William Ruff

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William Ruff is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, William Ruff has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in William Ruff's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). William Ruff is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). William Ruff collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. William Ruff's co-authors include Martin Kriegel, Teri M. Greiling, Sílvio M. Vieira, Carina Dehner, Daniel F. Zegarra-Ruiz, Andrew L. Goodman, Christina Kriegel, Gefeng Zhu, Lieping Chen and Liqun Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William Ruff

21 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans

2018 590 citations Sílvio M. Vieira, Michael Hiltensperger et al. Science profile →
Host–microbiota interactions in immune-mediated diseases

2020 311 citations William Ruff, Teri M. Greiling et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Ruff United States	16	1.1k	869	397	369	369	22	2.3k
Jaime Darce United States	12	1.0k 0.9×	1.9k 2.2×	444 1.1×	398 1.1×	384 1.0×	13	3.2k
Brigitta M. N. Brinkman Netherlands	24	1.3k 1.2×	755 0.9×	308 0.8×	331 0.9×	298 0.8×	34	2.7k
Shahla Abdollahi‐Roodsaz Netherlands	30	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 2.1×	325 0.8×	902 2.4×	405 1.1×	50	3.6k
Simon Milling United Kingdom	30	763 0.7×	1.9k 2.2×	303 0.8×	365 1.0×	200 0.5×	87	3.1k
Jonathan A. Hill United States	20	1.4k 1.3×	2.6k 2.9×	503 1.3×	638 1.7×	470 1.3×	46	4.5k
Maria Manuela Rosado Italy	25	454 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	347 0.9×	180 0.5×	268 0.7×	57	2.6k
Aymeric Rivollier United States	16	840 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	365 0.9×	116 0.3×	194 0.5×	22	2.6k
Shimpei Kawamoto Japan	21	1.4k 1.2×	2.7k 3.1×	402 1.0×	149 0.4×	503 1.4×	29	4.3k
Teri M. Greiling United States	14	1.0k 0.9×	449 0.5×	78 0.2×	304 0.8×	292 0.8×	36	1.8k
Joanne E. Konkel United Kingdom	32	1.1k 1.0×	2.5k 2.9×	522 1.3×	126 0.3×	247 0.7×	54	4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Ruff

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gupta, Vinod K., Inessa Cohen, William Ruff, et al.. (2025). Alterations in Gut Microbiome-Host Relationships After Immune Perturbation in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 12(2). e200355–e200355. 7 indexed citations

Hanna, Stephanie, Rachel H. Bonami, Brian Corrie, et al.. (2024). The Type 1 Diabetes T Cell Receptor and B Cell Receptor Repository in the AIRR Data Commons: a practical guide for access, use and contributions through the Type 1 Diabetes AIRR Consortium. Diabetologia. 68(1). 186–202.

Dehner, Carina, William Ruff, Teri M. Greiling, et al.. (2021). Malignant T Cell Activation by a Bacillus Species Isolated from Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Lesions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 100084–100084. 12 indexed citations

Cohen, Inessa, William Ruff, & Erin E. Longbrake. (2021). Influence of immunomodulatory drugs on the gut microbiota. Translational research. 233. 144–161. 23 indexed citations

Ruff, William, Teri M. Greiling, & Martin Kriegel. (2020). Host–microbiota interactions in immune-mediated diseases. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 18(9). 521–538. 311 indexed citations breakdown →

Ruff, William, Carina Dehner, Odelya E. Pagovich, et al.. (2019). Pathogenic Autoreactive T and B Cells Cross-React with Mimotopes Expressed by a Common Human Gut Commensal to Trigger Autoimmunity. Cell Host & Microbe. 26(1). 100–113.e8. 109 indexed citations

Kleinewietfeld, Markus, et al.. (2019). CXCR3+ T cells in multiple sclerosis correlate with reduced diversity of the gut microbiome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100032–100032. 42 indexed citations

Vieira, Sílvio M., Michael Hiltensperger, Varun Kumar, et al.. (2018). Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans. Science. 359(6380). 1156–1161. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

Zegarra-Ruiz, Daniel F., Martina Lubrano di Ricco, Sílvio M. Vieira, et al.. (2018). A Diet-Sensitive Commensal Lactobacillus Strain Mediates TLR7-Dependent Systemic Autoimmunity. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(1). 113–127.e6. 231 indexed citations

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Greiling, Teri M., Carina Dehner, Xinguo Chen, et al.. (2018). Commensal orthologs of the human autoantigen Ro60 as triggers of autoimmunity in lupus. Science Translational Medicine. 10(434). 219 indexed citations

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Ruff, William, et al.. (2017). Autoantibody cross-reactivity with a microbial protein from a prevalent human gut commensal in antiphospholipid syndrome. The Journal of Immunology. 198(Supplement_1). 58.4–58.4. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuwen, Sheng Yao, Mathew M. Augustine, et al.. (2016). Neuron-specific SALM5 limits inflammation in the CNS via its interaction with HVEM. Science Advances. 2(4). e1500637–e1500637. 38 indexed citations

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Luo, Liqun, Gefeng Zhu, Haiying Xu, et al.. (2015). B7-H3 Promotes Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease and Inflammation by Regulating the Activity of Different T Cell Subsets. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130126–e0130126. 96 indexed citations

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Ruff, William & Martin Kriegel. (2015). Autoimmune host–microbiota interactions at barrier sites and beyond. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 21(4). 233–244. 89 indexed citations

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Abbadi, Sara, Ameer Abutaleb, Christopher L. Smith, et al.. (2014). Glucose-6–phosphatase Is a Key Metabolic Regulator of Glioblastoma Invasion. Molecular Cancer Research. 12(11). 1547–1559. 64 indexed citations

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Ruff, William, Sílvio M. Vieira, & Martin Kriegel. (2014). The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Current Rheumatology Reports. 17(1). 472–472. 36 indexed citations

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Mathioudakis, Nestoras, Alexandra Giantini-Larsen, William Ruff, et al.. (2014). Expression of the pituitary stem/progenitor marker GFRα2 in human pituitary adenomas and normal pituitary. Pituitary. 18(1). 31–41. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuwen, Sheng Yao, Bettina P. Iliopoulou, et al.. (2013). B7-H5 costimulates human T cells via CD28H. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2043–2043. 151 indexed citations

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Yao, Sheng, Yuwen Zhu, Gefeng Zhu, et al.. (2011). B7-H2 Is a Costimulatory Ligand for CD28 in Human. Immunity. 34(5). 729–740. 118 indexed citations

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Yao, Sheng, Shengdian Wang, Yuwen Zhu, et al.. (2009). PD-1 on dendritic cells impedes innate immunity against bacterial infection. Blood. 113(23). 5811–5818. 171 indexed citations

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