OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Immunology and Cell Biology is 3. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
What is Kindness in Science and why does it matter?	83
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Highlight of 2023: Unconventional T cells: recent insights on development, trafficking and target cell recognition	42
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Dendritic cell–specific intercellular adhesion molecule‐3‐grabbing nonintegrin (DC‐SIGN) is a cellular receptor for delta inulin adjuvant	35
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From science to sensory art: an inclusive pedagogical tool for the UK blind, low‐vision and diverse‐needs community to increase cervical cancer awareness	31
Small molecule. Big biology. Dual phosphatase inhibitor enters the immunotherapy fray	31
Proteomics screening after pediatric allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation reveals an association between increased expression of inhibitory receptor FCRL6 on γδ T cells and cytomegaloviru	28
Bridging science and accessibility: a tactile journey from gluten through to coeliac disease	25
A trial‐blazer in clinical research	24
MicroRNA‐mediated metabolic reprogramming of chimeric antigen receptor T cells	20
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Novel “Thetis” antigen‐presenting cells promote early life gut immune tolerance	18
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ADAM10 modulates the efficacy of T‐cell mediated therapy in solid tumors	16
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T follicular helper cell responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination among healthy and immunocompromised adults	15
Nurturing a positive research culture within your organization	13
CXCL11 expressing C57BL/6 mice have intact adaptive immune responses to viral infection	13
A new way of identifying viral pathogens reactivating in cellular therapy products	13
Plasmodium falciparum and immune phagocytosis: characterization of the process	13
Immunology in Montreal	13
Identification of the immune repertoire of γδ T‐cell receptors in psoriasis	13
Need to know which MHCs protect against COVID? There's an App for that!	12

Mouse guanylate‐binding protein 1 does not mediate antiviral activity against influenza virus in vitro or in vivo	12
Influenza virus infection selectively triggers the accumulation and persistence of more potent Helios‐expressing Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells in the lungs	12
Targeting MAIT cells as a cellular adjuvant for humoral immunity: a new player in a very old game	11
ICB Special Feature: Highlights of 2024	11
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Publication speed: a balancing act between author urgency and editorial process	11
Sex‐dimorphic gene regulation in murine macrophages across niches	11
Tocilizumab increases regulatory T cells, reduces natural killer cells and delays graft‐versus‐host disease development in humanized mice treated with post‐transplant cyclophosphamide	11
Age is just a number: long‐lasting T‐cell immunity can span several lifetimes	10
ZC3H12C expression in dendritic cells is necessary to prevent lymphadenopathy of skin‐draining lymph nodes	10
Tissue‐resident regulatory T cells accumulate at human barrier lymphoid organs	10
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Highlight of 2023: Microglia biology	9
Unraveling the origins of pathogenic CXCL13⁺ helper T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus	9
Highlights of 2024: New insights into the molecular regulation of antibody‐secreting cells and their subsets	9
Altered immunophenotypic expression in the peripheral bladder cancer immune landscape	9
The future of scientific labs: how we are making our research more sustainable	9
Single‐cell expression Quantitative Trait Loci: T‐cell immunology teams up with statistical genetics	9
Indigenous student engagement in science: a case study addressing the lack of diversity and equity in biomedical science and pharmacy research for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people	9
Immunology & Cell Biology Publication of the Year Awards 2023	8
The future of immunology: a Lofoten perspective	8
Celebrating 100 years of Immunology & Cell Biology – a special focus on the field of tumor immunology in Australia	8
The immune checkpoint TIGIT is upregulated on T cells during bacterial infection and is a potential target for immunotherapy	8
A tactile approach to introduce the skin autoimmune disease psoriasis to the general public and the vision‐impaired community	7
