Michel Gilliet

24.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
114 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Michel Gilliet is a scholar working on Immunology, Dermatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Gilliet has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Immunology, 36 papers in Dermatology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michel Gilliet's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (40 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (37 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (25 papers). Michel Gilliet is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (40 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (37 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (25 papers). Michel Gilliet collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Michel Gilliet's co-authors include Yong-Jun Liu, Frank O. Nestlé, Yong‐Jun Liu, Curdin Conrad, Roberto Lande, Günter Burg, Bernhard Homey, Wei Cao, Reinhard Dummer and Josh Gregorio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michel Gilliet

108 papers receiving 18.0k 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.

Vaccination of melanoma patients with peptide- or tumorlysate-pulsed dendritic cells

1998 2.4k citations Michel Gilliet, Reinhard Dummer et al. profile →
Human epithelial cells trigger dendritic cell–mediated allergic inflammation by producing TSLP

2002 1.7k citations Holger Kanzler, Bernhard Homey et al. profile →
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense self-DNA coupled with antimicrobial peptide

2007 1.4k citations Roberto Lande, Josh Gregorio et al. Nature profile →
Neutrophils Activate Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by Releasing Self-DNA–Peptide Complexes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

2011 999 citations Roberto Lande, Dipyaman Ganguly et al. profile →
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: sensing nucleic acids in viral infection and autoimmune diseases

2008 901 citations Michel Gilliet, Yong‐Jun Liu et al. profile →
Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-α production

2005 863 citations Curdin Conrad, Bernhard Homey et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Self-RNA–antimicrobial peptide complexes activate human dendritic cells through TLR7 and TLR8

2009 560 citations Dipyaman Ganguly, Georgios Chamilos et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Generation of Human CD8 T Regulatory Cells by CD40 Ligand–activated Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

2002 510 citations Michel Gilliet, Yong-Jun Liu The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells prime IL-10–producing T regulatory cells by inducible costimulator ligand

2007 503 citations Tomoki� Ito, Yui‐Hsi Wang et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
STING activation of tumor endothelial cells initiates spontaneous and therapeutic antitumor immunity

2015 447 citations Aude De Gassart, Nicolas Gestermann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The antimicrobial peptide LL37 is a T-cell autoantigen in psoriasis

2014 416 citations Roberto Lande, Curdin Conrad et al. Nature Communications profile →
The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19

2022 371 citations Jérémy Di Domizio, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michel Gilliet Switzerland	48	14.4k	3.7k	3.4k	2.8k	2.1k	114	18.4k
Robert A. Kastelein United States	56	24.0k 1.7×	3.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.3×	4.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.7×	74	31.0k
Georg Stingl Austria	74	9.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	331	17.8k
Kenji Nakanishi Japan	60	12.4k 0.9×	6.1k 1.7×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	128	18.4k
Martien L. Kapsenberg Netherlands	60	10.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	127	14.7k
Serge Lebecque France	59	15.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	887 0.3×	4.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	123	19.5k
Francine Brière France	44	15.4k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	74	19.1k
Thomas M. Kündig Switzerland	64	11.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	226	18.0k
Satish Menon United States	33	8.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	37	12.3k
Atul K. Bhan United States	76	9.1k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	235	19.5k
Jens‐Michael Schröder Germany	51	5.7k 0.4×	3.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	134	12.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Gilliet

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Kabashima, Kenji, et al.. (2025). Lessons from TNF-α Inhibitor–Induced Alopecia Areata: Does TNF-α Operate as a Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Guardian under Inflammatory Conditions?. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 145(10). 2410–2416.e3.

