2026 Terrence Town: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	75	1957	1791	958	865	195	27727
Medicine	75	19005	17851	9474	8750	198	27738

Overview

Terrence Town is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with particular focus on several subfields including Physiology, Pharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Speech and Hearing.

Their published works demonstrate involvement in diverse scientific topics, notably:

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Noise Effects and Management
Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Terrence Town include:

"Gallic acid is a dual α/β-secretase modulator that reverses cognitive impairment and remediates pathology in Alzheimer mice," 2020, published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
"Mouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions," 2020, published in eLife
"Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine," 2020, published in UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Terrence Town include:

Takashi Mori
Naoki Koyama
Tomotaka Yokoo
Tatsuya Segawa
Masahiro Maeda

Terrence Town's research has been published in several venues with noted frequency in:

Journal of Biological Chemistry
eLife
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

6282
Citations
Oxidized Mitochondrial DNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome during Apoptosis

Kenichi Shimada;Timothy R. Crother;Justin Karlin;Jargalsaikhan Dagvadorj

2288
Citations
Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis

Tian Wang;Terrence Town;Lena Alexopoulou;Lena Alexopoulou;John F Anderson

1389
Citations
A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

William O'Connor;Masahito Kamanaka;Carmen J Booth;Terrence Town;Terrence Town

940
Citations
Interchromosomal associations between alternatively expressed loci

Charalampos G. Spilianakis;Maria D. Lalioti;Terrence Town;Gap Ryol Lee

889
Citations
Green Tea Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Modulates Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleavage and Reduces Cerebral Amyloidosis in Alzheimer Transgenic Mice

Kavon Rezai-Zadeh;Doug Shytle;Nan Sun;Takashi Mori

853
Citations
Control of Toll-like Receptor 7 Expression Is Essential to Restrict Autoimmunity and Dendritic Cell Proliferation

Jonathan A. Deane;Prapaporn Pisitkun;Rebecca S. Barrett;Lionel Feigenbaum

620
Citations
Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine.

Enric Esplugues;Enric Esplugues;Enric Esplugues;Samuel Huber;Samuel Huber;Nicola Gagliani;Anja E. Hauser

618
Citations
A Transgenic Alzheimer Rat with Plaques, Tau Pathology, Behavioral Impairment, Oligomeric Aβ, and Frank Neuronal Loss

Robert M. Cohen;Kavon Rezai-Zadeh;Tara M. Weitz;Altan Rentsendorj

604
Citations
The microglial "activation" continuum: from innate to adaptive responses

Terrence Town;Terrence Town;Veljko Nikolic;Jun Tan

599
Citations
Blocking TGF-β–Smad2/3 innate immune signaling mitigates Alzheimer-like pathology

Terrence Town;Yasmina Laouar;Yasmina Laouar;Christopher Pittenger;Takashi Mori

496
Citations
Microglial Activation Resulting from CD40-CD40L Interaction After β-Amyloid Stimulation

Jun Tan;Terrence Town;Daniel Paris;Takashi Mori

471
Citations
Inflammaging as a prodrome to Alzheimer's disease.

Brian Giunta;Francisco Fernandez;William V Nikolic;Demian Obregon

397
Citations
Il10 Deficiency Rebalances Innate Immunity to Mitigate Alzheimer-Like Pathology

Marie-Victoire Guillot-Sestier;Kevin Richard Doty;David Gate;Javier Rodriguez

395
Citations
Primary cilia regulate hippocampal neurogenesis by mediating sonic hedgehog signaling

Joshua J. Breunig;Matthew R. Sarkisian;Jon I. Arellano;Yury M. Morozov

362
Citations
Apoptotic hepatocyte DNA inhibits hepatic stellate cell chemotaxis via toll-like receptor 9.

Azuma Watanabe;Ardeshir Hashmi;Dawidson Assis Gomes;Terrence Town

311
Citations
ADAM10 Activation Is Required for Green Tea (–)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate-induced α-Secretase Cleavage of Amyloid Precursor Protein

Demian F. Obregon;Kavon Rezai-Zadeh;Yun Bai;Nan Sun

259
Citations
Role of CD40 ligand in amyloidosis in transgenic Alzheimer's mice.

Jun Tan;Terrence Town;Fiona Crawford;Takashi Mori

241
Citations
Ferulic Acid Is a Nutraceutical β-Secretase Modulator That Improves Behavioral Impairment and Alzheimer-like Pathology in Transgenic Mice

Takashi Mori;Naoki Koyama;Marie-Victoire Guillot-Sestier;Jun Tan

240
Citations
Overexpression of human S100B exacerbates cerebral amyloidosis and gliosis in the Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Takashi Mori;Naoki Koyama;Gary W. Arendash;Yuko Horikoshi-Sakuraba

238
Citations
Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Flavell Yale University

Michael Mullan Roskamp Institute

Fiona Crawford Roskamp Institute

Erol Fikrig Yale University

Ranjan Duara Mount Sinai Hospital

Gary W. Arendash University of South Florida

Lena Alexopoulou Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy

John C.S. Breitner Douglas Mental Health University Institute

Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health

Steven L. Wechsler University of California, Irvine

External Links

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