Michael J. Welsh

72.3k citations

541 papers · 54.2k indexed · 19 hit papers · h-index 124

Impact in

Sensory Systems top 0.02%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.01%
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Papers in

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 221
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances 194
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research 120
- Tracheal and airway disorders 41
Sensory Systems 27

Co-authors: Alan E. Smith Joseph Zabner Margaret P. Price Matthew P. Anderson John A. Wemmie David N. Sheppard Richard J. Gregory E. Peter Greenberg
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (55 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (54 papers)Journal of Clinical Investigation (31 papers)American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology (29 papers)American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology (19 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia Canada

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Welsh

531 papers receiving 52.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Origins of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease 2015 · 494 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 New England Journal of Medicine
2012 Nature
2010 Leadership in Organizations
2009 Science
2004 Cell
2002 Nature
2002 Neuron
2000 Nature
1999 Physiological Reviews
1998 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1996 Cell
1995 Journal of Clinical Investigation
1995 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1993 Cell
1993 Cell
1992 Nature
1991 Science
1991 Cell
1990 Nature

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1	Epithelial responses to CFTR modulators are improved by inflammatory cytokines and impaired by antiinflammatory drugs JCI Insight ·Tayyab Rehman, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Andrew L. Thurman, Rachel L. Zemans, Michael J. Welsh	2024	3
2	255 Amphotericin B Cystetic for Inhalation (CM001): A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study in healthy volunteers Journal of Cystic Fibrosis ·Анжела Ципан, Michael J. Welsh, T. Kotseva, Michiel van Harten, Colin Reisner	2023	0
3	CFTR-rich ionocytes mediate chloride absorption across airway epithelia Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Lei Lei, Shinichi Fukasawa, Guillermo S. Romano Ibarra, Philip H. Karp, Tayyab Rehman, David K. Meyerholz, Joseph Zabner, David A. Stoltz, Patrick L. Sinn, Michael J. Welsh, Paul B. McCray, Ian M. Thornell	2023	28
4	Inflammation as a Regulator of the Airway Surface Liquid pH in Cystic Fibrosis Cells ·Tayyab Rehman, Michael J. Welsh	2023	10
5	WNK Inhibition Increases Surface Liquid pH and Host Defense in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Tayyab Rehman, Philip H. Karp, Andrew L. Thurman, Fahad Alaieri, Akansha Jain, Ashley L. Cooney, Patrick L. Sinn, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Michael E. Duffey, Michael J. Welsh	2022	3
6	Inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-17 enhance the efficacy of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulators Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Tayyab Rehman, Philip H. Karp, Ping Tan, 崇出浦, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Andrew L. Thurman, Ian M. Thornell, 马杰富, Michael E. Duffey, David A. Stoltz, Edward F. McKone, Pradeep K. Singh, Michael J. Welsh	2021	29
7	Enhancing glycolysis attenuates Parkinson’s disease progression in models and clinical databases Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Rong Cai, Y Zhang, Jacob E. Simmering, Jordan L. Schultz, Yuhong Li, Irene Fernández‐Carasa, Antonella Consiglio, Ángel Raya, Philip M. Polgreen, Nandakumar S. Narayanan, Yanpeng Yuan, Zhiguo Chen, Wenting Su, Yanping Han, Chunyue Zhao, Lifang Gao, Xunming Ji, Michael J. Welsh, Lei Liu	2019	196
8	Airway acidification initiates host defense abnormalities in cystic fibrosis mice Science ·Viral S. Shah, David K. Meyerholz, Xiao Xiao Tang, Leah R. Reznikov, Mahmoud H. Abou Alaiwa, Sarah E. Ernst, Philip H. Karp, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Kristopher P. Heilmann, Mariah Leidinger, Patrick D. Allen, Joseph Zabner, Paul B. McCray, Lynda S. Ostedgaard, David A. Stoltz, Christoph O. Randak, Michael J. Welsh	2016	223
