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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter Parham is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Immunology and Microbiology. Their work covers a range of subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Geology, Hematology, and Virology.

Their research has addressed multiple topics such as:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Parham include:

  • Lisbeth A. Guethlein (21 collaborations)
  • Paul J. Norman (13 collaborations)
  • Neda Nemat-Gorgani (9 collaborations)
  • Wesley M. Marin (6 collaborations)
  • Jill A. Hollenbach (6 collaborations)

The scientist has published multiple papers in various venues with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 5 publications
  • The Journal of Immunology - 4 publications
  • Nature Communications - 3 publications
  • Frontiers in Immunology - 3 publications
  • Blood Advances - 2 publications

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Parham include:

  • Distinctive phenotypes and functions of innate lymphoid cells in human decidua during early pregnancy (2020, Nature Communications)
  • HLAs, TCRs, and KIRs, a Triumvirate of Human Cell-Mediated Immunity (2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry)
  • KIR B donors improve the outcome for AML patients given reduced intensity conditioning and unrelated donor transplantation (2020, Blood Advances)
  • High-Resolution Characterization of KIR Genes in a Large North American Cohort Reveals Novel Details of Structural and Sequence Diversity (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Variants Are Associated with Protection from Symptoms Associated with More Severe Course in Parkinson Disease (2020, The Journal of Immunology)

Peter Parham was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010.

    S G. E. Marsh;E. D. Albert;W. F. Bodmer;R. E. Bontrop

  • A Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel

    Howard M. Cann;Claudia De Toma;Lucien Cazes;Marie Fernande Legrand

  • The IPD and IMGT/HLA database: allele variant databases

    James Robinson;Jason A. Halliwell;James D. Hayhurst;Paul Flicek

  • MHC class I molecules and kirs in human history, health and survival

    Peter Parham

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1995

    J G Bodmer;S G Marsh;Albert;W F Bodmer

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1994

    Julia G. Bodmer;Steven G. E. Marsh;Ekkehard D. Albert;Walter F. Bodmer

  • KIR: diverse, rapidly evolving receptors of innate and adaptive immunity.

    Carlos Vilches;Peter Parham

  • Human Diversity in Killer Cell Inhibitory Receptor Genes

    Markus Uhrberg;Nicholas M Valiante;Benny P Shum;Heather G Shilling

  • The IMGT/HLA database

    James Robinson;Kavita Mistry;Hamish McWilliam;Rodrigo Lopez

  • Structure, Function, and Diversity of Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Molecules

    Pamela J. Bjorkman;Peter Parham

  • Analysis of a successful immune response against hepatitis C virus

    Stewart Cooper;Ann L Erickson;Erin J Adams;Joe Kansopon

  • Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002

    Steven G. E. Marsh;Peter Parham;Bo Dupont;Daniel E. Geraghty

  • IMGT/HLA and IMGT/MHC: sequence databases for the study of the major histocompatibility complex

    James Robinson;Matthew J. Waller;Peter Parham;Natasja de Groot

  • IMGT/HLA and IMGT/MHC – sequence databases for the study of the major histocompatibility complex.

    J Robinson;MJ Waller;P Parham;Sge Marsh

  • Population biology of antigen presentation by MHC class I molecules.

    Peter Parham;Tomoko Ohta

  • Functionally and Structurally Distinct NK Cell Receptor Repertoires in the Peripheral Blood of Two Human Donors

    Nicholas M Valiante;Markus Uhrberg;Heather G Shilling;Kristin Lienert-Weidenbach

  • Innate partnership of HLA-B and KIR3DL1 subtypes against HIV-1

    Maureen P. Martin;Ying Qi;Xiaojiang Gao;Eriko Yamada

  • Monoclonal antibodies for analysis of the HLA system.

    Frances M. Brodsky;Peter Parham;Colin J. Barnstable;M. J. Crumpton

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004

    Steven G.E. Marsh;E. D. Albert;W. F. Bodmer;R. E. Bontrop

  • Use of a Monoclonal Antibody (W6/32) in Structural Studies of HLA-A,B,C Antigens

    Peter Parham;Colin J. Barnstable;Walter F. Bodmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisbeth A. Guethlein
Lisbeth A. Guethlein Stanford University
Steven G.E. Marsh
Steven G.E. Marsh University College London
Jack L. Strominger
Jack L. Strominger Harvard University
Erin J. Adams
Erin J. Adams University of Chicago
Frances M. Brodsky
Frances M. Brodsky University College London
Walter F. Bodmer
Walter F. Bodmer University of Oxford
Carol Clayberger
Carol Clayberger Northwestern University
Ronald E. Bontrop
Ronald E. Bontrop Utrecht University
Alan M. Krensky
Alan M. Krensky Northwestern University
Jenny E. Gumperz
Jenny E. Gumperz University of Wisconsin–Madison

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