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Immunology

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95
Citations
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910
National Ranking
82

Medicine

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Arne N. Akbar 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 Arne N. Akbar sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 322 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arne N. Akbar 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 Arne N. Akbar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Arne N. Akbar is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses predominantly on immunology and medicine, with significant contributions to the understanding of immune cell function, immunosenescence, and inflammation.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, subfields of focus are:

  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Physiology
  • Oncology
  • Rheumatology

Key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Arne N. Akbar has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Sestrins induce natural killer function in senescent-like CD8+ T cells" (2020) in Nature Immunology
  • "Aging immunity may exacerbate COVID-19" (2020) in Science
  • "Clearance of senescent macrophages ameliorates tumorigenesis in KRAS-driven lung cancer" (2023) in Cancer Cell
  • "Targeting Inflammation and Immunosenescence to Improve Vaccine Responses in the Elderly" (2020) in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Blocking elevated p38 MAPK restores efferocytosis and inflammatory resolution in the elderly" (2020) in Nature Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Akbar include:

  • Roel P. H. De Maeyer
  • Derek W. Gilroy
  • Venkat Reddy
  • Emma S. Chambers
  • Daniel Cláudio Oliveira Gomes

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Lara D. Veeken
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Aging Cell
  • Nature Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Arne N. Akbar has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Loss of CD45R and gain of UCHL1 reactivity is a feature of primed T cells.

    A. N. Akbar;L. Terry;A. Timms;P. C. L. Beverley

  • Fibroblasts regulate the switch from acute resolving to chronic persistent inflammation.

    Christopher D Buckley;Darrell Pilling;Janet M Lord;Arne N Akbar

  • CD28− T cells: their role in the age-associated decline of immune function

    Nan ping Weng;Arne N. Akbar;Jorg Goronzy

  • Early rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by a distinct and transient synovial fluid cytokine profile of T cell and stromal cell origin

    Karim Raza;Francesco Falciani;S John Curnow;Emma J Ross

  • Human CD4+ CD25hi Foxp3+ regulatory T cells are derived by rapid turnover of memory populations in vivo

    Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic;Yan Zhang;Joanne E. Cook;Jean M. Fletcher

  • Activation of resting human primary T cells with chimeric receptors: costimulation from CD28, inducible costimulator, CD134, and CD137 in series with signals from the TCR zeta chain.

    Helene M. Finney;Arne N. Akbar;Alastair D. G. Lawson

  • Human anergic/suppressive CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells: a highly differentiated and apoptosis-prone population.

    Leonie S. Taams;Jay Smith;Malcolm H. Rustin;Mike Salmon

  • RGD peptides induce apoptosis by direct caspase-3 activation

    Christopher D. Buckley;Darrell Pilling;Nick V. Henriquez;Greg Parsonage

  • Are senescence and exhaustion intertwined or unrelated processes that compromise immunity

    Arne N. Akbar;Sian M. Henson

  • Interleukin-2 receptor common γ-chain signaling cytokines regulate activated T cell apoptosis in response to growth factor withdrawal: Selective induction of anti-apoptotic (bcl-2, bcl-xL) but not pro-apoptotic (bax, bcl-xS) gene expression

    Arne N. Akbar;Nicola J. Borthwick;R. Gitendra Wickremasinghe;Panayiotis Panayiotidis

  • Senescent cells evade immune clearance via HLA-E-mediated NK and CD8+ T cell inhibition

    Branca I. Pereira;Oliver P. Devine;Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic;Emma S. Chambers

  • Human immunosenescence : is it infectious?

    Graham Pawelec;Arne Akbar;Calogero Caruso;Rafael Solana

  • Dietary supplementation with inulin-propionate ester or inulin improves insulin sensitivity in adults with overweight and obesity with distinct effects on the gut microbiota, plasma metabolome and systemic inflammatory responses: a randomised cross-over trial

    Edward S Chambers;Claire S Byrne;Douglas J Morrison;Kevin G Murphy

  • The significance of low bcl-2 expression by CD45RO T cells in normal individuals and patients with acute viral infections. The role of apoptosis in T cell memory.

    A N Akbar;N Borthwick;M Salmon;W Gombert

  • Modulation of monocyte/macrophage function by human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

    Leonie S. Taams;Jocea M.R. van Amelsfort;Machteld M. Tiemessen;Kim M.G. Jacobs

  • Inhibition of T cell apoptosis in the rheumatoid synovium.

    M Salmon;D Scheel-Toellner;A P Huissoon;D Pilling

  • Is immunosenescence infectious

    Graham Pawelec;Arne Akbar;Calogero Caruso;Rita Effros

  • Cytomegalovirus-specific CD4+ T cells in healthy carriers are continuously driven to replicative exhaustion.

    Jean M. Fletcher;Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic;Padraic J. Dunne;Katie E. Birch;Katie E. Birch

  • The synergy between naive and memory T cells during activation.

    Arne N. Akbar;Michael Salmon;George Janossy

  • Antigen-specific T cell suppression by human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.

    Leonie S. Taams;Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic;Jay Smith;Padraic J. Dunne

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Salmon
Mike Salmon University of Birmingham
Leonie S. Taams
Leonie S. Taams King's College London
George Janossy
George Janossy University of the Witwatersrand
Christopher D. Buckley
Christopher D. Buckley University of Oxford
Janet M. Lord
Janet M. Lord University of Birmingham
Margarita Bofill
Margarita Bofill Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Peter C. L. Beverley
Peter C. L. Beverley Jenner Institute
Graham Pawelec
Graham Pawelec University of Tübingen
Janko Nikolich-Zugich
Janko Nikolich-Zugich University of Arizona
Anis Larbi
Anis Larbi Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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