2026 Luiza Guilherme: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Luiza Guilherme publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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62 publications 807+

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Luiza Guilherme D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luiza Guilherme sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 157+

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Overview

Luiza Guilherme is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their work spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Physiology.

The research topics covered by Luiza Guilherme include:

Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
Inflammasome and immune disorders
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
Complement system in diseases
Blood groups and transfusion

Recent papers associated with their research include:

Ficolin-3 in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, 2020, Immunology Letters
StreptInCor, a Group A Streptococcal Adsorbed Vaccine: Evaluation of Repeated Intramuscular Dose Toxicity Testing in Rats, 2021, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Rheumatic Fever: A Model of Autoimmune Disease due to Molecular Mimicry between Human and Pathogen Proteins, 2020, Critical Reviews in Immunology
Diagnosis, physiological mechanisms, risk factors, treatment and prevention of obesity: A brief commentary, 2024, Obesity Medicine
Editorial: Rheumatic fever: 21st century clinical and experimental insights, 2023, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The frequent coauthors of Luiza Guilherme are Jorge Kalil, Andrew C. Steer, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Madeleine W. Cunningham, and Léa Maria Macruz Ferreira Demarchi.

The venues where they have often published include Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology Letters, Critical Reviews in Immunology, Obesity Medicine, and Diagnostics.

Best Publications

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Jonathan R. Carapetis;Jonathan R. Carapetis;Andrea Beaton;Madeleine W. Cunningham;Luiza Guilherme;Luiza Guilherme

699
Citations
The epidemiology of sepsis in Brazilian intensive care units (the Sepsis PREvalence Assessment Database, SPREAD): an observational study

Flavia R Machado;Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti;Fernando Augusto Bozza;Elaine M Ferreira

412
Citations
Autoimmunity in Chagas' disease. Identification of cardiac myosin-B13 Trypanosoma cruzi protein crossreactive T cell clones in heart lesions of a chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy patient.

E Cunha-Neto;V Coelho;L Guilherme;A Fiorelli

286
Citations
Human heart-infiltrating T-cell clones from rheumatic heart disease patients recognize both streptococcal and cardiac proteins.

L. Guilherme;E. Cunha-Neto;V. Coelho;R. Snitcowsky

266
Citations
Molecular mimicry in the autoimmune pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease.

Luiza Guilherme;Jorge Kalil;Madeleine Cunningham

253
Citations
Rheumatic heart disease: proinflammatory cytokines play a role in the progression and maintenance of valvular lesions.

Luiza Guilherme;Patricia Cury;Lea M.F. Demarchi;Verônica Coelho

241
Citations
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Cellular Mechanisms Leading Autoimmune Reactivity and Disease

Luiza Guilherme;Jorge Kalil;Jorge Kalil

233
Citations
Mimicry in Recognition of Cardiac Myosin Peptides by Heart-Intralesional T Cell Clones from Rheumatic Heart Disease

Kellen C. Faé;Kellen C. Faé;Danielle Diefenbach da Silva;Sandra E. Oshiro;Sandra E. Oshiro;Ana C. Tanaka

195
Citations
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: genetics and pathogenesis.

L. Guilherme;R. Ramasawmy;J. Kalil

192
Citations
Association of human leukocyte class II antigens with rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease in a Brazilian population.

L Guilherme;W Weidebach;M H Kiss;R Snitcowsky

176
Citations
Status of research and development of vaccines for Streptococcus pyogenes

Andrew C Steer;Jonathan R Carapetis;James B Dale;John D Fraser

151
Citations
T-Cell Reactivity against Streptococcal Antigens in the Periphery Mirrors Reactivity of Heart-Infiltrating T Lymphocytes in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients

Luiza Guilherme;Sandra E. Oshiro;Kellen C. Fae;Edécio Cunha-Neto

141
Citations
Immunological Balance Is Associated with Clinical Outcome after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes.

Kelen C. R. Malmegrim;Júlia T. C. de Azevedo;Lucas C. M. Arruda;Joana R. F. Abreu

119
Citations
Molecular pathogenesis of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Luiza Guilherme;Kellen Faé;Sandra E. Oshiro;Jorge Kalil

111
Citations
Genes, autoimmunity and pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease

L Guilherme;KF Köhler;E Postol;J Kalil

98
Citations
Association of polymorphisms within the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor-α with clinical outcomes of rheumatic fever

Rajendranath Ramasawmy;Kellen C. Faé;Kellen C. Faé;Guilherme Spina;Gabriel D. Victora;Gabriel D. Victora

94
Citations
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: A Family Study

Ana Gabriela Hounie;David L. Pauls;Maria Conceição do Rosario-Campos;Marcos Tomanik Mercadante

89
Citations
Cytokine production profile of heart-infiltrating T cells in Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy.

E. Cunha-Neto;L.V. Rizzo;F. Albuquerque;L. Abel

89
Citations
Towards a vaccine against rheumatic fever.

L Guilherme;L Guilherme;K C Faé;K C Faé;F Higa;F Higa;L Chaves;L Chaves

88
Citations
PDIA3, HSPA5 and vimentin, proteins identified by 2-DE in the valvular tissue, are the target antigens of peripheral and heart infiltrating T cells from chronic rheumatic heart disease patients.

Kellen C. Faé;Danielle Diefenbach da Silva;Angelina M.B. Bilate;Ana C. Tanaka

86
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Kalil Universidade de São Paulo

Edecio Cunha-Neto Universidade de São Paulo

Euripedes Constantino Miguel Universidade de São Paulo

Antoine Toubert Université Paris Cité

Madeleine W. Cunningham University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Dominique Charron Grenoble Alpes University

Manuel E. Patarroyo National University of Colombia

Bart O. Roep Leiden University Medical Center

Alessandro Sette La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Eduardo Caruso Machado Instituto Agronômico de Campinas

External Links

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