Terrence Town

23.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
139 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Terrence Town is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terrence Town has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Physiology, 57 papers in Neurology and 47 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Terrence Town's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (68 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (55 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (20 papers). Terrence Town is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (68 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (55 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (20 papers). Terrence Town collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Mexico. Terrence Town's co-authors include Richard A. Flavell, Jun Tan, Michael Mullan, Jun Tan, Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, Erol Fikrig, David Gate, Marie‐Victoire Guillot‐Sestier, John F. Anderson and Lena Alexopoulou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Terrence Town

139 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Oxidized Mitochondrial DNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome during Apoptosis

2012 1.7k citations Altan Rentsendorj, Terrence Town et al. Immunity profile →
Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis

2004 892 citations Tian Wang, Terrence Town et al. profile →
A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

2009 632 citations William O’Connor, Masahito Kamanaka et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Interchromosomal associations between alternatively expressed loci

2005 543 citations Terrence Town, Richard A. Flavell et al. profile →
Green Tea Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Modulates Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleavage and Reduces Cerebral Amyloidosis in Alzheimer Transgenic Mice

2005 540 citations Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, T. Mori et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine

2011 505 citations Terrence Town, William O’Connor et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terrence Town

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Terrence Town. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Terrence Town based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Terrence Town. Terrence Town is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interleukin-17A Promotes CD8 ⁺ T Cell Cytotoxicity To Facilitate West Nile Virus Clearance 2016 ·Journal of Virology ·Dhiraj Acharya, Penghua Wang, Amber M. Paul, Jianfeng Dai, David Gate, (unknown), Dobrivoje S. Stokić, A. Arturo Leis, Richard A. Flavell, Terrence Town, Erol Fikrig, Fengwei Bai	61
2	TLR8 Couples SOCS-1 and Restrains TLR7-Mediated Antiviral Immunity, Exacerbating West Nile Virus Infection in Mice 2016 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Amber M. Paul, Dhiraj Acharya, (unknown), Penghua Wang, Dobrivoje S. Stokić, A. Arturo Leis, Lena Alexopoulou, Terrence Town, Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig, Fengwei Bai	20
3	Quantitative 3D <em>In Silico</em> Modeling (q3DISM) of Cerebral Amyloid-beta Phagocytosis in Rodent Models of Alzheimer's Disease 2016 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Marie‐Victoire Guillot‐Sestier, Tara M. Weitz, Terrence Town	4
4	Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells and Primary Cilia in Medulloblastoma 2015 ·CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets ·David Gate, Moise Danielpour, Serguei Bannykh, Terrence Town	13
5	Multi-Shell Hybrid Diffusion Imaging (HYDI) at 7 Tesla in TgF344-AD Transgenic Alzheimer Rats 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Madelaine Daianu, Russell E. Jacobs, Tara M. Weitz, Terrence Town, Paul M. Thompson	16
6	Tannic Acid Is a Natural β-Secretase Inhibitor That Prevents Cognitive Impairment and Mitigates Alzheimer-like Pathology in Transgenic Mice 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·T. Mori, Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, Naoki Koyama, Gary W. Arendash, Haruyasu Yamaguchi, Nobuto Kakuda, (unknown), Jun Tan, Terrence Town	140
7	CD45 Deficiency Drives Amyloid-β Peptide Oligomers and Neuronal Loss in Alzheimer's Disease Mice 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Yuyan Zhu, Huayan Hou, Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, Brian Giunta, (unknown), Carmelina Gemma, Jingji Jin, Natasa Dragicevic, Patrick C. Bradshaw, Suhail Rasool, Charles Glabe, Jared Ehrhart, Paula C. Bickford, Takashi Mori, Demian Obregon, Terrence Town, Jun Tan	70
8	Macrophages in Alzheimer’s disease: the blood-borne identity 2010 ·Journal of Neural Transmission ·David Gate, Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, (unknown), Altan Rentsendorj, Terrence Town	95
9	IL-10 Signaling Blockade Controls Murine West Nile Virus Infection 2009 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Fengwei Bai, Terrence Town, Feng Qian, Penghua Wang, Masahito Kamanaka, (unknown), David Gate, Ruth R. Montgomery, Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig	75
10	Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing 2009 ·Immunity ·Terrence Town, Fengwei Bai, Tian Wang, Amber Kaplan, Feng Qian, Ruth R. Montgomery, John F. Anderson, Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig	172
11	A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation breakdown → 2009 ·Nature Immunology ·William O’Connor, Masahito Kamanaka, Carmen J. Booth, Terrence Town, Susumu Nakae, Yoichiro Iwakura, Jay K. Kolls, Richard A. Flavell	632
12	Drak2 Contributes to West Nile Virus Entry into the Brain and Lethal Encephalitis 2008 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Shuhui Wang, Thomas Welte, Maureen A. McGargill, Terrence Town, Jesse Thompson, John F. Anderson, Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig, Stephen Μ. Hedrick, Tian Wang	53
13	Flavonoid‐mediated presenilin‐1 phosphorylation reduces Alzheimer's disease β‐amyloid production 2008 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Kavon Rezai‐Zadeh, R. Douglas Shytle, Yun Bai, Jun Tian, Huayan Hou, Takashi Mori, Jin Zeng, Demian Obregon, Terrence Town, Jun Tan	123
14	West Nile Virus Envelope Protein Inhibits dsRNA-Induced Innate Immune Responses 2007 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Álvaro Arjona‐Sánchez, Michel Ledizet, Karen Anthony, Nathalie Bonafé, Yorgo Modis, Terrence Town, Erol Fikrig	63
15	Apoptotic hepatocyte DNA inhibits hepatic stellate cell chemotaxis via toll-like receptor 9 2007 ·Hepatology ·Azuma Watanabe, Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, Dawidson Assis Gomes, Terrence Town, Abdallah Badou, Richard A. Flavell, Wajahat Z. Mehal	213
16	Microglia Recognize Double-Stranded RNA via TLR3 2006 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Terrence Town, (unknown), Lena Alexopoulou, Jun Tan, Richard A. Flavell	158
17	CD45 isoform RB as a molecular target to oppose lipopolysaccharide-induced microglial activation in mice 2004 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Kirk Townsend, Martina Vendrame, Jared Ehrhart, (unknown), Jin Zeng, Terrence Town, Jun Tan	18
18	Confirmation of association between D10S583 and Alzheimer's disease in a case–control sample 2002 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Ghania Ait‐Ghezala, Laila Abdullah, Robert M. Crescentini, Fiona Crawford, Terrence Town, Surendra P. Singh, Daniel R. Richards, Ranjan Duara, Michael Mullan	31
19	p35/Cdk5 pathway mediates soluble amyloid‐β peptide‐induced tau phosphorylation in vitro 2002 ·Journal of Neuroscience Research ·Terrence Town, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert M. Crescentini, Yajuan Wu, Jin Zeng, Anthony DelleDonne, Demian Obregon, Jun Tan, Michael Mullan	81
20	Role of Peroxynitrite in the Vasoactive and Cytotoxic Effects of Alzheimer's β-Amyloid1–40Peptide 1998 ·Experimental Neurology ·Daniel Paris, Timothy A. Parker, Terrence Town, Zhiming Suo, Chun‐Hong Fang, James Humphrey, Fiona Crawford, Michael Mullan	35

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