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immune response and inflammation

Last updated June 11, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
M. Austin Argentieri
Broad Institute
99
2
Xiaobing Wang
University of Science and Technology of China
80
3
Divij Mathew
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
60
4
Andy J. Minn
Cancer Research Institute
50
5
Jackie E. Bader
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
40
6
Jeffrey C. Rathmell
Vanderbilt University
30
7
David A. MacIntyre
Hammersmith Hospital
10

Rising Stars Papers

1
Obesity induces PD-1 on macrophages to suppress anti-tumour immunity
Nature|2024
139 cit.
2
The endometrial microbiota and early pregnancy loss
Human Reproduction|2024
52 cit.
3
Subset-specific mitochondrial stress and DNA damage shape T cell responses to fever and inflammation
Science Immunology|2024
29 cit.
4
VHL loss reprograms the immune landscape to promote an inflammatory myeloid microenvironment in renal tumorigenesis
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2024
18 cit.
5
Metabolic Adaptations Rewire CD4 T Cells in a Subset-Specific Manner in Human Critical Illness with and without Sepsis
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kailin Yin
Gladstone Institutes
99
2
Qing Guo
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
90
3
David Marín
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
80
4
Yingcheng Wu
Fudan University
70
5
Chris Greene
Trinity College Dublin
60
6
Balamurugan Sundaram
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
50
7
Nicoletta Caronni
The San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy
40
8
Jason Ross
Stanford University
30
9
Jun Li
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
20
10
Alexiane Decout
Imperial College London
20

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
NF-κB in biology and targeted therapy: new insights and translational implications
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2024
1.6k cit.
2
Safety, efficacy and determinants of response of allogeneic CD19-specific CAR-NK cells in CD19+ B cell tumors: a phase 1/2 trial
Nature Medicine|2024
436 cit.
3
NLRP12-PANoptosome activates PANoptosis and pathology in response to heme and PAMPs
Cell|2023
366 cit.
4
Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment
Nature Neuroscience|2024
357 cit.
5
NLRC5 senses NAD+ depletion, forming a PANoptosome and driving PANoptosis and inflammation
Cell|2024
175 cit.
6
Microvascular stabilization via blood-brain barrier regulation prevents seizure activity
Nature Communications|2022
166 cit.
7
NX210c drug candidate peptide strengthens mouse and human blood-brain barriers
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS|2024
6 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Wendy S. Garrett
Broad Institute
99
2
Cornelia M. van Duijn
King Abdulaziz University
90
3
Beverly H. Koller
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
90
4
Alexander Y. Rudensky
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
80
5
Huji Xu
University of Science and Technology of China
70
6
Cathryn Nagler‐Anderson
Massachusetts General Hospital
70
7
Donna L. Färber
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
60
8
Nadia R. Roan
Gladstone Institutes
50
9
W. Nicholas Haining
Broad Institute
40
10
Stephan N. Wagner
Medical University of Vienna
30

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Lung niches for the generation and maintenance of tissue-resident memory T cells
Mucosal Immunology|2013
415 cit.
2
Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling by Intestinal Microbes Influences Susceptibility to Food Allergy
The Journal of Immunology|2004
380 cit.
3
B cells sustain inflammation and predict response to immune checkpoint blockade in human melanoma
Nature Communications|2019
374 cit.
4
Differentiation of regulatory Foxp3<sup>+</sup>T cells in the thymic cortex
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2008
240 cit.
5
IL-2–dependent tuning of NK cell sensitivity for target cells is controlled by regulatory T cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|2013
212 cit.
6
Relation between nicotine intake and Alzheimer's disease.
BMJ|1991
201 cit.
7
Mucosal Resident Memory CD4 T Cells in Protection and Immunopathology
Frontiers in Immunology|2014
197 cit.
8
Tissue adaptation and clonal segregation of human memory T cells in barrier sites
Nature Immunology|2023
163 cit.
9
Drivers of heterogeneity in synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis
Nature Immunology|2023
162 cit.
10
Tumor-associated B-cells induce tumor heterogeneity and therapy resistance
Nature Communications|2017
141 cit.

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