Leonard Chess

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Leonard Chess is a scholar working on Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard Chess has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Immunology, 29 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 28 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leonard Chess's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (82 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (80 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (29 papers). Leonard Chess is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (82 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (80 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (29 papers). Leonard Chess collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. Leonard Chess's co-authors include Stuart F. Schlossman, Hong Jiang, Ilan Bank, Richard P. MacDermott, Seth Lederman, Michael Yellin, Gideon Goldstein, Jack L. Strominger, D Stern and Maurice Godfrey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leonard Chess

146 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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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.

The isolation and nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding the T cell surface protein T4: a new member of the immunoglobulin gene family

1985 595 citations Leonard Chess et al. profile →
Tumor necrosis factor/cachectin interacts with endothelial cell receptors to induce release of interleukin 1.

1986 587 citations Peter P. Nawroth, Ilan Bank et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Functional interaction between human T-cell protein CD4 and the major histocompatibility complex HLA-DR antigen

1987 306 citations Leonard Chess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonard Chess United States	60	8.4k	2.5k	2.3k	1.5k	1.1k	148	12.5k
B Perussia United States	63	10.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	132	14.3k
Brian L. Kotzin United States	59	8.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	175	13.5k
J A Ledbetter United States	52	9.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	703 0.6×	99	12.7k
Patrick C. Kung United States	41	7.1k 0.8×	4.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	64	10.9k
Arne Svejgaard Denmark	71	13.5k 1.6×	1.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	391	21.4k
Paolo Casali United States	59	6.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	958 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	184	11.1k
Bernard Mach Switzerland	66	11.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	4.5k 2.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	224	17.1k
S F Schlossman United States	54	7.5k 0.9×	3.9k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	606 0.5×	94	11.1k
Garnett Kelsoe United States	65	10.6k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	974 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	180	13.8k
Richard R. Hardy United States	66	13.6k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	660 0.6×	135	17.2k

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Jiang, Hong & Leonard Chess. (2008). Qa-1/HLA–E–restricted regulatory CD8+ T cells and self–nonself discrimination: An essay on peripheral T-cell regulation. Human Immunology. 69(11). 721–727. 21 indexed citations

Chess, Leonard. (2006). The Birth of Functionally Distinct T Cell Subsets. The Journal of Immunology. 176(7). 3859–3860. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Hong, Bitao Liang, Zongyu Zheng, et al.. (2005). An affinity/avidity model of peripheral T cell regulation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(2). 302–312. 27 indexed citations

Goldstein, Itamar, Shomron Ben‐Horin, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2003). Expression of the α1β1 integrin, VLA-1, marks a distinct subset of human CD4+ memory T cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(9). 1444–1454. 34 indexed citations

Li, Jianfeng, et al.. (2001). Induction of TCR Vβ-Specific CD8+ CTLs by TCR Vβ-Derived Peptides Bound to HLA-E. The Journal of Immunology. 167(7). 3800–3808. 69 indexed citations

Bank, Ilan, Armand F. Miranda, & Leonard Chess. (2001). Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Myocytotoxicity in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Inflammatory Myopathies. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 21(5). 328–334. 4 indexed citations

Lederman, Seth, Aileen M. Cleary, Michael Yellin, et al.. (1996). The central role of the CD40-ligand and CD40 pathway in T-lymphocyte-mediated differentiation of B lymphocytes. Current Opinion in Hematology. 3(1). 77–86. 28 indexed citations

Karpusas, Michael, Yen‐Ming Hsu, Jia‐Huai Wang, et al.. (1995). 2 å crystal structure of an extracellular fragment of human CD40 ligand. Structure. 3(10). 1031–1039. 195 indexed citations

Lederman, Seth, Michael Yellin, Lori R. Covey, et al.. (1993). Non-antigen signals for B-cell growth and differentiation to antibody secretion. Current Opinion in Immunology. 5(3). 439–444. 20 indexed citations

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Lederman, Seth, Michael Yellin, Giorgio Inghirami, et al.. (1992). Molecular interactions mediating T-B lymphocyte collaboration in human lymphoid follicles. Roles of T cell-B-cell-activating molecule (5c8 antigen) and CD40 in contact-dependent help.Lederman S, Yellin MJ, Inghirami G, Lee JJ, Knowles DM, Chess L.. The Journal of Immunology. 3817–3826. 24 indexed citations

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Lederman, Seth, et al.. (1992). Sulfated Polyester Interactions with the CD4 Molecule and with the Third Variable Loop Domain (v3) of gp120 Are Chemically Distinct. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(9). 1599–1610. 22 indexed citations

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Lederman, Seth, et al.. (1992). Identification of a novel surface protein on activated CD4+ T cells that induces contact-dependent B cell differentiation (help).. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 175(4). 1091–1101. 310 indexed citations

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Nickerson, K. G., Jeffrey E. Berman, E Glickman, Leonard Chess, & Frederick W. Alt. (1989). Early human IgH gene assembly in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed fetal B cell lines. Preferential utilization of the most JH-proximal D segment (DQ52) and two unusual VH-related rearrangements.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 169(4). 1391–1403. 63 indexed citations

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Hochstenbach, Frans, Christina M. Parker, Joanne McLean, et al.. (1988). Characterization of a third form of the human T cell receptor gamma/delta.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 168(2). 761–776. 76 indexed citations

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Okada, Ami, Ilan Bank, L Rogozinski, et al.. (1988). Structure of the gamma/delta T cell receptor of a human thymocyte clone.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 168(4). 1481–1486. 10 indexed citations

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Nawroth, Peter P., et al.. (1986). Endothelium is a target tissue for tumor necrosis factor. Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States). 3 indexed citations

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Nawroth, Peter P., et al.. (1986). Tumor necrosis factor/cachectin interacts with endothelial cell receptors to induce release of interleukin 1.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 163(6). 1363–1375. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kabat, Elvin A., K. G. Nickerson, Jingqiu Liao, et al.. (1986). A human monoclonal macroglobulin with specificity for alpha(2----8)-linked poly-N-acetyl neuraminic acid, the capsular polysaccharide of group B meningococci and Escherichia coli K1, which crossreacts with polynucleotides and with denatured DNA.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 164(2). 642–654. 107 indexed citations

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Irigoyen, O H, et al.. (1981). Generation of functional human T cell hybrids.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 154(6). 1827–1837. 34 indexed citations

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Chess, Leonard, Robert Evans, Robert E. Humphreys, Jack L. Strominger, & S F Schlossman. (1976). Inhibition of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and immunoglobulin synthesis by an antiserum prepared against a human B-cell Ia-like molecule.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 144(1). 113–122. 44 indexed citations

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