Margaret Alexander

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Margaret Alexander is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret Alexander has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Margaret Alexander's work include Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). Margaret Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). Margaret Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Margaret Alexander's co-authors include Peter J. Turnbaugh, Ryan M. O’Connell, Marah C. Runtsch, June L. Round, Ruozhen Hu, Dominique Kagele, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Miguel C. Seabra, Diane M. Ward and Tanya Tolmachova and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Margaret Alexander

39 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Exosome-delivered microRNAs modulate the inflammatory response to endotoxin

2015 617 citations Margaret Alexander, Ruozhen Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ketogenic Diets Alter the Gut Microbiome Resulting in Decreased Intestinal Th17 Cells

2020 390 citations Qi Yan Ang, Margaret Alexander et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A diet-dependent host metabolite shapes the gut microbiota to protect from autoimmunity 2024 ·Cell Reports ·Margaret Alexander, Vaibhav Upadhyay, (unknown), A. Lorenzo, (unknown), Patrycja Puchalska, (unknown), Qi Yan Ang, Caroline Whitty, Jessie A. Turnbaugh, Yuan Tian, Darren S. Dumlao, Renuka R. Nayak, Andrew D. Patterson, John C. Newman, Peter A. Crawford, Peter J. Turnbaugh	15
2	Metatranscriptomics-guided discovery and characterization of a polyphenol-metabolizing gut microbial enzyme 2024 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Minwoo Bae, Chi Hieu Le, Raaj S. Mehta, Xueyang Dong, Lindsey M. Pieper, A. Lorenzo, Margaret Alexander, (unknown), Peter J. Turnbaugh, Curtis Huttenhower, Andrew T. Chan, Emily P. Balskus	15
3	Design and reporting of prebiotic and probiotic clinical trials in the context of diet and the gut microbiome 2024 ·Nature Microbiology ·Kevin Whelan, Margaret Alexander, Claire Gaïani, (unknown), Andrew Holmes, Heidi M. Staudacher, Stephan Theis, Maria L. Marco	15
4	Genetic manipulation of the human gut bacterium Eggerthella lenta reveals a widespread family of transcriptional regulators 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Xueyang Dong, (unknown), Margaret Alexander, Cecilia Noecker, A. Lorenzo, Nathaniel R. Glasser, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Emily P. Balskus	27
5	Methotrexate impacts conserved pathways in diverse human gut bacteria leading to decreased host immune activation 2021 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Renuka R. Nayak, Margaret Alexander, (unknown), (unknown), Bipin Rimal, Andrew D. Patterson, Carles Úbeda, José U. Scher, Peter J. Turnbaugh	94
6	Human gut bacterial metabolism drives Th17 activation and colitis 2021 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Margaret Alexander, Qi Yan Ang, Renuka R. Nayak, Annamarie E. Bustion, Moriah Sandy, Bing Zhang, Vaibhav Upadhyay, Katherine S. Pollard, Susan V. Lynch, Peter J. Turnbaugh	165
7	Phage-delivered CRISPR-Cas9 for strain-specific depletion and genomic deletions in the gut microbiome 2021 ·Cell Reports ·Kathy N. Lam, Peter Spanogiannopoulos, (unknown), Margaret Alexander, Matthew J. Nalley, Jordan E. Bisanz, Renuka R. Nayak, Allison M. Weakley, Feiqiao Brian Yu, Peter J. Turnbaugh	100
8	The Pretreatment Gut Microbiome Is Associated With Lack of Response to Methotrexate in New‐Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis 2020 ·Arthritis & Rheumatology ·Alejandro Artacho, Sandrine Isaac, Renuka R. Nayak, (unknown), Margaret Alexander, Imhoi Koo, Julia Manasson, Philip B. Smith, Perry Rosenthal, (unknown), Pércío S. Gulko, (unknown), Leonor Puchades‐Carrasco, Peter Izmirly, Andrew D. Patterson, Steven B. Abramson, Antonio Pineda‐Lucena, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Carles Úbeda, José U. Scher	95