Chemical inhibition of DNA‐PKcs impairs the activation and cytotoxicity of CD4⁺ helper and CD8⁺ effector T cells	7
Choose your own T‐cell fate: creation of a narrative‐based, decision‐making activity to engage students in immunology	7
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The seductive allure of spatial biology: accelerating new discoveries in the life sciences	7
Variations in the germinal center response revealed by genetically diverse mouse strains	7
RAGging on recombination signal sequence strength for diffusion‐mediated recombination	7
Improvement of human myeloid and natural killer cell development in humanized mice via hydrodynamic injection of transposon plasmids containing multiple human cytokine genes	7
CD137L and CD4 T cells limit BCL6‐expressing pre‐germinal center B cell expansion and BCL6‐driven B cell malignancy	7
Epigenomic variability is associated with age‐specific naïve CD4 T cell response to activation in infants and adolescents	7
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In Semliki Forest virus encephalitis, suppressor of cytokine signaling 4 (SOCS4) is an essential modulator of immune responses that mediates the balance between immunopathology and virus clearance	6
Immunology & Cell Biology Publication of the Year Awards 2020	6
A hybrid protein is a functional molecule to reduce the cytokine storm caused by excessively activated macrophages	6
Comprehensive immune cell profiling depicts an early immune response associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 in cancer patients	6
For whom the B cells toll	6
The journey of young scientists in Brazil: challenges and perspectives	6
Self‐reactive B cells are increased in all major stages of peripheral development in Sjögren's disease	6
A long and winding road: the history of Immunology & Cell Biology from 1936 to 1987	6
Circulating effector γδ T cell populations are associated with acute coronavirus disease 19 in unvaccinated individuals	6
Protein kinase D3 promotes neutrophil migration during viral infection	5
Survey of activation‐induced genome architecture reveals a novel enhancer of Myc	5
Characterization of ex vivo expanded natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy	5
Touching the invisible: exploring intracellular host–pathogen interactions through multisensory art	5
Failure to launch? Or a 30‐year career detour? A users’ manual for supporting second‐career scientists in your immunology lab	5
CD4⁺ chimeric antigen receptor T cells in for the long journey	5

From chasing funding to a funding body	5
Expanding strain coverage of a group A Streptococcus pilus–expressing Lactococcus lactis mucosal vaccine	5
My winding career path	5
Help is on the way: critical roles of CD4⁺ T cells in infection and vaccination	5
Immunology in Practice: a modular framework to support Master of Science students conference attendance and engagement	5
UNCovering new causes of monogenic systemic lupus erythematosus	5
Navigating the transition to Principal Investigator	5
Modeling the response to interleukin‐21 to inform natural killer cell immunotherapy	5
A guide to relocating your laboratory	5
Dendritic cell Flt3 – regulation, roles and repercussions for immunotherapy	5
The evolving role of mast cells in wound healing: insights from recent research and diverse models	5
Defining the proteomic landscape of cultured macrophages and their polarization continuum	5
Serological assays to measure dimeric IgA antibodies in SARS‐CoV‐2 infections	5
Interferon signaling in type‐2 dendritic cells supports T_H2 and T follicular helper fates in response to allergens	5
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Unleashing T cell responses to cancer through removal of intracellular checkpoints	4
Not an immune cell, but they may act like one—cells with immune properties outside the immune system	4
The transcription factor SpiB regulates the fibroblastic reticular cell network and CD8⁺ T‐cell responses in lymph nodes	4
Therapy‐induced senescent cancer cells exhibit complement activation and increased complement regulatory protein expression	4
New‐onset type 1 diabetes and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	4
Highlight of 2023: Thymic B cells—important players in the establishment of T‐cell tolerance	4
A new method to measure cell metabolism of rare cells in vivo reveals a high oxidative phosphorylation dependence of lung T cells	4
ICBSpecial Feature: Highlights of 2023	4
Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be a great chef	4
Mucosal antibody responses following Vaxzevria vaccination	4
