Margarita K. Lay

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Margarita K. Lay is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Margarita K. Lay has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Margarita K. Lay's work include Respiratory viral infections research (12 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (5 papers). Margarita K. Lay is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (12 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (11 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (5 papers). Margarita K. Lay collaborates with scholars based in Chile, France and United States. Margarita K. Lay's co-authors include Herbert W. Virgin, John P. Davidson, Christiane E. Wobus, Stephanie M. Karst, Alexis M. Kalergis, Susan M. Bueno, Claudia A. Riedel, Pablo A. González, Camila Covián and Angello Retamal‐Díaz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Immunology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Margarita K. Lay

24 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

STAT1-Dependent Innate Immunity to a Norwalk-Like Virus

2003 634 citations Stephanie M. Karst, Christiane E. Wobus et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margarita K. Lay Chile	17	1.0k	399	371	368	340	25	1.5k
Évelyne Kohli France	24	1.5k 1.5×	543 1.4×	218 0.6×	140 0.4×	551 1.6×	69	1.9k
Nathalie Ruvoën France	7	1.2k 1.2×	496 1.2×	209 0.6×	119 0.3×	353 1.0×	14	1.5k
Jacques LePendu France	10	1.3k 1.2×	560 1.4×	225 0.6×	111 0.3×	406 1.2×	14	1.6k
Astrid Borkowski Switzerland	27	1.3k 1.3×	237 0.6×	1.5k 3.9×	616 1.7×	315 0.9×	50	2.7k
Katrina R. Grau United States	10	926 0.9×	337 0.8×	207 0.6×	90 0.2×	272 0.8×	11	1.2k
Satoshi Komoto Japan	22	1.4k 1.4×	722 1.8×	194 0.5×	70 0.2×	755 2.2×	95	1.6k
John L. VanCott United States	22	751 0.7×	362 0.9×	213 0.6×	618 1.7×	218 0.6×	29	1.6k
Noriko Katsushima Japan	22	957 0.9×	244 0.6×	641 1.7×	125 0.3×	485 1.4×	45	1.6k
A. Garbarg‐Chenon France	22	974 1.0×	168 0.4×	521 1.4×	62 0.2×	202 0.6×	64	1.6k
Verónica Costantini United States	25	2.0k 2.0×	941 2.4×	190 0.5×	49 0.1×	799 2.4×	45	2.2k

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Moreno‐Reyes, Rodrigo, Julio Núñez, María Cecilia Opazo, et al.. (2025). Critical Role of Iodine and Thyroid Hormones During Pregnancy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(21). 10247–10247. 1 indexed citations

García-Castillo, Valeria, Christian Muñoz, Angello Retamal‐Díaz, et al.. (2024). New insights into the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1363572–1363572. 8 indexed citations

Vázquez, Yaneisi, Angello Retamal‐Díaz, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2022). Non-capsular based immunization approaches to prevent Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12. 949469–949469. 8 indexed citations

Covián, Camila, et al.. (2020). Human Norovirus Proteins: Implications in the Replicative Cycle, Pathogenesis, and the Host Immune Response. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 961–961. 44 indexed citations

Kalergis, Alexis M., et al.. (2019). Host Components Contributing to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2152–2152. 54 indexed citations

Covián, Camila, Ayleen Fernández‐Fierro, Angello Retamal‐Díaz, et al.. (2019). BCG-Induced Cross-Protection and Development of Trained Immunity: Implication for Vaccine Design. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2806–2806. 218 indexed citations

Soto, Jorge A., Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2018). Human Metapneumovirus: Mechanisms and Molecular Targets Used by the Virus to Avoid the Immune System. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2466–2466. 50 indexed citations

Rey-Jurado, Emma, Felipe Tapia, Natalia Muñoz‐Durango, et al.. (2018). Assessing the Importance of Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Centers: An Overview of Immunization Programs, Vaccine Manufacture, and Distribution. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 26–26. 23 indexed citations

Espinoza, Janyra A., Miguel Ayala León, Pablo F. Céspedes, et al.. (2017). Heme Oxygenase-1 Modulates Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication and Lung Pathogenesis during Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 199(1). 212–223. 53 indexed citations

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Canedo-Marroquín, Gisela, Emma Rey-Jurado, Juan M. Saavedra, et al.. (2017). Modulation of Host Immunity by Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virulence Factors: A Synergic Inhibition of Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 367–367. 20 indexed citations

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Lay, Margarita K., Evelyn L. Jara, Janyra A. Espinoza, et al.. (2016). Aberrant T cell immunity triggered by human Respiratory Syncytial Virus and human Metapneumovirus infection. Virulence. 8(6). 685–704. 21 indexed citations

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Palavecino, Christian Erick, Pablo F. Céspedes, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2015). Understanding Lung Immunopathology Caused by the Human Metapneumovirus: Implications for Rational Vaccine Design. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 35(3). 185–202. 5 indexed citations

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Lay, Margarita K., Susan M. Bueno, Nicolás M. S. Gálvez, Claudia A. Riedel, & Alexis M. Kalergis. (2015). New insights on the viral and host factors contributing to the airway pathogenesis caused by the respiratory syncytial virus. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 42(5). 1–13. 23 indexed citations

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Böhmwald, Karen, Janyra A. Espinoza, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2015). Inflammatory damage on respiratory and nervous systems due to hRSV infection. Current Opinion in Immunology. 36. 14–21. 16 indexed citations

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Bertrand, P., Margarita K. Lay, Giovanni Piedimonte, et al.. (2015). Elevated IL-3 and IL-12p40 levels in the lower airway of infants with RSV-induced bronchiolitis correlate with recurrent wheezing. Cytokine. 76(2). 417–423. 44 indexed citations

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Herbst‐Kralovetz, Melissa M., Andrea L. Radtke, Margarita K. Lay, et al.. (2013). Lack of Norovirus Replication and Histo-Blood Group Antigen Expression in 3-Dimensional Intestinal Epithelial Cells. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(3). 431–438. 60 indexed citations

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Lay, Margarita K., et al.. (2013). Human metapneumovirus infection induces expression of thymic stromal lymphopoetin and IL-33 in airway epithelial cells in vitro and lung infiltration of OX40L+ DCs in vivo (P6200). The Journal of Immunology. 190(Supplement_1). 189.15–189.15. 1 indexed citations

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Lay, Margarita K., Pablo A. González, Miguel Ayala León, et al.. (2012). Advances in understanding respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells and consequential effects on the immune response. Microbes and Infection. 15(3). 230–242. 50 indexed citations

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Lay, Margarita K., Robert L. Atmar, Susana Guix, et al.. (2010). Norwalk virus does not replicate in human macrophages or dendritic cells derived from the peripheral blood of susceptible humans. Virology. 406(1). 1–11. 78 indexed citations

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Karst, Stephanie M., Christiane E. Wobus, Margarita K. Lay, John P. Davidson, & Herbert W. Virgin. (2003). STAT1-Dependent Innate Immunity to a Norwalk-Like Virus. Science. 299(5612). 1575–1578. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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