2026 Greg Lemke: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	89	752	670	403	353	165	31230

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Greg Lemke is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine, immunology and microbiology, and neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as immunology, neurology, physiology, pharmacology, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Greg Lemke's work include neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, phagocytosis and immune regulation, immune cells in cancer, apelin-related biomedical research, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and barrier structure and function studies.

Recent publications by Greg Lemke include:

"Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads," 2022, published in Neuron
"A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart," 2020, published in Cell
"Microglia use TAM receptors to detect and engulf amyloid β plaques," 2021, published in Nature Immunology
"Microglia Actively Remodel Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis through the Phagocytosis Secretome," 2020, published in Journal of Neuroscience
"CTLA-4 blockade induces a microglia-Th1 cell partnership that stimulates microglia phagocytosis and anti-tumor function in glioblastoma," 2023, published in Immunity

Frequent coauthors in Greg Lemke's collaborative research include Patrick Burrola, Youtong Huang, Kaisa E. Happonen, Rosa Chiara Paolicelli, and Amanda Sierra.

Greg Lemke's work has appeared regularly in publication venues such as UNC Libraries, SSRN Electronic Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, and Cell.

In 2007, Greg Lemke was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

Neuregulin 1 and Susceptibility to Schizophrenia

Hreinn Stefansson;Engilbert Sigurdsson;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Soley Bjornsdottir

2049
Citations
Aberrant neural and cardiac development in mice lacking the ErbB4 neuregulin receptor.

Martin Gassmann;Franca Casagranda;Donata Orioli;Horst Simon

1355
Citations
TAM receptors are pleiotropic inhibitors of the innate immune response.

Carla V. Rothlin;Sourav Ghosh;Elina I. Zuniga;Michael B.A. Oldstone

1157
Citations
Immunobiology of the TAM receptors

Greg Lemke;Carla V. Rothlin

919
Citations
The anticoagulation factor protein S and its relative, Gas6, are ligands for the Tyro 3/Axl family of receptor tyrosine kinases

Trevor N Stitt;Greg Conn;Martin Goret;Martin Goret;Cary Lai

884
Citations
Homeostatic regulation of the immune system by receptor tyrosine kinases of the Tyro 3 family

Qingxian Lu;Greg Lemke

807
Citations
A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart

José A. Nicolás-Ávila;Ana V. Lechuga-Vieco;Lorena Esteban-Martínez;María Sánchez-Díaz

680
Citations
Isolation and sequence of a cDNA encoding the major structural protein of peripheral myelin.

Greg Lemke;Richard Axel

636
Citations
An orphan receptor tyrosine kinase family whose members serve as nonintegrin collagen receptors

Ajay Shrivastava;Czeslaw Radziejewski;Ernest Campbell;Lubomir Kovac

624
Citations
Tyro-3 family receptors are essential regulators of mammalian spermatogenesis

Qingxian Lu;Martin Gore;Martin Gore;Qing Zhang;Todd Camenisch

604
Citations
The TIM and TAM families of phosphatidylserine receptors mediate dengue virus entry.

Laurent Meertens;Xavier Carnec;Xavier Carnec;Manuel Perera Lecoin;Manuel Perera Lecoin;Rasika Ramdasi;Rasika Ramdasi

596
Citations
Mouse P0 gene disruption leads to hypomyelination, abnormal expression of recognition molecules, and degeneration of myelin and axons

Karl Peter Giese;Rudolf Martini;Greg Lemke;Philippe Soriano

590
Citations
Biology of the TAM receptors

Greg Lemke

567
Citations
An extended family of protein-tyrosine kinase genes differentially expressed in the vertebrate nervous system.

Cary Lai;Cary Lai;Greg Lemke

530
Citations
TAM receptors regulate multiple features of microglial physiology

Lawrence Fourgeaud;Paqui G. Través;Yusuf Tufail;Humberto Leal-Bailey;Humberto Leal-Bailey

513
Citations
Macrophages and Dendritic Cells Use Different Axl/Mertk/Tyro3 Receptors in Clearance of Apoptotic Cells

Heather M. Seitz;Todd D. Camenisch;Greg Lemke;H. Shelton Earp

459
Citations
Notch2: a second mammalian Notch gene.

Gerry Weinmaster;Veronica J. Roberts;Greg Lemke

455
Citations
A homolog of Drosophila Notch expressed during mammalian development

G. Weinmaster;V.J. Roberts;G. Lemke

440
Citations
Sek4 and Nuk receptors cooperate in guidance of commissural axons and in palate formation.

Donata Orioli;Mark Henkemeyer;Greg Lemke;Rüdiger Klein

431
Citations
Axons regulate Schwann cell expression of the major myelin and NGF receptor genes.

G. Lemke;M. Chao

420
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerry Weinmaster University of California, Los Angeles

Glenn K. Matsushima University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

H. Shelton Earp University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jacques S. Beckmann University of Lausanne

Peter Carmeliet KU Leuven

Jeremy P. Brockes University College London

Rüdiger Klein Max Planck Society

Amanda Sierra University of the Basque Country

Albee Messing University of Wisconsin–Madison

Dennis D.M. O'Leary Salk Institute for Biological Studies

External Links

Personal website of Greg Lemke

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