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Chemokine receptors and signaling

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Madelon M.E. de Jong
University of Oxford
2
Nicolò Bancaro
Università della Svizzera italiana
3
Sabina Pozzi
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
4
Rui Zhang
Capital Medical University
5
Zhehua Shao
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
6
Fengxue Xi
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
7
Pamela E. Rios Coronado
Stanford University
8
Shirsha Saha
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
9
Itziar Ibarlucea-Benitez
Rockefeller University
10
Sandra Camargo
Tel Aviv University

Papers

1
Publication in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2024) [76 citations, W4394984893]
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews|2024
76 cit.
2
An IL-1β-driven neutrophil–stromal cell axis fosters a BAFF-rich protumor microenvironment in individuals with multiple myeloma
Nature Immunology|2024
38 cit.
3
Publication in Redox Biology (2026) [1 citation, W7128390822]
Redox Biology|2026
1 cit.
4
Publication in Experimental Eye Research (2025) [W4415313387]
Experimental Eye Research|2025
0 cit.
5
Publication in BMC Medical Education (2026) [W7119218338]
BMC Medical Education|2026
0 cit.
6
Publication in Open MIND (2026) [W7127976440]
Open MIND|2026
0 cit.
7
Publication in Figshare (2026) [W7128029152]
Figshare|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Guoliang Cui
University of Science and Technology of China
2
Adam C. Soloff
University of Pittsburgh
3
Dorothy P. Schafer
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
4
Carlos Neideck
Institute for Sports Medicine
5
Alessandro Michelucci
Luxembourg Institute of Health
6
Tongyao Hou
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
7
Ninib Baryawno
Karolinska Institutet
8
Alexander S. Hauser
University of Copenhagen
9
Verónica Marcos
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
10
Emiel P. C. van der Vorst
RWTH Aachen University

Papers

1
The immune cell atlas of human neuroblastoma
Cell Reports Medicine|2022
100 cit.
2
A comparative analysis of microglial inducible Cre lines
Cell Reports|2023
98 cit.
3
Single-cell analysis of immune and stroma cell remodeling in clear cell renal cell carcinoma primary tumors and bone metastatic lesions
Genome Medicine|2024
52 cit.
4
Rgs16 promotes antitumor CD8 <sup>+</sup> T cell exhaustion
Science Immunology|2022
50 cit.
5
Lipofuscin-like autofluorescence within microglia and its impact on studying microglial engulfment
Nature Communications|2023
50 cit.
6
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium
Basic Research in Cardiology|2022
49 cit.
7
Serine enrichment in tumors promotes regulatory T cell accumulation through sphinganine-mediated regulation of c-Fos
Science Immunology|2024
48 cit.
8
DHODH is an independent prognostic marker and potent therapeutic target in neuroblastoma
JCI Insight|2022
44 cit.
9
Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling
Cell|2025
44 cit.
10
The malate shuttle detoxifies ammonia in exhausted T cells by producing 2-ketoglutarate
Nature Immunology|2023
40 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Albert Zlotnik
University of California, Irvine
2
Alberto Mantovani
Humanitas University
3
Robert M. Strieter
University of California, Los Angeles
4
Andrew D. Luster
Harvard University
5
Israel Charo
Gladstone Institutes
6
Thomas J. Schall
ChemoCentryx (United States)
7
Osamu Yoshie
Waseda University
8
Lionel B. Ivashkiv
Hospital for Special Surgery
9
Subhra K. Biswas
Semmelweis University
10
Takashi Nagasawa
The University of Osaka

Papers

1
Involvement of chemokine receptors in breast cancer metastasis
Nature|2001
5.3k cit.
2
Defects of B-cell lymphopoiesis and bone-marrow myelopoiesis in mice lacking the CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1
Nature|1996
2.3k cit.
3
Maintenance of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Pool by CXCL12-CXCR4 Chemokine Signaling in Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Niches
Immunity|2006
2.3k cit.
4
Transcriptional Profiling of the Human Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization: New Molecules and Patterns of Gene Expression
The Journal of Immunology|2006
2.3k cit.
5
Interleukin-8 as a Macrophage-Derived Mediator of Angiogenesis
Science|1992
2.1k cit.
6
A new class of membrane-bound chemokine with a CX3C motif
Nature|1997
2k cit.
7
Decreased lesion formation in CCR2−/− mice reveals a role for chemokines in the initiation of atherosclerosis
Nature|1998
2k cit.
8
The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is essential for vascularization of the gastrointestinal tract
Nature|1998
1.5k cit.
9
Identification and Molecular Characterization of Fractalkine Receptor CX3CR1, which Mediates Both Leukocyte Migration and Adhesion
Cell|1997
1.5k cit.
10
Selective attraction of monocytes and T lymphocytes of the memory phenotype by cytokine RANTES
Nature|1990
1.4k cit.

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