Immunity

Papers
(The TQCC of Immunity is 46. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
The best offense is a good beta-defensin1335
IgG sialylation puts lung inflammation to REST638
Isolation of human antibodies against influenza B neuraminidase and mechanisms of protection at the airway interface561
Androgen receptor-mediated CD8+ T cell stemness programs drive sex differences in antitumor immunity540
Synovial tissue myeloid dendritic cell subsets exhibit distinct tissue-niche localization and function in health and rheumatoid arthritis529
Particle uptake by macrophages triggers bifurcated transcriptional pathways that differentially regulate inflammation and lysosomal gene expression527
NLRP3-mediated glutaminolysis controls microglial phagocytosis to promote Alzheimer’s disease progression491
Computationally designed proteins mimic antibody immune evasion in viral evolution446
A fungal-derived adjuvant amplifies the antitumoral potency of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin via reprogramming granulopoiesis399
Inhibitory co-receptor Lag3 supports Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function by restraining Myc-dependent metabolic programming344
CD4+ T cells re-wire granuloma cellularity and regulatory networks to promote immunomodulation following Mtb reinfection308
Intestinal microbiota controls graft-versus-host disease independent of donor-host genetic disparity298
IL-17RA signaling provides dual tumor-suppressor function during late-stage colorectal carcinogenesis270
ARMH3-mediated recruitment of PI4KB directs Golgi-to-endosome trafficking and activation of the antiviral effector STING262
Identification of an IL-1 receptor mutation driving autoinflammation directs IL-1-targeted drug design257
CD4+ T cell activation distinguishes response to anti-PD-L1+anti-CTLA4 therapy from anti-PD-L1 monotherapy257
Neutrophil “plucking” on megakaryocytes drives platelet production and boosts cardiovascular disease254
Lymph node medulla regulates the spatiotemporal unfolding of resident dendritic cell networks251
A human antibody epitope map of Pfs230D1 derived from analysis of individuals vaccinated with a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine251
Something old, something new: The marriage of PD-1 and IL-2250
Nerve-racking worms240
Not so aDAMant after all: Plasticity of phagocytic microglia218
The B7:CD28 family and friends: Unraveling coinhibitory interactions213
The CD4+ T cell response to a commensal-derived epitope transitions from a tolerant to an inflammatory state in Crohn’s disease213
Releasing the brake: CTLA-4 loss turbocharges CAR T cells212
Microglia and monocyte-derived macrophages drive progression of pediatric high-grade gliomas and are transcriptionally shaped by histone mutations211
TREMendous microglial effects on neurons207
Non-canonical IKKs side with N4BP1 against the family201
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: Welcome back to the DC fold195
Activation of the transcription factor NRF2 mediates the anti-inflammatory properties of a subset of over-the-counter and prescription NSAIDs186
The domiNO effect turns macrophage activation deadly178
Genetics of autoinflammation instructs selective IL-1 targeting178
Interplay between liver and blood stages of Plasmodium infection dictates malaria severity via γδ T cells and IL-17-promoted stress erythropoiesis173
Immunoglobulin G-dependent inhibition of inflammatory bone remodeling requires pattern recognition receptor Dectin-1167
More than the sum: How vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition unlocks the full potential of immune checkpoint blockade167
Disruption of the IL-33-ST2-AKT signaling axis impairs neurodevelopment by inhibiting microglial metabolic adaptation and phagocytic function158
Innate type 2 immunity controls hair follicle commensalism by Demodex mites154
Pyrimidine synthesis enzyme CTP synthetase 1 suppresses antiviral interferon induction by deamidating IRF3153
Sex hormone signaling and regulation of immune function152
Loss of CD4+ T cell-intrinsic arginase 1 accelerates Th1 response kinetics and reduces lung pathology during influenza infection149
Combined protein and nucleic acid imaging reveals virus-dependent B cell and macrophage immunosuppression of tissue microenvironments149
Mitochondria reactive oxygen species signaling in immune responses148
Engagement of the costimulatory molecule ICOS in tissues promotes establishment of CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells143
Influenza vaccine format mediates distinct cellular and antibody responses in human immune organoids142
Single-cell epigenetic, transcriptional, and protein profiling of latent and active HIV-1 reservoir revealed that IKZF3 promotes HIV-1 persistence142
The cholesterol metabolite 25-hydroxycholesterol restrains the transcriptional regulator SREBP2 and limits intestinal IgA plasma cell differentiation142
Tfh-cell-derived interleukin 21 sustains effector CD8+ T cell responses during chronic viral infection134
A CD4+ T cell-intrinsic complement C5aR2-prostacyclin-IL-1R2 axis orchestrates Th1 cell contraction133
