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Immune System

Immune System is the complex, integrated network of cells, tissues, organs, and molecular mediators that detects and responds to self and non-self signals in order to protect the host from pathogens while maintaining tissue homeostasis and immunological tolerance, including regulated interactions with the microbiome.

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2017–2026

397

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Publications

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The Danger Model: A Renewed Sense of Self

Polly Matzinger · Science · 2002 · 4.2K citations

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Immunobiology: the immune system in health and disease

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 4.2K citations

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Towards a network theory of the immune system.

Jerne Nk · PubMed · 1974 · 3.4K citations

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An Immunomodulatory Molecule of Symbiotic Bacteria Directs Maturation of the Host Immune System

Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Cui Hua Liu, Arthur O. Tzianabos et al. · Cell · 2005 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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CCR7 Coordinates the Primary Immune Response by Establishing Functional Microenvironments in Secondary Lymphoid Organs

Reinhold Förster, Andreas Schubel, Dagmar Breitfeld et al. · Cell · 1999 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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  1. JT
    Jon Timmis

    University of York, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. AS
    Alan S. Perelson

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    22 publications · 5K citations

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  3. AI
    Alfred I. Tauber

    Boston University, United States

    14 publications · 645 citations

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  4. DD
    Dipankar Dasgupta

    University of Memphis, United States

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. FJ
    Fernando J. Von Zuben

    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

    12 publications · 391 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    28 h-index

    59 publications

    17.6K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    28 h-index

    125 publications

    69.7K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    27 h-index

    127 publications

    22.6K citations

  4. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    27 h-index

    119 publications

    36.9K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    119 publications

    11.7K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    23 h-index

    129 publications

    52.7K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    90 publications

    6.9K citations

  8. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    97 publications

    13.1K citations

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  1. Nature

    54 publications · 16.4K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 126 publications · 8.9K citations

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  3. Cellular Immunology

    45 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Science

    41 publications · 17.8K citations

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  5. Immunology Today

    IT · 40 publications · 2.7K citations

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