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Jacques Banchereau

Jacques Banchereau

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2025
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Immunology
USA
2026

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Best Scientists

D-Index
169
Citations
143289
World Ranking
893
National Ranking
530

Immunology

D-Index
171
Citations
146192
World Ranking
52
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
171
Citations
146294
World Ranking
500
National Ranking
298

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research, American Association of Immunologists

Overview

Jacques Banchereau is affiliated with Immunai in the United States, with a research profile focused primarily on areas intersecting biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and medicine.

The scientist's work spans several key fields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

They have contributed substantially within specific subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics

Their main research topics cover:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Interferon and immune responses

Jacques Banchereau has been involved in publishing multiple scientific papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Sexual-dimorphism in human immune system aging" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Mapping systemic lupus erythematosus heterogeneity at the single-cell level" (2020) published in Nature Immunology
  • "Sestrins induce natural killer function in senescent-like CD8+ T cells" (2020) published in Nature Immunology
  • "Erythroid mitochondrial retention triggers myeloid-dependent type I interferon in human SLE" (2021) published in Cell
  • "MEK inhibition reprograms CD8+ T lymphocytes into memory stem cells with potent antitumor effects" (2020) published in Nature Immunology

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications

Collaborative efforts are marked by frequent co-authors such as:

  • Radu Marcheş
  • Karolina Palucka
  • Duygu Ucar
  • Djamel Nehar-Belaid
  • Virginia Pascual

Jacques Banchereau received the AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research from the American Association of Immunologists in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Dendritic cells and the control of immunity

    Jacques Banchereau;Ralph M. Steinman;Ralph M. Steinman

  • Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells

    Jacques Banchereau;Francine Briere;Christophe Caux;Jean Davoust

  • Taking dendritic cells into medicine

    Ralph M. Steinman;Jacques Banchereau

  • Cancer immunotherapy via dendritic cells

    A Karolina Palucka;Jacques Banchereau

  • Interferon and Granulopoiesis Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Blood

    Lynda Bennett;A. Karolina Palucka;Edsel Arce;Edsel Arce;Victoria Cantrell;Victoria Cantrell

  • GM-CSF and TNF-α cooperate in the generation of dendritic Langerhans cells

    C. Caux;C. Dezutter-Dambuyant;D. Schmitt;J. Banchereau

  • An interferon-inducible neutrophil-driven blood transcriptional signature in human tuberculosis

    Matthew P. R. Berry;Christine M. Graham;Finlay W. McNab;Zhaohui Xu

  • T cell interleukin-17 induces stromal cells to produce proinflammatory and hematopoietic cytokines.

    F Fossiez;O Djossou;P Chomarat;L Flores-Romo

  • CD40-CD40 ligand.

    C van Kooten;J Banchereau

  • Activation of human dendritic cells through CD40 cross-linking.

    C Caux;C Massacrier;B Vanbervliet;B Dubois

  • Human Blood CXCR5+CD4+ T Cells Are Counterparts of T Follicular Cells and Contain Specific Subsets that Differentially Support Antibody Secretion

    Rimpei Morita;Nathalie Schmitt;Salah Eddine Bentebibel;Rajaram Ranganathan

  • Dendritic cells as therapeutic vaccines against cancer

    Jacques Banchereau;A. Karolina Palucka

  • The CD40 Antigen and its Ligand

    J Banchereau;F Bazan;D Blanchard;F Brière

  • Interleukin 10 is a potent growth and differentiation factor for activated human B lymphocytes.

    Francoise Rousset;Eric Garcia;Thierry Defrance;Catherine Peronne

  • Induction of Dendritic Cell Differentiation by IFN-α in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Patrick Blanco;A. Karolina Palucka;Michelle Gill;Michelle Gill;Virginia Pascual;Virginia Pascual

  • The Enigmatic Plasmacytoid T Cells Develop into Dendritic Cells with Interleukin (IL)-3 and CD40-Ligand

    Géraldine Grouard;Marie-Clotilde Rissoan;Luis Filgueira;Isabelle Durand

  • Netting Neutrophils Are Major Inducers of Type I IFN Production in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Gina S. Garcia-Romo;Simone Caielli;Barbara Vega;John Connolly

  • Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Induce Plasma Cell Differentiation through Type I Interferon and Interleukin 6

    Gaetan Jego;A. Karolina Palucka;Jean Philippe Blanck;Cecile Chalouni

  • CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors from human cord blood differentiate along two independent dendritic cell pathways in response to GM-CSF+TNF alpha.

    C Caux;B Vanbervliet;C Massacrier;C Dezutter-Dambuyant

  • Pyogenic Bacterial Infections in Humans with MyD88 Deficiency

    Horst Von Bernuth;Capucine Picard;Capucine Picard;Zhongbo Jin;Rungnapa Pankla;Rungnapa Pankla

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia Pascual
Virginia Pascual Cornell University
Gerard Zurawski
Gerard Zurawski Baylor University
Karolina Palucka
Karolina Palucka Baylor University
Damien Chaussabel
Damien Chaussabel Sidra Medical and Research Center
Sandra Zurawski
Sandra Zurawski Baylor University
Yong-Jun Liu
Yong-Jun Liu University of Washington
Serge Lebecque
Serge Lebecque Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Francine Brière
Francine Brière Baylor Scott & White Health
Christophe Caux
Christophe Caux Cancer Center of Lyon
Anne O'Garra
Anne O'Garra The Francis Crick Institute

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