2026 Charles D. Surh: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	87	1205	1	210	31677
Medicine	87	13542	45	210	31677

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Immunology in Korea Leader Award
2007 - Ho-Am Prize in Medicine, Samsung Foundation

Overview

Charles D. Surh was affiliated with the Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research contributions spanned immunology and microbiology, with a substantial focus on immunology as well as intersections with biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work concentrated on several main topics within immune cell function and interaction, including:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Escherichia coli research studies
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
Immune cells in cancer

Subfields of study included immunology, biotechnology, endocrinology, epidemiology, and molecular biology. This reflected a multidisciplinary approach to investigating immune mechanisms and their broader biological contexts.

Charles D. Surh authored multiple papers, notable among them:

"Epithelial HVEM maintains intraepithelial T cell survival and contributes to host protection," 2022, published in Science Immunology
"Dietary Glucose Consumption Promotes RALDH Activity in Small Intestinal CD103+CD11b+ Dendritic Cells," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"The antitumor effect induced by an IL-2 'no-alpha' mutein depends on changes in the CD8+ T lymphocyte/Treg cell balance," 2022, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"A blend of broadly-reactive and pathogen-selected Vγ4 Vδ1 T cell receptors confer broad bacterial reactivity of resident memory γδ T cells," 2021, published in Mucosal Immunology
"Listeria monocytogenes Establishes Commensalism in Germ-Free Mice Through the Reversible Downregulation of Virulence Gene Expression," 2021, published in Frontiers in Immunology

Several frequent co-authors collaborated with Surh, including:

Kwang Soon Kim
Kyungjin Cho
Masumi Takahashi
Julie A. Bettke
Oleksandr Gorbatsevych

The scientist published predominantly in journals such as Frontiers in Immunology, The Journal of Immunology, Science Immunology, Mucosal Immunology, and also contributed to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Throughout their career, Charles D. Surh received recognition including the Ho-Am Prize in Medicine awarded by the Samsung Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

Selective expression of the interleukin 7 receptor identifies effector CD8 T cells that give rise to long-lived memory cells

Susan M Kaech;Joyce T Tan;E John Wherry;Bogumila T Konieczny

2315
Citations
Homeostasis of naive and memory T cells.

Charles D. Surh;Jonathan Sprent

1513
Citations
T-cell apoptosis detected in situ during positive and negative selection in the thymus

Charles D. Surh;Jonathan Sprent

1367
Citations
Removal of homeostatic cytokine sinks by lymphodepletion enhances the efficacy of adoptively transferred tumor-specific CD8+ T cells

Luca Gattinoni;Steven E. Finkelstein;Christopher A. Klebanoff;Christopher A. Klebanoff;Paul A. Antony

1247
Citations
IL-7 is critical for homeostatic proliferation and survival of naïve T cells

Joyce T. Tan;Eric Dudl;Eric LeRoy;Richard Murray

1212
Citations
Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes

Onur Boyman;Marek Kovar;Marek Kovar;Mark P. Rubinstein;Mark P. Rubinstein;Charles D. Surh;Charles D. Surh

1028
Citations
Interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-7 jointly regulate homeostatic proliferation of memory phenotype CD8+ cells but are not required for memory phenotype CD4+ cells.

Joyce T. Tan;Bettina Ernst;William C. Kieper;Eric M. Leroy

1010
Citations
The Peptide Ligands Mediating Positive Selection in the Thymus Control T Cell Survival and Homeostatic Proliferation in the Periphery

Bettina Ernst;Dong-Sup Lee;Jennifer M Chang;Jonathan Sprent

930
Citations
Interleukin 7 Regulates the Survival and Generation of Memory CD4 Cells

Robyn M. Kondrack;Judith Harbertson;Joyce T. Tan;Meghan E. McBreen

645
Citations
Normal T cell homeostasis: the conversion of naive cells into memory-phenotype cells

Jonathan Sprent;Charles D Surh;Charles D Surh

631
Citations
In vivo expansion of T reg cells with IL-2–mAb complexes: induction of resistance to EAE and long-term acceptance of islet allografts without immunosuppression

Kylie E. Webster;Stacey Walters;Rachel E. Kohler;Tomas Mrkvan

610
Citations
Dietary antigens limit mucosal immunity by inducing regulatory T cells in the small intestine

Kwang Soon Kim;Sung Wook Hong;Daehee Han;Jaeu Yi

575
Citations
T Cell Memory

Unknown

537
Citations
Interleukin 15 Controls both Proliferation and Survival of a Subset of Memory-Phenotype CD8+ T Cells

Adam D. Judge;Xiaohong Zhang;Hideki Fujii;Charles D. Surh

522
Citations
NKT cells derive from double-positive thymocytes that are positively selected by CD1d

Laurent Gapin;Jennifer L. Matsuda;Jennifer L. Matsuda;Charles D. Surh;Mitchell Kronenberg;Mitchell Kronenberg

513
Citations
Converting IL-15 to a superagonist by binding to soluble IL-15Rα

Mark P. Rubinstein;Marek Kovar;Jared F. Purton;Jae-Ho Cho

503
Citations
Generation and maintenance of memory CD4(+) T Cells.

Jonathan Sprent;Charles D Surh

450
Citations
Homeostasis of V alpha 14i NKT cells.

Jennifer L. Matsuda;Laurent Gapin;Stéphane Sidobre;William C. Kieper

427
Citations
Homeostatic T Cell Proliferation How Far Can T Cells Be Activated to Self-Ligands?

Charles D. Surh;Jonathan Sprent

402
Citations
Cytokines and T-cell homeostasis.

Onur Boyman;Jared F Purton;Charles D Surh;Jonathan Sprent

390
Citations
Antigen presentation and T cell development in H2-M-deficient mice.

Wai-Ping Fung-Leung;Charles D. Surh;Monika Liljedahl;Jesse Pang

388
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Sprent Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Onur Boyman University of Zurich

Ross L. Coppel Monash University

Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute

Sin-Hyeog Im Pohang University of Science and Technology

M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis

Laurent Gapin University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Mitchell Kronenberg University of California, San Diego

Aftab A. Ansari University of California, Davis

Young Chul Sung Pohang University of Science and Technology

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