Layla J. Barkal

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Layla J. Barkal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Layla J. Barkal has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Layla J. Barkal's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (2 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (2 papers). Layla J. Barkal is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (2 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (2 papers). Layla J. Barkal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Layla J. Barkal's co-authors include Amira Barkal, Irving L. Weissman, Maxim Markovic, Oliver Dorigo, Venkatesh Krishnan, Balyn W. Zaro, Rachel Brewer, Mark Kowarsky, Jason Hatakeyama and Robin Z. Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Layla J. Barkal

10 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

CD24 signalling through macrophage Siglec-10 is a target for cancer immunotherapy

2019 956 citations Amira Barkal, Rachel Brewer et al. Nature profile →
Engagement of MHC class I by the inhibitory receptor LILRB1 suppresses macrophages and is a target of cancer immunotherapy

2017 428 citations Amira Barkal, Kipp Weiskopf et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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11 of 11 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identification of bacteriophage DNA in human umbilical cord blood 2025 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown), Naomi L. Haddock, P. Gay, Layla J. Barkal, Purnima Narasimhan, (unknown), Virginia D. Winn, Paul L. Bollyky	0
2	Microbial community interactions on a chip 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Gabriel L. Lozano, (unknown), Layla J. Barkal, (unknown), Manuel F. Garavito, Amanda Hurley, Ophelia S. Venturelli, Jo Handelsman, David J. Beebe	3
3	Bacteriophage populations mirror those of bacterial pathogens at sites of infection 2023 ·mSystems ·Naomi L. Haddock, Layla J. Barkal, Paul L. Bollyky	1
4	Phage diversity in cell-free DNA identifies bacterial pathogens in human sepsis cases 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Naomi L. Haddock, Layla J. Barkal, Nikhil Ram-Mohan, Gernot Kaber, Charles Y. Chiu, Ami S. Bhatt, Samuel Yang, Paul L. Bollyky	16
5	CD24 signalling through macrophage Siglec-10 is a target for cancer immunotherapy breakdown → 2019 ·Nature ·Amira Barkal, Rachel Brewer, Maxim Markovic, Mark Kowarsky, (unknown), Balyn W. Zaro, Venkatesh Krishnan, Jason Hatakeyama, Oliver Dorigo, Layla J. Barkal, Irving L. Weissman	956
6	Multikingdom microscale models 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Layla J. Barkal, Erwin Berthier, Ashleigh B. Theberge, Nancy P. Keller, David J. Beebe	5
7	Engagement of MHC class I by the inhibitory receptor LILRB1 suppresses macrophages and is a target of cancer immunotherapy breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Immunology ·Amira Barkal, Kipp Weiskopf, Kevin S. Kao, Sydney Gordon, Benyamin Rosental, Ying Ying Yiu, Benson M. George, Maxim Markovic, Nan Ring, Jonathan M. Tsai, Kelly M. McKenna, Po Y. Ho, Robin Z. Cheng, James Y. Chen, Layla J. Barkal, Aaron M. Ring, Irving L. Weissman, Roy L. Maute	428
8	Microbial volatile communication in human organotypic lung models 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Layla J. Barkal, (unknown), (unknown), Mengyao Niu, José A. Jiménez‐Torres, Rebecca Brockman‐Schneider, James E. Gern, Loren C. Denlinger, Ashleigh B. Theberge, Nancy P. Keller, Erwin Berthier, David J. Beebe	75
9	Microbial metabolomics in open microscale platforms 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Layla J. Barkal, Ashleigh B. Theberge, Chun‐Jun Guo, Joseph E. Spraker, (unknown), Jean Berthier, Kenneth A. Brakke, Clay C. C. Wang, David J. Beebe, Nancy P. Keller, Erwin Berthier	73
10	Leveraging a high resolution microfluidic assay reveals insights into pathogenic fungal spore germination 2016 ·Integrative Biology ·Layla J. Barkal, (unknown), Michael R. Botts, David J. Beebe, Christina M. Hull	18
11	Proteolytic Activity Matrix Analysis (PrAMA) for simultaneous determination of multiple protease activities 2010 ·Integrative Biology ·Miles A. Miller, Layla J. Barkal, (unknown), Andreas Herrlich, Marcia L. Moss, Linda G. Griffith, Douglas A. Lauffenburger	71

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