William A. Langley

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William A. Langley is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Langley has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William A. Langley's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (4 papers). William A. Langley is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (4 papers). William A. Langley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Slovakia. William A. Langley's co-authors include Rafi Ahmed, Judith A. James, J. Donald Capra, Patrick C. Wilson, Gillian M. Air, Nai‐Ying Zheng, Kenneth G. C. Smith, Kenneth E. Kokko, Jens Wrammert and Lori Garman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

William A. Langley

15 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Rapid cloning of high-affinity human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus

2008 742 citations Jens Wrammert, Kenneth G. C. Smith et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Langley United States	11	619	612	346	254	211	16	1.3k
Andrea Jegerlehner Switzerland	17	930 1.5×	747 1.2×	424 1.2×	333 1.3×	299 1.4×	17	1.7k
Thomas Han United States	9	432 0.7×	893 1.5×	328 0.9×	233 0.9×	305 1.4×	12	1.2k
John R. Gallagher United States	17	424 0.7×	896 1.5×	356 1.0×	237 0.9×	152 0.7×	27	1.3k
Caitlin E. Mullarkey Canada	18	694 1.1×	1.1k 1.8×	255 0.7×	423 1.7×	246 1.2×	21	1.5k
Laura Bungener Netherlands	20	772 1.2×	614 1.0×	446 1.3×	274 1.1×	100 0.5×	41	1.5k
Uma Kavita United States	16	736 1.2×	528 0.9×	375 1.1×	175 0.7×	88 0.4×	19	1.3k
Martine Wettendorff Belgium	16	666 1.1×	785 1.3×	287 0.8×	196 0.8×	218 1.0×	24	1.4k
Yambasu A. Brewah United States	12	660 1.1×	716 1.2×	572 1.7×	315 1.2×	321 1.5×	15	1.8k
Simona Tavarini Italy	22	1.2k 2.0×	507 0.8×	398 1.2×	316 1.2×	69 0.3×	38	1.8k
David C. Flyer United States	24	714 1.2×	659 1.1×	336 1.0×	795 3.1×	167 0.8×	45	1.9k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Langley, William A., et al.. (2024). Congenital lymphatic dysplasia and severe bone disease in a term neonate with a novel homozygous PIEZO1 variant. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(6). e9082–e9082.

Baker, Elizabeth, Jingfen Han, William A. Langley, et al.. (2023). RNA sequencing reveals a complete picture of a homozygous missense variant in a patient with VPS13D movement disorder: a case report and review of the literature. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 298(5). 1185–1199. 1 indexed citations

Langley, William A., Andreas Wieland, Hasan Ahmed, et al.. (2022). Persistence of Virus-Specific Antibody after Depletion of Memory B Cells. Journal of Virology. 96(9). e0002622–e0002622. 6 indexed citations

Rasheed, Mohammed Ata Ur, Donald R. Latner, Rachael D. Aubert, et al.. (2013). Interleukin-21 Is a Critical Cytokine for the Generation of Virus-Specific Long-Lived Plasma Cells. Journal of Virology. 87(13). 7737–7746. 77 indexed citations

Langley, William A., et al.. (2010). The effects of preexisting immunity to influenza on responses to influenza vectors in mice. Vaccine. 28(38). 6305–6313. 9 indexed citations

Langley, William A., et al.. (2010). Induction of Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Anthrax Protective Antigen by Using Influenza Virus Vectors: Implications for Disparate Immune System Priming Pathways. Journal of Virology. 84(16). 8300–8307. 19 indexed citations

Mueller, Scott N., William A. Langley, Guimei Li, et al.. (2010). Qualitatively Different Memory CD8+ T Cells Are Generated after Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and Influenza Virus Infections. The Journal of Immunology. 185(4). 2182–2190. 34 indexed citations

Langley, William A., Scott N. Mueller, & Rafi Ahmed. (2009). Memory B cells are required to maintain long-lived plasma cells in mice following viral infections (132.16). The Journal of Immunology. 182(Supplement_1). 132.16–132.16. 1 indexed citations

Langley, William A., Konrad C. Bradley, Summer E. Galloway, et al.. (2009). Single residue deletions along the length of the influenza HA fusion peptide lead to inhibition of membrane fusion function. Virology. 394(2). 321–330. 13 indexed citations

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Langley, William A., et al.. (2009). Composition and Functions of the Influenza Fusion Peptide. Protein and Peptide Letters. 16(7). 766–778. 98 indexed citations

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Mueller, Scott N., William A. Langley, Elena Carnero, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, & Rafi Ahmed. (2009). Immunization with Live Attenuated Influenza Viruses That Express Altered NS1 Proteins Results in Potent and Protective Memory CD8 ⁺ T-Cell Responses. Journal of Virology. 84(4). 1847–1855. 47 indexed citations

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Wrammert, Jens, Kenneth G. C. Smith, William A. Langley, et al.. (2008). Rapid cloning of high-affinity human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus. Nature. 453(7195). 667–671. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meisner, Jeffrey, Kristy J. Szretter, Konrad C. Bradley, et al.. (2008). Infectivity Studies of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Mutants in Mice. Journal of Virology. 82(10). 5079–5083. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Byeong-Jae, et al.. (2008). Length Requirements for Membrane Fusion of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Peptide Linkers to Transmembrane or Fusion Peptide Domains. Journal of Virology. 82(13). 6337–6348. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Byeong-Jae, et al.. (2007). Analysis of residues near the fusion peptide in the influenza hemagglutinin structure for roles in triggering membrane fusion. Virology. 370(2). 403–414. 100 indexed citations

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Torres, Alfredo G., et al.. (2005). Differential Binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Alfalfa, Human Epithelial Cells, and Plastic Is Mediated by a Variety of Surface Structures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(12). 8008–8015. 88 indexed citations

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