Kevin N. Couper

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kevin N. Couper is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin N. Couper has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kevin N. Couper's work include Malaria Research and Control (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Kevin N. Couper is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (19 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Kevin N. Couper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Kevin N. Couper's co-authors include Eleanor M. Riley, Daniel G. Blount, J. Brian de Souza, Julius Clemence R. Hafalla, Tovah N. Shaw, Ana Villegas-Méndez, Yasmine Belkaid, Emily Gwyer Findlay, Rachel Greig and Georges E. Grau and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kevin N. Couper

50 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

IL-10: The Master Regulator of Immunity to Infection

2008 1.7k citations Kevin N. Couper, Daniel G. Blount et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin N. Couper United Kingdom	26	2.0k	1.2k	686	619	461	53	3.9k
Pascale Kropf United Kingdom	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	632 0.9×	1.4k 2.3×	447 1.0×	68	4.2k
Daniel G. Blount United Kingdom	15	1.4k 0.7×	483 0.4×	472 0.7×	394 0.6×	247 0.5×	19	2.8k
Moiz Bakhiet Sweden	33	795 0.4×	716 0.6×	806 1.2×	976 1.6×	269 0.6×	163	3.4k
Karina Ramalho Bortoluci Brazil	21	1.4k 0.7×	466 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	600 1.0×	203 0.4×	47	2.9k
Daniel P. Beiting United States	41	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 2.0×	939 1.5×	1.1k 2.3×	93	4.5k
Marcel van Deuren Netherlands	38	2.0k 1.0×	480 0.4×	1.2k 1.8×	1.4k 2.3×	322 0.7×	127	4.9k
Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes Brazil	37	645 0.3×	578 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	854 1.4×	304 0.7×	128	3.6k
Mary M. Stevenson Canada	44	2.8k 1.4×	3.1k 2.5×	904 1.3×	538 0.9×	1.3k 2.8×	135	6.2k
Andréa Teixeira‐Carvalho Brazil	37	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 2.0×	717 1.0×	2.1k 3.4×	990 2.1×	270	5.1k
Philipp Henneke Germany	34	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	912 1.3×	1.6k 2.6×	96 0.2×	107	4.8k

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Haley, Michael, Cathal John Hannan, Pedro Oliveira, et al.. (2025). Spatial mapping of immune cell environments in NF2-related schwannomatosis vestibular schwannoma. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2944–2944.

Haley, Michael, Gareth Howell, David Coope, et al.. (2024). Hypoxia coordinates the spatial landscape of myeloid cells within glioblastoma to affect survival. Science Advances. 10(20). eadj3301–eadj3301. 23 indexed citations

Villegas-Méndez, Ana, Rubén Barroso, Jordan R. Barrett, et al.. (2024). Synergistic blockade of TIGIT and PD-L1 increases type-1 inflammation and improves parasite control during murine blood-stage Plasmodium yoelii non-lethal infection. Infection and Immunity. 92(11). e0034524–e0034524.

Islim, Abdurrahman I., Cathal John Hannan, Charlotte Hammerbeck-Ward, et al.. (2023). The clinical, genetic, and immune landscape of meningioma in patients with NF2-schwannomatosis. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(Supplement_1). i94–i104. 5 indexed citations

Seoane, Paula I., Andrew G. Leach, Kevin N. Couper, et al.. (2023). Squaramides enhance NLRP3 inflammasome activation by lowering intracellular potassium. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 469–469. 1 indexed citations

Haley, Michael, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of 4-Aminoquinoline Hydrazone Analogues as Potential Leads for Drug-Resistant Malaria. Molecules. 28(18). 6471–6471. 8 indexed citations

Munro, Kevin J., et al.. (2023). The NLRP3 inflammasome as a target for sensorineural hearing loss. Clinical Immunology. 249. 109287–109287. 32 indexed citations

Storm, Janet, Grazia Camarda, Michael Haley, et al.. (2023). Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte co-culture with the monocyte cell line THP-1 does not trigger production of soluble factors reducing brain microvascular barrier function. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285323–e0285323. 1 indexed citations

Zeef, Leo, Tadge Szestak, Zineb Rchiad, et al.. (2023). Different PfEMP1-expressing Plasmodium falciparum variants induce divergent endothelial transcriptional responses during co-culture. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0295053–e0295053. 3 indexed citations

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Asih, Puji Budi Setia, Josephine Elizabeth Siregar, Ismail Ekoprayitno Rozi, et al.. (2022). Treatment with specific and pan-plasma membrane calcium ATPase (PMCA) inhibitors reduces malaria parasite growth in vitro and in vivo. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 206–206. 3 indexed citations

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Villegas-Méndez, Ana, Garima Khandelwal, Michael Haley, et al.. (2020). Exhausted CD4+ T Cells during Malaria Exhibit Reduced mTORc1 Activity Correlated with Loss of T-bet Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 205(6). 1608–1619. 15 indexed citations

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Barrera, Valentina, Michael Haley, Patrick Strangward, et al.. (2019). Comparison of CD8+ T Cell Accumulation in the Brain During Human and Murine Cerebral Malaria. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1747–1747. 36 indexed citations

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Villegas-Méndez, Ana, Colette A. Inkson, Tovah N. Shaw, Patrick Strangward, & Kevin N. Couper. (2016). Long-Lived CD4+IFN-γ+ T Cells rather than Short-Lived CD4+IFN-γ+IL-10+ T Cells Initiate Rapid IL-10 Production To Suppress Anamnestic T Cell Responses during Secondary Malaria Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 197(8). 3152–3164. 25 indexed citations

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Shaw, Tovah N., Phillip J. Stewart-Hutchinson, Patrick Strangward, et al.. (2015). Perivascular Arrest of CD8+ T Cells Is a Signature of Experimental Cerebral Malaria. PLoS Pathogens. 11(11). e1005210–e1005210. 65 indexed citations

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Villegas-Méndez, Ana, J. Brian de Souza, Linda Murungi, et al.. (2011). Heterogeneous and Tissue-Specific Regulation of Effector T Cell Responses by IFN-γ during Plasmodium berghei ANKA Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 187(6). 2885–2897. 43 indexed citations

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Couper, Kevin N., Paula A. Lanthier, Georgia Perona‐Wright, et al.. (2009). Anti-CD25 Antibody-Mediated Depletion of Effector T Cell Populations Enhances Susceptibility of Mice to Acute but Not Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 182(7). 3985–3994. 66 indexed citations

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Couper, Kevin N., Daniel G. Blount, & Eleanor M. Riley. (2008). IL-10: The Master Regulator of Immunity to Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 180(9). 5771–5777. 1743 indexed citations breakdown →

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Couper, Kevin N., Daniel G. Blount, Mark S. Wilson, et al.. (2008). IL-10 from CD4+CD25−Foxp3−CD127− Adaptive Regulatory T Cells Modulates Parasite Clearance and Pathology during Malaria Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 4(2). e1000004–e1000004. 208 indexed citations

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Smiley, Stephen T., Paula A. Lanthier, Kevin N. Couper, et al.. (2005). Exacerbated Susceptibility to Infection-Stimulated Immunopathology in CD1d-Deficient Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 174(12). 7904–7911. 30 indexed citations

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Couper, Kevin N., et al.. (2005). ES‐62 is unable to modulate Toxoplasma gondii‐driven Th1 responses and pathology. Parasite Immunology. 27(4). 147–150. 8 indexed citations

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