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Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Dominic J. Barker
Anthony Nolan
2
Cecilia Domínguez Conde
Human Technopole
3
McLane J. Watson
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
4
Theresa Hunter
Unknown
5
Ayse Bassez
Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
6
Andrew Baessler
University of Utah
7
Yanshuo Chu
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
8
Liliana M. Sanmarco
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
9
Grant J. Brown
Australian National University
10
Rasa Elmentaite
Axcella Health (United States)

Papers

1
Publication in Annual Review of Immunology (2024) [319 citations, W4390494387]
Annual Review of Immunology|2024
319 cit.
2
In vivo CAR T cell generation to treat cancer and autoimmune disease
Science|2025
228 cit.
3
The IPD-IMGT/HLA database: recent developments in sequence submission
Nucleic Acids Research|2025
50 cit.
4
Abstract 7417: SpatialCS: A tool to effectively integrate histological annotations and spatial transcriptomics analysis
Cancer Research|2024
0 cit.
5
Preclinical pharmacology of S-1117, a novel engineered Fc-fused IgG cleaving enzyme, for chronic treatment of autoantibody-mediated diseases
The Journal of Immunology|2024
0 cit.
6
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026) [W7140284117]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ansuman T. Satpathy
Palo Alto University
2
Ben Youngblood
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
3
Andrea Schietinger
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4
Xianwen Ren
Institute of Zoology
5
Tiansheng Yan
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
6
Xin Yu
Amgen (United States)
7
Cristina M. Tato
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)
8
Benjamin Izar
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
9
Jun R. Huh
Harvard University
10
Rushika M. Perera
University of California, San Francisco

Papers

1
Genome-wide CRISPR screens of T cell exhaustion identify chromatin remodeling factors that limit T cell persistence
Cancer Cell|2022
350 cit.
2
Divergent clonal differentiation trajectories of T cell exhaustion
Nature Immunology|2022
229 cit.
3
Dissecting the treatment-naive ecosystem of human melanoma brain metastasis
Cell|2022
211 cit.
4
Intratumoral immune triads are required for immunotherapy-mediated elimination of solid tumors
Cancer Cell|2024
180 cit.
5
Lineage tracing reveals clonal progenitors and long-term persistence of tumor-specific T cells during immune checkpoint blockade
Cancer Cell|2023
139 cit.
6
The CD58-CD2 axis is co-regulated with PD-L1 via CMTM6 and shapes anti-tumor immunity
Cancer Cell|2023
94 cit.
7
Spatial transcriptomics deconvolution at single-cell resolution using Redeconve
Nature Communications|2023
70 cit.
8
Macrophage inflammatory and regenerative response periodicity is programmed by cell cycle and chromatin state
Molecular Cell|2022
61 cit.
9
The temporal progression of lung immune remodeling during breast cancer metastasis
Cancer Cell|2024
61 cit.
10
Multimodal single-cell and whole-genome sequencing of small, frozen clinical specimens
Nature Genetics|2023
59 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Rafi Ahmed
Emory University
2
Alexander Y. Rudensky
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3
Richard A. Flavell
Yale University
4
Shimon Sakaguchi
The University of Osaka
5
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6
Mark M. Davis
Stanford Medicine
7
Anthony S. Fauci
Georgetown University
8
Diane Mathis
Harvard University
9
Jeffrey A. Bluestone
University of California, San Francisco
10
James P. Allison
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Papers

1
Control of Regulatory T Cell Development by the Transcription Factor <i>Foxp3</i>
Science|2003
8.1k cit.
2
Foxp3 programs the development and function of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells
Nature Immunology|2003
7.7k cit.
3
Recognition of double-stranded RNA and activation of NF-κB by Toll-like receptor 3
Nature|2001
6.1k cit.
4
Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation
Nature|2013
4.7k cit.
5
Restoring function in exhausted CD8 T cells during chronic viral infection
Nature|2005
4k cit.
6
Enhancement of Antitumor Immunity by CTLA-4 Blockade
Science|1996
3.9k cit.
7
Phenotypic Analysis of Antigen-Specific T Lymphocytes
Science|1996
3.6k cit.
8
CTLA-4 Control over Foxp3 <sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cell Function
Science|2008
2.9k cit.
9
CD127 expression inversely correlates with FoxP3 and suppressive function of human CD4+ T reg cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2006
2.6k cit.
10
Projection of an Immunological Self Shadow Within the Thymus by the Aire Protein
Science|2002
2.5k cit.

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