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134
Citations
82111
World Ranking
154
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

David A. Hume is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The primary areas of study within these fields include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of topics, with a notable focus on immune system functions and neurological processes. Key topics include:

  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

David A. Hume has contributed to various scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads" (2022), published in Neuron
  • "An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research" (2020), published in GigaScience
  • "Absence of microglia promotes diverse pathologies and early lethality in Alzheimer's disease mice" (2022), published in Cell Reports
  • "Functions of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) in development, homeostasis, and tissue repair" (2021), published in Seminars in Immunology
  • "Network analysis of transcriptomic diversity amongst resident tissue macrophages and dendritic cells in the mouse mononuclear phagocyte system" (2020), published in PLoS Biology

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Kim Summers, Katharine M. Irvine, Clare Pridans, Sahar Keshvari, and Stephen J. Bush, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in their research community.

David A. Hume commonly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Neuron. These outlets represent key platforms for disseminating their work.

Their academic contribution extends to book publications with Oxford University Press, with titles including "The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume: Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary, Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2," both published in 2021.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2009, an acknowledgment by a major scientific society.

Best Publications

  • Interferon-γ: an overview of signals, mechanisms and functions

    Kate Schroder;Paul John Hertzog;Timothy Ravasi;David A Hume

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Fate Mapping Reveals Origins and Dynamics of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages under Homeostasis

    Simon Yona;Ki Wook Kim;Yochai Wolf;Alexander Mildner

  • An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

    Robin Andersson;Claudia Gebhard;Irene Miguel-Escalada;Ilka Hoof

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Antisense Transcription in the Mammalian Transcriptome

    S. Katayama;Y. Tomaru;T. Kasukawa;K. Waki

  • Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

    Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

  • Immunohistochemical localization of macrophages and microglia in the adult and developing mouse brain.

    V H Perry;D A Hume;S Gordon

  • Endotoxin signal transduction in macrophages

    Matthew J. Sweet;David A. Hume

  • HIN-200 proteins regulate caspase activation in response to foreign cytoplasmic DNA.

    Tara L. Roberts;Adi Idris;Jasmyn A. Dunn;Greg M. Kelly

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza

    Aaron R. Everitt;Simon Clare;Thomas Charles Pertel;Sinu P. John

  • The regulated retrotransposon transcriptome of mammalian cells.

    Geoffrey J Faulkner;Yasumasa Kimura;Carsten O Daub;Shivangi Wani

  • An Atlas of Combinatorial Transcriptional Regulation in Mouse and Man

    Timothy Ravasi;Harukazu Suzuki;Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci;Shintaro Katayama

  • The mononuclear phagocyte system.

    David A Hume

  • Somatic retrotransposition alters the genetic landscape of the human brain

    J. Kenneth Baillie;Mark W. Barnett;Kyle R. Upton;Daniel J. Gerhardt

  • Macrophages ingest and are activated by bacterial DNA.

    K J Stacey;M J Sweet;David Hume

  • A macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor-green fluorescent protein transgene is expressed throughout the mononuclear phagocyte system of the mouse.

    R. Tedjo Sasmono;Delvac Oceandy;Jeffrey W. Pollard;Wei Tong

  • Fate mapping reveals origins and dynamics of monocytes and tissue macrophages under homeostasis [Immunity 38 (2013) 79-91]

    Simon Yona;Ki Wook Kim;Yochai Wolf;Alexander Mildner

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Sweet
Matthew J. Sweet University of Queensland
Katryn J. Stacey
Katryn J. Stacey University of Queensland
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne
Timothy Ravasi
Timothy Ravasi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Alistair R. R. Forrest
Alistair R. R. Forrest Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Kate Schroder
Kate Schroder University of Queensland
Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh

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