Maria‐Luisa Alegre

15.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
157 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Maria‐Luisa Alegre is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Transplantation. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria‐Luisa Alegre has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Immunology, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Transplantation. Recurrent topics in Maria‐Luisa Alegre's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (70 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (68 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (34 papers). Maria‐Luisa Alegre is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (70 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (68 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (34 papers). Maria‐Luisa Alegre collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and China. Maria‐Luisa Alegre's co-authors include Thomas F. Gajewski, Craig B. Thompson, Yuk Man Lei, Jason J. Luke, Kenneth A. Frauwirth, Jessica Fessler, Vyara Matson, Yuanyuan Zha, Riyue Bao and Keston Aquino-Michaels and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Maria‐Luisa Alegre

150 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

Commensal Bifidobacterium promotes antitumor immunity and facilitates anti–PD-L1 efficacy

2015 2.8k citations Ayelet Sivan, Leticia Corrales et al. Science profile →
The commensal microbiome is associated with anti–PD-1 efficacy in metastatic melanoma patients

2018 2.1k citations Maria‐Luisa Alegre, Thomas F. Gajewski et al. Science profile →
Modulation of tryptophan catabolism by regulatory T cells

2003 1.0k citations Francesca Fallarino, Ursula Grohmann et al. Nature Immunology profile →
T-cell regulation by CD28 and CTLA-4

2001 704 citations Maria‐Luisa Alegre, Kenneth A. Frauwirth et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria‐Luisa Alegre United States	42	5.5k	4.4k	4.0k	1.3k	1.2k	157	11.7k
Ifor R. Williams United States	56	5.1k 0.9×	5.6k 1.3×	2.1k 0.5×	794 0.6×	836 0.7×	156	13.2k
Tyler J. Curiel United States	52	6.3k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	4.8k 1.2×	538 0.4×	966 0.8×	196	11.9k
Sidonia Fagarasan Japan	43	8.2k 1.5×	4.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	735 0.6×	64	12.4k
Koichi S. Kobayashi United States	49	5.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.3×	981 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	134	11.2k
Francesco Dieli Italy	55	6.5k 1.2×	2.7k 0.6×	3.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	821 0.7×	274	11.6k
Yuka Kanno United States	59	11.4k 2.1×	4.3k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	693 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	97	17.3k
Rui Sun China	63	8.4k 1.5×	3.0k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	266	14.5k
Sergei A. Nedospasov Russia	60	6.4k 1.2×	4.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	621 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	239	12.2k
Deborah J. Lenschow United States	41	9.3k 1.7×	2.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	955 0.8×	66	13.4k
Kelli L. Boyd United States	56	4.7k 0.8×	4.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	970 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	183	11.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria‐Luisa Alegre

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Zhang, Lei, Nikita Mani, Jesse T. Davidson, et al.. (2025). Treg activation during allograft tolerance induction requires mitochondrion-induced TGF-β1 in type 1 conventional dendritic cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(18).

Ung, Trevor, Kevin Chang, Shijie Cao, et al.. (2025). Liver-targeted allergen immunotherapy rapidly and safely induces antigen-specific tolerance to treat allergic airway disease in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 17(794). eadl0406–eadl0406. 2 indexed citations

McIntosh, Christine, et al.. (2024). Low-affinity CD8+ T cells provide interclonal help to high-affinity CD8+ T cells to augment alloimmunity. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(6). 933–943. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhipeng, et al.. (2023). Microbiota-dependent and -independent effects of obesity on transplant rejection and hyperglycemia. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(10). 1526–1535. 12 indexed citations

Si, Youhui, Daniela Weiskopf, Qiaomu Tian, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of protective immunity against Staphylococcus aureus infection by MHC-restricted immunodominance is overcome by vaccination. Science Advances. 6(14). eaaw7713–eaaw7713. 18 indexed citations

Cravedi, Paolo, Jesse D. Schold, Kassem Safa, et al.. (2020). The COVID‐19 pandemic: A community approach. Clinical Transplantation. 34(11). e14059–e14059. 8 indexed citations

Tu, Eric, Cheryl Chia, Weiwei Chen, et al.. (2018). T Cell Receptor-Regulated TGF-β Type I Receptor Expression Determines T Cell Quiescence and Activation. Immunity. 48(4). 745–759.e6. 63 indexed citations

Lei, Yuk Man, Luqiu Chen, Ying Wang, et al.. (2016). The composition of the microbiota modulates allograft rejection. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 126(7). 2736–2744. 80 indexed citations

Sivan, Ayelet, Leticia Corrales, Nathaniel Hubert, et al.. (2015). Commensal Bifidobacterium promotes antitumor immunity and facilitates anti–PD-L1 efficacy. Science. 350(6264). 1084–1089. 2825 indexed citations breakdown →

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Molinero, Luciana & Maria‐Luisa Alegre. (2011). TCR-CARMA1-NF-{kappa}B controls Th17 differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 186. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Luqiu, Emily Ahmed, Tong‐Min Wang, et al.. (2009). TLR Signals Promote IL-6/IL-17-Dependent Transplant Rejection. The Journal of Immunology. 182(10). 6217–6225. 98 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ping, et al.. (2005). Transplantation Tolerance in NF-κB-Impaired Mice Is Not Due to Regulation but Is Prevented by Transgenic Expression of Bcl-xL. The Journal of Immunology. 174(6). 3447–3453. 19 indexed citations

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Fallarino, Francesca, Ursula Grohmann, Kwang Woo Hwang, et al.. (2003). Modulation of tryptophan catabolism by regulatory T cells. Nature Immunology. 4(12). 1206–1212. 1038 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harlin, Helena, Kwang Woo Hwang, Oliver Kim, et al.. (2002). CTLA-4 engagement regulates NF-κB activation in vivo. European Journal of Immunology. 32(8). 2095–2095. 24 indexed citations

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Frauwirth, Kenneth A., Maria‐Luisa Alegre, & Craig B. Thompson. (2001). CTLA-4 Is Not Required for Induction of CD8+ T Cell Anergy In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 167(9). 4936–4941. 38 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhong, Jun Wang, Lingzhong Meng, et al.. (2001). Cutting Edge: Membrane Lymphotoxin Regulates CD8+ T Cell-Mediated Intestinal Allograft Rejection. The Journal of Immunology. 167(9). 4796–4800. 44 indexed citations

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Gajewski, Thomas F., Francesca Fallarino, Patrick E. Fields, Fabiola V. Rivas, & Maria‐Luisa Alegre. (2001). Absence of CTLA-4 Lowers the Activation Threshold of Primed CD8+ TCR-Transgenic T Cells: Lack of Correlation with Src Homology Domain 2-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase. The Journal of Immunology. 166(6). 3900–3907. 45 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ping, Gregory L. Szot, Zhong Guo, et al.. (2000). Role of STAT4 and STAT6 Signaling in Allograft Rejection and CTLA4-Ig-Mediated Tolerance. The Journal of Immunology. 165(10). 5580–5587. 32 indexed citations

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Kouki, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (2000). CTLA-4 Gene Polymorphism at Position 49 in Exon 1 Reduces the Inhibitory Function of CTLA-4 and Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Graves’ Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 165(11). 6606–6611. 430 indexed citations

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Marchant, Arnaud, Maria‐Luisa Alegre, Anwar A. Hakim, et al.. (1995). Clinical and biological significance of interleukin-10 plasma levels in patients with septic shock. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 15(5). 266–273. 124 indexed citations

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