William E. Paul

53.0k total citations · 20 hit papers
344 papers, 42.5k citations indexed

About

William E. Paul is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Paul has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 42.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 264 papers in Immunology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 55 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in William E. Paul's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (161 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (154 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (67 papers). William E. Paul is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (161 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (154 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (67 papers). William E. Paul collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. William E. Paul's co-authors include Jinfang Zhu, Hidehiro Yamane, Clifford M. Snapper, Jane Hu‐Li, Robert A. Seder, John J. O’Shea, Baruj Benacerraf, John D. Stobo, Liying Guo and J Ohara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William E. Paul

341 papers receiving 40.6k citations

Hit Papers

Differentiation of Effect... 1970 2026 1988 2007 2010 1987 1994 1999 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Differentiation of Effector CD4 T Cell Populations
    2010 2.6k citations Jinfang Zhu, William E. Paul et al. profile →
  2. Interferon-γ and B Cell Stimulatory Factor-1 Reciprocally Regulate Ig Isotype Production
    1987 1.7k citations William E. Paul et al. Science profile →
  3. Lymphocyte responses and cytokines
    1994 1.5k citations William E. Paul, Robert A. Seder profile →
  4. THE IL-4 RECEPTOR: Signaling Mechanisms and Biologic Functions
    1999 1.3k citations William E. Paul et al. profile →
  5. CD4 T cells: fates, functions, and faults
    2008 1.3k citations Jinfang Zhu, William E. Paul Blood profile →
  6. Mast cell lines produce lymphokines in response to cross-linkage of FcεRI or to calcium ionophores
    1989 1.0k citations Marshall Plaut, William E. Paul et al. profile →
  7. Mechanisms Underlying Lineage Commitment and Plasticity of Helper CD4 + T Cells
    2010 984 citations John J. O’Shea, William E. Paul Science profile →
  8. Global Mapping of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 Reveals Specificity and Plasticity in Lineage Fate Determination of Differentiating CD4+ T Cells
    2009 903 citations Jinfang Zhu, Jane Hu‐Li et al. profile →
  9. Defective lymphoid development in mice lacking expression of the common cytokine receptor γ chain
    1995 853 citations Jane Hu‐Li, William E. Paul et al. profile →
  10. Impaired TH17 cell differentiation in subjects with autosomal dominant hyper-IgE syndrome
    2008 848 citations Joshua D. Milner, Arian Laurence et al. profile →
  11. How are TH2-type immune responses initiated and amplified?
    2010 717 citations William E. Paul, Jinfang Zhu profile →
  12. Production of a monoclonal antibody to and molecular characterization of B-cell stimulatory factor-1
    1985 676 citations William E. Paul et al. profile →
  13. T-bet is rapidly induced by interferon-γ in lymphoid and myeloid cells
    2001 618 citations Dragana Janković, Alan Sher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. NKT cell–mediated repression of tumor immunosurveillance by IL-13 and the IL-4R–STAT6 pathway
    2000 559 citations Nancy Noben-Trauth, L. Cynthia Watson et al. profile →
  15. Colocalization of X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia and X-Linked Immunodeficiency Genes
    1993 543 citations William E. Paul et al. Science profile →
  16. Interleukin-2 Receptor γ Chain: a Functional Component of the Interleukin-4 Receptor
    1993 522 citations William E. Paul et al. Science profile →
  17. IL-25-responsive, lineage-negative KLRG1hi cells are multipotential ‘inflammatory’ type 2 innate lymphoid cells
    2014 505 citations Yuefeng Huang, Liying Guo et al. profile →
  18. S1P-dependent interorgan trafficking of group 2 innate lymphoid cells supports host defense
    2018 412 citations Yuefeng Huang, Kairui Mao et al. Science profile →
  19. CARRIER FUNCTION IN ANTI-HAPTEN IMMUNE RESPONSES
    1970 226 citations William E. Paul, Baruj Benacerraf et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  20. Functional Specificity of Thymus-Dependent Lymphocytes
    1977 199 citations William E. Paul, Baruj Benacerraf Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William E. Paul 30.2k 8.2k 6.1k 4.7k 3.4k 344 42.5k
Ko Okumura 28.8k 1.0× 12.6k 1.5× 7.2k 1.2× 4.7k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 848 47.4k
Ethan M. Shevach 37.5k 1.2× 6.6k 0.8× 7.3k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 3.5k 1.0× 423 47.7k
Joost J. Oppenheim 28.9k 1.0× 15.2k 1.9× 11.5k 1.9× 4.0k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 451 54.1k
Hergen Spits 29.3k 1.0× 5.6k 0.7× 7.6k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 336 39.1k
Charles R. Mackay 25.5k 0.8× 12.5k 1.5× 9.1k 1.5× 7.8k 1.7× 2.3k 0.7× 255 47.0k
Sergio Romagnani 20.6k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 4.9k 0.8× 6.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.4× 350 36.0k
Kouji Matsushima 25.6k 0.8× 11.8k 1.4× 12.9k 2.1× 4.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 562 49.2k
Emil R. Unanue 24.6k 0.8× 10.3k 1.3× 3.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 4.9k 1.5× 432 39.9k
Michael B. Brenner 27.8k 0.9× 9.9k 1.2× 5.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.4× 2.9k 0.9× 295 40.8k
Craig Gérard 16.2k 0.5× 6.3k 0.8× 5.8k 0.9× 4.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 223 29.5k

