Paul B. McCray

33.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
270 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Paul B. McCray is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul B. McCray has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 57 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Paul B. McCray's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (75 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (65 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (54 papers). Paul B. McCray is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (75 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (65 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (54 papers). Paul B. McCray collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Paul B. McCray's co-authors include Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Michael J. Welsh, Brian F. Tack, Hong Peng Jia, Beverly L. Davidson, David K. Meyerholz, Patrick L. Sinn, Stanley Perlman, Joseph Zabner and Timothy D. Starner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul B. McCray

267 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

ACE2 Receptor Expression and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Depend on Differentiation of Human Airway Epithelia

2005 643 citations Hong Peng Jia, Dwight C. Look et al. Journal of Virology profile →
Lethal Infection of K18- hACE2 Mice Infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

2006 641 citations Paul B. McCray, Lecia L. Pewe et al. Journal of Virology profile →
Reduced airway surface pH impairs bacterial killing in the porcine cystic fibrosis lung

2012 619 citations Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Xiao Xiao Tang et al. Nature profile →
Human beta-defensin-1: an antimicrobial peptide of urogenital tissues.

1998 595 citations Paul B. McCray et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Current prospects for RNA interference-based therapies

2011 577 citations Beverly L. Davidson, Paul B. McCray profile →
Adherens junction protein nectin-4 is the epithelial receptor for measles virus

2011 449 citations Patrick L. Sinn, Shyam Ramachandran et al. Nature profile →
IFN-I response timing relative to virus replication determines MERS coronavirus infection outcomes

2019 405 citations Rudragouda Channappanavar, Jian Zheng et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Causes Multiple Organ Damage and Lethal Disease in Mice Transgenic for Human Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4

2015 352 citations Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Stanley Perlman et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Rapid generation of a mouse model for Middle East respiratory syndrome

2014 346 citations Jincun Zhao, Kun Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The innate immune function of airway epithelial cells in inflammatory lung disease

2015 305 citations Paul B. McCray et al. profile →
COVID-19 treatments and pathogenesis including anosmia in K18-hACE2 mice

2020 292 citations Jian Zheng, Lok-Yin Roy Wong et al. Nature profile →
A mouse model for the delta F508 allele of cystic fibrosis.

1995 249 citations Joseph Zabner, Paul B. McCray et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul B. McCray

