Jonathan Sprent

36.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
291 papers, 29.9k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Sprent is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Sprent has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 29.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Immunology, 40 papers in Oncology and 29 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Sprent's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (214 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (186 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (154 papers). Jonathan Sprent is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (214 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (186 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (154 papers). Jonathan Sprent collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Korea. Jonathan Sprent's co-authors include Charles D. Surh, David F. Tough, Onur Boyman, Robert Korngold, Hidehiro Kishimoto, Siquan Sun, Inkyu Hwang, David Lo, Susan R. Webb and Yacov Ron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Sprent

289 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

The role of interleukin-2... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2012 1998 1996 2008 1994 400 800 1.2k
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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. The role of interleukin-2 during homeostasis and activation of the immune system
    2012 1.2k citations Onur Boyman, Jonathan Sprent profile →
  2. Potent and Selective Stimulation of Memory-Phenotype CD8+ T Cells In Vivo by IL-15
    1998 1.1k citations Inkyu Hwang, Jonathan Sprent et al. profile →
  3. Induction of Bystander T Cell Proliferation by Viruses and Type I Interferon in Vivo
    1996 926 citations David F. Tough, Jonathan Sprent et al. Science profile →
  4. Homeostasis of Naive and Memory T Cells
    2008 914 citations Charles D. Surh, Jonathan Sprent profile →
  5. T-cell apoptosis detected in situ during positive and negative selection in the thymus
    1994 896 citations Charles D. Surh, Jonathan Sprent profile →
  6. IL-7 is critical for homeostatic proliferation and survival of naïve T cells
    2001 788 citations Jonathan Sprent, Charles D. Surh et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Turnover of naive- and memory-phenotype T cells.
    1994 784 citations David F. Tough, Jonathan Sprent The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  8. Type I interferons act directly on CD8 T cells to allow clonal expansion and memory formation in response to viral infection
    2005 768 citations Ganesh Kolumam, Sunil Thomas et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  9. Selective Stimulation of T Cell Subsets with Antibody-Cytokine Immune Complexes
    2006 719 citations Onur Boyman, Marek Kovář et al. Science profile →
  10. Interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-7 Jointly Regulate Homeostatic Proliferation of Memory Phenotype CD8+ Cells but Are Not Required for Memory Phenotype CD4+ Cells
    2002 651 citations Jonathan Sprent, Charles D. Surh et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  11. The Peptide Ligands Mediating Positive Selection in the Thymus Control T Cell Survival and Homeostatic Proliferation in the Periphery
    1999 640 citations Jonathan Sprent, Charles D. Surh et al. profile →
  12. A Fundamental Role for Interleukin-21 in the Generation of T Follicular Helper Cells
    2008 584 citations Alexis Vogelzang, Helen M. McGuire et al. profile →
  13. A monoclonal antibody discriminating between subsets of T and B cells.
    1981 515 citations Jonathan Sprent et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  14. Lethal graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation across minor histocompatibility barriers in mice. Prevention by removing mature T cells from marrow.
    1978 429 citations Jonathan Sprent et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jonathan Sprent 24.8k 4.8k 4.1k 2.4k 2.2k 291 29.9k
Ken Shortman 27.9k 1.1× 4.0k 0.8× 6.4k 1.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 318 33.3k
David H. Raulet 27.3k 1.1× 8.8k 1.9× 4.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 220 32.3k
Randolph J. Noelle 22.0k 0.9× 6.2k 1.3× 4.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 263 28.1k
Enrico Maggi 15.6k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 367 27.2k
Edgar G. Engleman 15.5k 0.6× 5.8k 1.2× 6.0k 1.5× 3.7k 1.6× 1.7k 0.8× 277 24.9k
Ethan M. Shevach 37.5k 1.5× 7.3k 1.5× 6.6k 1.6× 3.2k 1.3× 3.3k 1.5× 423 47.7k
Abul K. Abbas 17.5k 0.7× 3.5k 0.7× 4.8k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 190 25.9k
Mitchell Kronenberg 30.7k 1.2× 6.1k 1.3× 5.2k 1.3× 3.5k 1.5× 2.5k 1.1× 344 37.0k
Raif S. Geha 19.4k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 5.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 501 31.8k
Douglas T. Fearon 15.2k 0.6× 6.6k 1.4× 5.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 178 24.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sprent, Jonathan & Onur Boyman. (2024). Optimising IL-2 for Cancer Immunotherapy. Immune Network. 24(1). e5–e5. 7 indexed citations