HLA-II immunopeptidome profiling and deep learning reveal features of antigenicity to inform antigen discovery133
Pre-existing epigenetic state and differential NF-κB activation shape type 2 immune cell responses131
CD8+ T cell tolerance: It doesn’t translate130
Defining the landscape of human epidermal mononuclear phagocytes127
In vivo engineering of murine T cells using the evolved adeno-associated virus variant Ark313126
Phage display sequencing reveals that genetic, environmental, and intrinsic factors influence variation of human antibody epitope repertoire124
An anti-aging vaccine: BCG turns back the clock on remyelination failure124
Potent transmission-blocking monoclonal antibodies from naturally exposed individuals target a conserved epitope on Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230124
A universe of second messengers for cGLR-STING signaling123
Gutcha: The microbiota drives tumor-induced mortality122
Lack of affinity signature for germinal center cells that have initiated plasma cell differentiation121
Mutations in MLL3 promote breast cancer progression via HIF1α-dependent intratumoral recruitment and differentiation of regulatory T cells120
IL-33 is alarmin the uterus for labor118
Membrane-bound mRNA immunogens lower the threshold to activate HIV Env V2 apex-directed broadly neutralizing B cell precursors in humanized mice117
Machine learning methods and harmonized datasets improve immunogenic neoantigen prediction115
Antibodies targeting a quaternary site on SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein prevent viral receptor engagement by conformational locking115
ILC3s sense gut microbiota through STING to initiate immune tolerance114
T-Switch: A specificity-based engineering platform for developing safe and effective T cell therapeutics114
Antibiotic-driven dysbiosis in early life disrupts indole-3-propionic acid production and exacerbates allergic airway inflammation in adulthood113
Direct microglia replacement reveals pathologic and therapeutic contributions of brain macrophages to a monogenic neurological disease112
CXCL10 chemokine regulates heterogeneity of the CD8+ T cell response and viral set point during chronic infection112
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 is essential for sustaining durable antibody responses111
Protective human monoclonal antibodies target conserved sites of vulnerability on the underside of influenza virus neuraminidase110
Small intestinal resident eosinophils maintain gut homeostasis following microbial colonization110
Antigen-presenting cells as specialized drivers of intestinal T cell functions109
A GPCR-neuropeptide axis dampens hyperactive neutrophils by promoting an alternative-like polarization during bacterial infection108
Human determinants of age-dependent patterns of death from infection108
Acute exposure to high-fat diet impairs ILC3 functions and gut homeostasis108
The gut microbiota prime systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis106
Interferon-γ primes macrophages for pathogen ligand-induced killing via a caspase-8 and mitochondrial cell death pathway103
ABCC1 transporter exports the immunostimulatory cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP102
Canonical BAF complex activity shapes the enhancer landscape that licenses CD8+ T cell effector and memory fates102
The conceptual foundations of innate immunity: Taking stock 30 years later102
Are we there yet? An immune field trip through human embryonic development99
“Bloody” good factors for keeping the brain young97
Sex-biased gut dopamine signaling in multiple sclerosis97
Trade-offs inside the black box of neoantigen prediction97
Tissue factor binds to and inhibits interferon-α receptor 1 signaling95
Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis95
Gut instincts: Gasdermin D feeds while it fights95
GATA4 as a maestro of gut regionalization95
Recruitment of epitope-specific T cell clones with a low-avidity threshold supports efficacy against mutational escape upon re-infection95
TIL the end: Tracking T cell clonotype dynamics during adoptive cell therapy94
The effect of transient, constricted migration on neutrophil intracellular bacteria-killing capability93
Neuroprotective protein ADNP-dependent histone remodeling complex promotes T helper 2 immune cell differentiation93
Diverse priming outcomes under conditions of very rare precursor B cells93
Strength in diversity: Widening B cell recruitment for broader vaccine protection93
Intra-tumoral hypoxia promotes CD8+ T cell dysfunction via chronic activation of integrated stress response transcription factor ATF492
Antibodies from primary humoral responses modulate the recruitment of naive B cells during secondary responses91
Enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks reveal transcription factors governing T cell adaptation and differentiation in the tumor microenvironment91
Classical monocyte ontogeny dictates their functions and fates as tissue macrophages90
Small-molecule CBP/p300 histone acetyltransferase inhibition mobilizes leukocytes from the bone marrow via the endocrine stress response90
