William Horsnell

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

William Horsnell is a scholar working on Parasitology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William Horsnell has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Parasitology, 20 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William Horsnell's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (28 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (13 papers) and Helminth infection and control (12 papers). William Horsnell is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (28 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (13 papers) and Helminth infection and control (12 papers). William Horsnell collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and France. William Horsnell's co-authors include Frank Brombacher, Katherine A. Smith, Benjamin G Dewals, Matthew Darby, J. Claire Hoving, Antony J. Cutler, Frank Kirstein, Natalie E. Nieuwenhuizen, Andreas L. Lopata and Quinton Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William Horsnell

65 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Review of Pre-Clinical Murine Models of Human Disease

2022 111 citations William Horsnell, Katherine A. Smith et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Horsnell South Africa	24	546	387	301	297	232	65	1.5k
Catherine E. Lawrence United Kingdom	23	572 1.0×	518 1.3×	210 0.7×	367 1.2×	254 1.1×	38	1.6k
Georgia Perona‐Wright United Kingdom	21	999 1.8×	470 1.2×	359 1.2×	174 0.6×	161 0.7×	39	1.8k
Constance A. M. Finney Canada	16	666 1.2×	754 1.9×	293 1.0×	308 1.0×	259 1.1×	31	1.6k
Edward Mitre United States	26	483 0.9×	640 1.7×	197 0.7×	498 1.7×	316 1.4×	63	1.7k
Philip Smith United Kingdom	19	803 1.5×	677 1.7×	301 1.0×	224 0.8×	272 1.2×	27	2.0k
Uma Mahesh Gundra United States	16	673 1.2×	432 1.1×	699 2.3×	304 1.0×	148 0.6×	19	1.7k
Marc P. Hübner Germany	25	468 0.9×	770 2.0×	249 0.8×	713 2.4×	398 1.7×	90	1.7k
Benjamin G Dewals Belgium	24	792 1.5×	290 0.7×	267 0.9×	225 0.8×	111 0.5×	60	1.7k
Katherine A. Smith United Kingdom	22	889 1.6×	886 2.3×	436 1.4×	397 1.3×	367 1.6×	35	2.2k
Kenji Ishiwata Japan	23	962 1.8×	521 1.3×	202 0.7×	240 0.8×	206 0.9×	56	1.9k

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Verhoog, Matthijs B, Siddhartha Mahanty, Katherine A. Smith, et al.. (2025). Cestode larvae excite host neuronal circuits via glutamatergic signalling. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Gago, Sara, Emily Hickey, Gordon D. A. Brown, et al.. (2024). Aspergillus-mediated allergic airway inflammation is triggered by dendritic cell recognition of a defined spore morphotype. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 155(3). 988–1001. 2 indexed citations

Darby, Matthew, Adam F. Cunningham, Matthew K. O’Shea, et al.. (2023). Induction of Siglec-FhiCD101hi eosinophils in the lungs following murine hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1170807–1170807. 2 indexed citations

Chenuet, Pauline, Louis Fauconnier, Nathalie Rouxel, et al.. (2022). NLRP6 negatively regulates type 2 immune responses in mice. Allergy. 77(11). 3320–3336. 8 indexed citations

Roberts, Luke B., Corinna Schnoeller, Matthew Darby, et al.. (2021). Acetylcholine production by group 2 innate lymphoid cells promotes mucosal immunity to helminths. Science Immunology. 6(57). 66 indexed citations

Taylor, Matthew D., et al.. (2021). Inherent maternal type 2 immunity: Consequences for maternal and offspring health. Seminars in Immunology. 53. 101527–101527. 1 indexed citations

Coakley, Gillian, Tiffany Bouchery, Kathleen Shah, et al.. (2020). Immune serum–activated human macrophages coordinate with eosinophils to immobilize Ascaris suum larvae. Parasite Immunology. 42(7). e12728–e12728. 12 indexed citations

Hagen, Jana, Katherine A. Smith, William Horsnell, et al.. (2020). Taenia larvae possess distinct acetylcholinesterase profiles with implications for host cholinergic signalling. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(12). e0008966–e0008966. 6 indexed citations

Nyangahu, Donald, Matthew Darby, Enock Havyarimana, et al.. (2020). Preconception helminth infection alters offspring microbiota and immune subsets in a mouse model. Parasite Immunology. 42(9). e12721–e12721. 14 indexed citations

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Darby, Matthew, Katherine A. Smith, Claire Mackowiak, et al.. (2019). Pre-conception maternal helminth infection transfers via nursing long-lasting cellular immunity against helminths to offspring. Science Advances. 5(5). eaav3058–eaav3058. 29 indexed citations

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Ndlovu, Hlumani, et al.. (2018). Chronic schistosomiasis suppresses HIV-specific responses to DNA-MVA and MVA-gp140 Env vaccine regimens despite antihelminthic treatment and increases helminth-associated pathology in a mouse model. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7). e1007182–e1007182. 23 indexed citations

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Wiysonge, Charles Shey, Shingai Machingaidze, Lehana Thabane, et al.. (2016). Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions on Fecal Bacterial Patterns and Their Association with Asthma. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 838–838. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Gordon D., Graeme Meintjes, Jay K. Kolls, Clive M. Gray, & William Horsnell. (2014). AIDS-related mycoses: the way forward. Trends in Microbiology. 22(3). 107–109. 28 indexed citations

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Horsnell, William, et al.. (2014). The Role of Antibody in Parasitic Helminth Infections. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 828. 1–26. 8 indexed citations

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Horsnell, William, Matthew Darby, J. Claire Hoving, et al.. (2013). Lung-resident CD4+ T cells are sufficient for IL-4Rα-dependent recall immunity to Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection. Mucosal Immunology. 7(2). 239–248. 39 indexed citations

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Plessis, Nelita du, Léanie Kleynhans, Paul D. van Helden, et al.. (2012). Acute helminth infection enhances early macrophage mediated control of mycobacterial infection. Mucosal Immunology. 6(5). 931–941. 34 indexed citations

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Nieuwenhuizen, Natalie E., Frank Kirstein, Ramona Hurdayal, et al.. (2012). Allergic airway disease is unaffected by the absence of IL-4Rα–dependent alternatively activated macrophages. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 130(3). 743–750.e8. 50 indexed citations

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Kirstein, Frank, William Horsnell, Douglas A. Kuperman, et al.. (2010). Expression of IL-4 receptor α on smooth muscle cells is not necessary for development of experimental allergic asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 126(2). 347–354. 29 indexed citations

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Dewals, Benjamin G, J. Claire Hoving, Mosiuoa Leeto, et al.. (2009). IL-4Rα Responsiveness of Non-CD4 T Cells Contributes to Resistance in Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Pan-T Cell-Specific IL-4Rα-Deficient Mice. American Journal Of Pathology. 175(2). 706–716. 26 indexed citations

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Schwegmann, Anita, Reto Guler, Antony J. Cutler, et al.. (2007). Protein kinase C δ is essential for optimal macrophage-mediated phagosomal containment of Listeria monocytogenes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(41). 16251–16256. 31 indexed citations

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