David Furman

12.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
53 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

David Furman is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Furman has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Furman's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers). David Furman is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers). David Furman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and France. David Furman's co-authors include Mark M. Davis, Cornelia L. Dekker, Eric Verdin, Vladimir Jojic, Alejandro Lucía, Pedro Carrera‐Bastos, Judith Campisi, Luigi Ferrucci, Nir Barzilai and Alessio Fasano and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

David Furman

49 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span

2019 3.0k citations David Furman, Judith Campisi et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Variation in the Human Immune System Is Largely Driven by Non-Heritable Influences

2015 705 citations Petter Brodin, Vladimir Jojic et al. Cell profile →
Systems analysis of sex differences reveals an immunosuppressive role for testosterone in the response to influenza vaccination

2013 483 citations David Furman, Vladimir Jojic et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Expression of specific inflammasome gene modules stratifies older individuals into two extreme clinical and immunological states

2017 305 citations David Furman, Cornelia L. Dekker et al. Nature Medicine profile →
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and the aging immune system

2021 218 citations Dina Radenković, David Furman et al. Nature Aging profile →
Chronic inflammation and the hallmarks of aging

2023 194 citations Jordan J. Baechle, Nan Chen et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Furman United States	26	2.4k	1.9k	1.4k	874	707	53	7.0k
Lirlândia P. Sousa Brazil	46	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	724 0.5×	669 0.8×	527 0.7×	135	6.5k
Melchor Álvarez‐Mon Spain	44	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	715 0.8×	807 1.1×	347	8.9k
Corrado Blandizzi Italy	53	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	436 0.6×	274	9.5k
Domenico Lio Italy	48	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	377 0.5×	176	7.3k
Emilio Jirillo Italy	44	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	919 1.1×	698 1.0×	376	7.0k
Christos Tsatsanis Greece	47	2.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.6×	944 0.7×	682 0.8×	308 0.4×	131	8.0k
Niels P. Riksen Netherlands	50	4.8k 2.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	684 0.8×	952 1.3×	205	9.5k
Jacek M. Witkowski Poland	40	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	867 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	500 0.7×	183	6.7k
Michelino Di Rosa Italy	49	1.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.7×	896 0.6×	1.7k 1.9×	424 0.6×	195	9.6k
Dayong Wu United States	54	1.3k 0.5×	3.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	296 0.4×	193	9.3k

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Zheng, Hong, Yael Rosenberg‐Hasson, Kavita Y. Sarin, et al.. (2025). Age-dependent cytokine surge in blood precedes cancer diagnosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2420502122–e2420502122.

Fuentealba, Matías, Laure Rouch, Sophie Guyonnet, et al.. (2025). A blood-based epigenetic clock for intrinsic capacity predicts mortality and is associated with clinical, immunological and lifestyle factors. Nature Aging. 5(7). 1207–1216. 7 indexed citations

Newman, John C., Mitsunori Nomura, Wei‐Chieh Mu, et al.. (2024). Ketogenic Diet Reduces Age-Induced Chronic Neuroinflammation in Mice. PubMed. 2(1). 20240038–20240038. 2 indexed citations

Kim, JangKeun, Francisco J. Enguita, Joseph W. Guarnieri, et al.. (2024). To boldly go where no microRNAs have gone before: spaceflight impact on risk for small-for-gestational-age infants. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1268–1268. 4 indexed citations

Makhijani, Priya, Paulo José Basso, Yi Tao Chan, et al.. (2023). Regulation of the immune system by the insulin receptor in health and disease. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1128622–1128622. 33 indexed citations

Markov, Nikola T., Cutter A. Lindbergh, Adam M. Staffaroni, et al.. (2022). Age-related brain atrophy is not a homogenous process: Different functional brain networks associate differentially with aging and blood factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2207181119–e2207181119. 23 indexed citations

Muskiet, Frits A.J., Pedro Carrera‐Bastos, Leo Pruimboom, Alejandro Lucía, & David Furman. (2022). Obesity and Leptin Resistance in the Regulation of the Type I Interferon Early Response and the Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19. Nutrients. 14(7). 1388–1388. 28 indexed citations

Corner, Lynne, Nir Barzilai, Lynne S. Cox, et al.. (2022). Quantum Healthy Longevity for healthy people, planet, and growth. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3(12). e811–e813. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Yingxiang, Dina Radenković, Kevin Pérez, et al.. (2021). Modeling Predictive Age-Dependent and Age-Independent Symptoms and Comorbidities of Patients Seeking Treatment for COVID-19: Model Development and Validation Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(3). e25696–e25696. 3 indexed citations

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Alpert, Ayelet, Yishai Pickman, Michael D. Leipold, et al.. (2019). A clinically meaningful metric of immune age derived from high-dimensional longitudinal monitoring. Nature Medicine. 25(3). 487–495. 292 indexed citations

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Furman, David, Judith Campisi, Eric Verdin, et al.. (2019). Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span. Nature Medicine. 25(12). 1822–1832. 3020 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoffman, Leslie A., et al.. (2019). A Novel Resident-as-Teacher Curriculum to Improve Residents’ Integration Into the Clinic. PMC.

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Davis, Mark M., Cristina M. Tato, & David Furman. (2017). Systems immunology: just getting started. Nature Immunology. 18(7). 725–732. 146 indexed citations

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Shen-Orr, Shai S., David Furman, Brian Kidd, et al.. (2016). Defective Signaling in the JAK-STAT Pathway Tracks with Chronic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk in Aging Humans. Cell Systems. 3(4). 374–384.e4. 108 indexed citations

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Furman, David & Mark M. Davis. (2015). New approaches to understanding the immune response to vaccination and infection. Vaccine. 33(40). 5271–5281. 89 indexed citations

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Brodin, Petter, Vladimir Jojic, Tianxiang Gao, et al.. (2015). Variation in the Human Immune System Is Largely Driven by Non-Heritable Influences. Cell. 160(1-2). 37–47. 705 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sasaki, Sanae, Meghan Sullivan, Carlos F. Narváez, et al.. (2011). Limited efficacy of inactivated influenza vaccine in elderly individuals is associated with decreased production of vaccine-specific antibodies. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(8). 3109–3119. 238 indexed citations

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Shen-Orr, Shai S., David Furman, Brian Kidd, et al.. (2010). A Systemic age dependent defect in immune-cell signaling response induced by inflammation (138.2). The Journal of Immunology. 184(Supplement_1). 138.2–138.2. 1 indexed citations

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Euw, Erika M. von, María Marcela Barrio, David Furman, et al.. (2008). A phase I clinical study of vaccination of melanoma patients with dendritic cells loaded with allogeneic apoptotic/necrotic melanoma cells. Analysis of toxicity and immune response to the vaccine and of IL-10 -1082 promoter genotype as predictor of disease progression. Journal of Translational Medicine. 6(1). 6–6. 58 indexed citations

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Levy, Estrella Mariel, Michele Bianchini, Erika von Euw, et al.. (2008). Human leukocyte antigen-E protein is overexpressed in primary human colorectal cancer. International Journal of Oncology. 32(3). 633–41. 100 indexed citations

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