2026 Kevin J. Maloy: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	51	4107	3788	361	350	100	17547

Overview

Kevin J. Maloy is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work predominantly focuses on Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Gut microbiota and health
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
Dietary Effects on Health
Extracellular vesicles in disease
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Kevin J. Maloy has published extensively in several scientific venues. Their frequently used publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Reports
Nature Microbiology
Immunology
Mucosal Immunology

Some recent key publications by Kevin J. Maloy are:

Identification of gut microbial species linked with disease variability in a widely used mouse model of colitis, 2022, Nature Microbiology
Why do intestinal epithelial cells express MHC class II?, 2020, Immunology
CD4+ T-cell-derived IL-10 promotes CNS inflammation in mice by sustaining effector T cell survival, 2022, Cell Reports
MHC class II antigen presentation by intestinal epithelial cells fine-tunes bacteria-reactive CD4 T-cell responses, 2023, Mucosal Immunology
Novel gut pathobionts confound results in a widely used mouse model of human inflammatory disease, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is a feature of Kevin J. Maloy's research, with frequent co-authors including:

Cornelia Heuberger
Johanna Pott
Claire Pearson
Samuel C. Forster
Simon Clare

The research led by Kevin J. Maloy provides insights into immune cell functions and their interactions, emphasizing intestinal immunity and gut microbiota influences. Their work contributes to the understanding of how the immune system responds to microbial and inflammatory challenges, often through studies involving mouse models of disease. This body of research intersects with neuroinflammation, infectious disease mechanisms, and the modulation of immune responses.

Best Publications

Intestinal homeostasis and its breakdown in inflammatory bowel disease

Kevin J. Maloy;Fiona Powrie;Fiona Powrie

2464
Citations
Regulatory T cells in the control of immune pathology.

Kevin J. Maloy;Fiona Powrie

1786
Citations
Innate lymphoid cells drive interleukin-23-dependent innate intestinal pathology

Sofia Buonocore;Philip P. Ahern;Holm H. Uhlig;Ivaylo I. Ivanov

1241
Citations
Interleukin-23 drives innate and T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

Sophie Hue;Philip P Ahern;Sofia Buonocore;Marika C. Kullberg

1091
Citations
CD4+CD25+ T(R) cells suppress innate immune pathology through cytokine-dependent mechanisms.

Kevin J. Maloy;Laurence Salaun;Rachel Cahill;Gordon Dougan

1002
Citations
Oncostatin M drives intestinal inflammation and predicts response to tumor necrosis factor-neutralizing therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

N R West;A N Hegazy;Owens Bmj.;S J Bullers

792
Citations
IL-23 plays a key role in Helicobacter hepaticus-induced T cell-dependent colitis

Marika C. Kullberg;Dragana Jankovic;Carl G. Feng;Sophie Hue

709
Citations
IL-1β mediates chronic intestinal inflammation by promoting the accumulation of IL-17A secreting innate lymphoid cells and CD4+ Th17 cells

Margherita Coccia;Oliver J. Harrison;Chris Schiering;Chris Schiering;Mark J. Asquith

664
Citations
Interleukin-23 Drives Intestinal Inflammation through Direct Activity on T Cells

Philip P. Ahern;Chris Schiering;Chris Schiering;Sofia Buonocore;Mandy J. McGeachy

602
Citations
Interleukin-23 Restrains Regulatory T Cell Activity to Drive T Cell-Dependent Colitis

Ana Izcue;Sophie Hue;Sofia Buonocore;Carolina V. Arancibia-Cárcamo

508
Citations
Modulation of immune development and function by intestinal microbiota

Agnieszka M. Kabat;Naren Srinivasan;Kevin J. Maloy

366
Citations
Regulatory T cells and intestinal homeostasis

Janine L. Coombes;Nicholas J. Robinson;Kevin J. Maloy;Holm H. Uhlig;Holm H. Uhlig

351
Citations
Induction of mucosal and systemic immune responses by immunization with ovalbumin entrapped in poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles.

K J Maloy;A M Donachie;D T O'Hagan;A M Mowat

283
Citations
Intestinal Epithelial Cell Autophagy Is Required to Protect against TNF-Induced Apoptosis during Chronic Colitis in Mice.

Johanna Pott;Agnieszka Martyna Kabat;Kevin Joseph Maloy

240
Citations
Epithelial-derived IL-18 regulates Th17 cell differentiation and Foxp3⁺ Treg cell function in the intestine.

O J Harrison;N Srinivasan;J Pott;C Schiering

237
Citations
The Intracellular Sensor NOD2 Induces MicroRNA-29 Expression in Human Dendritic Cells to Limit IL-23 Release

Oliver Brain;Oliver Brain;Benjamin M.J. Owens;Tica Pichulik;Philip Allan;Philip Allan

229
Citations
The interleukin-23 axis in intestinal inflammation.

Philip P. Ahern;Ana Izcue;Kevin J. Maloy;Fiona Powrie

229
Citations
Intralymphatic immunization enhances DNA vaccination

Kevin J. Maloy;Iris Erdmann;Veronique Basch;Sophie Sierro

214
Citations
Regulating the Regulators

Fiona Powrie;Kevin J. Maloy

213
Citations
IL-23 and Th17 cytokines in intestinal homeostasis

K J Maloy;M C Kullberg

213
Citations
Control of intestinal inflammation by regulatory T cells.

Christy Toms;Fiona Powrie

95
Citations
IL-1 mediates intestinal inflammation by promoting the accumulation of IL-17A secreting innate lymphoid cells and CD4+Th17 cells

M Coccia;O Harrison;C Schiering;M Asquith

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiona Powrie University of Oxford

Allan McI. Mowat University of Glasgow

Holm H. Uhlig University of Oxford

Rolf M. Zinkernagel University of Zurich

Hans Hengartner University of Zurich

Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge

Richard K. Grencis University of Manchester

Anna Simon Christian Medical College & Hospital

Simon Clare Wellcome Sanger Institute

David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute

External Links

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