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Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Jasna Friščić
University of Lübeck
2
Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou
University of Ioannina
3
Vilma Lammi
Broad Institute
4
Qiqi Yan
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
5
Daniel S. Simpson
The University of Melbourne
6
Carl Christoph Goetzke
German Rheumatism Research Centre
7
Alex T. Ritter
Emergency University
8
Konstantinos Leventogiannis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
9
Tong Luo
Ministry of Education
10
Iain B. McInnes
University of Glasgow

Papers

1
Publication in Journal of Nanobiotechnology (2024) [70 citations, W4400789545]
Journal of Nanobiotechnology|2024
70 cit.
2
Publication in International Immunopharmacology (2024) [12 citations, W4399556083]
International Immunopharmacology|2024
12 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Medicine (2025) [12 citations, W4414849140]
Nature Medicine|2025
12 cit.
4
Neutrophil extracellular traps as immunofibrotic mediators in RA-ILD; pilot evaluation of the nintedanib therapy
Frontiers in Immunology|2024
11 cit.
5
“Long-term MRI findings in Ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with TNF inhibitors for a decade”
Rheumatology International|2024
3 cit.
6
POS0677 EFFECTIVENESS OF A MEDITERRANEAN DIET-BASED INTERVENTION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: A 3-MONTH PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases|2024
3 cit.
7
Development of Morphea Following Treatment with an ADA Biosimilar:A Case Report
Current Rheumatology Reviews|2024
2 cit.
8
Publication in Frontiers in Pharmacology (2025) [2 citations, W4414931368]
Frontiers in Pharmacology|2025
2 cit.
9
Compstatins abolish pathogenic fibroblast function associated with inflammatory maladaptation of tissues
Immunobiology|2025
1 cit.
10
Publication in Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (2024) [W4399299576]
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ronnie H. Fang
University of California San Diego
2
Jianbin Ruan
UConn Health
3
Nirali N. Shah
National Institutes of Health
4
Robert A Bermel
Cleveland Clinic
5
Wenhu Zhou
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6
Grant S. Schulert
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
7
Qiongyi Hu
Ruijin Hospital
8
Xiaoyun Pan
Wenzhou Medical University
9
Alexandra Lachana
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
10
Maria Mouktaroudi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Papers

1
How patients with multiple sclerosis acquire disability
Brain|2022
528 cit.
2
Immune Effector Cell-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-Like Syndrome
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy|2023
304 cit.
3
Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis
ACS Nano|2022
175 cit.
4
CD19/22 CAR T cells in children and young adults with B-ALL: phase 1 results and development of a novel bicistronic CAR
Blood|2022
175 cit.
5
How I Treat Refractory CRS and ICANS Following CAR T-cell Therapy
Blood|2023
142 cit.
6
Preinfusion factors impacting relapse immunophenotype following CD19 CAR T cells
Blood Advances|2022
140 cit.
7
Copper carbonate nanoparticles as an effective biomineralized carrier to load macromolecular drugs for multimodal therapy
Chinese Chemical Letters|2023
119 cit.
8
Radicals Scavenging MOFs Enabling Targeting Delivery of siRNA for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy
Small|2022
103 cit.
9
Structural basis for GSDMB pore formation and its targeting by IpaH7.8
Nature|2023
90 cit.
10
Mn-based cGAS-STING activation for tumor therapy
Chinese Journal of Cancer Research|2023
89 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Jessica Manson
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2
Feng Shao
Nantong University
3
Alberto Martini
Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente della Regione Emilia-Romagna
4
Angelo Ravelli
Istituto Giannina Gaslini
5
Robert W. Motl
University of Illinois Chicago
6
Geneviève de Saint Basile
Inserm
7
Jan‐Inge Henter
Karolinska University Hospital
8
Vishva M. Dixit
Molecular Oncology (United States)
9
Hao Wu
Yanbian University of Science and Technology
10
Judy Lieberman
Boston Children's Hospital

Papers

1
COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression
The Lancet|2020
10.2k cit.
2
Cleavage of GSDMD by inflammatory caspases determines pyroptotic cell death
Nature|2015
6.5k cit.
3
HLH‐2004: Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Pediatric Blood & Cancer|2006
5.3k cit.
4
Caspase-11 cleaves gasdermin D for non-canonical inflammasome signalling
Nature|2015
3.7k cit.
5
Inflammasome-activated gasdermin D causes pyroptosis by forming membrane pores
Nature|2016
3.2k cit.
6
Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3 cleavage of a gasdermin
Nature|2017
3.2k cit.
7
FLICE, A Novel FADD-Homologous ICE/CED-3–like Protease, Is Recruited to the CD95 (Fas/APO-1) Death-Inducing Signaling Complex
Cell|1996
3.1k cit.
8
Cryopyrin activates the inflammasome in response to toxins and ATP
Nature|2006
3k cit.
9
Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family
Nature|2016
2.8k cit.
10
Non-canonical inflammasome activation targets caspase-11
Nature|2011
2.5k cit.

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