2026 Leo Lefrançois: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	91	1036	561	243	30383

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Immunology

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Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leo Lefrançois was affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on immunology and microbiology, with additional contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Lefrançois's work included:

Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Lefrançois contributed to the subfields of immunology and biotechnology, reflecting a specialized focus within their broader scientific interests.

Their recent publications included:

Mucosal CD8 T Cell Responses Are Shaped by Batf3-DC After Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Infection (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
Diverse dendritic cell subsets promote infection and induction of CD8 T cell responses after foodborne Listeria monocytogenes infection (2020), published in The Journal of Immunology

Throughout their career, Lefrançois frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

Jessica Nancy Imperato
Pablo A. Romagnoli
Zhijuan Qiu
Pedro Pérez
Quynh-Mai Pham

Lefrançois's research was published in notable venues such as:

Frontiers in Immunology
The Journal of Immunology

In recognition of their contributions to science, Leo Lefrançois was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

Preferential Localization of Effector Memory Cells in Nonlymphoid Tissue

David Masopust;Vaiva Vezys;Amanda L. Marzo;Leo Lefrançois

2363
Citations
Interleukin-7 mediates the homeostasis of naïve and memory CD8 T cells in vivo.

Kimberly S. Schluns;William C Kieper;Stephen C. Jameson;Leo Lefrançois

2068
Citations
Cytokine control of memory T-cell development and survival

Kimberly S. Schluns;Leo Lefrançois

1303
Citations
Expression of the γ-δ T-cell receptor on intestinal CD8+ intraepithelial lymphocytes

Thomas Goodman;Leo Lefrançois

936
Citations
Cutting Edge: Requirement for IL-15 in the Generation of Primary and Memory Antigen-Specific CD8 T Cells

Kimberly S. Schluns;Kristina Williams;Averil Ma;Xin X. Zheng

785
Citations
Cutting Edge: Tissue-Retentive Lung Memory CD4 T Cells Mediate Optimal Protection to Respiratory Virus Infection

John R. Teijaro;Damian Turner;Quynh Pham;E. John Wherry

712
Citations
Initial T cell frequency dictates memory CD8+ T cell lineage commitment.

Amanda L Marzo;Kimberly D Klonowski;Agnes Le Bon;Persephone Borrow

576
Citations
Combined IL-15/IL-15Rα Immunotherapy Maximizes IL-15 Activity In Vivo

Thomas A. Stoklasek;Kimberly S. Schluns;Leo Lefrançois

569
Citations
Endogenous naive CD8+ T cell precursor frequency regulates primary and memory responses to infection.

Joshua J. Obar;Kamal M. Khanna;Leo Lefrançois

548
Citations
Heat Shock Protein gp96 Is a Master Chaperone for Toll-like Receptors and Is Important in the Innate Function of Macrophages

Yi Yang;Bei Liu;Jie Dai;Pramod K. Srivastava

545
Citations
Mucosal T lymphocyte numbers are selectively reduced in integrin alpha E (CD103)-deficient mice

Michael P. Schön;Anu Arya;Elizabeth A. Murphy;Cassandra M. Adams

542
Citations
Organ-specific regulation of the CD8 T cell response to Listeria monocytogenes infection.

Constance Pope;Sung-Kwon Kim;Amanda Marzo;Kristina Williams

522
Citations
Intraepithelial lymphocytes. Anatomical site, not T cell receptor form, dictates phenotype and function.

T Goodman;L Lefrancois

463
Citations
Dynamics of Blood-Borne CD8 Memory T Cell Migration In Vivo

Kimberly D Klonowski;Kristina J Williams;Amanda L Marzo;David A Blair

435
Citations
Cutting Edge: Intravascular Staining Redefines Lung CD8 T Cell Responses

Kristin G. Anderson;Heungsup Sung;Cara N. Skon;Leo Lefrancois

405
Citations
Dendritic cells maximize the memory CD8 T cell response to infection.

David J. Zammit;Linda S. Cauley;Quynh-Mai Pham;Leo Lefrançois

386
Citations
Activated primary and memory CD8 T cells migrate to nonlymphoid tissues regardless of site of activation or tissue of origin.

David Masopust;Vaiva Vezys;Edward J. Usherwood;Linda S. Cauley

364
Citations
Oral Infection Drives a Distinct Population of Intestinal Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells with Enhanced Protective Function

Brian S. Sheridan;Quynh-Mai Pham;Young-Tae Lee;Linda S. Cauley

358
Citations
In vivo modulation of cytolytic activity and Thy-1 expression in TCR-gamma delta+ intraepithelial lymphocytes.

Leo Lefrancois;Thomas Goodman

351
Citations
Phenotypic complexity of intraepithelial lymphocytes of the small intestine.

L Lefrancois

347
Citations
Mucosal T Lymphocyte Numbers Are Selectively Reduced in Integrin αE (CD103)-Deficient Mice

Unknown

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Masopust University of Minnesota

Anthony T. Vella University of Connecticut Health Center

Stephen C. Jameson University of Minnesota

Donna L. Farber Columbia University

Hao Shen University of Pennsylvania

Hideo Yagita Juntendo University

Stephen J. McSorley University of California, Davis

David F. Tough GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

Jeffrey A. Bluestone University of California, San Francisco

Susumu Tonegawa MIT

External Links

Personal website of Leo Lefrançois

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