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Kelly D. Smith

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
29375
World Ranking
15334
National Ranking
6395

Kelly D. Smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kelly D. Smith 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 Kelly D. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kelly D. Smith is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, specializing primarily in Medicine with a focus on Nephrology. Their work encompasses related subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Transplantation, and Immunology.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Kelly D. Smith are:

  • Challenges and Opportunities for the Clinical Translation of Spatial Transcriptomics Technologies, 2024, Glomerular Diseases
  • Multicenter Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kidney Biopsies Performed in COVID-19 Patients Presenting With Acute Kidney Injury or Proteinuria, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Elicitation of broadly protective sarbecovirus immunity by receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccines, 2021, Cell
  • Profiling APOL1 Nephropathy Risk Variants in Genome-Edited Kidney Organoids with Single-Cell Transcriptomics, 2020, Kidney360
  • Characterizing Viral Infection by Electron Microscopy, 2020, American Journal Of Pathology

Kelly D. Smith collaborates frequently with several co-authors including Shreeram Akilesh, Nicolae Leca, Charles E. Alpers, Roberto F. Nicosia, and Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam. Shreeram Akilesh appears as the most frequent collaborator.

Their work is published in multiple venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Kidney International
  • Transplantation

This distribution demonstrates an active engagement within both clinical and biomedical research communities focused on kidney disease and transplantation.

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, an opportunistic pathogen.

    C. K. Stover;X. Q. Pham;A. L. Erwin;S. D. Mizoguchi

  • The innate immune response to bacterial flagellin is mediated by Toll-like receptor 5.

    Fumitaka Hayashi;Kelly D. Smith;Adrian Ozinsky;Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn

  • The repertoire for pattern recognition of pathogens by the innate immune system is defined by cooperation between Toll-like receptors

    Adrian Ozinsky;David M. Underhill;Jason D. Fontenot;Adeline M. Hajjar

  • Lipocalin 2 mediates an innate immune response to bacterial infection by sequestrating iron.

    Trude H Flo;Kelly D Smith;Kelly D Smith;Shintaro Sato;David J Rodriguez

  • Leakage-resistant blood vessels in mice transgenically overexpressing angiopoietin-1.

    G. Thurston;C. Suri;K. Smith;J. McClain

  • The evolution of vertebrate Toll-like receptors

    Jared C. Roach;Gustavo Glusman;Lee Rowen;Amardeep Kaur

  • Toll-like receptor-2 mediates mycobacteria-induced proinflammatory signaling in macrophages.

    David M. Underhill;Adrian Ozinsky;Kelly D. Smith;Alan Aderem

  • Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes a conserved site on flagellin required for protofilament formation and bacterial motility.

    Kelly D Smith;Kelly D Smith;Erica Andersen-Nissen;Erica Andersen-Nissen;Fumitaka Hayashi;Fumitaka Hayashi;Fumitaka Hayashi;Katie Strobe

  • Evasion of Toll-like receptor 5 by flagellated bacteria.

    Erica Andersen-Nissen;Kelly D. Smith;Katie L. Strobe;Sara L. Rassoulian Barrett

  • A Common Dominant TLR5 Stop Codon Polymorphism Abolishes Flagellin Signaling and Is Associated with Susceptibility to Legionnaires' Disease

    Thomas R. Hawn;Annelies Verbon;Annelies Verbon;Kamilla D. Lettinga;Lue Ping Zhao

  • The Toll-Like Receptor 5 Stimulus Bacterial Flagellin Induces Maturation and Chemokine Production in Human Dendritic Cells

    Terry K. Means;Fumitaka Hayashi;Kelly D. Smith;Kelly D. Smith;Alan Aderem

  • The pathogen-associated iroA gene cluster mediates bacterial evasion of lipocalin 2

    Michael A. Fischbach;Hening Lin;Lu Zhou;Yang Yu

  • TLR4 links podocytes with the innate immune system to mediate glomerular injury

    Miriam C. Banas;Bernhard Banas;Kelly L. Hudkins;Tomasz A. Wietecha

  • Cutting edge: Tlr5-/- mice are more susceptible to Escherichia coli urinary tract infection.

    Erica Andersen-Nissen;Thomas R. Hawn;Kelly D. Smith;Alex Nachman

  • A conserved surface on Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes bacterial flagellin

    Erica Andersen-Nissen;Kelly D. Smith;Richard Bonneau;Roland K. Strong

  • Conservation of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways in Teleost Fish.

    Maureen K. Purcell;Maureen K. Purcell;Kelly D. Smith;Kelly D. Smith;Alan Aderem;Leroy Hood

  • Low HLA-C Expression at Cell Surfaces Correlates with Increased Turnover of Heavy Chain mRNA

    Jane A. McCutcheon;Jenny Gumperz;Kelly D. Smith;Charles T. Lutz

  • Multicenter Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kidney Biopsies Performed in COVID-19 Patients Presenting With Acute Kidney Injury or Proteinuria.

    Shreeram Akilesh;Cynthia C. Nast;Michifumi Yamashita;Kammi Henriksen

  • Delayed Graft Function and Cast Nephropathy Associated with Tacrolimus Plus Rapamycin Use

    Kelly D. Smith;Lucile E. Wrenshall;Roberto F. Nicosia;Raimund Pichler

  • Humanized nonobese diabetic-scid IL2rγnull mice are susceptible to lethal Salmonella Typhi infection

    Stephen J. Libby;Michael A. Brehm;Dale L. Greiner;Leonard D. Shultz

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles E. Alpers
Charles E. Alpers University of Washington
Alan Aderem
Alan Aderem Seattle Children's Hospital
Thomas R. Hawn
Thomas R. Hawn University of Washington
Roland K. Strong
Roland K. Strong Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Brad T. Cookson
Brad T. Cookson University of Washington
Shawn J. Skerrett
Shawn J. Skerrett University of Washington
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Stuart J. Shankland
Stuart J. Shankland University of Washington
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Mingyao Li
Mingyao Li University of Pennsylvania

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