Comparative Immunology

Comparative Immunology is a subdiscipline of immunology that compares immune mechanisms across diverse species to identify evolutionarily conserved components and species-specific variations in immune defense and homeostasis.

Publications

285.8K

Citations

17.9K

Authors

3.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

512

Parents

Comparative Veterinary MedicineImmunology

Children

Adaptive Immunity Across SpeciesAmphibian ImmunologyComplement SystemFish ImmunologyHost-pathogen CoevolutionImmune OntogenyImmune ToleranceImmunoglobulin DiversityInnate Immunity Across SpeciesInvertebrate Immunity

Publications

Trade‐offs in evolutionary immunology: just what is the cost of immunity?

Robert L. Lochmiller, C.M. Deerenberg · Oikos · 2000 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Immunology +14

No evidence that carotenoid pigments boost either immune or antioxidant defenses in a songbird

Rebecca E. Koch, Andreas N. Kavazis, Dennis Hasselquist et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Zoology +11

Origin of HIV-1 in the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes

Feng Gao, Elizabeth Bailes, David L. Robertson et al. · Nature · 1999 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Infectious Diseases +12

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SEQUENCES OF THE VARIABLE REGIONS OF BENCE JONES PROTEINS AND MYELOMA LIGHT CHAINS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIBODY COMPLEMENTARITY

Tai Te Wu, Elvin A. Kabat · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1970 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +17

Cross-priming for a secondary cytotoxic response to minor H antigens with H-2 congenic cells which do not cross-react in the cytotoxic assay.

M J Bevan · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1976 · 934 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Adaptive Immunity +12

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Authors

17.9K

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Louis Du Pasquier
University of Basel, Switzerland
45 publications · 3.1K citations
34
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Martin F. Flajnik
University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States
39 publications · 2.9K citations
31
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L. William Clem
University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States
38 publications · 3.1K citations
29
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Peter Parham
Stanford University, United States
28 publications · 2.5K citations
25
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MD
Max D. Cooper
University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
25 publications · 2.8K citations
21
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1–5 of 17.9K

Institutions

3.2K

1–8 of 3.2K

Venues

The Journal of Immunology
JI · 548 publications · 26.6K citations
78
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine
162 publications · 18.3K citations
70
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 137 publications · 13.1K citations
69
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PubMed
Repository · 511 publications · 17.3K citations
60
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European Journal of Immunology
EJI · 160 publications · 8.1K citations
53
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See also Comparative Immunology
Evolutionary Patterns	Phylogenetics Homology Homoplasy Deep Homology Phylogenetic Comparative Methods Ancestral State Reconstruction
Immune Components	Pattern Recognition Receptors Toll-like Receptors Major Histocompatibility Complex Dendritic Cell Biology Natural Killer Cell Biology B Cell Biology Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors B Cell Receptor Signaling T Cell Receptors Pathogen-associated Molecular Patterns Cytokine Biology Antibodies
Core Methods	Phylogenetics Comparative Genomics Blast Algorithms Flow Cytometry Single-cell Rna Sequencing Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Sequencing Structural Modeling Molecular Dynamics Genome Annotation Microarray Analysis
Model Organisms	Murine Models
Applications	Drug Discovery Self-nonself Discrimination Spontaneous Disease Models Comparative Surveillance Of Zoonoses