Bruno Silva‐Santos

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Bruno Silva‐Santos is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruno Silva‐Santos has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Immunology, 26 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bruno Silva‐Santos's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (82 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (75 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (29 papers). Bruno Silva‐Santos is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (82 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (75 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (29 papers). Bruno Silva‐Santos collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. Bruno Silva‐Santos's co-authors include Julie C. Ribot, Daniel J. Pennington, Sofia Mensurado, Karine Serre, Håkan Norell, Daniel V. Correia, Adrian Hayday, Immo Prinz, Telma Lança and Pedro H. Papotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bruno Silva‐Santos

101 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

γδ T cells in tissue physiology and surveillance

2020 328 citations Julie C. Ribot, Bruno Silva‐Santos et al. profile →
The emerging roles of γδ T cells in cancer immunotherapy

2023 195 citations Sofia Mensurado, Bruno Silva‐Santos et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruno Silva‐Santos Portugal	50	6.1k	2.4k	1.0k	358	342	105	7.5k
Kunio Hieshima Japan	36	4.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	214 0.6×	557 1.6×	69	6.8k
Charles E. Egwuagu United States	39	3.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	358 1.0×	604 1.8×	107	5.7k
Kelli P. A. MacDonald Australia	47	5.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	296 0.8×	534 1.6×	116	7.2k
Gustavo Martínez United States	31	6.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	428 1.2×	594 1.7×	70	8.1k
Rimpei Morita Japan	39	4.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.7×	299 0.8×	696 2.0×	84	6.7k
Jason G. Cyster United States	33	5.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.1k 2.1×	201 0.6×	372 1.1×	44	8.1k
Stefan Floess Germany	29	4.9k 0.8×	917 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	321 0.9×	290 0.8×	54	6.1k
Daniel F. Legler Switzerland	38	4.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	2.1k 2.1×	572 1.6×	408 1.2×	97	7.2k
Robert J. B. Nibbs United Kingdom	45	4.6k 0.8×	4.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	309 0.9×	389 1.1×	99	7.4k
Brian T. Fife United States	34	4.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	974 1.0×	369 1.0×	401 1.2×	73	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruno Silva‐Santos

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruno Silva‐Santos

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Pinheiro, Rúben G. R. & Bruno Silva‐Santos. (2025). Reaching maturity: Thymic γδ T cell differentiation in mice and humans. Science Immunology. 10(114). eadn2093–eadn2093.

Soares, Rodrigo Pedro, et al.. (2024). IL-17A/IFN-γ producing γδ T cell functional dichotomy impacts cutaneous leishmaniasis in mice. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 117(3).

Hayday, Adrian, Julie Déchanet‐Merville, Jamie Rossjohn, & Bruno Silva‐Santos. (2024). Cancer immunotherapy by γδ T cells. Science. 386(6717). eabq7248–eabq7248. 28 indexed citations

Papotto, Pedro H., Bahtiyar Yılmaz, Sofia Mensurado, et al.. (2023). Maternal γδ T cells shape offspring pulmonary type 2 immunity in a microbiota-dependent manner. Cell Reports. 42(2). 112074–112074. 10 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Martínez, Diego, Sofia Mensurado, Paola Romecín, et al.. (2022). Generation and proof-of-concept for allogeneic CD123 CAR-Delta One T (DOT) cells in acute myeloid leukemia. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 10(9). e005400–e005400. 45 indexed citations

Costa, Luís, et al.. (2021). MicroRNA‐181a restricts human γδ T cell differentiation by targeting Map3k2 and Notch2. EMBO Reports. 23(1). e52234–e52234. 12 indexed citations

Pamplona, Ana & Bruno Silva‐Santos. (2020). γδ T cells in malaria: a double‐edged sword. FEBS Journal. 288(4). 1118–1129. 14 indexed citations

Bonavita, Eduardo, Christian P. Bromley, Gustav Jonsson, et al.. (2020). Antagonistic Inflammatory Phenotypes Dictate Tumor Fate and Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Immunity. 53(6). 1215–1229.e8. 157 indexed citations

Lorenzo, Biagio Di, André E. Simões, Francisco Caiado, et al.. (2019). Broad Cytotoxic Targeting of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Polyclonal Delta One T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(4). 552–558. 78 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Miguel, Helena C. Brigas, Mariana Temido‐Ferreira, et al.. (2019). Meningeal γδ T cell–derived IL-17 controls synaptic plasticity and short-term memory. Science Immunology. 4(40). 203 indexed citations

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Ribot, Julie C., Rita Neres, Vanessa Zuzarte‐Luís, et al.. (2019). γδ-T cells promote IFN-γ–dependent Plasmodium pathogenesis upon liver-stage infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(20). 9979–9988. 38 indexed citations

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Correia, Daniel V., Sofia Mensurado, Sandrina Nóbrega‐Pereira, et al.. (2018). Low-Density Lipoprotein Uptake Inhibits the Activation and Antitumor Functions of Human Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(4). 448–457. 31 indexed citations

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Kubo, Hiroshi, Sofia Mensurado, Natacha Gonçalves‐Sousa, Karine Serre, & Bruno Silva‐Santos. (2017). Primary Tumors Limit Metastasis Formation through Induction of IL15-Mediated Cross-Talk between Patrolling Monocytes and NK Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 5(9). 812–820. 54 indexed citations

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Nóbrega‐Pereira, Sandrina, Francisco Caiado, Tânia Carvalho, et al.. (2017). VEGFR2–Mediated Reprogramming of Mitochondrial Metabolism Regulates the Sensitivity of Acute Myeloid Leukemia to Chemotherapy. Cancer Research. 78(3). 731–741. 26 indexed citations

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Staats, Richard, Raquel Rodrigues, André Barros, et al.. (2017). Decrease of perforin positive CD3+γδ-T cells in patients with obstructive sleep disordered breathing. Sleep And Breathing. 22(1). 211–221. 9 indexed citations

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Papotto, Pedro H., Natacha Gonçalves‐Sousa, Nina Schmolka, et al.. (2017). IL ‐23 drives differentiation of peripheral γδ17 T cells from adult bone marrow‐derived precursors. EMBO Reports. 18(11). 1957–1967. 58 indexed citations

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Almeida, Afonso R. M., Daniel V. Correia, Ana Fernandes‐Platzgummer, et al.. (2016). Delta One T Cells for Immunotherapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Clinical-Grade Expansion/Differentiation and Preclinical Proof of Concept. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(23). 5795–5804. 154 indexed citations

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Barros‐Martins, Joana, Nina Schmolka, Diana Fontinha, et al.. (2016). Effector γδ T Cell Differentiation Relies on Master but Not Auxiliary Th Cell Transcription Factors. The Journal of Immunology. 196(9). 3642–3652. 55 indexed citations

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Coquet, Jonathan M., Julie C. Ribot, Nikolina Bąbała, et al.. (2013). Epithelial and dendritic cells in the thymic medulla promote CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell development via the CD27–CD70 pathway. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 210(4). 715–728. 116 indexed citations

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Silva‐Santos, Bruno, Daniel J. Pennington, & Adrian Hayday. (2004). Lymphotoxin-Mediated Regulation of γδ Cell Differentiation by αß T Cell Progenitors. Science. 307(5711). 925–928. 126 indexed citations

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