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120
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328

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Citations
70285
World Ranking
119
National Ranking
60

Jenny P.-Y. Ting publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jenny P.-Y. Ting sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 420 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Jenny P.-Y. Ting D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jenny P.-Y. Ting sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jenny P.-Y. Ting is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple disciplines including biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and immunology and microbiology. Within these broad fields, their work particularly focuses on molecular biology, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide
  • Immune cells in cancer

Jenny P.-Y. Ting has contributed to various publication venues, most notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature
  • Nature Reviews Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jenny P.-Y. Ting include:

  • W. June Brickey
  • Wei-Chun Chou
  • Joseph A. Duncan
  • Debra J. Taxman
  • Beckley K. Davis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jenny P.-Y. Ting illustrate the focus on immune mechanisms and signaling pathways:

  • A 360° view of the inflammasome: Mechanisms of activation, cell death, and diseases (2023, Cell)
  • STING-induced regulatory B cells compromise NK function in cancer immunity (2022, Nature)
  • The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day (2023, Nature Reviews Immunology)
  • AIM2 in regulatory T cells restrains autoimmune diseases (2021, Nature)
  • Impact of intracellular innate immune receptors on immunometabolism (2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome: molecular activation and regulation to therapeutics

    Karen V. Swanson;Meng Deng;Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  • Inflammasomes: mechanism of action, role in disease, and therapeutics

    Haitao Guo;Justin B. Callaway;Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  • Fatty acid-induced NLRP3-ASC inflammasome activation interferes with insulin signaling

    Haitao Wen;Denis Gris;Yu Lei;Sushmita Jha

  • The Inflammasome NLRs in Immunity, Inflammation, and Associated Diseases

    Beckley K. Davis;Haitao Wen;Jenny P.Y. Ting

  • TNF alpha promotes proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitors and remyelination.

    Heather A. Arnett;Jeff Mason;Jeff Mason;Mike Marino;Kinuko Suzuki

  • The NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediates in vivo Innate Immunity to Influenza A Virus through Recognition of Viral RNA

    Irving C. Allen;Margaret A. Scull;Chris B. Moore;Eda K. Holl

  • The NLR gene family: a standard nomenclature

    Jenny P.Y. Ting;Ruth C. Lovering;Emad S. Alnemri;John Bertin

  • DJ-1, a cancer- and Parkinson's disease-associated protein, stabilizes the antioxidant transcriptional master regulator Nrf2.

    Casey M. Clements;Richard S. McNally;Brian J. Conti;Tak W. Mak

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome functions as a negative regulator of tumorigenesis during colitis-associated cancer

    Irving C. Allen;Erin McElvania Tekippe;Rita Marie T Woodford;Joshua M. Uronis

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release

    Ben Lu;Takahisa Nakamura;Karen Inouye;Jianhua Li

  • Akt-dependent regulation of NF-κB is controlled by mTOR and Raptor in association with IKK

    Han C. Dan;Matthew J. Cooper;Patricia C. Cogswell;Joseph A. Duncan

  • Cutting Edge: Inflammasome activation by Alum and Alum’s adjuvant effect are mediated by NLRP3

    Hanfen Li;Stephen B. Willingham;Jenny P.-Y. Ting;Fabio Re

  • The immunogenicity of human adipose-derived cells: temporal changes in vitro.

    Kevin McIntosh;Sanjin Zvonic;Sara Garrett;James B. Mitchell

  • Genetic Control of MHC Class II Expression

    Jenny Pan Yun Ting;John Trowsdale

  • NLRX1 is a regulator of mitochondrial antiviral immunity

    Chris B. Moore;Daniel T. Bergstralh;Joseph A. Duncan;Yu Lei

  • Autophagy Links Inflammasomes to Atherosclerotic Progression

    Babak Razani;Chu Feng;Trey Coleman;Roy Emanuel

  • A role for the NLRP3 inflammasome in metabolic diseases--did Warburg miss inflammation?

    Haitao Wen;Jenny P.Y. Ting;Luke A.J. O'Neill

  • NLRP12 Suppresses Colon Inflammation and Tumorigenesis through the Negative Regulation of Noncanonical NF-κB Signaling

    Irving C. Allen;Justin E. Wilson;Monika Schneider;John D. Lich

  • Cryopyrin/NALP3 binds ATP/dATP, is an ATPase, and requires ATP binding to mediate inflammatory signaling.

    Joseph A. Duncan;Daniel T. Bergstralh;Yanhong Wang;Stephen B. Willingham

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Lei
Yu Lei Sun Yat-sen University
Glenn K. Matsushima
Glenn K. Matsushima University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lishan Su
Lishan Su University of Maryland, Baltimore
Beverly H. Koller
Beverly H. Koller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gregory D. Sempowski
Gregory D. Sempowski Duke University
Kinuko Suzuki
Kinuko Suzuki University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey A. Frelinger
Jeffrey A. Frelinger University of Arizona
Neil E. Alexis
Neil E. Alexis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xian Chen
Xian Chen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blossom Damania
Blossom Damania University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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