2026 Karolina Palucka: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	88	1139	1031	604	535	246	50527

Overview

Karolina Palucka is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their main scientific focus spans Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

Their research covers key topics including:

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Immune cells in cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Respiratory viral infections research
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Some of their recent published papers include:

"Glioma progression is shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment interactions," 2022, published in Cell
"Mapping systemic lupus erythematosus heterogeneity at the single-cell level," 2020, Nature Immunology
"Development of a fixed module repertoire for the analysis and interpretation of blood transcriptome data," 2021, Nature Communications
"Harnessing large language models (LLMs) for candidate gene prioritization and selection," 2023, Journal of Translational Medicine
"Definition of erythroid cell-positive blood transcriptome phenotypes associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection," 2020, Clinical and Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors working alongside Karolina Palucka include:

Jan Martínek
Te-Chia Wu
Jacques Banchereau
Florentina Marches
Damien Chaussabel

Karolina Palucka has published frequently in several scientific venues with multiple contributions in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cancer Research
STAR Protocols
Research Square (Research Square)
Nature Immunology

Best Publications

Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells

Jacques Banchereau;Francine Briere;Christophe Caux;Jean Davoust

9129
Citations
Cancer immunotherapy via dendritic cells

A Karolina Palucka;Jacques Banchereau

2548
Citations
Interferon and Granulopoiesis Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Blood

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

2309
Citations
Dendritic cells as therapeutic vaccines against cancer

Jacques Banchereau;A. Karolina Palucka

1710
Citations
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

1609
Citations
Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Induce Plasma Cell Differentiation through Type I Interferon and Interleukin 6

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

1375
Citations
Neutralizing Tumor-Promoting Chronic Inflammation: A Magic Bullet?

Lisa M. Coussens;Laurence Zitvogel;A. Karolina Palucka

1279
Citations
Immune and Clinical Responses in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma to CD34+ Progenitor-derived Dendritic Cell Vaccine

Jacques Banchereau;A. Karolina Palucka;Madhav Dhodapkar;Susan Burkeholder

1149
Citations
Dendritic-cell-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.

Karolina Palucka;Jacques Banchereau

1116
Citations
The Basis of Oncoimmunology.

A. Karolina Palucka;Lisa M. Coussens

999
Citations
Molecular signatures of antibody responses derived from a systems biology study of five human vaccines

Shuzhao Li;Nadine Rouphael;Sai Duraisingham;Sandra Romero-Steiner

839
Citations
Development and function of human innate immune cells in a humanized mouse model

Anthony Rongvaux;Tim Willinger;Jan Martinek;Till Strowig

822
Citations
Functional Specializations of Human Epidermal Langerhans Cells and CD14+ Dermal Dendritic Cells

Eynav Klechevsky;Eynav Klechevsky;Rimpei Morita;Maochang Liu;Yanying Cao

756
Citations
A Modular Analysis Framework for Blood Genomics Studies: Application to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Damien Chaussabel;Charles Quinn;Jing Shen;Pinakeen Patel

725
Citations
Tumour immunity: effector response to tumour and role of the microenvironment.

Alberto Mantovani;Pedro Romero;A Karolina Palucka;Francesco M Marincola

720
Citations
Dendritic cells and cytokines in human inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Patrick Blanco;Patrick Blanco;A. Karolina Palucka;Virginia Pascual;Jacques Banchereau

713
Citations
In Breast Carcinoma Tissue, Immature Dendritic Cells Reside within the Tumor, Whereas Mature Dendritic Cells Are Located in Peritumoral Areas

Diana Bell;Pascale Chomarat;Denise Broyles;George Netto

692
Citations
Dendritic cell subsets in health and disease.

Hideki Ueno;Eynav Klechevsky;Eynav Klechevsky;Rimpei Morita;Caroline Aspord

626
Citations
Cross-regulation of TNF and IFN-α in autoimmune diseases

A. Karolina Palucka;Jean Philippe Blanck;Lynda Bennett;Virginia Pascual;Virginia Pascual

621
Citations
Sensing pathogens and tuning immune responses

Bali Pulendran;Karolina Palucka;Jacques Banchereau

617
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Banchereau Immunai

Virginia Pascual Cornell University

Damien Chaussabel Sidra Medical and Research Center

Octavio Ramilo St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Asuncion Mejias St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Gerard Zurawski Baylor University

Leonard D. Shultz Jackson Laboratory

Robert J. Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute

Sandra Zurawski Baylor University

Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

External Links

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