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James A. Johnston

James A. Johnston

ImmPACT Bio
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
12444
World Ranking
12538
National Ranking
5366

James A. Johnston 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 James A. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 134 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

James A. Johnston 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 James A. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

James A. Johnston is affiliated with ImmPACT Bio in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work predominantly focuses on subfields including Immunology, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways
  • CAR-T Cell Therapy Research
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Recent publications by James A. Johnston cover a variety of subjects related to immunotherapy and protein degradation pathways. Selected papers include:

  • A nanoparticle vaccine that targets neoantigen peptides to lymphoid tissues elicits robust antitumor T cell responses, 2020, npj Vaccines
  • Quantitative measurement of the requirement of diverse protein degradation pathways in MHC class I peptide presentation, 2023, Science Advances
  • HLA-A*02:01-directed chimeric antigen receptor/forkhead box P3-engineered CD4+ T cells adopt a regulatory phenotype and suppress established graft-versus-host disease, 2020, Cytotherapy
  • A Systematic Interrogation of MHC Class I Peptide Presentation Identifies Constitutive and Compensatory Protein Degradation Pathways, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Listeria monocytogenes personalized cancer vaccines drive therapeutic immune responses to cancer derived neoantigens, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

James A. Johnston often collaborates with peers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • J. Russell Lipford
  • Bryan Vander Lugt
  • Hyewon Phee
  • Jennifer L. Mamrosh
  • David J. Sherman

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Vaccines
  • Science Advances
  • Cytotherapy

Best Publications

  • Interaction of IL-2R beta and gamma c chains with Jak1 and Jak3 : implications for XSCID and XCID

    Sarah M. Russell;James A. Johnston;Masayuki Noguchi;Masaru Kawamura

  • Phosphorylation and activation of the Jak-3 Janus kinase in response to interleukin-2

    James A. Johnston;Masaru Kawamura;Robert A. Kirken;Yi Qing Chen

  • Interleukin 12 induces tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of STAT4 in human lymphocytes.

    Chris M. Bacon;Emanuel F. Petricoin;John R. Ortaldo;Robert C. Rees

  • SOCS-3 regulates onset and maintenance of TH2-mediated allergic responses

    Yoh Ichi Seki;Hiromasa Inoue;Naoko Nagata;Katsuhiko Hayashi

  • Cytokine-inducible SH2 protein-3 (CIS3/SOCS3) inhibits Janus tyrosine kinase by binding through the N-terminal kinase inhibitory region as well as SH2 domain.

    Atsuo Sasaki;Hideo Yasukawa;Asuka Suzuki;Shintaro Kamizono

  • Interleukin 12 (IL-12) induces tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK2 and TYK2: differential use of Janus family tyrosine kinases by IL-2 and IL-12.

    Chris M. Bacon;Daniel W. McVicar;John R. Ortaldo;Robert C. Rees

  • SOCS-3 is tyrosine phosphorylated in response to interleukin-2 and suppresses STAT5 phosphorylation and lymphocyte proliferation.

    Solomon J. Cohney;David Sanden;Nicholas A. Cacalano;Akihiko Yoshimura

  • Lipopolysaccharide Induces in Macrophages the Synthesis of the Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 and Suppresses Signal Transduction in Response to the Activating Factor IFN-γ

    Dagmar Stoiber;Pavel Kovarik;Solomon Cohney;James A. Johnston

  • Chronic Oral Study of Myosin Activation to Increase Contractility in Heart Failure (COSMIC-HF): a phase 2, pharmacokinetic, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    John R. Teerlink;John R. Teerlink;G. Michael Felker;John J. V. McMurray;Scott D. Solomon

  • Tyrosine-phosphorylated SOCS-3 inhibits STAT activation but binds to p120 RasGAP and activates Ras.

    Nicholas A. Cacalano;David Sanden;James A. Johnston

  • Signaling by Type I and II cytokine receptors: ten years after

    Massimo Gadina;Douglas Hilton;James A Johnston;Akio Morinobu

  • Chemokines and serpentines: the molecular biology of chemokine receptors.

    David J. Kelvin;Dennis F. Michiel;James A. Johnston;Andrew R. Lloyd

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus NS1 Protein Degrades STAT2 by Using the Elongin-Cullin E3 Ligase

    Joanne Elliott;Oonagh T. Lynch;Yvonne Suessmuth;Ping Qian

  • Structural and functional basis for JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency.

    Fabio Candotti;Scott A. Oakes;James A. Johnston;Silvia Giliani

  • SOCS2 can enhance interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-3 signaling by accelerating SOCS3 degradation.

    Gillian M. Tannahill;Joanne Elliott;Anna C. Barry;Linda Hibbert

  • Deacetylase activity is required for recruitment of the basal transcription machinery and transactivation by STAT5.

    Anne Rascle;James A. Johnston;Bruno Amati

  • Interleukins 2, 4, 7, and 15 Stimulate Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrates 1 and 2 in T Cells POTENTIAL ROLE OF JAK KINASES

    James A. Johnston;Ling-Mei Wang;Eric P. Hanson;Xiao-Jian Sun

  • Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-3 Is Recruited to the Activated Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Receptor and Modulates its Signal Transduction

    Michael Hörtner;Ulrich Nielsch;Lorenz M. Mayr;James A. Johnston

  • Regulation of JAK3 expression in human monocytes: phosphorylation in response to interleukins 2, 4, and 7.

    Tiziana Musso;James A. Johnston;Diana Linnekin;Luigi Varesio

  • SOCS: role in inflammation, allergy and homeostasis

    Joanne Elliott;James A Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrien Kissenpfennig
Adrien Kissenpfennig Queen's University Belfast
Padraic G. Fallon
Padraic G. Fallon Trinity College Dublin
John J. O'Shea
John J. O'Shea National Institutes of Health
Daniel W. McVicar
Daniel W. McVicar National Institutes of Health
Peter C. Heinrich
Peter C. Heinrich University of Freiburg
John R. Teerlink
John R. Teerlink University of California, San Francisco
Stefan N. Constantinescu
Stefan N. Constantinescu Ludwig Cancer Research
Akihiko Yoshimura
Akihiko Yoshimura Keio University
Mary Frances McMullin
Mary Frances McMullin Queen's University Belfast
Daniel F. McAuley
Daniel F. McAuley Queen's University Belfast

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Olli Silvennoinen

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Douglas J. Hilton

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National Institutes of Health

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