William G. Branton

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

William G. Branton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Branton has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in William G. Branton's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers) and interferon and immune responses (10 papers). William G. Branton is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers) and interferon and immune responses (10 papers). William G. Branton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Iran. William G. Branton's co-authors include Christopher Power, Brienne McKenzie, Manmeet K. Mamik, Jian‐Qiang Lu, Tom C. Hobman, Leina B. Saito, Roobina Boghozian, Eugene O. Major, Ferdinand Maingat and Maria Chiara Monaco and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

William G. Branton

40 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Caspase-1 inhibition prevents glial inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in models of multiple sclerosis

2018 411 citations Brienne McKenzie, Manmeet K. Mamik et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William G. Branton Canada	21	1.0k	508	447	430	356	43	2.0k
David N. Irani United States	29	549 0.5×	647 1.3×	385 0.9×	311 0.7×	452 1.3×	59	2.3k
Wen‐Zhe Ho United States	31	884 0.9×	844 1.7×	464 1.0×	179 0.4×	192 0.5×	74	2.5k
Dianne Langford United States	24	682 0.7×	289 0.6×	359 0.8×	135 0.3×	267 0.8×	63	2.2k
Milene Alvarenga Rachid Brazil	30	500 0.5×	473 0.9×	369 0.8×	410 1.0×	386 1.1×	123	2.4k
Wayne A. Schroder Australia	24	959 1.0×	523 1.0×	675 1.5×	694 1.6×	264 0.7×	41	2.5k
David M. Pinson United States	30	754 0.8×	614 1.2×	496 1.1×	166 0.4×	400 1.1×	101	2.6k
Sieghart Sopper Germany	32	716 0.7×	994 2.0×	492 1.1×	118 0.3×	393 1.1×	133	3.1k
Lúcio Gama United States	35	968 1.0×	853 1.7×	936 2.1×	198 0.5×	532 1.5×	90	3.5k
Michael C. Graves United States	27	653 0.7×	557 1.1×	212 0.5×	121 0.3×	1.0k 2.9×	53	3.2k
Jianxiong Zeng China	17	504 0.5×	326 0.6×	417 0.9×	388 0.9×	238 0.7×	36	1.5k

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Branton, William G., Na Zhang, Éric A. Cohen, et al.. (2025). Brain RNA profiling highlights multiple disease pathways in persons with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. AIDS. 39(5). 496–507.

Ogando, Natacha S., Mohamed Elaish, Kristopher D. Langdon, et al.. (2025). Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 129. 690–708. 1 indexed citations

Branton, William G., Éric A. Cohen, Gerrit Koopman, et al.. (2023). Caspase cleavage of gasdermin E causes neuronal pyroptosis in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. Brain. 147(2). 717–734. 11 indexed citations

Branton, William G., Ouafa Zghidi‐Abouzid, Éric A. Cohen, et al.. (2023). The HIV Restriction Factor Profile in the Brain Is Associated with the Clinical Status and Viral Quantities. Viruses. 15(2). 316–316. 6 indexed citations

Yap, Megan C., William G. Branton, Muhammad Saad Yousuf, et al.. (2022). Astrocytes show increased levels of Ero1α in multiple sclerosis and its experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis animal model. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(8). 5177–5190. 1 indexed citations

Branton, William G., Jon D. Laman, Benjamin B. Gelman, et al.. (2022). Microbial molecule ingress promotes neuroinflammation and brain CCR5 expression in persons with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 107. 110–123. 6 indexed citations

Branton, William G., et al.. (2020). Human Pegivirus-1 is Neurotropic and Associated with Neuroinflammation (4656). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

McKenzie, Brienne, et al.. (2020). Activation of the executioner caspases-3 and -7 promotes microglial pyroptosis in models of multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1). 253–253. 67 indexed citations

Shrivastava, Gaurav, Brienne McKenzie, William G. Branton, et al.. (2019). Absent in melanoma 2 regulates tumor cell proliferation in glioblastoma multiforme. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 144(2). 265–273. 21 indexed citations

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Asahchop, Eugene L., William G. Branton, Anand Krishnan, et al.. (2018). HIV-associated sensory polyneuropathy and neuronal injury are associated with miRNA–455-3p induction. JCI Insight. 3(23). 28 indexed citations

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Masoumi, Farimah, Samira Ghorbani, Farideh Talebi, et al.. (2018). Malat1 long noncoding RNA regulates inflammation and leukocyte differentiation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 328. 50–59. 85 indexed citations

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Xu, Zaikun, Eugene L. Asahchop, William G. Branton, et al.. (2017). MicroRNAs upregulated during HIV infection target peroxisome biogenesis factors: Implications for virus biology, disease mechanisms and neuropathology. PLoS Pathogens. 13(6). e1006360–e1006360. 65 indexed citations

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Asahchop, Eugene L., Oussama Méziane, Manmeet K. Mamik, et al.. (2017). Reduced antiretroviral drug efficacy and concentration in HIV-infected microglia contributes to viral persistence in brain. Retrovirology. 14(1). 47–47. 52 indexed citations

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Asahchop, Eugene L., et al.. (2016). Plasma microRNA profiling predicts HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. AIDS. 30(13). 2021–2031. 40 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anil, Shangmei Hou, Adriana M. Airo, et al.. (2016). Zika virus inhibits type‐I interferon production and downstream signaling. EMBO Reports. 17(12). 1766–1775. 244 indexed citations

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Branton, William G., Jian‐Qiang Lu, Michael G. Surette, et al.. (2016). Brain microbiota disruption within inflammatory demyelinating lesions in multiple sclerosis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37344–37344. 72 indexed citations

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Paul, Amber M., William G. Branton, J. Walsh, et al.. (2014). GABA transport and neuroinflammation are coupled in multiple sclerosis: Regulation of the GABA transporter-2 by ganaxolone. Neuroscience. 273. 24–38. 44 indexed citations

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Acharjee, Shaona, William G. Branton, Pornpun Vivithanaporn, et al.. (2014). HIV-1 Nef expression in microglia disrupts dopaminergic and immune functions with associated mania-like behaviors. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 40. 74–84. 28 indexed citations

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Branton, William G., Kristofor K. Ellestad, Ferdinand Maingat, et al.. (2013). Brain Microbial Populations in HIV/AIDS: α-Proteobacteria Predominate Independent of Host Immune Status. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54673–e54673. 109 indexed citations

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Branton, William G., et al.. (2008). Dendritic cell inhibitory and activating immunoreceptors (DCIR and DCAR) in duck: Genomic organization and expression. Molecular Immunology. 45(15). 3942–3946. 4 indexed citations

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