2026 George S. Yap: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	46	4590	4249	2069	1897	123	10479

Overview

George S. Yap is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Parasitology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research contributions prominently focus on a range of topics such as Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, GDF15 and Related Biomarkers, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, as well as Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor.

Several recent notable publications authored or coauthored by George S. Yap include:

Paneth Cell-Derived Lysozyme Defines the Composition of Mucolytic Microbiota and the Inflammatory Tone of the Intestine (2020, Immunity)
Emerging Roles of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Immunoregulation and Pathogenesis (2023, The Journal of Immunology)
Elevating EGFR-MAPK program by a nonconventional Cdc42 enhances intestinal epithelial survival and regeneration (2020, JCI Insight)
Trichinella spiralis-induced mastocytosis and erythropoiesis are simultaneously supported by a bipotent mast cell/erythrocyte precursor cell (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
Adenosine metabolized from extracellular ATP promotes type 2 immunity through triggering A2BAR signaling in intestinal epithelial cells (2022, Cell Reports)

George S. Yap frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

Yanlin Zhao
Jojo Reyes
Azadeh Nasuhidehnavi
Darine W. El-Naccache
William C. Gause

The scientist's research has appeared regularly in several publication venues, most notably:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
The Journal of Immunology
Trends in Parasitology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Immunity

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

2934
Citations
A novel role for HMGB1 in TLR9-mediated inflammatory responses to CpG-DNA.

Stanimir Ivanov;Ana Maria Dragoi;Xin Wang;Corrado Dallacosta

610
Citations
Inducible Nitric Oxide Is Essential for Host Control of Persistent but Not Acute Infection with the Intracellular Pathogen Toxoplasma gondii

Tanya M. Scharton-Kersten;George Yap;Jeanne Magram;Alan Sher

521
Citations
Requirement for Tec Kinases Rlk and Itk in T Cell Receptor Signaling and Immunity

Edward M. Schaeffer;Jayanta Debnath;George Yap;Daniel McVicar

470
Citations
Vacuolar and plasma membrane stripping and autophagic elimination of Toxoplasma gondii in primed effector macrophages

Yun M. Ling;Michael H. Shaw;Carol Ayala;Isabelle Coppens

443
Citations
Inactivation of Lrg-47 and Irg-47 Reveals a Family of Interferon γ–Inducible Genes with Essential, Pathogen-Specific Roles in Resistance to Infection

Carmen M. Collazo;George S. Yap;Gregory D. Sempowski;Kimberly C. Lusby;Kimberly C. Lusby

419
Citations
Cutting Edge: IL-12 Is Required for the Maintenance of IFN-γ Production in T Cells Mediating Chronic Resistance to the Intracellular Pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii

George Yap;Michael Pesin;Alan Sher

379
Citations
Pathogen-specific loss of host resistance in mice lacking the IFN-γ-inducible gene IGTP

Gregory A. Taylor;Carmen M. Collazo;George S. Yap;Khuong Nguyen

349
Citations
Effector Cells of Both Nonhemopoietic and Hemopoietic Origin Are Required for Interferon (IFN)-γ– and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α–dependent Host Resistance to the Intracellular Pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii

George S. Yap;Alan Sher

343
Citations
Effect of helminth-induced immunity on infections with microbial pathogens

Padmini Salgame;George S Yap;William C Gause

317
Citations
Altered lymphocyte responses and cytokine production in mice deficient in the X-linked lymphoproliferative disease gene SH2D1A/DSHP/SAP

Michael J. Czar;Ellen N. Kersh;Lilia A. Mijares;Gibson Lanier

312
Citations
IL-10 Is Required for Prevention of Necrosis in the Small Intestine and Mortality in Both Genetically Resistant BALB/c and Susceptible C57BL/6 Mice Following Peroral Infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Yasuhiro Suzuki;Yasuhiro Suzuki;Alan Sher;George Yap;Daniel Park

311
Citations
Innate cell communication kick-starts pathogen-specific immunity.

Amariliz Rivera;Mark C Siracusa;George S Yap;William C Gause

287
Citations
Cell-mediated immunity to Toxoplasma gondii: initiation, regulation and effector function.

George S. Yap;Alan Sher

287
Citations
Inducible Expression of Stat4 in Dendritic Cells and Macrophages and Its Critical Role in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses

Taro Fukao;David M. Frucht;George Yap;Massimo Gadina

248
Citations
Paneth Cell Multipotency Induced by Notch Activation following Injury

Shiyan Yu;Kevin Tong;Yanlin Zhao;Iyshwarya Balasubramanian

243
Citations
CD4+ T Cell–mediated Granulomatous Pathology in Schistosomiasis Is Downregulated by a B Cell–dependent Mechanism Requiring Fc Receptor Signaling

Dragana Jankovic;Allen W. Cheever;Marika C. Kullberg;Thomas A. Wynn

241
Citations
Paneth Cell-Derived Lysozyme Defines the Composition of Mucolytic Microbiota and the Inflammatory Tone of the Intestine

Shiyan Yu;Iyshwarya Balasubramanian;Daniel Laubitz;Kevin Tong

216
Citations
Mutation of Tec family kinases alters T helper cell differentiation.

Edward M. Schaeffer;George S. Yap;George S. Yap;Carol M. Lewis;Michael J. Czar

214
Citations
Perforin-mediated cytolysis plays a limited role in host resistance to Toxoplasma gondii.

E Y Denkers;G Yap;T Scharton-Kersten;H Charest

213
Citations
Paralysis of dendritic cell IL-12 production by microbial products prevents infection-induced immunopathology.

Caetano Reis e Sousa;George Yap;Oliver Schulz;Neil Rogers

205
Citations
Decreased Resistance of TNF Receptor p55- and p75-Deficient Mice to Chronic Toxoplasmosis Despite Normal Activation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase In Vivo

George S. Yap;Tanya Scharton-Kersten;Hugues Charest;Alan Sher

202
Citations
A novel role for HMGB1 in TLR9-mediated inflammatory responses to CpG-DNA Running title: Mechanism of TLR9 activation

Wen-Ming Chu;Giovanni Sitia;George S. Yap;Yinsheng Wan

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Sher National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Dragana Jankovic National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Patricia Caspar National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Allen W. Cheever National Institutes of Health

William C. Gause Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Gregory A. Taylor Duke University

Sara Hieny National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Yasuhiro Suzuki University of Kentucky

Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Hugues Charest University of Montreal

External Links

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