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Immunology
Portugal
2026

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Immunology

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86
Citations
24709
World Ranking
1277
National Ranking
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Medicine

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86
Citations
24684
World Ranking
14229
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Antonio Coutinho is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions across several subfields including Immunology, Physiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Antonio Coutinho has published papers in various academic journals, with recent works including:

  • Intrauterine IPEX, 2020, Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Association of hepatitis B surface antigen loss with clinical outcomes among patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: a retrospective cohort study in the United States, 2025, Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • The Targets of Immune Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy by Combined Check-point Inhibitors Resemble those Seen in IPEX Patients, 2025, Journal of Clinical Immunology

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Antonio Coutinho include Jocelyne Demengeot, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Moreira-Filho, Sílvia Yumi Bando, and Mihaela Cojusneanu.

Their publications have appeared most frequently in journals such as Frontiers in Pediatrics, Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie, and Journal of Clinical Immunology.

Best Publications

  • A plaque assay for all cells secreting ig of a given type or class.

    Eva Gronowicz;A. Coutinho;F. Melchers

  • Two distinct factors are required for induction of T-cell growth.

    Eva-Lotta Larsson;Norman N. Iscove;Antonio Coutinho

  • Para-aortic splanchnopleura from early mouse embryos contains B1a cell progenitors

    Isabelle E. Godin;Juan A. Garcia-Porrero;Antonio Coutinho;Françoise Dieterlen-Lièvre

  • High frequency of natural autoantibodies in normal newborn mice.

    G Dighiero;P Lymberi;D Holmberg;I Lundquist

  • Second generation immune networks

    Francisco J. Varela;Antonio Coutinho

  • Self-reactive antibodies (natural autoantibodies) in healthy individuals

    Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes;Srini V Kaveri;Luc Mouthon;Ahidjo Ayouba

  • Clonal growth and maturation to immunoglobulin secretion in vitro of every growth-inducible B lymphocyte

    Jan Andersson;Antonio Coutinho;Waldemar Lernhardt;Fritz Melchers

  • Localization of gamma/delta T cells to the intestinal epithelium is independent of normal microbial colonization.

    A Bandeira;T Mota-Santos;S Itohara;S Degermann

  • Extrathymic origin of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes bearing T-cell antigen receptor gamma delta.

    A Bandeira;S Itohara;M Bonneville;O Burlen-Defranoux

  • Heme oxygenase-1 affords protection against noncerebral forms of severe malaria

    Elsa Seixas;Raffaella Gozzelino;Ângelo Chora;Ana Ferreira

  • MECHANISM OF THYMUS-INDEPENDENT IMMUNOCYTE TRIGGERING : MITOGENIC ACTIVATION OF B CELLS RESULTS IN SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSES

    Antonio Coutinho;Eva Gronowicz;Wesley W. Bullock;Göran Möller

  • Specificity requirements for selection and effector functions of CD25+4+ regulatory T cells in anti-myelin basic protein T cell receptor transgenic mice

    Shohei Hori;Matthias Haury;António Coutinho;Jocelyne Demengeot

  • Reactions among IgM antibodies derived from normal, neonatal mice.

    Dan Holmberg;Dan Holmberg;Stina Forsgren;Fredrik Ivars;Antonio Coutinho

  • Beyond Clonal Selection and Network

    Antonio Coutinho

  • The repertoire of serum IgM in normal mice is largely independent of external antigenic contact

    Matthias Haury;Anne Sundblad;Alf Grandien;Claude Barreau

  • Autonomous activation of B and T cells in antigen-free mice.

    Pablo Pereira;Luciana Forni;Eva-Lotta Larsson;Max Cooper

  • All T15 Id-positive antibodies (but not the majority of VHT15+ antibodies) are produced by peritoneal CD5+ B lymphocytes.

    H. Masmoudi;T. Mota-Santos;F. Huetz;A. Coutinho

  • Lymphocyte population kinetics in the mouse.

    Antonio A. Freitas;Benedita Rocha;Antonio A. Coutinho

  • Thymic Epithelium Tolerizes for Histocompatibility Antigens

    J Salaun;A Bandeira;I Khazaal;F Calman

  • Immune Activation of B Cells: Evidence for'One Nonspecific Triggering Signal' Not Delivered by the Ig Receptors

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  • T Cell-Dependent B Cell Activation

    A. Coutinho;G. Pobor;S. Pettersson;T. Leandersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio A. Freitas
Antonio A. Freitas Institut Pasteur
Pierre-André Cazenave
Pierre-André Cazenave Institut Pasteur
Jan Andersson
Jan Andersson Uppsala University
Carlos Martínez-A
Carlos Martínez-A Spanish National Research Council
Dan Holmberg
Dan Holmberg Lund University
Michel D. Kazatchkine
Michel D. Kazatchkine Université Paris Cité
Fritz Melchers
Fritz Melchers Leibniz Association
Francisco J. Varela
Francisco J. Varela Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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