Dhifaf Sarhan

2.5k total citations
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Dhifaf Sarhan is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dhifaf Sarhan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Immunology, 18 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dhifaf Sarhan's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), Immune cells in cancer (15 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (9 papers). Dhifaf Sarhan is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers), Immune cells in cancer (15 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (9 papers). Dhifaf Sarhan collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Dhifaf Sarhan's co-authors include Andreas Lundqvist, Rolf Kiessling, Jeffrey S. Miller, Yumeng Mao, Bruce R. Blazar, Sarah Cooley, Barbara Seliger, Ali Razaghi, Mansour Poorebrahim and André Steven and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Dhifaf Sarhan

36 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dhifaf Sarhan Sweden 20 1.3k 837 382 163 110 38 1.8k
Mourad Benallaoua France 9 860 0.7× 805 1.0× 236 0.6× 38 0.2× 27 0.2× 14 1.3k
Tatyana Vlaykova Bulgaria 21 348 0.3× 516 0.6× 651 1.7× 46 0.3× 59 0.5× 92 1.5k
Pelayo Correa United States 10 857 0.7× 498 0.6× 318 0.8× 32 0.2× 28 0.3× 14 1.5k
Raoul Salup United States 20 662 0.5× 492 0.6× 404 1.1× 29 0.2× 45 0.4× 40 1.4k
Audrey Lasry Israel 10 391 0.3× 500 0.6× 595 1.6× 43 0.3× 15 0.1× 11 1.3k
Yoshie Une Japan 18 391 0.3× 416 0.5× 257 0.7× 43 0.3× 223 2.0× 54 1.3k
Kaixiong Tao China 16 729 0.6× 443 0.5× 419 1.1× 13 0.1× 53 0.5× 29 1.3k
Hui Deng China 21 318 0.2× 399 0.5× 589 1.5× 28 0.2× 40 0.4× 80 1.4k
Ihtzaz Ahmed Malik Germany 18 278 0.2× 151 0.2× 226 0.6× 112 0.7× 124 1.1× 38 951
Kaushal Parikh Netherlands 18 476 0.4× 340 0.4× 741 1.9× 22 0.1× 45 0.4× 32 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dhifaf Sarhan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dhifaf Sarhan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dhifaf Sarhan

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All Works

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Gultekin, Okan, Shruti Khare, Shiyong Neo, et al.. (2025). Adaptive NK Cells Exhibit Tumor-Specific Immune Memory and Cytotoxicity in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 13(7). 1080–1097. 5 indexed citations
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Gultekin, Okan, Jordi Gonzalez‐Molina, Dhifaf Sarhan, et al.. (2025). Systemic and tumor-specific inflammatory markers VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 as indicators of extent of surgery and oncologic outcome in advanced ovarian cancer. Translational Oncology. 59. 102462–102462.
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He, Fei, Sayaka Suzuki, Tianjie Liu, et al.. (2023). FPR2 Shapes an Immune-Excluded Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment and Drives T-cell Exhaustion in a Sex-Dependent Manner. Cancer Research. 83(10). 1628–1645. 12 indexed citations
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Sandalova, Tatyana, Yizhe Sun, Frank Cichocki, et al.. (2023). Non-classical HLA-E restricted CMV 15-mer peptides are recognized by adaptive NK cells and induce memory responses. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1230718–1230718. 8 indexed citations
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Gultekin, Okan, et al.. (2023). The extracellular matrix – immune microenvironment crosstalk in cancer therapy: Challenges and opportunities. Matrix Biology. 121. 217–228. 18 indexed citations
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Sarhan, Dhifaf, Fei He, Maria Bergsland, et al.. (2022). Targeting myeloid suppressive cells revives cytotoxic anti-tumor responses in pancreatic cancer. iScience. 25(11). 105317–105317. 25 indexed citations
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He, Fei, et al.. (2022). Sex dimorphism in the tumor microenvironment – From bench to bedside and back. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 86(Pt 3). 166–179. 11 indexed citations
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Razaghi, Ali, Mansour Poorebrahim, Dhifaf Sarhan, & Mikael Björnstedt. (2021). Selenium stimulates the antitumour immunity: Insights to future research. European Journal of Cancer. 155. 256–267. 150 indexed citations
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Fleur, Linnéa La, Johan Botling, Fei He, et al.. (2020). Targeting MARCO and IL37R on Immunosuppressive Macrophages in Lung Cancer Blocks Regulatory T Cells and Supports Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Function. Cancer Research. 81(4). 956–967. 168 indexed citations
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Evren, Elza, Emma Ringqvist, Kumar Parijat Tripathi, et al.. (2020). Distinct developmental pathways from blood monocytes generate human lung macrophage diversity. Immunity. 54(2). 259–275.e7. 113 indexed citations
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Sarhan, Dhifaf, Michael R. Verneris, Bartosz Grzywacz, et al.. (2020). Mesenchymal stromal cells shape the MDS microenvironment by inducing suppressive monocytes that dampen NK cell function. JCI Insight. 5(5). 40 indexed citations
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Sarhan, Dhifaf, Keli L. Hippen, Xianghua Luo, et al.. (2018). Adaptive NK Cells Resist Regulatory T-cell Suppression Driven by IL37. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(7). 766–775. 93 indexed citations
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Bachanová, Veronika, Dhifaf Sarhan, Todd E. DeFor, et al.. (2017). Haploidentical natural killer cells induce remissions in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients with low levels of immune-suppressor cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 67(3). 483–494. 78 indexed citations
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Sarhan, Dhifaf, Frank Cichocki, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2016). Adaptive NK Cells with Low TIGIT Expression Are Inherently Resistant to Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Research. 76(19). 5696–5706. 157 indexed citations
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Wagner, Arnika Kathleen, Dhifaf Sarhan, Stephan Meinke, et al.. (2016). Independent control of natural killer cell responsiveness and homeostasis at steady-state by CD11c+ dendritic cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37996–37996. 12 indexed citations
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Sarhan, Dhifaf, Marzia Palma, Yumeng Mao, et al.. (2015). Dendritic cell regulation of NK‐cell responses involves lymphotoxin‐α, IL‐12, and TGF‐β. European Journal of Immunology. 45(6). 1783–1793. 30 indexed citations
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Mao, Yumeng, Dhifaf Sarhan, André Steven, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Tumor-Derived Prostaglandin-E2 Blocks the Induction of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Recovers Natural Killer Cell Activity. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(15). 4096–4106. 225 indexed citations
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Wennerberg, Erik, Dhifaf Sarhan, Mattias Carlsten, et al.. (2013). Doxorubicin sensitizes human tumor cells to NK cell‐ and T‐cell‐mediated killing by augmented TRAIL receptor signaling. International Journal of Cancer. 133(7). 1643–1652. 49 indexed citations
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Okita, Riki, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Takashi Ando, et al.. (2012). HER2/HER3 Signaling Regulates NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity via MHC Class I Chain-Related Molecule A and B Expression in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines. The Journal of Immunology. 188(5). 2136–2145. 50 indexed citations

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