Michael E. Selsted

22.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
141 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Selsted is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Selsted has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Microbiology, 83 papers in Molecular Biology and 53 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Selsted's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (123 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (47 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (40 papers). Michael E. Selsted is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (123 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (47 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (40 papers). Michael E. Selsted collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Michael E. Selsted's co-authors include Robert I. Lehrer, André J. Ouellette, Tomas Ganz, S S Harwig, Kathleen A. Daher, Stephen H. White, D Szklarek, Dat Q. Tran, Yi‐Quan Tang and Jun Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Selsted

139 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

Defensins. Natural peptide antibiotics of human neutrophils.

1985 1.2k citations Tomas Ganz, Michael E. Selsted et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Mammalian defensins in the antimicrobial immune response

2005 946 citations Michael E. Selsted, André J. Ouellette Nature Immunology profile →
Secretion of microbicidal α-defensins by intestinal Paneth cells in response to bacteria

2000 820 citations Tokiyoshi Ayabe, Donald P. Satchell et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Interaction of human defensins with Escherichia coli. Mechanism of bactericidal activity.

1989 593 citations Robert I. Lehrer, A. P. Barton et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
A Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptide Produced in Primate Leukocytes by the Ligation of Two Truncated α-Defensins

1999 565 citations Jun Yuan, Klára Ősapay et al. profile →
Direct inactivation of viruses by human granulocyte defensins

1986 433 citations Kathleen A. Daher, Michael E. Selsted et al. profile →
Primary structures of three human neutrophil defensins.

1985 428 citations Michael E. Selsted, S S Harwig et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Selsted	11.9k	9.3k	6.0k	1.9k	1.5k	141	17.0k
Yechiel Shai	10.1k 0.8×	11.4k 1.2×	3.5k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	769 0.5×	205	16.7k
André J. Ouellette	5.0k 0.4×	5.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	737 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	141	9.9k
Charles Bevins	6.1k 0.5×	7.9k 0.8×	4.8k 0.8×	696 0.4×	2.8k 1.8×	158	17.5k
De Yang	5.7k 0.5×	4.7k 0.5×	7.0k 1.2×	833 0.4×	372 0.2×	134	13.2k
Kim A. Brogden	6.4k 0.5×	5.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	685 0.4×	181	10.8k
Birgitta Agerberth	6.1k 0.5×	4.3k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	316 0.2×	637 0.4×	111	10.8k
Hans G. Boman	9.8k 0.8×	9.4k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	808 0.4×	795 0.5×	140	16.1k
Jürgen Harder	4.8k 0.4×	3.9k 0.4×	3.9k 0.7×	496 0.3×	710 0.5×	125	10.1k
Guðmundur H. Guðmundsson	5.9k 0.5×	4.2k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	316 0.2×	568 0.4×	121	10.1k
Wuyuan Lu	4.3k 0.4×	5.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	473 0.3×	169	9.0k

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Selsted, Michael E., et al.. (2024). An ADAM10 Exosite Inhibitor Is Efficacious in an In Vivo Collagen-Induced Arthritis Model. Pharmaceuticals. 17(1). 87–87. 1 indexed citations

Tongaonkar, Prasad, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of miR-146a Expression and Regulation of Endotoxin Tolerance by Rhesus Theta-Defensin-1. Mediators of Inflammation. 2023. 1–8. 5 indexed citations

Schaal, Justin B., Yoshihiro Eriguchi, Dat Q. Tran, et al.. (2021). A host-directed macrocyclic peptide therapeutic for MDR gram negative bacterial infections. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23447–23447. 5 indexed citations

Tran, Dat Q., Justin B. Schaal, Patti Tran, et al.. (2019). Rhesus Theta Defensin 1 Promotes Long Term Survival in Systemic Candidiasis by Host Directed Mechanisms. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16905–16905. 16 indexed citations

Eriguchi, Yoshihiro, Kiminori Nakamura, Yuki Yokoi, et al.. (2018). Essential role of IFN-γ in T cell–associated intestinal inflammation. JCI Insight. 3(18). 74 indexed citations

Schaal, Justin B., et al.. (2017). Rhesus θ-Defensin-1 Attenuates Endotoxin-induced Acute Lung Injury by Inhibiting Proinflammatory Cytokines and Neutrophil Recruitment. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 58(3). 310–319. 21 indexed citations

Beringer, Paul M., Henry C. Ho, Melissa Agnello, et al.. (2015). Rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) exhibitsin vitroandin vivoactivity against cystic fibrosis strains ofPseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 71(1). 181–188. 22 indexed citations

Mastroianni, Jennifer R., et al.. (2012). Alternative Luminal Activation Mechanisms for Paneth Cell α-Defensins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(14). 11205–11212. 31 indexed citations

Lehrer, Robert I., et al.. (2012). θ-Defensins: Cyclic Peptides with Endless Potential. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(32). 27014–27019. 113 indexed citations

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Yuan, Jun, et al.. (2006). Bovine Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein-S: Antimicrobial Activity, Localization, Secretion, and Binding Properties. The Journal of Immunology. 176(2). 1154–1162. 99 indexed citations

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Ayabe, Tokiyoshi, Donald P. Satchell, Carole L. Wilson, et al.. (2000). Secretion of microbicidal α-defensins by intestinal Paneth cells in response to bacteria. Nature Immunology. 1(2). 113–118. 820 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ősapay, Klára, Dat Q. Tran, Alexey S. Ladokhin, et al.. (2000). Formation and Characterization of a Single Trp-Trp Cross-link in Indolicidin That Confers Protease Stability without Altering Antimicrobial Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(16). 12017–12022. 33 indexed citations

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Westendorf, Jennifer J., Cindy M. Yamamoto, Noel Lenny, et al.. (1998). The t(8;21) Fusion Product, AML-1–ETO, Associates with C/EBP-α, Inhibits C/EBP-α-Dependent Transcription, and Blocks Granulocytic Differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(1). 322–333. 237 indexed citations

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Ladokhin, Alexey S., Michael E. Selsted, & Stephen H. White. (1997). Bilayer Interactions of Indolicidin, a Small Antimicrobial Peptide Rich in Tryptophan, Proline, and Basic Amino Acids. Biophysical Journal. 72(2). 794–805. 135 indexed citations

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Ouellette, André J. & Michael E. Selsted. (1996). Paneth cell defensins: Endogenous peptide components of intestinal host defense. The FASEB Journal. 10(11). 1280–1289. 228 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Imran, Walter R. Perkins, David M. Lupan, Michael E. Selsted, & Andrew S. Janoff. (1995). Liposomal entrapment of the neutrophil-derived peptide indolicidin endows it with in vivo antifungal activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1237(2). 109–114. 122 indexed citations

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Lehrer, Robert I., A. P. Barton, Kathleen A. Daher, et al.. (1989). Interaction of human defensins with Escherichia coli. Mechanism of bactericidal activity.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 84(2). 553–561. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lichtenstein, Alan, et al.. (1988). Mechanism of target cytolysis by peptide defensins. Target cell metabolic activities, possibly involving endocytosis, are crucial for expression of cytotoxicity.. The Journal of Immunology. 140(8). 2686–2694. 119 indexed citations

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Pardi, Arthur, Dennis R. Hare, Michael E. Selsted, et al.. (1988). Solution structures of the rabbit neutrophil defensin NP-5. Journal of Molecular Biology. 201(3). 625–636. 91 indexed citations

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Bach, A., Michael E. Selsted, & Arthur Pardi. (1987). Two-dimensional NMR studies of the antimicrobial peptide NP-5. Biochemistry. 26(14). 4389–4397. 57 indexed citations

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