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20636
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2129
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David L. Sacks 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 David L. Sacks sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 110 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Sacks 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 David L. Sacks sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David L. Sacks is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specializations in public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, immunology, insect science, and parasitology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including research on leishmaniasis studies, Trypanosoma species research and implications, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, parasites and host interactions, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, immune cell function and interaction, and phagocytosis and immune regulation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David L. Sacks include Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira, Andrea Paun, Kashinath Ghosh, Sang Hun Lee, and Olena Kamenyeva.

They have published in multiple scientific venues, with recurrent publications appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Cell Reports

Recent papers authored by David L. Sacks include:

  • "Xenodiagnosis to evaluate the infectiousness of humans to sandflies in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India: a transmission-dynamics study" (2021, The Lancet Microbe)
  • "M2-like, dermal macrophages are maintained via IL-4/CCL24-mediated cooperative interaction with eosinophils in cutaneous leishmaniasis" (2020, Science Immunology)
  • "The role of dermis resident macrophages and their interaction with neutrophils in the early establishment of Leishmania major infection transmitted by sand fly bite" (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "Type I Interferons Suppress Anti-parasitic Immunity and Can Be Targeted to Improve Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "In Vitro Generation of Leishmania Hybrids" (2020, Cell Reports)

Best Publications

  • CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T cells control Leishmania major persistence and immunity

    Yasmine Belkaid;Yasmine Belkaid;Ciriaco A. Piccirillo;Susana Mendez;Ethan M. Shevach

  • The immunology of susceptibility and resistance to Leishmania major in mice

    David Sacks;Nancy Noben-Trauth

  • The Role of Interleukin (IL)-10 in the Persistence of Leishmania major in the Skin after Healing and the Therapeutic Potential of Anti–IL-10 Receptor Antibody for Sterile Cure

    Yasmine Belkaid;Karl F. Hoffmann;Susana Mendez;Shaden Kamhawi

  • Identification of an infective stage of Leishmania promastigotes

    David L. Sacks;Peter V. Perkins

  • Development of a Natural Model of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Powerful Effects of Vector Saliva and Saliva Preexposure on the Long-Term Outcome of Leishmania major Infection in the Mouse Ear Dermis

    Yasmine Belkaid;Shaden Kamhawi;Govind Modi;Jesus Valenzuela

  • VACCINATION WITH DNA ENCODING THE IMMUNODOMINANT LACK PARASITE ANTIGEN CONFERS PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY TO MICE INFECTED WITH LEISHMANIA MAJOR

    Sanjay Gurunathan;David L. Sacks;Daniel R. Brown;Steven L. Reiner

  • Identification of cell surface carbohydrate and antigenic changes between noninfective and infective developmental stages of Leishmania major promastigotes.

    D L Sacks;S Hieny;A Sher

  • Toward a Defined Anti-Leishmania Vaccine Targeting Vector Antigens: Characterization of a Protective Salivary Protein

    Jesus G. Valenzuela;Yasmine Belkaid;Mark K. Garfield;Susana Mendez

  • In vivo cytokine profiles in patients with kala-azar. Marked elevation of both interleukin-10 and interferon-gamma.

    C. L. Karp;S. H. El-Safi;T. A. Wynn;M. M. H. Satti

  • Leishmania promastigotes selectively inhibit interleukin 12 induction in bone marrow-derived macrophages from susceptible and resistant mice.

    Lucia Carrera;Ricardo T. Gazzinelli;Raffaello Badolato;Sara Hieny

  • Uptake of Leishmania major Amastigotes Results in Activation and Interleukin 12 Release from Murine Skin–derived Dendritic Cells: Implications for the Initiation of Anti-Leishmania Immunity

    Esther von Stebut;Yasmine Belkaid;Thilo Jakob;David L. Sacks

  • Demonstration of genetic exchange during cyclical development of Leishmania in the sand fly vector.

    Natalia S. Akopyants;Nicola Kimblin;Nagila Secundino;Rachel Patrick

  • A Role for Insect Galectins in Parasite Survival

    Shaden Kamhawi;Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao;Van M. Pham;Sanjeev Kumar

  • Stage-specific adhesion of Leishmania promastigotes to the sandfly midgut.

    Paulo F. P. Pimenta;Salvatore J. Turco;Malcolm J. McConville;Phillip G. Lawyer

  • Targeted gene deletion in Leishmania major identifies leishmanolysin (GP63) as a virulence factor.

    Phalgun B. Joshi;Ben L. Kelly;Shaden Kamhawi;David L. Sacks

  • Metacyclogenesis in Leishmania promastigotes.

    David L. Sacks

  • The role of phosphoglycans in Leishmania–sand fly interactions

    David L. Sacks;Govind Modi;Edgar Rowton;Gerald Späth

  • Vaccine requirements for sustained cellular immunity to an intracellular parasitic infection

    Sanjay Gurunathan;Calman Prussin;David L. Sacks;Robert A. Seder

  • The role of antigen and IL-12 in sustaining Th1 memory cells in vivo: IL-12 is required to maintain memory/effector Th1 cells sufficient to mediate protection to an infectious parasite challenge.

    Laura Stobie;Sanjay Gurunathan;Calman Prussin;David L. Sacks

  • Stage-specific binding of Leishmania donovani to the sand fly vector midgut is regulated by conformational changes in the abundant surface lipophosphoglycan.

    D. L. Sacks;P. F. P. Pimenta;M. J. Mcconville;P. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasmine Belkaid
Yasmine Belkaid National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Shaden Kamhawi
Shaden Kamhawi National Institutes of Health
Salvatore J. Turco
Salvatore J. Turco University of Kentucky
Robert A. Seder
Robert A. Seder National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Stephen M. Beverley
Stephen M. Beverley Washington University in St. Louis
Alan Sher
Alan Sher National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Mark C. Udey
Mark C. Udey Washington University in St. Louis
Jesus G. Valenzuela
Jesus G. Valenzuela National Institutes of Health
Peter C. Melby
Peter C. Melby The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Nicolas Glaichenhaus
Nicolas Glaichenhaus Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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