M Chisolm. (1995). The effects of oxidized low density lipoproteins on inducible mouse macrophage gene expression are gene and stimulus dependent.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 95(5). 2020–2027. 55 indexed citations

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Karakurum, Mehmet Çağrı, Revati Shreeniwas, Jingxian Chen, et al.. (1994). Hypoxic induction of interleukin-8 gene expression in human endothelial cells.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(4). 1564–1570. 304 indexed citations

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Tannenbaum, Charles S., Jennifer Major, & Thomas A. Hamilton. (1993). IFN-gamma and lipopolysaccharide differentially modulate expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor mRNA in murine peritoneal macrophages.. The Journal of Immunology. 151(12). 6833–6839. 35 indexed citations

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Tannenbaum, Charles S., Jennifer Major, Earl Poptic, Paul E. DiCorleto, & Thomas A. Hamilton. (1990). Lipopolysaccharide induces competence genes JE and KC in Balb/C 3T3 cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 144(1). 77–83. 12 indexed citations

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