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D-Index
59
Citations
11001
World Ranking
3445
National Ranking
1601

Fadi G. Lakkis 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 Fadi G. Lakkis sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 202 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Fadi G. Lakkis 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 Fadi G. Lakkis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Fadi G. Lakkis is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology and medicine. Their research portfolio focuses primarily on immunology, with significant work in transplantation, surgery, epidemiology, and physiology.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of specific topics, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune cells in cancer

Key recent publications include:

  • PIRs mediate innate myeloid cell memory to nonself MHC molecules, 2020, Science
  • Resident memory T cells form during persistent antigen exposure leading to allograft rejection, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Tissue-resident memory T cell maintenance during antigen persistence requires both cognate antigen and interleukin-15, 2023, Science Immunology
  • Transitional B cell cytokines predict renal allograft outcomes, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell infusion results in host cell cross-dressing and T cell subset changes in prospective living donor liver transplant recipients, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation

Fadi G. Lakkis collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Martin H. Oberbarnscheidt
  • Khodor I. Abou-Daya
  • Diana Metes
  • Aravind Cherukuri
  • Camila Macedo

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in a few key venues:

  • American Journal of Transplantation (11 publications)
  • Science Translational Medicine (3 publications)
  • Transplantation (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Immunology (3 publications)
  • Science (2 publications)

Lakkis's main fields of study are Immunology and Microbiology, with 57 publications, and Medicine, with 39 publications. Their research subfields span Immunology, Transplantation, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Physiology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding immune responses in transplant and clinical contexts.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • B Cells, Antibodies, and More

    William Hoffman;Fadi G. Lakkis;Geetha Chalasani

  • Immunologic 'ignorance' of vascularized organ transplants in the absence of secondary lymphoid tissue.

    Fadi G. Lakkis;Alexandr Arakelov;Bogumila T. Konieczny;Yoshihiko Inoue

  • Phenotype, function, and differentiation potential of human monocyte subsets

    Lisa B. Boyette;Camila Macedo;Kevin Hadi;Beth D. Elinoff

  • Critical role of the Toll-like receptor signal adaptor protein MyD88 in acute allograft rejection

    Daniel R. Goldstein;Bethany M. Tesar;Shizuo Akira;Fadi G. Lakkis

  • IFN-gamma is critical for long-term allograft survival induced by blocking the CD28 and CD40 ligand T cell costimulation pathways.

    Bogumila T. Konieczny;Zhenhua Dai;Eric T. Elwood;Sohail Saleem

  • Long-term controlled normoglycemia in diabetic non-human primates after transplantation with hCD46 transgenic porcine islets.

    D J van der Windt;R Bottino;A Casu;N Campanile

  • A Brief Journey through the Immune System

    Karim M. Yatim;Fadi G. Lakkis

  • Induction of 15-lipoxygenase by interleukin-13 in human blood monocytes

    G M Nassar;J D Morrow;L J Roberts nd;F G Lakkis

  • CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells suppress allograft rejection mediated by memory CD8+ T cells via a CD30-dependent mechanism

    Zhenhua Dai;Qi Li;Yinong Wang;Ge Gao

  • Non-self recognition by monocytes initiates allograft rejection

    Martin H. Oberbarnscheidt;Qiang Zeng;Qi Li;Hehua Dai

  • Memory T Cells: A Hurdle to Immunologic Tolerance

    Fadi G. Lakkis;Mohamed H. Sayegh

  • Impaired Alloantigen-Mediated T Cell Apoptosis and Failure To Induce Long-Term Allograft Survival in IL-2-Deficient Mice

    Zhenhua Dai;Bogumila T. Konieczny;Fady K. Baddoura;Fadi G. Lakkis

  • Recall and propagation of allospecific memory T cells independent of secondary lymphoid organs.

    Geetha Chalasani;Zhenhua Dai;Bogumila T. Konieczny;Fady K. Baddoura

  • Gene expression analysis in human renal allograft biopsy samples using high-density oligoarray technology.

    Enver Akalin;Rose C. Hendrix;Rathna Giri Polavarapu;Thomas C. Pearson

  • Contribution of Naïve and Memory T‐Cell Populations to the Human Alloimmune Response

    C. Macedo;E. A. Orkis;I. Popescu;B. D. Elinoff

  • Lymphoid neogenesis in murine cardiac allografts undergoing chronic rejection.

    Fady K. Baddoura;Isam W. Nasr;Barbara Wrobel;Qi Li

  • Blocking the CD28-B7 T cell costimulation pathway induces long term cardiac allograft acceptance in the absence of IL-4.

    F G Lakkis;B T Konieczny;S Saleem;F K Baddoura

  • Tertiary Lymphoid Tissues Generate Effector and Memory T Cells That Lead to Allograft Rejection

    I. W. Nasr;M. Reel;M. H. Oberbarnscheidt;R. H. Mounzer

  • Interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 act on glomerular visceral epithelial cells

    José G. Van Den Berg;Jan Aten;M. Anwar Chand;Nike Claessen

  • PIRs mediate innate myeloid cell memory to nonself MHC molecules.

    Hehua Dai;Peixiang Lan;Peixiang Lan;Daqiang Zhao;Khodor Abou-Daya

  • Acute rejection of vascularized heart allografts in the absence of IFNgamma.

    Sohail Saleem;Bogumila T. Konieczny;Robin P. Lowry;Fady K. Baddoura

  • Clinical Islet Xenotransplantation How Close Are We

    Dirk J. van der Windt;Rita Bottino;Goutham Kumar;Martin Wijkstrom

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren D. Shlomchik
Warren D. Shlomchik University of Pittsburgh
David M. Rothstein
David M. Rothstein University of Pittsburgh
Anthony J. Demetris
Anthony J. Demetris University of Pittsburgh
Leo W. Buss
Leo W. Buss Yale University
Christian P. Larsen
Christian P. Larsen Emory University
Angus W. Thomson
Angus W. Thomson University of Pittsburgh
David K. C. Cooper
David K. C. Cooper University of Pittsburgh
Stephen L. Dellaporta
Stephen L. Dellaporta Yale University
Alan D. Salama
Alan D. Salama University College London
Thomas C. Pearson
Thomas C. Pearson Emory University

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