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Pilat, Nina, et al.. (2023). Treg Therapy for the Induction of Immune Tolerance in Transplantation—Not Lost in Translation?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1752–1752. 19 indexed citations
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Hong, Sung‐Wook, O Eunju, Jun Young Lee, et al.. (2019). Food antigens drive spontaneous IgE elevation in the absence of commensal microbiota. Science Advances. 5(5). eaaw1507–eaaw1507. 32 indexed citations
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Lee, Juneyoung, Eun Jin Lee, Sung‐Wook Hong, et al.. (2019). TCB2, a new anti-human interleukin-2 antibody, facilitates heterodimeric IL-2 receptor signaling and improves anti-tumor immunity. OncoImmunology. 9(1). 1681869–1681869. 14 indexed citations
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Verma, Ravi, Changhon Lee, Jaeu Yi, et al.. (2018). Cell surface polysaccharides of Bifidobacterium bifidum induce the generation of Foxp3 + regulatory T cells. Science Immunology. 3(28). 186 indexed citations
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Choi, Dong Hoon, Kwang Soon Kim, Se Hwan Yang, et al.. (2011). Dendritic Cell Internalization of α-Galactosylceramide from CD8 T Cells Induces Potent Antitumor CD8 T-cell Responses. Cancer Research. 71(24). 7442–7451. 8 indexed citations
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McGuire, Helen M., Alexis Vogelzang, Natasha Hill, et al.. (2009). Loss of parity between IL-2 and IL-21 in the NOD Idd3 locus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(46). 19438–19443. 50 indexed citations
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Ramsey, Chris, et al.. (2008). The Lymphopenic Environment of CD132 (Common γ-Chain)-Deficient Hosts Elicits Rapid Homeostatic Proliferation of Naive T Cells via IL-15. The Journal of Immunology. 180(8). 5320–5326. 30 indexed citations
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Boyman, Onur, et al.. (2008). IL-7/Anti-IL-7 mAb Complexes Restore T Cell Development and Induce Homeostatic T Cell Expansion without Lymphopenia. The Journal of Immunology. 180(11). 7265–7275. 105 indexed citations
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Boyman, Onur, Marek Kovář, Mark P. Rubinstein, Charles D. Surh, & Jonathan Sprent. (2006). Selective Stimulation of T Cell Subsets with Antibody-Cytokine Immune Complexes. Science. 311(5769). 1924–1927. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kolumam, Ganesh, Sunil Thomas, Lucas Thompson, Jonathan Sprent, & Kaja Murali‐Krishna. (2005). Type I interferons act directly on CD8 T cells to allow clonal expansion and memory formation in response to viral infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 202(5). 637–650. 768 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tough, David F., Xiaohong Zhang, & Jonathan Sprent. (2001). An IFN-γ-Dependent Pathway Controls Stimulation of Memory Phenotype CD8+ T Cell Turnover In Vivo by IL-12, IL-18, and IFN-γ. The Journal of Immunology. 166(10). 6007–6011. 91 indexed citations
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Hwang, Inkyu & Jonathan Sprent. (2001). Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton in T Cell Absorption and Internalization of Ligands from APC. The Journal of Immunology. 166(8). 5099–5107. 53 indexed citations
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Surh, Charles D. & Jonathan Sprent. (2000). Homeostatic T Cell Proliferation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 192(4). F9–F14. 241 indexed citations
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Sprent, Jonathan. (1999). Presidential address to the American Association of Immunologists. Stimulating naive T cells.. PubMed. 163(9). 4629–36. 14 indexed citations
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Kishimoto, Hidehiro, Charles D. Surh, & Jonathan Sprent. (1998). A Role for Fas in Negative Selection of Thymocytes In Vivo. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 187(9). 1427–1438. 139 indexed citations
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Sprent, Jonathan, et al.. (1992). Factors influencing the fate of T cells responding to Mls antigens.. PubMed. 4(5). 329–36. 15 indexed citations
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Sprent, Jonathan & Michele L. Schaefer. (1988). Antigen-presenting cells for Lyt-2+ cells. I. Stimulation of unprimed Lyt-2+ cells by H-2 different Thy-1-Ia- cells prepared from spleen and bone marrow.. The Journal of Immunology. 140(11). 3745–3750. 8 indexed citations
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Webb, Susan R., Akiko Okamoto, & Jonathan Sprent. (1988). Analysis of T hybridomas prepared from a T cell clone with three specificities. Recognition of self + X and allo-H-2 determinants segregates from recognition of Mlsa determinants.. The Journal of Immunology. 141(6). 1828–1834. 8 indexed citations
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Webb, Susan R. & Jonathan Sprent. (1987). Downregulation of T cell responses by antibodies to the T cell receptor.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 165(2). 584–589. 28 indexed citations

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