Michael J. Townsend

7.7k citations

53 papers · 4.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Immunology top 0.5%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Rheumatology top 0.5%
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Papers in

Rheumatology 21
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies 14
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research 10
Immunology 19
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 8
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 7

Co-authors: Andrew N. J. McKenzie (5 shared papers)Padraic G. Fallon (4 shared papers)Helen E. Jolin (4 shared papers)Laurie H. Glimcher (5 shared papers)David J. Matthews (2 shared papers)Graham M. Lord (2 shared papers)Rachelle Salomon (1 shared paper)Amy S. Weinmann (1 shared paper)
Journals: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (8 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (4 papers)Immunity (3 papers)Arthritis Research & Therapy (3 papers)Arthritis & Rheumatology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

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Michael J. Townsend

50 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Michael J. Townsend's Hit Papers

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A Phase II study of the efficacy and safety of rontalizumab (rhuMAb interferon-α) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (ROSE) 2015 · 277 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
2014 Arthritis Research & Therapy
2004 Immunity

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1	T-bet Regulates the Terminal Maturation and Homeostasis of NK and Vα14i NKT Cells Immunity ·Michael J. Townsend, Amy S. Weinmann, Jennifer L. Matsuda, Rachelle Salomon, Peggy Farnham, Christine A. Biron, Laurent Gapin, Laurie H. Glimcher Hit paper breakdown →	2004	595
2	T1/St2-Deficient Mice Demonstrate the Importance of T1/St2 in Developing Primary T Helper Cell Type 2 Responses The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Michael J. Townsend, Padraic G. Fallon, David J. Matthews, Helen E. Jolin, Andrew N. J. McKenzie	2000	427
3	IL-4 Induces Characteristic Th2 Responses Even in the Combined Absence of IL-5, IL-9, and IL-13 Immunity ·Padraic G. Fallon, Helen E. Jolin, P. H. SMITH, Claire Emson, Michael J. Townsend, Rosie E. Fallon, Philip Smith, Andrew N. J. McKenzie	2002	281
4	IL-9-Deficient Mice Establish Fundamental Roles for IL-9 in Pulmonary Mastocytosis and Goblet Cell Hyperplasia but Not T Cell Development Immunity ·Michael J. Townsend, Padraic G. Fallon, David J. Matthews, Philip L. Smith, Helen E. Jolin, Andrew N. J. McKenzie	2000	280
5	A Phase II study of the efficacy and safety of rontalizumab (rhuMAb interferon-α) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (ROSE) Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Kenneth Kalunian, Joan T. Merrill, Romeo Maciuca, Jacqueline McBride, Michael J. Townsend, Xiaohui Wei, John C. Davis, William P. Kennedy Hit paper breakdown →	2015	277
6	Synovial phenotypes in rheumatoid arthritis correlate with response to biologic therapeutics Arthritis Research & Therapy ·Glynn Dennis, Cécile Holweg, Sarah Kummerfeld, David F. Choy, Audi Setiadi, Jason A. Hackney, Peter M. Haverty, Houston Gilbert, Wei Lin, Lauri Diehl, Sven Fischer, An Song, David Musselman, Micki Klearman, Cem Gabay, Arthur Kavanaugh, Judith Endres, David A. Fox, Flavius Martin, Michael J. Townsend Hit paper breakdown →	2014	269
7	Recent developments in the transcriptional regulation of cytolytic effector cells Nature reviews. Immunology ·Laurie H. Glimcher, Michael J. Townsend, Brandon M. Sullivan, Graham M. Lord	2004	242
8	The transcription factors T-bet and GATA-3 control alternative pathways of T-cell differentiation through a shared set of target genes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard G. Jenner, Michael J. Townsend, Ian Jackson, Kaiming Sun, Russell D. Bouwman, Richard A. Young, Laurie H. Glimcher, Graham M. Lord	2009	188
9	The Ro60 autoantigen binds endogenous retroelements and regulates inflammatory gene expression Science ·Tzu-Ling Hung, Gabriel A. Pratt, Balaji Sundararaman, Michael J. Townsend, Christina Chaivorapol, Tushar Bhangale, Robert Graham, Ward Ortmann, L. A. Criswell, G Yeo, Timothy W. Behrens	2015	179
10	B‐cell targeted therapies in human autoimmune diseases: an updated perspective Immunological Reviews ·Michael J. Townsend, John G. Monroe, Andrew C. Chan	2010	174
