Victor J. Torres

13.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
175 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Victor J. Torres is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor J. Torres has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Infectious Diseases, 90 papers in Molecular Biology and 62 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Victor J. Torres's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (94 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (47 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (29 papers). Victor J. Torres is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (94 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (47 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (29 papers). Victor J. Torres collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Victor J. Torres's co-authors include Francis Alonzo, Eric P. Skaar, Kayan Tam, Timothy L. Cover, Ashley Dumont, Derya Unutmaz, Meredith A. Benson, Bo Shopsin, Pauline Yoong and Tamara Reyes Robles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victor J. Torres

166 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Metal Chelation and Inhibition of Bacterial Growth in Tissue Abscesses

2008 692 citations Brian D. Corbin, Erin H. Seeley et al. Science profile →
Staphylococcus aureusSecreted Toxins and Extracellular Enzymes

2019 293 citations Kayan Tam, Victor J. Torres Microbiology Spectrum profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victor J. Torres

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Victor J. Torres. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Victor J. Torres 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 Victor J. Torres. Victor J. Torres 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	Prophage-encoded methyltransferase drives adaptation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Robert J. Ulrich, Magdalena Podkowik, (unknown), Irnov Irnov, Gregory Putzel, (unknown), Keenan A. Lacey, Daiane Boff, (unknown), (unknown), Theodora K. Karagounis, Erin E. Zwack, (unknown), Randie H. Kim, Karl Drlica, Alejandro Pironti, Harm van Bakel, Victor J. Torres, Bo Shopsin	0
2	Staphylococcus aureus LukMF′ targets neutrophils to promote skin and soft tissue infection 2025 ·Science Advances ·Daiane Boff, R Chandrasekaran, Gregory Putzel, Rachel M. Kratofil, Xuhui Zheng, Ashley Castellaw, (unknown), Ikjot Sidhu, Avantika Dhabaria, Keenan A. Lacey, Sandra González, (unknown), Beatrix Ueberheide, Cynthia A. Loomis, Alejandro Pironti, Silva Holtfreter, Shruti Naik, Victor J. Torres	0
3	Staphylococcus aureus exhibits spatiotemporal heterogeneity in Sae activity during kidney abscess development 2025 ·mBio ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Irnov Irnov, (unknown), Victor J. Torres, Kimberly M. Davis	0
4	Dietary and water restriction leads to increased susceptibility to antimicrobial resistant pathogens 2024 ·Science Advances ·Keenan A. Lacey, (unknown), Sandra González, Eric Bartnicki, Ashley Castellaw, (unknown), Drew R. Jones, Kamal M. Khanna, Victor J. Torres	1
5	Staphylococcus aureus adapts to exploit collagen-derived proline during chronic infection 2024 ·Nature Microbiology ·(unknown), Ian R. Monk, (unknown), (unknown), Tania Wong Fok Lung, (unknown), (unknown), Sofya S. Perelman, (unknown), Ahmed M. Moustafa, (unknown), Ian A. Lewis, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear, N. Valerio Dorrello, Victor J. Torres, Alice Prince	5
6	Ecuador una tierra de contrastes: análisis sobre el bienestar animal en la producción ganadera ecuatoriana y los derechos de la naturaleza 2024 ·Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental ·Victor J. Torres	0
7	Single-Cell Analysis of CX3CR1+ Cells Reveals a Pathogenic Role for BIRC5+ Myeloid Proliferating Cells Driven by Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxins 2023 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Joseph C. Devlin, Keenan A. Lacey, (unknown), Ze Chen, Erin E. Zwack, Jian-Da Lin, Kelly V. Ruggles, Kamal M. Khanna, Victor J. Torres, P’ng Loke	2
8	Rewilding of laboratory mice enhances granulopoiesis and immunity through intestinal fungal colonization 2023 ·Science Immunology ·Ying-Han Chen, Frank Yeung, Keenan A. Lacey, (unknown), Jian-Da Lin, (unknown), Caroline McCauley, Ramya S. Barre, (unknown), Christina Hansen, (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey N. Weiser, Victor J. Torres, Richard J. Bennett, P’ng Loke, Andrea L. Graham, Ken Cadwell	28
