James L.M. Ferrara

29.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
270 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

James L.M. Ferrara is a scholar working on Hematology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, James L.M. Ferrara has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Hematology, 149 papers in Immunology and 39 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in James L.M. Ferrara's work include Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (200 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (74 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (74 papers). James L.M. Ferrara is often cited by papers focused on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (200 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (74 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (74 papers). James L.M. Ferrara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. James L.M. Ferrara's co-authors include Pavan Reddy, John E. Levine, Geoffrey R. Hill, Kenneth R. Cooke, Ernst Holler, Takanori Teshima, Chen Liu, Werner Krenger, Luying Pan and Yani S. Brinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James L.M. Ferrara

263 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Graft-versus-host disease

2009 1.8k citations James L.M. Ferrara, John E. Levine et al. profile →
Total Body Irradiation and Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease: The Role of Gastrointestinal Damage and Inflammatory Cytokines

1997 683 citations Geoffrey R. Hill, Kenneth R. Cooke et al. Blood profile →
The primacy of the gastrointestinal tract as a target organ of acute graft-versus-host disease: rationale for the use of cytokine shields in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

2000 544 citations Geoffrey R. Hill, James L.M. Ferrara Blood profile →
Metagenomic Analysis of the Stool Microbiome in Patients Receiving Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Loss of Diversity Is Associated with Use of Systemic Antibiotics and More Pronounced in Gastrointestinal Graft-versus-Host Disease

2014 367 citations Ernst Holler, Karin Schmid‐Zalaudek et al. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation profile →
EBMT−NIH−CIBMTR Task Force position statement on standardized terminology & guidance for graft-versus-host disease assessment

2018 266 citations James L.M. Ferrara, Daniel Wolff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James L.M. Ferrara United States	77	11.9k	10.1k	3.4k	2.7k	1.7k	270	18.6k
Ernst Holler Germany	63	9.3k 0.8×	6.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	370	16.6k
Edwin P. Alyea United States	72	10.6k 0.9×	6.8k 0.7×	4.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.4×	293	15.7k
Vincent T. Ho United States	65	10.4k 0.9×	5.8k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	323	14.9k
Donna Przepiorka United States	59	12.0k 1.0×	5.6k 0.6×	5.5k 1.6×	1.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.8×	197	18.2k
Corey Cutler United States	73	13.1k 1.1×	6.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	3.2k 1.9×	449	18.2k
Jeff Szer Australia	58	8.4k 0.7×	4.8k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	3.2k 1.8×	385	15.3k
Robert J. Soiffer United States	89	15.0k 1.3×	10.6k 1.1×	7.1k 2.1×	2.7k 1.0×	3.7k 2.1×	506	25.4k
Vanderson Rocha France	62	10.9k 0.9×	4.0k 0.4×	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	3.6k 2.1×	445	14.8k
Richard J. Jones United States	66	7.8k 0.7×	3.8k 0.4×	4.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	333	14.4k
Aloïs Gratwohl Switzerland	80	17.1k 1.4×	5.7k 0.6×	4.7k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	4.8k 2.8×	515	23.8k

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Wang, Xiaoli, Aaron Etra, Jean‐Frédéric Colombel, et al.. (2025). Reparative immunological consequences of stem cell transplantation as a cellular therapy for refractory Crohn’s disease. Gut. 74(6). 894–905. 1 indexed citations

Utrero‐Rico, Alberto, Tatiana Goncharov, Joshua D. Webster, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of RIP1 improves immune reconstitution and reduces GVHD mortality while preserving graft-versus-leukemia effects. Science Translational Medicine. 15(727). eadf8366–eadf8366. 8 indexed citations

Héja, Dávid, Dongchang Zhao, Arun Čumpelik, et al.. (2022). Mannan-Binding Lectin Promotes Murine Graft-versus-Host Disease by Amplifying Lipopolysaccharide-Initiated Inflammation. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 28(8). 472.e1–472.e11.

