Tahar Aït-Ali

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Tahar Aït-Ali is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tahar Aït-Ali has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Animal Science and Zoology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tahar Aït-Ali's work include Animal Virus Infections Studies (20 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (14 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers). Tahar Aït-Ali is often cited by papers focused on Animal Virus Infections Studies (20 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (14 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers). Tahar Aït-Ali collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Tahar Aït-Ali's co-authors include Nicholas P. Harberd, Donald E. Richards, Kathryn E. King, Alan Archibald, Simon Lillico, Bruce Whitelaw, Christine Tait‐Burkard, Alan J. Mileham, Yuji Kamiya and Ben Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Tahar Aït-Ali

40 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Precision engineering for PRRSV resistance in pigs: Macrophages from genome edited pigs lacking CD163 SRCR5 domain are fully resistant to both PRRSV genotypes while maintaining biological function
    2017 271 citations Christine Tait‐Burkard, Simon Lillico et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tahar Aït-Ali United Kingdom 21 894 858 538 530 413 40 1.8k
Yong Hu China 26 813 0.9× 1.5k 1.8× 626 1.2× 148 0.3× 297 0.7× 55 2.3k
Yuanyuan Zhang China 16 448 0.5× 157 0.2× 206 0.4× 152 0.3× 163 0.4× 70 1.1k
Shenglong Wu China 19 567 0.6× 134 0.2× 220 0.4× 263 0.5× 162 0.4× 124 1.1k
S.J. Lamont United States 20 210 0.2× 105 0.1× 335 0.6× 697 1.3× 72 0.2× 35 1.2k
Congjiao Sun China 21 643 0.7× 132 0.2× 650 1.2× 877 1.7× 108 0.3× 63 1.6k
Shanker K. Singh India 16 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 218 0.4× 61 0.1× 246 0.6× 58 2.3k
Chuang Li China 17 556 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 427 0.8× 56 0.1× 63 0.2× 69 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tahar Aït-Ali

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Archibald, Alan, et al.. (2021). Characterisation of autophagy disruption in the ileum of pigs infected with Lawsonia intracellularis. Veterinary Research Communications. 46(2). 585–592. 1 indexed citations
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Novosel, Dinko, Tamás Tuboly, Gyula Balka, et al.. (2019). Evidence of CPV2c introgression into Croatia and novel insights into phylogeny and cell tropism. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16909–16909. 6 indexed citations
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Tait‐Burkard, Christine, Tanja Opriessnig, Alan J. Mileham, et al.. (2018). Pigs Lacking the Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich Domain 5 of CD163 Are Resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus 1 Infection. Journal of Virology. 92(16). 134 indexed citations
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Novosel, Dinko, Dániel Cadar, Tamás Tuboly, et al.. (2018). Investigating porcine parvoviruses genogroup 2 infection using in situ polymerase chain reaction. BMC Veterinary Research. 14(1). 163–163. 25 indexed citations
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Bengtsson, Rebecca J., Neil R. MacIntyre, Heather Finlayson, et al.. (2017). Lawsonia intracellularis exploits β-catenin/Wnt and Notch signalling pathways during infection of intestinal crypt to alter cell homeostasis and promote cell proliferation. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173782–e0173782. 32 indexed citations
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Tait‐Burkard, Christine, Simon Lillico, Elizabeth Reid, et al.. (2017). Precision engineering for PRRSV resistance in pigs: Macrophages from genome edited pigs lacking CD163 SRCR5 domain are fully resistant to both PRRSV genotypes while maintaining biological function. PLoS Pathogens. 13(2). e1006206–e1006206. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Zen Huat, Alan Archibald, & Tahar Aït-Ali. (2014). Beyond the whole genome consensus: Unravelling of PRRSV phylogenomics using next generation sequencing technologies. Virus Research. 194. 167–174. 7 indexed citations
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Torre, E. de la, Gerard Martín‐Valls, Ferran Soldevila, et al.. (2014). Regulation of toll-like receptors 3, 7 and 9 in porcine alveolar macrophages by different genotype 1 strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 158(3-4). 189–198. 29 indexed citations
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Lu, Zen Huat, Jay G. Calvert, M. Balasch, et al.. (2014). Genomic variation in macrophage-cultured European porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus Olot/91 revealed using ultra-deep next generation sequencing. Virology Journal. 11(1). 42–42. 14 indexed citations
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Kvisgaard, Lise Kirstine, Charlotte Kristiane Hjulsager, Ulrik Fahnøe, et al.. (2013). A fast and robust method for full genome sequencing of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Type 1 and Type 2. Journal of Virological Methods. 193(2). 697–705. 28 indexed citations
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Jann, O., S.I. Anderson, Kirsty Jensen, et al.. (2009). Comparative genomics of Toll-like receptor signalling in five species. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 216–216. 35 indexed citations
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Aït-Ali, Tahar, Jean‐Pierre Frossard, M. A. Mellencamp, et al.. (2008). Dynamic Differential Regulation of Innate Immune Transcripts during the Infection of Alveolar Macrophages by the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus. PubMed. 132. 239–245. 8 indexed citations
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Aït-Ali, Tahar, David G. Westcott, Martin Waterfall, et al.. (2007). Innate Immune Responses to Replication of Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus in Isolated Swine Alveolar Macrophages. Viral Immunology. 20(1). 105–118. 84 indexed citations
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Lewis, Craig, et al.. (2007). Genetic Perspectives on Host Responses to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). Viral Immunology. 20(3). 343–358. 61 indexed citations
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Aït-Ali, Tahar, et al.. (1999). Regulation of Gibberellin 20-Oxidase and Gibberellin 3β-Hydroxylase Transcript Accumulation during De-Etiolation of Pea Seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 121(3). 783–791. 60 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Shinjiro, et al.. (1997). Ent-KAURENE SYNTHASE A FROM Cucurbita maxima AND ITS INTERACTION WITH ent-KAURENE SYNTHASE B. Plant and Cell Physiology. 38. 3 indexed citations
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Imai, Ryozo, et al.. (1996). CLONING AND LIGHT-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF TWO cDNAs FOR ent-KAURENE SYNTHASE A FROM TOMATO. Plant and Cell Physiology. 37. 143. 5 indexed citations
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Aït-Ali, Tahar & Lizabeth A. Allison. (1993). SEX SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF RNAS FOR HYDROXYPROLINE RICH GLYCOPROTEINS - ARE DIFFERENTIAL SPLICINGS ALSO CHARACTERISTIC OF PLANT SEXES. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 316(2). 89–95. 2 indexed citations

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