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Julian C. Knight is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields within their work include Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

Their scientific output includes contributions to key research topics such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, interferon and immune responses, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Immune responses and vaccinations, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Julian C. Knight has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators. Notable coauthors include Alexander J. Mentzer (67 collaborations), Paul Klenerman (40 collaborations), Tao Dong (36 collaborations), J. Kenneth Baillie (29 collaborations), and Charles Hinds (27 collaborations).

The scientist's work has been published in a range of journals and platforms with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 37 publications, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 14 publications, Nature Communications with 13 publications, Cell with 7 publications, and SSRN Electronic Journal with 7 publications.

Key recent papers include:

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19 (2020, Nature)
  • Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19 (2020, Nature Immunology)
  • Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera (2021, Cell)
  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum (2021, Cell)

Best Publications

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

    Urmo Võsa;Annique Claringbould;Annique Claringbould;Harm-Jan Westra;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.

    M Voysey;S A Costa Clemens;S A Madhi;L Y Weckx

  • Broad and strong memory CD4 + and CD8 + T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19.

    Y Peng;A J Mentzer;G Liu;G Liu;X Yao

  • A ChIP-seq defined genome-wide map of vitamin D receptor binding: associations with disease and evolution.

    Sreeram V. Ramagopalan;Andreas Heger;Antonio J. Berlanga;Narelle J. Maugeri

  • Genetic association analyses implicate aberrant regulation of innate and adaptive immunity genes in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

    James Bentham;David L. Morris;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Christopher L. Pinder

  • Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera.

    D Zhou;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa;C Liu

  • Innate immune activity conditions the effect of regulatory variants upon monocyte gene expression.

    Benjamin P. Fairfax;Peter Humburg;Seiko Makino;Vivek Naranbhai

  • Major Histocompatibility Complex Genomics and Human Disease

    John Trowsdale;Julian C. Knight

  • Genomic landscape of the individual host response and outcomes in sepsis: a prospective cohort study

    Emma E Davenport;Katie L Burnham;Jayachandran Radhakrishnan;Peter Humburg

  • The polygenic and monogenic basis of blood traits and diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau

  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum.

    C Liu;H M Ginn;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa

  • Expression of the Multiple Sclerosis-Associated MHC Class II Allele HLA-DRB1*1501 Is Regulated by Vitamin D

    Sreeram V. Ramagopalan;Narelle J. Maugeri;Lahiru Handunnetthi;Lahiru Handunnetthi;Matthew R. Lincoln;Matthew R. Lincoln

  • A polymorphism that affects OCT-1 binding to the TNF promoter region is associated with severe malaria.

    Julian C. Knight;Irina Udalova;Adrian V.S. Hill;Brian M. Greenwood

  • T cell and antibody responses induced by a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine in a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

    K J Ewer;Barrett;S Belij-Rammerstorfer;H Sharpe

  • Genetics of gene expression in primary immune cells identifies cell type–specific master regulators and roles of HLA alleles

    Benjamin P Fairfax;Seiko Makino;Jayachandran Radhakrishnan;Katharine Plant

  • Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2.

    W Dejnirattisai;D Zhou;P Supasa;C Liu

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

    Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

  • Single Dose Administration, And The Influence Of The Timing Of The Booster Dose On Immunogenicity and Efficacy Of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Vaccine (preprint)

    Voysey, Merryn, Costa Clemens, Sue Ann, Madhi, Shabir A.;Weckx, Lily Yin, Folegatti, Pedro M.;Parvinder K. Aley;Angus, Brian John, Baillie, Vicky, Barnabas, Shaun L.

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya University of Oxford
Andrew J. Pollard
Andrew J. Pollard University of Oxford
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Adrian V. S. Hill
Adrian V. S. Hill University of Oxford
Tao Dong
Tao Dong University of Oxford
Paul Bowness
Paul Bowness University of Oxford
Eleanor Barnes
Eleanor Barnes University of Oxford
Miles W. Carroll
Miles W. Carroll University of Oxford
Gavin R. Screaton
Gavin R. Screaton University of Oxford

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