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Overview

Luis Graca is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of immunology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, genetics, and neurology.

The research topics addressed by Luis Graca focus primarily on immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and immunotherapy and immune responses. Other notable areas of work include fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, and diabetes and associated disorders.

Noteworthy publication venues for Luis Graca include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have contributed 11 publications, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases with 7 publications, Journal of Leukocyte Biology with 3 papers, Science Immunology with 2 papers, and Immunology Letters with 2 papers.

Frequent coauthors of Luis Graca are:

  • João Malato
  • Filipa Ribeiro
  • Afonso P. Basto
  • Válter R. Fonseca
  • Saumya Kumar

Among Luis Graca's recent papers are:

  • Risk of BA.5 Infection among Persons Exposed to Previous SARS-CoV-2 Variants, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Therapeutic targeting of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade by novel small-molecule inhibitors recruits cytotoxic T cells into solid tumor microenvironment, 2022, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Developmental bifurcation of human T follicular regulatory cells, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Stability of hybrid versus vaccine immunity against BA.5 infection over 8 months, 2023, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • T follicular cells: The regulators of germinal center homeostasis, 2022, Immunology Letters

Best Publications

  • Identification of regulatory T cells in tolerated allografts

    Luis Graca;Stephen P. Cobbold;Herman Waldmann

  • Regulation of the Germinal Center Reaction by Foxp3+ Follicular Regulatory T Cells

    Ivonne Wollenberg;Ana Agua-Doce;Ana Agua-Doce;Andrea Hernández;Catarina Almeida;Catarina Almeida

  • Induction of foxP3+ regulatory T cells in the periphery of T cell receptor transgenic mice tolerized to transplants.

    Stephen P. Cobbold;Raquel Castejon;Elizabeth Adams;Diana Zelenika

  • Both CD4+CD25+ and CD4+CD25− Regulatory Cells Mediate Dominant Transplantation Tolerance

    Luis Graca;Sara Thompson;Chun-Yen Lin;Elizabeth Adams

  • Regulation of the Germinal Center Response.

    Marisa Stebegg;Saumya D. Kumar;Alyssa Silva-Cayetano;Valter R. Fonseca

  • Cutting Edge: Anti-CD154 Therapeutic Antibodies Induce Infectious Transplantation Tolerance

    Luis Graca;Karen Honey;Elizabeth Adams;Stephen P. Cobbold

  • Regulatory T cells and organ transplantation.

    Herman Waldmann;Luis Graca;Stephen Cobbold;Elizabeth Adams

  • Regulatory T cells overexpress a subset of Th2 gene transcripts.

    Diana Zelenika;Elizabeth Adams;Sue Humm;Luis Graca

  • Dominant transplantation tolerance impairs CD8 + T cell function but not expansion

    Chun-Yen Lin;Luis Graca;Stephen P. Cobbold;Herman Waldmann

  • Directed differentiation of dendritic cells from mouse embryonic stem cells

    Pj J. Fairchild;Fa A. Brook;Rl L. Gardner;L. Graça

  • Regulatory T cells and dendritic cells in transplantation tolerance: Molecular markers and mechanisms

    Stephen P. Cobbold;Kathleen F. Nolan;Luis Graca;Raquel Castejon

  • The Ratio of Blood T Follicular Regulatory Cells to T Follicular Helper Cells Marks Ectopic Lymphoid Structure Formation While Activated Follicular Helper T Cells Indicate Disease Activity in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

    Valter R. Fonseca;Vasco C. Romão;Ana Agua-Doce;Mara Santos

  • In vivo delivery of peptides and Toll-like receptor ligands by mannose-functionalized polymeric nanoparticles induces prophylactic and therapeutic anti-tumor immune responses in a melanoma model

    Joana M. Silva;Eva Zupancic;Gaëlle Vandermeulen;Vanessa G. Oliveira

  • Identification of Regulatory Foxp3+ Invariant NKT Cells Induced by TGF-β

    Marta Monteiro;Catarina F. Almeida;Marta Caridade;Julie C. Ribot

  • Immune privilege induced by regulatory T cells in transplantation tolerance.

    Stephen P. Cobbold;Elizabeth Adams;Luis Graca;Stephen Daley

  • T follicular helper cells and T follicular regulatory cells in rheumatic diseases.

    Jun Deng;Yunbo Wei;Válter R Fonseca;Luis Graca;Luis Graca

  • T follicular helper and T follicular regulatory cells have different TCR specificity.

    Ana Raquel Maceiras;Ana Raquel Maceiras;Silvia Cristina Paiva Almeida;Silvia Cristina Paiva Almeida;Encarnita Mariotti-Ferrandiz;Encarnita Mariotti-Ferrandiz;Wahiba Chaara;Wahiba Chaara

  • Donor-specific transplantation tolerance: The paradoxical behavior of CD4+CD25+ T cells

    Luis Graca;Alain Le Moine;Chun-Yen Lin;Paul J. Fairchild

  • Identification of a cytokine network sustaining neutrophil and Th17 activation in untreated early rheumatoid arthritis

    Rita Cascão;Rita A Moura;Inês Perpétuo;Helena Canhão

  • Human blood Tfr cells are indicators of ongoing humoral activity not fully licensed with suppressive function

    Valter R. Fonseca;Ana Agua-Doce;Ana Agua-Doce;Ana Raquel Maceiras;Ana Raquel Maceiras;Wim Pierson

  • Poly(lactic acid)-based particulate systems are promising tools for immune modulation

    Carina Peres;Ana I. Matos;João Conniot;Vanessa Sainz

  • Regulatory T cells in transplantation tolerance.

    H Waldmann;L Graca;E Adams;P J Fairchild

Frequent Co-Authors

Herman Waldmann
Herman Waldmann University of Oxford
Stephen P. Cobbold
Stephen P. Cobbold University of Oxford
Ruy M. Ribeiro
Ruy M. Ribeiro Los Alamos National Laboratory
Juan J. Lafaille
Juan J. Lafaille New York University
Pedro E. Cruz
Pedro E. Cruz University of Florida
Momtchilo Russo
Momtchilo Russo Universidade de São Paulo
Michelle A. Linterman
Michelle A. Linterman Babraham Institute
Bruno Silva-Santos
Bruno Silva-Santos University of Lisbon
David Klatzmann
David Klatzmann Sorbonne University
Jocelyne Demengeot
Jocelyne Demengeot Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

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