2026 Charles A. Dinarello: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	235	80	74	58	54	1148	213751
Immunology	238	4	4	3	3	1131	216382
Medicine	238	50	43	38	33	1138	216526

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2011 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2009 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1986 - Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Charles A. Dinarello is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main subfields of study include immunology, molecular biology, oncology, epidemiology, and surgery. The topics Charles A. Dinarello has extensively worked on are inflammasome and immune disorders, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, immune cell function and interaction, immune cells in cancer, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, and immune responses and vaccinations.

Charles A. Dinarello has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

Frontiers in Immunology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cytokine
Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist's recent publications include:

Interleukins in cancer: from biology to therapy, 2021, Nature Reviews. Cancer
Interleukin-1 and the Inflammasome as Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease, 2020, Circulation Research
Interleukin 1α: a comprehensive review on the role of IL-1α in the pathogenesis and treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, 2021, Autoimmunity Reviews
The NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor OLT1177 rescues cognitive impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Dapansutrile, an oral selective NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor, for treatment of gout flares: an open-label, dose-adaptive, proof-of-concept, phase 2a trial, 2020, The Lancet Rheumatology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Leo A. B. Joosten
Dennis M. de Graaf
Isak W. Tengesdal
Carlo Marchetti
Mihai G. Netea

Charles A. Dinarello has been recognized with several awards during their career, such as:

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2009)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1998)
Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America (1986)
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

Biologic basis for interleukin-1 in disease

Charles A. Dinarello

7377
Citations
Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

6282
Citations
Immunological and Inflammatory Functions of the Interleukin-1 Family

Charles A. Dinarello

4762
Citations
Interleukin-1 and interleukin-1 antagonism.

Charles A. Dinarello

3509
Citations
Induction by IL 1 and interferon-gamma: tissue distribution, biochemistry, and function of a natural adherence molecule (ICAM-1).

Michael L. Dustin;Robert Rothlein;Atul K. Bhan;Charles A. Dinarello

3232
Citations
Interleukin-1 in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory diseases

Charles A. Dinarello

2904
Citations
Impact of Basic Research On Tomorrow's MedicineProinflammatory Cytokines

Charles A. Dinarello

2344
Citations
Treating inflammation by blocking interleukin-1 in a broad spectrum of diseases

Charles A. Dinarello;Anna Simon;Jos W. M. van der Meer

2320
Citations
Biology of interleukin 1.

Charles A. Dinarello

2262
Citations
Immunoregulatory feedback between interleukin-1 and glucocorticoid hormones

H Besedovsky;A del Rey;E Sorkin;CA Dinarello

2241
Citations
The Interleukin-1 Family: Back to the Future

Cecilia Garlanda;Charles A. Dinarello;Alberto Mantovani

2234
Citations
Detection of circulating tumor necrosis factor after endotoxin administration.

Hamish R. Michie;Kirk R. Manogue;David R. Spriggs;Arthur Revhaug

2226
Citations
Tumor necrosis factor (cachectin) is an endogenous pyrogen and induces production of interleukin 1

Charles A. Dinarello;Joseph G. Cannon;Sheldon M. Wolff;Harry A. Bernheim

1966
Citations
Overview of the IL-1 family in innate inflammation and acquired immunity.

Charles A. Dinarello;Charles A. Dinarello

1936
Citations
Interleukin-1 and its biologically related cytokines.

Charles A. Dinarello

1696
Citations
Interleukin-1 and the pathogenesis of the acute-phase response.

Charles A. Dinarello

1629
Citations
Nucleotide sequence of human monocyte interleukin 1 precursor cDNA.

Philip E. Auron;Andrew C. Webb;Lanny J. Rosenwasser;Steven F. Mucci

1498
Citations
The Role of Interleukin-1 in Disease

Charles A. Dinarello;Sheldon M. Wolff

1480
Citations
IL-1 is required for tumor invasiveness and angiogenesis

Elena Voronov;Dror S. Shouval;Yakov Krelin;Emanuela Cagnano

1441
Citations
Cytokine-induced expression of HIV-1 in a chronically infected promonocyte cell line.

Thomas M. Folks;Jesse Justement;Audrey Kinter;Charles A. Dinarello

1387
Citations
Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University

Mihai G. Netea Radboud University

Soo-Hyun Kim Konkuk University

Daniela Novick Weizmann Institute of Science

Giamila Fantuzzi University of Illinois at Chicago

Menachem Rubinstein Weizmann Institute of Science

Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center

Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen University of Copenhagen

Frank L. van de Veerdonk Radboud University

Antonio Abbate University of Virginia

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