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Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

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Immunology

D-Index
76
Citations
23985
World Ranking
1886
National Ranking
918

Medicine

D-Index
76
Citations
23985
World Ranking
18701
National Ranking
9320

Overview

Marcelo Fernandez-Vina is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within medicine and immunology. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to immunology and microbiology, with a total of 98 publications in medicine and 69 in immunology and microbiology fields.

Their main subfields of study include immunology, transplantation, hematology, genetics, and epidemiology. This range of topics reflects a broad engagement with immune system function, transplant biology, and related clinical immunogenetics. Key topics commonly addressed in their research are:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Immune Responses and Vaccinations

Fernandez-Vina has authored papers published in various academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Human Immunology
  • International Journal of Immunogenetics
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • HLA
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • "Severe delayed hypersensitivity reactions to IL-1 and IL-6 inhibitors link to common HLA-DRB1*15 alleles," 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Mixed chimerism and acceptance of kidney transplants after immunosuppressive drug withdrawal," 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Capturing Differential Allele-Level Expression and Genotypes of All Classical HLA Loci and Haplotypes by a New Capture RNA-Seq Method," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "High-resolution HLA allele and haplotype frequencies in several unrelated populations determined by next generation sequencing: 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop joint report," 2021, Human Immunology
  • "High-Resolution Characterization of KIR Genes in a Large North American Cohort Reveals Novel Details of Structural and Sequence Diversity," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fernandez-Vina include:

  • Gonzalo Montero-Martín
  • Kazutoyo Osoegawa
  • Steven G. E. Marsh
  • Jill A. Hollenbach
  • Derek Middleton

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010.

    S G. E. Marsh;E. D. Albert;W. F. Bodmer;R. E. Bontrop

  • High-resolution donor-recipient HLA matching contributes to the success of unrelated donor marrow transplantation.

    Stephanie J. Lee;John Klein;Michael Haagenson;Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe

  • Impact of HLA class I and class II high-resolution matching on outcomes of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation: HLA-C mismatching is associated with a strong adverse effect on transplantation outcome.

    Neal Flomenberg;Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe;Dennis Confer;Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

  • Complex HLA-DR and -DQ Interactions Confer Risk of Narcolepsy-Cataplexy in Three Ethnic Groups

    Emmanuel Mignot;Ling Lin;William Rogers;Yutaka Honda

  • Analysis of the frequencies of HLA-A, B, and C alleles and haplotypes in the five major ethnic groups of the United States reveals high levels of diversity in these loci and contrasting distribution patterns in these populations.

    Kai Cao;Jill Hollenbach;Xuejiang Shi;Wenxia Shi

  • Gene for familial psoriasis susceptibility mapped to the distal end of human chromosome 17q

    James Tomfohrde;Alan Silverman;Robert Barnes;Marcelo A. Fernandez-Vina

  • The effect of donor characteristics on survival after unrelated donor transplantation for hematologic malignancy

    Craig Kollman;Stephen R. Spellman;Mei Jie Zhang;Mei Jie Zhang;Anna Hassebroek

  • The HLA dictionary 1999: a summary of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1/3/4/5, -DQB1 alleles and their association with serologically defined HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR and -DQ antigens.

    Geziena M.Th. Schreuder;Carolyn K. Hurley;Steven G.E. Marsh;Marie Lau

  • Insights into psoriasis and other inflammatory diseases from large-scale gene expression studies.

    Anne M. Bowcock;William Shannon;Fenghe Du;Jill Duncan

  • Selection of unrelated donors and cord blood units for hematopoietic cell transplantation: guidelines from the NMDP/CIBMTR

    Jason Dehn;Stephen Spellman;Carolyn K. Hurley;Bronwen E. Shaw

  • High risk of graft failure in patients with anti-HLA antibodies undergoing haploidentical stem-cell transplantation.

    Stefan O. Ciurea;Marcos J.G. de Lima;Pedro Cano;Martin Korbling

  • Nonpermissive HLA-DPB1 mismatch increases mortality after myeloablative unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

    Joseph Pidala;Stephanie J. Lee;Kwang Woo Ahn;Stephen Spellman

  • Impact of allele-level HLA matching on outcomes after myeloablative single unit umbilical cord blood transplantation for hematologic malignancy

    Mary Eapen;John P. Klein;John P. Klein;Annalisa Ruggeri;Stephen Spellman

  • MICA, a new polymorphic HLA-related antigen, is expressed mainly by keratinocytes, endothelial cells, and monocytes.

    Norberto W. Zwirner;Marcelo A. Fernández-Viña;Peter Stastny

  • Improved Early Outcomes Using a T Cell Replete Graft Compared with T Cell Depleted Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Stefan Octavian Ciurea;Victor Eduardo Mulanovich;Rima M Saliba;Ulas D. Bayraktar

  • Common and well-documented HLA alleles: report of the Ad-Hoc committee of the american society for histocompatiblity and immunogenetics.

    Pedro Cano;William Klitz;Steven J. Mack;Martin Maiers

  • HLA-C antigen mismatch is associated with worse outcome in unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

    Ann Woolfrey;John P. Klein;Michael Haagenson;Stephen Spellman

  • Common and well-documented HLA alleles: 2012 update to the CWD catalogue.

    Steven J. Mack;Pedro Cano;Jill A. Hollenbach;Jun He

  • The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Consensus Guidelines for the Detection and Treatment of Donor-specific Anti-HLA Antibodies (DSA) in Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

    Stefan O. Ciurea;Kai Cao;Marcelo Fernadez-Vina;Piyanuch Kongtim

  • Donor-specific anti-HLA Abs and graft failure in matched unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

    Stefan O. Ciurea;Peter F. Thall;Xuemei Wang;Sa A. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Champlin
Richard E. Champlin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter Stastny
Peter Stastny The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Martin Maiers
Martin Maiers Medical College of Wisconsin
Stephen R. Spellman
Stephen R. Spellman Medical College of Wisconsin
Elizabeth J. Shpall
Elizabeth J. Shpall The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Carolyn Katovich Hurley
Carolyn Katovich Hurley Georgetown University
Sergio Giralt
Sergio Giralt Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Partow Kebriaei
Partow Kebriaei The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Edmond J. Yunis
Edmond J. Yunis Harvard University
Stephanie J. Lee
Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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