John K. McCormick

7.5k citations

99 papers · 5.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.5%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Microbiology top 0.5%

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 56
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 46
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research 12
Immunology 46
- Immune Response and Inflammation 22
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 21
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 12
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins 11

Co-authors: Patrick M. Schlievert Jeremy M. Yarwood Gregor Reid Stacey X. Xu Jana Jaß S. M. Mansour Haeryfar Ram Venkatesh Anantha Katherine J. Kasper
Journals: Infection and Immunity (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)The Journal of Immunology (6 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (6 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (6 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

John K. McCormick

97 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Potential Uses of Probiotics in Clinical Practice 2003 · 680 citations

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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.

2003 Clinical Microbiology Reviews
2001 Annual Review of Microbiology

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1	Acute Rheumatic Fever in a Low Prevalence Setting JACC Case Reports ·Evano Paull, V. Knight, John K. McCormick, 祐作片寄, Angela McInerney, Andrea E. Holmes, Songlin Sha	2025	1
2	Peptide Blockers of PD-1-PD-L1 Interaction Reinvigorate PD-1-Suppressed T Cells and Curb Tumor Growth in Mice Cells ·Eduardo Espín-Álvarez, Xiaoling Liu, Afia Agyapomaa Kwayie, Yan Feng, Fredrick Brust, Muzaffar Annaev, Shaun Thomas Fogarty, Soon-Duck Ha, Sung Ouk Kim, John K. McCormick, Huadong Liu, Tomonori Ibata	2024	1
3	The fadXDEBA locus of Staphylococcus aureus is required for metabolism of exogenous palmitic acid and in vivo growth Molecular Microbiology ·E. Snell-Rood, Stephen W. Tuffs, Victor Alexandre Padilha, Robert Flick, John K. McCormick, Martin J. McGavin	2023	8
4	Transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes Genome Research ·Jonathan N. Wells, Ni‐Chen Chang, John K. McCormick, Ben Parker, حمود غربى خليفة, Edoardo Campanella, Cédric Feschotte	2023	22
5	Superantigens promote Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection by eliciting pathogenic interferon-gamma production Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen W. Tuffs, Mariya I. Goncheva, Stacey X. Xu, Victoria Suponitsky, Katherine J. Kasper, Joshua Choi, Ronald S. Flannagan, Steven M. Kerfoot, David E. Heinrichs, John K. McCormick	2022	26
6	HLA class I–associated expansion of TRBV11-2 T cells in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Rebecca A. Porritt, Lisa Paschold, Magali Noval Rivas, Mary Hongying Cheng, Lael M. Yonker, Harsha Chandnani, Merrick Lopez, Donjetë Simnica, Christoph Schultheiß, Chintda Santiskulvong, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, John K. McCormick, Alessio Fasano, İvet Bahar, Mascha Binder, Moshe Arditi	2021	99
7	The SrrAB two-component system regulates Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity through redox sensitive cysteines Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Chenhui Lv, N P Ivlev, Laura Miguel-Romero, Katarina Kulhánková, Michael P. Cahill, Phuong M. Tran, Kyle J. Kinney, Daniel Alvarez Vázquez, Hassan Al‐Tameemi, Christine A. Herfst, Stephen W. Tuffs, John R. Kirby, Jeffrey M. Boyd, John K. McCormick, Wilmara Salgado‐Pabón, Alberto Marina, Patrick M. Schlievert, Ernesto J. Fuentes	2020	58
8	A controlled-release oral opioid supports S. aureus survival in injection drug preparation equipment and may increase bacteremia and endocarditis risk PLoS ONE ·Katherine J. Kasper, Ramilə Əkbər qızı Hacıyeva, 刘宜辉, Noemí Garcimartín Muñoz, Sharon Koivu, Matthew A. Weir, John K. McCormick, Michael Silverman	2019	25
9	Nasopharyngeal Infection of Mice with Streptococcus pyogenes and In Vivo Detection of Superantigen Activity Methods in molecular biology ·Joseph J. Zeppa, Rosario Jiménez Moleón, Katherine J. Kasper, Stacey X. Xu, S. M. Mansour Haeryfar, John K. McCormick	2015	9
10	A robust scoring system to evaluate sepsis severity in an animal model BMC Research Notes ·Bradly Shrum, Ram Venkatesh Anantha, Stacey X. Xu, Cornelius J. König, S. M. Mansour Haeryfar, John K. McCormick, Tina Mele	2014	339
