2026 Gary B. Huffnagle: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	102	683	630	394	357	281	34794
Medicine	102	7717	7253	4014	3712	280	34794

Overview

Gary B. Huffnagle is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's scholarly output prominently addresses several interconnected topics, such as:

Gut microbiota and health
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Respiratory viral infections research
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Some of the frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Gary B. Huffnagle include:

Nicole R. Falkowski
John R. Erb-Downward
Christopher A. Brown
Nicholas W. Lukacs
Robert P. Dickson

The venues chosen for publishing reflect a specialized concentration in microbiology and respiratory medicine. Frequent publication venues are:

Microbiology Resource Announcements
The Journal of Immunology
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
mBio
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gary B. Huffnagle include:

Lung Microbiota Predict Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
The Lung Microbiome during Health and Disease, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
Lung Microbiota and Metabolites Collectively Associate with Clinical Outcomes in Milder Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Lung microbiota associations with clinical features of COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort, 2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Best Publications

Analysis of the Lung Microbiome in the “Healthy” Smoker and in COPD

John R. Erb-Downward;Deborah L. Thompson;Meilan K. Han;Christine M. Freeman;Christine M. Freeman

1124
Citations
Antibiotic-induced shifts in the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome increase susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infection

Casey M. Theriot;Mark J. Koenigsknecht;Paul E. Carlson;Gabrielle E. Hatton

1015
Citations
The Microbiome and the Respiratory Tract

Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Fernando J. Martinez;Gary B. Huffnagle

968
Citations
Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals

Christine M. Bassis;John R. Erb-Downward;Robert P. Dickson;Christine M. Freeman

832
Citations
Cc Chemokine Receptor 2 Is Critical for Induction of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

Brian T. Fife;Gary B. Huffnagle;William A. Kuziel;William J. Karpus

695
Citations
Enrichment of the lung microbiome with gut bacteria in sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Robert P. Dickson;Benjamin H. Singer;Michael W. Newstead;Nicole R. Falkowski

693
Citations
Does the microbiota regulate immune responses outside the gut

Mairi C. Noverr;Gary B. Huffnagle

687
Citations
The emerging world of the fungal microbiome.

Gary B. Huffnagle;Mairi C. Noverr

660
Citations
The Lung Microbiome: New Principles for Respiratory Bacteriology in Health and Disease.

Robert P. Dickson;Gary B. Huffnagle

591
Citations
Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography

Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

577
Citations
The role of the microbiome in exacerbations of chronic lung diseases

Robert P Dickson;Fernando J Martinez;Gary B Huffnagle

568
Citations
The ‘microflora hypothesis’ of allergic diseases

M. C. Noverr;Gary B. Huffnagle

549
Citations
Bacterial Topography of the Healthy Human Lower Respiratory Tract.

Robert P. Dickson;John R. Erb-Downward;Christine M. Freeman;Lisa McCloskey

530
Citations
The respiratory tract microbiome and lung inflammation: a two-way street.

G B Huffnagle;R P Dickson;N W Lukacs

513
Citations
Macrophage M1/M2 Polarization Dynamically Adapts to Changes in Cytokine Microenvironments in Cryptococcus neoformans Infection

Michael J. Davis;Tiffany M. Tsang;Tiffany M. Tsang;Yafeng Qiu;Jeremy K. Dayrit

511
Citations
The microbiome of the lung.

James M. Beck;James M. Beck;Vincent B. Young;Gary B. Huffnagle

477
Citations
The role of the bacterial microbiome in lung disease.

Robert P Dickson;John R Erb-Downward;Gary B Huffnagle

472
Citations
CCR5 provides a signal for microbial induced production of IL-12 by CD8 alpha+ dendritic cells.

J Aliberti;C Reis e Sousa;M Schito;S Hieny

433
Citations
Application of a neutral community model to assess structuring of the human lung microbiome

Arvind Venkataraman;Christine M. Bassis;James M. Beck;James M. Beck;Vincent B. Young

419
Citations
Leptin-deficient mice exhibit impaired host defense in gram-negative pneumonia

Peter Mancuso;Andrew Gottschalk;Susan M. Phare;Marc Peters-Golden

417
Citations
Lung microbiome and disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an analysis of the COMET study

Mei Lan K. Han;Yueren Zhou;Susan Murray;Nabihah Tayob

410
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen B. Toews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Vincent B. Young University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jeffrey L. Curtis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

MeiLan K. Han University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

John Y. Kao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Eric S. White University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Nicholas W. Lukacs University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Mary F. Lipscomb University of New Mexico

Bethany B. Moore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Personal website of Gary B. Huffnagle

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