11	Safety and pharmacodynamics of rontalizumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Results of a phase I, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind, dose‐escalation study Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Jacqueline McBride, Jenny Jiang, Alexander R. Abbas, Alyssa Morimoto, Jing Li, Romeo Maciuca, Michael J. Townsend, Daniel J. Wallace, William P. Kennedy, Jörn Drappa	2012	146
12	Integration of eQTL and a Single-Cell Atlas in the Human Eye Identifies Causal Genes for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Cell Reports ·Luz D. Orozco, Hsu-Hsin Chen, Christian L. Cox, Kenneth J. Katschke, Rommel Arceo, Carmina Espiritu, Patrick Caplazi, Sarajane Saturnio Nghiem, Ying‐Jiun Chen, Zora Modrušan, Amy Dressen, Leonard D. Goldstein, Christine Clarke, Tushar Bhangale, Brian L. Yaspan, Marion Jeanne, Michael J. Townsend, Menno van Lookeren Campagne, Jason A. Hackney	2020	143
13	The Absence of Interleukin 9 Does Not Affect the Development of Allergen-induced Pulmonary Inflammation nor Airway Hyperreactivity The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Sarah J. McMillan, B. Bishop, Michael J. Townsend, Andrew N. J. McKenzie, Clare M. Lloyd	2002	115
14	SIGN-R1 Contributes to Protection against Lethal Pneumococcal Infection in Mice The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Astrid Lanoue, Menna R. Clatworthy, P. H. SMITH, Sheila Green, Michael J. Townsend, Helen E. Jolin, Kenneth G. C. Smith, Padraic G. Fallon, Andrew N. J. McKenzie	2004	115
15	Association of the interferon signature metric with serological disease manifestations but not global activity scores in multiple cohorts of patients with SLE Lupus Science & Medicine ·William P. Kennedy, Romeo Maciuca, Kristen Wolslegel, Wei Tew, Alexander R. Abbas, Christina Chaivorapol, Alyssa Morimoto, Jacqueline McBride, Paul Brunetta, Bruce C. Richardson, John C. Davis, Timothy W. Behrens, Michael J. Townsend	2015	106
16	Association of endogenous anti–interferon‐α autoantibodies with decreased interferon‐pathway and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Alyssa Morimoto, Donna Flesher, Jihong Yang, Kristen Wolslegel, Xiangdan Wang, Ann Brady, Alexander R. Abbas, Valerie Quarmby, Eric Wakshull, Bruce Richardson, Michael J. Townsend, Timothy W. Behrens	2011	93
17	Fenebrutinib Versus Placebo or Adalimumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Phase II Trial Arthritis & Rheumatology ·Stanley Cohen, Katie Tuckwell, Tamiko R. Katsumoto, Rui Zhao, Joshua Galanter, Chin Lee, Julie Rae, Balázs István Tóth, Nandhini Ramamoorthi, Jason A. Hackney, Alberto Berman, Nemanja Damjanov, Dmytro Fedkov, Sławomir Jeka, Leslie W. Chinn, Michael J. Townsend, Alyssa Morimoto, Mark C. Genovese	2020	91
18	Promising bone-related therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis Nature Reviews Rheumatology ·Yongwon Choi, Joseph R. Arron, Michael J. Townsend	2009	90
19	Synovial tissue signatures enhance clinical classification and prognostic/treatment response algorithms in early inflammatory arthritis and predict requirement for subsequent biological therapy: results from the pathobiology of early arthritis cohort (PEAC) Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Gloria Lliso-Ribera, Frances Humby, Myles Lewis, Alessandra Nerviani, Daniele Mauro, Felice Rivellese, Stephen Kelly, Rebecca Hands, Fabiola Bene, Nandhini Ramamoorthi, Jason A. Hackney, Alberto Cauli, Ernest Choy, Andrew Filer, Peter C. Taylor, Iain B. McInnes, Michael J. Townsend, Costantino Pitzalis	2019	81
20	Establishment of Neurofilament Light Chain Simoa Assay in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Bioanalysis ·Robert L. Hendricks, Dana Baker, Jochen Brumm, Teresa Davancaze, Chris Harp, Ann Herman, (unknown), Michael J. Townsend, Saloumeh K Fischer	2019	79

About Michael J. Townsend

Michael J. Townsend is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Physiology, having authored 53 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (14 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (10 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (5 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (4 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (2.7k citations), Rheumatology (1.1k citations), Immunology and Allergy (139 citations), Oncology (576 citations) and Hematology (243 citations). Michael J. Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Andrew N. J. McKenzie, Padraic G. Fallon, Helen E. Jolin, Laurie H. Glimcher, David J. Matthews, Graham M. Lord, Rachelle Salomon, Amy S. Weinmann, Laurent Gapin and Jennifer L. Matsuda. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Immunity, Arthritis Research & Therapy and Arthritis & Rheumatology.

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