Alexander J. Knights

Also affiliated with University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Regenerative Medicine Institute

MedicineImmunology and Microbiology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Indexed papers

1in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 1 indexed paper attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Papers

Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Acetylcholine‐synthesizing macrophages in subcutaneous fat are regulated by β2‐adrenergic signaling”.

Acetylcholine‐synthesizing macrophages in subcutaneous fat are regulated by β2‐adrenergic signaling

The EMBO Journal(2021)10.15252/embj.2020106061

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1.2DataRank · unranked

46 citations

Shanshan Liu, Yingxu Ma, Victoria Nudell, Eric Perkey, Matthew J. Sorensen +6 more

Inflammation in osteoarthritis: the latest progress and ongoing challenges

Current Opinion in Rheumatology(2023)10.1097/bor.0000000000000923

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0.846DataRank · unranked

281 citations

Stephen J. Redding, Tristan Maerz, Alexander J. Knights

Synovial fibroblasts assume distinct functional identities and secrete R-spondin 2 in osteoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases(2022)10.1136/ard-2022-222773

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0.743DataRank · unranked

141 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Lindsey Lammlin, Lucas Junginger, Phillip Rzeczycki +10 more

Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.93283

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0.718DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more

Temporal dynamics of immune-stromal cell interactions in fracture healing

Frontiers in Immunology(2024)10.3389/fimmu.2024.1352819

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0.538DataRank · unranked

35 citations

Kurt D. Hankenson, Alexander J. Knights, Christina A. Capobianco

Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.03.559514

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0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more

Synovial fibroblasts assume distinct functional identities and secrete R-spondin 2 to drive osteoarthritis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.05.06.489035

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0.283DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Lindsey Lammlin, Lucas Junginger, Phillip Rzeczycki +8 more

Transcriptomic plasticity of cholinergic adipose macrophages in the acute thermogenic response

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2025)10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110925

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0.168DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Evan J. Kim, Shanshan Liu, Jun Wu, Alexander J. Knights

Author Response: Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

(2023)10.7554/elife.93283.1.sa3

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more

Adrenergic-Independent Signaling via CHRNA2 Regulates Beige Fat Activation

Developmental Cell(2020)10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.017

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0DataRank · unranked

39 citations

Yingxu Ma, Yong Chen, Jianke Gong, Shanshan Liu, Jine Wang +7 more

Association of Synovial Innate Immune Exhaustion With Worse Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis

Arthritis & Rheumatology(2024)10.1002/art.43089

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0DataRank · unranked

26 citations

Trevor B. Birmingham, Garth Blackler, Joseph Daniel Klapak, Alexander J. Knights, Easton C. Farrell +10 more

Signaling through the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the liver protects against the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002728

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0DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Shanshan Liu, Alexander J. Knights, Kezhou Zhu, Yingxu Ma, Jianke Gong +11 more

A standardized, open-source, portable model for noninvasive joint injury in mice

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open(2025)10.1016/j.ocarto.2025.100679

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Lindsey Lammlin, Sofia Gonzalez-Nolde, Scarlet Howser, I Smith, Luke Stasikelis +94 more

Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

eLife(2025)10.7554/elife.93283.2

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more

CXCL16 mediates nociception and inflammation in murine post-traumatic osteoarthritis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.10.647297

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

S Redding, Alexander J. Knights, Anish Mohan, Michael D. Newton, Rachel Bergman +8 more

Inhibition of CDK8 rescues impaired ischemic fracture healing

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-6458483/v1

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Michelle J. Song, Easton C. Farrell, Alexander J. Knights, Karen Kessell, Alexis Donneys +8 more

Spatial transcriptomic profiling of decalcified murine musculoskeletal samples via Xenium Prime 5K

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.64898/2025.12.22.693132

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Huong X Tran, Aanya Mohan, Michael D. Newton, Scarlet Howser, S Redding +5 more

The Heating Microenvironment: Intercellular Cross Talk Within Thermogenic Adipose Tissue

Diabetes(2020)10.2337/db20-0303

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0DataRank · unranked

34 citations

Jun Wu, Yu‐Hua Tseng, Alexander J. Knights

Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

(2023)10.7554/elife.93283.1

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more

Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Synovial macrophage diversity and activation of M-CSF signaling in post-traumatic osteoarthritis

(2023)10.7554/elife.93283.1.sa1

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Easton C. Farrell, Olivia M. Ellis, Michelle J. Song, C. Thomas Appleton, Tristan Maerz +1 more