Justin R. Cross

32.0k total citations · 17 hit papers
92 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Justin R. Cross is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin R. Cross has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Justin R. Cross's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (24 papers), Gut microbiota and health (13 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers). Justin R. Cross is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (24 papers), Gut microbiota and health (13 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers). Justin R. Cross collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Justin R. Cross's co-authors include Craig B. Thompson, Uma M. Sachdeva, Alexander Y. Rudensky, Clarissa Campbell, Paul J. Coffer, Paul deRoos, Hui Liu, Stanislav Dikiy, Klaus Pfeffer and Joris van der Veeken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Justin R. Cross

88 papers receiving 19.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation
    2013 3.5k citations Clarissa Campbell, Justin R. Cross et al. Nature profile →
  2. ATP-Citrate Lyase Links Cellular Metabolism to Histone Acetylation
    2009 1.7k citations Kathryn E. Wellen, Georgia Hatzivassiliou et al. Science profile →
  3. The Common Feature of Leukemia-Associated IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations Is a Neomorphic Enzyme Activity Converting α-Ketoglutarate to 2-Hydroxyglutarate
    2010 1.5k citations Justin R. Cross, Joshua D. Rabinowitz et al. profile →
  4. Precision microbiome reconstitution restores bile acid mediated resistance to Clostridium difficile
    2014 1.3k citations Peter T. McKenney, Marcel R.M. van den Brink et al. Nature profile →
  5. Toll-like receptor–induced changes in glycolytic metabolism regulate dendritic cell activation
    2010 976 citations Justin R. Cross, Craig B. Thompson et al. Blood profile →
  6. Hypoxia promotes isocitrate dehydrogenase-dependent carboxylation of α-ketoglutarate to citrate to support cell growth and viability
    2011 791 citations Justin R. Cross, Uma M. Sachdeva et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Intracellular α-ketoglutarate maintains the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells
    2014 725 citations Lydia W.S. Finley, Justin R. Cross et al. Nature profile →
  8. Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer
    2016 710 citations Justin R. Cross et al. Nature profile →
  9. Bacterial metabolism of bile acids promotes generation of peripheral regulatory T cells
    2020 598 citations Clarissa Campbell, Peter T. McKenney et al. Nature profile →
  10. Hypoxic and Ras-transformed cells support growth by scavenging unsaturated fatty acids from lysophospholipids
    2013 560 citations Jurre J. Kamphorst, Justin R. Cross et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Intracellular Crotonyl-CoA Stimulates Transcription through p300-Catalyzed Histone Crotonylation
    2015 477 citations Justin R. Cross et al. profile →
  12. Commensal bacteria make GPCR ligands that mimic human signalling molecules
    2017 349 citations Amanda J. Pickard, Justin R. Cross et al. Nature profile →
  13. Impaired mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation limits the self-renewal of T cells exposed to persistent antigen
    2020 343 citations Santosha A. Vardhana, Madeline A. Hwee et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  14. Microbiota modulate sympathetic neurons via a gut–brain circuit
    2020 299 citations Amanda J. Pickard, Justin R. Cross et al. Nature profile →
  15. Interferon-γ regulates cellular metabolism and mRNA translation to potentiate macrophage activation
    2015 224 citations Justin R. Cross et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  16. Copper depletion modulates mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to impair triple negative breast cancer metastasis
    2021 204 citations Mirela Berisa, Justin R. Cross et al. profile →
  17. Cellular ATP demand creates metabolically distinct subpopulations of mitochondria
    2024 102 citations Keun Woo Ryu, Tak Shun Fung et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Justin R. Cross United States 48 12.9k 4.8k 3.4k 2.1k 2.1k 92 19.6k
Agnès Viale United States 64 12.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 5.4k 2.6× 891 0.4× 139 20.7k
Paul J. Coffer Netherlands 64 13.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 5.1k 1.5× 3.5k 1.6× 2.4k 1.1× 163 21.1k
Xin Zhang China 66 10.3k 0.8× 5.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 3.5k 1.7× 632 0.3× 980 19.1k
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch Netherlands 79 9.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 4.0k 1.2× 3.8k 1.8× 1.4k 0.7× 531 22.1k
Sean P. Colgan United States 87 10.7k 0.8× 5.1k 1.1× 7.8k 2.3× 2.3k 1.1× 3.5k 1.7× 291 28.5k
Hui Wang China 62 6.7k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 3.7k 1.1× 2.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 708 16.0k
Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff Germany 95 17.8k 1.4× 4.3k 0.9× 7.3k 2.2× 4.6k 2.1× 2.4k 1.1× 311 29.8k
Andrew F. Hill Australia 75 19.2k 1.5× 6.2k 1.3× 1.8k 0.5× 710 0.3× 2.6k 1.2× 252 24.2k
Søren K. Moestrup Denmark 85 7.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 3.9k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 3.1k 1.5× 246 20.0k
Matthew S. Hayden United States 35 8.5k 0.7× 6.9k 1.4× 9.4k 2.8× 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 54 21.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin R. Cross