9	Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Does Not Identify Host Factors Modulating Streptococcus agalactiae β-Hemolysin/Cytolysin-Induced Cell Death 2022 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·(unknown), (unknown), Sofya S. Perelman, Victor J. Torres, Adam J. Ratner	3
10	ACE2-containing defensosomes serve as decoys to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection 2022 ·PLoS Biology ·Krystal L. Ching, Maren de Vries, Juan Gago, (unknown), Joseph Sall, William J. Rice, C.R. Barnett, Alireza Khodadadi‐Jamayran, Aristotelis Tsirigos, Feng‐Xia Liang, Lorna E. Thorpe, Bo Shopsin, Leopoldo N. Segal, Meike Dittmann, Victor J. Torres, Ken Cadwell	23
11	Design of a Forest Fire Early Alert System through a Deep 3D-CNN Structure and a WRF-CNN Bias Correction 2022 ·Sensors ·Alejandro Casallas, (unknown), Victor J. Torres, (unknown), (unknown), Ellie Anne López-Barrera, Camilo Ferro, (unknown), (unknown)	14
12	In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Clinical Correlates of MRSA Bacteremia 2021 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Thomas H. McConville, Eloise D. Austin, Wenjing Geng, Qiuhu Shi, Divya Balasubramanian, Christine J. Kubin, Victor J. Torres, Anne‐Catrin Uhlemann	3
13	Analysing the fitness cost of antibiotic resistance to identify targets for combination antimicrobials 2021 ·Nature Microbiology ·Aviram Rasouly, (unknown), Vitaly Epshtein, Kayan Tam, Nikita Vasilyev, (unknown), (unknown), Bibhusita Pani, Lingting Li, (unknown), Ilya Shamovsky, Shankarling Krishnamurthy, (unknown), (unknown), Victor J. Torres, Evgeny Nudler	18
14	Repurposed Drugs That Block the Gonococcus-Complement Receptor 3 Interaction Can Prevent and Cure Gonococcal Infection of Primary Human Cervical Epithelial Cells 2020 ·mBio ·Jessica Poole, Christopher J. Day, Thomas Haselhorst, Freda E.‐C. Jen, Victor J. Torres, Jennifer L. Edwards, Michael P. Jennings	22
15	All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors 2020 ·Science Advances ·Lucy K. Shewell, Christopher J. Day, Freda E.‐C. Jen, Thomas Haselhorst, John M. Atack, Josephine F. Reijneveld, Arun Everest‐Dass, David B. A. James, Kristina M. Boguslawski, Stephan Brouwer, Christine M. Gillen, Zhenyao Luo, Boštjan Kobe, Victor Nizet, Mark von Itzstein, Mark J. Walker, Adrienne W. Paton, James C. Paton, Victor J. Torres, Michael P. Jennings	48
16	Identification of biologic agents to neutralize the bicomponent leukocidins of Staphylococcus aureus 2019 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Rita Chan, Peter T. Buckley, (unknown), William E. Sause, Francis Alonzo, Ashira Lubkin, Kristina M. Boguslawski, (unknown), Jeffrey Fernandez, William R. Strohl, Brian Whitaker, A. Simon Lynch, Victor J. Torres	21
17	Vasculature-associated fat macrophages readily adapt to inflammatory and metabolic challenges 2019 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Hernandez Moura Silva, André Báfica, Gabriela F Rodrigues-Luiz, Jingyi Chi, (unknown), Bernardo Sgarbi Reis, David P. Hoytema van Konijnenburg, Audrey Crane, Raquel Duque do Nascimento Arifa, (unknown), Daniel Augusto Gasparin Bueno Mendes, Daniel Santos Mansur, Victor J. Torres, Ken Cadwell, Paul Cohen, Daniel Mucida, Juan J. Lafaille	109
18	The Staphylococcus aureus superantigen SElX is a bifunctional toxin that inhibits neutrophil function 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Stephen W. Tuffs, David B. A. James, Jovanka Bestebroer, Amy C. Richards, Mariya I. Goncheva, Marie O’Shea, Bryan A. Wee, Keun Seok Seo, Patrick M. Schlievert, Andreas Lengeling, Jos A. G. van Strijp, Victor J. Torres, J. Ross Fitzgerald	34
19	Staphylococcus aureus fur regulates the expression of virulence factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of pneumonia 2010 ·Infection ·Victor J. Torres, Ahmed S. Attia, William J. Mason, M. Indriati Hood, Brian D. Corbin, Federico C. Beasley, Kelsi L. Anderson, Devin L. Stauff, W. Hayes McDonald, Lisa J. Zimmerman, David B. Friedman, David E. Heinrichs, Paul M. Dunman, Eric P. Skaar	7
20	Metal Chelation and Inhibition of Bacterial Growth in Tissue Abscesses breakdown → 2008 ·Science ·Brian D. Corbin, Erin H. Seeley, Andrea Raab, Jörg Feldmann, Michael R. Miller, Victor J. Torres, Kelsi L. Anderson, Brian M. Dattilo, Paul M. Dunman, Russell Gerads, Richard M. Caprioli, Wolfgang Nacken, Walter Chazin, Eric P. Skaar	692

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