Nathalie Rufer

Nathalie Rufer 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 Nathalie Rufer sits on this spectrum.

Nathalie Rufer 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 Nathalie Rufer sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Exhaustion of tumor-specific CD8(+) T cells in metastases from melanoma patients

  Lukas Baitsch;Petra Baumgaertner;Estelle Devêvre;Sunil K. Raghav

  940
  Citations

• Infusion of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells for the treatment of CMV infection not responding to antiviral chemotherapy.

  Hermann Einsele;Eddy Roosnek;Nathalie Rufer;Christian Sinzger

  914
  Citations

• Telomere Fluorescence Measurements in Granulocytes and T Lymphocyte Subsets Point to a High Turnover of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Memory T Cells in Early Childhood

  Nathalie Rufer;Tim H. Brümmendorf;Steen Kolvraa;Claus Bischoff

  836
  Citations

• Rapid and strong human CD8 + T cell responses to vaccination with peptide, IFA, and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 7909

  Daniel E. Speiser;Danielle Liénard;Nathalie Rufer;Verena Rubio-Godoy

  769
  Citations

• Telomere length dynamics in human lymphocyte subpopulations measured by flow cytometry.

  Nathalie Rufer;Wieslawa Dragowska;Gayle Thornbury;Eddy Roosnek

  747
  Citations

• Immune Activation and CD8+ T-Cell Differentiation towards Senescence in HIV-1 Infection

  L Papagno;C A Spina;A Marchant;M Salio

  575
  Citations

• Decreased specific CD8+ T cell cross‐reactivity of antigen recognition following vaccination with Melan‐A peptide

  Victor Appay;Victor Appay;Daniel E. Speiser;Nathalie Rufer;Severine Reynard

  510
  Citations

• Four functionally distinct populations of human effector-memory CD8+ T lymphocytes.

  Pedro Romero;Alfred Zippelius;Alfred Zippelius;Isabel Kurth;Mikaël J. Pittet;Mikaël J. Pittet

  508
  Citations

• Effector Function of Human Tumor-Specific CD8 T Cells in Melanoma Lesions: A State of Local Functional Tolerance

  Alfred Zippelius;Pascal Batard;Verena Rubio-Godoy;Gilles Bioley

  453
  Citations

• MicroRNA-155 Is Required for Effector CD8+ T Cell Responses to Virus Infection and Cancer

  Jan C. Dudda;Bruno Salaun;Yun Ji;Douglas C. Palmer

  365
  Citations

• The proteolytic activity of the paracaspase MALT1 is key in T cell activation.

  Fabien Rebeaud;Stephan Hailfinger;Anita Posevitz-Fejfar;Myriam Tapernoux

  339
  Citations

• Evidence for a TCR Affinity Threshold Delimiting Maximal CD8 T Cell Function

  Daphné A. Schmid;Melita B. Irving;Vilmos Posevitz;Michael Hebeisen

  301
  Citations

• Transfer of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase(TERT) gene into T lymphocytes results in extension of replicative potential

  Nathalie Rufer;Marco Migliaccio;Jennifer Antonchuk;R. Keith Humphries

  264
  Citations

• Extended co-expression of inhibitory receptors by human CD8 T-cells depending on differentiation, antigen-specificity and anatomical localization.

  Lukas Baitsch;Amandine Legat;Leticia Barba;Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco

  244
  Citations

• Ex vivo characterization of human CD8+ T subsets with distinct replicative history and partial effector functions.

  Nathalie Rufer;Alfred Zippelius;Pascal Batard;Mikaël J. Pittet

  223
  Citations

• Long-lasting stem cell–like memory CD8+ T cells with a naïve-like profile upon yellow fever vaccination

  Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco;Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco;Charlotte Soneson;Laurène Cagnon;Philippe O. Gannon

  222
  Citations

• Antigenicity and immunogenicity of Melan-A/MART-1 derived peptides as targets for tumor reactive CTL in human melanoma.

  Pedro Romero;Danila Valmori;Mikael J. Pittet;Alfred Zippelius

  210
  Citations

• Thymic selection generates a large T cell pool recognizing a self-peptide in humans.

  Alfred Zippelius;Mikaël J. Pittet;Pascal Batard;Nathalie Rufer

  200
  Citations

• High resolution HLA matching associated with decreased mortality after unrelated bone marrow transplantation.

  Daniel E. Speiser;Jean-Marie Tiercy;Nathalie Rufer;Christophe Grundschober

  195
  Citations

• New generation vaccine induces effective melanoma-specific CD8+ T cells in the circulation but not in the tumor site.

  Victor Appay;Camilla Jandus;Verena Voelter;Severine Reynard

  193
  Citations

• Unmodified self antigen triggers human CD8 T cells with stronger tumor reactivity than altered antigen

  Daniel E. Speiser;Petra Baumgaertner;Verena Voelter;Estelle Devevre

  188
  Citations

• Interplay between T Cell Receptor Binding Kinetics and the Level of Cognate Peptide Presented by Major Histocompatibility Complexes Governs CD8+ T Cell Responsiveness

  Melita Irving;Vincent Zoete;Michael Hebeisen;Daphné Schmid

  175
  Citations