Zhang, Haihan, Xianying Xing, Mehrnaz Gharaee‐Kermani, et al.. (2025). Th17 cells with regulatory phenotype are the main IL-17F and IL-26 producers in palmoplantar pustulosis. JCI Insight. 10(20). 1 indexed citations

Saidoune, Fanny, Danyel Lee, Jérémy Di Domizio, et al.. (2025). Enhanced TLR7-dependent production of type I interferon by pDCs underlies pandemic chilblains. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(7). 3 indexed citations

Gilliet, Michel & Robert L. Modlin. (2024). Immunobiology of IL-26. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(6). 1217–1222. 6 indexed citations

Fries, Anissa, Fanny Saidoune, François Kuonen, et al.. (2023). Differentiation of IL-26+ TH17 intermediates into IL-17A producers via epithelial crosstalk in psoriasis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3878–3878. 32 indexed citations

Ostano, Paola, Giovanna Chiorino, Jérémy Di Domizio, et al.. (2023). O09 Dynamic impact of chronic inflammation on epidermal autophagy pathway. British Journal of Dermatology. 189(1). e7–e8. 1 indexed citations

Yatim, Ahmad, Marie‐Anne Morren, An Goossens, et al.. (2023). It is not always chlorhexidine: Identification of benzoxonium chloride and lauramine oxide as culprit allergens in a popular antiseptic in Switzerland. Contact Dermatitis. 89(4). 284–289.

Domizio, Jérémy Di, Muhammet F. Gülen, Fanny Saidoune, et al.. (2022). The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19. Nature. 603(7899). 145–151. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

Gestermann, Nicolas, Jérémy Di Domizio, Roberto Lande, et al.. (2018). Netting Neutrophils Activate Autoreactive B Cells in Lupus. The Journal of Immunology. 200(10). 3364–3371. 128 indexed citations

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Riedel, Tina, et al.. (2017). Drug Repurposing Approach Identifies a Synergistic Drug Combination of an Antifungal Agent and an Experimental Organometallic Drug for Melanoma Treatment. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 15(1). 116–126. 15 indexed citations

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Conrad, Curdin, Jérémy Di Domizio, Alessio Mylonas, et al.. (2017). TNF blockade induces a dysregulated type I interferon response without autoimmunity in paradoxical psoriasis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 196 indexed citations

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Gassart, Aude De, Olivier Demaria, Léa Zaffalon, et al.. (2016). Pharmacological eEF 2K activation promotes cell death and inhibits cancer progression. EMBO Reports. 17(10). 1471–1484. 29 indexed citations

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Conrad, Curdin, Josh Gregorio, Yi-Hong Wang, et al.. (2012). Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Promote Immunosuppression in Ovarian Cancer via ICOS Costimulation of Foxp3+ T-Regulatory Cells. Cancer Research. 72(20). 5240–5249. 251 indexed citations

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Ganguly, Dipyaman, Georgios Chamilos, Roberto Lande, et al.. (2009). Self-RNA–antimicrobial peptide complexes activate human dendritic cells through TLR7 and TLR8. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(9). 1983–1994. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chamilos, Georgios, Russell E. Lewis, Jianhua Hu, et al.. (2008). Drosophila melanogaster as a model host to dissect the immunopathogenesis of zygomycosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(27). 9367–9372. 112 indexed citations

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Meller, Stephan, Michel Gilliet, & Bernhard Homey. (2008). Chemokines in the Pathogenesis of Lichenoid Tissue Reactions. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 129(2). 315–319. 41 indexed citations

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Ito, Tomoki�, Yui‐Hsi Wang, Roberto Lande, et al.. (2007). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells prime IL-10–producing T regulatory cells by inducible costimulator ligand. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(1). 105–115. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Urosevic, Mirjana, Reinhard Dummer, Curdin Conrad, et al.. (2005). Disease-Independent Skin Recruitment and Activation of Plasmacytoid Predendritic Cells Following Imiquimod Treatment. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 97(15). 1143–1153. 141 indexed citations

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Meller, Stephan, Michel Gilliet, Anja Müller, et al.. (2005). Ultraviolet radiation–induced injury, chemokines, and leukocyte recruitment: An amplification cycle triggering cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 52(5). 1504–1516. 182 indexed citations

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Schneider, Raphaël, et al.. (1996). Maladie de Caroli monolobaire droite.. IRIS. 1 indexed citations

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