Megan Sykes

27.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
411 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Megan Sykes is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Sykes has authored 411 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Immunology, 161 papers in Surgery and 150 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Megan Sykes's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (171 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (147 papers) and Xenotransplantation and immune response (135 papers). Megan Sykes is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (171 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (147 papers) and Xenotransplantation and immune response (135 papers). Megan Sykes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Austria. Megan Sykes's co-authors include David H. Sachs, Yong‐Guang Yang, Thomas Wekerle, Thomas R. Spitzer, David T. Scadden, Markus Y. Mapara, Boris Nikolic, Tatsuo Kawai, David Dombkowski and Susan L. Saidman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Megan Sykes

397 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence Maintained by p21 cip1... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2000 2008 2012 1995 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence Maintained by p21 cip1/waf1
    2000 1.1k citations Yong‐Guang Yang, Megan Sykes et al. profile →
  2. HLA-Mismatched Renal Transplantation without Maintenance Immunosuppression
    2008 729 citations Jay A. Fishman, Megan Sykes et al. profile →
  3. Distribution and Compartmentalization of Human Circulating and Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Subsets
    2012 624 citations Megan Sykes, Tomoaki Kato et al. profile →
  4. Mixed Allogeneic Chimerism And Renal Allograft Tolerance In Cynomolgus Monkeys
    1995 469 citations Megan Sykes, David H. Sachs et al. Transplantation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan Sykes United States 75 10.7k 7.2k 6.6k 4.0k 3.6k 411 20.9k
David H. Sachs United States 87 14.1k 1.3× 13.2k 1.8× 4.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.3× 6.9k 1.9× 697 32.0k
John E. Wagner United States 79 8.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.3× 15.8k 2.4× 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 407 24.1k
Alejandro Aruffo United States 77 14.0k 1.3× 1.6k 0.2× 1.6k 0.2× 602 0.2× 1.7k 0.5× 196 25.3k
Robert S. Negrin United States 71 10.2k 1.0× 845 0.1× 6.9k 1.0× 560 0.1× 1.5k 0.4× 307 18.0k
Erik Thorsby Norway 62 8.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.2× 576 0.1× 3.6k 1.0× 468 15.6k
Angela Panoskaltsis‐Mortari United States 69 10.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.2× 5.2k 0.8× 320 0.1× 816 0.2× 275 16.2k
Rupert Handgretinger Germany 70 7.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.2× 6.4k 1.0× 324 0.1× 2.2k 0.6× 493 19.0k
R. E. Billingham United States 52 5.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.3× 913 0.1× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 180 12.2k
Marcelo Fernández-Viña United States 52 5.0k 0.5× 588 0.1× 3.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 757 0.2× 235 8.3k
Yong‐Guang Yang China 50 3.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 207 0.1× 1.7k 0.5× 244 9.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Danzl, Nichole, Hao Wei Li, Elizabeth Waffarn, et al.. (2025). Follicular helper- and peripheral helper-like T cells drive autoimmune disease in human immune system mice. eLife. 13.
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Khosravi‐Maharlooei, Mohsen, Nichole Danzl, Hao Wei Li, et al.. (2024). Follicular helper- and peripheral helper-like T cells drive autoimmune disease in human immune system mice. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, et al.. (2023). Origin, phenotype and autoimmune potential of T cells in human immune system mice receiving neonatal human thymus tissue. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1159341–1159341. 2 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Stéphanie, Giovanni Ferrari, Megan Sykes, et al.. (2023). Pitfalls and Future Directions of Contemporary Pediatric Valve Surgery: the Case for Living Valve Substitutes. Current Pediatrics Reports. 11(4). 180–192. 2 indexed citations
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Macedo, Camila, Alan F. Zahorchak, Xinyan Gu, et al.. (2023). Donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell infusion modulates effector CD8+T cell and NK cell responses after liver transplantation. Science Translational Medicine. 15(717). eadf4287–eadf4287. 18 indexed citations
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Wu, Yan, Elena Federzoni, Xiaodan Wang, et al.. (2022). CD47 cross-dressing by extracellular vesicles expressing CD47 inhibits phagocytosis without transmitting cell death signals. eLife. 11. 25 indexed citations
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DeWolf, Susan, Boris Grinshpun, Thomas Savage, et al.. (2018). Quantifying size and diversity of the human T cell alloresponse. JCI Insight. 3(15). 63 indexed citations
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Bardwell, Philip D., Ichiro Shimizu, Fabienne Haspot, et al.. (2011). B-Cell-Dependent Memory T Cells Impede Nonmyeloablative Mixed Chimerism Induction in Presensitized Mice. American Journal of Transplantation. 11(11). 2322–2331. 8 indexed citations
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Camirand, Geoffrey, Joël Rousseau, Nicolas Caron, et al.. (2008). Central Tolerance to Myogenic Cell Transplants Does Not Include Muscle Neoantigens. Transplantation. 85(12). 1791–1801. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong‐Guang, James C. S. Wood, Ping Lan, et al.. (2004). Mouse retrovirus mediates porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission into human cells in long-term human-porcine chimeric mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(5). 695–700. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong‐Guang, James C. S. Wood, Ping Lan, et al.. (2004). Mouse retrovirus mediates porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission into human cells in long-term human-porcine chimeric mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(5). 695–700. 34 indexed citations
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Abe, Masahiro, Pierre Theodore, Qi Jin, et al.. (2003). Stem cell activity of porcine c-kit+ hematopoietic cells. Experimental Hematology. 31(9). 833–840. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong‐Guang, Lisa Garrett, Justin J. Sergio, et al.. (2000). Development and analysis of transgenic mice expressing porcine hematopoietic cytokines: a model for achieving durable porcine hematopoietic chimerism across an extensive xenogeneic barrier. Xenotransplantation. 7(1). 58–64. 22 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yong, Kirsten Swenson, Thomas Wekerle, et al.. (2000). The critical role of mouse CD4+cells in the rejection of highly disparate xenogeneic pig thymus grafts. Xenotransplantation. 7(2). 129–137. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yong, Kirsten Swenson, Justin J. Sergio, & Megan Sykes. (1998). Pig MHC Mediates Positive Selection of Mouse CD4+ T Cells with a Mouse MHC-Restricted TCR in Pig Thymus Grafts. The Journal of Immunology. 161(3). 1320–1326. 35 indexed citations
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Emery, David W., Megan Sykes, David H. Sachs, & Christian LeGuern. (1994). Mixed swine/human long-term bone marrow cultures.. PubMed. 26(3). 1313–4. 9 indexed citations
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Sykes, Megan. (1990). Unusual T cell populations in adult murine bone marrow. Prevalence of CD3+CD4-CD8- and alpha beta TCR+NK1.1+ cells.. The Journal of Immunology. 145(10). 3209–3215. 168 indexed citations

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