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1	Complement expression determines disease severity in mouse models of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza pneumonia 2025 ·Immunobiology ·(unknown), Alexander Watson, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, (unknown), J.M. Dubert, Yuzhou Zhang, Balaji Manicassamy, Paul B. McCray, Richard J. Smith	0
2	Complement is primarily activated in the lung in a mouse model of severe COVID-19 2025 ·iScience ·(unknown), Christine Wohlford-Lenane, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew L. Thurman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer Bermick, Tayyab Rehman, Stanley Perlman, David K. Meyerholz, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Yuzhou Zhang, Richard J. Smith, Paul B. McCray	1
3	Dynamic measurement of airway surface liquid volume with an ex vivo trachea-chip 2024 ·Lab on a Chip ·Michael A. Scott, Lei Lei, (unknown), Paul B. McCray, Yuliang Xie	0
4	High ionic strength vector formulations enhance gene transfer to airway epithelia 2024 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Ashley L. Cooney, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul B. McCray, Patrick L. Sinn	1
5	IL-13 induces loss of CFTR in ionocytes and reduces airway epithelial fluid absorption 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Guillermo S. Romano Ibarra, Lei Lei, Wenjie Yu, Andrew L. Thurman, (unknown), David K. Meyerholz, Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Paul B. McCray, Ian M. Thornell, David A. Stoltz	7
6	CFTR-rich ionocytes mediate chloride absorption across airway epithelia 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Lei Lei, (unknown), 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	28
7	Interleukin 13–Induced Inflammation Increases DPP4 Abundance but Does Not Enhance Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Replication in Airway Epithelia 2023 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Kun Li, Jennifer A. Bartlett, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, (unknown), Andrew L. Thurman, (unknown), Alejandro A. Pezzulo, Paul B. McCray	2
8	Increased CFTR expression and function from an optimized lentiviral vector for cystic fibrosis gene therapy 2021 ·Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development ·(unknown), Ashley L. Cooney, Qian Dong, Christoph O. Randak, Stefano Rivella, Patrick L. Sinn, Paul B. McCray	12
9	COVID-19 treatments and pathogenesis including anosmia in K18-hACE2 mice breakdown → 2020 ·Nature ·Jian Zheng, Lok-Yin Roy Wong, Kun Li, Abhishek Kumar Verma, Miguel Ortiz, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Mariah Leidinger, C. Michael Knudson, David K. Meyerholz, Paul B. McCray, Stanley Perlman	292
10	Engineered transfer RNAs for suppression of premature termination codons 2019 ·Nature Communications ·John D. Lueck, Jae Seok Yoon, Alfredo Perales‐Puchalt, (unknown), Daniel T. Infield, Mark A. Behlke, (unknown), David B. Weiner, William R. Skach, Paul B. McCray, Christopher A. Ahern	105
11	Mouse-adapted MERS coronavirus causes lethal lung disease in human DPP4 knockin mice 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kun Li, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Rudragouda Channappanavar, Jung-Eun Park, James T. Earnest, Thomas Bair, Amber M. Bates, Kim A. Brogden, Heather A. Flaherty, Tom Gallagher, David K. Meyerholz, Stanley Perlman, Paul B. McCray	137
12	Airway acidification initiates host defense abnormalities in cystic fibrosis mice 2016 ·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	223
13	Ferret and Pig Models of Cystic Fibrosis: Prospects and Promise for Gene Therapy 2015 ·PubMed ·Ziying Yan, Zoe A. Stewart, Patrick L. Sinn, John C. Olsen, Jim Hu, Paul B. McCray, John F. Engelhardt	55
14	Rapid generation of a mouse model for Middle East respiratory syndrome breakdown → 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jincun Zhao, Kun Li, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Sudhakar Agnihothram, Craig Fett, Jingxian Zhao, Michael Gale, Ralph S. Baric, Luis Enjuanes, Tom Gallagher, Paul B. McCray, Stanley Perlman	346
15	Ferret and Pig Models of Cystic Fibrosis: Prospects and Promise for Gene Therapy 2014 ·Ziying Yan, Zoe A. Stewart, Patrick L. Sinn, John C. Olsen, Jim C. Hu, Paul B. McCray, John F. Engelhardt	3
16	Symposium Session Summaries 2013 ·Pediatric Pulmonology ·Shyam Ramachandran, Philip H. Karp, (unknown), Mark A. Behlke, Michael J. Welsh, Paul B. McCray, Daniela Rotin, (unknown), Dana Carroll, Mitchell L. Drumm, (unknown), (unknown), Ilya Bederman, Jean Eastman, Aura Perez, Craig A. Hodges, Jeffrey M. 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17	Rho GTPases Modulate Entry of Ebola Virus and Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotyped Vectors 2009 ·Journal of Virology ·Kathrina Quinn, Melinda A. Brindley, Melodie L. Weller, Nikola Kaludov, Andrew S. Kondratowicz, Catherine L. Hunt, Patrick L. Sinn, Paul B. McCray, Colleen S. Stein, Beverly L. Davidson, Ramon Flick, Robert B. Mandell, (unknown), Wendy Maury, John A. Chiorini	74
18	Lethal Infection of K18- hACE2 Mice Infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus breakdown → 2006 ·Journal of Virology ·Paul B. McCray, Lecia L. Pewe, Christine Wohlford-Lenane, Melissa A. Hickey, Lori Manzel, Lei Shi, Jason Netland, Hong Peng Jia, Carmen M. Halabi, Curt D. Sigmund, David K. Meyerholz, Patricia Kirby, Dwight C. Look, Stanley Perlman	641
19	Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Soluble MD-2 Protein 2006 ·Hybridoma ·Suganya Viriyakosol, Paul B. McCray, (unknown), (unknown), Hong Peng Jia, Jerrold Weiss, Theo N. Kirkland	16
20	Discovery of five conserved β-defensin gene clusters using a computational search strategy 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian C. Schutte, (unknown), Jennifer A. Bartlett, (unknown), Hong Peng Jia, Michael J. Welsh, Thomas L. Casavant, Paul B. McCray	399

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