2026 Diane Mathis: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	158	105	96	61	56	501	86805
Immunology	161	79	76	53	51	488	89220
Medicine	161	756	690	429	381	493	89442

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
2017 - Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Diane Mathis is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing in immunology and microbiology with a significant focus on medicine. Their body of work spans 109 publications in immunology, with additional contributions in molecular biology, physiology, epidemiology, and rehabilitation.

The main topics of their research include immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, adipose tissue and metabolism, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as exercise and physiological responses.

Mathis has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Immunology
Immunity
Science Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

The neutrotime transcriptional signature defines a single continuum of neutrophils across biological compartments, 2021, Nature Communications
Tissue regulatory T cells: regulatory chameleons, 2021, Nature Reviews Immunology
pH-Gated Succinate Secretion Regulates Muscle Remodeling in Response to Exercise, 2020, Cell
Sex-specific adipose tissue imprinting of regulatory T cells, 2020, Nature
Thymic epithelial cells co-opt lineage-defining transcription factors to eliminate autoreactive T cells, 2022, Cell

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including Christophe Benoıst, Kaitavjeet Chowdhary, Deepshika Ramanan, Daniel A. Michelson, and Silvia Galván-Peña.

Diane Mathis has been recognized with several distinctions throughout their career. These awards include:

Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), 2017
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
Membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2007, in the field of Microbiology and Immunology
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Member of Academia Europaea, 1992
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

Projection of an Immunological Self Shadow Within the Thymus by the Aire Protein

Mark S. Anderson;Emily S. Venanzi;Ludger Klein;Zhibin Chen

2990
Citations
Lean, but not obese, fat is enriched for a unique population of regulatory T cells that affect metabolic parameters

Markus Feuerer;Laura Herrero;Laura Herrero;Daniela Cipolletta;Afia Naaz

2421
Citations
The Immunological Genome Project: networks of gene expression in immune cells

Tracy S P Heng;Michio W Painter;Kutlu Elpek;Veronika Lukacs-Kornek

2026
Citations
Gut-residing segmented filamentous bacteria drive autoimmune arthritis via T helper 17 cells

Hsin Jung Wu;Ivaylo I. Ivanov;Jaime Darce;Jaime Darce;Kimie Hattori;Kimie Hattori

1774
Citations
FOXP3 Controls Regulatory T Cell Function through Cooperation with NFAT

Yongqing Wu;Madhuri Borde;Vigo Heissmeyer;Markus Feuerer

1481
Citations
Gut Immune Maturation Depends on Colonization with a Host-Specific Microbiota

Hachung Chung;Hachung Chung;Sünje Johanna Pamp;Sünje Johanna Pamp;Jonathan A. Hill;Neeraj K. Surana;Neeraj K. Surana;Neeraj K. Surana

1374
Citations
β-Cell death during progression to diabetes

Diane Mathis;Luis Vence;Christophe Benoist

1358
Citations
A Special Population of Regulatory T Cells Potentiates Muscle Repair

Dalia Burzyn;Wilson Kuswanto;Dmitriy Kolodin;Jennifer L. Shadrach;Jennifer L. Shadrach

1291
Citations
PPAR-γ is a major driver of the accumulation and phenotype of adipose tissue T reg cells

Daniela Cipolletta;Markus Feuerer;Markus Feuerer;Amy Li;Nozomu Kamei;Nozomu Kamei

1253
Citations
Organ-Specific Disease Provoked by Systemic Autoimmunity

Valérie Kouskoff;Anne-Sophie Korganow;Véronique Duchatelle;Claude Degott

1064
Citations
Mice lacking MHC class II molecules

Dominic Cosgrove;David Gray;Andrée Dierich;Jim Kaufman

1038
Citations
The AKT–mTOR axis regulates de novo differentiation of CD4+Foxp3+ cells

Sokol Haxhinasto;Diane Mathis;Diane Mathis;Christophe Benoist;Christophe Benoist

1034
Citations
Treg cells expressing the coinhibitory molecule TIGIT selectively inhibit proinflammatory Th1 and Th17 cell responses.

Nicole Joller;Ester Lozano;Patrick R. Burkett;Bonny Patel

1017
Citations
From systemic T cell self-reactivity to organ-specific autoimmune disease via immunoglobulins

Anne-Sophie Korganow;Hong Ji;Sara Mangialaio;Véronique Duchatelle

1003
Citations
Ablation of PRDM16 and Beige Adipose Causes Metabolic Dysfunction and a Subcutaneous to Visceral Fat Switch

Paul Cohen;Julia D. Levy;Yingying Zhang;Andrea Frontini

985
Citations
A multiplicity of CCAAT box-binding proteins

Arnulf Dorn;Jacques Bollekens;Adrian Staub;Christophe Benoist

952
Citations
Mast Cells: A Cellular Link Between Autoantibodies and Inflammatory Arthritis

David M. Lee;Daniel S. Friend;Michael F. Gurish;Christophe Benoist

947
Citations
Microbial bile acid metabolites modulate gut RORγ+ regulatory T cell homeostasis.

Xinyang Song;Ximei Sun;Sungwhan F. Oh;Sungwhan F. Oh;Meng Wu

930
Citations
Individual intestinal symbionts induce a distinct population of RORγ+ regulatory T cells

Esen Sefik;Naama Geva-Zatorsky;Sungwhan Oh;Liza Konnikova

929
Citations
Arthritis provoked by linked T and B cell recognition of a glycolytic enzyme.

Isao Matsumoto;Adrien Staub;Christophe Benoist;Diane Mathis

893
Citations
Following a diabetogenic T cell from genesis through pathogenesis.

Jonathan D. Katz;Bo Wang;Kathryn Haskins;Christophe Benoist

851
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Benoist Harvard University

Ralph Weissleder Harvard University

Aviv Regev Genentech

Amy J. Wagers Harvard University

Antonio Gonzalez University of Santiago de Compostela

Valerie Kouskoff University of Manchester

Dennis L. Kasper Harvard University

Daphne Koller insitro Inc.

Andrée Dierich Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

Philip L. De Jager Columbia University

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