Michael P. Weekes

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michael P. Weekes is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Weekes has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Epidemiology, 37 papers in Immunology and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Weekes's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (35 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (14 papers). Michael P. Weekes is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (35 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (14 papers). Michael P. Weekes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Michael P. Weekes's co-authors include Mark R. Wills, J. G. P. Sissons, Kim Mynard, Robin Antrobus, Paul J. Lehner, Andrew Carmichael, A.J. Carmichael, Bodo Plachter, Xia Jin and Steven P. Gygi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Weekes

80 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

The human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to cytomegalovirus is dominated by structural protein pp65: frequency, specificity, and T-cell receptor usage of pp65-specific CTL

1996 605 citations Mark R. Wills, A.J. Carmichael et al. Journal of Virology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Weekes United Kingdom	37	2.3k	2.1k	1.6k	754	506	82	5.1k
Andrew D. Yurochko United States	40	2.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	529 0.7×	318 0.6×	84	4.9k
Satoshi Ishido Japan	36	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	955 1.3×	220 0.4×	94	5.1k
Chantal Rabourdin‐Combe France	39	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	469 0.6×	367 0.7×	94	5.0k
Toru Okamoto Japan	37	860 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	367 0.5×	228 0.5×	123	4.0k
Masaki Yasukawa Japan	47	4.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	2.6k 3.4×	255 0.5×	249	8.1k
Paul Lehmann United States	40	5.7k 2.5×	940 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	794 1.1×	283 0.6×	167	8.6k
Wolfgang Kastenmüller Germany	38	4.6k 2.0×	805 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	383 0.8×	62	7.1k
Ross M. Kedl United States	46	7.4k 3.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 2.4×	333 0.7×	119	9.4k
Nicole M. Thielens France	47	4.2k 1.9×	690 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	253 0.3×	354 0.7×	182	6.2k
Peter‐M. Kloetzel Germany	49	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	5.4k 3.4×	1.8k 2.4×	375 0.7×	84	7.1k

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Li, Mamie Z., Iva A. Tchasovnikarova, Michael P. Weekes, et al.. (2026). Proteome-wide C-degron activity profiling connects conditional regulation of the CTLH E3 ligase complex to ribosome biogenesis. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Nightingale, Katie, Connor Bamford, J. Andrejeva, et al.. (2025). ISG15‐Dependent Stabilisation of USP18 Is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Regulate Type I Interferon Signalling in Humans. European Journal of Immunology. 55(2). e202451651–e202451651. 3 indexed citations

Ravenhill, Benjamin J., George Wood, Ying Di, et al.. (2025). Spatial proteomics identifies a CRTC-dependent viral signaling pathway that stimulates production of interleukin-11. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115263–115263. 1 indexed citations

Albarnaz, Jonas D., Ying Di, Maria H. Christensen, et al.. (2023). Quantitative proteomics defines mechanisms of antiviral defence and cell death during modified vaccinia Ankara infection. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8134–8134. 6 indexed citations

Lista, María José, Adam A. Witney, Jenna Nichols, et al.. (2023). Strain-Dependent Restriction of Human Cytomegalovirus by Zinc Finger Antiviral Proteins. Journal of Virology. 97(3). e0184622–e0184622. 6 indexed citations

Seirafian, Sepehr, Ceri A. Fielding, Simon Kollnberger, et al.. (2023). HCMV-secreted glycoprotein gpUL4 inhibits TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and NK cell activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(49). e2309077120–e2309077120. 7 indexed citations

Nightingale, Katie, Martin Potts, Ceri A. Fielding, et al.. (2022). Human cytomegalovirus protein RL1 degrades the antiviral factor SLFN11 via recruitment of the CRL4 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 22 indexed citations

Yiu, Stephanie Pei Tung, et al.. (2022). Epstein-Barr virus BNRF1 destabilizes SMC5/6 cohesin complexes to evade its restriction of replication compartments. Cell Reports. 38(10). 110411–110411. 45 indexed citations

Nobre, Luís, Katie Nightingale, Robin Antrobus, et al.. (2020). Human cytomegalovirus protein pUL36: A dual cell death pathway inhibitor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18771–18779. 52 indexed citations

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Ravenhill, Benjamin J., et al.. (2020). Comprehensive cell surface proteomics defines markers of classical, intermediate and non-classical monocytes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4560–4560. 33 indexed citations

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Soh, Timothy K., Colin Davies, Julia Muenzner, et al.. (2020). Temporal Proteomic Analysis of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection Reveals Cell-Surface Remodeling via pUL56-Mediated GOPC Degradation. Cell Reports. 33(1). 108235–108235. 31 indexed citations

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Caller, Laura, Colin Davies, Robin Antrobus, et al.. (2019). Temporal Proteomic Analysis of BK Polyomavirus Infection Reveals Virus-Induced G ₂ Arrest and Highly Effective Evasion of Innate Immune Sensing. Journal of Virology. 93(16). 25 indexed citations

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Fielding, Ceri A., Michael P. Weekes, Luís Nobre, et al.. (2017). Control of immune ligands by members of a cytomegalovirus gene expansion suppresses natural killer cell activation. eLife. 6. 56 indexed citations

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Hoare, Matthew, Yoko Itō, Tae-Won Kang, et al.. (2016). NOTCH1 mediates a switch between two distinct secretomes during senescence. Nature Cell Biology. 18(9). 979–992. 366 indexed citations

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Stockdale, Alexander, Michael P. Weekes, & Sani H. Aliyu. (2011). An audit of acute bacterial meningitis in a large teaching hospital 2005-10. QJM. 104(12). 1055–1063. 18 indexed citations

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Matheson, Nicholas J., et al.. (2009). Skier’s toe: traumatic onycholysis complicated byPseudomonaschloronychia. BMJ Case Reports. 2009. bcr0720092074–bcr0720092074. 2 indexed citations

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Weekes, Michael P., Mark R. Wills, J. G. P. Sissons, & Andrew Carmichael. (2004). Long-Term Stable Expanded Human CD4+ T Cell Clones Specific for Human Cytomegalovirus Are Distributed in Both CD45RAhigh and CD45ROhigh Populations. The Journal of Immunology. 173(9). 5843–5851. 37 indexed citations

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Dong, Tao, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Nan Chen, et al.. (2004). HIV-specific Cytotoxic T Cells from Long-Term Survivors Select a Unique T Cell Receptor. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(12). 1547–1557. 91 indexed citations

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Wills, Mark R., Georgina Okecha, Michael P. Weekes, et al.. (2002). Identification of Naive or Antigen-Experienced Human CD8+ T Cells by Expression of Costimulation and Chemokine Receptors: Analysis of the Human Cytomegalovirus-Specific CD8+ T Cell Response. The Journal of Immunology. 168(11). 5455–5464. 184 indexed citations

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Weekes, Michael P., Mark R. Wills, Kim Mynard, et al.. (1999). Large clonal expansions of human virus‐specific memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes within the CD57⁺ CD28^– CD8⁺ T‐cell population. Immunology. 98(3). 443–449. 108 indexed citations

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