Anthony R. Cillo

4.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
46 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Anthony R. Cillo is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony R. Cillo has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Oncology, 24 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Anthony R. Cillo's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Anthony R. Cillo is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Anthony R. Cillo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Anthony R. Cillo's co-authors include Dario A.A. Vignali, John W. Mellors, Tullia C. Bruno, Robert Lafyatis, Tracy Tabib, John M. Coffin, Robert L. Ferris, Sayali Onkar, Elizabeth Fyne and Umamaheswar Duvvuri and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Anthony R. Cillo

45 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Immune Landscape of Viral- and Carcinogen-Driven Head and... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 2021 2024 2024 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Immune Landscape of Viral- and Carcinogen-Driven Head and Neck Cancer
    2020 452 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Tracy Tabib et al. profile →
  2. B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
    2021 230 citations Ayana T. Ruffin, Anthony R. Cillo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Microbiota-specific T follicular helper cells drive tertiary lymphoid structures and anti-tumor immunity against colorectal cancer
    2021 202 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Tullia C. Bruno et al. profile →
  4. LAG-3 and PD-1 synergize on CD8+ T cells to drive T cell exhaustion and hinder autocrine IFN-γ-dependent anti-tumor immunity
    2024 110 citations Lawrence P. Andrews, Jian Cui et al. Cell profile →
  5. Blockade of LAG-3 and PD-1 leads to co-expression of cytotoxic and exhaustion gene modules in CD8+ T cells to promote antitumor immunity
    2024 75 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Carly Cardello et al. Cell profile →
  6. Dysfunction of exhausted T cells is enforced by MCT11-mediated lactate metabolism
    2024 67 citations Ronal M. Peralta, Bingxian Xie et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers

Anthony R. Cillo
Jeffrey P. Ward United States
Samuel J. Pirruccello United States
Alexandre Iannello Canada
Pamela M. Odorizzi United States
Shruti Subramaniam United States
Maria Bettinotti United States
Ann Cheung United States
Yaoyu E. Wang United States
Jennifer Watkins United Kingdom
Bronwyn M. Owens United States
Jeffrey P. Ward United States
Anthony R. Cillo
Citations per year, relative to Anthony R. Cillo Anthony R. Cillo (= 1×) peers Jeffrey P. Ward

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anthony R. Cillo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anthony R. Cillo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anthony R. Cillo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anthony R. Cillo. Anthony R. Cillo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruffin, Ayana T., Sheryl Kunning, Anjali Rohatgi, et al.. (2025). Dysfunctional CD11c − CD21 − extrafollicular memory B cells are enriched in the periphery and tumors of patients with cancer. Science Translational Medicine. 17(786). eadh1315–eadh1315. 4 indexed citations
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Bailey, Nathanael G., Sheryl Kunning, Cynthia S. Hinck, et al.. (2025). TGFβ Inhibition during Radiotherapy Enhances Immune Cell Infiltration and Decreases Metastases in Ewing Sarcoma. Cancer Research Communications. 5(8). 1441–1457.
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Peralta, Ronal M., Bingxian Xie, Konstantinos Lontos, et al.. (2024). Dysfunction of exhausted T cells is enforced by MCT11-mediated lactate metabolism. Nature Immunology. 25(12). 2297–2307. 67 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cillo, Anthony R., Carly Cardello, Feng Shan, et al.. (2024). Blockade of LAG-3 and PD-1 leads to co-expression of cytotoxic and exhaustion gene modules in CD8+ T cells to promote antitumor immunity. Cell. 187(16). 4373–4388.e15. 75 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andrews, Lawrence P., Jian Cui, Anthony R. Cillo, et al.. (2024). LAG-3 and PD-1 synergize on CD8+ T cells to drive T cell exhaustion and hinder autocrine IFN-γ-dependent anti-tumor immunity. Cell. 187(16). 4355–4372.e22. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capoferri, Adam A., Ann Wiegand, Feiyu Hong, et al.. (2024). HIV-1 control in vivo is related to the number but not the fraction of infected cells with viral unspliced RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36). e2405210121–e2405210121. 3 indexed citations
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Shan, Feng, Anthony R. Cillo, Carly Cardello, et al.. (2023). Integrated BATF transcriptional network regulates suppressive intratumoral regulatory T cells. Science Immunology. 8(87). eadf6717–eadf6717. 16 indexed citations
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Onkar, Sayali, Jian Cui, Jian Zou, et al.. (2023). Immune landscape in invasive ductal and lobular breast cancer reveals a divergent macrophage-driven microenvironment. Nature Cancer. 4(4). 516–534. 35 indexed citations
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Grebinoski, Stephanie, Qianxia Zhang, Anthony R. Cillo, et al.. (2022). Autoreactive CD8+ T cells are restrained by an exhaustion-like program that is maintained by LAG3. Nature Immunology. 23(6). 868–877. 70 indexed citations
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Somasundaram, Ashwin, Anthony R. Cillo, Caleb Lampenfeld, et al.. (2022). Systemic Immune Dysfunction in Cancer Patients Driven by IL6 Induction of LAG3 in Peripheral CD8+ T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(7). 885–899. 18 indexed citations
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Cillo, Anthony R., Nathanael G. Bailey, Sayali Onkar, et al.. (2022). Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma Have Distinct Immune Signatures and Intercellular Communication Networks. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(22). 4968–4982. 51 indexed citations
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Rahman, Syed A., Anthony R. Cillo, Ashwin Somasundaram, et al.. (2022). Antibodies targeting conserved non-canonical antigens and endemic coronaviruses associate with favorable outcomes in severe COVID-19. Cell Reports. 39(13). 111020–111020. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Xian-Yang, Dillon Corvino, Bianca Nowlan, et al.. (2022). NKG7 Is Required for Optimal Antitumor T-cell Immunity. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(2). 154–161. 32 indexed citations
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Andrews, Lawrence P., Anthony R. Cillo, Lilit Karapetyan, et al.. (2022). Molecular Pathways and Mechanisms of LAG3 in Cancer Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(23). 5030–5039. 71 indexed citations
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Andrews, Lawrence P., Ashwin Somasundaram, Jessica Moskovitz, et al.. (2020). Resistance to PD1 blockade in the absence of metalloprotease-mediated LAG3 shedding. Science Immunology. 5(49). 59 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhe, Li Chen, Hongyi Xin, et al.. (2019). A Bayesian mixture model for clustering droplet-based single-cell transcriptomic data from population studies. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1649–1649. 46 indexed citations
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Cillo, Anthony R. & John W. Mellors. (2016). Which therapeutic strategy will achieve a cure for HIV-1?. Current Opinion in Virology. 18. 14–19. 43 indexed citations
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Cillo, Anthony R., Christina M. Lalama, John E. McKinnon, et al.. (2015). Virologic and immunologic effects of adding maraviroc to suppressive antiretroviral therapy in individuals with suboptimal CD4+ T-cell recovery. AIDS. 29(16). 2121–2129. 21 indexed citations
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Cillo, Anthony R., Supriya Krishnan, Deborah K. McMahon, et al.. (2014). Impact of Chemotherapy for HIV-1 Related Lymphoma on Residual Viremia and Cellular HIV-1 DNA in Patients on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92118–e92118. 20 indexed citations
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Cillo, Anthony R., et al.. (2012). New Tools for Quantifying HIV-1 Reservoirs: Plasma RNA Single Copy Assays and Beyond. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 9(1). 91–100. 20 indexed citations

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