R A Knight

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

R A Knight is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, R A Knight has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in R A Knight's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). R A Knight is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). R A Knight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. R A Knight's co-authors include J. G. Ratcliffe, J. W. Kendall, David M. Cook, Lesley Rees, CATHERINE F. ALLEN, ROSANNE M. KRAMER, Stafford L. Lightman, Penny Fitzharris, Anastasis Stephanou and G. M. Besser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

R A Knight

41 papers receiving 976 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.

A Radioimmunoassay for Rat Plasma ACTH

1971 385 citations J. G. Ratcliffe, R A Knight et al. profile →

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A. M. Lawrence United States

Ronald L. Wilder United States

Deborah V. Harbour United States

Yukio Ochi Japan

Takayuki Masuda Japan

Margaret E. Hoadley United Kingdom

Oddvar Næss Norway

Masami Niwa Japan

S Phaneuf United Kingdom

P Franchimont Belgium

A. M. Lawrence United States

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O’Leary, Thomas J., et al.. (2025). Self-reported hormonal contraceptive use in the British Armed Forces. BMJ Military Health. military–2025.

Ripley, Barry, Minoru Fujimoto, Satoshi Serada, et al.. (2010). Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate inhibits cell signaling by inducing SOCS1 gene expression. International Immunology. 22(5). 359–366. 13 indexed citations

Scarabelli, Tiziano M., Paul A. Townsend, Zhaokan Yuan, et al.. (2008). Amino Acid Supplementation Differentially Modulates STAT1 and STAT3 Activation in the Myocardium Exposed to Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. The American Journal of Cardiology. 101(11). S63–S68. 13 indexed citations

Biggs, C.S., Ian C. Locke, R A Knight, H.S. Chowdrey, & Peter S. Whitton. (2005). Evidence for a neuroprotective role of the CRH-like peptide, urocortin, in the 6-hydroxydopamine treated rat. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 1 indexed citations

Prior, C., R A Knight, Manfred Herold, Gary Ott, & MA Spiteri. (1996). Pulmonary sarcoidosis: patterns of cytokine release in vitro. European Respiratory Journal. 9(1). 47–53. 62 indexed citations

Knight, R A, et al.. (1994). MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING ASSESSMENT OF EVOLVING FOCAL CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA - COMPARISON WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY IN RATS (VOL 25, PG 1252, 1994). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Sarlis, Nicholas J., Anastasis Stephanou, R A Knight, Stafford L. Lightman, & H.S. Chowdrey. (1993). EFFECTS OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY STRESS UPON ANTERIOR PiTUITARY INTERLEUKIIN-6 mRNA EXPRESSION IN THE RAT. Lara D. Veeken. 32(8). 653–657. 22 indexed citations

Laurenzi, Vincenzo De, et al.. (1993). Modulation of POMC Expression in Human Neuroectodermal Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 197(3). 1402–1409. 10 indexed citations

Sarlis, Nicholas J., et al.. (1993). Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the prostate gland.. PubMed. 25(2). 163–8. 6 indexed citations

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Stephanou, Anastasis, et al.. (1992). Glucocorticoid-mediated responses of plasma ACTH and anterior pituitary pro-opiomelanocortin, growth hormone and prolactin mRNAs during adjuvant-induced arthritis in the rat. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 9(3). 273–281. 22 indexed citations

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Stephanou, Anastasis, Penny Fitzharris, R A Knight, & Stafford L. Lightman. (1991). CHARACTERISTICS AND KINETICS OF PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION BY HUMAN-LEUKOCYTES. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Quan, R A Knight, Michael Chopp, et al.. (1991). 1H magnetic resonance imaging of normal brain tissue response to photodynamic therapy. Neurosurgery. 29(4). 538–538. 13 indexed citations

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Knight, R A, et al.. (1987). Differential effects of β-endorphin fragments on human natural killing. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 1(4). 329–335. 31 indexed citations

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Parish, Nicole M., et al.. (1986). Human immune responses to herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster and cytomegalovirus in vitro.. PubMed. 57(3). 437–42. 4 indexed citations

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Tucker, D. F., R A Knight, & Patricia H. Warne. (1983). Adoptive T cell immunotherapy of MSV-induced tumours in nude mice. Part II. Sequential analysis of serum immune complexes and blocking activity in reconstituted mice in relation to tumour biology. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 1(3). 275–287. 2 indexed citations

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Knight, R A & Penny Fitzharris. (1982). Effects of activated T cells on natural killing.. PubMed. 45(3). 513–9. 5 indexed citations

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Mitchell, David M., Penny Fitzharris, R A Knight, G. C. Schild, & M L Snaith. (1982). Kinetics of specific anti-influenza antibody production by cultured lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus following influenza immunization.. PubMed. 49(2). 290–6. 6 indexed citations

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Knight, R A & Penny Fitzharris. (1980). Separation of spontaneous-killing effector populations by target preference. British Journal of Cancer. 42(2). 243–251. 13 indexed citations

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HARTREE, ANNE STOCKELL, et al.. (1973). A COMPARISON OF PROCEDURES FOR THE ISOLATION OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN FROM HUMAN PITUITARY GLANDS. Journal of Endocrinology. 56(3). 599–NP. 3 indexed citations

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Ratcliffe, J. G., R A Knight, G. M. Besser, J. Landon, & A G Stansfeld. (1972). TUMOUR AND PLASMA ACTH CONCENTRATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT THE ECTOPIC ACTH SYNDROME. Clinical Endocrinology. 1(1). 27–44. 101 indexed citations

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