W. Zac Stephens

6.1k citations

40 papers · 4.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 22

Co-authors: Karen Guillemin John F. Rawls Adam R. Burns Brendan J. M. Bohannan Sandi Wong Keaton Stagaman Erika Mittge Colleen M. Cavanaugh
Topics: Gut microbiota and health (22 papers)Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers)Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (6 papers)
Cited by: Immunology Aquatic Science Biological Psychiatry
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Canada Netherlands

In The Last Decade

W. Zac Stephens

36 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

2011 890 citations Guus Roeselers, Erika Mittge et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development

2015 644 citations Adam R. Burns, W. Zac Stephens et al. The ISME Journal profile →
The composition of the zebrafish intestinal microbial community varies across development

2015 471 citations W. Zac Stephens, Adam R. Burns et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis

2019 407 citations Lasha Gogokhia, Rickesha Bell et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Zac Stephens

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The gut microbiome is associated with disease‐free survival in stage I–III colorectal cancer patients 2025 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Doratha A. Byrd,(unknown),Maria F. Gomez,(unknown),Tengda Lin,Jennifer Ose,Caroline Himbert,(unknown),Christoph Kahlert,David Shibata,Adetunji T. Toriola,Christopher I. Li,Jane C. Figueiredo,W. Zac Stephens,Christy A. Warby,Sheetal Hardikar,Erin M. Siegel,June L. Round,Cornelia M. Ulrich,Biljana Gigic	2
2	The impact of tokenizer selection in genomic language models 2025 ·Bioinformatics ·(unknown),Nicole L. Pershing,(unknown),(unknown),W. Zac Stephens,Anne J. Blaschke,Xiaofang Jiang,Hari Sundar	0
3	Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health 2025 ·Cell Metabolism ·Kendra A. Klag,Daniela Ott,Trevor S. Tippetts,(unknown),Sean M. Tatum,Kaylyn M. Bauer,Emmanuel Stephen‐Victor,Allison M. Weis,Rickesha Bell,James Weagley,J. Alan Maschek,Dai Long Vu,Stacey L. Heaver,Ruth E. Ley,Ryan M. O’Connell,William L. Holland,Scott A. Summers,W. Zac Stephens,June L. Round	0
4	Autoimmune CD4+ T cells fine-tune TCF1 expression to maintain function and survive persistent antigen exposure during diabetes 2024 ·Immunity ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jing Yi,W. Zac Stephens,(unknown),J. Scott Hale,Maria Bettini	7
5	Neonatal NET-Inhibitory Factor improves survival in the cecal ligation and puncture model of polymicrobial sepsis by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps 2023 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·Claudia V. de Araujo,Frederik Denorme,W. Zac Stephens,Qing Li,Mark J. Cody,(unknown),Aaron C. Petrey,Kimberly A. Queisser,John L. Rustad,James Fulcher,(unknown),Michael S. Kay,Joshua D. Schiffman,Robert A. Campbell,Christian C. Yost	7
6	Wild herbivorous mammals (genus Neotoma) host a diverse but transient assemblage of fungi 2022 ·Symbiosis ·Sara B. Weinstein,W. Zac Stephens,Robert Greenhalgh,June L. Round,M. Denise Dearing	5
7	Epithelial-myeloid exchange of MHC class II constrains immunity and microbiota composition 2021 ·Cell Reports ·W. Zac Stephens,Jason L. Kubinak,Arevik Ghazaryan,Kaylyn M. Bauer,Rickesha Bell,(unknown),Tyson R. Chiaro,Allison M. Weis,William W. Tang,(unknown),Ray Soto,H. Atakan Ekiz,Ryan M. O’Connell,June L. Round	19
8	T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity 2019 ·Science ·Charisse Petersen,Rickesha Bell,Kendra A. Klag,Soh-Hyun Lee,Raymond Soto,Arevik Ghazaryan,(unknown),H. Atakan Ekiz,Kyla S. Ost,Sihem Boudina,Ryan M. O’Connell,James E. Cox,Claudio J. Villanueva,W. Zac Stephens,June L. Round	297
9	MicroRNA-155 coordinates the immunological landscape within murine melanoma and correlates with immunity in human cancers 2019 ·JCI Insight ·H. Atakan Ekiz,Thomas B. Huffaker,Allie H. Grossmann,W. Zac Stephens,Matthew A. Williams,June L. Round,Ryan M. O’Connell	35
