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immune cell function and interaction

Last updated June 2, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Junedh Amrute
Washington University in St. Louis
99
2
Kory J. Lavine
Washington University in St. Louis
90
3
Anais Elewaut
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
80
4
Anna C. Obenauf
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
70
5
Kelly Jin
Allen Institute for Brain Science
60
6
Yangyang Zhu
Harvard University
40
7
Isaac M. Chiu
Harvard University
30
8
Michael Alexanian
Gladstone Institutes
20

Rising Stars Papers

1
<scp>DNA</scp> methylation and chromatin accessibility predict age in the domestic dog
Aging Cell|2024
15 cit.
2
Hypoxia sensing in resident cardiac macrophages regulates monocyte fate specification following ischemic heart injury
Nature Cardiovascular Research|2024
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kazumasa Kanemaru
Wellcome Sanger Institute
99
2
Xin Lin
Central South University
90
3
Chuansheng Guo
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
80
4
Chengdong Wang
Xuzhou Medical College
70
5
Drew N. Wilfahrt
University of Pittsburgh
60
6
Yuxuan Hu
Xidian University
50
7
Ruizhe Huang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
40
8
Yisu Gu
University of Oxford
30
9
Zachary Fitzpatrick
University of Cambridge
20
10
Pan Ma
MACOM (United States)
10

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity
Nature|2023
253 cit.
2
Venous-plexus-associated lymphoid hubs support meningeal humoral immunity
Nature|2024
69 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
X. Shirley Liu
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
99
2
Tatsuo Suda
Showa University
90
3
Rafi Ahmed
Emory University
80
4
Richard A. Kroczek
Robert Koch Institute
70
5
Mark F. Pittenger
Osiris Therapeutics (United States)
60
6
Jon M. Wigginton
Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States)
50
7
David Baltimore
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
40
8
Shimon Sakaguchi
Kyoto University
30
9
JM Harlan
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
20
10
Polly Matzinger
National Institutes of Health
10

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Human mesenchymal stem cells modulate allogeneic immune cell responses
Blood|2004
4.5k cit.
2
Comprehensive analyses of tumor immunity: implications for cancer immunotherapy
Genome biology|2016
2.8k cit.
3
<i>ATR</i> disruption leads to chromosomal fragmentation and early embryonic lethality
Genes & Development|2000
944 cit.
4
Circuitry of nuclear factor κB signaling
Immunological Reviews|2006
895 cit.
5
<i>miR-146a</i> is a significant brake on autoimmunity, myeloproliferation, and cancer in mice
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2011
865 cit.
6
Superior antigen cross-presentation and XCR1 expression define human CD11c+CD141+ cells as homologues of mouse CD8+ dendritic cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2010
787 cit.
7
Cistrome: an integrative platform for transcriptional regulation studies
Genome biology|2011
787 cit.
8
Sequence determinants of improved CRISPR sgRNA design
Genome Research|2015
683 cit.
9
Functional and genomic profiling of effector CD8 T cell subsets with distinct memory fates
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2008
627 cit.
10
Essential and dispensable roles of ATR in cell cycle arrest and genome maintenance
Genes & Development|2003
513 cit.

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