Art, science and inclusion: multisensory Sciart of immunology for blind, low‐vision and diverse‐needs audiences	4
TLR9‐dependent dendritic cell maturation promotes IL‐6‐mediated upregulation of cathepsin X	4
Breaking down barriers with sensory science—improving accessibility to neuroimmunology for the blind and low‐vision communities	4
METTL3 inhibition reduces N⁶‐methyladenosine levels and prevents allogeneic CD4⁺ T‐cell responses	4
Highlight of 2023: From fundamental studies to clinical trials, the importance of NK cells against cancer	4
Downregulation of AT‐rich interaction domain 2 underlies natural killer cell dysfunction in oral squamous cell carcinoma	4
Nice and slow make the germinal centers go: measured and escalating antigen delivery enhance durability and quality of humoral immune responses against HIV‐1	4
Immunologist Margaret Baird, a trailblazer in science and empowerment	4
Integrating functional metagenomics to decipher microbiome–immune interactions	4
ADAM10 modulates the efficacy of T‐cell‐mediated therapy in solid tumors	4
The rising tide raises all ships	4
Antigen presentation of post‐translationally modified peptides in major histocompatibility complexes	4
Lymphopenia in sepsis—an acquired immunodeficiency?	4
ChAdOx1 nCoV‐19 vaccination generates spike‐specific CD8⁺ T cells in aged mice	4
Tumor reactivity of CD8⁺ T cells favors acquisition of dysfunctional states in human melanoma	4
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Characterization of an experimental model to determine streptococcal M protein–induced autoimmune cardiac and neurobehavioral abnormalities	3
Presence and possible impact of Fcγ receptors on resident kidney cells in health and disease	3
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Th17 cells in cancer: plasticity‐driven immunopathology and therapeutic opportunity	3
Highlights of 2024: Cytokines and ligands modulating NK cell effector functions	3
Artificial intelligence takes center stage: exploring the capabilities and implications of ChatGPT and other AI‐assisted technologies in scientific research and education	3
Decoding changes in tumor‐infiltrating leukocytes through dynamic experimental models and single‐cell technologies	3
Immunology across two islands: understanding the research landscape of Aotearoa (New Zealand)	3
Advances in common in vitro cellular models of pulmonary fibrosis	3
Immune repertoire profiling in myasthenia gravis	3
Sketching T cell atlases in the single‐cell era: challenges and recommendations	3
Identification of clonally expanded γδ T‐cell populations during CAR‐T cell therapy	3
Highlights of 2024. Broadening anti‐cancer immunotherapy modalities with antibody–drug conjugates: emerging insights from clinical studies	3
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A conversation on allergy: recognizing the past and looking to the future	3
Spatial resolution of the head and neck cancer tumor microenvironment to identify tumor and stromal features associated with therapy response	3
Immunoglobulin genes, reproductive isolation and vertebrate speciation	3
Highlight of 2023: Advances in germinal centers	3
Training the next generation of Sudanese immunologists: a case for mentorship	3
Improving undergraduate education in immunology through assessment of interdisciplinary scientific knowledge	3
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The liver contains distinct interconnected networks of CX3CR1⁺ macrophages, XCR1⁺ type 1 and CD301a⁺ type 2 conventional dendritic cel	3
Mimicking the cellular environment does not cause monocyte‐derived macrophages to become phenotypically similar to Kupffer cells	3
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TGF‐β₁ re‐programs TLR4 signaling in L. donovani infection: enhancement of SHP‐1 and ubiquitin‐editing enzyme A20	3
Highlights of 2024: unleashing the power of NK cells—cancer's worst nightmare	3
Neutralizing type‐I interferon autoantibodies are associated with delayed viral clearance and intensive care unit admission in patients with COVID‐19	3
Rab6b localizes to the Golgi complex in murine macrophages and promotes tumor necrosis factor release in response to mycobacterial infection	3
T‐lymphocyte subtyping: an early warning and a potential prognostic indicator of active cytomegalovirus infection in patients with sepsis	3
SATB1 ensures appropriate transcriptional programs within naïve CD8⁺ T cells	3
Refining bone marrow ablation and reconstitution in mice	3
A Touch of Immunology: improving accessibility to the science of antibodies for people with blindness, low vision and diverse needs	3