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Thomas A. Spies

Active 1985–2019

108
Papers
38,784
Citations
98
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Citations per year for Thomas A. Spies1932: 1 citations1981: 1 citations1985: 5 citations1986: 26 citations1987: 28 citations1988: 26 citations1989: 30 citations1990: 38 citations1991: 62 citations1992: 127 citations1993: 134 citations1994: 138 citations1995: 160 citations1996: 179 citations1997: 154 citations1998: 164 citations1999: 250 citations2000: 215 citations2001: 353 citations2002: 469 citations2003: 421 citations2004: 422 citations2005: 515 citations2006: 453 citations2007: 417 citations2008: 385 citations2009: 369 citations2010: 282 citations2011: 221 citations2012: 192 citations2013: 288 citations2014: 241 citations2015: 210 citations2016: 143 citations2017: 137 citations2018: 215 citations2019: 458 citations2020: 470 citations2021: 365 citations2022: 281 citations2023: 198 citations2024: 313 citations2025: 131 citations2026: 7 citations1933–1980: no citations, so these years are not shown1982–1984: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,402 citing papers, 32.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 567 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownGermany: 545 citing papers, 7.4% of this breakdownChina: 453 citing papers, 6.2% of this breakdownFrance: 374 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownItaly: 368 citing papers, 5% of this breakdownCanada: 296 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownAustralia: 239 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownJapan: 233 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownNetherlands: 154 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSweden: 147 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 146 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Immunology and Microbiology47.8%
  • Medicine19%
  • Environmental Science16.6%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.1%
  • Engineering0.7%
  • Other1.9%

Topics

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction16.6%
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology11.5%
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses5.8%
  • CAR-T cell therapy research4.3%
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications2.6%
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture2.1%
  • Other57.1%

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  1. Activation of NK Cells and T Cells by NKG2D, a Receptor for Stress-Inducible MICA

    Authors: Stefan Bauer, Veronika Groh, Jun Wu, Alexander Steinle, Joseph H. Phillips, Lewis L. Lanier, Thomas A. Spies - Science 1999 cited by 2,981

  2. Tumour-derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Jennifer D. Wu, Cassian Yee, Thomas A. Spies - Nature 2002 cited by 1,572

  3. Coordinated Induction by IL15 of a TCR-Independent NKG2D Signaling Pathway Converts CTL into Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cells in Celiac Disease

    Authors: Bertrand Meresse, Zhangguo Chen, Cezary Ciszewski, Maria Tretiakova, Govind Bhagat, Thomas Krausz, David H. Raulet, Lewis L. Lanier, Veronika Groh, Thomas A. Spies, Ellen C. Ebert, Peter H. Green, Bana Jabrì - Immunity 2004 cited by 833

  4. Broad tumor-associated expression and recognition by tumor-derived γδ T cells of MICA and MICB

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Rebecca L. Rhinehart, Heather Secrist, Stefan Bauer, Kenneth H. Grabstein, Thomas A. Spies - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1999 cited by 1,021

  5. Recognition of Stress-Induced MHC Molecules by Intestinal Epithelial γδ T Cells

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Alexander Steinle, Stefan Bauer, Thomas A. Spies - Science 1998 cited by 1,147

  6. Costimulation of CD8αβ T cells by NKG2D via engagement by MIC induced on virus-infected cells

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Rebecca L. Rhinehart, Julie Randolph‐Habecker, Max S. Topp, Stanley R. Riddell, Thomas A. Spies - Nature Immunology 2001 cited by 953

  7. An Activating Immunoreceptor Complex Formed by NKG2D and DAP10

    Authors: Jun Wu, Yaoli Song, Alexander B. H. Bakker, Stefan Bauer, Thomas A. Spies, Lewis L. Lanier, Joseph H. Phillips - Science 1999 cited by 1,016

  8. Disulphide-isomerase-enabled shedding of tumour-associated NKG2D ligands

    Authors: Brett K. Kaiser, Daesong Yim, I‐Ting Chow, Segundo González, Zhenpeng Dai, H. Mann, Roland K. Strong, Veronika Groh, Thomas A. Spies - Nature 2007 cited by 375

  9. Lidar Remote Sensing of the Canopy Structure and Biophysical Properties of Douglas-Fir Western Hemlock Forests

    Authors: M. A. Lefsky, Warren B. Cohen, Steven A. Acker, Geoffrey G. Parker, Thomas A. Spies, David J. Harding - Remote Sensing of Environment 1999 cited by 901

