The Courtney GroupMolecular Virology · QUB

Publications

Selected papers

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Citations
1,418
h-index
19
Citations of papers below
1,094

From The Courtney Group at Queen’s · * co-first author · # co-senior author· Citation counts from OpenAlex, updated weekly (last 2026-10-13)

2026

  1. Myoferlin is a component of late-stage vRNP trafficking vesicles for enveloped RNA virusesBonazza S, Turkington HL, Sukumar S, Peate E, Coutts HL, Montgomery JJ, Hawthorn C, Getty EMPE, Touzelet O, Barabas J, Power UF, Courtney DGNature Communications 17Cited 1
  2. Age-dependent expression and antiviral activity of interferon epsilon in respiratory epitheliumMcCabe M, Groves HE, Getty E, Campbell E, Bamford CGG, Courtney DG, Lopez Campos G, Shields M, Power UFJournal of Virology 100(6)Cited 0

2025

  1. Influenza A virus RNA localisation and the interceding trafficking pathways of the host cellBonazza S, Courtney DGPLoS Pathogens 21(4): e1013090Cited 10
  2. Preclinical screening platform identifies azatadine-dimaleate as a potent repurposed therapeutic against SARS-CoV-2 infectionAli A, Courtney D, Broadbent L, Sharma P, Bamford CGG, et al.Journal of Medical Virology 97(11): e70713Cited 0

2024

  1. Identifying cellular RNA-binding proteins during infection uncovers a role for MKRN2 in influenza mRNA traffickingBonazza S, Coutts HL, Sukumar S, Turkington HL, Courtney DGPLoS Pathogens 20(5): e1012231Cited 12
  2. The RBPome of influenza A virus mRNA reveals a role for TDP-43 in viral replicationDupont M, Krischuns T, Giai-Gianetto Q, Paisant S, Bonazza S, Brault J, Douché T, Perez-Perri JI, Hentze MW, Cusack S, Matondo M, Isel C, Courtney DG#, Naffakh N#Nucleic Acids ResearchCited 17
  3. Identifying individual pseudouridine (Ψ) sites across transcripts from HIV-1 infected cellsCoutts LH, Courtney DGHIV Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2807Cited 0

2019

  1. Epitranscriptomic regulation of HIV-1 gene expression by m5CCourtney DG, Tsai K, Bogerd HP, et al.Cell Host & Microbe 26(2): 217–227Cited 225
  2. Extensive epitranscriptomic methylation of A and C residues on murine leukemia virus transcripts enhances viral gene expressionCourtney DG, Chalem A, Bogerd HP, et al.mBio 10(3): e01209-19Cited 76

2018

  1. Influenza A virus-derived siRNAs increase in the absence of NS1 yet fail to inhibit virus replicationTsai K, Courtney DG, Kennedy EM, Cullen BRRNACited 34
  2. Addition of m6A to SV40 late mRNAs enhances viral structural gene expression and replicationTsai K, Courtney DG, Cullen BRPLoS Pathogens 14(2): e1006919Cited 139

2017

  1. Epitranscriptomic enhancement of influenza A virus gene expression and replicationCourtney DG, Kennedy EM, Dumm RE, et al.Cell Host & Microbe 22(3): 377–386Cited 228
  2. Towards personalised allele-specific CRISPR gene editing to treat autosomal dominant disordersChristie KA, Courtney DG, DeDionisio LA, et al.Scientific Reports 7(1): 16174Cited 82

2016

  1. Keratin 12 missense mutation induces the unfolded protein response and apoptosis in Meesmann epithelial corneal dystrophyAllen EHA*, Courtney DG*, Atkinson SD, et al.Human Molecular Genetics 25(6): 1176–1191Cited 30

2015

  1. CRISPR/Cas9 DNA cleavage at SNP-derived PAM enables both in vitro and in vivo KRT12 mutation-specific targetingCourtney DG, Moore JE, Atkinson SD, et al.Gene Therapy 23(1): 108–112Cited 124
  2. Protein composition of TGFBI-R124C- and TGFBI-R555W-associated aggregates suggests multiple mechanisms leading to lattice and granular corneal dystrophyCourtney DG, Toftgaard Poulsen E, Kennedy S, et al.Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 56: 4653–4661Cited 38

2014

  1. siRNA silencing of the mutant keratin 12 allele in corneal limbal epithelial cells grown from patients with Meesmann’s epithelial corneal dystrophyCourtney DG, Atkinson SD, Allen EHA, et al.Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 55: 3352–3360Cited 37
  2. Development of allele-specific gene silencing siRNAs for TGFBI Arg124Cys in lattice corneal dystrophy type ICourtney DG, Atkinson SD, Moore JE, et al.Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 55: 977–985Cited 41