Melissa A. Brown

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Melissa A. Brown is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa A. Brown has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa A. Brown's work include Mast cells and histamine (21 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (9 papers). Melissa A. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Mast cells and histamine (21 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (9 papers). Melissa A. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Melissa A. Brown's co-authors include Richard M. Ransohoff, John Hural, Alison Christy, Julianne K. Hatfield, Blayne A. Sayed, Margaret E. Walker, W. Evan Secor, Virginia H. Secor, John C. Ansel and D G Payan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Melissa A. Brown

47 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Innate immunity in the central nervous system

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa A. Brown United States	30	2.0k	779	649	597	347	47	3.6k
Marjan van Meurs Netherlands	30	1.5k 0.8×	880 1.1×	529 0.8×	866 1.5×	120 0.3×	64	3.3k
Tobias Suter Switzerland	26	1.8k 0.9×	790 1.0×	644 1.0×	279 0.5×	116 0.3×	31	3.2k
Elizabeth P. Blankenhorn United States	36	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	231 0.4×	276 0.5×	142 0.4×	103	3.5k
Christopher Lock United States	19	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	493 0.8×	266 0.4×	185 0.5×	33	4.0k
Bruce F. Bebo United States	31	2.1k 1.0×	485 0.6×	353 0.5×	260 0.4×	138 0.4×	61	3.7k
Enrico Crivellato Italy	43	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 3.0×	245 0.4×	537 0.9×	419 1.2×	172	5.5k
Marjan A. Versnel Netherlands	38	1.3k 0.7×	860 1.1×	422 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	84 0.2×	116	4.4k
Giovanni Battista Ferrara Italy	34	2.8k 1.4×	821 1.1×	277 0.4×	166 0.3×	211 0.6×	114	5.0k
Christoph Scheiermann Germany	32	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 2.3×	464 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	561 1.6×	57	7.0k
Andrew Bateman Canada	40	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 3.0×	662 1.0×	1.4k 2.3×	122 0.4×	90	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa A. Brown

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Wilcox, Douglas R., et al.. (2021). ASC-dependent inflammasomes contribute to immunopathology and mortality in herpes simplex encephalitis. PLoS Pathogens. 17(2). e1009285–e1009285. 17 indexed citations

Klein, Robyn S., Rhonda R. Voskuhl, Benjamin M. Segal, et al.. (2017). Speaking out about gender imbalance in invited speakers improves diversity. Nature Immunology. 18(5). 475–478. 71 indexed citations

Russi, Abigail E., et al.. (2016). Mast cell inflammasome activity in the meninges regulates EAE disease severity. Clinical Immunology. 189. 14–22. 34 indexed citations

Russi, Abigail E. & Melissa A. Brown. (2014). The meninges: new therapeutic targets for multiple sclerosis. Translational research. 165(2). 255–269. 62 indexed citations

Wong, Larry, Julianne K. Hatfield, & Melissa A. Brown. (2013). Ikaros Sets the Potential for Th17 Lineage Gene Expression through Effects on Chromatin State in Early T Cell Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(49). 35170–35179. 42 indexed citations

Christy, Alison, Margaret E. Walker, Martin J. Hessner, & Melissa A. Brown. (2012). Mast cell activation and neutrophil recruitment promotes early and robust inflammation in the meninges in EAE. Journal of Autoimmunity. 42. 50–61. 138 indexed citations

Min, Booki, Melissa A. Brown, & Graham Le Gros. (2011). Understanding the roles of basophils: breaking dawn. Immunology. 135(3). 192–197. 40 indexed citations

Sayed, Blayne A., Alison Christy, Margaret E. Walker, & Melissa A. Brown. (2010). Meningeal Mast Cells Affect Early T Cell Central Nervous System Infiltration and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity through TNF: A Role for Neutrophil Recruitment?. The Journal of Immunology. 184(12). 6891–6900. 143 indexed citations

Brown, Melissa A., et al.. (2009). Comparison of Endothelial Cell Phenotypic Markers of Late-Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor Cells Isolated from Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Healthy Volunteers. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(11). 3473–3486. 58 indexed citations

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Brown, Melissa A., Charles S. Wallace, Mathew G. Angelos, & George A. Truskey. (2009). Characterization of Umbilical Cord Blood–Derived Late Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor Cells Exposed to Laminar Shear Stress. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(11). 3575–3587. 66 indexed citations

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Gregory, Gregory D., et al.. (2009). Cutting Edge: Ikaros Is a Regulator of Th2 Cell Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 182(2). 741–745. 56 indexed citations

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Brown, Melissa A., Blayne A. Sayed, & Alison Christy. (2008). Mast Cells and the Adaptive Immune Response. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 28(6). 671–676. 12 indexed citations

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Sayed, Blayne A. & Melissa A. Brown. (2007). Mast cells as modulators of T‐cell responses. Immunological Reviews. 217(1). 53–64. 66 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Yonghua, Zan Huang, Jun Nishida, et al.. (2007). Role of IFN-γ and IL-12 in Silencing the IL-4-Producing Potential in Th1 Cells (87.29). The Journal of Immunology. 178(1_Supplement). S133–S133. 1 indexed citations

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Christy, Alison & Melissa A. Brown. (2007). The Multitasking Mast Cell: Positive and Negative Roles in the Progression of Autoimmunity. The Journal of Immunology. 179(5). 2673–2679. 52 indexed citations

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Robbie‐Ryan, Michaela, et al.. (2005). MASTering the Immune Response: Mast Cells in Autoimmunity. Novartis Foundation symposium. 271. 215–231. 12 indexed citations

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Brown, Melissa A., et al.. (2001). Double-Stranded RNA Regulates IL-4 Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 167(5). 2496–2501. 19 indexed citations

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Hural, John, et al.. (2000). An Intron Transcriptional Enhancer Element Regulates IL-4 Gene Locus Accessibility in Mast Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 165(6). 3239–3249. 57 indexed citations

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Ansel, John C., Jeffrey Brown, D G Payan, & Melissa A. Brown. (1993). Substance P selectively activates TNF-alpha gene expression in murine mast cells. The Journal of Immunology. 150(10). 4478–4485. 276 indexed citations

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Paul, William E., Melissa A. Brown, Peter Hornbeck, et al.. (1987). Regulation of B‐Lymphocyte Activation, Proliferation, and Differentiation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 505(1). 82–89. 15 indexed citations

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