Robert T. Wheeler

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Robert T. Wheeler is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert T. Wheeler has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert T. Wheeler's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (29 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (20 papers) and Fungal Infections and Studies (16 papers). Robert T. Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (29 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (20 papers) and Fungal Infections and Studies (16 papers). Robert T. Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Robert T. Wheeler's co-authors include Gerald R. Fink, Thijn R. Brummelkamp, Sandra Stehling-Sun, Oktay Kirak, Mark D. Fleming, Marian H. Harris, Jonathan B. Johnnidis, Fernando D. Camargo, Michael Lam and Remi L. Gratacap and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert T. Wheeler

56 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Regulation of progenitor cell proliferation and granulocyte function by microRNA-223

2008 978 citations Jonathan B. Johnnidis, Marian H. Harris et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert T. Wheeler United States	35	1.9k	1.7k	1.2k	1.0k	760	58	4.3k
Duncan R. Smith Thailand	45	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	841 0.7×	693 0.7×	373 0.5×	243	6.7k
Emer P. Reeves Ireland	41	1.8k 0.9×	690 0.4×	525 0.4×	2.1k 2.1×	664 0.9×	107	5.6k
David M. Markovitz United States	45	3.1k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	2.2k 2.1×	297 0.4×	119	7.5k
Norman Pavelka Singapore	31	1.8k 0.9×	712 0.4×	551 0.4×	922 0.9×	282 0.4×	45	3.6k
Thomas S. Vedvick United States	38	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	875 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	185 0.2×	77	5.0k
Li Wu United States	48	3.4k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	3.6k 3.6×	721 0.9×	185	9.0k
Sonja I. Gringhuis Netherlands	37	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	3.7k 3.6×	266 0.3×	54	6.2k
Brian V. Geisbrecht United States	36	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	392 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	162 0.2×	109	4.1k
Po Tien China	43	2.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	2.8k 2.7×	443 0.6×	169	7.6k
Jennifer A. Philips United States	24	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	949 0.9×	170 0.2×	44	3.4k

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Stasiak, Lena, et al.. (2025). Forward genetic screen in zebrafish identifies new fungal regulators that limit host-protective Candida -innate immune interaction. mBio. 16(5). e0052925–e0052925.

Ardizzoni, Andrea, Cosmeri Rizzato, Claudio Cermelli, et al.. (2023). A New Phenotype in Candida -Epithelial Cell Interaction Distinguishes Colonization- versus Vulvovaginal Candidiasis-Associated Strains. mBio. 14(2). e0010723–e0010723. 16 indexed citations

Wheeler, Robert T., et al.. (2022). Pseudomonas Synergizes with Fluconazole against Candida during Treatment of Polymicrobial Infection. Infection and Immunity. 90(4). e0062621–e0062621. 10 indexed citations

Ardizzoni, Andrea, Robert T. Wheeler, & Eva Pericolini. (2021). It Takes Two to Tango: How a Dysregulation of the Innate Immunity, Coupled With Candida Virulence, Triggers VVC Onset. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 692491–692491. 55 indexed citations

Scherer, Allison K., et al.. (2020). Redundant Trojan horse and endothelial-circulatory mechanisms for host-mediated spread of Candida albicans yeast. PLoS Pathogens. 16(8). e1008414–e1008414. 17 indexed citations

Tucey, Timothy M., Jiyoti Verma, Paul F. Harrison, et al.. (2018). Glucose Homeostasis Is Important for Immune Cell Viability during Candida Challenge and Host Survival of Systemic Fungal Infection. Cell Metabolism. 27(5). 988–1006.e7. 157 indexed citations

Seman, Brittany G., et al.. (2017). Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interact To Enhance Virulence of Mucosal Infection in Transparent Zebrafish. Infection and Immunity. 85(11). 75 indexed citations

Archambault, Linda, et al.. (2017). Candida parapsilosis Protects Premature Intestinal Epithelial Cells from Invasion and Damage by Candida albicans. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 5. 54–54. 15 indexed citations

Leach, Michelle D., Rhys A. Farrer, Kaeling Tan, et al.. (2016). Hsf1 and Hsp90 orchestrate temperature-dependent global transcriptional remodelling and chromatin architecture in Candida albicans. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11704–11704. 75 indexed citations

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Hopke, Alex, et al.. (2016). Neutrophil Attack Triggers Extracellular Trap-Dependent Candida Cell Wall Remodeling and Altered Immune Recognition. PLoS Pathogens. 12(5). e1005644–e1005644. 100 indexed citations

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Gratacap, Remi L. & Robert T. Wheeler. (2014). Utilization of zebrafish for intravital study of eukaryotic pathogen–host interactions. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 46(1). 108–115. 35 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Robert T., et al.. (2014). Fungal Pathogens: Survival and Replication within Macrophages. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 5(7). a019661–a019661. 73 indexed citations

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Tobin, David M., Robin C. May, & Robert T. Wheeler. (2012). Zebrafish: A See-Through Host and a Fluorescent Toolbox to Probe Host–Pathogen Interaction. PLoS Pathogens. 8(1). e1002349–e1002349. 78 indexed citations

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Moxley, Joel F., Michael C. Jewett, Maciek R. Antoniewicz, et al.. (2009). Linking high-resolution metabolic flux phenotypes and transcriptional regulation in yeast modulated by the global regulator Gcn4p. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(16). 6477–6482. 129 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Robert T.. (2009). Nonprofit Advertising: Impact of Celebrity Connection, Involvement and Gender on Source Credibility and Intention to Volunteer Time or Donate Money. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing. 21(1). 80–107. 66 indexed citations

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Johnnidis, Jonathan B., Marian H. Harris, Robert T. Wheeler, et al.. (2008). Regulation of progenitor cell proliferation and granulocyte function by microRNA-223. Nature. 451(7182). 1125–1129. 978 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wheeler, Robert T., Martin Kupiec, Paula Magnelli, Claudia Abeijón, & Gerald R. Fink. (2003). A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant with increased virulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(5). 2766–2770. 81 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Robert T., James W. Gober, & Lucy Shapiro. (1998). Protein localization during the Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 1(6). 636–642. 14 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Robert T. & L Shapiro. (1997). Bacterial Chromosome Segregation: Is There a Mitotic Apparatus?. Cell. 88(5). 577–579. 35 indexed citations

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Winzeler, Elizabeth A., Robert T. Wheeler, & L Shapiro. (1997). Transcriptional analysis of the Caulobacter 4.5 S RNA ffs gene and the physiological basis of an ffs mutant with a ts phenotype. Journal of Molecular Biology. 272(5). 665–676. 4 indexed citations

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