2026 Alexander L. Dent: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	46	4581	4241	2064	1893	141	11236

Alexander L. Dent publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander L. Dent sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 141 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Alexander L. Dent D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander L. Dent sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander L. Dent is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Immunology, Immunology and Allergy, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

Alexander L. Dent has contributed publications to a range of venues with notable frequency in:

The Journal of Immunology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators include Qiang Chen, Markus M. Xie, Mark H. Kaplan, Young Min Son, and In Su Cheon.

The following are some recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander L. Dent:

Tissue-resident CD4 ⁺ T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8 ⁺ T cell memory responses, 2021, Science Immunology
Follicular regulatory T cells produce neuritin to regulate B cells, 2021, Cell
IL-10-producing Tfh cells accumulate with age and link inflammation with age-related immune suppression, 2020, Science Advances
T follicular regulatory cells and IL-10 promote food antigen-specific IgE, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Bcl6 and Blimp1 reciprocally regulate ST2+ Treg-cell development in the context of allergic airway inflammation, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

Bcl6 and Blimp-1 are reciprocal and antagonistic regulators of T follicular helper cell differentiation.

Robert J. Johnston;Amanda C. Poholek;Daniel DiToro;Isharat Yusuf

1905
Citations
Control of Inflammation, Cytokine Expression, and Germinal Center Formation by BCL-6

Alexander L. Dent;Arthur L. Shaffer;Xin Yu;David Allman

1206
Citations
Innate and Adaptive Humoral Responses Coat Distinct Commensal Bacteria with Immunoglobulin A

Jeffrey J. Bunker;Theodore M. Flynn;Jason C. Koval;Dustin G. Shaw

585
Citations
CXCR5 + follicular cytotoxic T cells control viral infection in B cell follicles

Yew Ann Leong;Yaping Chen;Hong Sheng Ong;Di Wu

490
Citations
BCL-6 expression during B-cell activation

David Allman;Ashish Jain;Ashish Jain;Alexander Dent;Alexander Dent;Randal R. Maile;Randal R. Maile

355
Citations
In Vivo Regulation of Bcl6 and T Follicular Helper Cell Development

Amanda C. Poholek;Kyle Hansen;Sairy G. Hernandez;Danelle Eto

333
Citations
The Forkhead Transcription Factor AFX Activates Apoptosis by Induction of the BCL-6 Transcriptional Repressor

Tracy Tzu Ling Tang;Donald Dowbenko;Amanda Jackson;Lisa Toney

313
Citations
Bcl-6 and NF-κB cistromes mediate opposing regulation of the innate immune response

Grant D. Barish;Ruth T. Yu;Malith Karunasiri;Corinne B. Ocampo

296
Citations
Comparative transcriptional and functional profiling defines conserved programs of intestinal DC differentiation in humans and mice

Payal B. Watchmaker;Katharina Lahl;Mike Lee;Dirk Baumjohann

292
Citations
Repression of AP-1 function: a mechanism for the regulation of Blimp-1 expression and B lymphocyte differentiation by the B cell lymphoma-6 protooncogene.

Farha H. Vasanwala;Saritha Kusam;Lisa M. Toney;Alexander L. Dent

278
Citations
Inhibition of Th2 Differentiation and GATA-3 Expression by BCL-6

Saritha Kusam;Lisa M. Toney;Hiroshi Sato;Alexander L. Dent

232
Citations
Self-reactive γδ T cells are eliminated in the thymus

Alexander L. Dent;Louis A. Matis;Farideh Hooshmand;Suzanne M. Widacki

230
Citations
Regulation of IL-10 gene expression in Th2 cells by Jun proteins.

Zheng Yu Wang;Hiroshi Sato;Saritha Kusam;Sarita Sehra

217
Citations
BCL-6 regulates chemokine gene transcription in macrophages.

L M Toney;G Cattoretti;J A Graf;T Merghoub

214
Citations
Follicular helper T cells mediate IgE antibody response to airborne allergens

Takao Kobayashi;Koji Iijima;Alexander L. Dent;Hirohito Kita

205
Citations
Tissue-resident CD4+ T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8+ T cell memory responses

Young Min Son;In Su Cheon;Yue Wu;Chaofan Li

201
Citations
IFN Regulatory Factor 4 Regulates the Expression of a Subset of Th2 Cytokines

Ayele Nati N. Ahyi;Hua Chen Chang;Alexander L. Dent;Stephen L. Nutt

187
Citations
Insights into the Role of Bcl6 in Follicular Th Cells Using a New Conditional Mutant Mouse Model

Kristin Hollister;Saritha Kusam;Hao Wu;Ninah Clegg

182
Citations
Follicular regulatory T cells repress cytokine production by follicular helper T cells and optimize IgG responses in mice.

Hao Wu;Yuxin Chen;Hong Liu;Lin Lin Xu

170
Citations
Follicular regulatory T cells produce neuritin to regulate B cells

Paula Gonzalez-Figueroa;Jonathan A. Roco;Ilenia Papa;Lorena Núñez Villacís

153
Citations
The Bcl6-SMRT/NCoR cistrome represses inflammation to attenuate atherosclerosis

Grant D. Barish;Ruth T. Yu;Malith S. Karunasiri;Diana Becerra

135
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Kaplan Indiana University

Hal E. Broxmeyer Indiana University

Scott Cooper Indiana University

Randy R. Brutkiewicz Indiana University

Sharon R. Lewin University of Melbourne

Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland

Joe Craft Yale University

Shane Crotty La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Giao Hangoc Indiana University

Demin Wang Medical College of Wisconsin

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