Samuel M. Behar

15.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Samuel M. Behar is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel M. Behar has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Immunology, 61 papers in Infectious Diseases and 34 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Samuel M. Behar's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (59 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (57 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (44 papers). Samuel M. Behar is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (59 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (57 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (44 papers). Samuel M. Behar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and United Kingdom. Samuel M. Behar's co-authors include Michael B. Brenner, Steven A. Porcelli, Heinz G. Remold, Maziar Divangahi, Joshua S. Woodworth, Markus Sköld, Cláudio Nunes-Alves, Alissa A. Chackerian, Evan Beckman and Pushpa Jayaraman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Samuel M. Behar

124 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Recognition of a lipid antigen by CD1-restricted αβ+ T cells

1994 831 citations Evan Beckman, Steven A. Porcelli et al. profile →
Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria

2006 496 citations Samuel M. Behar, Ian A. Wilson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel M. Behar United States	59	7.8k	5.0k	3.8k	2.3k	1.1k	127	11.8k
Thomas J. Scriba South Africa	50	5.2k 0.7×	5.6k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	617 0.6×	206	9.2k
W. Henry Boom United States	62	5.2k 0.7×	6.9k 1.4×	5.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	636 0.6×	213	11.1k
J. Ernst United States	53	4.2k 0.5×	5.7k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	745 0.7×	136	10.1k
Mark R. Alderson United States	56	7.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	115	12.0k
Peter A. Sieling United States	45	5.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	763 0.7×	84	8.9k
Carl G. Feng Australia	49	5.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	857 0.8×	100	8.7k
Shabaana A. Khader United States	49	6.0k 0.8×	4.5k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	928 0.8×	117	10.1k
John Chan United States	52	4.6k 0.6×	7.4k 1.5×	5.8k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	122	12.6k
Stefan Ehlers Germany	54	3.3k 0.4×	3.7k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	817 0.7×	146	8.8k
Heinz G. Remold United States	49	4.3k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	695 0.6×	118	8.8k

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Mortensen, Rasmus, Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn, Rhea N. Coler, et al.. (2025). T cell–macrophage interactions in tuberculosis: What we've got here is failure to communicate. Journal of Internal Medicine. 299(1). 44–65.

Lai, Rocky, et al.. (2023). Key advances in vaccine development for tuberculosis—success and challenges. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 158–158. 30 indexed citations

Baer, Christina E., et al.. (2023). High Bacillary Burden and the ESX-1 Type VII Secretion System Promote MHC Class I Presentation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis–Infected Macrophages to CD8 T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 210(10). 1531–1542. 10 indexed citations

Lai, Rocky, Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn, Gillian Beamer, et al.. (2023). Host genetic background is a barrier to broadly effective vaccine–mediated protection against tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(13). 24 indexed citations

Sutiwisesak, Rujapak, Nathan Hicks, Kenan C. Murphy, et al.. (2020). A natural polymorphism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the esxH gene disrupts immunodomination by the TB10.4-specific CD8 T cell response. PLoS Pathogens. 16(10). e1009000–e1009000. 21 indexed citations

Smith, Clare M., Megan K. Proulx, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2019). Functionally Overlapping Variants Control Tuberculosis Susceptibility in Collaborative Cross Mice. mBio. 10(6). 30 indexed citations

Sutiwisesak, Rujapak, Yu‐Jung Lu, Fiona Raso, et al.. (2018). Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells differ in their capacity to recognize infected macrophages. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1007060–e1007060. 78 indexed citations

Carpenter, Stephen M., et al.. (2017). Vaccine-elicited memory CD4+ T cell expansion is impaired in the lungs during tuberculosis. PLoS Pathogens. 13(11). e1006704–e1006704. 21 indexed citations

Smith, Clare M., Megan K. Proulx, Andrew J. Olive, et al.. (2016). Tuberculosis Susceptibility and Vaccine Protection Are Independently Controlled by Host Genotype. mBio. 7(5). 131 indexed citations

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Martin, Constance J., et al.. (2013). Macrophages clean up: efferocytosis and microbial control. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 17. 17–23. 140 indexed citations

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Nandi, Bisweswar & Samuel M. Behar. (2011). Regulation of neutrophils by interferon-γ limits lung inflammation during tuberculosis infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(11). 2251–2262. 283 indexed citations

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Layre, Emilie, Lindsay Sweet, Sun Hee Hong, et al.. (2011). A Comparative Lipidomics Platform for Chemotaxonomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Chemistry & Biology. 18(12). 1537–1549. 141 indexed citations

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Jayaraman, Pushpa, Isabel Sada‐Ovalle, Ana C. Anderson, et al.. (2010). Tim3 binding to galectin-9 stimulates antimicrobial immunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 207(11). 2343–2354. 165 indexed citations

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Sada‐Ovalle, Isabel, Markus Sköld, Tian Tian, Gurdyal S. Besra, & Samuel M. Behar. (2010). α-Galactosylceramide as a Therapeutic Agent for Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(6). 841–847. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Minjian, Maziar Divangahi, Huixian Gan, et al.. (2008). Lipid mediators in innate immunity against tuberculosis: opposing roles of PGE2 and LXA4 in the induction of macrophage death. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(12). 2791–2801. 280 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Shamik, Alissa A. Chackerian, Christina M. Parker, Christie M. Ballantyne, & Samuel M. Behar. (2006). The LFA-1 Adhesion Molecule Is Required for Protective Immunity during Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 176(8). 4914–4922. 43 indexed citations

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Sköld, Markus, Xiaowei Xiong, Petr A. Illarionov, Gurdyal S. Besra, & Samuel M. Behar. (2005). Interplay of Cytokines and Microbial Signals in Regulation of CD1d Expression and NKT Cell Activation. The Journal of Immunology. 175(6). 3584–3593. 91 indexed citations

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Cernadas, Manuela, Masahiko Sugita, Nicole N. van der Wel, et al.. (2003). Lysosomal Localization of Murine CD1d Mediated by AP-3 Is Necessary for NK T Cell Development. The Journal of Immunology. 171(8). 4149–4155. 76 indexed citations

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Grant, Ethan, Evan Beckman, Samuel M. Behar, et al.. (2002). Fine Specificity of TCR Complementarity-Determining Region Residues and Lipid Antigen Hydrophilic Moieties in the Recognition of a CD1-Lipid Complex. The Journal of Immunology. 168(8). 3933–3940. 46 indexed citations

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Watts, Gerald F., Abdijapar Shamshiev, Gennaro De Libero, et al.. (2000). Molecular Recognition of Human CD1b Antigen Complexes: Evidence for a Common Pattern of Interaction with αβ TCRs. The Journal of Immunology. 165(8). 4494–4504. 45 indexed citations

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