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Kingston H. G. Mills

Kingston H. G. Mills

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Immunology
Ireland
2026
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Medicine
Ireland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
111
Citations
49089
World Ranking
468
National Ranking
2

Medicine

D-Index
111
Citations
49006
World Ranking
5307
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2008 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Kingston H. G. Mills is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and specializes in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with an extensive publication record spanning these disciplines. Their body of work also engages with Medicine, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within biomedical sciences.

Their research covers several interconnected subfields including Immunology, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases. This broad focus underscores studies on immune mechanisms, pathogen interactions, and disease processes.

Primary topics addressed by this scientist include:

  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Frequent publication venues reflect their research emphasis, featuring contributions in:

  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Mucosal Immunology
  • Nature Immunology

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kingston H. G. Mills are:

  • IL-17 and IL-17-producing cells in protection versus pathology (2022, Nature Reviews. Immunology)
  • Nano-particle mediated M2 macrophage polarization enhances bone formation and MSC osteogenesis in an IL-10 dependent manner (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Interleukin-17A Serves a Priming Role in Autoimmunity by Recruiting IL-1β-Producing Myeloid Cells that Promote Pathogenic T Cells (2020, Immunity)
  • IL-17 mediates protective immunity against nasal infection with Bordetella pertussis by mobilizing neutrophils, especially Siglec-F+ neutrophils (2021, Mucosal Immunology)
  • Exercise-induced re-programming of age-related metabolic changes in microglia is accompanied by a reduction in senescent cells (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Kingston H. G. Mills has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Mieszko M. Wilk, Caroline E. Sutton, Barry Moran, Rachel M. McLoughlin, and Sophie Brouard, indicating a strong network within the immunology research community.

The scientist's recognition includes being named a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A small-molecule inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of inflammatory diseases

    Rebecca C Coll;Avril A B Robertson;Jae Jin Chae;Sarah C Higgins

  • Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Leo A. B. Joosten;Eicke Latz;Kingston H. G. Mills

  • Interleukin-1 and IL-23 induce innate IL-17 production from gammadelta T cells, amplifying Th17 responses and autoimmunity.

    Caroline E. Sutton;Stephen J. Lalor;Cheryl M. Sweeney;Corinna F. Brereton

  • Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by islet amyloid polypeptide provides a mechanism for enhanced IL-1β in type 2 diabetes

    Seth L Masters;Aisling Dunne;Shoba L Subramanian;Rebecca L Hull

  • A crucial role for interleukin (IL)-1 in the induction of IL-17–producing T cells that mediate autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Caroline Sutton;Corinna Brereton;Brian Keogh;Kingston H.G. Mills

  • T cells in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    J. M. Fletcher;S. J. Lalor;C. M. Sweeney;N. Tubridy

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Regulatory T cells: friend or foe in immunity to infection.

    Kingston H. G. Mills

  • Pathogen-specific T Regulatory 1 Cells Induced in the Respiratory Tract by a Bacterial Molecule that Stimulates Interleukin 10 Production by Dendritic Cells A Novel Strategy for Evasion of Protective T Helper Type 1 Responses by Bordetella pertussis

    Peter McGuirk;Chantelle McCann;Kingston H.G. Mills

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • A guiding map for inflammation

    Mihai G Netea;Frances Balkwill;Michel Chonchol;Fabio Cominelli

  • Long-Term Ecosystem Stress: The Effects of Years of Experimental Acidification on a Small Lake

    D. W. Schindler;K. H. Mills;D. F. Malley;D. L. Findlay

  • Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits antitumor responses

    Xavier Michelet;Xavier Michelet;Lydia Dyck;Andrew Hogan;Roisin M Loftus

  • Suppression of antitumor immunity by IL-10 and TGF-beta-producing T cells infiltrating the growing tumor: influence of tumor environment on the induction of CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells.

    Andrew G. Jarnicki;Joanne Lysaght;Stephen Todryk;Kingston H. G. Mills

  • CD39+Foxp3+ regulatory T Cells suppress pathogenic Th17 cells and are impaired in multiple sclerosis.

    Jean M. Fletcher;Roisin Lonergan;Lisa Costelloe;Katie Kinsella

  • TLR-dependent T cell activation in autoimmunity

    Kingston H. G. Mills

  • Infiltration of Th1 and Th17 cells and activation of microglia in the CNS during the course of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Áine C. Murphy;Stephen J. Lalor;Marina A. Lynch;Kingston H.G. Mills

  • Immune checkpoints and their inhibition in cancer and infectious diseases.

    Lydia Dyck;Kingston H.G. Mills

  • Induction, function and regulation of IL-17-producing T cells.

    Kingston H. G. Mills

  • Pathogen-specific regulatory T cells provoke a shift in the Th1/Th2 paradigm in immunity to infectious diseases.

    Peter McGuirk;Kingston H.G Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina A. Lynch
Marina A. Lynch Trinity College Dublin
Ed C. Lavelle
Ed C. Lavelle Trinity College Dublin
Luke A. J. O'Neill
Luke A. J. O'Neill Trinity College Dublin
Helen M. Roche
Helen M. Roche University College Dublin
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Eicke Latz
Eicke Latz German Rheumatism Research Centre
John J. Skehel
John J. Skehel The Francis Crick Institute
Louis Boon
Louis Boon University of Amsterdam
Mariagrazia Pizza
Mariagrazia Pizza Imperial College London
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University

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