Megan A. Cooper

21.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
84 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Megan A. Cooper is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan A. Cooper has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Megan A. Cooper's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (50 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (33 papers) and Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (25 papers). Megan A. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (50 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (33 papers) and Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (25 papers). Megan A. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Megan A. Cooper's co-authors include Todd A. Fehniger, Michael A. Caligiuri, Wayne M. Yokoyama, William E. Carson, Jeffrey VanDeusen, Kenneth Chen, Bobak A. Ghaheri, Tariq Ghayur, Liping Yang and Marco Colonna and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Megan A. Cooper

81 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The biology of human natural killer-cell subsets

2001 2.3k citations Megan A. Cooper, Todd A. Fehniger et al. profile →
Human natural killer cells: a unique innate immunoregulatory role for the CD56bright subset

2001 1.1k citations Megan A. Cooper, Todd A. Fehniger et al. Blood profile →
CD56bright natural killer cells are present in human lymph nodes and are activated by T cell-derived IL-2: a potential new link between adaptive and innate immunity

2003 662 citations Todd A. Fehniger, Megan A. Cooper et al. Blood profile →
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia

2016 660 citations Rizwan Romee, Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott et al. profile →
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

2009 618 citations Megan A. Cooper, Julie M. Elliott et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Gene Expression by Human NK Cells Following Activation with IL-18 or IL-15 in Combination with IL-12: Implications for the Innate Immune Response

1999 546 citations Todd A. Fehniger, Megan A. Cooper et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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Karl‐Johan Malmberg Sweden

Claudia Cantoni Italy

Yenan T. Bryceson Sweden

Simona Sivori Italy

Roberto Biassoni Italy

Massimo Vitale Italy

Emanuela Marcenaro Italy

Adelheid Cerwenka Germany

Miguel López‐Botet Spain

Sophie Ugolini France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan A. Cooper

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Griffith, Malachi, et al.. (2025). Identifying genetic errors of immunity due to mosaicism. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(5). 2 indexed citations

Cooper, Megan A., et al.. (2025). Rheumatologic and autoimmune features of inborn errors of immunity: Implications for diagnosis and management. PubMed. 1(3).

Kolicheski, Ana, Jennifer Poursine‐Laurent, Jennifer Tran, et al.. (2025). ACLY promotes NK cell effector function by regulating glycolysis and histone acetylation. The Journal of Immunology. 214(11). 3100–3114.

Aluri, Jahnavi & Megan A. Cooper. (2023). Somatic mosaicism in inborn errors of immunity: Current knowledge, challenges, and future perspectives. Seminars in Immunology. 67. 101761–101761. 15 indexed citations

Vogel, Tiphanie P., Jennifer W. Leiding, Megan A. Cooper, & Lisa Forbes Satter. (2023). STAT3 gain-of-function syndrome. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 770077–770077. 23 indexed citations

Friedman, Danielle Novetsky, Chaya S. Moskowitz, Kimberly L. Turner, et al.. (2023). Clonal hematopoiesis in survivors of childhood cancer. Blood Advances. 7(15). 4102–4106. 13 indexed citations

Cimpean, Maria & Megan A. Cooper. (2023). Metabolic regulation of NK cell antiviral functions during cytomegalovirus infection. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 113(5). 525–534. 5 indexed citations

Schmitt, Erica G., et al.. (2023). Deficiencies and Dysregulation of STAT Pathways That Drive Inborn Errors of Immunity: Lessons from Patients and Mouse Models of Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 210(10). 1463–1472. 4 indexed citations

Cimpean, Maria, Molly P. Keppel, Anastasiia Gainullina, et al.. (2023). IL-15 Priming Alters IFN-γ Regulation in Murine NK Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 211(10). 1481–1493. 5 indexed citations

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Cooper, Megan A.. (2023). Early Is the Key for Treatment of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. The Journal of Immunology. 210(3). 219–220. 2 indexed citations

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Friedman, Danielle Novetsky, Chaya S. Moskowitz, Kimberly L. Turner, et al.. (2023). Clonal hematopoiesis in survivors of childhood cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 10014–10014. 1 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Erica G., Ana Kolicheski, Nermina Saucier, et al.. (2022). A human STAT3 gain-of-function variant confers T cell dysregulation without predominant Treg dysfunction in mice. JCI Insight. 7(21). 14 indexed citations

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Korenfeld, Daniel, Tiphanie P. Vogel, Henry Pollack, et al.. (2021). STAT3 Gain-of-Function Mutations Underlie Deficiency in Human Nonclassical CD16+ Monocytes and CD141+ Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 207(10). 2423–2432. 8 indexed citations

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Aluri, Jahnavi & Megan A. Cooper. (2021). Genetic Mosaicism as a Cause of Inborn Errors of Immunity. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 41(4). 718–728. 26 indexed citations

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Bigley, Tarin M. & Megan A. Cooper. (2021). Monogenic autoimmunity and infectious diseases: the double-edged sword of immune dysregulation. Current Opinion in Immunology. 72. 230–238. 7 indexed citations

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Stevens, Brett M., Courtney L. Jones, Michael U. Callaghan, et al.. (2020). ETV6 germline mutations cause HDAC3/NCOR2 mislocalization and upregulation of interferon response genes. JCI Insight. 5(18). 18 indexed citations

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Berrien-Elliott, Melissa M., Rizwan Romee, Julia A. Wagner, et al.. (2017). NKG2A Represents an Important Immune Checkpoint for Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-like NK Cells in Patients with AML. Blood. 130. 167–167. 2 indexed citations

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Romee, Rizwan, Stephanie Schneider, Jeffrey Leong, et al.. (2012). Cytokine activation induces human memory-like NK cells. Blood. 120(24). 4751–4760. 491 indexed citations

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Cooper, Megan A., Julie M. Elliott, Peter A. Keyel, et al.. (2009). Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1915–1919. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Comella, Kristin, Masayuki Nakamura, Maciej Zborowski, et al.. (2001). Effects of antibody concentration on the separation of human natural killer cells in a commercial immunomagnetic separation system. Cytometry. 45(4). 285–293. 20 indexed citations

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