DNA methylation signatures reveal that distinct combinations of transcription factors specify human immune cell epigenetic identity89
DNA architectural protein CTCF facilitates subset-specific chromatin interactions to limit the formation of memory CD8+ T cells89
Antibodies and complement are key drivers of thrombosis89
Response to identifying the epidermal dendritic cell landscape88
The polyamine-regulating enzyme SSAT1 impairs tissue regulatory T cell function in chronic cutaneous inflammation88
Eliciting a single amino acid change by vaccination generates antibody protection against group 1 and group 2 influenza A viruses88
A CTCF-binding site in the Mdm1-Il22-Ifng locus shapes cytokine expression profiles and plays a critical role in early Th1 cell fate specification87
Meningeal macrophages protect against viral neuroinfection87
Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses87
The orphan receptor Nur77 binds cytoplasmic LPS to activate the non-canonical NLRP3 inflammasome87
cis-B7:CD28 interactions at invaginated synaptic membranes provide CD28 co-stimulation and promote CD8+ T cell function and anti-tumor immunity86
Human anti-smallpox long-lived memory B cells are defined by dynamic interactions in the splenic niche and long-lasting germinal center imprinting85
Type 2 cytokine signaling in macrophages protects from cellular senescence and organismal aging85
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal aberrant lymphoid developmental programs driving granuloma formation83
Mitochondrial DNA released by senescent tumor cells enhances PMN-MDSC-driven immunosuppression through the cGAS-STING pathway83
Single-cell atlas of healthy human blood unveils age-related loss of NKG2C+GZMB−CD8+ memory T cells and accumulation of type 2 memory T cells82
Splenic TNF-α signaling potentiates the innate-to-adaptive transition of antiviral NK cells82
Bile acid receptor FXR promotes intestinal epithelial ferroptosis and subsequent ILC3 dysfunction in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis82
Good intentions gone wrong: The B cell block to epithelial repair80
Neuronal signal-regulatory protein alpha drives microglial phagocytosis by limiting microglial interaction with CD47 in the retina80
Pregnancy-induced changes to the gut microbiota drive macrophage pyroptosis and exacerbate septic inflammation79
The immunology of stroke and dementia79
Role of MR1-driven signals and amphiregulin on the recruitment and repair function of MAIT cells during skin wound healing79
Long-distance microbial mechanisms impacting cancer immunosurveillance78
Epstein-Barr virus gH/gL has multiple sites of vulnerability for virus neutralization and fusion inhibition78
Soluble CTLA-4 regulates immune homeostasis and promotes resolution of inflammation by suppressing type 1 but allowing type 2 immunity77
Fungus packs a punch in the gut75
Making good of a tricky start: How IgE and mast cells manage a protective sway in food allergy75
Antibody modulation of B cell responses—Incorporating positive and negative feedback75
Dimeric IgA specifically disables intracellular mutated oncodrivers74
IL-17 receptor goes solo in autoimmune inflammation74
Nucleotide-dependent conformational changes direct peptide export by the transporter associated with antigen processing73
Cognate interaction-dependent pathogenicity of meningeal B cells drives neuroinflammation relapse73
Glymphatics and meningeal lymphatics unlock the brain-immune code72
Maternal natural killer cells drive neuroimmune disorders in offspring through aberrant secretion of extracellular granzyme B72
Epigenetic silencing of interleukin-10 by host-derived oxidized phospholipids supports a lethal inflammatory response to infections71
How does lipid phosphatase 1 (LPP1) regulate antitumor CD8+ T cell activity?71
Tuft cell-derived acetylcholine promotes epithelial chloride secretion and intestinal helminth clearance71
Elevated IL-22 as a result of stress-induced gut leakage suppresses septal neuron activation to ameliorate anxiety-like behavior71
Deep profiling deconstructs features associated with memory CD8+ T cell tissue residence71
Antigen presentation by tumor-associated macrophages drives T cells from a progenitor exhaustion state to terminal exhaustion71
Innate-like memory T cells rapidly emerge in humans after gene therapy for SCID-X171
Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the in vivo response to viral infection in the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea71
A RIPK1-specific PROTAC degrader achieves potent antitumor activity by enhancing immunogenic cell death71
Microenvironment-driven metabolic adaptations guiding CD8+ T cell anti-tumor immunity68
TKI resistance in brain metastasis: A CTLA4 state of mind68
Type I interferon activates MHC class I-dressed CD11b+ conventional dendritic cells to promote protective anti-tumor CD8+ T cell immunity68
Emerging roles of innate and adaptive immunity in Alzheimer’s disease68
Persistence is key: Refining immunotherapy response prediction67
Older and wiser: The benefits to neonates of aged neutrophils66
