Stephen W. G. Tait

35.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
87 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen W. G. Tait is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen W. G. Tait has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Epidemiology and 25 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Stephen W. G. Tait's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (49 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (29 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (25 papers). Stephen W. G. Tait is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (49 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (29 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (25 papers). Stephen W. G. Tait collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Stephen W. G. Tait's co-authors include Douglas R. Green, Florian J. Bock, Joel S. Riley, Jonathan Lopez, Gabriel Ichim, Asma Ahmed, Kirsteen J. Campbell, Esmee Vringer, Christopher P. Dillon and Lisa Bouchier‐Hayes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen W. G. Tait

87 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

Mitochondria and cell dea... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2019 2007 2020 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Mitochondria and cell death: outer membrane permeabilization and beyond
    2010 2.0k citations Stephen W. G. Tait, Douglas R. Green profile →
  2. Mitochondria as multifaceted regulators of cell death
    2019 1.8k citations Florian J. Bock, Stephen W. G. Tait profile →
  3. Toll-like receptor signalling in macrophages links the autophagy pathway to phagocytosis
    2007 1.1k citations Stephen W. G. Tait, Samuel Connell et al. profile →
  4. Targeting immunogenic cell death in cancer
    2020 646 citations Asma Ahmed, Stephen W. G. Tait Molecular Oncology profile →
  5. Mitochondrial apoptosis: killing cancer using the enemy within
    2015 606 citations Stephen W. G. Tait et al. profile →
  6. Mitochondrial control of inflammation
    2022 602 citations Saverio Marchi, Emma Guilbaud et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  7. Mitochondrial DNA in inflammation and immunity
    2020 594 citations Joel S. Riley, Stephen W. G. Tait profile →
  8. Mitochondrial Regulation of Cell Death
    2013 404 citations Stephen W. G. Tait, Douglas R. Green profile →
  9. Targeting BCL-2 regulated apoptosis in cancer
    2018 403 citations Kirsteen J. Campbell, Stephen W. G. Tait Open Biology profile →
  10. Mitochondrial inner membrane permeabilisation enables mt DNA release during apoptosis
    2018 393 citations Joel S. Riley, Catherine Cloix et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  11. Mitochondria and cell death-associated inflammation
    2022 248 citations Esmee Vringer, Stephen W. G. Tait Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
  12. Mitochondria and cell death
    2024 171 citations Stephen W. G. Tait et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  13. Sublethal cytochrome c release generates drug-tolerant persister cells
    2022 138 citations Patrick Fitzgerald, Stephen W. G. Tait et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen W. G. Tait United Kingdom 49 10.0k 3.5k 3.4k 1.9k 1.8k 87 15.5k
Wim Declercq Belgium 65 10.3k 1.0× 5.1k 1.5× 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 133 16.0k
Nathanaël Larochette France 36 8.7k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 48 13.9k
Marek Łoś Canada 61 7.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 167 13.1k
Spencer B. Gibson Canada 53 7.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 163 13.0k
Xuesong Liu China 47 15.5k 1.5× 3.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 3.8k 2.0× 2.3k 1.3× 231 21.3k
Canhua Huang China 66 7.3k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 1.2× 2.8k 1.6× 225 13.7k
Catherine Brenner France 57 10.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 139 16.4k
Philippe Marchetti France 62 9.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 177 16.1k
Saeid Ghavami Canada 59 6.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 3.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.3× 305 12.3k
Gian María Fimia Italy 55 6.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 5.6k 1.7× 1.9k 1.0× 963 0.5× 156 14.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tait, Stephen W. G., et al.. (2025). Mitochondria and cell death signalling. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 94. 102510–102510. 4 indexed citations
