Micah J. Benson

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Micah J. Benson is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Micah J. Benson has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Micah J. Benson's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Micah J. Benson is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Micah J. Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Singapore. Micah J. Benson's co-authors include Randolph J. Noelle, Raúl Elgueta, Karina Pino‐Lagos, Anna Wasiuk, Victor C. de Vries, Yanxia Guo, Mario Rosemblatt, Raif S. Geha, Stacey R. Dillon and Kong‐Peng Lam and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Micah J. Benson

15 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Molecular mechanism and function of CD40/CD40L engagement in the immune system

2009 1.1k citations Raúl Elgueta, Micah J. Benson et al. Immunological Reviews profile →
All-trans retinoic acid mediates enhanced T reg cell growth, differentiation, and gut homing in the face of high levels of co-stimulation

2007 683 citations Micah J. Benson, Karina Pino‐Lagos et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Micah J. Benson United States	10	1.9k	579	450	201	172	17	2.7k
Wataru Ise Japan	23	3.0k 1.6×	760 1.3×	533 1.2×	275 1.4×	209 1.2×	41	3.8k
Christophe Arpin France	20	1.9k 1.0×	451 0.8×	355 0.8×	183 0.9×	122 0.7×	35	2.6k
Lois L. Cavanagh Australia	24	2.7k 1.4×	566 1.0×	613 1.4×	303 1.5×	160 0.9×	35	3.5k
Sean Stevens United States	20	1.7k 0.9×	903 1.6×	324 0.7×	211 1.0×	406 2.4×	53	3.3k
Toshiro Hara Japan	27	1.3k 0.7×	612 1.1×	387 0.9×	270 1.3×	305 1.8×	57	2.3k
Valérie S. Zimmermann France	20	2.3k 1.2×	863 1.5×	426 0.9×	295 1.5×	233 1.4×	52	3.6k
Susanne Ebner Austria	27	2.6k 1.4×	886 1.5×	676 1.5×	240 1.2×	150 0.9×	61	3.7k
Ewan A. Ross United Kingdom	26	1.5k 0.8×	979 1.7×	377 0.8×	185 0.9×	99 0.6×	39	3.0k
Miren L. Baroja Canada	27	1.2k 0.6×	859 1.5×	437 1.0×	166 0.8×	209 1.2×	45	2.4k
Derek B. Sant’Angelo United States	32	2.9k 1.5×	551 1.0×	591 1.3×	372 1.9×	187 1.1×	74	3.6k

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Travers, Meghan, Tyler G. Searles, Gustavo Martínez, et al.. (2025). Abstract 2196: Characterizing the impact of SOCS1 and Regnase-1 inactivation on tumor reactive T cells present in CRISPR/Cas9-engineered TIL (eTIL®) therapies derived from melanoma and NSCLC tumors through functional and single cell analyses. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 2196–2196.

Wong, Karrie, Leila J. Williams, Nicholas Constant, et al.. (2022). 297 Manufacture of KSQ-001, a CRISPR/Cas9-engineered TIL (eTIL) therapy, for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts. A312–A312.

Lin, Sharon, Leila J. Williams, Hugh Gannon, et al.. (2022). 255 ExPRESS^TM: An accelerated process for the manufacture of KSQ-001, a CRISPR/Cas9-edited eTIL^TM product. Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts. A270–A270. 1 indexed citations

Wong, Karrie, Sharon Lin, Isabelle Le Mercier, et al.. (2021). 204 KSQ-004: Unbiased pair-wise discovery of SOCS1 and Regnase-1 as the top CRISPR/Cas9 dual-edit combination enhancing in vivo TIL potency against solid tumors. Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts. A215–A215. 3 indexed citations

Wong, Karrie, Sharon Lin, Leila J. Williams, et al.. (2021). 186 Development of KSQ-001, an engineered TIL (eTIL) therapy for solid tumors through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of SOCS1. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A198–A198. 1 indexed citations

Benson, Micah J., David von Schack, Sean Keegan, et al.. (2014). Modeling the Clinical Phenotype of BTK Inhibition in the Mature Murine Immune System. The Journal of Immunology. 193(1). 185–197. 19 indexed citations

Elgueta, Raúl, Ellen Marks, Elizabeth C. Nowak, et al.. (2014). CCR6-Dependent Positioning of Memory B Cells Is Essential for Their Ability To Mount a Recall Response to Antigen. The Journal of Immunology. 194(2). 505–513. 64 indexed citations

Benson, Micah J., Tarmo Äijö, Xing Chang, et al.. (2012). Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L-like (hnRNPLL) and elongation factor, RNA polymerase II, 2 (ELL2) are regulators of mRNA processing in plasma cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16252–16257. 32 indexed citations

Benson, Micah J., Raúl Elgueta, William L. Schpero, et al.. (2009). Distinction of the memory B cell response to cognate antigen versus bystander inflammatory signals. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(9). 2013–2025. 66 indexed citations

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Elgueta, Raúl, Micah J. Benson, Victor C. de Vries, et al.. (2009). Molecular mechanism and function of CD40/CD40L engagement in the immune system. Immunological Reviews. 229(1). 152–172. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vries, Victor C. de, Anna Wasiuk, Micah J. Benson, et al.. (2009). Mast Cell Degranulation Breaks Peripheral Tolerance. American Journal of Transplantation. 9(10). 2270–2280. 92 indexed citations

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Benson, Micah J., Stacey R. Dillon, Emanuela Castigli, et al.. (2008). Cutting Edge: The Dependence of Plasma Cells and Independence of Memory B Cells on BAFF and APRIL. The Journal of Immunology. 180(6). 3655–3659. 357 indexed citations

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Pino‐Lagos, Karina, Micah J. Benson, & Randolph J. Noelle. (2008). Retinoic Acid in the Immune System. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1143(1). 170–187. 100 indexed citations

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Benson, Micah J., Raúl Elgueta, & Randolph J. Noelle. (2008). B cell survival: An unexpected mechanism of lymphocyte vitality. Immunology and Cell Biology. 86(6). 485–486. 5 indexed citations

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Raman, Vanitha S., Evan Lind, Micah J. Benson, & Randolph J. Noelle. (2007). Strategies for selective priming of memory B cells. Immunology Letters. 109(2). 93–100. 8 indexed citations

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Benson, Micah J., Karina Pino‐Lagos, Mario Rosemblatt, & Randolph J. Noelle. (2007). All-trans retinoic acid mediates enhanced T reg cell growth, differentiation, and gut homing in the face of high levels of co-stimulation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(8). 1765–1774. 683 indexed citations breakdown →

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Benson, Micah J., Jeffrey D. Gawronski, Douglas E. Eveleigh, & David R. Benson. (2004). Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(1). 616–620. 110 indexed citations

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