2026 Linde Meyaard: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	55	3808	3510	144	136	137	10554

Overview

Linde Meyaard is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology and microbiology, with additional work in medicine. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and spans subfields including immunology, oncology, molecular biology, neurology, and immunology and allergy.

The scientist's work covers a variety of core topics within immune system research, such as:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Immune Response and Inflammation
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immune cells in cancer

Meyaard has published research in several journals with multiple contributions in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Journal of Immunology
eLife
Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
Nature reviews. Immunology

Recent notable publications include:

"Macrophages transfer mitochondria to sensory neurons to resolve inflammatory pain," 2021, published in Neuron
"Functional categories of immune inhibitory receptors," 2020, published in Nature reviews. Immunology
"Collagen Fragments Produced in Cancer Mediate T Cell Suppression Through Leukocyte-Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor 1," 2021, published in Frontiers in Immunology
"Cancer immunotherapy by NC410, a LAIR-2 Fc protein blocking human LAIR-collagen interaction," 2021, published in eLife
"Leukocyte Associated Immunoglobulin Like Receptor 1 Regulation and Function on Monocytes and Dendritic Cells During Inflammation," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent collaborators in Meyaard's research include:

M Inês Pascoal Ramos
Michiel van der Vlist
Helen J. von Richthofen
Saskia V Vijver
Akashdip Singh

Best Publications

Programmed death of T cells in HIV-1 infection

L Meyaard;SA Otto;RR Jonker;MJ Mijnster

1339
Citations
Long-term expanding human airway organoids for disease modeling

Norman Sachs;Angelos Papaspyropoulos;Domenique D. Zomer-van Ommen;Inha Heo

1020
Citations
LAIR-1, a Novel Inhibitory Receptor Expressed on Human Mononuclear Leukocytes

Linde Meyaard;Gosse J Adema;Chiwen Chang;Erica Woollatt

579
Citations
T cell telomere length in HIV-1 infection: No evidence for increased CD4(+) T cell turnover

Katja C. Wolthers;G. Bea;A. Wisman;Sigrid A. Otto

421
Citations
Collagens are functional, high affinity ligands for the inhibitory immune receptor LAIR-1

Robert Jan Lebbink;Talitha Eshuis-de Ruiter;Jelle Adelmeijer;Arjan B. Brenkman

400
Citations
The inhibitory collagen receptor LAIR-1 (CD305).

Linde Meyaard

363
Citations
T-cell dysfunction in HIV infection: anergy due to defective antigen-presenting cell function?

Linde Meyaard;Hanneke Schuitemaker;Frank Miedema

249
Citations
Programmed death of T cells in human immunodeficiency virus infection. No correlation with progression to disease.

L. Meyaard;S.A. Otto;I.P.M. Keet;M.T.L. Roos

206
Citations
Changing virus-host interactions in the course of HIV-1 infection.

Frank Miedema;Linde Meyaard;Maarten Koot;Michel Klein

193
Citations
Leukocyte-associated Ig-like receptor-1 functions as an inhibitory receptor on cytotoxic T cells.

Linde Meyaard;Jolanda Hurenkamp;Hans Clevers;Lewis L. Lanier

166
Citations
The soluble leukocyte-associated Ig-like receptor (LAIR)-2 antagonizes the collagen/LAIR-1 inhibitory immune interaction.

Robert Jan Lebbink;Maaike C. W. van den Berg;Talitha de Ruiter;Nicolas Raynal

165
Citations
The inhibitory CD200R is differentially expressed on human and mouse T and B lymphocytes.

Eva S.K. Rijkers;Talitha de Ruiter;Ajoeb Baridi;Henrike Veninga

164
Citations
Leukocyte-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor-1 (LAIR-1) is differentially expressed during human B cell differentiation and inhibits B cell receptor-mediated signaling.

Anne-Renée Van der Vuurst de Vries;Hans Clevers;Ton Logtenberg;Linde Meyaard

155
Citations
Lack of T Cell Dysfunction and Programmed Cell Death in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Chimpanzees Correlates with Absence of Monocytotropic Variants

Hanneke Schuitemaker;Linde Meyaard;Neeltje A. Kootstra;Rob Dubbes

146
Citations
The Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR56/ADGRG1 Is an Inhibitory Receptor on Human NK Cells

Gin Wen Chang;Cheng Chih Hsiao;Yen Ming Peng;Felipe A. Vieira Braga

131
Citations
Lymphocyte Subsets, Apoptosis, and Cytokines in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

C.M.A. Swanink;J.H.M.M. Vercoulen;J.M.D. Galama;M.T.L. Roos

121
Citations
Immune inhibitory receptors: essential regulators of phagocyte function.

Tessa A. M. Steevels;Linde Meyaard

121
Citations
Differential expression of leukocyte-associated Ig-like receptor-1 during neutrophil differentiation and activation.

Annelies Verbrugge;Talitha de Ruiter;Christian Geest;Paul J. Coffer

119
Citations
Immune checkpoints and rheumatic diseases: what can cancer immunotherapy teach us?

Michiel van der Vlist;Jurgen Kuball;Timothy R D Radstake;Linde Meyaard

117
Citations
Neutrophils in respiratory syncytial virus infection: A target for asthma prevention

Ruben J. Geerdink;Janesh Pillay;Linde Meyaard;Louis Bont

116
Citations
Lack of CD200 Enhances Pathological T Cell Responses during Influenza Infection

Tomasz P. Rygiel;Eva S. K. Rijkers;Talitha de Ruiter;Ellen H. Stolte

114
Citations
Changes in cytokine secretion patterns of CD4+ T-cell clones in human immunodeficiency virus infection.

L. Meyaard;S. A. Otto;I. P. M. Keet;R. A. W. Van Lier

112
Citations
Macrophages transfer mitochondria to sensory neurons to resolve inflammatory pain

Ramin Raoof;Michiel van der Vlist;Hanneke L.D.M. Willemen;Judith Prado

15
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Bont Utrecht University

Lewis L. Lanier University of California, San Francisco

Peter J. Lenting University of Paris-Saclay

Timothy R D J Radstake Utrecht University

Louis Boon University of Amsterdam

Gosse J. Adema Radboud University

Paul J. Coffer Utrecht University

Richard W. Farndale University of Cambridge

Steve P. Watson University of Birmingham

Gerard Zurawski Baylor University

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