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63
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14763
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3019
National Ranking
1415

Antonio La Cava 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 Antonio La Cava sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 205 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Antonio La Cava 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 Antonio La Cava sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Antonio La Cava is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a significant concentration on immunology as a subfield. Their work extends into related areas including rheumatology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

La Cava has published extensively in topics surrounding immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) research, immunotherapy and immune responses, reproductive system and pregnancy, systemic sclerosis and related diseases, as well as diabetes and associated disorders.

Frequent publication venues for La Cava's research include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Rheumatology and Immunology Research
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Clinical Immunology Communications
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by La Cava include:

  • The pleiotropic roles of leptin in metabolism, immunity, and cancer, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Strategies to Use Nanoparticles to Generate CD4 and CD8 Regulatory T Cells for the Treatment of SLE and Other Autoimmune Diseases, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • MIS-C: A COVID-19-associated condition between hypoimmunity and hyperimmunity, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Improved outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis with obesity after a weight loss intervention: randomized trial, 2022, Lara D. Veeken
  • Nanoparticles Engineered as Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cells Induce Human CD4+ and CD8+ Tregs That Are Functional in Humanized Mice, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as David A. Horwitz, Sean Bickerton, Giuseppe Matarese, Giuseppe Castaldo, and Aijing Liu.

Best Publications

  • The weight of leptin in immunity

    Antonio La Cava;Giuseppe Matarese

  • A Key Role of Leptin in the Control of Regulatory T Cell Proliferation

    Veronica De Rosa;Claudio Procaccini;Gaetano Calì;Giuseppe Pirozzi

  • Organ-specific features of natural killer cells

    Fu-Dong Shi;Fu-Dong Shi;Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren;Antonio La Cava;Luc Van Kaer

  • Glycolysis controls the induction of human regulatory T cells by modulating the expression of FOXP3 exon 2 splicing variants

    Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Antonio Porcellini;Alessandra Colamatteo

  • Leptin and Inflammation

    Noriko Iikuni;Queenie Lai Kwan Lam;Liwei Lu;Giuseppe Matarese

  • Leptin surge precedes onset of autoimmune encephalomyelitis and correlates with development of pathogenic T cell responses

    Veronica Sanna;Antonio Di Giacomo;Antonio La Cava;Robert I. Lechler

  • An oscillatory switch in mTOR kinase activity sets regulatory T cell responsiveness.

    Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Luisa Abanni

  • Leptin in inflammation and autoimmunity.

    Antonio La Cava

  • Leptin increase in multiple sclerosis associates with reduced number of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

    Giuseppe Matarese;Pietro Biagio Carrieri;Antonio La Cava;Francesco Perna

  • Unraveling the multiple roles of leptin in inflammation and autoimmunity.

    Antonio La Cava;Carlo Alviggi;Giuseppe Matarese

  • Balancing susceptibility to infection and autoimmunity: a role for leptin?

    Giuseppe Matarese;Antonio La Cava;Veronica Sanna;Graham M. Lord

  • Ischemic neurons recruit natural killer cells that accelerate brain infarction

    Yan Gan;Yan Gan;Qiang Liu;Qiang Liu;Wei Wu;Jun Xiang Yin

  • CD4+CD25+ Tregs and NKT cells: regulators regulating regulators

    Antonio La Cava;Luc Van Kaer;Fu-Dong-Shi

  • The Proteomic Landscape of Human Ex Vivo Regulatory and Conventional T Cells Reveals Specific Metabolic Requirements.

    Claudio Procaccini;Fortunata Carbone;Dario Di Silvestre;Francesca Brambilla

  • Leptin accelerates autoimmune diabetes in female NOD mice.

    Giuseppe Matarese;Veronica Sanna;Robert I. Lechler;Nora Sarvetnick

  • Central nervous system (CNS)-resident natural killer cells suppress Th17 responses and CNS autoimmune pathology.

    Junwei Hao;Ruolan Liu;Wenhua Piao;Qinghua Zhou

  • The intricate interface between immune system and metabolism

    Giuseppe Matarese;Antonio La Cava

  • Regulatory T cell proliferative potential is impaired in human autoimmune disease

    Fortunata Carbone;Veronica De Rosa;Pietro B Carrieri;Silvana Montella

  • Cutting Edge: Regulatory T Cells Directly Suppress B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Noriko Iikuni;Elaine V. Lourenço;Bevra H. Hahn;Antonio La Cava

  • Regulatory T cells in obesity: the leptin connection.

    Giuseppe Matarese;Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Tamas L. Horvath

  • Erratum: Organ-specific features of natural killer cells

    Fu-Dong Shi;Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren;Antonio La Cava;Luc Van Kaer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bevra H. Hahn
Bevra H. Hahn University of California, Los Angeles
Giuseppe Matarese
Giuseppe Matarese Yale University
Fu-Dong Shi
Fu-Dong Shi Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Veronica De Rosa
Veronica De Rosa National Research Council (CNR)
Luc Van Kaer
Luc Van Kaer Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Timothy Vollmer
Timothy Vollmer University of Florida
Salvatore Albani
Salvatore Albani Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Qiang Liu
Qiang Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Francesco Indiveri
Francesco Indiveri University of Genoa
Marta Rizzi
Marta Rizzi Medical University of Vienna

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