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2025

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Immunology

D-Index
112
Citations
53789
World Ranking
447
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Ken Shortman is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, with significant contributions to advancing the understanding of immune cell function and interaction.

The main fields of study in Shortman's work include Immunology and Microbiology, with subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology. Their research covers various topics like T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and Hepatitis B Virus Studies.

Shortman has authored several research papers published in reputable scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • Reclassifying plasmacytoid dendritic cells as innate lymphocytes, 2022, Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Display of Native Antigen on cDC1 That Have Spatial Access to Both T and B Cells Underlies Efficient Humoral Vaccination, 2020, The Journal of Immunology
  • RNF41 regulates the damage recognition receptor Clec9A and antigen cross-presentation in mouse dendritic cells, 2020, eLife
  • Reply to 'Reclassification of plasmacytoid dendritic cells as innate lymphocytes is premature', 2023, Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Dendritic cell development: A personal historical perspective, 2020, Molecular Immunology

Frequent publication venues for Shortman's research include:

  • Nature Reviews Immunology (2 publications)
  • Molecular Immunology (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • eLife
  • Cell Reports

Shortman has collaborated often with several co-authors, including:

  • Mireille H. Lahoud (4 joint publications)
  • Irina Caminschi (4 joint publications)
  • Kirsteen M. Tullett (3 joint publications)
  • Peck Szee Tan (3 joint publications)
  • William R. Heath (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mouse and human dendritic cell subtypes

    Ken Shortman;Yong-Jun Liu

  • Nomenclature of monocytes and dendritic cells in blood.

    Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock;Petronela Ancuta;Suzanne Crowe;Marc Dalod;Marc Dalod

  • Steady-state and inflammatory dendritic-cell development

    Ken Shortman;Shalin H. Naik

  • Dramatic increase in the numbers of functionally mature dendritic cells in Flt3 ligand-treated mice: multiple dendritic cell subpopulations identified.

    E Maraskovsky;K Brasel;M Teepe;E R Roux

  • CD4 and CD8 Expression by Dendritic Cell Subtypes in Mouse Thymus and Spleen

    David Vremec;Joanne Pooley;Hubertus Hochrein;Li Wu

  • Development of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cell subtypes from single precursor cells derived in vitro and in vivo

    Shalin H. Naik;Priyanka Sathe;Priyanka Sathe;Hae Young Park;Hae Young Park;Donald Metcalf

  • Migratory dendritic cells transfer antigen to a lymph node-resident dendritic cell population for efficient CTL priming.

    Rhys S. Allan;Jason Waithman;Sammy Bedoui;Claerwen M. Jones

  • Cross-presentation of viral and self antigens by skin-derived CD103 + dendritic cells

    Sammy Bedoui;Paul G Whitney;Jason Waithman;Jason Waithman;Liv Eidsmo

  • Thymic dendritic cells and T cells develop simultaneously in the thymus from a common precursor population

    Carlos Ardavin;Li Wu;Chung-Leung Li;Ken Shortman

  • A subclass of dendritic cells kills CD4 T cells via Fas/Fas-ligand-induced apoptosis.

    G Süss;K Shortman

  • The surface phenotype of dendritic cells purified from mouse thymus and spleen: investigation of the CD8 expression by a subpopulation of dendritic cells.

    David Vremec;MicheUe Zorbas;Roland Scollay;Dolores J. Saunders

  • Intrasplenic steady-state dendritic cell precursors that are distinct from monocytes

    Shalin H Naik;Shalin H Naik;Donald Metcalf;Annemarie van Nieuwenhuijze;Ian Wicks

  • Differential production of IL-12, IFN-alpha, and IFN-gamma by mouse dendritic cell subsets.

    Hubertus Hochrein;Ken Shortman;David Vremec;Bernadette M Scott

  • Cutting Edge: Intravenous Soluble Antigen Is Presented to CD4 T Cells by CD8− Dendritic Cells, but Cross-Presented to CD8 T Cells by CD8+ Dendritic Cells

    Joanne L. Pooley;William R. Heath;Ken Shortman

  • The CD8+ dendritic cell subset

    Ken Shortman;William R Heath

  • Cutting Edge: Generation of Splenic CD8+ and CD8− Dendritic Cell Equivalents in Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Bone Marrow Cultures

    Shalin H. Naik;Anna I Proietto;Nicholas S. Wilson;Aleksandar Dakic

  • Dendritic cell subtypes in mouse lymphoid organs: cross-correlation of surface markers, changes with incubation, and differences among thymus, spleen, and lymph nodes.

    D Vremec;K Shortman

  • The Dendritic Cell Populations of Mouse Lymph Nodes

    Sandrine Henri;David Vremec;Arun Kamath;Jason Waithman

  • EARLY T LYMPHOCYTE PROGENITORS

    Ken Shortman;Li Wu

  • The CD8α+ Dendritic Cell Is Responsible for Inducing Peripheral Self-Tolerance to Tissue-associated Antigens

    Gabrielle T. Belz;Georg M.N. Behrens;Chris M. Smith;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Wu
Li Wu Tsinghua University
David Vremec
David Vremec Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Irina Caminschi
Irina Caminschi Monash University
Meredith O'Keeffe
Meredith O'Keeffe Monash University
William R. Heath
William R. Heath University of Melbourne
Roland Scollay
Roland Scollay Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Jose A. Villadangos
Jose A. Villadangos University of Melbourne
Andrew M. Lew
Andrew M. Lew Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Eugene Maraskovsky
Eugene Maraskovsky CSL (United Kingdom)
Hubertus Hochrein
Hubertus Hochrein Technical University of Munich

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