Nicholas J. Gay

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

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Nicholas J. Gay is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Gay has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Immunology, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Gay's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (44 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (16 papers). Nicholas J. Gay is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (44 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (19 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (16 papers). Nicholas J. Gay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Nicholas J. Gay's co-authors include Monique Gangloff, John E. Walker, Matti Saraste, Clare Bryant, Martyn F. Symmons, Alexander N.R. Weber, Luke O'neill, Sean G. Buchanan, Martin C. Moncrieffe and David R. Spring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Gay

92 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Assembly and localization of Toll-like receptor signalling complexes

2014 630 citations Nicholas J. Gay, Monique Gangloff et al. profile →
Structure and Function of Toll Receptors and Their Ligands

2007 519 citations Nicholas J. Gay, Monique Gangloff profile →
The UNC operon nucleotide sequence, regulation and structure of ATP-synthase

1984 450 citations John E. Walker, Matti Saraste et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas J. Gay United Kingdom	43	3.9k	3.1k	784	777	751	92	7.1k
Émmanuelle Nicolas United States	40	3.6k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	726 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	645 0.9×	88	8.0k
Philippe Georgel France	44	6.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	850 1.1×	114	9.7k
Lynda M. Stuart United States	35	4.4k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	311 0.4×	294 0.4×	54	7.5k
Shiroh Iwanaga Japan	49	2.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	368 0.5×	450 0.6×	953 1.3×	190	7.5k
Emer P. Reeves Ireland	41	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	525 0.7×	664 0.9×	338 0.5×	107	5.6k
Luís F. Moita Portugal	36	3.4k 0.9×	5.5k 1.8×	762 1.0×	2.3k 3.0×	249 0.3×	75	9.1k
Rui Zhou China	27	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	374 0.5×	815 1.0×	161 0.2×	77	5.1k
R. Martin Vabulas Germany	25	3.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	793 1.0×	362 0.5×	369 0.5×	35	6.3k
Georg Häcker Germany	46	4.0k 1.0×	4.7k 1.5×	1.6k 2.0×	1.0k 1.3×	756 1.0×	171	8.7k
Eugene C. Yi United States	48	3.0k 0.8×	5.6k 1.8×	711 0.9×	608 0.8×	682 0.9×	129	10.3k

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Wilson, T. Hastings, Martin C. Moncrieffe, Steven W. Hardwick, et al.. (2022). Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5110–5110. 10 indexed citations

Scherm, Michael J., Monique Gangloff, & Nicholas J. Gay. (2022). Activation of Toll-like receptor 4 by Ebola virus-shed glycoprotein is direct and requires the internal fusion loop but not glycosylation. Cell Reports. 41(4). 111562–111562. 7 indexed citations

Pizzuto, Malvina, Caroline Lonez, Alberto Baroja‐Mazo, et al.. (2019). Saturation of acyl chains converts cardiolipin from an antagonist to an activator of Toll-like receptor-4. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76(18). 3667–3678. 44 indexed citations

Tate, Rothwelle J., Luke Chamberlain, Graham Robertson, et al.. (2018). Toll-like receptor 3 activation impairs excitability and synaptic activity via TRIF signalling in immature rat and human neurons. Neuropharmacology. 135. 1–10. 18 indexed citations

Földi, István, Neale Harrison, Monique Gangloff, et al.. (2017). Three-tier regulation of cell number plasticity by neurotrophins and Tolls in Drosophila. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(5). 1421–1438. 32 indexed citations

Földi, István, Neale Harrison, Monique Gangloff, et al.. (2017). Three tier regulation of cell number plasticity by neurotrophins and Tolls in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 145. S59–S59. 1 indexed citations

Ve, Thomas, Nicholas J. Gay, Ashley Mansell, Boštjan Kobe, & Stuart Kellie. (2012). Adaptors in Toll-Like Receptor Signaling and their Potential as Therapeutic Targets. Current Drug Targets. 13(11). 1360–1374. 67 indexed citations

Monie, Tom P., Clare Bryant, & Nicholas J. Gay. (2009). Activating immunity: lessons from the TLRs and NLRs. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 34(11). 553–561. 62 indexed citations

Wang, Lihui, Robert J.C. Gilbert, Magda L. Atilano, et al.. (2008). Peptidoglycan recognition protein-SD provides versatility of receptor formation in Drosophila immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(33). 11881–11886. 35 indexed citations

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Gangloff, Monique, Ayaluru Murali, Jin Xiong, et al.. (2008). Structural Insight into the Mechanism of Activation of the Toll Receptor by the Dimeric Ligand Spätzle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(21). 14629–14635. 61 indexed citations

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Walsh, Catharine M., Monique Gangloff, Tom P. Monie, et al.. (2008). Elucidation of the MD-2/TLR4 Interface Required for Signaling by Lipid IVa. The Journal of Immunology. 181(2). 1245–1254. 110 indexed citations

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McGettrick, Anne F., Elizabeth Brint, Eva M. Pålsson‐McDermott, et al.. (2006). Trif-related adapter molecule is phosphorylated by PKCε during Toll-like receptor 4 signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(24). 9196–9201. 112 indexed citations

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Rowe, Daniel C., Anne F. McGettrick, Eicke Latz, et al.. (2006). The myristoylation of TRIF-related adaptor molecule is essential for Toll-like receptor 4 signal transduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(16). 6299–6304. 219 indexed citations

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Gangloff, Monique, Alexander N.R. Weber, & Nicholas J. Gay. (2005). Conserved mechanisms of signal transduction by Toll and Toll-like receptors. Journal of Endotoxin Research. 11(5). 294–298. 5 indexed citations

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Weber, Alexander N.R., Mary A. Morse, & Nicholas J. Gay. (2004). Four N-linked Glycosylation Sites in Human Toll-like Receptor 2 Cooperate to Direct Efficient Biosynthesis and Secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(33). 34589–34594. 106 indexed citations

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Weber, Alexander N.R., Servane Tauszig-Delamasure, Jules A. Hoffmann, et al.. (2003). Binding of the Drosophila cytokine Spätzle to Toll is direct and establishes signaling. Nature Immunology. 4(8). 794–800. 348 indexed citations

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Ntwasa, Monde, et al.. (2001). Drosophila Embryos Lacking N-Myristoyltransferase Have Multiple Developmental Defects. Experimental Cell Research. 262(2). 134–144. 39 indexed citations

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Buchanan, Sean G. & Nicholas J. Gay. (1996). Structural and functional diversity in the leucine-rich repeat family of proteins. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 65(1-2). 1–44. 265 indexed citations

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Gay, Nicholas J. & F. J. Keith. (1992). Regulation of translation and proteolysis during the development of embryonic dorso-ventral polarity in Drosophila. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1132(3). 290–296. 27 indexed citations

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Walker, John E., Matti Saraste, & Nicholas J. Gay. (1984). The UNC operon nucleotide sequence, regulation and structure of ATP-synthase. PubMed. 768(2). 164–200. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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