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Cecilia Garlanda

Cecilia Garlanda

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
98
Citations
39680
World Ranking
783
National Ranking
22

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
39740
World Ranking
8858
National Ranking
302

Cecilia Garlanda 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 Cecilia Garlanda sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 267 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cecilia Garlanda 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 Cecilia Garlanda sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cecilia Garlanda is affiliated with Humanitas University in Italy and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of immunology and microbiology, as well as medicine. Their work covers a wide range of topics focusing on immune mechanisms, infectious diseases, and cancer biology.

Their research spans several subfields, including immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, oncology, and neurology. The scientist's main thematic interests encompass biomarkers in disease mechanisms, immune cell function and interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immune cells in cancer, immunotherapy and immune responses, the complement system in diseases, and inflammasome and immune disorders.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Alberto Mantovani
  • Barbara Bottazzi
  • Domenico Supino
  • Andrea Doni
  • Elena Magrini

Garlanda has contributed to scientific literature published in various venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Nature Immunology

Recent publications by Garlanda include:

  • "Macrophages as tools and targets in cancer therapy," 2022, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • "Complement as a target in COVID-19?", 2020, Nature Reviews Immunology
  • "The first case of COVID-19 treated with the complement C3 inhibitor AMY-101," 2020, Clinical Immunology
  • "Complement C3 vs C5 inhibition in severe COVID-19: Early clinical findings reveal differential biological efficacy," 2020, Clinical Immunology
  • "Humoral Innate Immunity and Acute-Phase Proteins," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

Their research commonly explores the role of the complement system, immune cell interactions in cancer, and mechanisms underlying immune response regulation. This work contributes to a better understanding of immune modulation in both oncological and infectious disease contexts, including the molecular responses to COVID-19.

Best Publications

  • Cancer-related inflammation, the seventh hallmark of cancer: links to genetic instability.

    Francesco Colotta;Paola Allavena;Antonio Sica;Cecilia Garlanda

  • The Interleukin-1 Family: Back to the Future

    Cecilia Garlanda;Charles A. Dinarello;Alberto Mantovani

  • Central role for G protein-coupled phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ in inflammation

    Emilio Hirsch;Vladimir L. Katanaev;Cecilia Garlanda;Ornella Azzolino

  • Interleukin-1 and Related Cytokines in the Regulation of Inflammation and Immunity.

    Alberto Mantovani;Alberto Mantovani;Charles A. Dinarello;Martina Molgora;Cecilia Garlanda

  • Pentraxins at the crossroads between innate immunity, inflammation, matrix deposition, and female fertility.

    Cecilia Garlanda;Barbara Bottazzi;Antonio Bastone;Alberto Mantovani

  • AHR drives the development of gut ILC22 cells and postnatal lymphoid tissues via pathways dependent on and independent of Notch

    Jacob S Lee;Marina Cella;Keely G McDonald;Cecilia Garlanda

  • Non-redundant role of the long pentraxin PTX3 in anti-fungal innate immune response

    Cecilia Garlanda;Emilio Hirsch;Silvia Bozza;Antonietta Salustri

  • Involvement of endothelial PECAM-1/CD31 in angiogenesis.

    Horace M. DeLisser;Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou;Robert M. Strieter;Marie D. Burdick

  • The Yin-Yang of tumor-associated macrophages in neoplastic progression and immune surveillance.

    Paola Allavena;Antonio Sica;Cecilia Garlanda;Alberto Mantovani

  • An integrated view of humoral innate immunity: pentraxins as a paradigm.

    Barbara Bottazzi;Andrea Doni;Cecilia Garlanda;Alberto Mantovani

  • Tumor associated macrophages and neutrophils in cancer.

    Maria Rosaria Galdiero;Eduardo Bonavita;Isabella Barajon;Cecilia Garlanda

  • Sexual Dimorphism in Innate Immunity

    Sébastien Jaillon;Kevin Berthenet;Cecilia Garlanda

  • The humoral pattern recognition receptor PTX3 is stored in neutrophil granules and localizes in extracellular traps

    Sébastien Jaillon;Giuseppe Peri;Yves Delneste;Isabelle Frémaux

  • Heterogeneity of Endothelial Cells Specific Markers

    Cecilia Garlanda;Elisabetta Dejana

  • Pentraxins in innate immunity: from C-reactive protein to the long pentraxin PTX3.

    Alberto Mantovani;Cecilia Garlanda;Andrea Doni;Barbara Bottazzi

  • Pathways connecting inflammation and cancer

    Paola Allavena;Cecilia Garlanda;Maria Grazia Borrello;Antonio Sica

  • PTX3 plays a key role in the organization of the cumulus oophorus extracellular matrix and in in vivo fertilization.

    Antonietta Salustri;Cecilia Garlanda;Emilio Hirsch;Marika De Acetis

  • Macrophage Diversity and Polarization in Atherosclerosis. A Question of Balance

    Alberto Mantovani;Cecilia Garlanda;Massimo Locati

  • Tumor associated macrophages and neutrophils in tumor progression

    Maria R. Galdiero;Cecilia Garlanda;Sébastien Jaillon;Gianni Marone

  • Complement as a target in COVID-19?

    Antonio M. Risitano;Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Markus Huber-Lang;Despina Yancopoulou

  • Regulation of leukocyte recruitment by the long pentraxin PTX3

    Livija Deban;Remo Castro Russo;Marina Sironi;Federica Moalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Barbara Bottazzi
Barbara Bottazzi Humanitas University
Andrea Doni
Andrea Doni Humanitas Research Hospital
Marina Sironi
Marina Sironi Humanitas University
Nadia Polentarutti
Nadia Polentarutti Humanitas University
Annunciata Vecchi
Annunciata Vecchi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Giuseppe Danilo Norata
Giuseppe Danilo Norata University of Milan
Giuseppe Peri
Giuseppe Peri Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Paola Allavena
Paola Allavena Humanitas University

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