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All Works

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Huang, Yuefeng, Kairui Mao, Xi Chen, et al.. (2018). S1P-dependent interorgan trafficking of group 2 innate lymphoid cells supports host defense. Science. 359(6371). 114–119. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
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Junttila, Ilkka, L. Cynthia Watson, Laura Kummola, et al.. (2013). Efficient cytokine-induced IL-13 production by mast cells requires both IL-33 and IL-3. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 132(3). 704–712.e10. 45 indexed citations
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Quiel, Juan, Stéphane Caucheteux, Arian Laurence, et al.. (2011). Antigen-stimulated CD4 T-cell expansion is inversely and log-linearly related to precursor number. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(8). 3312–3317. 29 indexed citations
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O’Shea, John J. & William E. Paul. (2010). Mechanisms Underlying Lineage Commitment and Plasticity of Helper CD4 + T Cells. Science. 327(5969). 1098–1102. 984 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milner, Joshua D., Tatyana Orekov, Jerrold M. Ward, et al.. (2010). Sustained IL-4 exposure leads to a novel pathway for hemophagocytosis, inflammation, and tissue macrophage accumulation. Blood. 116(14). 2476–2483. 90 indexed citations
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Khandanpour, Cyrus, Ehssan Sharif‐Askari, Lothar Vaßen, et al.. (2010). Evidence that Growth factor independence 1b regulates dormancy and peripheral blood mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells. Blood. 116(24). 5149–5161. 61 indexed citations
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Yamaoka, Kunihiro, et al.. (2005). Jak3 negatively regulates dendritic-cell cytokine production and survival. Blood. 106(9). 3227–3233. 54 indexed citations
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Paul, William E., et al.. (2005). Mechanisms of lymphocyte activation and immune regulation X : innate immunity. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Paul, William E., et al.. (2005). IL-6 Increases Primed Cell Expansion and Survival. The Journal of Immunology. 174(8). 4761–4767. 107 indexed citations
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Min, Booki, Melanie Prout, Jane Hu‐Li, et al.. (2004). Basophils Produce IL-4 and Accumulate in Tissues after Infection with a Th2-inducing Parasite. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(4). 507–517. 353 indexed citations
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Löhning, Max, Anne Richter, Jane Hu‐Li, et al.. (2003). Establishment of memory for IL-10 expression in developing T helper 2 cells requires repetitive IL-4 costimulation and does not impair proliferation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(21). 12307–12312. 29 indexed citations
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Noben-Trauth, Nancy, et al.. (2003). The Relative Contribution of IL-4 Receptor Signaling and IL-10 to Susceptibility to Leishmania major. The Journal of Immunology. 170(10). 5152–5158. 111 indexed citations
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Janković, Dragana, Marika C. Kullberg, Nancy Noben-Trauth, et al.. (2000). Single Cell Analysis Reveals That IL-4 Receptor/Stat6 Signaling Is Not Required for the In Vivo or In Vitro Development of CD4+ Lymphocytes with a Th2 Cytokine Profile. The Journal of Immunology. 164(6). 3047–3055. 202 indexed citations
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Huang, Hua & William E. Paul. (2000). Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity Is Required for IL-4 Induction of IL-4 Receptor α-Chain. The Journal of Immunology. 164(3). 1211–1215. 26 indexed citations
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Paul, William E., Robert A. Seder, & Marshall Plaut. (1993). Lymphokine and Cytokine Production by FcεRI+ Cells. Advances in immunology. 53. 1–29. 103 indexed citations
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Paul, William E., C. Garrison Fathman, & Henry Metzger. (1991). ANNUAL REVIEW OF IMMUNOLOGY. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 33(2). 168–168. 2 indexed citations
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Bona, Constantin A., James J. Mond, Kathryn E. Stein, et al.. (1979). Immune response to levan. III. The capacity to produce anti-inulin antibodies and cross-reactive idiotypes appears late in ontogeny.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 123(4). 1484–90. 50 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Ronald H., et al.. (1975). T lymphocyte-enriched murine peritoneal exudate cells. I. A reliable assay for antigen-induced T lymphocyte proliferation.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 115(5). 1330–8. 114 indexed citations
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Ben‐Sasson, Shlomo Z., William E. Paul, Ethan M. Shevach, & Ira Green. (1975). In vitro selection and extended culture of antigen-specific T lymphocytes. II. Mechanisms of selection.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 115(6). 1723–30. 24 indexed citations
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Paul, William E. & Baruj Benacerraf. (1965). Problems Encountered in Double Diffusion Analysis in Agar of Hapten Specific Immune Systems. The Journal of Immunology. 95(6). 1074–1079. 3 indexed citations

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