William D. Fiers

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 918 citations indexed

About

William D. Fiers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Fiers has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William D. Fiers's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (4 papers). William D. Fiers is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (4 papers). William D. Fiers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. William D. Fiers's co-authors include Iliyan D. Iliev, Irina Leonardi, Iris H. Gao, Xin Li, Woan-Yu Lin, Itai Doron, Takato Kusakabe, Gregory Putzel, Courtney C. Aldrich and Janet L. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

William D. Fiers

18 papers receiving 913 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.

Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social behavior via Type 17 immunity

2022 205 citations Irina Leonardi, Iris H. Gao et al. Cell profile →
Immune regulation by fungal strain diversity in inflammatory bowel disease

2022 191 citations Xin Li, Irina Leonardi et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William D. Fiers United States	12	595	336	178	163	159	18	918
Iris H. Gao United States	8	573 1.0×	326 1.0×	165 0.9×	180 1.1×	52 0.3×	11	921
Swadha Anand India	10	658 1.1×	135 0.4×	83 0.5×	81 0.5×	169 1.1×	16	997
Grégory Da Costa France	16	1.1k 1.8×	547 1.6×	243 1.4×	379 2.3×	91 0.6×	20	1.6k
Teresa Pérez Spain	22	459 0.8×	122 0.4×	243 1.4×	230 1.4×	36 0.2×	32	1.3k
Ashley Garner United States	10	682 1.1×	243 0.7×	127 0.7×	210 1.3×	44 0.3×	10	999
Patrick Ebner Germany	18	474 0.8×	224 0.7×	70 0.4×	62 0.4×	77 0.5×	23	822
Steven A. Luperchio United States	9	256 0.4×	296 0.9×	94 0.5×	107 0.7×	49 0.3×	12	725
Voon Kin Chin Malaysia	16	332 0.6×	260 0.8×	91 0.5×	162 1.0×	35 0.2×	29	887
Christopher F. Cuff United States	20	383 0.6×	230 0.7×	97 0.5×	125 0.8×	35 0.2×	39	1.0k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Lo, Chih Hung, et al.. (2023). Zafirlukast Is a Promising Scaffold for Selectively Inhibiting TNFR1 Signaling. PubMed. 3(3). 270–282. 11 indexed citations

Leonardi, Irina, Iris H. Gao, Woan-Yu Lin, et al.. (2022). Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social behavior via Type 17 immunity. Cell. 185(5). 831–846.e14. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Xin, Irina Leonardi, Gregory Putzel, et al.. (2022). Immune regulation by fungal strain diversity in inflammatory bowel disease. Nature. 603(7902). 672–678. 191 indexed citations breakdown →

Doron, Itai, Xin Li, Takato Kusakabe, et al.. (2021). Mycobiota-induced IgA antibodies regulate fungal commensalism in the gut and are dysregulated in Crohn’s disease. Nature Microbiology. 6(12). 1493–1504. 109 indexed citations

Doron, Itai, Irina Leonardi, Xin Li, et al.. (2021). Human gut mycobiota tune immunity via CARD9-dependent induction of anti-fungal IgG antibodies. Cell. 184(4). 1017–1031.e14. 141 indexed citations

Fiers, William D., Irina Leonardi, & Iliyan D. Iliev. (2020). From Birth and Throughout Life: Fungal Microbiota in Nutrition and Metabolic Health. Annual Review of Nutrition. 40(1). 323–343. 31 indexed citations

Fiers, William D., Iris H. Gao, & Iliyan D. Iliev. (2019). Gut mycobiota under scrutiny: fungal symbionts or environmental transients?. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 50. 79–86. 45 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Irina Leonardi, Alexa Semon, et al.. (2019). Sensing Fungal Dysbiosis by Gut-Resident CX3CR1+ Mononuclear Phagocytes Aggravates Allergic Airway Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 202(1_Supplement). 191.3–191.3. 3 indexed citations

Skiba, Meredith A., Steffen M. Bernard, William D. Fiers, et al.. (2018). Structural Basis of Polyketide Synthase O-Methylation. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(12). 3221–3228. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Feng, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of Transition-State Inhibitors of Chorismate Utilizing Enzymes from Bromobenzene cis-1,2-Dihydrodiol. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(7). 3432–3440. 8 indexed citations

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Fiers, William D., Mark Craighead, & Ishwar Singh. (2017). Teixobactin and Its Analogues: A New Hope in Antibiotic Discovery. ACS Infectious Diseases. 3(10). 688–690. 29 indexed citations

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Skiba, Meredith A., William D. Fiers, William H. Gerwick, et al.. (2016). Domain Organization and Active Site Architecture of a Polyketide SynthaseC-methyltransferase. ACS Chemical Biology. 11(12). 3319–3327. 36 indexed citations

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Fiers, William D., et al.. (2016). Vinylogous Dehydration by a Polyketide Dehydratase Domain in Curacin Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(49). 16024–16036. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, et al.. (2015). Functional Characterization of a Dehydratase Domain from the Pikromycin Polyketide Synthase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(22). 7003–7006. 33 indexed citations

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Fiers, William D., et al.. (2015). Tylosin polyketide synthase module 3: stereospecificity, stereoselectivity and steady-state kinetic analysis of β-processing domains via diffusible, synthetic substrates. Chemical Science. 6(8). 5027–5033. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, William D. Fiers, Steffen M. Bernard, et al.. (2014). Polyketide Intermediate Mimics as Probes for Revealing Cryptic Stereochemistry of Ketoreductase Domains. ACS Chemical Biology. 9(12). 2914–2922. 14 indexed citations

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Steidler, Lothar, Wolfgang Hans, Sabine Neirynck, et al.. (2001). Treatment of murine colitis by Lactococcus lactis secreting IL-10. 1. 4–5. 3 indexed citations

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Fiers, William D., et al.. (1962). The reaction mechanism of a nucleoside phosphorylase.. PubMed. 24. 197–210. 4 indexed citations

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