  10. Complex structure of the activating immunoreceptor NKG2D and its MHC class I–like ligand MICA

    Authors: Pingwei Li, Daniel L. Morris, Benjamin E. Willcox, Alexander Steinle, Thomas A. Spies, Roland K. Strong - Nature Immunology 2001 cited by 398

  11. Cell stress-regulated human major histocompatibility complex class I gene expressed in gastrointestinal epithelium.

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Seiamak Bahram, Stefan Bauer, Andrzej Przemysław Herman, M Beauchamp, Thomas A. Spies - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1996 cited by 1,013

  12. A second lineage of mammalian major histocompatibility complex class I genes.

    Authors: Seiamak Bahram, Margaret Bresnahan, Daniel E. Geraghty, Thomas A. Spies - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1994 cited by 784

  13. Stimulation of T cell autoreactivity by anomalous expression of NKG2D and its MIC ligands in rheumatoid arthritis

    Authors: Veronika Groh, Anja Brühl, Hani El‐Gabalawy, J. Lee Nelson, Thomas A. Spies - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2003 cited by 502

  14. Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example

    Authors: Jerry F. Franklin, Thomas A. Spies, Robert Van Pelt, Andrew B. Carey, D. A. Thornburgh, Dean Rae Berg, David B. Lindenmayer, Mark E. Harmon, William S. Keeton, David C. Shaw, Ken Bible, Jiquan Chen - Forest Ecology and Management 2002 cited by 1,780

  15. Interactions of human NKG2D with its ligands MICA, MICB, and homologs of the mouse RAE-1 protein family

    Authors: Alexander Steinle, Pingwei Li, Daniel L. Morris, Veronika Groh, Lewis L. Lanier, Roland K. Strong, Thomas A. Spies - Immunogenetics 2001 cited by 452

  16. Cutting Edge: NKG2D Receptors Induced by IL-15 Costimulate CD28-Negative Effector CTL in the Tissue Microenvironment

    Authors: Arthur I. Roberts, Leanne Lee, Eliezer M. Schwarz, Veronika Groh, Thomas A. Spies, Ellen C. Ebert, Bana Jabrì - The Journal of Immunology 2001 cited by 332

  17. Promoter Region Architecture and Transcriptional Regulation of the Genes for the MHC Class I-Related Chain A and B Ligands of NKG2D

    Authors: Gopalakrishnan M. Venkataraman, Dominic Suciu, Veronika Groh, Jeremy M. Boss, Thomas A. Spies - The Journal of Immunology 2007 cited by 190

  18. Crystal structure of a γδ T-cell receptor specific for the human MHC class I homolog MICA

    Authors: Bin Xu, J.C. Pizarro, Margaret A. Holmes, Christine McBeth, Veronika Groh, Thomas A. Spies, Roland K. Strong - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 cited by 148

  19. Roles for Calreticulin and a Novel Glycoprotein, Tapasin, in the Interaction of MHC Class I Molecules with TAP

    Authors: Bhanu Sadasivan, Paul J Lehner, Bodo Ortmann, Thomas A. Spies, Peter Cresswell - Immunity 1996 cited by 695

  20. A Critical Role for Tapasin in the Assembly and Function of Multimeric MHC Class I-TAP Complexes

    Authors: Bodo Ortmann, James Copeman, Paul J. Lehner, Bhanu Sadasivan, Jethro Herberg, Andeas G. Grandea, Stanley R. Riddell, Robert Tampé, Thomas A. Spies, John Trowsdale, Peter Cresswell - Science 1997 cited by 530

  21. REVIEW: Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services

    Authors: Rupert Seidl, Thomas A. Spies, David L. Peterson, Scott L. Stephens, Jeffrey A. Hicke - Journal of Applied Ecology 2015 cited by 501

  22. An individual-based process model to simulate landscape-scale forest ecosystem dynamics

    Authors: Rupert Seidl, Werner Rammer, Robert M. Scheller, Thomas A. Spies - Ecological Modelling 2012 cited by 312

  23. Pillars Article: Activation of NK Cells and T Cells by NKG2D, a Receptor for Stress-Inducible MICA. Science. 1999. 285: 727-729.

    Authors: Stefan Bauer, Veronika Groh, Jun Wu, Alexander Steinle, Joseph H. Phillips, Lewis L. Lanier, Thomas A. Spies - 2018 cited by 87

  24. MICA Engagement by Human Vγ2Vδ2 T Cells Enhances Their Antigen-Dependent Effector Function

    Authors: Hiranmoy Das, Veronika Groh, Coenraad Kuijl, Masahiko Sugita, Craig T. Morita, Thomas A. Spies, Jack F. Bukowski - Immunity 2001 cited by 398