Groth, Christoph, Manita Bremmers, Frank Preijers, et al.. (2017). A Phase I/II Study on the Anti-CD3/CD7 Immunotoxin Combination (T-GuardTM) for the Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Acute Gvhd. Blood. 130. 513–513. 1 indexed citations

Tkachev, Victor, Anthony W. Opipari, Ling-Yang Hao, et al.. (2015). Programmed Death-1 Controls T Cell Survival by Regulating Oxidative Metabolism. The Journal of Immunology. 194(12). 5789–5800. 101 indexed citations

Holler, Ernst, Karin Schmid‐Zalaudek, Christian Hundsrucker, et al.. (2014). Metagenomic analysis of the stool microbiome in patients receiving allogeneic SCT: Loss of diversity is associated with use of systemic antibiotics and more pronounced in gastrointestinal GvHD. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 4 indexed citations

Levine, John E., Brent R. Logan, Juan Wu, et al.. (2012). Acute graft-versus-host disease biomarkers measured during therapy can predict treatment outcomes: a Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network study. Blood. 119(16). 3854–3860. 133 indexed citations

Kato, Koji, Shuaiying Cui, Rork Kuick, et al.. (2010). Identification of Stem Cell Transcriptional Programs Normally Expressed in Embryonic and Neural Stem Cells in Alloreactive CD8+ T Cells Mediating Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 16(6). 751–771. 18 indexed citations

Salmasian, Hojjat, Mersedeh Rohanizadegan, Setareh Sadat Banihosseini, et al.. (2010). Corticosteroid regimens for treatment of acute and chronic graft versus host disease (GvHD) after allogenic stem cell transplantation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010(2). CD005565–CD005565. 22 indexed citations

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Paczesny, Sophie, Oleg I. Krijanovski, Thomas Braun, et al.. (2008). A biomarker panel for acute graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 113(2). 273–278. 290 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Kelli P. A., Vanessa Rowe, Andrew D. Clouston, et al.. (2005). Cytokine Expanded Myeloid Precursors Function as Regulatory Antigen-Presenting Cells and Promote Tolerance through IL-10-Producing Regulatory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 174(4). 1841–1850. 116 indexed citations

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Reddy, Pavan, Yoshinobu Maeda, Kevin B. Hotary, et al.. (2004). Histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid reduces acute graft-versus-host disease and preserves graft-versus-leukemia effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(11). 3921–3926. 213 indexed citations

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Duffner, Ulrich, Yoshinobu Maeda, Kenneth R. Cooke, et al.. (2004). Host Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 172(12). 7393–7398. 193 indexed citations

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Ordemann, Rainer, Raymond J. Hutchinson, Jeffrey Friedman, et al.. (2002). Enhanced allostimulatory activity of host antigen-presenting cells in old mice intensifies acute graft-versus-host disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(9). 1249–1256. 71 indexed citations

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Reddy, Vijay, Geoffrey R. Hill, Luying Pan, et al.. (2000). G-CSF MODULATES CYTOKINE PROFILE OF DENDRITIC CELLS AND DECREASES ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE THROUGH EFFECTS ON THE DONOR RATHER THAN THE RECIPIENT. Transplantation. 69(4). 691–693. 73 indexed citations

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Ferrara, James L.M.. (2000). Pathogenesis of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Cytokines and Cellular Effectors. Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research. 9(3). 299–306. 134 indexed citations

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Hill, Geoffrey R., Takanori Teshima, Vivienne I. Rebel, et al.. (2000). The p55 TNF-α Receptor Plays a Critical Role in T Cell Alloreactivity. The Journal of Immunology. 164(2). 656–663. 104 indexed citations

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Schwaighofer, H, Holger Hebart, M. Herold, et al.. (1997). ENDOGENOUS INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST DURING HUMAN BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation. 63(1). 52–56. 13 indexed citations

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Krenger, Werner & James L.M. Ferrara. (1996). Graft-versus-host disease and the Th1/Th2 paradigm. Immunologic Research. 15(1). 50–73. 123 indexed citations

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Down, Julian D., Peter Mauch, Michael J. Warhol, S Neben, & James L.M. Ferrara. (1992). THE EFFECT OF DONOR T LYMPHOCYTES AND TOTAL-BODY IRRADIATION ON HEMOPOIETIC ENGRAFTMENT AND PULMONARY TOXICITY FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation. 54(5). 802–808. 43 indexed citations

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