McLane J. Watson

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

McLane J. Watson is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, McLane J. Watson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in McLane J. Watson's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers). McLane J. Watson is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers). McLane J. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and China. McLane J. Watson's co-authors include Greg M. Delgoffe, Ashley V. Menk, Kristin DePeaux, Amanda C. Poholek, Paolo Vignali, Ronal M. Peralta, Natalie Rittenhouse, Dario A.A. Vignali, Stephanie Grebinoski and Steven J. Mullett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

McLane J. Watson

10 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Metabolic support of tumour-infiltrating regulatory T cells by lactic acid

2021 817 citations McLane J. Watson, Paolo Vignali et al. Nature profile →
Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity

2022 163 citations Paolo Vignali, Kristin DePeaux et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
McLane J. Watson United States	8	791	561	489	439	164	10	1.4k
Ronal M. Peralta United States	7	875 1.1×	578 1.0×	558 1.1×	507 1.2×	187 1.1×	12	1.6k
Paolo Vignali United States	8	1.1k 1.4×	710 1.3×	697 1.4×	595 1.4×	220 1.3×	17	2.0k
Stephanie Grebinoski United States	7	548 0.7×	353 0.6×	383 0.8×	327 0.7×	120 0.7×	9	1.0k
Xiaoqian Zhang China	6	824 1.0×	411 0.7×	874 1.8×	636 1.4×	160 1.0×	12	1.7k
Chahrazade Kantari‐Mimoun France	10	766 1.0×	680 1.2×	388 0.8×	186 0.4×	140 0.9×	11	1.3k
Yosra Messai France	13	486 0.6×	505 0.9×	411 0.8×	453 1.0×	108 0.7×	23	1.2k
Miriam R. Fein United States	5	769 1.0×	492 0.9×	336 0.7×	144 0.3×	210 1.3×	8	1.2k
B. Rhodes Ford United States	8	604 0.8×	391 0.7×	249 0.5×	212 0.5×	93 0.6×	10	969
Jiri Keirsse Belgium	12	990 1.3×	525 0.9×	412 0.8×	187 0.4×	94 0.6×	19	1.3k
Jason Hatakeyama United States	13	702 0.9×	390 0.7×	678 1.4×	176 0.4×	83 0.5×	17	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by McLane J. Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of McLane J. Watson

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Longo, Joseph, McLane J. Watson, Kelsey S. Williams, Ryan D. Sheldon, & Russell G. Jones. (2025). Nutrient allocation fuels T cell-mediated immunity. Cell Metabolism. 37(12). 2311–2322. 3 indexed citations

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DePeaux, Kristin, Dayana B. Rivadeneira, Konstantinos Lontos, et al.. (2023). An oncolytic virus–delivered TGFβ inhibitor overcomes the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(10). 20 indexed citations

3.

Lontos, Konstantinos, Yiyang Wang, Andrew Frisch, et al.. (2023). Metabolic reprogramming via an engineered PGC-1α improves human chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy against solid tumors. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(3). e006522–e006522. 59 indexed citations

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Vignali, Paolo, Kristin DePeaux, McLane J. Watson, et al.. (2022). Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity. Nature Immunology. 24(2). 267–279. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaymak, Irem, Katarzyna M. Luda, H. Eric, et al.. (2022). Carbon source availability drives nutrient utilization in CD8+ T cells. Cell Metabolism. 34(9). 1298–1311.e6. 80 indexed citations

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Watson, McLane J., Paolo Vignali, Steven J. Mullett, et al.. (2021). Metabolic support of tumour-infiltrating regulatory T cells by lactic acid. Nature. 591(7851). 645–651. 817 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watson, McLane J., Kasturi Banerjee, Sander B. Frank, et al.. (2021). Aberrant CREB1 activation in prostate cancer disrupts normal prostate luminal cell differentiation. Oncogene. 40(18). 3260–3272. 13 indexed citations

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Vignali, Paolo, Kristin DePeaux, McLane J. Watson, et al.. (2020). 512 Terminally exhausted CD8+ T cells potentiate the tolerogenic tumor microenvironment as functional suppressors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A315.1–A315. 2 indexed citations

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Menk, Ashley V., Nicole E. Scharping, Dayana B. Rivadeneira, et al.. (2018). 4-1BB costimulation induces T cell mitochondrial function and biogenesis enabling cancer immunotherapeutic responses. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(4). 1091–1100. 209 indexed citations

10.

Calderón, Adriana, et al.. (2015). Asymmetric Wnt Pathway Signaling Facilitates Stem Cell-Like Divisions via the Nonreceptor Tyrosine Kinase FRK-1 inCaenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 201(3). 1047–1060. 8 indexed citations

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