Tracy L. McGaha

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Tracy L. McGaha is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy L. McGaha has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Immunology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tracy L. McGaha's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (29 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (17 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (17 papers). Tracy L. McGaha is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (29 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (17 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (17 papers). Tracy L. McGaha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Georgia. Tracy L. McGaha's co-authors include Rahul Shinde, David G. Brooks, Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Laura M. Snell, Constantin A. Bona, Andrew L. Mellor, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Buvana Ravishankar, David H. Munn and Robert Phelps and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tracy L. McGaha

70 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Type I Interferon in Chronic Virus Infection and Cancer

2017 336 citations Laura M. Snell, Tracy L. McGaha et al. profile →
Linking macrophage metabolism to function in the tumor microenvironment

2025 46 citations Tracy L. McGaha et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tracy L. McGaha United States	34	2.6k	1.3k	807	360	356	74	4.3k
Linrong Lu China	30	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	683 0.8×	291 0.8×	67 0.2×	82	4.5k
Régis Josien France	43	3.9k 1.5×	2.6k 2.0×	1.8k 2.3×	390 1.1×	170 0.5×	119	7.0k
Azzam A. Maghazachi Norway	37	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	181 0.5×	63 0.2×	114	4.2k
Mads Hald Andersen Denmark	43	4.7k 1.8×	2.6k 2.0×	3.4k 4.3×	121 0.3×	341 1.0×	206	7.1k
Rimpei Morita Japan	39	4.3k 1.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	681 1.9×	56 0.2×	84	6.7k
Michal Baniyash Israel	34	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	240 0.7×	60 0.2×	62	4.3k
Arnold H. Zea United States	29	3.9k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	2.0k 2.5×	133 0.4×	125 0.4×	61	5.7k
Alice Lepelley France	12	4.1k 1.6×	887 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	243 0.7×	65 0.2×	12	5.2k
Herbert Strobl Austria	35	3.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	845 1.0×	313 0.9×	40 0.1×	102	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy L. McGaha

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Girard, Mélanie, Nathália Vieira Batista, Karen Yeung, et al.. (2025). STING agonists drive recruitment and intrinsic type I interferon responses in monocytic lineage cells for optimal anti-tumor immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 214(12). 3634–3646.

Liu, Zhe Qi, M. Teresa Ciudad, & Tracy L. McGaha. (2025). New insights into tryptophan metabolism in cancer. Trends in cancer. 11(7). 629–641. 4 indexed citations

Lamorte, Sara, et al.. (2025). Metabolites in the extracellular tumor microenvironment and the shaping of macrophage function. Molecular Cell. 85(20). 3779–3792.

Quevedo, Rene, Kebria Hezaveh, Haijiao Liu, et al.. (2024). The use of a multi-metric readout screen to identify EHMT2/G9a-inhibition as a modulator of cancer-associated fibroblast activation state. Biomaterials. 314. 122879–122879.

Dvorkin‐Gheva, Anna, Stephen W. Chung, Shahbaz Khan, et al.. (2024). Cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO) governs cancer cell mitochondrial redox homeostasis through proline metabolism. Science Advances. 10(40). eadq0355–eadq0355. 3 indexed citations

Latour, Simon, et al.. (2022). 3D microgels to quantify tumor cell properties and therapy response dynamics. Biomaterials. 283. 121417–121417. 10 indexed citations

Lukhele, Sabelo, Mengdi Guo, Jian Shen, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor IRF2 drives interferon-mediated CD8+ T cell exhaustion to restrict anti-tumor immunity. Immunity. 55(12). 2369–2385.e10. 67 indexed citations

Sharma, Madhav, Rafał Pacholczyk, Huidong Shi, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of the BTK-IDO-mTOR axis promotes differentiation of monocyte-lineage dendritic cells and enhances anti-tumor T cell immunity. Immunity. 54(10). 2354–2371.e8. 56 indexed citations

Lau, Sai Ping, C. Shun Wong, Aline Fusco Fares, et al.. (2021). P14.09 Early Expansion of M-MDSCs and High Plasma TSLP levels as Predictors of Primary Resistance to PD1 Inhibitors in Metastatic NSCLC. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 16(3). S332–S333.

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Halaby, Marie Jo & Tracy L. McGaha. (2021). Amino Acid Transport and Metabolism in Myeloid Function. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 695238–695238. 26 indexed citations

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MacLeod, Bethany, Heidi Elsaesser, Laura M. Snell, et al.. (2020). A network of immune and microbial modifications underlies viral persistence in the gastrointestinal tract. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(12). 8 indexed citations

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Duhlin, Amanda, Yunying Chen, Fredrik Wermeling, et al.. (2016). Selective Memory to Apoptotic Cell–Derived Self-Antigens with Implications for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Development. The Journal of Immunology. 197(7). 2618–2626. 13 indexed citations

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McGaha, Tracy L. & Mikael C. I. Karlsson. (2015). Apoptotic cell responses in the splenic marginal zone: a paradigm for immunologic reactions to apoptotic antigens with implications for autoimmunity. Immunological Reviews. 269(1). 26–43. 48 indexed citations

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Chaudhary, Kapil, Rahul Shinde, Haiyun Liu, et al.. (2015). Amino Acid Metabolism Inhibits Antibody-Driven Kidney Injury by Inducing Autophagy. The Journal of Immunology. 194(12). 5713–5724. 40 indexed citations

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Ravishankar, Buvana, Rahul Shinde, Haiyun Liu, et al.. (2014). Marginal zone CD169 ⁺ macrophages coordinate apoptotic cell-driven cellular recruitment and tolerance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(11). 4215–4220. 91 indexed citations

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Chaudhary, Kapil, et al.. (2013). A human monoclonal antibody against the collagen type IV α3NC1 domain is a non-invasive optical biomarker for glomerular diseases. Kidney International. 84(2). 403–408. 6 indexed citations

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Ravishankar, Buvana, Haiyun Liu, Rahul Shinde, et al.. (2012). Tolerance to apoptotic cells is regulated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(10). 3909–3914. 162 indexed citations

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Belnoue, Elodie, Maria Pihlgren, Tracy L. McGaha, et al.. (2008). APRIL is critical for plasmablast survival in the bone marrow and poorly expressed by early-life bone marrow stromal cells. Blood. 111(5). 2755–2764. 266 indexed citations

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McGaha, Tracy L., Mikael C. I. Karlsson, & Jeffrey V. Ravetch. (2008). FcγRIIB Deficiency Leads to Autoimmunity and a Defective Response to Apoptosis in Mrl-MpJ Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 180(8). 5670–5679. 47 indexed citations

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McGaha, Tracy L., Takao Kodera, Harry Spiera, et al.. (2002). Halofuginone inhibition of COL1A2 promoter activity via a c‐Jun–dependent mechanism. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 46(10). 2748–2761. 33 indexed citations

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