Tullia C. Bruno

12.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
91 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Tullia C. Bruno is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tullia C. Bruno has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Oncology, 62 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tullia C. Bruno's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (54 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (36 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (28 papers). Tullia C. Bruno is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (54 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (36 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (28 papers). Tullia C. Bruno collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Tullia C. Bruno's co-authors include Dario A.A. Vignali, Charles G. Drake, Creg J. Workman, Drew M. Pardoll, Derese Getnet, Robert L. Ferris, Joseph F. Grosso, Monica V. Goldberg, Anthony R. Cillo and Edward L. Hipkiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Tullia C. Bruno

83 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for a Role of the PD-1:PD-L1 Pathway in Immune R... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2020 2017 2019 2021 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Evidence for a Role of the PD-1:PD-L1 Pathway in Immune Resistance of HPV-Associated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    2013 602 citations Sofía Lyford-Pike, Shiwen Peng et al. Cancer Research profile →
  2. Immune Landscape of Viral- and Carcinogen-Driven Head and Neck Cancer
    2020 452 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Sayali Onkar et al. profile →
  3. Interferon-γ Drives Treg Fragility to Promote Anti-tumor Immunity
    2017 432 citations Rebekah Dadey, Jessica Moskovitz et al. profile →
  4. Adaptive plasticity of IL-10+ and IL-35+ Treg cells cooperatively promotes tumor T cell exhaustion
    2019 388 citations Chang Liu, Arjun Pennathur et al. profile →
  5. 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. profile →
  6. Microbiota-specific T follicular helper cells drive tertiary lymphoid structures and anti-tumor immunity against colorectal cancer
    2021 202 citations Anthony R. Cillo, Tullia C. Bruno et al. profile →
  7. Improving head and neck cancer therapies by immunomodulation of the tumour microenvironment
    2022 175 citations Ayana T. Ruffin, Robert L. Ferris et al. profile →
  8. Therapeutic targeting of regulatory T cells in cancer
    2022 143 citations Feng Shan, Ashwin Somasundaram et al. profile →
  9. 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. profile →
  10. 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. profile →
  11. Challenges and opportunities in cancer immunotherapy: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) strategic vision
    2024 64 citations Leisha A. Emens, Pedro Romero et al. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer profile →

Peers

Tullia C. Bruno
Seth B. Coffelt United Kingdom
Terri McClanahan United States
Michele Del Vecchio Italy
Zvi G. Fridlender Israel
G. Kenneth Haines United States
Allen T. Bruce United States
Stephen L. Shiao United States
Philipp Beckhove Germany
Yuanyuan Zha United States
Isabelle Cremer France
Seth B. Coffelt United Kingdom
Tullia C. Bruno
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hernández-Verdín, Isaias, et al.. (2026). Tertiary lymphoid structures in the era of cancer therapy. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 45(1). 48–48.
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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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Ma, Xiaojun, Elena S. Kim, Michael J. Becich, et al.. (2024). Spatial Landscape of Malignant Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma Tumor Immune Microenvironments. Cancer Research Communications. 4(8). 2133–2146. 4 indexed citations
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Emens, Leisha A., Pedro Romero, Ana C. Anderson, et al.. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in cancer immunotherapy: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) strategic vision. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 12(6). e009063–e009063. 64 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Fangyuan, Sayali Onkar, Jian Zou, et al.. (2024). Immune infiltration correlates with transcriptomic subtypes in primary estrogen receptor positive invasive lobular breast cancer. npj Precision Oncology. 8(1). 257–257. 1 indexed citations
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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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Özer, Muhammet, Charan Thej Reddy Vegivinti, Jennifer Holder‐Murray, et al.. (2023). Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Patients with dMMR/MSI-High Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Changing Paradigm. Cancers. 15(15). 3833–3833. 13 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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Cillo, Anthony R., Nathanael G. Bailey, Sayali Onkar, et al.. (2022). Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma Have Distinct Immune Signatures and Intercellular Communication Networks. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(22). 4968–4982. 51 indexed citations
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Rahman, Syed A., Anthony R. Cillo, Ashwin Somasundaram, et al.. (2022). Antibodies targeting conserved non-canonical antigens and endemic coronaviruses associate with favorable outcomes in severe COVID-19. Cell Reports. 39(13). 111020–111020. 12 indexed citations
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Onkar, Sayali, Neil Carleton, Peter C. Lucas, et al.. (2022). The Great Immune Escape: Understanding the Divergent Immune Response in Breast Cancer Subtypes. Cancer Discovery. 13(1). 23–40. 133 indexed citations
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Cascio, Sandra, Chelsea Chandler, Bingsi Gao, et al.. (2021). Cancer-associated MSC drive tumor immune exclusion and resistance to immunotherapy, which can be overcome by Hedgehog inhibition. Science Advances. 7(46). eabi5790–eabi5790. 54 indexed citations
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Andrews, Lawrence P., Ashwin Somasundaram, Jessica Moskovitz, et al.. (2020). Resistance to PD1 blockade in the absence of metalloprotease-mediated LAG3 shedding. Science Immunology. 5(49). 59 indexed citations
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Greene, Lisa I., Tullia C. Bruno, Jessica L. Christenson, et al.. (2018). A Role for Tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase in CD8 T-cell Suppression and Evidence of Tryptophan Catabolism in Breast Cancer Patient Plasma. Molecular Cancer Research. 17(1). 131–139. 103 indexed citations
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Simons, Brian W., Nicholas M. Durham, Tullia C. Bruno, et al.. (2014). A human prostatic bacterial isolate alters the prostatic microenvironment and accelerates prostate cancer progression. The Journal of Pathology. 235(3). 478–489. 65 indexed citations
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Lyford-Pike, Sofía, Shiwen Peng, Geoffrey D. Young, et al.. (2013). Evidence for a Role of the PD-1:PD-L1 Pathway in Immune Resistance of HPV-Associated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 73(6). 1733–1741. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yen, Hung‐Rong, Timothy Harris, Satoshi Wada, et al.. (2009). Tc17 CD8 T Cells: Functional Plasticity and Subset Diversity. The Journal of Immunology. 183(11). 7161–7168. 161 indexed citations

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