2026 Ramon Arens: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	62	3156	2907	122	116	183	12272

Overview

Ramon Arens is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to Medicine. The scientist's work focuses on several key subfields, including Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their main research topics encompass immune cell function and interaction, immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, and the role of immune cells in cancer.

Ramon Arens has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with some recent notable papers including:

"Tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells shape local and systemic secondary T cell responses" (2020) published in Nature Immunology
"Uncoupling DNA damage from chromatin damage to detoxify doxorubicin" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Targeting pancreatic cancer by TAK-981: a SUMOylation inhibitor that activates the immune system and blocks cancer cell cycle progression in a preclinical model" (2022) published in Gut
"Reactive oxygen species as an initiator of toxic innate immune responses in retort to SARS-CoV-2 in an ageing population, consider N-acetylcysteine as early therapeutic intervention" (2020) published in Toxicology Reports
"Cytomegalovirus subverts macrophage identity" (2021) published in Cell

Frequent co-authors include Suzanne van Duikeren, Ferry Ossendorp, Iris N. Pardieck, Tetje C. van der Sluis, and Esmé T.I. van der Gracht. Their collaborative work reflects ongoing research partnerships within the fields of Immunology and Oncology.

Ramon Arens frequently publishes in specialized journals such as the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory preprints), Frontiers in Immunology, Nature Immunology, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

Therapeutic cancer vaccines

Cornelis J.M. Melief;Thorbald van Hall;Ramon Arens;Ferry Ossendorp

1275
Citations
Vaccines for established cancer: overcoming the challenges posed by immune evasion.

Sjoerd H. van der Burg;Ramon Arens;Ferry Ossendorp;Thorbald van Hall

743
Citations
Constitutive CD27/CD70 interaction induces expansion of effector-type T cells and results in IFNgamma-mediated B cell depletion.

Ramon Arens;Kiki Tesselaar;Paul A Baars;Gijs M.W van Schijndel

342
Citations
Lethal T cell immunodeficiency induced by chronic costimulation via CD27-CD70 interactions.

Kiki Tesselaar;Ramon Arens;Gijs M.W. van Schijndel;Paul A. Baars

310
Citations
Autocrine IL-2 is required for secondary population expansion of CD8 + memory T cells

Sonia Feau;Ramon Arens;Ramon Arens;Susan Togher;Stephen P Schoenberger

305
Citations
Plasticity in programming of effector and memory CD8+ T-cell formation

Ramon Arens;Stephen P. Schoenberger

285
Citations
In Vivo Killing Capacity of Cytotoxic T Cells Is Limited and Involves Dynamic Interactions and T Cell Cooperativity

Stephan Halle;Kirsten Anja Keyser;Felix Rolf Stahl;Andreas Busche

262
Citations
Expression of the Murine CD27 Ligand CD70 In Vitro and In Vivo

Kiki Tesselaar;Yanling Xiao;Ramon Arens;Gijs M. W. van Schijndel

253
Citations
The activation of the adaptive immune system: Cross-talk between antigen-presenting cells, T cells and B cells

Joke M.M. den Haan;Ramon Arens;Menno C. van Zelm

245
Citations
Vaccination during myeloid cell depletion by cancer chemotherapy fosters robust T cell responses.

Marij J. Welters;Tetje C. van der Sluis;Hélène van Meir;Nikki M. Loof

228
Citations
Sustained antibody responses depend on CD28 function in bone marrow-resident plasma cells.

Cheryl H. Rozanski;Ramon Arens;Louise M. Carlson;Jayakumar Nair

214
Citations
Controlled Local Delivery of CTLA-4 Blocking Antibody Induces CD8+ T-Cell–Dependent Tumor Eradication and Decreases Risk of Toxic Side Effects

Marieke F. Fransen;Tetje C. van der Sluis;Ferry Ossendorp;Ramon Arens

206
Citations
Tumor Rejection Induced by CD70-mediated Quantitative and Qualitative Effects on Effector CD8+ T Cell Formation

Ramon Arens;Koen Schepers;Martijn A. Nolte;Michiel F. van Oosterwijk

200
Citations
Local Activation of CD8 T Cells and Systemic Tumor Eradication without Toxicity via Slow Release and Local Delivery of Agonistic CD40 Antibody

Marieke F. Fransen;Marjolein Sluijter;Hans Morreau;Ramon Arens

183
Citations
Recruitment of Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Response to Infection Is Markedly Efficient

Jeroen W. J. van Heijst;Carmen Gerlach;Erwin Swart;Daoud Sie

180
Citations
New advances in CMV and immunosenescence.

Paolo Sansoni;Rosanna Vescovini;Francesco F. Fagnoni;Arne Akbar

176
Citations
Signaling through CD70 regulates B cell activation and IgG production

Ramon Arens;Martijn A. Nolte;Kiki Tesselaar;Bianca Heemskerk

167
Citations
CD27-CD70 interactions sensitise naive CD4+ T cells for IL-12-induced Th1 cell development.

Michiel F. van Oosterwijk;Hedi Juwana;Ramon Arens;Kiki Tesselaar

166
Citations
Tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells shape local and systemic secondary T cell responses.

Felix M. Behr;Loreto Parga-Vidal;Natasja A. M. Kragten;Teunis J. P. van Dam

164
Citations
Memory T cell inflation: understanding cause and effect

Geraldine A. O’Hara;Suzanne P.M. Welten;Paul Klenerman;Ramon Arens

158
Citations
Uncoupling DNA damage from chromatin damage to detoxify doxorubicin.

Xiaohang Qiao;Sabina Y. van der Zanden;Dennis P.A. Wander;Daniel M. Borràs

158
Citations
Sustained Antibody Responses Depend on CD28 Function in Bone Marrow Resident Plasma Cells

Cheryl H Rozanski;Lindzy F Dodson;Ramon Arens;Louise M Carlson

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelis J. M. Melief ISA Pharmaceuticals (Netherlands)

Ferry Ossendorp Leiden University Medical Center

Sjoerd H. van der Burg Leiden University Medical Center

René A. W. van Lier University of Amsterdam

Stephen P. Schoenberger La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Thorbald van Hall Leiden University Medical Center

Chris A. Benedict La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology

Paul Klenerman University of Oxford

Paul H.A. Quax Leiden University Medical Center

Jannie Borst Leiden University Medical Center

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