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Aylwin Ng

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
20842
World Ranking
18532
National Ranking
7565

Aylwin Ng publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aylwin Ng sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 73 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Aylwin Ng D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aylwin Ng sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Aylwin Ng is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in medical and biological sciences. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on the mechanisms of autophagy and its role in disease and therapy.

The main fields of study associated with Ng are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work addresses subfields such as Physiology, Epidemiology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Dermatology.

The core research topics of Ng include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways

Ng's publication record illustrates engagement with high-impact and specialized journals, including:

  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Notable recent papers by Aylwin Ng include:

  • "GABARAP sequesters the FLCN-FNIP tumor suppressor complex to couple autophagy with lysosomal biogenesis" published in 2021 in Science Advances
  • "Regulation of Peripheral Inflammation by a Non-Viable, Non-Colonizing Strain of Commensal Bacteria" published in 2022 in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Cell Type- and Stimulation-Dependent Transcriptional Programs Regulated by Atg16L1 and Its Crohn's Disease Risk Variant T300A" published in 2020 in The Journal of Immunology
  • "GABARAP membrane conjugation sequesters the FLCN-FNIP tumor suppressor complex to activate TFEB and lysosomal biogenesis" published in 2021 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Allergic asthma is distinguished by sensitivity of allergen-specific CD4+ T cells and airway structural cells to type 2 inflammation" published in 2020 in UNC Libraries

The research collaborations of Ng involve frequent co-authors such as:

  • Jonathan M. Goodwin
  • Ward G. Walkup
  • Kirsty M. Hooper
  • Taoyingnan Li
  • Chieko Kishi-Itakura

Best Publications

  • Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

    Kendle M. Maslowski;Angelica T. Vieira;Angelica T. Vieira;Aylwin Ng;Jan Kranich

  • mTOR- and HIF-1α–mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity

    Shih-Chin Cheng;Jessica Quintin;Robert A. Cramer;Kelly M. Shepardson

  • Epigenetic programming of monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and trained innate immunity

    Sadia Saeed;Jessica Quintin;Hindrik H. D. Kerstens;Nagesha A. Rao

  • Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.

    Carl A. Anderson;Gabrielle Boucher;Charlie W. Lees;Andre Franke

  • Identification of a Molecular Signaling Network that Regulates a Cellular Necrotic Cell Death Pathway

    Junichi Hitomi;Dana E. Christofferson;Aylwin Ng;Jianhua Yao

  • Virus-plus-susceptibility gene interaction determines Crohn's disease gene Atg16L1 phenotypes in intestine

    Ken Cadwell;Khushbu K. Patel;Nicole S. Maloney;Ta Chiang Liu

  • Genome-wide analysis reveals mechanisms modulating autophagy in normal brain aging and in Alzheimer's disease

    Marta M. Lipinski;Bin Zheng;Tao Lu;Zhenyu Yan

  • RNA interference screen for human genes associated with West Nile virus infection.

    Manoj N Krishnan;Aylwin Ng;Bindu Sukumaran;Felicia D Gilfoy

  • CASPASE 8 inhibits programmed necrosis by processing CYLD

    Marie Anne O’Donnell;Eva Perez-Jimenez;Andrew Oberst;Aylwin Ng

  • Identifying Relationships among Genomic Disease Regions: Predicting Genes at Pathogenic SNP Associations and Rare Deletions

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Robert M. Plenge;Robert M. Plenge;Robert M. Plenge;Elizabeth J. Rossin;Elizabeth J. Rossin;Elizabeth J. Rossin;Aylwin C. Y. Ng

  • Image-based genome-wide siRNA screen identifies selective autophagy factors

    Anthony Orvedahl;Rhea Sumpter;Guanghua Xiao;Aylwin Ng;Aylwin Ng

  • Reovirus infection triggers inflammatory responses to dietary antigens and development of celiac disease

    Romain Bouziat;Reinhard Hinterleitner;Judy J. Brown;Jennifer E. Stencel-Baerenwald

  • A genome-wide genetic screen for host factors required for hepatitis C virus propagation

    Qisheng Li;Abraham L. Brass;Aylwin Ng;Zongyi Hu

  • The tumour suppressor CYLD is a negative regulator of RIG-I-mediated antiviral response

    Constantin S Friedman;Marie Anne O'Donnell;Diana Legarda‐Addison;Aylwin Ng

  • High-density mapping of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1∗01:03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis

    Philippe Goyette;Gabrielle Boucher;Dermot Mallon;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Wnt signaling regulates mitochondrial physiology and insulin sensitivity

    John C. Yoon;Aylwin Ng;Brian H. Kim;Antonio Bianco

  • A genome-wide siRNA screen reveals multiple mTORC1 independent signaling pathways regulating autophagy under normal nutritional conditions

    Marta M. Lipinski;Greg Hoffman;Aylwin Ng;Wen Zhou

  • Identification of Atg5-dependent transcriptional changes and increases in mitochondrial mass in Atg5-deficient T lymphocytes.

    Linda M. Stephenson;Brian C. Miller;Aylwin Ng;Jason Eisenberg

  • Ubiquitin accumulation in autophagy-deficient mice is dependent on the Nrf2-mediated stress response pathway: a potential role for protein aggregation in autophagic substrate selection

    Brigit E. Riley;Stephen E. Kaiser;Thomas A. Shaler;Aylwin C.Y. Ng;Aylwin C.Y. Ng

  • Leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins: integrators of pattern recognition and signaling in immunity.

    Aylwin Ng;Ramnik J Xavier

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Leo A. B. Joosten
Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University
Stephen J. Elledge
Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University
Geoffrey L. Smith
Geoffrey L. Smith University of Oxford
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center
John D. Rioux
John D. Rioux University of Montreal
Marije Oosting
Marije Oosting Radboud University

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