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796
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • 2016 - AAI Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Immunologists For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as the AAI Secretary-Treasurer for two terms, 2009-2015
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mitchell Kronenberg is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, encompassing 115 publications. Subfields of focus include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, and Surgery.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Immune cells in cancer

Kronenberg has published frequently in several scientific venues, with the highest numbers in:

  • The Journal of Immunology (13 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Nature Immunology (4 publications)
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • "The neutrotime transcriptional signature defines a single continuum of neutrophils across biological compartments," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Gut CD4+ T cell phenotypes are a continuum molded by microbes, not by TH archetypes," 2021, Nature Immunology
  • "Promoter-interacting expression quantitative trait loci are enriched for functional genetic variants," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Intermittent PI3Kδ inhibition sustains anti-tumour immunity and curbs irAEs," 2022, Nature
  • "The role of innate lymphoid cells in response to microbes at mucosal surfaces," 2020, Mucosal Immunology

Kronenberg has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • M. Murray
  • Goo-Young Seo
  • Hilde Cheroutre
  • Grégory Seumois
  • Thomas Riffelmacher

Over the course of their career, Kronenberg has received several awards, including:

  • Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), 2019
  • AAI Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2016, for outstanding service to AAI as Secretary-Treasurer for two terms, 2009-2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015

Best Publications

  • Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Human Immune Cell Gene Expression.

    Benjamin J. Schmiedel;Divya Singh;Ariel Madrigal;Alan G. Valdovino-Gonzalez

  • Prolonged IFN-gamma-producing NKT response induced with alpha-galactosylceramide-loaded DCs.

    Shin-ichiro Fujii;Kanako Shimizu;Mitchell Kronenberg;Ralph M Steinman

  • The natural killer T-cell ligand alpha-galactosylceramide prevents autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice.

    Seokmann Hong;Michael T. Wilson;Isao Serizawa;Lan Wu

  • The unique role of natural killer T cells in the response to microorganisms

    Emmanuel Tupin;Yuki Kinjo;Mitchell Kronenberg

  • NKT cells derive from double-positive thymocytes that are positively selected by CD1d

    Laurent Gapin;Jennifer L. Matsuda;Jennifer L. Matsuda;Charles D. Surh;Mitchell Kronenberg;Mitchell Kronenberg

  • Human NKT Cells Mediate Antitumor Cytotoxicity Directly by Recognizing Target Cell CD1d with Bound Ligand or Indirectly by Producing IL-2 to Activate NK Cells

    Leonid S. Metelitsa;Olga V. Naidenko;Anita Kant;Hong-Wei Wu

  • CD1-restricted CD4+ T cells in major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient mice.

    S. Cardell;Shabnam Tangri;S. Chan;M. Kronenberg

  • Selective ability of mouse CD1 to present glycolipids: alpha-galactosylceramide specifically stimulates V alpha 14+ NK T lymphocytes.

    Nicolas Burdin;Laurent Brossay;Yasuhiko Koezuka;Stephen T. Smiley

  • Regulatory B cells prevent and reverse allergic airway inflammation via FoxP3-positive T regulatory cells in a murine model

    Sylvie Amu;Sean P. Saunders;Mitchell Kronenberg;Niamh E. Mangan

  • Immunization with α-galactosylceramide polarizes CD1-reactive NK T cells towards Th2 cytokine synthesis

    Nicolas Burdin;Laurent Brossay;Mitchell Kronenberg

  • Schistosoma mansoni antigens modulate the activity of the innate immune response and prevent onset of type 1 diabetes.

    Paola Zaccone;Zoltán Fehérvári;Frances M. Jones;Stéphane Sidobre

  • Cutting Edge: Activation of NK T Cells by CD1d and α-Galactosylceramide Directs Conventional T Cells to the Acquisition of a Th2 Phenotype

    Nagendra Singh;Seokmann Hong;David C. Scherer;David C. Scherer;Isao Serizawa

  • Regulation of immunity by self-reactive T cells

    Mitchell Kronenberg;Alexander Rudensky;Alexander Rudensky

  • Homeostasis of V alpha 14i NKT cells.

    Jennifer L. Matsuda;Laurent Gapin;Stéphane Sidobre;William C. Kieper

  • Transcriptional reprogramming of mature CD4+ helper T cells generates distinct MHC class II-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Daniel Mucida;Mohammad Mushtaq Husain;Sawako Muroi;Femke Van Wijk

  • Invariant NKT Cells Amplify the Innate Immune Response to Lipopolysaccharide

    Niranjana A. Nagarajan;Mitchell Kronenberg

  • Natural Killer T Cell Ligand α-Galactosylceramide Enhances Protective Immunity Induced by Malaria Vaccines

    Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza;Luc Van Kaer;Cornelia C. Bergmann;James M. Wilson

  • Cutting Edge: Invariant Vα14 NKT Cells Are Required for Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation and Hyperreactivity in an Experimental Asthma Model

    Mariette Lisbonne;Séverine Diem;Alexandre de Castro Keller;Alexandre de Castro Keller;Jean Lefort

  • RAGE, carboxylated glycans and S100A8/A9 play essential roles in colitis-associated carcinogenesis

    Olga Turovskaya;Dirk Foell;Pratima Sinha;Thomas Vogl

  • Glycolipid Antigen Drives Rapid Expansion and Sustained Cytokine Production by NK T Cells

    Nadine Y Crowe;Adam P Uldrich;Konstantinos Kyparissoudis;Kirsten Jenna Louise Hammond

  • Activation of natural killer T cells potentiates or prevents experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Alex W. Jahng;Igor Maricic;Brian Pedersen;Nicolas Burdin

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilde Cheroutre
Hilde Cheroutre La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Laurent Brossay
Laurent Brossay Brown University
Dirk M. Zajonc
Dirk M. Zajonc Pfizer (United States)
Carl F. Ware
Carl F. Ware Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Laurent Gapin
Laurent Gapin University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Yasuhiko Koezuka
Yasuhiko Koezuka Vanderbilt University
Dirk Elewaut
Dirk Elewaut Ghent University
Pandurangan Vijayanand
Pandurangan Vijayanand La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Chi-Huey Wong
Chi-Huey Wong Scripps Research Institute
Steven A. Porcelli
Steven A. Porcelli Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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