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perez, Almudena Chaves, Scott E. Millman, Sudha Janaki‐Raman, et al.. (2025). Metabolic adaptations direct cell fate during tissue regeneration. Nature. 643(8071). 468–477. 3 indexed citations
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Millman, Scott E., Almudena Chaves Perez, Sudha Janaki‐Raman, et al.. (2025). α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase is a therapeutic vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 145(13). 1422–1436. 4 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Ana M., Aye Kyaw, Sara Violante, et al.. (2025). Fission yeast metabolome dynamics during phosphate starvation and replenishment. mBio. 16(4). e0024125–e0024125.
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Ryu, Keun Woo, Tak Shun Fung, Michelle Saoi, et al.. (2024). Cellular ATP demand creates metabolically distinct subpopulations of mitochondria. Nature. 635(8039). 746–754. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiu, Yijian, Qingting Hu, Ana S.H. Costa, et al.. (2024). The unique catalytic properties of PSAT1 mediate metabolic adaptation to glutamine blockade. Nature Metabolism. 6(8). 1529–1548. 11 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Sohinee, Chet Oon, Erin Stempinski, et al.. (2024). Autotaxin–lysolipid signaling suppresses a CCL11–eosinophil axis to promote pancreatic cancer progression. Nature Cancer. 5(2). 283–298. 18 indexed citations
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Sharma, Rahul, Priyanka Chowdhury, Keith Conrad Fernandez, et al.. (2023). Distinct metabolic requirements regulate B cell activation and germinal center responses. Nature Immunology. 24(8). 1358–1369. 39 indexed citations
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Pan, Xingxiu, Sara Violante, Nirajan Shrestha, et al.. (2023). A genetically encoded tool to increase cellular NADH/NAD+ ratio in living cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(5). 594–604. 30 indexed citations
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Vardhana, Santosha A., Madeline A. Hwee, Mirela Berisa, et al.. (2020). Impaired mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation limits the self-renewal of T cells exposed to persistent antigen. Nature Immunology. 21(9). 1022–1033. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cai, Yuping, Nicholas J. W. Rattray, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Tumor Tissue-Specific Biomarkers of Colorectal Cancer by Anatomic Location and Stage. Metabolites. 10(6). 257–257. 16 indexed citations
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Campbell, Clarissa, Peter T. McKenney, Daniel Konstantinovsky, et al.. (2020). Bacterial metabolism of bile acids promotes generation of peripheral regulatory T cells. Nature. 581(7809). 475–479. 598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pavlova, Natalya N., Bryan H. King, Sara Violante, et al.. (2020). Translation in amino-acid-poor environments is limited by tRNAGln charging. eLife. 9. 39 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiajun, et al.. (2019). Transsulfuration Activity Can Support Cell Growth upon Extracellular Cysteine Limitation. Cell Metabolism. 30(5). 865–876.e5. 190 indexed citations
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Jules‐Elysée, Kethy, Thomas P. Sculco, Lila Baaklini, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Topical and Intravenous Tranexamic Acid for Total Knee Replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 101(23). 2120–2128. 48 indexed citations
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Vitiello, Gerardo A., Shan Zeng, Timothy G. Bowler, et al.. (2017). Mitochondrial Inhibition Augments the Efficacy of Imatinib by Resetting the Metabolic Phenotype of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(4). 972–984. 45 indexed citations
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Ye, Jiangbin, Jing Fan, Sriram Venneti, et al.. (2014). Serine Catabolism Regulates Mitochondrial Redox Control during Hypoxia. Cancer Discovery. 4(12). 1406–1417. 344 indexed citations
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Kamphorst, Jurre J., Justin R. Cross, Jing Fan, et al.. (2013). Hypoxic and Ras-transformed cells support growth by scavenging unsaturated fatty acids from lysophospholipids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(22). 8882–8887. 560 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wellen, Kathryn E., Georgia Hatzivassiliou, Uma M. Sachdeva, et al.. (2009). ATP-Citrate Lyase Links Cellular Metabolism to Histone Acetylation. Science. 324(5930). 1076–1080. 1698 indexed citations breakdown →
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Postigo, Antonio, Justin R. Cross, Julian Downward, & Michael Way. (2006). Interaction of F1L with the BH3 domain of Bak is responsible for inhibiting vaccinia-induced apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 13(10). 1651–1662. 75 indexed citations
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Govek, Eve‐Ellen, et al.. (2004). The X-linked mental retardation protein oligophrenin-1 is required for dendritic spine morphogenesis. Nature Neuroscience. 7(4). 364–372. 229 indexed citations

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