Michael C. Abt

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
33 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Michael C. Abt is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Abt has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Abt's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (19 papers), Gut microbiota and health (15 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (7 papers). Michael C. Abt is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (19 papers), Gut microbiota and health (15 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (7 papers). Michael C. Abt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Croatia. Michael C. Abt's co-authors include David Artis, Eric G. Pamer, E. John Wherry, Laurel A. Monticelli, Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Theresa Alenghat, Travis A. Doering, Jill Angelosanto, Brian J. Laidlaw and Peter T. McKenney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Abt

32 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Innate lymphoid cells promote lung-tissue homeostasis after infection with influenza virus.

2011 1.1k citations Laurel A. Monticelli, Gregory F. Sonnenberg et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Innate lymphoid cells promote lung-tissue homeostasis after infection with influenza virus

2011 1.1k citations Laurel A. Monticelli, Gregory F. Sonnenberg et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Commensal Bacteria Calibrate the Activation Threshold of Innate Antiviral Immunity

2012 789 citations Michael C. Abt, Lisa C. Osborne et al. Immunity profile →
Antigen-Independent Differentiation and Maintenance of Effector-like Resident Memory T Cells in Tissues

2012 511 citations Kerry A. Casey, Kathryn Fraser et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
Clostridium difficile colitis: pathogenesis and host defence

2016 385 citations Michael C. Abt, Eric G. Pamer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael C. Abt United States	18	3.5k	1.8k	1.8k	1.3k	850	33	6.0k
Nicolas Bouladoux United States	35	4.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	772 0.4×	940 0.7×	849 1.0×	52	8.1k
Jérôme Viala France	22	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	636 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	78	6.3k
Kenneth W. Beagley Australia	50	4.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	904 0.5×	720 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	237	8.6k
Yun‐Gi Kim Japan	34	3.4k 1.0×	3.7k 2.0×	598 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	73	7.3k
Phillip D. Smith United States	52	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	1.9k 2.2×	181	10.4k
Gregory F. Sonnenberg United States	38	7.8k 2.2×	2.3k 1.3×	4.0k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	68	11.1k
Jason A. Hall United States	19	5.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	601 0.3×	701 0.5×	675 0.8×	26	8.2k
Kohtaro Fujihashi United States	53	5.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	492 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	169	8.3k
Marije Oosting Netherlands	38	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	469 0.3×	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	75	7.2k
Marcel R. de Zoete Netherlands	34	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.6×	520 0.3×	930 0.7×	627 0.7×	50	5.6k

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Denny, Joshua E., et al.. (2025). Therapeutic activation of IL-22-producing innate lymphoid cells enhances host defenses to Clostridioides difficile infection. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115438–115438. 1 indexed citations

Denny, Joshua E., et al.. (2025). Standard mouse diets lead to differences in severity in infectious and non-infectious colitis. mBio. 16(4). e0330224–e0330224. 1 indexed citations

Denny, Joshua E., Md. Zahidul Alam, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, et al.. (2025). Clostridioides difficile toxin A and toxin B inhibit toxin-specific adaptive immune responses through glucosyltransferase-dependent activity. Mucosal Immunology. 18(6). 1271–1283.

Denny, Joshua E., et al.. (2024). Monoclonal antibody-mediated neutralization of Clostridioides difficile toxin does not diminish induction of the protective innate immune response to infection. Anaerobe. 88. 102859–102859. 2 indexed citations

Alam, Md. Zahidul, et al.. (2023). Immunological consequences of microbiome-based therapeutics. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1046472–1046472. 15 indexed citations

Alam, Md. Zahidul, et al.. (2023). IL10 producing regulatory T cells support fecal microbiota transplant (FMT)-mediated clearance of Clostridioides difficile Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 210(Supplement_1). 61.12–61.12. 1 indexed citations

Abt, Michael C., et al.. (2023). Targeted activation of IL-22 producing innate lymphoid cells enhances host resistance against Clostridioides difficile infection. The Journal of Immunology. 210(Supplement_1). 241.15–241.15. 1 indexed citations

Denny, Joshua E., et al.. (2021). Loss of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) Signaling Promotes IL-22-Dependent Host Defenses against Acute Clostridioides difficile Infection. Infection and Immunity. 89(5). 11 indexed citations

Littmann, Eric R., Jung‐Jin Lee, Joshua E. Denny, et al.. (2021). Host immunity modulates the efficacy of microbiota transplantation for treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 755–755. 63 indexed citations

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Abt, Michael C., Brittany B. Lewis, Silvia Caballero, et al.. (2015). Innate Immune Defenses Mediated by Two ILC Subsets Are Critical for Protection against Acute Clostridium difficile Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 18(1). 27–37. 227 indexed citations

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Lagor, William R., Robert C. Bauer, Alison Crawford, et al.. (2014). Genetic manipulation of the ApoF/Stat2 locus supports an important role for type I interferon signaling in atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 233(1). 234–241. 20 indexed citations

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Abt, Michael C. & Eric G. Pamer. (2014). Commensal bacteria mediated defenses against pathogens. Current Opinion in Immunology. 29. 16–22. 122 indexed citations

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Laidlaw, Brian J., Vilma Decman, Mohammed A. Ali, et al.. (2013). Cooperativity Between CD8+ T Cells, Non-Neutralizing Antibodies, and Alveolar Macrophages Is Important for Heterosubtypic Influenza Virus Immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 9(3). e1003207–e1003207. 124 indexed citations

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Abt, Michael C. & David Artis. (2013). The dynamic influence of commensal bacteria on the immune response to pathogens. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16(1). 4–9. 48 indexed citations

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Abt, Michael C., Lisa C. Osborne, Laurel A. Monticelli, et al.. (2012). Commensal Bacteria Calibrate the Activation Threshold of Innate Antiviral Immunity. Immunity. 37(1). 158–170. 789 indexed citations breakdown →

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Casey, Kerry A., Kathryn Fraser, Jason M. Schenkel, et al.. (2012). Antigen-Independent Differentiation and Maintenance of Effector-like Resident Memory T Cells in Tissues. The Journal of Immunology. 188(10). 4866–4875. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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Monticelli, Laurel A., Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Michael C. Abt, et al.. (2011). Innate lymphoid cells promote lung-tissue homeostasis after infection with influenza virus. Nature Immunology. 12(11). 1045–1054. 1066 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abt, Michael C., et al.. (2009). The influence of commensal bacteria on anti-viral immunity (39.26). The Journal of Immunology. 182(Supplement_1). 39.26–39.26. 1 indexed citations

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Abt, Michael C. & David Artis. (2009). The intestinal microbiota in health and disease: the influence of microbial products on immune cell homeostasis. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. 25(6). 496–502. 79 indexed citations

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Hill, David A., Christian Hoffmann, Michael C. Abt, et al.. (2009). Metagenomic analyses reveal antibiotic-induced temporal and spatial changes in intestinal microbiota with associated alterations in immune cell homeostasis. Mucosal Immunology. 3(2). 148–158. 335 indexed citations

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