9	Symposium Summaries Pediatric Pulmonology ·Hsiao Chang Chan, Mahmoud H. Abou Alaiwa, Lynda S. Ostedgaard, Richard Gerard Carson, Mark J. Hoegger, David A. Stoltz, Michael J. Welsh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2015	1
10	Symposium Session Summaries Pediatric Pulmonology ·Shyam Ramachandran, Philip H. Karp, В И Кожевников, Mark A. Behlke, Michael J. Welsh, Paul B. McCray, Daniela Rotin, Balbir Brar, Dana Carroll, Mitchell L. Drumm, B. Mouelhi, Samia Al-Khaldi, Ilya Bederman, Jean Eastman, Aura Perez, Craig A. Hodges, Jeffrey M. 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11	Pathology of Gastrointestinal Organs in a Porcine Model of Cystic Fibrosis American Journal Of Pathology ·David K. Meyerholz, David A. Stoltz, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Michael J. Welsh	2010	120
12	TRPA channels distinguish gravity sensing from hearing in Johnston's organ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yishan Sun, Lei Liu, Yehuda Ben‐Shahar, Julie S. Jacobs, Daniel F. Eberl, Michael J. Welsh	2009	118
13	Motile Cilia of Human Airway Epithelia Are Chemosensory Science ·Alok S. Shah, Yehuda Ben‐Shahar, Thomas O. Moninger, Joel N. Kline, Michael J. Welsh Hit paper breakdown →	2009	565
14	Acid-sensing ion channels interact with and inhibit BK K ⁺ channels Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nataša Milić, Margaret P. Price, Vladislav Snitsarev, Huiyu Gong, Victoria P. Korovkina, François M. Abboud, Michael J. Welsh	2008	33
15	Adeno-associated virus–targeted disruption of the CFTR gene in cloned ferrets Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Xingshen Sun, Ziying Yan, Yaling Yi, Ziyi Li, Tin Lok James Ng, Christopher S. Rogers, Juan Chen, Yulong Zhang, Michael J. Welsh, Gregory H. Leno, John F. Engelhardt	2008	119
16	Processing and function of CFTR-ΔF508 are species-dependent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lynda S. Ostedgaard, Christopher S. Rogers, Qian Dong, Christoph O. Randak, 寇晓适, Tatiana Rokhlina, Philip H. Karp, Michael J. Welsh	2007	96
17	Eukaryotic operon-like transcription of functionally related genes in Drosophila Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yehuda Ben‐Shahar, Kishore Nannapaneni, Thomas L. Casavant, Todd E. Scheetz, Michael J. Welsh	2006	39
18	A shortened adeno-associated virus expression cassette for CFTR gene transfer to cystic fibrosis airway epithelia Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lynda S. Ostedgaard, Tatiana Rokhlina, Philip H. Karp, 富蔵小間, Sandra Afione, Michael Schmidt, Joseph Zabner, Mark F. Stinski, Weeraya Somana, Michael J. Welsh	2005	79
19	Inactivation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing signal by human airway epithelia Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Clément Fabre, Egon A. Ozer, Michael J. Welsh, Joseph Zabner, E. Peter Greenberg	2004	219
20	Discovery of five conserved β-defensin gene clusters using a computational search strategy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian C. Schutte, Л. І. Гальків, Jennifer A. Bartlett, Qiang Li, Hong Peng Jia, Michael J. Welsh, Thomas L. Casavant, Paul B. McCray	2002	399

About Michael J. Welsh

Michael J. Welsh is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Sensory Systems, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology and Aging, having authored 541 papers that have together received 54.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (194 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (120 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (95 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (92 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (41 papers), Heat shock proteins research (36 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (34 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sensory Systems (3.7k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (19.1k citations), Molecular Biology (29.4k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.6k citations) and Microbiology (2.3k citations). Michael J. Welsh has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Alan E. Smith, Joseph Zabner, Margaret P. Price, Matthew P. Anderson, John A. Wemmie, David N. Sheppard, Richard J. Gregory, E. Peter Greenberg, Thomas O. Moninger and Lynda S. Ostedgaard. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology.

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