Sheila Brown

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sheila Brown is a scholar working on Immunology, Parasitology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Brown has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 8 papers in Parasitology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sheila Brown's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Sheila Brown is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Sheila Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Sheila Brown's co-authors include David Gray, Tom A. Barr, Pietro Mastroeni, Andrew S. MacDonald, Stephen M. Anderton, Richard A. O’Connor, Vicky Lampropoulou, Simon Fillatreau, S. Lawrie and Boli Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Brown

30 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

B cell depletion therapy ameliorates autoimmune disease through ablation of IL-6–producing B cells

2012 498 citations Tom A. Barr, Sheila Brown et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheila Brown United Kingdom	17	1.1k	253	221	154	149	30	1.7k
Tom A. Barr United Kingdom	18	1.2k 1.1×	194 0.8×	228 1.0×	176 1.1×	288 1.9×	28	1.8k
P J Perrin United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	160 0.6×	168 0.8×	98 0.6×	222 1.5×	38	1.7k
Jacqueline Perrigoue United States	16	1.3k 1.2×	289 1.1×	121 0.5×	167 1.1×	259 1.7×	23	2.1k
Pedro L. Vieira Netherlands	15	2.4k 2.1×	332 1.3×	135 0.6×	138 0.9×	120 0.8×	22	3.0k
Bianca M. Wittig Germany	24	875 0.8×	459 1.8×	130 0.6×	100 0.6×	139 0.9×	60	1.9k
James R. Oliver United States	15	1.9k 1.7×	364 1.4×	253 1.1×	226 1.5×	174 1.2×	26	2.6k
Micah J. Benson United States	10	1.9k 1.7×	579 2.3×	118 0.5×	154 1.0×	99 0.7×	17	2.7k
G. Christian Baldeviano United States	24	492 0.4×	280 1.1×	67 0.3×	125 0.8×	165 1.1×	34	1.6k
Véronique Pancré France	21	616 0.6×	412 1.6×	77 0.3×	95 0.6×	144 1.0×	49	1.5k
Corinna F. Brereton Ireland	8	1.9k 1.8×	465 1.8×	215 1.0×	147 1.0×	36 0.2×	9	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheila Brown

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cook, Peter C., Sheila Brown, Emma L. Houlder, et al.. (2025). Mgl2+ cDC2s coordinate fungal allergic airway type 2, but not type 17, inflammation in mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 928–928. 1 indexed citations

Houlder, Emma L., Alice Costain, Sheila Brown, et al.. (2023). Pulmonary inflammation promoted by type-2 dendritic cells is a feature of human and murine schistosomiasis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1863–1863. 10 indexed citations

Brown, Sheila, Matthew R. Hepworth, Jenny Hankinson, et al.. (2023). Comparative phenotype of circulating versus tissue immune cells in human lung and blood compartments during health and disease. PubMed. 2(1). kyad009–kyad009. 5 indexed citations

Costain, Alice, Alexander Phythian‐Adams, Peter C. Cook, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of host immune response development during Schistosoma mansoni infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 906338–906338. 11 indexed citations

Webb, Lauren M., Alexander Phythian‐Adams, Alice Costain, et al.. (2021). Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Facilitate Th Cell Cytokine Responses throughout Schistosoma mansoni Infection. ImmunoHorizons. 5(8). 721–732. 7 indexed citations

Mayer, Johannes U., Sheila Brown, Andrew S. MacDonald, & Simon Milling. (2020). Defined Intestinal Regions Are Drained by Specific Lymph Nodes That Mount Distinct Th1 and Th2 Responses Against Schistosoma mansoni Eggs. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 592325–592325. 14 indexed citations

Jones, Gareth‐Rhys, Sheila Brown, Alexander Phythian‐Adams, et al.. (2020). The Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein Mbd2 Regulates Susceptibility to Experimental Colitis via Control of CD11c+ Cells and Colonic Epithelium. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 183–183. 12 indexed citations

Svedberg, Freya R., Sheila Brown, Laura Campbell, et al.. (2019). The lung environment controls alveolar macrophage metabolism and responsiveness in type 2 inflammation. Nature Immunology. 20(5). 571–580. 143 indexed citations

Bancroft, Allison J., Colin Levy, Thomas A. Jowitt, et al.. (2019). The major secreted protein of the whipworm parasite tethers to matrix and inhibits interleukin-13 function. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2344–2344. 47 indexed citations

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Miles, Katherine, et al.. (2018). Immune Tolerance to Apoptotic Self Is Mediated Primarily by Regulatory B1a Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1952–1952. 22 indexed citations

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Hopwood, Thomas, Sarah Hall, Nicola Begley, et al.. (2018). The circadian regulator BMAL1 programmes responses to parasitic worm infection via a dendritic cell clock. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3782–3782. 62 indexed citations

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Jones, Gareth‐Rhys, Calum C. Bain, Thomas M. Fenton, et al.. (2018). Dynamics of Colon Monocyte and Macrophage Activation During Colitis. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2764–2764. 128 indexed citations

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Webb, Lauren M., Rachel J. Lundie, Jessica G Borger, et al.. (2017). Type I interferon is required for T helper (Th) 2 induction by dendritic cells. The EMBO Journal. 36(16). 2404–2418. 64 indexed citations

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Barr, Tom A., Vicky L. Morrison, Sheila Brown, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneity of Phenotype and Function Reflects the Multistage Development of T Follicular Helper Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 489–489. 17 indexed citations

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Brown, Sheila, et al.. (2013). Plasma Cell Homeostasis: The Effects of Chronic Antigen Stimulation and Inflammation. The Journal of Immunology. 191(6). 3128–3138. 35 indexed citations

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Barr, Tom A., Sheila Brown, Pietro Mastroeni, & David Gray. (2009). B Cell Intrinsic MyD88 Signals Drive IFN-γ Production from T Cells and Control Switching to IgG2c. The Journal of Immunology. 183(2). 1005–1012. 96 indexed citations

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Brown, Sheila. (2009). The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS and PMDD. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 35(3). 204.3–204. 1 indexed citations

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Brown, Sheila, et al.. (2007). TLR‐mediated stimulation of APC: Distinct cytokine responses of B cells and dendritic cells. European Journal of Immunology. 37(11). 3040–3053. 221 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Megan K. L., Mark J. Kwakkenbos, Alison Crawford, et al.. (2006). CD4 memory T cells survive and proliferate but fail to differentiate in the absence of CD40. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 203(4). 897–906. 40 indexed citations

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Brown, Sheila, et al.. (2005). Lack of induced co-stimulation as a result of complement receptor 2 (CR2) ligation on mouse splenic B cells. International Immunology. 18(1). 69–78. 2 indexed citations

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