Scott Alper

2.4k total citations
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Scott Alper is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Alper has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Immunology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Scott Alper's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (15 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Scott Alper is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (15 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Scott Alper collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Scott Alper's co-authors include Richard Losick, Leonard Duncan, Jonathan H. Freedman, David A. Schwartz, Brad Lackford, Sandra J. McBride, Javier Apfeld, Fabrizio Arigoni, Patrick Stragier and Windy A. Boyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott Alper

47 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Alper United States	22	1.0k	624	398	392	262	49	1.9k
Peter R. Boag Australia	28	1.6k 1.6×	143 0.2×	446 1.1×	829 2.1×	105 0.4×	52	2.8k
Shunji Nakano Japan	22	923 0.9×	575 0.9×	244 0.6×	296 0.8×	60 0.2×	42	1.7k
Antony P. Page United Kingdom	26	783 0.8×	77 0.1×	233 0.6×	505 1.3×	179 0.7×	56	1.8k
Ann E. Sluder United States	28	1.4k 1.3×	389 0.6×	303 0.8×	708 1.8×	300 1.1×	53	3.3k
Shalina Mahajan‐Miklos United States	13	1.5k 1.4×	461 0.7×	156 0.4×	568 1.4×	315 1.2×	14	2.8k
Wentao Yang China	22	696 0.7×	157 0.3×	198 0.5×	324 0.8×	164 0.6×	58	1.2k
Michael J. McEachern United States	27	2.5k 2.4×	472 0.8×	228 0.6×	512 1.3×	53 0.2×	52	3.2k
Iain L. Johnstone United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.1×	182 0.3×	96 0.2×	829 2.1×	50 0.2×	27	2.0k
Beatriz A. Castilho Brazil	26	1.6k 1.5×	421 0.7×	179 0.4×	34 0.1×	136 0.5×	47	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Alper, Scott, et al.. (2025). The foreign body response to biomaterial implants is reduced by co-inhibition of TLR2 and TLR4. Acta Biomaterialia. 201. 320–335. 1 indexed citations

Malcolm, Kenneth C., Jennifer R. Knapp, Brian P. O’Connor, et al.. (2023). Myelodysplastic neoplasm-associated U2AF1 mutations induce host defense defects by compromising neutrophil chemotaxis. Leukemia. 37(10). 2115–2124. 2 indexed citations

Alper, Scott, et al.. (2022). Alternative pre-mRNA splicing as a mechanism for terminating Toll-like Receptor signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1023567–1023567. 9 indexed citations

Honda, Jennifer R., Tamara Hess, Pitchaimani Kandasamy, et al.. (2019). Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Show Differential Infectivity and Use Phospholipids to Antagonize LL-37. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 62(3). 354–363. 13 indexed citations

Alper, Scott & William J. Janssen. (2018). Lung Innate Immunity and Inflammation : Methods and Protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

Mason, Robert J., et al.. (2018). Comparison of pro- and anti-inflammatory responses in paired human primary airway epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages. Respiratory Research. 19(1). 126–126. 23 indexed citations

Apfeld, Javier & Scott Alper. (2018). What Can We Learn About Human Disease from the Nematode C. elegans?. Methods in molecular biology. 1706. 53–75. 70 indexed citations

O’Connor, Brian P., et al.. (2015). Regulation of Toll-like Receptor Signaling by the SF3a mRNA Splicing Complex. PLoS Genetics. 11(2). e1004932–e1004932. 44 indexed citations

Alper, Scott, et al.. (2014). Using RNA-interference to Investigate the Innate Immune Response in Mouse Macrophages. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e51306–e51306. 7 indexed citations

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Lackford, Brad, Mohammad Reza Keikhaee, Bruce Bowerman, et al.. (2012). An Evolutionarily Conserved Innate Immunity Protein Interaction Network. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(3). 1967–1978. 27 indexed citations

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Victorino, Francisco & Scott Alper. (2012). Identifying novel spatiotemporal regulators of innate immunity. Immunologic Research. 55(1-3). 3–9.

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Yang, Ivana V., Scott Alper, Brad Lackford, et al.. (2010). Novel Regulators of the Systemic Response to Lipopolysaccharide. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 45(2). 393–402. 33 indexed citations

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Alper, Scott. (2010). Model systems to the rescue. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 3(5). 409–414. 9 indexed citations

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Alper, Scott, Matthew K. McElwee, Javier Apfeld, et al.. (2009). The Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Line Regulates Distinct Signaling Pathways to Control Lifespan and Innate Immunity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(3). 1822–1828. 57 indexed citations

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Green, Rebecca M., Fabienne Gally, Jonathon Keeney, et al.. (2009). Impact of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Innate Immunity: A Caenorhabditis elegans Model. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6860–e6860. 31 indexed citations

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Cui, Yuxia, Sandra J. McBride, Windy A. Boyd, Scott Alper, & Jonathan H. Freedman. (2007). Toxicogenomic analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans reveals novel genes and pathways involved in the resistance to cadmium toxicity. Genome biology. 8(6). R122–R122. 151 indexed citations

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Alper, Scott & Cynthia Kenyon. (2001). REF-1, a protein with two bHLH domains, alters the pattern of cell fusion inC. elegansby regulating Hox protein activity. Development. 128(10). 1793–1804. 35 indexed citations

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Alper, Scott, Alain Dufour, Danielle A. Garsin, Leonard Duncan, & Richard Losick. (1996). Role of Adenosine Nucleotides in the Regulation of a Stress-response Transcription Factor inBacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 260(2). 165–177. 115 indexed citations

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Alper, Scott, Leonard Duncan, & Richard Losick. (1994). An adenosine nucleotide switch controlling the activity of a cell type-specific transcription factor in B. subtilis. Cell. 77(2). 195–205. 193 indexed citations

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Duncan, Leonard, Scott Alper, & Richard Losick. (1994). Establishment of cell type specific gene transcription during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 4(5). 630–636. 8 indexed citations

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