10	The microbiota protects from viral-induced neurologic damage through microglia-intrinsic TLR signaling 2019 ·eLife ·D. Garrett Brown,Raymond Soto,(unknown),(unknown),Laura L. Dickey,João Carlos Gomes‐Neto,Elissa D. Pastuzyn,Rickesha Bell,Charisse Petersen,(unknown),Robert S. Fujinami,Ryan M. O’Connell,W. Zac Stephens,Jason D. Shepherd,Thomas E. Lane,June L. Round	50
11	Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitisbreakdown → 2019 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Lasha Gogokhia,(unknown),Rickesha Bell,(unknown),D. Garrett Brown,Christin Hanke‐Gogokhia,Nadim J. Ajami,Matthew C. Wong,Arevik Ghazaryan,John F. Valentine,Nathan T. Porter,Eric C. Martens,Ryan M. O’Connell,Vinita Jacob,Ellen Scherl,Carl V. Crawford,W. Zac Stephens,Sherwood Casjens,Randy Longman,June L. Round	407
12	A member of the gut mycobiota modulates host purine metabolism exacerbating colitis in mice 2017 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Tyson R. Chiaro,Ray Soto,W. Zac Stephens,Jason L. Kubinak,Charisse Petersen,Lasha Gogokhia,Rickesha Bell,Julio C. Delgado,James E. Cox,Warren P. Voth,Jessica C. S. Brown,David J. Stillman,Ryan M. O’Connell,Anne E. Tebo,June L. Round	171
13	Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Identifies MicroRNAs That Regulate Myeloid Leukemia Cell Growth 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Jared Wallace,Ruozhen Hu,Timothy L. Mosbruger,Timothy J. Dahlem,W. Zac Stephens,Dinesh S. Rao,June L. Round,Ryan M. O’Connell	44
14	MyD88 Signaling in T Cells Directs IgA-Mediated Control of the Microbiota to Promote Health 2015 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Jason L. Kubinak,Charisse Petersen,W. Zac Stephens,Ray Soto,(unknown),Ryan M. O’Connell,June L. Round	255
15	MHC variation sculpts individualized microbial communities that control susceptibility to enteric infection 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Jason L. Kubinak,W. Zac Stephens,Ray Soto,Charisse Petersen,Tyson R. Chiaro,Lasha Gogokhia,Rickesha Bell,Nadim J. Ajami,Joseph F. Petrosino,Linda Morrison,Wayne K. Potts,Peter E. Jensen,Ryan M. O’Connell,June L. Round	126
16	Ontogenetic Differences in Dietary Fat Influence Microbiota Assembly in the Zebrafish Gut 2015 ·mBio ·Sandi Wong,W. Zac Stephens,Adam R. Burns,Keaton Stagaman,Lawrence A. David,Brendan J. M. Bohannan,Karen Guillemin,John F. Rawls	85
17	Neuronal Neuregulin 1 type III directs Schwann cell migration 2011 ·Development ·Julie R. Perlin,Mark E. Lush,W. Zac Stephens,Tatjana Piotrowski,William S. Talbot	70
18	Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafishbreakdown → 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Guus Roeselers,Erika Mittge,W. Zac Stephens,David M. Parichy,Colleen M. Cavanaugh,Karen Guillemin,John F. Rawls	890
19	Loss of adenomatous polyposis coli (apc) results in an expanded ciliary marginal zone in the zebrafish eye 2010 ·Developmental Dynamics ·W. Zac Stephens,(unknown),(unknown),Tatjana Piotrowski	19
20	Retinoic acid is required for endodermal pouch morphogenesis and not for pharyngeal endoderm specification 2006 ·Developmental Dynamics ·Daniel Kopinke,Joshua Sasine,Jennifer A. Swift,W. Zac Stephens,Tatjana Piotrowski	66

About W. Zac Stephens

W. Zac Stephens is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Immunology and Endocrinology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (22 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (1.3k citations), Aquatic Science (379 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (126 citations). W. Zac Stephens has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Karen Guillemin, John F. Rawls, Adam R. Burns, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Sandi Wong, Keaton Stagaman, Erika Mittge, Colleen M. Cavanaugh, Guus Roeselers and David M. Parichy. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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