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Francisco J. Quintana

Francisco J. Quintana

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Immunology

D-Index
95
Citations
40057
World Ranking
884
National Ranking
491

Medicine

D-Index
95
Citations
40049
World Ranking
9947
National Ranking
5120

Overview

Francisco J. Quintana is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research focuses on immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, and medicine, demonstrated by a significant number of publications in these fields. Quintana's work spans across multiple subfields, including immunology, neurology, molecular biology, genetics, and biological psychiatry.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune cells in cancer, immune cell function and interaction, tryptophan and brain disorders, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, immunotherapy and immune responses, and T-cell and B-cell immunology.

Quintana's recent papers include:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia (2020, Nature)
  • Astrocyte Crosstalk in CNS Inflammation (2020, Neuron)
  • The Role of Astrocytes in CNS Inflammation (2020, Trends in Immunology)
  • Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases (2022, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael A. Wheeler
  • Zhaorong Li
  • Veit Rothhammer
  • Liliana M. Sanmarco
  • Federico Giovannoni

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Control of T reg and T H 17 cell differentiation by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

    Francisco J. Quintana;Alexandre S. Basso;Antonio H. Iglesias;Thomas Korn

  • Type I interferons and microbial metabolites of tryptophan modulate astrocyte activity and central nervous system inflammation via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

    Veit Rothhammer;Ivan D Mascanfroni;Lukas Bunse;Maisa C Takenaka

  • Alterations of the human gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis

    Sushrut Jangi;Roopali Gandhi;Laura M. Cox;Ning Li

  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: an environmental sensor integrating immune responses in health and disease.

    Veit Rothhammer;Francisco J. Quintana

  • Induction and molecular signature of pathogenic TH17 cells

    Youjin Lee;Amit Awasthi;Amit Awasthi;Nir Yosef;Nir Yosef;Francisco Javier Quintana

  • Microglial control of astrocytes in response to microbial metabolites

    Veit Rothhammer;Davis M. Borucki;Emily C. Tjon;Maisa C. Takenaka

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

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

  • Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia

    Ana Badimon;Hayley J. Strasburger;Pinar Ayata;Xinhong Chen

  • Astrocyte Crosstalk in CNS Inflammation.

    Mathias Linnerbauer;Michael A. Wheeler;Francisco J. Quintana;Francisco J. Quintana

  • Regulation of the Immune Response by the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

    Cristina Gutiérrez-Vázquez;Francisco J. Quintana;Francisco J. Quintana

  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacts with c-Maf to promote the differentiation of type 1 regulatory T cells induced by IL-27

    Lionel Apetoh;Francisco J Quintana;Caroline Pot;Nicole Joller

  • Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases

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  • Oral tolerance: Basic mechanisms and applications of oral tolerance

    Howard L. Weiner;Andre Pires da Cunha;Francisco Quintana;Henry Wu

  • Interleukin-10 Receptor Signaling in Innate Immune Cells Regulates Mucosal Immune Tolerance and Anti-Inflammatory Macrophage Function

    Dror S. Shouval;Dror S. Shouval;Amlan Biswas;Amlan Biswas;Jeremy A. Goettel;Jeremy A. Goettel;Katelyn McCann

  • The Role of Astrocytes in CNS Inflammation.

    Federico Giovannoni;Francisco J. Quintana;Francisco J. Quintana

  • Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor induces human type 1 regulatory T cell-like and Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

    Roopali Gandhi;Deepak Kumar;Evan J Burns;Meghan Nadeau

  • Control of tumor-associated macrophages and T cells in glioblastoma via AHR and CD39

    Maisa C. Takenaka;Galina Gabriely;Veit Rothhammer;Ivan D. Mascanfroni

  • Microglia and Central Nervous System–Associated Macrophages—From Origin to Disease Modulation

    Marco Prinz;Takahiro Masuda;Michael A. Wheeler;Francisco J. Quintana;Francisco J. Quintana

  • Regulation of astrocyte activation by glycolipids drives chronic CNS inflammation.

    Lior Mayo;Sunia A Trauger;Manon Blain;Meghan Nadeau

  • An endogenous aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand acts on dendritic cells and T cells to suppress experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Francisco J. Quintana;Gopal Murugaiyan;Mauricio F. Farez;Meike Mitsdoerffer

  • Metabolic control of type 1 regulatory T cell differentiation by AHR and HIF1-α

    Ivan D Mascanfroni;Maisa C Takenaka;Ada Yeste;Bonny Patel

  • Tolerogenic dendritic cells.

    Maisa C. Takenaka;Francisco J. Quintana;Francisco J. Quintana

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard L. Weiner
Howard L. Weiner Harvard University
Irun R. Cohen
Irun R. Cohen Weizmann Institute of Science
Vijay K. Kuchroo
Vijay K. Kuchroo Harvard University
Scott B. Snapper
Scott B. Snapper Boston Children's Hospital
Simon C. Robson
Simon C. Robson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rohit Bakshi
Rohit Bakshi Brigham and Women's Hospital
Samia J. Khoury
Samia J. Khoury American University of Beirut
Alexandre Prat
Alexandre Prat University of Montreal
Sheng Xiao
Sheng Xiao Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jack P. Antel
Jack P. Antel McGill University

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