Creg J. Workman

24.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
81 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Creg J. Workman is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Creg J. Workman has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Immunology, 43 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Creg J. Workman's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (39 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (38 papers). Creg J. Workman is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (39 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (38 papers). Creg J. Workman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Creg J. Workman's co-authors include Dario A.A. Vignali, Lauren W. Collison, Kate M. Vignali, Yao Wang, Tullia C. Bruno, E. John Wherry, Andrea L. Szymczak-Workman, Kelli L. Boyd, Shawn D. Blackburn and Tao Zou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Creg J. Workman

77 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

How regulatory T cells work 2004 2026 2011 2018 2008 2008 2007 2004 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. How regulatory T cells work
    2008 2.5k citations Dario A.A. Vignali, Creg J. Workman et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  2. Coregulation of CD8+ T cell exhaustion by multiple inhibitory receptors during chronic viral infection
    2008 1.6k citations Creg J. Workman, Dario A.A. Vignali et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  3. The inhibitory cytokine IL-35 contributes to regulatory T-cell function
    2007 1.6k citations Creg J. Workman, Kate M. Vignali et al. profile →
  4. Role of LAG-3 in Regulatory T Cells
    2004 993 citations Creg J. Workman, Dario A.A. Vignali et al. Immunity profile →
  5. IL-35-mediated induction of a potent regulatory T cell population
    2010 676 citations Karen Forbes, Creg J. Workman et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  6. Stability and function of regulatory T cells is maintained by a neuropilin-1–semaphorin-4a axis
    2013 445 citations Creg J. Workman, Dario A.A. Vignali et al. profile →
  7. Interferon-γ Drives Treg Fragility to Promote Anti-tumor Immunity
    2017 432 citations Maria Chikina, Rebekah Dadey et al. profile →
  8. Adaptive plasticity of IL-10+ and IL-35+ Treg cells cooperatively promotes tumor T cell exhaustion
    2019 388 citations Hiroshi Yano, Maria Chikina et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  9. Interferon-γ: teammate or opponent in the tumour microenvironment?
    2021 343 citations Angela M. Gocher, Creg J. Workman et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  10. LAG-3 as the third checkpoint inhibitor
    2023 184 citations Creg J. Workman, Dario A.A. Vignali et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  11. Therapeutic targeting of regulatory T cells in cancer
    2022 143 citations Feng Shan, Ashwin Somasundaram et al. profile →
  12. 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. profile →
  13. 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. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Creg J. Workman United States 47 10.8k 6.2k 2.4k 1.1k 836 81 14.9k
Vassiliki A. Boussiotis United States 61 9.5k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 744 0.9× 182 15.6k
Ana C. Anderson United States 50 12.2k 1.1× 7.8k 1.3× 3.3k 1.4× 839 0.8× 543 0.6× 96 15.6k
William Vermi Italy 54 8.5k 0.8× 3.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 999 0.9× 657 0.8× 157 12.3k
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi Japan 32 10.6k 1.0× 3.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 761 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 84 14.6k
Stephanie S. Watowich United States 52 9.6k 0.9× 3.6k 0.6× 3.5k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 952 1.1× 126 14.5k
Koji Tamada Japan 54 11.8k 1.1× 10.6k 1.7× 2.8k 1.2× 922 0.8× 922 1.1× 147 17.4k
Michael Croft United States 69 12.9k 1.2× 3.3k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 893 1.1× 206 16.9k
Antal Rot Austria 54 7.5k 0.7× 5.0k 0.8× 2.7k 1.1× 733 0.7× 469 0.6× 108 12.3k
Wenda Gao United States 40 10.7k 1.0× 2.6k 0.4× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 925 1.1× 95 15.1k
Lori Fitz United States 29 6.4k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 737 0.7× 516 0.6× 45 9.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dadey, Rebekah, Jian Cui, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, et al.. (2025). Regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment display a unique chromatin accessibility profile. ImmunoHorizons. 9(4).
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Grebinoski, Stephanie, Qianxia Zhang, Anabelle Visperas, et al.. (2024). Regulatory T Cell Insufficiency in Autoimmune Diabetes Is Driven by Selective Loss of Neuropilin-1 on Intraislet Regulatory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 213(6). 779–794. 6 indexed citations
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Cui, Jian, Andrea L. Szymczak-Workman, Kate M. Vignali, et al.. (2023). IFNγ-induction of TH1-like regulatory T cells controls antiviral responses. Nature Immunology. 24(5). 841–854. 37 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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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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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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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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Gocher, Angela M., Creg J. Workman, & Dario A.A. Vignali. (2021). Interferon-γ: teammate or opponent in the tumour microenvironment?. Nature reviews. Immunology. 22(3). 158–172. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kataoka, Shunsuke, et al.. (2021). The costimulatory activity of Tim-3 requires Akt and MAPK signaling and its recruitment to the immune synapse. Science Signaling. 14(687). 33 indexed citations
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Andrews, Lawrence P., Kate M. Vignali, Andrea L. Szymczak-Workman, et al.. (2021). A Cre-driven allele-conditioning line to interrogate CD4+ conventional T cells. Immunity. 54(10). 2209–2217.e6. 9 indexed citations
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Yano, Hiroshi, et al.. (2021). Interleukin-35: Structure, Function and Its Impact on Immune-Related Diseases. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 41(11). 391–406. 60 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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Zhang, Qianxia, Maria Chikina, Andrea L. Szymczak-Workman, et al.. (2017). LAG3 limits regulatory T cell proliferation and function in autoimmune diabetes. Science Immunology. 2(9). 120 indexed citations
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Delmastro-Greenwood, Meghan, Alexis Styche, Massimo Trucco, et al.. (2012). Modulation of Redox Balance Leaves Murine Diabetogenic TH1 T Cells “LAG-3-ing” Behind. Diabetes. 61(7). 1760–1768. 34 indexed citations
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Burton, Amanda R., Zachary C. Baquet, George S. Eisenbarth, et al.. (2010). Central Nervous System Destruction Mediated by Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase-Specific CD4+ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 184(9). 4863–4870. 54 indexed citations
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Li, Nianyu, Yao Wang, Karen Forbes, et al.. (2007). Metalloproteases regulate T‐cell proliferation and effector function via LAG‐3. The EMBO Journal. 26(2). 494–504. 212 indexed citations
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Szymczak, Andrea L, Creg J. Workman, Diana Gil, et al.. (2005). The CD3ε Proline-Rich Sequence, and Its Interaction with Nck, Is Not Required for T Cell Development and Function. The Journal of Immunology. 175(1). 270–275. 60 indexed citations
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Workman, Creg J., Linda S. Cauley, In-Jeong Kim, et al.. (2004). Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (CD223) Regulates the Size of the Expanding T Cell Population Following Antigen Activation In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5450–5455. 271 indexed citations
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Workman, Creg J., Kari J. Dugger, & Dario A.A. Vignali. (2002). Cutting Edge: Molecular Analysis of the Negative Regulatory Function of Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3. The Journal of Immunology. 169(10). 5392–5395. 305 indexed citations

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