Timothy E. O’Sullivan

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

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Timothy E. O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy E. O’Sullivan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Immunology, 10 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Timothy E. O’Sullivan's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (34 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (16 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (10 papers). Timothy E. O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (34 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (16 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (10 papers). Timothy E. O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Italy. Timothy E. O’Sullivan's co-authors include Joseph C. Sun, Lewis L. Lanier, Orr-El Weizman, Nicholas M. Adams, Andrew D. Hildreth, Luke Riggan, Lexus R. Johnson, Jack D. Bui, Colleen M. Lau and Robert Saddawi‐Konefka and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Timothy E. O’Sullivan

42 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Single-cell sequencing of human white adipose tissue identifies new cell states in health and obesity

2021 200 citations Andrew D. Hildreth, Feiyang Ma et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy E. O’Sullivan United States	22	2.1k	537	509	453	452	45	2.7k
Ayotunde O. Dokun United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	457 0.9×	401 0.8×	745 1.6×	246 0.5×	43	2.6k
Laurence Preisser France	22	1.5k 0.7×	265 0.5×	238 0.5×	681 1.5×	543 1.2×	45	2.6k
Brigitte Santner‐Nanan Australia	21	2.8k 1.3×	277 0.5×	177 0.3×	450 1.0×	427 0.9×	33	3.5k
Françoise Meylan United States	23	2.1k 1.0×	204 0.4×	344 0.7×	566 1.2×	481 1.1×	39	3.1k
Mary Ann Hausner United States	20	1.4k 0.7×	488 0.9×	317 0.6×	401 0.9×	247 0.5×	28	2.4k
Michishige Harada Japan	25	2.6k 1.3×	268 0.5×	229 0.4×	372 0.8×	606 1.3×	33	3.2k
Mir‐Farzin Mashreghi Germany	26	1.2k 0.6×	197 0.4×	336 0.7×	639 1.4×	314 0.7×	84	2.3k
Nuala Mooney France	29	1.7k 0.8×	226 0.4×	593 1.2×	510 1.1×	270 0.6×	94	2.8k
Duncan Howie United Kingdom	29	2.2k 1.1×	375 0.7×	246 0.5×	526 1.2×	575 1.3×	48	3.2k
Victor C. de Vries United States	18	1.8k 0.9×	206 0.4×	145 0.3×	404 0.9×	525 1.2×	21	2.5k

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Armstrong, Wesley R., et al.. (2026). The transcriptional repressor Fli1 inhibits proteostasis during nutrient stress to limit NK cell persistence in solid tumors. Immunity. 59(3). 717–733.e10.

Li, Joey H., Wesley R. Armstrong, Abigail S. Krall, et al.. (2025). Species-specific serine metabolism differentially controls natural killer cell functions. Nature Metabolism. 7(9). 1905–1923.

O’Sullivan, Timothy E., Oliver Cronin, W. Arnout van Hattem, et al.. (2024). Cold versus hot snare endoscopic mucosal resection for large (≥15 mm) flat non-pedunculated colorectal polyps: a randomised controlled trial. Gut. 73(11). 1823–1830. 10 indexed citations

Li, Joey H., Matthew R. Hepworth, & Timothy E. O’Sullivan. (2023). Regulation of systemic metabolism by tissue-resident immune cell circuits. Immunity. 56(6). 1168–1186. 14 indexed citations

Hildreth, Andrew D., et al.. (2023). Adipose cDC1s contribute to obesity-associated inflammation through STING-dependent IL-12 production. Nature Metabolism. 5(12). 2237–2252. 14 indexed citations

Gupta, Sunil, Timothy E. O’Sullivan, Oliver Cronin, et al.. (2023). Hybrid resection versus conventional resection for laterally spreading lesions of the papilla. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 99(3). 428–436. 1 indexed citations

Li, Joey H. & Timothy E. O’Sullivan. (2022). Back to the Future: Spatiotemporal Determinants of NK Cell Antitumor Function. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 816658–816658. 10 indexed citations

Riggan, Luke, Feiyang Ma, Joey H. Li, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor Fli1 restricts the formation of memory precursor NK cells during viral infection. Nature Immunology. 23(4). 556–567. 15 indexed citations

Hildreth, Andrew D., et al.. (2021). Single-cell sequencing of human white adipose tissue identifies new cell states in health and obesity. Nature Immunology. 22(5). 639–653. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riggan, Luke, et al.. (2020). CRISPR-Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein-Mediated Genomic Editing in Mature Primary Innate Immune Cells. Cell Reports. 31(7). 107651–107651. 27 indexed citations

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Hildreth, Andrew D., Luke Riggan, & Timothy E. O’Sullivan. (2020). CRISPR-Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein-Mediated Genomic Editing in Primary Innate Immune Cells. STAR Protocols. 1(3). 100113–100113. 8 indexed citations

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Riggan, Luke, Aharon G. Freud, & Timothy E. O’Sullivan. (2019). True Detective: Unraveling Group 1 Innate Lymphocyte Heterogeneity. Trends in Immunology. 40(10). 909–921. 49 indexed citations

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Rapp, Moritz, Colleen M. Lau, Nicholas M. Adams, et al.. (2017). Core-binding factor β and Runx transcription factors promote adaptive natural killer cell responses. Science Immunology. 2(18). 65 indexed citations

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Weizman, Orr-El, Nicholas M. Adams, Iona S. Schuster, et al.. (2017). ILC1 Confer Early Host Protection at Initial Sites of Viral Infection. Cell. 171(4). 795–808.e12. 339 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Timothy E. & Joseph C. Sun. (2017). Innate Lymphoid Cell Immunometabolism. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(23). 3577–3586. 16 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Timothy E., Moritz Rapp, Xiying Fan, et al.. (2016). Adipose-Resident Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance. Immunity. 45(2). 428–441. 230 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Timothy E. & Joseph C. Sun. (2015). Generation of Natural Killer Cell Memory during Viral Infection. Journal of Innate Immunity. 7(6). 557–562. 21 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Timothy E., et al.. (2015). BNIP3- and BNIP3L-Mediated Mitophagy Promotes the Generation of Natural Killer Cell Memory. Immunity. 43(2). 331–342. 254 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Timothy E., Robert Saddawi‐Konefka, William Vermi, et al.. (2012). Cancer immunoediting by the innate immune system in the absence of adaptive immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 209(10). 1869–1882. 257 indexed citations

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Saddawi‐Konefka, Robert, Timothy E. O’Sullivan, William Vermi, et al.. (2012). Cancer immunoediting by the innate immune system in the absence of adaptive immunity (162.3). The Journal of Immunology. 188(1_Supplement). 162.3–162.3. 7 indexed citations

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