Sheryl Kunning

912 total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Sheryl Kunning is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheryl Kunning has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Oncology, 8 papers in Immunology and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sheryl Kunning's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Sheryl Kunning is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (8 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Sheryl Kunning collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Sheryl Kunning's co-authors include Tullia C. Bruno, Dario A.A. Vignali, Anthony R. Cillo, Ayana T. Ruffin, Robert L. Ferris, Caleb Lampenfeld, Huda I. Atiya, Lan Coffman, Creg J. Workman and Seungwon Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Sheryl Kunning

9 papers receiving 499 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.

B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

2021 230 citations Ayana T. Ruffin, Anthony R. Cillo et al. Nature Communications profile →
LAG-3 and PD-1 synergize on CD8+ T cells to drive T cell exhaustion and hinder autocrine IFN-γ-dependent anti-tumor immunity

2024 110 citations Lawrence P. Andrews, Jian Cui et al. Cell profile →
Blockade of LAG-3 and PD-1 leads to co-expression of cytotoxic and exhaustion gene modules in CD8+ T cells to promote antitumor immunity

2024 75 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Carly Cardello et al. Cell profile →

Peers

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Lillian Sun United States

Ayana T. Ruffin United States

Michael S. Leibowitz United States

Sarah Greene United States

Maria Anderson United States

Alexandro Landshammer Germany

Hyun-Bae Jie United States

David A. Clump United States

M.T. Spiotto United States

Houssein Abdul Sater United States

Lillian Sun United States

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378 ×1.1

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298 ×1.0

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120 ×1.1

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36 ×0.6

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheryl Kunning

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sheryl Kunning. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sheryl Kunning based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sheryl Kunning. Sheryl Kunning is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Ruffin, Ayana T., Sheryl Kunning, Anjali Rohatgi, et al.. (2025). Dysfunctional CD11c ⁻ CD21 ⁻ extrafollicular memory B cells are enriched in the periphery and tumors of patients with cancer. Science Translational Medicine. 17(786). eadh1315–eadh1315. 4 indexed citations

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Bailey, Nathanael G., Sheryl Kunning, Cynthia S. Hinck, et al.. (2025). TGFβ Inhibition during Radiotherapy Enhances Immune Cell Infiltration and Decreases Metastases in Ewing Sarcoma. Cancer Research Communications. 5(8). 1441–1457.

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Kunning, Sheryl, Huda I. Atiya, Ayana T. Ruffin, et al.. (2024). The activity of tertiary lymphoid structures in high grade serous ovarian cancer is governed by site, stroma, and cellular interactions. Cancer Cell. 42(11). 1864–1881.e5. 24 indexed citations

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Cillo, Anthony R., Carly Cardello, Feng Shan, et al.. (2024). Blockade of LAG-3 and PD-1 leads to co-expression of cytotoxic and exhaustion gene modules in CD8+ T cells to promote antitumor immunity. Cell. 187(16). 4373–4388.e15. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andrews, Lawrence P., Jian Cui, Anthony R. Cillo, et al.. (2024). LAG-3 and PD-1 synergize on CD8+ T cells to drive T cell exhaustion and hinder autocrine IFN-γ-dependent anti-tumor immunity. Cell. 187(16). 4355–4372.e22. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shan, Feng, Anthony R. Cillo, Carly Cardello, et al.. (2023). Integrated BATF transcriptional network regulates suppressive intratumoral regulatory T cells. Science Immunology. 8(87). eadf6717–eadf6717. 16 indexed citations

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Somasundaram, Ashwin, Anthony R. Cillo, Caleb Lampenfeld, et al.. (2022). Systemic Immune Dysfunction in Cancer Patients Driven by IL6 Induction of LAG3 in Peripheral CD8+ T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(7). 885–899. 18 indexed citations

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Ferris, Robert L., Jessica Moskovitz, Sheryl Kunning, et al.. (2022). Phase I Trial of Cetuximab, Radiotherapy, and Ipilimumab in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(7). 1335–1344. 25 indexed citations

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Ruffin, Ayana T., Anthony R. Cillo, Tracy Tabib, et al.. (2021). B cell signatures and tertiary lymphoid structures contribute to outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3349–3349. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bruno, Tullia C., Ayana T. Ruffin, Anthony R. Cillo, et al.. (2019). Tumor infiltrating B cells co-localize with CD4 T effector cells within organized tertiary lymphoid structures to present antigen and educate the anti-tumor immune response in human primary tumors. The Journal of Immunology. 202(1_Supplement). 138.15–138.15. 1 indexed citations

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