9	Ketogenic Diets Alter the Gut Microbiome Resulting in Decreased Intestinal Th17 Cells breakdown → 2020 ·Cell ·Qi Yan Ang, Margaret Alexander, John C. Newman, Yuan Tian, Jingwei Cai, Vaibhav Upadhyay, Jessie A. Turnbaugh, Eric Verdin, Kevin D. Hall, Rudolph L. Leibel, Éric Ravussin, Michael Rosenbaum, Andrew D. Patterson, Peter J. Turnbaugh	390
10	Precision Medicine Goes Microscopic: Engineering the Microbiome to Improve Drug Outcomes 2019 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Kathy N. Lam, Margaret Alexander, Peter J. Turnbaugh	81
11	Anti-inflammatory microRNA-146a protects mice from diet-induced metabolic disease 2019 ·PLoS Genetics ·Marah C. Runtsch, (unknown), Soh-Hyun Lee, Warren P. Voth, Margaret Alexander, Ruozhen Hu, Jared Wallace, Charisse Petersen, Vanja Panic, Claudio J. Villanueva, Kimberley Evason, Kaylyn M. Bauer, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Sihem Boudina, Mary P. Bronner, June L. Round, Micah J. Drummond, Ryan M. O’Connell	48
12	Gastroesophageal Reflux—Is It Uncommon in Indian Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis? 2018 ·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology ·(unknown), Mayank Jain, Margaret Alexander, Jayanthi Venkataraman	1
13	miR-155 promotes FLT3-ITD–induced myeloproliferative disease through inhibition of the interferon response 2017 ·Blood ·Jared Wallace, Dominique Kagele, Anna M. Eiring, (unknown), Ruozhen Hu, Marah C. Runtsch, Margaret Alexander, Thomas B. Huffaker, (unknown), Ami B. Patel, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Warren P. Voth, Dinesh S. Rao, Rodney R. Miles, June L. Round, Michael W. Deininger, Ryan M. O’Connell	52
14	Antitumor immunity is defective in T cell–specific microRNA-155–deficient mice and is rescued by immune checkpoint blockade 2017 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Thomas B. Huffaker, (unknown), William W. Tang, Jared Wallace, Margaret Alexander, Marah C. Runtsch, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew G. Ramstead, Warren P. Voth, Ruozhen Hu, June L. Round, Matthew A. Williams, Ryan M. O’Connell	77
15	Noncoding RNAs and chronic inflammation: Micro‐managing the fire within 2015 ·BioEssays ·Margaret Alexander, Ryan M. O’Connell	28
16	Exosome-delivered microRNAs modulate the inflammatory response to endotoxin breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Margaret Alexander, Ruozhen Hu, Marah C. Runtsch, Dominique Kagele, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Tanya Tolmachova, Miguel C. Seabra, June L. Round, Diane M. Ward, Ryan M. O’Connell	617
17	Defective apical extrusion signaling contributes to aggressive tumor hallmarks 2015 ·eLife ·Yapeng Gu, Jill Shea, Gloria Slattum, Matthew A. Firpo, Margaret Alexander, Sean J. Mulvihill, Vita Golubovskaya, Jody Rosenblatt	51
18	miR-155 Promotes T Follicular Helper Cell Accumulation during Chronic, Low-Grade Inflammation 2014 ·Immunity ·Ruozhen Hu, Dominique Kagele, Thomas B. Huffaker, Marah C. Runtsch, Margaret Alexander, Jin Liu, (unknown), Wei Su, Matthew A. Williams, Dinesh S. Rao, Thomas Möller, Gwenn A. Garden, June L. Round, Ryan M. O’Connell	124
19	Aromatherapy & immunity: How the use of essential oils aid immune potentiality Part 2 mood-immune correlations, stress and susceptibility to illness and how essential oil odorants raise this threshold 2001 ·International Journal of Aromatherapy ·Margaret Alexander	4
20	Transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria in the USA 1995 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Jon I. Scheinman, Margaret Alexander, E. Campbell, Juliana C.N. Chan, Kay Latta, (unknown)	27

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