“Are you gonna go my way?”—Decisions at the Tfh-B cell interface66
A gut response: Modulating chemotherapy efficacy with microbial metabolites66
Phage display of environmental protein toxins and virulence factors reveals the prevalence, persistence, and genetics of antibody responses66
Fooling TLR4 to promote fungal virulence66
Spatially restricted and ontogenically distinct hepatic macrophages are required for tissue repair66
DC-T cell power couples in rheumatoid arthritis joints65
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation is dependent on coordinated expression of distinct amino acid transporters65
Succinate preserves CD8+ T cell fitness to augment antitumor immunity65
Structural basis for complement receptor engagement and virus neutralization through Epstein-Barr virus gp35065
Circulating senescent myeloid cells infiltrate the brain and cause neurodegeneration in histiocytic disorders65
Phase separation of chimeric antigen receptor promotes immunological synapse maturation and persistent cytotoxicity64
Drugging inflammation: Easier NSAID than done64
The brain microvasculature is a primary mediator of interferon-α neurotoxicity in human cerebral interferonopathies64
Single-cell functional genomics reveals determinants of sensitivity and resistance to natural killer cells in blood cancers64
Personalized syringes offer hope for pancreatic cancer patients64
Integrated computational analysis identifies therapeutic targets with dual action in cancer cells and T cells63
Regulatory T cell depletion promotes myeloid cell activation and glioblastoma response to anti-PD1 and tumor-targeting antibodies63
Obesity-induced dysregulation of skin-resident PPARγ+ Treg cells promotes IL-17A-mediated psoriatic inflammation62
CD4+ T cells reactive to a hybrid peptide from insulin-chromogranin A adopt a distinct effector fate and are pathogenic in autoimmune diabetes61
Brain ischemia causes systemic Notch1 activity in endothelial cells to drive atherosclerosis60
Macrophages in the gut: Masters in multitasking59
Microglial TMEM119 binds to amyloid-β to promote its clearance in an Aβ-depositing mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease59
Of tenants and nomads: The faces of memory T cells59
Host-microbial crosstalk relies on “tuft” love59
Structures of butyrophilin multimers reveal a plier-like mechanism for Vγ9Vδ2 T cell receptor activation58
Primary germinal center-resident T follicular helper cells are a physiologically distinct subset of CXCR5hiPD-1hi T follicular helper cells58
An embarrassment of riches: RORγt+ antigen-presenting cells in peripheral tolerance58
Epithelial STAT6 O-GlcNAcylation drives a concerted anti-helminth alarmin response dependent on tuft cell hyperplasia and Gasdermin C58
Repression of the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor prevents oxidative stress and ferroptosis of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes58
Spatial maps of T cell receptors and transcriptomes reveal distinct immune niches and interactions in the adaptive immune response58
An in vitro platform supports generation of human innate lymphoid cells from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors that recapitulate ex vivo identity58
Alzheimer’s disease and age-related macular degeneration: Shared and distinct immune mechanisms57
LAG-3, TIM-3, and TIGIT: Distinct functions in immune regulation57
The cancer-immunity cycle: Indication, genotype, and immunotype57
Dendritic cells as shepherds of T cell immunity in cancer57
Tertiary lymphoid structures generate and propagate anti-tumor antibody-producing plasma cells in renal cell cancer57
A self-sustaining layer of early-life-origin B cells drives steady-state IgA responses in the adult gut57
Superficial ice and deep blaze: A defense strategy of the skin56
Single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics capture eosinophil development and identify the role of IL-5 in their lineage transit amplification56
How does Epstein-Barr virus trigger MS?56
Alcaligenes faecalis induces intestinal T helper-17 cells by enhancing Rorc transcription through E3 ligase Trim21-mediated Fbxw7 degradation55
The landscape of immune dysregulation in Crohn’s disease revealed through single-cell transcriptomic profiling in the ileum and colon55
The microbiota control the neonatal WNT-ernet55
IRF2 integrates inflammatory signals to balance T cell exhaustion55
Microglia in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus sense hemodynamic disturbance and promote sympathetic excitation in hypertension54
Learning from the nexus of autoimmunity and cancer54
Myeloid C-type lectin receptors in innate immune recognition54
A triad of somatic mutagenesis converges in self-reactive B cells to cause a virus-induced autoimmune disease53
The landscape of immune dysregulation in Crohn’s disease revealed through single-cell transcriptomic profiling in the ileum and colon53
Inflammasome signaling in astrocytes modulates hippocampal plasticity53
The Spleen in Local and Systemic Regulation of Immunity53