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Vringer, Esmee, Rosalie Heilig, Joel S. Riley, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial outer membrane integrity regulates a ubiquitin-dependent and NF-κB-mediated inflammatory response. The EMBO Journal. 43(6). 904–930. 20 indexed citations
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Heilig, Rosalie, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial DNA in cell death and inflammation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 51(1). 457–472. 27 indexed citations
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Kerkhofs, Martijn, Kirsten Welkenhuyzen, Rita La Rovere, et al.. (2023). Intracellular BAPTA directly inhibits PFKFB3, thereby impeding mTORC1-driven Mcl-1 translation and killing MCL-1-addicted cancer cells. Cell Death and Disease. 14(9). 600–600. 3 indexed citations
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Marchi, Saverio, Emma Guilbaud, Stephen W. G. Tait, Takahiro Yamazaki, & Lorenzo Galluzzi. (2022). Mitochondrial control of inflammation. Nature reviews. Immunology. 23(3). 159–173. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bock, Florian J., Elle Koren, Catherine Cloix, et al.. (2021). Apoptotic stress-induced FGF signalling promotes non-cell autonomous resistance to cell death. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6572–6572. 31 indexed citations
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Rabas, Nicolas, Sarah E. Palmer, Louise Mitchell, et al.. (2021). PINK1 drives production of mtDNA-containing extracellular vesicles to promote invasiveness. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(12). 90 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Asma & Stephen W. G. Tait. (2020). Targeting immunogenic cell death in cancer. Molecular Oncology. 14(12). 2994–3006. 646 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mack, Alexandra, Kai Cao, Gavin Fullstone, et al.. (2020). Stress-induced TRAILR2 expression overcomes TRAIL resistance in cancer cell spheroids. Cell Death and Differentiation. 27(11). 3037–3052. 20 indexed citations
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Cao, Kai & Stephen W. G. Tait. (2019). Parkin inhibits necroptosis to prevent cancer. Nature Cell Biology. 21(8). 915–916. 13 indexed citations
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Campbell, Kirsteen J. & Stephen W. G. Tait. (2018). Targeting BCL-2 regulated apoptosis in cancer. Open Biology. 8(5). 180002–180002. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Campbell, Kirsteen J., Sandeep Dhayade, Nicola Ferrari, et al.. (2018). MCL-1 is a prognostic indicator and drug target in breast cancer. Cell Death and Disease. 9(2). 19–19. 144 indexed citations
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Weigert, Melanie, Suzanne Dowson, Elaine Leung, et al.. (2017). RIPK3 promotes adenovirus type 5 activity. Cell Death and Disease. 8(12). 3206–3206. 18 indexed citations
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Simon, Hans‐Uwe, Robert R. Friis, Stephen W. G. Tait, & Kevin M. Ryan. (2017). Retrograde signaling from autophagy modulates stress responses. Science Signaling. 10(468). 64 indexed citations
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Gutierrez, Kimberley D., Michael A. Davis, Brian P. Daniels, et al.. (2017). MLKL Activation Triggers NLRP3-Mediated Processing and Release of IL-1β Independently of Gasdermin-D. The Journal of Immunology. 198(5). 2156–2164. 183 indexed citations
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Correia‐Melo, Clara, Gabriel Ichim, Stephen W. G. Tait, & João F. Passos. (2016). Depletion of mitochondria in mammalian cells through enforced mitophagy. Nature Protocols. 12(1). 183–194. 48 indexed citations
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Riley, Joel S. & Stephen W. G. Tait. (2016). Mechanisms of mitophagy: putting the powerhouse into the doghouse. Biological Chemistry. 397(7). 617–635. 7 indexed citations
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Haller, Martina, Andreas Hock, Evangelos Giampazolias, et al.. (2014). Ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of ATG12 regulates its proapoptotic activity. Autophagy. 10(12). 2269–2278. 48 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Patrick, Stephen W. G. Tait, Fabien Llambi, et al.. (2012). Mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis is ancestral in metazoans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(13). 4904–4909. 86 indexed citations
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Tait, Stephen W. G., Melissa J. Parsons, Fabien Llambi, et al.. (2010). Resistance to Caspase-Independent Cell Death Requires Persistence of Intact Mitochondria. Developmental Cell. 18(5). 802–813. 157 indexed citations

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