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Microbiology
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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
115
Citations
46876
World Ranking
193
National Ranking
88

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
46495
World Ranking
4753
National Ranking
2576

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeffrey S. Miller is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, oncology, and hematology, with significant contributions to molecular biology and epidemiology as well.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Jeffrey S. Miller has coauthored works with frequent collaborators such as Martin Felices, Frank Cichocki, Daniel J. Weisdorf, Zachary Davis, and Veronika Bachanová. This network of collaboration reflects a broad engagement with other researchers in the field.

Their publications appear in well-regarded venues, including:

  • Blood
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Cancer Research
  • The Journal of Immunology

Recent papers by Jeffrey S. Miller include the following:

  • "High-dimensional single-cell analysis of human natural killer cell heterogeneity," 2024, Nature Immunology
  • "Harnessing features of adaptive NK cells to generate iPSC-derived NK cells for enhanced immunotherapy," 2021, Cell stem cell
  • "Exploring the NK cell platform for cancer immunotherapy," 2020, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • "iPSC-derived NK cells maintain high cytotoxicity and enhance in vivo tumor control in concert with T cells and anti-PD-1 therapy," 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • "A trispecific killer engager molecule against CLEC12A effectively induces NK-cell mediated killing of AML cells," 2020, Leukemia

Jeffrey S. Miller was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1968.

Best Publications

  • Successful adoptive transfer and in vivo expansion of human haploidentical NK cells in patients with cancer.

    Jeffrey S. Miller;Yvette Soignier;Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari;Sarah A. McNearney

  • Exploring the NK cell platform for cancer immunotherapy

    Jacob A. Myers;Jeffrey S. Miller

  • Infusion of ex vivo expanded T regulatory cells in adults transplanted with umbilical cord blood: safety profile and detection kinetics.

    Claudio G. Brunstein;Jeffrey S. Miller;Qing Cao;David H. McKenna

  • Transplantation of 2 partially HLA-matched umbilical cord blood units to enhance engraftment in adults with hematologic malignancy

    Juliet N. Barker;Daniel J. Weisdorf;Todd E. DeFor;Bruce R. Blazar

  • Tryptase Levels as an Indicator of Mast-Cell Activation in Systemic Anaphylaxis and Mastocytosis

    Lawrence B. Schwartz;Dean D. Metcalfe;Jeffrey S. Miller;Harry Earl

  • Cytomegalovirus infection drives adaptive epigenetic diversification of NK cells with altered signaling and effector function.

    Heinrich Schlums;Frank M Cichocki;Frank M Cichocki;Bianca Tesi;Jakob Theorell

  • Cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic transplantation promotes a lasting increase in educated NKG2C natural killer cells with potent function

    Bree Foley;Sarah Cooley;Michael R. Verneris;Michelle Pitt

  • Donor selection for natural killer cell receptor genes leads to superior survival after unrelated transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

    Sarah Cooley;Daniel J. Weisdorf;Lisbeth A. Guethlein;John P. Klein

  • Time course of appearance and disappearance of human mast cell tryptase in the circulation after anaphylaxis.

    L B Schwartz;J W Yunginger;J Miller;R Bokhari

  • NK cell CD16 surface expression and function is regulated by a disintegrin and metalloprotease-17 (ADAM17)

    Rizwan Romee;Bree Foley;Todd R Lenvik;Yue Wang

  • Umbilical cord blood transplantation after nonmyeloablative conditioning: impact on transplantation outcomes in 110 adults with hematologic disease

    Claudio G. Brunstein;Juliet N. Barker;Daniel J. Weisdorf;Todd E. DeFor

  • An Arabidopsis Cell Wall Proteoglycan Consists of Pectin and Arabinoxylan Covalently Linked to an Arabinogalactan Protein

    Li Tan;Stefan Eberhard;Sivakumar Pattathil;Clayton Warder

  • Donors with group B KIR haplotypes improve relapse-free survival after unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

    Sarah A Cooley;Elizabeth Trachtenberg;Tracy L. Bergemann;Koy Saeteurn

  • A phase II study of allogeneic natural killer cell therapy to treat patients with recurrent ovarian and breast cancer

    Melissa A Geller;Sarah A Cooley;Patricia L. Judson;Rahel G Ghebre

  • Rapid and complete donor chimerism in adult recipients of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation after reduced-intensity conditioning.

    Juliet N. Barker;Daniel J. Weisdorf;Todd E. DeFor;Bruce R. Blazar

  • Malignant neoplasms following bone marrow transplantation.

    Smita Bhatia;Norma K.C. Ramsay;Michael Steinbuch;Kathryn E. Dusenbery

  • Evaluation of KIR ligand incompatibility in mismatched unrelated donor hematopoietic transplants

    Stella M. Davies;Loredana Ruggieri;Todd DeFor;John E. Wagner

  • Clearance of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Haploidentical Natural Killer Cells Is Improved Using IL-2 Diphtheria Toxin Fusion Protein

    Veronika Bachanova;Sarah Cooley;Todd E. Defor;Michael R. Verneris

  • ALT-803, an IL-15 superagonist, in combination with nivolumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1b trial

    John M Wrangle;Vamsidhar Velcheti;Manish R Patel;Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer

  • Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Induced Memory-like NKG2C+ NK Cells Are Transplantable and Expand In Vivo in Response to Recipient CMV Antigen

    Bree Foley;Sarah A Cooley;Michael R Verneris;Julie M Curtsinger

  • Umbilical cord blood–derived T regulatory cells to prevent GVHD: kinetics, toxicity profile, and clinical effect

    Claudio G. Brunstein;Jeffrey S. Miller;David H. McKenna;Keli L. Hippen

  • Donor selection for natural killer cell receptor genes leads to superior survival after unrelated transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia

    S Cooley;DJ Weisdorf;LA Guethlein;JP Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce R. Blazar
Bruce R. Blazar University of Minnesota
Daniel J. Weisdorf
Daniel J. Weisdorf University of Minnesota
Michael R. Verneris
Michael R. Verneris University of Colorado Denver
John E. Wagner
John E. Wagner University of Minnesota
Todd E. DeFor
Todd E. DeFor University of Minnesota
Philip B. McGlave
Philip B. McGlave University of Minnesota
Daniel A. Vallera
Daniel A. Vallera University of Minnesota
Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari
Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari University of Minnesota
Dan S. Kaufman
Dan S. Kaufman University of California, San Diego

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