2026 Keith T. Wilson: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	87	1222	1110	637	566	407	23505
Medicine	87	13774	12962	6989	6465	409	23655

Overview

Keith T. Wilson is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, with a strong focus on molecular biology, immunology, and surgery. Additionally, their work integrates approaches in artificial intelligence and genetics.

Wilson has contributed significantly to studies related to Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology and polyamine metabolism, as well as applications thereof. Their research topics also include AI in cancer detection, eosinophilic esophagitis, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, gut microbiota and health, and immune cell function and interaction.

Notable recent publications by Wilson include:

Succinate Produced by Intestinal Microbes Promotes Specification of Tuft Cells to Suppress Ileal Inflammation, 2020, Gastroenterology
Deep multimodal fusion of image and non-image data in disease diagnosis and prognosis: a review, 2023, Progress in Biomedical Engineering
Protective Role of Spermidine in Colitis and Colon Carcinogenesis, 2021, Gastroenterology
The Colombian Chemoprevention Trial: 20-Year Follow-Up of a Cohort of Patients With Gastric Precancerous Lesions, 2020, Gastroenterology
Segment Anything Model (SAM) for Digital Pathology: Assess Zero-shot Segmentation on Whole Slide Imaging, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent coauthors include M. Blanca Piazuelo, Lori A. Coburn, Margaret M. Allaman, Alain P. Gobert, and Daniel P. Barry.

Wilson has published regularly in journals such as Gastroenterology, which features 41 of their works, followed by venues including arXiv (Cornell University), Oncogene, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Best Publications

Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer: Factors That Modulate Disease Risk

Lydia E. Wroblewski;Richard M. Peek;Richard M. Peek;Keith T. Wilson;Keith T. Wilson

1705
Citations
Increased Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Cyclooxygenase-2 in Barrett's Esophagus and Associated Adenocarcinomas

Keith T. Wilson;Sidong Fu;Kalathur S. Ramanujam;Stephen J. Meltzer

777
Citations
Increased expression and cellular localization of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase 2 in Helicobacter pylori gastritis.

Sidong Fu;Kalathur S. Ramanujam;Annie Wong;George T. Fantry

534
Citations
E-Cadherin Gene Promoter Hypermethylation in Primary Human Gastric Carcinomas

Gen Tamura;Jing Yin;Suna Wang;A. S. Fleisher

526
Citations
Induction of polyamine oxidase 1 by Helicobacter pylori causes macrophage apoptosis by hydrogen peroxide release and mitochondrial membrane depolarization.

Rupesh Chaturvedi;Yulan Cheng;Mohammad Asim;Françoise I. Bussière

518
Citations
Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 Gene Promoter in Human Gastric Cancers with Microsatellite Instability

A. Steven Fleisher;Manel Esteller;Suna Wang;Gen Tamura

507
Citations
Pathology of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia: Clinical Implications

Pelayo Correa;M Blanca Piazuelo;Keith T Wilson

495
Citations
Helicobacter pylori arginase inhibits nitric oxide production by eukaryotic cells: A strategy for bacterial survival

Alain P. Gobert;David J. McGee;Mahmood Akhtar;George L. Mendz

483
Citations
Colon-specific delivery of a probiotic-derived soluble protein ameliorates intestinal inflammation in mice through an EGFR-dependent mechanism

Fang Yan;Hanwei Cao;Timothy L. Cover;M. Kay Washington

421
Citations
Immunology of Helicobacter pylori: insights into the failure of the immune response and perspectives on vaccine studies.

Keith T. Wilson;Keith T. Wilson;Jean E. Crabtree

369
Citations
Nitric Oxide in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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353
Citations
15-Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, a COX-2 oncogene antagonist, is a TGF-β-induced suppressor of human gastrointestinal cancers

Min Yan;Ronald M. Rerko;Petra Platzer;Petra Platzer;Dawn M. Dawson

328
Citations
Microsatellite instability in inflammatory bowel disease-associated neoplastic lesions is associated with hypermethylation and diminished expression of the DNA mismatch repair gene, hMLH1.

A. Steven Fleisher;Manel Esteller;Noam Harpaz;Anatoly Leytin

321
Citations
Role of innate immunity in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric malignancy.

Richard M. Peek;Chris Fiske;Keith T. Wilson

318
Citations
Human and Helicobacter pylori coevolution shapes the risk of gastric disease.

Nuri Kodaman;Alvaro Pazos;Barbara G. Schneider;M. Blanca Piazuelo

299
Citations
Hepatic TLR4 signaling in obese NAFLD

Torfay Sharifnia;Joseph Antoun;Thomas G.C. Verriere;Giovanni Suarez

267
Citations
Helicobacter pylori stimulates inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and activity in a murine macrophage cell line

K. T. Wilson;K. S. Ramanujam;H. L.T. Mobley;R. F. Musselman

254
Citations
Distinct methylation patterns of two APC gene promoters in normal and cancerous gastric epithelia.

T. Tsuchiya;G. Tamura;K. Sato;Y. Endoh

233
Citations
Helicobacter pylori induces macrophage apoptosis by activation of arginase II.

Alain P. Gobert;Yulan Cheng;Jian Ying Wang;Jean Luc Boucher

226
Citations
Succinate Produced by Intestinal Microbes Promotes Specification of Tuft Cells to Suppress Ileal Inflammation

Amrita Banerjee;Amrita Banerjee;Charles A. Herring;Charles A. Herring;Bob Chen;Bob Chen;Hyeyon Kim

219
Citations
Spermine Oxidase Mediates the Gastric Cancer Risk Associated With Helicobacter pylori CagA

Rupesh Chaturvedi;Mohammad Asim;Mohammad Asim;Judith Romero-Gallo;Daniel P. Barry;Daniel P. Barry

207
Citations
Spermine Oxidation Induced by Helicobacter pylori Results in Apoptosis and DNA Damage Implications for Gastric Carcinogenesis

Hangxiu Xu;Rupesh Chaturvedi;Rupesh Chaturvedi;Yulan Cheng;Yulan Cheng;Francoise I. Bussiere;Francoise I. Bussiere

198
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rupesh Chaturvedi Jawaharlal Nehru University

Alain P. Gobert Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Richard M. Peek Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pelayo Correa Vanderbilt University

Robert A. Casero Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Timothy L. Cover Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Wael El-Rifai University of Miami

Xi Chen University of California, Davis

Stephen J. Meltzer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Scott W. Hiebert Vanderbilt University

External Links

Personal website of Keith T. Wilson

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