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77
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1810
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890

Michail S. Lionakis 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 Michail S. Lionakis sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 361 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michail S. Lionakis 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 Michail S. Lionakis sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michail S. Lionakis is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with significant contributions in Immunology and Microbiology. Within these fields, they have specialized in Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's main research topics include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, adrenal hormones and disorders, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, diabetes and associated disorders, and clinical research related to COVID-19.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michail S. Lionakis include:

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19, 2020, Science
  • Inhibition of Bruton tyrosine kinase in patients with severe COVID-19, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Pathogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans, 2021, Virulence
  • An immune-based biomarker signature is associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Preexisting autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with APS-1, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michail S. Lionakis include Elise M. N. Ferré, Steven M. Holland, Luigi D. Notarangelo, Jigar V. Desai, and Monica M. Schmitt.

Publications appear regularly in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Best Publications

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

  • Zygomycosis in a Tertiary-Care Cancer Center in the Era of Aspergillus-Active Antifungal Therapy: A Case-Control Observational Study of 27 Recent Cases

    Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis;Michail S. Lionakis;Russell E. Lewis;Russell E. Lewis;Georgios Chamilos

  • Glucocorticoids and invasive fungal infections.

    Michail S Lionakis;Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

  • Inhibition of B Cell Receptor Signaling by Ibrutinib in Primary CNS Lymphoma

    Michail S. Lionakis;Kieron Dunleavy;Mark Roschewski;Brigitte C. Widemann

  • Predictors of pulmonary zygomycosis versus invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cancer.

    Georgios Chamilos;Edith M. Marom;Russell E. Lewis;Michail S. Lionakis

  • Immunopathological signatures in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and pediatric COVID-19

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  • Isolation of mouse neutrophils.

    Muthulekha Swamydas;Yi Luo;Martin E. Dorf;Michail S. Lionakis

  • Inhibition of Bruton tyrosine kinase in patients with severe COVID-19.

    Mark Roschewski;Michail S. Lionakis;Jeff P. Sharman;Joseph Roswarski

  • Infections Due to Aspergillus terreus: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of 83 Cases

    William J. Steinbach;Daniel K. Benjamin;Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis;John R. Perfect

  • An immune-based biomarker signature is associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients.

    Michael S. Abers;Ottavia M. Delmonte;Emily E. Ricotta;Jonathan Fintzi

  • Organ-specific innate immune responses in a mouse model of invasive candidiasis.

    Michail S. Lionakis;Jean K. Lim;Chyi-Chia Richard Lee;Philip M. Murphy

  • Redefined clinical features and diagnostic criteria in autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy

    Elise M.N. Ferre;Stacey R. Rose;Sergio D. Rosenzweig;Peter D. Burbelo

  • Call for Action: Invasive Fungal Infections Associated With Ibrutinib and Other Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors Targeting Immune Signaling Pathways.

    Georgios Chamilos;Georgios Chamilos;Michail S Lionakis;Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

  • Isolation, purification and labeling of mouse bone marrow neutrophils for functional studies and adoptive transfer experiments.

    Muthulekha Swamydas;Michail S. Lionakis

  • Preexisting autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with APS-1.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Elizaveta Orlova;Leila Sozaeva;Romain Lévy;Romain Lévy

  • An Ocular Commensal Protects against Corneal Infection by Driving an Interleukin-17 Response from Mucosal γδ T Cells

    Anthony J. St. Leger;Jigar V. Desai;Rebecca A. Drummond;Abirami Kugadas

  • The fungal peptide toxin Candidalysin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and causes cytolysis in mononuclear phagocytes

    Lydia Kasper;Annika König;Paul-Albert Koenig;Mark S. Gresnigt

  • Isolation of Mouse Neutrophils

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  • CX3CR1-dependent renal macrophage survival promotes Candida control and host survival

    Michail S. Lionakis;Muthulekha Swamydas;Brett G. Fischer;Theo S. Plantinga

  • On-going Mechanical Damage from Mastication Drives Homeostatic Th17 Cell Responses at the Oral Barrier.

    Nicolas Dutzan;Loreto Abusleme;Hayley Bridgeman;Teresa Greenwell-Wild

  • Time-resolved systems immunology reveals a late juncture linked to fatal COVID-19.

    Can Liu;Can Liu;Andrew J. Martins;William W. Lau;Nicholas Rachmaninoff;Nicholas Rachmaninoff

  • CARD9+ microglia promote antifungal immunity via IL-1β- and CXCL1-mediated neutrophil recruitment

    Rebecca A. Drummond;Rebecca A. Drummond;Muthulekha Swamydas;Vasileios Oikonomou;Bing Zhai

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Russell E. Lewis
Russell E. Lewis University of Padua
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Luigi D. Notarangelo
Luigi D. Notarangelo National Institutes of Health
Mark S. Anderson
Mark S. Anderson University of California, San Francisco
Alexandra F. Freeman
Alexandra F. Freeman National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peter D. Burbelo
Peter D. Burbelo National Institutes of Health
Georgios Chamilos
Georgios Chamilos University of Crete
Stefania Pittaluga
Stefania Pittaluga National Institutes of Health

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