Vaccination with a structure-based stabilized version of malarial antigen Pfs48/45 elicits ultra-potent transmission-blocking antibody responses53
Microglial lipid phosphatase SHIP1 limits complement-mediated synaptic pruning in the healthy developing hippocampus53
SARS-CoV-2-infection- and vaccine-induced antibody responses are long lasting with an initial waning phase followed by a stabilization phase53
Mural cell-derived chemokines provide a protective niche to safeguard vascular macrophages and limit chronic inflammation52
Nociceptor-derived CGRP enhances dermal type I conventional dendritic cell function to drive autoreactive CD8+ T cell responses in vitiligo52
Interleukin-10 receptor signaling promotes the maintenance of a PD-1int TCF-1+ CD8+ T cell population that sustains anti-tumor immunity51
The tumor-derived cytokine Chi3l1 induces neutrophil extracellular traps that promote T cell exclusion in triple-negative breast cancer51
Physiological functions of RIG-I-like receptors51
Boundaries and integration between microbiota, the nervous system, and immunity51
Viral infection engenders bona fide and bystander subsets of lung-resident memory B cells through a permissive mechanism51
Dysregulated lung stroma drives emphysema exacerbation by potentiating resident lymphocytes to suppress an epithelial stem cell reservoir51
TREM2 receptor protects against complement-mediated synaptic loss by binding to complement C1q during neurodegeneration50
Autoimmune CD4+ T cells fine-tune TCF1 expression to maintain function and survive persistent antigen exposure during diabetes50
Single-cell chromatin accessibility and transposable element landscapes reveal shared features of tissue-residing immune cells50
An exhausted-like microglial population accumulates in aged and APOE4 genotype Alzheimer’s brains50
Metallophilic marginal zone macrophages cross-prime CD8+ T cell-mediated protective immunity against blood-borne tumors50
A high-resolution view of intra-tumoral B cell immunity49
Skin deep: Epithelial cell metabolism and chronic skin inflammation49
Antigen-level resolution of commensal-specific B cell responses can be enabled by phage display screening coupled with B cell tetramers49
IKKβ primes inflammasome formation by recruiting NLRP3 to the trans-Golgi network49
Approaches toward understanding human immunity49
Sialylated IgG induces the transcription factor REST in alveolar macrophages to protect against lung inflammation and severe influenza disease49
Next generation lysosome: Brought to you by cGAS-STING49
Prolonged but finite antigen presentation promotes reversible defects of “helpless” memory CD8+ T cells48
Sensory neurons shape local macrophage identity via TGF-β signaling48
Mitochondrial control of macrophage polarity in tumors48
Apolipoprotein E aggregation in microglia initiates Alzheimer’s disease pathology by seeding β-amyloidosis48
Small intestine and colon tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells exhibit molecular heterogeneity and differential dependence on Eomes48
Tfh cells set the stage for tumor control48
Maternal gut bacteria drive intestinal inflammation in offspring with neurodevelopmental disorders by altering the chromatin landscape of CD4+ T cells48
Immunomodulatory leptin receptor+ sympathetic perineurial barrier cells protect against obesity by facilitating brown adipose tissue thermogenesis47
Genetic variation in antigen presentation and cancer immunotherapy47
Immo-bile-izing CD8+ T cell anti-tumor immunity47
Programmed and environmental determinants driving neonatal mucosal immune development47
Stress induces behavioral abnormalities by increasing expression of phagocytic receptor MERTK in astrocytes to promote synapse phagocytosis47
Inhibition of tumor cell macropinocytosis driver DHODH reverses immunosuppression and overcomes anti-PD1 resistance47
Instructing durable humoral immunity for COVID-19 and other vaccinable diseases47
OAS cross-activates RNase L intercellularly through cell-to-cell transfer of 2-5A to spread innate immunity47
Deconstruction and reconstruction of lymphocytes for precision medicine47
Type 1 conventional dendritic cells maintain and guide the differentiation of precursors of exhausted T cells in distinct cellular niches46
Signaling via a CD27-TRAF2-SHP-1 axis during naive T cell activation promotes memory-associated gene regulatory networks46
Non-classical monocytes scavenge the growth factor CSF1 from endothelial cells in the peripheral vascular tree to ensure survival and homeostasis46
Decoding nociceptor-DC dialogues46
SARS-CoV-2 in immunocompromised individuals46
Deletion of the inhibitory co-receptor CTLA-4 enhances and invigorates chimeric antigen receptor T cells46
DCs unchained: Whetting dendritic-cell appetite boosts wound healing46
Lung-resident memory B cells maintain allergic IgE responses in the respiratory tract46
Oxidized DNA fragments exit mitochondria via mPTP- and VDAC-dependent channels to activate NLRP3 inflammasome and interferon signaling46
Mass cytometry reveals a conserved immune trajectory of recovery in hospitalized COVID-19 patients46
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