Axel Kallies

24.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
156 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Axel Kallies is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Kallies has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Immunology, 46 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Axel Kallies's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (84 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (72 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (41 papers). Axel Kallies is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (84 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (72 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (41 papers). Axel Kallies collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. Axel Kallies's co-authors include Stephen L. Nutt, Gabrielle T. Belz, David M. Tarlinton, Lynn M. Corcoran, Wei Shi, Annie Xin, Dietmar Zehn, Philip D. Hodgkin, Gordon K. Smyth and Amanda Light and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Axel Kallies

149 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Foxp3+ follicular regulatory T cells control the germinal center response

2011 979 citations Michelle A. Linterman, Wim Pierson et al. profile →
Defining ‘T cell exhaustion’

2019 953 citations Axel Kallies et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
IL-21 regulates germinal center B cell differentiation and proliferation through a B cell–intrinsic mechanism

2010 599 citations Dimitra Zotos, Jonathan M. Coquet et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Interleukin-10-Producing Plasmablasts Exert Regulatory Function in Autoimmune Inflammation

2014 419 citations Axel Kallies, Stephen L. Nutt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Kallies Australia	57	9.6k	2.9k	2.2k	916	830	156	12.4k
Marc A. Gavin United States	27	11.1k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	889 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	45	13.7k
Iqbal S. Grewal United States	56	7.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	837 0.9×	873 1.1×	125	10.8k
Theresa L. Murphy United States	37	8.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	866 0.9×	622 0.7×	54	11.2k
Kimberly S. Schluns United States	35	8.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	871 1.0×	654 0.8×	59	10.0k
Carola G. Vinuesa Australia	54	11.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.9k 1.3×	992 1.1×	983 1.2×	117	14.8k
William Vermi Italy	54	8.5k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	999 1.1×	657 0.8×	157	12.3k
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi Japan	32	10.6k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	761 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	84	14.6k
Manfred B. Lutz Germany	45	9.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	467 0.6×	123	12.3k
Jens Geginat Italy	34	6.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	560 0.7×	64	9.2k
Angela M. Thornton United States	39	8.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	859 0.9×	889 1.1×	66	11.2k

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Moncsek, Anja, Francesco Andreata, Valeria Fumagalli, et al.. (2025). The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue-protective functions in T cells. Nature Immunology. 26(11). 2074–2085. 1 indexed citations

Man, Kevin, Sarah S. Gabriel, Marcela L. Moreira, et al.. (2025). Stem-like tissue-resident memory T cells control functional heterogeneity and reactivation of T cell memory in the intestine. Science Immunology. 10(112). eadw1992–eadw1992.

Tamaskovics, Bálint, W. Budach, Thomas Illmer, et al.. (2025). 1328MO Hypofractionated radiotherapy of single tumor lesion increases systemic response rate to pembrolizumab in recurrent or metastatic head-and-neck cancer (R/M-HNSCC): Primary endpoint of the randomized Keynote-717 trial. Annals of Oncology. 36. S774–S774.

Kallies, Axel & Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. (2024). Transcriptional and hormonal control of adipose Treg heterogeneity and function. Immunological Reviews. 324(1). 42–51. 2 indexed citations

Tamaskovics, Bálint, Markus Hecht, Philipp Schubert, et al.. (2023). 944TiP Randomized phase II study of immune stimulation with pembrolizumab and radiotherapy of recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma : The IMPORTANCE trial. Annals of Oncology. 34. S593–S593. 1 indexed citations

Prosser, Amy, Wen Huang, Liu Liu, et al.. (2021). Dynamic changes to tissue-resident immunity after MHC-matched and MHC-mismatched solid organ transplantation. Cell Reports. 35(7). 109141–109141. 5 indexed citations

Chan, Jack D., Junyun Lai, Clare Y. Slaney, et al.. (2021). Cellular networks controlling T cell persistence in adoptive cell therapy. Nature reviews. Immunology. 21(12). 769–784. 155 indexed citations

Man, Kevin, Axel Kallies, & Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. (2021). Resident and migratory adipose immune cells control systemic metabolism and thermogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 19(3). 421–431. 63 indexed citations

Foroutan, Momeneh, Ramyar Molania, Aline Pfefferle, et al.. (2021). The Ratio of Exhausted to Resident Infiltrating Lymphocytes Is Prognostic for Colorectal Cancer Patient Outcome. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(10). 1125–1140. 21 indexed citations

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Utzschneider, Daniel T., Sarah S. Gabriel, David Chisanga, et al.. (2020). Early precursor T cells establish and propagate T cell exhaustion in chronic infection. Nature Immunology. 21(10). 1256–1266. 169 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, T, Pui Yeng Lam, Hui Jiang, et al.. (2020). Increased lipid metabolism impairs NK cell function and mediates adaptation to the lymphoma environment. Blood. 136(26). 3004–3017. 113 indexed citations

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Milla, Liz, E.J. van Nieukerken, Camiel Doorenweerd, et al.. (2017). A preliminary molecular phylogeny of shield-bearer moths (Lepidoptera: Adeloidea: Heliozelidae) highlights rich undescribed diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 120. 129–143. 13 indexed citations

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Masson, Frédérick, Annie Xin, Yi‐Ting Liao, et al.. (2016). A combinatorial threshold model for effector differentiation of CD8( ) T cells mediated by Blimp-1 and T-bet. European Journal of Immunology. 46.

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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, Julie Tellier, Tom Sidwell, et al.. (2016). The transcriptional regulator, IRF4 is essential for the development of follicular T regulatory cells. European Journal of Immunology. 46. 1 indexed citations

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Holmes, Melissa L., Nicholas D. Huntington, Jason Brady, et al.. (2014). Peripheral natural killer cell maturation depends on the transcription factor Aiolos. The EMBO Journal. 33(22). 2721–2734. 57 indexed citations

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Masson, Frédérick, Martina Minnich, Moshe Olshansky, et al.. (2013). Id2-Mediated Inhibition of E2A Represses Memory CD8+ T Cell Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 190(9). 4585–4594. 77 indexed citations

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Jackson, Jacob T., Yifang Hu, Ruijie Liu, et al.. (2011). Id2 expression delineates differential checkpoints in the genetic program of CD8α ⁺ and CD103 ⁺ dendritic cell lineages. The EMBO Journal. 30(13). 2690–2704. 110 indexed citations

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Linterman, Michelle A., Wim Pierson, Axel Kallies, et al.. (2011). Foxp3( ) follicular regulatory T cells control T follicular helper cells and the germinal centre response. Immunology. 135. 39–39. 4 indexed citations

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Zotos, Dimitra, Jonathan M. Coquet, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2010). IL-21 regulates germinal center B cell differentiation and proliferation through a B cell–intrinsic mechanism. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 207(2). 365–378. 599 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kallies, Axel, et al.. (2001). The Tinthiinae of North Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). 52(3). 187–235. 6 indexed citations

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