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John L. Johnson

John L. Johnson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
21238
World Ranking
3742
National Ranking
1855

Overview

John L. Johnson is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their scientific work spans multiple subfields, with notable contributions to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The researcher's main topics of study include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, and Advanced materials and composites.

Frequent publication venues where their research findings have appeared include the International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Canadian Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

John L. Johnson collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among them:

  • Susan E. Dorman
  • Kelly E. Dooley
  • Payam Nahid
  • Ekaterina V. Kurbatova
  • Patrick Phillips

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses, 2021, Immunity
  • Four-Month Rifapentine Regimens with or without Moxifloxacin for Tuberculosis, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • High-dose rifapentine with or without moxifloxacin for shortening treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: Study protocol for TBTC study 31/ACTG A5349 phase 3 clinical trial, 2020, Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • The lncRNA LUCAT1 is elevated in inflammatory disease and restrains inflammation by regulating the splicing and stability of NR4A2, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Effects of BCG vaccination on donor unrestricted T cells in two prospective cohort studies, 2022, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses

    Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh;István Tombácz;Emily Bettini;Katlyn Lederer

  • TCF-1-Centered Transcriptional Network Drives an Effector Versus Exhausted CD8 T Cell-Fate Decision

    Zeyu Chen;Zhicheng Ji;Shin Foong Ngiow;Sasikanth Manne

  • Molecular characterization of the Clostridium difficile toxin A gene.

    C H Dove;S Z Wang;S B Price;C J Phelps

  • Taxonomy of the Lactobacillus acidophilus Group

    J. L. Johnson;C. F. Phelps;C. S. Cummins;J. London

  • Moxifloxacin versus ethambutol in the first 2 months of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

    William J. Burman;Stefan Goldberg;John L. Johnson;Grace Muzanye

  • Cell Wall Composition and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Similarities Among the Anaerobic Coryneforms, Classical Propionibacteria, and Strains of Arachnia propionica

    J. L. Johnson;C. S. Cummins

  • Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the Agent of Porcine Intestinal Spirochetosis

    Darren J. Trott;Thaddeus B. Stanton;Neil S. Jensen;Gerald E. Duhamel

  • Emendation of Bacteroidaceae and Butyrivibrio and Descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and Ten New Species in the Genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium, and Ruminococcus

    W. E. C Moore;J. L. Johnson;L. V. Holdeman

  • Use of Nucleic-Acid Homologies in the Taxonomy of Anaerobic Bacteria

    John L. Johnson

  • Nucleotide sequence of Clostridium difficile toxin B gene.

    L A Barroso;S Z Wang;C J Phelps;J L Johnson

  • High-level expression of a heterologous protein in the milk of transgenic swine using the cDNA encoding human protein C.

    William H. Velander;John L. Johnson;Raymond L. Page;Christopher G. Russell

  • Acetone, Isopropanol, and Butanol Production by Clostridium beijerinckii (syn. Clostridium butylicum) and Clostridium aurantibutyricum

    H. A. George;J. L. Johnson;W. E. C. Moore;L. V. Holdeman

  • Sequential inflammatory processes define human progression from M. tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease.

    Thomas J Scriba;Adam Penn-Nicholson;Smitha Shankar;Tom Hraha

  • Actinomyces georgiae sp. nov., Actinomyces gerencseriae sp. nov., designation of two genospecies of Actinomyces naeslundii, and inclusion of A. naeslundii serotypes II and III and Actinomyces viscosus serotype II in A. naeslundii genospecies 2.

    J. L. Johnson;Lillian V. H. Moore;Beverly Kaneko;W. E. C. Moore

  • Lineage-Determining Transcription Factor TCF-1 Initiates the Epigenetic Identity of T Cells

    John L. Johnson;Georgios Georgakilas;Jelena Petrovic;Makoto Kurachi

  • Bacteroides intermedius comb. nov. and Descriptions of Bacteroides corporis sp. nov. and Bacteroides levii sp. nov.

    John L. Johnson;Lillian V. Holdeman

  • Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homologies Among Strains of Bacillus sphaericus

    Virginia K. Krych;John L. Johnson;Allan A. Yousten

  • The toxigenic element of Clostridium difficile strain VPI 10463

    Georgia Ann Hammond;John L. Johnson

  • Reinstatement of Species Rank for Bacteroides fragilis, B. ovatus, B. distasonis, B. thetaiotaomicron, and B. vulgatus: Designation of Neotype Strains for Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber) Castellani and Chalmers and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso) Castellani and Chalmers

    Elizabeth P. Cato;John L. Johnson

  • Differential characteristics of catalase-positive campylobacters correlated with DNA homology groups.

    Roop Rm nd;Smibert Rm;Johnson Jl;Krieg Nr

Frequent Co-Authors

W. E. C. Moore
W. E. C. Moore Virginia Tech
Tracy D. Wilkins
Tracy D. Wilkins Virginia Tech
R.E. Pearson
R.E. Pearson Virginia Tech
David M. Lyerly
David M. Lyerly Virginia Tech
Ingar Olsen
Ingar Olsen University of Oslo
James G. Ferry
James G. Ferry Pennsylvania State University
Kevin R. Sowers
Kevin R. Sowers University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Darren J. Trott
Darren J. Trott University of Adelaide
David J. Hampson
David J. Hampson Murdoch University
Dennis R. Dean
Dennis R. Dean Virginia Tech

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