11	Antihomocitrullinated Fibrinogen Antibodies are Specific to Rheumatoid Arthritis and Frequently Bind Citrullinated Proteins/peptides The Journal of Rheumatology ·Kazuhiko Mitarai, David Bell, Maud Racapé, K. F. M. Pole, Gary S. Shaw, John K. McCormick, Dafna D. Gladman, Janet Pope, Lillian Barra, Ewa Cairns	2014	64
12	Fournier’s gangrene of the penis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis: case report and incidence study in a tertiary-care hospital BMC Infectious Diseases ·Ram Venkatesh Anantha, Katherine J. Kasper, Irena Dlaka, Joseph J. Zeppa, M. Manchon, John K. McCormick	2013	11
13	Lactobacillus reuteri -produced cyclic dipeptides quench agr -mediated expression of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in staphylococci Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jingru Li, Wang Wenliang, Stacey X. Xu, Nathan A. Magarvey, John K. McCormick	2011	172
14	Molecular Requirements for MHC Class II α-Chain Engagement and Allelic Discrimination by the Bacterial Superantigen Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin C The Journal of Immunology ·Katherine J. Kasper, Xi Wang, Ma Luisa Alonso Corral, Mohammed M. Nooh, Malak Kotb, Eric J. Sundberg, Joaquı́n Madrenas, John K. McCormick	2008	18
15	Structural basis of T‐cell specificity and activation by the bacterial superantigen TSST‐1 The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Ashok K. Varma, Rebecca A. Buonpane, Penny Zhu, Christine A. Herfst, ปัญชลีย์ แสงคง, Indira Poudel, Nilufer P. Seth, Kai W. Wucherpfennig, John K. McCormick, David M. Kranz, Eric J. Sundberg	2007	47
16	Molecular Basis of TCR Selectivity, Cross-Reactivity, and Allelic Discrimination by a Bacterial Superantigen: Integrative Functional and Energetic Mapping of the SpeC-Vβ2.1 Molecular Interface The Journal of Immunology ·Ma Luisa Alonso Corral, Christine A. Herfst, (unknown), Stephanie R. Shames, Luan A. Chau, Clara Bueno, Joaquı́n Madrenas, Eric J. Sundberg, John K. McCormick	2006	20
17	Bacterial Superantigens Bypass Lck-Dependent T Cell Receptor Signaling by Activating a Gα11-Dependent, PLC-β-Mediated Pathway Immunity ·Clara Bueno, Caitlin D. Lemke, Gabriel Criado, Miren L. Baroja, Stephen S. G. Ferguson, Ma Luisa Alonso Corral, Constantine D. Tsoukas, John K. McCormick, Joaquı́n Madrenas	2006	75
18	Functional Analysis of the TCR Binding Domain of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 Predicts Further Diversity in MHC Class II/Superantigen/TCR Ternary Complexes The Journal of Immunology ·John K. McCormick, Timothy J. Tripp, Andrea S. Llera, Eric J. Sundberg, Martin M. Dinges, Roy A. Mariuzza, Patrick M. Schlievert	2003	41
19	Crystal Structure of a Superantigen Bound to the High-Affinity, Zinc-Dependent Site on MHC Class II Immunity ·Yili Li, Hongmin Li, Nazzareno Dimasi, John K. McCormick, Roland Martinꝉ, Peter Schuck, Patrick M. Schlievert, Roy A. Mariuzza	2001	103
20	Development of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin C Vaccine Toxoids That Are Protective in the Rabbit Model of Toxic Shock Syndrome The Journal of Immunology ·John K. McCormick, Timothy J. Tripp, Stephen B. Olmsted, Yury V. Matsuka, Willer Hermeto Almeida Pinto, D.H. Ohlendorf, Patrick M. Schlievert	2000	48

About John K. McCormick

John K. McCormick is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Microbiology, Clinical Biochemistry and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 99 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (46 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (30 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (22 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (12 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (11 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (2.2k citations), Microbiology (545 citations), Immunology (1.4k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (388 citations) and Food Science (836 citations). John K. McCormick has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Patrick M. Schlievert, Jeremy M. Yarwood, Gregor Reid, Stacey X. Xu, Jana Jaß, S. M. Mansour Haeryfar, Ram Venkatesh Anantha, Katherine J. Kasper, Tina Mele and Stephen W. Tuffs. Their work appears in journals such as Infection and Immunity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Journal of Bacteriology.

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