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D-Index
52
Citations
9288
World Ranking
4072
National Ranking
1856

Michael B. Fessler publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael B. Fessler sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 201 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Michael B. Fessler 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 Michael B. Fessler sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael B. Fessler is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including immunology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and surgery.

The research topics covered by Michael B. Fessler include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism

Frequent publication venues in their career feature:

  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JCI Insight
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • UNC Libraries

Michael B. Fessler has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Peer W. F. Karmaus
  • Prashant Rai
  • Jennifer H. Madenspacher
  • Julie M. Meacham
  • Kymberly M. Gowdy

Notable recent publications by Michael B. Fessler include:

  • Update on the Features and Measurements of Experimental Acute Lung Injury in Animals: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Macrophage polarization in innate immune responses contributing to pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease, 2020, BMC Nephrology
  • IRGM1 links mitochondrial quality control to autoimmunity, 2021, Nature Immunology
  • CD11b+ lung dendritic cells at different stages of maturation induce Th17 or Th2 differentiation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • TLR5 participates in the TLR4 receptor complex and promotes MyD88-dependent signaling in environmental lung injury, 2020, eLife

Best Publications

  • Myeloid deletion of SIRT1 induces inflammatory signaling in response to environmental stress.

    Thaddeus T. Schug;Qing Xu;Huiming Gao;Ashwin Peres-da-Silva

  • Macrophage ABCA1 reduces MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor trafficking to lipid rafts by reduction of lipid raft cholesterol.

    Xuewei Zhu;John S. Owen;Martha D. Wilson;Haitao Li

  • Enhanced Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development Mediated by Human Neutrophils

    Travis S. Walker;Kerry L. Tomlin;G. Scott Worthen;Katie R. Poch

  • Toll-like receptor signaling links dietary fatty acids to the metabolic syndrome.

    Michael B Fessler;Lawrence L Rudel;J Mark Brown

  • Intracellular Lipid Flux and Membrane Microdomains as Organizing Principles in Inflammatory Cell Signaling

    Michael B. Fessler;John S. Parks

  • Lovastatin Enhances Clearance of Apoptotic Cells (Efferocytosis) with Implications for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Konosuke Morimoto;William J. Janssen;Michael B. Fessler;Kathleen A. McPhillips

  • Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia: clinical features, associations and prognosis

    Cha Si;Fessler Mb;Cool Cd;Schwarz Mi

  • Genetic polymorphisms and sepsis.

    John Arcaroli;Michael B Fessler;Edward Abraham

  • A genomic and proteomic analysis of activation of the human neutrophil by lipopolysaccharide and its mediation by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    Michael B. Fessler;Kenneth C. Malcolm;Mark William Duncan;G. Scott Worthen

  • APOε4 is associated with enhanced in vivo innate immune responses in human subjects

    Stephen C. Gale;Li Gao;Carmen Mikacenic;Susette M. Coyle

  • The challenges and promise of targeting the Liver X Receptors for treatment of inflammatory disease.

    Michael B. Fessler

  • Mechanisms of neutrophil accumulation in the lungs against bacteria.

    Gayathriy Balamayooran;Sanjay Batra;Michael B. Fessler;Kyle I. Happel

  • p53 and NF-κB Coregulate Proinflammatory Gene Responses in Human Macrophages

    Julie M. Lowe;Daniel Menendez;Pierre R. Bushel;Maria Shatz

  • Emerging roles for cholesterol and lipoproteins in lung disease

    Kymberly M. Gowdy;Michael B. Fessler

  • Phospholipid flip-flop and phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) co-localize to uropod rafts in formylated Met-Leu-Phe-stimulated neutrophils.

    S. Courtney Frasch;Peter M. Henson;Kaz Nagaosa;Michael B. Fessler

  • The Toll-Like Receptor Gene Family Is Integrated into Human DNA Damage and p53 Networks

    Daniel Menendez;Maria Shatz;Kathleen Azzam;Stavros Garantziotis

  • Surfactant Lipids at the Host-Environment Interface. Metabolic Sensors, Suppressors, and Effectors of Inflammatory Lung Disease.

    Michael B. Fessler;Ross S. Summer

  • A role for hydroxy-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase in pulmonary inflammation and host defense.

    Michael B. Fessler;Scott K. Young;Samithamby Jeyaseelan;Jonathan G. Lieber

  • The structure of the dust mite allergen Der p 7 reveals similarities to innate immune proteins.

    Geoffrey A. Mueller;Lori L. Edwards;Jim J. Aloor;Michael B. Fessler

  • Crosstalk between reverse cholesterol transport and innate immunity

    Kathleen M. Azzam;Michael B. Fessler

  • CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1) is a novel surface receptor for extracellular double-stranded RNA to mediate cellular inflammatory responses.

    Hui Zhou;Jieying Liao;Jim Aloor;Hui Nie

  • Obesity Is Associated with Neutrophil Dysfunction and Attenuation of Murine Acute Lung Injury

    Lauren L. Kordonowy;Elianne Burg;Christopher C. Lenox;Lauren M. Gauthier

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Parks
John S. Parks Wake Forest University
Jerry A. Nick
Jerry A. Nick National Jewish Health
Darryl C. Zeldin
Darryl C. Zeldin National Institutes of Health
Kenneth B. Tomer
Kenneth B. Tomer National Institutes of Health
Donald N. Cook
Donald N. Cook National Institutes of Health
Alan T. Remaley
Alan T. Remaley National Institutes of Health
Matthew E. Poynter
Matthew E. Poynter University of Vermont
Michael A. Resnick
Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health
Peter S. Thorne
Peter S. Thorne University of Iowa
Gregory A. Taylor
Gregory A. Taylor Duke University

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