2026 Peter D. Sun: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	46	4595	4254	2073	1901	136	9815

Overview

Peter D. Sun is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, encompassing a substantial number of publications in these areas.

Within these broader fields, their work focuses on several subfields of study, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, and aspects of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

The main topics covered in Peter D. Sun's research include:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
CAR-T cell therapy research
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
HIV Research and Treatment
Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Peter D. Sun has published several papers recently. Notable works include:

"High-affinity oligoclonal TCRs define effective adoptive T cell therapy targeting mutant KRAS-G12D" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"High affinity binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhances ACE2 carboxypeptidase activity" (2020), published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
"Plasmodium falciparum-specific IgM B cells dominate in children, expand with malaria, and produce functional IgM" (2021), published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
"Growing recyclable and healable piezoelectric composites in 3D printed bioinspired structure for protective wearable sensor" (2023), published in Nature Communications
"T Cell Recognition of Tumor Neoantigens and Insights Into T Cell Immunotherapy" (2022), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter D. Sun include:

Jinghua Lu
Malcolm J. W. Sim
Eric O. Long
Zhongcheng Zou
Paul Brennan

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as Frontiers in Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, PLoS ONE, and The Journal of Immunology.

Best Publications

Protection from obesity and diabetes by blockade of TGF-β/Smad3 signaling

Hariom Yadav;Celia Quijano;Celia Quijano;Anil K. Kamaraju;Oksana Gavrilova

781
Citations
Crystal structure of an NK cell immunoglobulin-like receptor in complex with its class I MHC ligand.

Jeffrey C. Boyington;Shawn A. Motyka;Peter Schuck;Andrew G. Brooks

515
Citations
Recognition of peptide–MHC class I complexes by activating killer immunoglobulin-like receptors

C. Andrew Stewart;Fanny Laugier-Anfossi;Frédéric Vély;Xavier Saulquin

511
Citations
The structure of a human type III Fcgamma receptor in complex with Fc

Sergei Radaev;Shawn Motyka;Wolf-Herman Fridman;Catherine Sautes-Fridman

496
Citations
Natural killer cell-produced IFN-γ and TNF-α induce target cell cytolysis through up-regulation of ICAM-1

Ruipeng Wang;Jessica J. Jaw;Nicole C. Stutzman;Zhongcheng Zou

377
Citations
Recognition of IgG by Fcgamma receptor. The role of Fc glycosylation and the binding of peptide inhibitors.

Sergei Radaev;Peter D. Sun

267
Citations
A structural perspective on MHC class I recognition by killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors.

Jeffrey C Boyington;Peter D Sun

242
Citations
Structural mechanism of serum amyloid A-mediated inflammatory amyloidosis.

Jinghua Lu;Yadong Yu;Iowis Zhu;Yifan Cheng

233
Citations
Recognition of immunoglobulins by Fcγ receptors

Sergei Radaev;Peter Sun

231
Citations
Helios+ and Helios- Treg subpopulations are phenotypically and functionally distinct and express dissimilar TCR repertoires.

Angela M. Thornton;Jinghua Lu;Patricia E. Korty;Yong Chan Kim

225
Citations
Structure of CD94 Reveals a Novel C-Type Lectin Fold: Implications for the NK Cell–Associated CD94/NKG2 Receptors

Jeffrey C. Boyington;Aisha N. Riaz;Apisit Patamawenu;John E. Coligan

193
Citations
Ternary complex of transforming growth factor-β1 reveals isoform-specific ligand recognition and receptor recruitment in the superfamily

Sergei Radaev;Zhongcheng Zou;Tao Huang;Eileen M. Lafer

192
Citations
Conformational plasticity revealed by the cocrystal structure of NKG2D and its class I MHC-like ligand ULBP3.

Sergei Radaev;Bertha Rostro;Andrew G. Brooks;Marco Colonna

187
Citations
T cell receptor repertoires of mice and humans are clustered in similarity networks around conserved public CDR3 sequences.

Asaf Madi;Asaf Poran;Eric Shifrut;Shlomit Reich-Zeliger

167
Citations
Structure of FcγRI in complex with Fc reveals the importance of glycan recognition for high-affinity IgG binding.

Jinghua Lu;Jonathan Chu;Zhongcheng Zou;Nels B. Hamacher

164
Citations
Crystal structure of the HLA-Cw3 allotype-specific killer cell inhibitory receptor KIR2DL2

Greg A. Snyder;Andrew G. Brooks;Peter D. Sun

160
Citations
Crystal Structure of the Extracellular Domain of a Human Fc Gamma RIII

Yihong Zhang;Christian C. Boesen;Sergei Radaev;Andrew G. Brooks

156
Citations
Glycosylation, Hypogammaglobulinemia, and Resistance to Viral Infections

Mohammed A. Sadat;Susan Moir;Tae-Wook Chun;Paolo Lusso

156
Citations
Siglecs facilitate HIV-1 infection of macrophages through adhesion with viral sialic acids.

Zhongcheng Zou;Ashley Chastain;Susan Moir;Jennifer Ford

140
Citations
Structure of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and their recognition of the class I MHC molecules.

Jeffrey C. Boyington;Andrew G. Brooks;Peter D. Sun

140
Citations
Pentraxins and Fc receptors

Jinghua Lu;Kristopher D. Marjon;Carolyn Mold;Terry W. Du Clos;Terry W. Du Clos

129
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Colonna Washington University in St. Louis

Alfred Singer National Institutes of Health

Andrew G. Brooks University of Melbourne

M. Gordon Joyce Henry M. Jackson Foundation

James Arthos National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Susan Moir National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

James M. Musser Houston Methodist

Peter Schuck National Institutes of Health

Eric O. Long National Institutes of Health

Thressa C. Stadtman National Institutes of Health

External Links

Personal website of Peter D. Sun

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