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Leonore A. Herzenberg

Leonore A. Herzenberg

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
117
Citations
55635
World Ranking
639
National Ranking
390

Immunology

D-Index
119
Citations
56270
World Ranking
342
National Ranking
216

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
56910
World Ranking
3729
National Ranking
2055

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1998 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award

Overview

Leonore A. Herzenberg is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans various domains within immunology and medicine, focusing on immune cell function, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immunotherapy, and immune responses, as well as biomedical engineering, anesthesiology and pain medicine, physiology, and neurology.

Their scientific work addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Leonore A. Herzenberg has published research in a range of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports

Recent papers by Leonore A. Herzenberg cover diverse research topics and were published between 2020 and 2022:

  • CTLA-4 expression by B-1a B cells is essential for immune tolerance, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Ultraselective Carbon Nanotubes for Photoacoustic Imaging of Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaques, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • IL-6 signaling mediates the germinal center response, IgM production and nociceptive sensitization in male mice after tibia fracture, 2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Germinal center formation, immunoglobulin production and hindlimb nociceptive sensitization after tibia fracture, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Regulation of the BCR signalosome by the class II peptide editor, H2-M, affects the development and repertoire of innate-like B cells, 2022, Cell Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Eliver Ghosn, Yang Yang, Devon J. Eddins, Qin Guang, and Mahsa Gifani.

Leonore A. Herzenberg's research fields of study primarily encompass:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

They have been recognized with several awards, including the American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 and the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • A rapid method for the isolation of functional thymus‐derived murine lymphocytes

    M. H. Julius;Elizabeth Simpson;L. A. Herzenberg

  • Chimeric human antibody molecules: mouse antigen-binding domains with human constant region domains

    S L Morrison;M J Johnson;L A Herzenberg;V T Oi

  • Properties of Monoclonal Antibodies to Mouse Ig Allotypes, H-2, and Ia Antigens

    V. T. Oi;P. P. Jones;J. W. Goding;L. A. Herzenberg

  • Intracellular thiols regulate activation of nuclear factor kappa B and transcription of human immunodeficiency virus

    F J Staal;M Roederer;L A Herzenberg

  • The "Ly-1 B" cell subpopulation in normal immunodefective, and autoimmune mice.

    Kyoko Hayakawa;Richard R. Hardy;David R. Parks;Leonore A. Herzenberg

  • N-Acetylcysteine--a safe antidote for cysteine/glutathione deficiency.

    Kondala R Atkuri;John J Mantovani;Leonard A Herzenberg;Leonore A Herzenberg

  • Ly-1 B cells: functionally distinct lymphocytes that secrete IgM autoantibodies.

    K Hayakawa;R R Hardy;M Honda;L A Herzenberg

  • Progenitors for Ly-1 B cells are distinct from progenitors for other B cells.

    K Hayakawa;R R Hardy;L A Herzenberg

  • Origin of Murine B Cell Lineages

    and A B Kantor;L A Herzenberg

  • The History and Future of the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter and Flow Cytometry: A View from Stanford

    Leonard A. Herzenberg;David Parks;Bita Sahaf;Omar Perez

  • The LY‐1B Cell Lineage

    Leonore A. Herzenberg;Alan M. Stall;Paul A. Lalor;Charles Sidman

  • Glutathione deficiency is associated with impaired survival in HIV disease

    Leonore A. Herzenberg;Stephen C. De Rosa;J. Gregson Dubs;Mario Roederer

  • Two physically, functionally, and developmentally distinct peritoneal macrophage subsets

    Eliver Eid Bou Ghosn;Alexandra A. Cassado;Gregory R. Govoni;Takeshi Fukuhara

  • Inherent specificities in natural antibodies: a key to immune defense against pathogen invasion

    Nicole Baumgarth;James W. Tung;Leonore A. Herzenberg

  • Glutathione levels in antigen-presenting cells modulate Th1 versus Th2 response patterns

    Jeffrey D. Peterson;Leonore A. Herzenberg;Kristine Vasquez;Carl Waltenbaugh

  • B-1 and B-2 Cell–Derived Immunoglobulin M Antibodies Are Nonredundant Components of the Protective Response to Influenza Virus Infection

    Nicole Baumgarth;Ometa C. Herman;Gina C. Jager;Lorena E. Brown

  • CD8 naive T cell counts decrease progressively in HIV-infected adults.

    M Roederer;J G Dubs;M T Anderson;P A Raju

  • Fetal cells in the blood of pregnant women: detection and enrichment by fluorescence-activated cell sorting

    L A Herzenberg;D W Bianchi;J Schröder;H M Cann

  • Interpreting flow cytometry data: a guide for the perplexed

    Leonore A. Herzenberg;James W. Tung;Wayne A. Moore;Leonard A. Herzenberg

  • Increased production of IL-7 accompanies HIV-1–mediated T-cell depletion: implications for T-cell homeostasis

    Laura A. Napolitano;Robert M. Grant;Steven G. Deeks;Diane Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard A. Herzenberg
Leonard A. Herzenberg Stanford University
Mario Roederer
Mario Roederer National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Frank J.T. Staal
Frank J.T. Staal Leiden University Medical Center
Richard B. Moss
Richard B. Moss Stanford University
Nicole Baumgarth
Nicole Baumgarth University of California, Davis
Lawrence Steinman
Lawrence Steinman Stanford University
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Stephen C. De Rosa
Stephen C. De Rosa Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kari C. Nadeau
Kari C. Nadeau Harvard University
Pietro Ghezzi
Pietro Ghezzi Brighton and Sussex Medical School

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