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72
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2212
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1072

Hardy Kornfeld 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 Hardy Kornfeld sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 215 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hardy Kornfeld 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 Hardy Kornfeld sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hardy Kornfeld is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with a particular concentration in tuberculosis research and epidemiology.

Their work spans several main fields of study including Medicine, with subfields covering Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Surgery, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Kornfeld's primary topics of work include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Kornfeld has contributed to publications in notable venues including:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Nature Communications

Their recent papers feature studies on tuberculosis and factors affecting its treatment outcomes. These include:

  • Impact of Diabetes and Low Body Mass Index on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Impact of Undernutrition on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in India: A Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Analysis, 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Pune, India, 2021, Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Frequent collaborators in Kornfeld's research include:

  • Vijay Viswanathan
  • Subash Babu
  • Nathella Pavan Kumar
  • Syed Hissar
  • Vidya Mave

Best Publications

  • Autophagy Controls IL-1β Secretion by Targeting Pro-IL-1β for Degradation

    James Harris;Michelle L Hartman;Caitrionna Jane Roche;Shijuan Grace Zeng

  • Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Evade Apoptosis of Infected Alveolar Macrophages

    Joseph Keane;Heinz G. Remold;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes human alveolar macrophage apoptosis.

    J Keane;M K Balcewicz-Sablinska;H G Remold;G L Chupp

  • Nitric oxide controls the immunopathology of tuberculosis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent processing of IL-1β.

    Bibhuti B Mishra;Vijay A K Rathinam;Gregory W Martens;Amanda J Martinot

  • Pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades apoptosis of host macrophages by release of TNF-R2, resulting in inactivation of TNF-alpha

    Balcewicz-Sablinska Mk;Keane J;Kornfeld H;Remold Hg

  • Tuberculosis and lung damage: from epidemiology to pathophysiology

    Shruthi Ravimohan;Hardy Kornfeld;Drew Weissman;Gregory P. Bisson

  • Molecular and functional analysis of a lymphocyte chemoattractant factor: association of biologic function with CD4 expression.

    William W. Cruikshank;Nauman Nisar;Minjie Wu

  • Interleukin 16 and its function as a CD4 ligand.

    Hardy Kornfeld;William W. Cruikshank

  • CD4+ regulatory T cells require CTLA-4 for the maintenance of systemic tolerance

    Randall H. Friedline;David S. Brown;Hai Nguyen;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Macrophage Apoptosis in Response to High Intracellular Burden of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Mediated by a Novel Caspase-Independent Pathway

    Jinhee Lee;Heinz G. Remold;Michael H. Ieong;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Identification of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein in the serum of AIDS and ARC patients.

    Se-Kyung Oh;William W. Cruikshank;Jay Raina;Gordon C. Blanchard

  • Processing and Activation of Pro-Interleukin-16 by Caspase-3

    Yujun Zhang;M.H. Wu David;William W. Cruikshank

  • THP-1 Cell Apoptosis in Response to Mycobacterial Infection

    Carrie J. Riendeau;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Lymphocyte activation by HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein.

    Hardy Kornfeld;William W. Cruikshank;Stephen W. Pyle;Jeffrey S. Berman

  • Induction of gamma interferon production in human alveolar macrophages by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Matthew J. Fenton;Mary W. Vermeulen;Sue Kim;Marie Burdick

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis blocks crosslinking of annexin-1 and apoptotic envelope formation on infected macrophages to maintain virulence.

    Huixian Gan;Jinhee Lee;Fucheng Ren;Minjian Chen

  • Macrophage apoptosis in mycobacterial infections.

    C Fratazzi;R D Arbeit;C Carini;M K Balcewicz-Sablinska

  • Intrathymic programming of effector fates in three molecularly distinct γδ T cell subtypes

    Kavitha Narayan;Katelyn E. Sylvia;Nidhi Malhotra;Catherine C. Yin

  • Diabetes and immunity to tuberculosis.

    Nuria Martinez;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Macrophage apoptosis in tuberculosis

    Jinhee Lee;Michelle Hartman;Hardy Kornfeld

  • Cloning of HTLV-4 and its relation to simian and human immunodeficiency viruses

    Hardy Kornfeld;Norbert Riedel;Gregory A. Viglianti;Vanessa Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Cruikshank
William W. Cruikshank Boston University
Heinz G. Remold
Heinz G. Remold Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gavin J. Churchyard
Gavin J. Churchyard Aurum Institute
Bruno B. Andrade
Bruno B. Andrade Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Christopher M. Sassetti
Christopher M. Sassetti University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Peter F. Weller
Peter F. Weller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Samuel M. Behar
Samuel M. Behar University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman University of Pennsylvania
Randall J. Basaraba
Randall J. Basaraba Colorado State University
Reinout van Crevel
Reinout van Crevel Radboud University

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