John Sinclair

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
188 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

John Sinclair is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Sinclair has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Epidemiology, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 50 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in John Sinclair's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (118 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (68 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (38 papers). John Sinclair is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (118 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (68 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (38 papers). John Sinclair collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. John Sinclair's co-authors include J. G. P. Sissons, Matthew B. Reeves, Patrick Sissons, Emma Poole, Jean Taylor‐Wiedeman, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Mark R. Wills, John Ingle, Christian Hagemeier and Richard Caswell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Sinclair

186 papers receiving 9.4k citations

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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.

Monocytes are a major site of persistence of human cytomegalovirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

1991 584 citations J. G. P. Sissons, John Sinclair et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Spontaneous, persistent, T cell–dependent IFN-γ release in patients who progress to Long Covid

2024 41 citations Benjamin A. Krishna, Eleanor Y. Lim et al. Science Advances profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Sinclair

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Expression Profile of Human Cytomegalovirus UL111A cmvIL-10 and LAcmvIL-10 Transcripts in Primary Cells and Cells from Renal Transplant Recipients 2025 ·Viruses ·(unknown), Martha Trindade Oliveira, (unknown), G. P. Fiori, Michael Nevels, Ian J. Groves, John Sinclair, José Medina‐Pestana, (unknown), (unknown), Lúcio Requião‐Moura, Emma Poole, Maria Cristina Carlan da Silva	1
2	Spontaneous, persistent, T cell–dependent IFN-γ release in patients who progress to Long Covid breakdown → 2024 ·Science Advances ·Benjamin A. Krishna, Eleanor Y. Lim, (unknown), Sarah Jackson, Lenette Mactavous, (unknown), Paul Lyons, Rainer Döffinger, John R. Bradley, Kenneth G. C. Smith, John Sinclair, Nicholas J. Matheson, Paul J. Lehner, Nyaradzai Sithole, Mark R. Wills	41
3	Repurposing an endogenous degradation domain for antibody-mediated disposal of cell-surface proteins 2024 ·EMBO Reports ·(unknown), Emma Poole, Ian J. Groves, David J. Owen, Stephen C. Graham, John Sinclair, B.T. Kelly	3
4	Virus-Specific Nanobody-Chimeras Degrade the Human Cytomegalovirus US28 Protein in CD34+ Cells 2024 ·Pathogens ·Emma Poole, (unknown), Stephen C. Graham, B.T. Kelly, John Sinclair	2
5	MORC3 represses the HCMV major immediate early promoter in myeloid cells in the absence of PML nuclear bodies 2023 ·Journal of Medical Virology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew B. Reeves, Paul J. Lehner, John Sinclair, Emma Poole	4
6	Evidence of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in seronegative patients with long COVID 2022 ·EBioMedicine ·Benjamin A. Krishna, Eleanor Y. Lim, (unknown), Paul Lyons, Rainer Döffinger, John R. Bradley, Kenneth G. C. Smith, John Sinclair, Nicholas J. Matheson, Paul J. Lehner, Mark R. Wills, Nyaradzai Sithole	24
7	Using Primary Human Cells to Analyze Human Cytomegalovirus Biology 2021 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Emma Poole, Ian J. Groves, Sarah Jackson, Mark R. Wills, John Sinclair	11
8	Viral G Protein–Coupled Receptors: Attractive Targets for Herpesvirus-Associated Diseases 2021 ·Pharmacological Reviews ·Timo W.M. De Groof, Elizabeth Elder, Marco Siderius, Raimond Heukers, John Sinclair, Martine J. Smit	16
9	Defining the Transcriptional Landscape during Cytomegalovirus Latency with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing 2018 ·mBio ·Miri Shnayder, Aharon Nachshon, Benjamin A. Krishna, Emma Poole, (unknown), (unknown), Itay Maza, John Sinclair, Michal Schwartz, Noam Stern‐Ginossar	127
10	Transient activation of human cytomegalovirus lytic gene expression during latency allows cytotoxic T cell killing of latently infected cells 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Benjamin A. Krishna, Betty Lau, Sarah Jackson, Mark R. Wills, John Sinclair, Emma Poole	47
11	A novel neuroprotective therapy for Parkinson’s disease using a viral noncoding RNA that protects mitochondrial Complex I activity 2011 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Wei‐Li Kuan, Emma Poole, Michael Fletcher, Sharon Karniely, Pam Tyers, Mark R. Wills, Roger A. Barker, John Sinclair	32
12	Aspects of Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation 2008 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Matthew B. Reeves, John Sinclair	147
13	Manipulation of dendritic cell functions by human cytomegalovirus 2008 ·Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine ·John Sinclair	21
14	Human cytomegalovirus mediates cell cycle progression through G1 into early S phase in terminally differentiated cells 2000 ·Journal of General Virology ·John Sinclair, J. Baillie, Richard Caswell, (unknown)	42
15	TAR and Sp1-independent transactivation of HIV long terminal repeat by the Tat protein in the presence of human cytomegalovirus IE1/IE2 1997 ·AIDS ·Paola Dal Monte, (unknown), John Sinclair, Jean‐Louis Virelizier, S. Michelson	21
16	Detection of endogenous human cytomegalovirus in CD34+ bone marrow progenitors 1996 ·Journal of General Virology ·Marc Mendelson, Simon Monard, Patrick Sissons, John Sinclair	290
17	The transcription factor YY1 binds to negative regulatory elements in the human cytomegalovirus major immediate early enhancer/promoter and mediates repression in nonpermissive cells 1994 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Ru Liu, J. Baillie, J. G. P. Sissons, John Sinclair	121
18	The 72K IE1 and 80K IE2 proteins of human cytomegalovirus independently trans-activate the c-fos, c-myc and hsp70 promoters via basal promoter elements 1992 ·Journal of General Virology ·Christian Hagemeier, Stephen Walker, Patrick Sissons, John Sinclair	110
19	Repression of human cytomegalovirus gene expression asscoiated with a novel immediate early regulatory region binding factor 1989 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), J. G. P. Sissons, John Sinclair	53
20	Functional analysis of the transcriptional control regions of the copia transposable element 1986 ·The EMBO Journal ·John Sinclair, J. F. Burke, David Ish‐Horowicz, J. H. Sang	27

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