Kaitlyn D. LaCourse

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 720 citations indexed

About

Kaitlyn D. LaCourse is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitlyn D. LaCourse has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 720 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Kaitlyn D. LaCourse's work include Gut microbiota and health (5 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (3 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (2 papers). Kaitlyn D. LaCourse is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (5 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (3 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (2 papers). Kaitlyn D. LaCourse collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Germany. Kaitlyn D. LaCourse's co-authors include Susan Bullman, Christopher D. Johnston, Samuel S. Minot, Hanrui Wu, Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, Alison Taylor, Ewa Sicińska, Neal D. Futran, Brittany Barber and Jeffrey Houlton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Kaitlyn D. LaCourse

10 papers receiving 716 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.

Effect of the intratumoral microbiota on spatial and cellular heterogeneity in cancer

2022 516 citations Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, Hanrui Wu et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaitlyn D. LaCourse United States	6	422	249	156	101	79	10	720
Hanrui Wu United States	3	328 0.8×	204 0.8×	116 0.7×	74 0.7×	67 0.8×	5	539
Alison Taylor United Kingdom	3	316 0.7×	196 0.8×	115 0.7×	74 0.7×	68 0.9×	6	543
Amjad Shhadeh Israel	6	378 0.9×	243 1.0×	153 1.0×	76 0.8×	65 0.8×	7	681
Falk Ponath Germany	9	411 1.0×	180 0.7×	128 0.8×	70 0.7×	49 0.6×	13	670
Tanya Fainsod-Levi Israel	7	347 0.8×	320 1.3×	129 0.8×	119 1.2×	314 4.0×	7	844
Demi Sandel United States	4	455 1.1×	339 1.4×	94 0.6×	61 0.6×	294 3.7×	5	837
Amalie Grenov Israel	8	497 1.2×	218 0.9×	95 0.6×	34 0.3×	134 1.7×	8	787
Mitra Ahmadi France	16	288 0.7×	99 0.4×	65 0.4×	58 0.6×	92 1.2×	37	704
Karine Atlan Israel	8	611 1.4×	380 1.5×	122 0.8×	41 0.4×	77 1.0×	21	1.0k
Amélie Lopès France	5	450 1.1×	292 1.2×	75 0.5×	38 0.4×	181 2.3×	8	661

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Zepeda‐Rivera, Martha A., Hanrui Wu, Claudia Mengoni, et al.. (2024). Fusobacterium sphaericum sp. nov., isolated from a human colon tumor adheres to colonic epithelial cells and induces IL-8 secretion. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2442522–2442522. 2 indexed citations

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Niño, Jorge Luis Galeano, Hanrui Wu, Kaitlyn D. LaCourse, et al.. (2023). INVADEseq to identify cell-adherent or invasive bacteria and the associated host transcriptome at single-cell-level resolution. Nature Protocols. 18(11). 3355–3389. 10 indexed citations

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LaCourse, Kaitlyn D., Hannah E. Ledvina, Rutan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Discovery of coordinately regulated pathways that provide innate protection against interbacterial antagonism. eLife. 11. 11 indexed citations

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Niño, Jorge Luis Galeano, Hanrui Wu, Kaitlyn D. LaCourse, et al.. (2022). Effect of the intratumoral microbiota on spatial and cellular heterogeneity in cancer. Nature. 611(7937). 810–817. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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LaCourse, Kaitlyn D., et al.. (2022). The cancer chemotherapeutic 5-fluorouracil is a potent Fusobacterium nucleatum inhibitor and its activity is modified by intratumoral microbiota. Cell Reports. 41(7). 111625–111625. 107 indexed citations

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Zepeda‐Rivera, Martha A., et al.. (2022). Complete Genome Sequence of Clostridium cadaveris IFB3C5, Isolated from a Human Colonic Adenocarcinoma. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(3). e0113521–e0113521. 1 indexed citations

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Zepeda‐Rivera, Martha A., et al.. (2022). Complete Genome Sequence of Morganella morganii CTX51T, Isolated from a Human Cecal Adenocarcinoma. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(4). e0006622–e0006622. 2 indexed citations

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LaCourse, Kaitlyn D., Christopher D. Johnston, & Susan Bullman. (2021). The relationship between gastrointestinal cancers and the microbiota. The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 6(6). 498–509. 31 indexed citations

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Park, Young‐Jun, Kaitlyn D. LaCourse, Christian Cambillau, et al.. (2018). Structure of the type VI secretion system TssK–TssF–TssG baseplate subcomplex revealed by cryo-electron microscopy. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5385–5385. 38 indexed citations

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Petersen, Lauren, Kaitlyn D. LaCourse, Tim A. Schöner, Helge B. Bode, & Louis S. Tisa. (2017). Inactivation of the Major Hemolysin Gene Influences Expression of the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene swrA in the Insect Pathogen Serratia sp. Strain SCBI. Journal of Bacteriology. 199(21). 2 indexed citations

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