Joseph C. Onyiah

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Joseph C. Onyiah is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph C. Onyiah has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Joseph C. Onyiah's work include Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (5 papers) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (4 papers). Joseph C. Onyiah is often cited by papers focused on Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (5 papers) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (4 papers). Joseph C. Onyiah collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Joseph C. Onyiah's co-authors include Sean P. Colgan, Jordi M. Lanis, Erica E. Alexeev, Ruth X. Wang, Caleb Kelly, Douglas J. Kominsky, Kayla D. Battista, Léon Zheng, Scott E. Plevy and Shehzad Z. Sheikh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph C. Onyiah

20 papers receiving 895 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.

Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor–Dependent Repression of Claudin-2

2017 409 citations Léon Zheng, Caleb Kelly et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph C. Onyiah United States	12	627	150	140	120	97	24	910
Kaiji Sun China	15	602 1.0×	182 1.2×	149 1.1×	147 1.2×	80 0.8×	18	1.1k
Haoyu Liu China	20	572 0.9×	140 0.9×	82 0.6×	98 0.8×	79 0.8×	78	1.1k
Jennifer S. Goldsby United States	18	530 0.8×	162 1.1×	145 1.0×	161 1.3×	68 0.7×	32	1.0k
Vivienne Woo United States	9	478 0.8×	174 1.2×	113 0.8×	91 0.8×	57 0.6×	12	726
Runxiang Xie China	16	517 0.8×	151 1.0×	56 0.4×	136 1.1×	53 0.5×	20	876
Joshua A. Owens United States	11	592 0.9×	202 1.3×	97 0.7×	79 0.7×	90 0.9×	19	899
Anoop Kumar United States	22	599 1.0×	174 1.2×	106 0.8×	192 1.6×	137 1.4×	67	1.3k
Marie Joncquel-Chevalier Curt France	12	822 1.3×	204 1.4×	117 0.8×	103 0.9×	164 1.7×	32	1.2k
Rachel M. Golonka United States	15	504 0.8×	157 1.0×	136 1.0×	102 0.8×	85 0.9×	33	905

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Loh, Liyen, David J. Orlicky, Joanne Domenico, et al.. (2025). MAIT cells exacerbate colonic inflammation in a genetically diverse murine model of spontaneous colitis. Mucosal Immunology. 18(4). 958–972. 2 indexed citations

Goodman, DeWitt S., et al.. (2025). Obese Adipose Tissue Extracellular Vesicles Activate Mitochondrial Fatty Acid β-oxidation to Drive Colonic Stemness. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(7). 101504–101504.

Cartwright, Ian M., Liheng Zhou, Calen A. Steiner, et al.. (2024). Chlorination of epithelial tight junction proteins by neutrophil myeloperoxidase promotes barrier dysfunction and mucosal inflammation. JCI Insight. 9(14). 10 indexed citations

Onyiah, Joseph C., et al.. (2023). Design and rationale for the SIB trial: a randomized parallel comparison of semaglutide versus placebo on intestinal barrier function in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 14. 2445576628–2445576628. 2 indexed citations

Till, Andreas, Winston E. Thompson, Rhonda F. Souza, et al.. (2023). Inner mitochondrial membrane protein Prohibitin 1 mediates Nix-induced, Parkin-independent mitophagy. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18–18. 13 indexed citations

Alexeev, Erica E., Alexander S. Dowdell, Morkos A. Henen, et al.. (2021). Microbial‐derived indoles inhibit neutrophil myeloperoxidase to diminish bystander tissue damage. The FASEB Journal. 35(5). e21552–e21552. 34 indexed citations

Atif, Shaikh M., David J. Orlicky, Ian M. Cartwright, et al.. (2021). Disruption of monocyte-macrophage differentiation and trafficking by a heme analog during active inflammation. Mucosal Immunology. 15(2). 244–256. 9 indexed citations

Zoeten, Edwin F. de, Kayla D. Battista, Mark A. Lovell, et al.. (2020). <p>Markers of Hypoxia Correlate with Histologic and Endoscopic Severity of Colitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease</p>. PubMed. Volume 8. 1–12. 9 indexed citations

Bowles, Daniel W., et al.. (2020). S2283 Use of Ruxolitinib for the Simultaneous Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and Polycythemia Vera. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115(1). S1207–S1208.

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Onyiah, Joseph C., Leo E. Otterbein, Taku Kobayashi, et al.. (2020). Carbon Monoxide and Heme Oxygenase-1 Prevent Intestinal Inflammation in Mice by Promoting Bacterial Clearance. UNC Libraries.

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Cartwright, Ian M., Valerie F. Curtis, Jordi M. Lanis, et al.. (2019). Adaptation to inflammatory acidity through neutrophil-derived adenosine regulation of SLC26A3. Mucosal Immunology. 13(2). 230–244. 18 indexed citations

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Onyiah, Joseph C., et al.. (2018). A Central Role for Heme Oxygenase-1 in the Control of Intestinal Epithelial Chemokine Expression. Journal of Innate Immunity. 10(3). 228–238. 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Léon, Caleb Kelly, Kayla D. Battista, et al.. (2017). Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor–Dependent Repression of Claudin-2. The Journal of Immunology. 199(8). 2976–2984. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ehrentraut, Stefan, Valerie F. Curtis, Ruth X. Wang, et al.. (2016). Perturbation of neddylation-dependent NF-κB responses in the intestinal epithelium drives apoptosis and inhibits resolution of mucosal inflammation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(23). 3687–3694. 23 indexed citations

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Onyiah, Joseph C. & Sean P. Colgan. (2016). Cytokine responses and epithelial function in the intestinal mucosa. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(22). 4203–4212. 60 indexed citations

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Maharshak, Nitsan, Ting–Jia Fan, Joseph C. Onyiah, et al.. (2015). Escherichia coli heme oxygenase modulates host innate immune responses. Microbiology and Immunology. 59(8). 452–465. 19 indexed citations

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Onyiah, Joseph C., Shehzad Z. Sheikh, Nitsan Maharshak, Leo E. Otterbein, & Scott E. Plevy. (2013). Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide regulate intestinal homeostasis and mucosal immune responses to the enteric microbiota. Gut Microbes. 5(2). 220–224. 44 indexed citations

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Onyiah, Joseph C., Shehzad Z. Sheikh, Nitsan Maharshak, et al.. (2012). Carbon Monoxide and Heme Oxygenase-1 Prevent Intestinal Inflammation in Mice by Promoting Bacterial Clearance. Gastroenterology. 144(4). 789–798. 100 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Shehzad Z., Refaat Hegazi, Taku Kobayashi, et al.. (2011). An Anti-Inflammatory Role for Carbon Monoxide and Heme Oxygenase-1 in Chronic Th2-Mediated Murine Colitis. The Journal of Immunology. 186(9). 5506–5513. 112 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Shehzad Z., Taku Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi Matsuoka, Joseph C. Onyiah, & Scott E. Plevy. (2010). Characterization of an Interferon-stimulated Response Element (ISRE) in the Il23a Promoter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(2). 1174–1180. 15 indexed citations

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