2026 Randolph J. Noelle: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	114	410	377	252	228	324	48910

Overview

Randolph J. Noelle is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with additional work in Medicine. Within these areas, the subfields covered include Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Neurology.

Their work concentrates on several key topics in the biomedical sciences, including:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Immune cells in cancer
CAR-T cell therapy research
Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Randolph J. Noelle has contributed to numerous publications in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

The Journal of Immunology
Frontiers in Immunology
Science
Frontiers in Oncology
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts

Their recent papers include the following:

"VISTA is a checkpoint regulator for naïve T cell quiescence and peripheral tolerance," 2020, Science
"Rethinking peripheral T cell tolerance: checkpoints across a T cell's journey," 2020, Nature Reviews. Immunology
"VISTA: Coming of age as a multi-lineage immune checkpoint," 2020, Clinical & Experimental Immunology
"PD-L1 signaling on human memory CD4+ T cells induces a regulatory phenotype," 2021, PLoS Biology
"VISTA Re-programs Macrophage Biology Through the Combined Regulation of Tolerance and Anti-inflammatory Pathways," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

J. Louise Lines
Mohamed ElTanbouly
Elizabeth C. Nowak
Evelien Schaafsma
Bruce R. Blazar

Best Publications

Molecular mechanism and function of CD40/CD40L engagement in the immune system.

Raul Elgueta;Micah J. Benson;Victor C. de Vries;Anna Wasiuk

1838
Citations
Cutting Edge: Contact-Mediated Suppression by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory Cells Involves a Granzyme B-Dependent, Perforin-Independent Mechanism

David C. Gondek;Li-Fan Lu;Sergio A. Quezada;Shimon Sakaguchi

1311
Citations
BCMA Is Essential for the Survival of Long-lived Bone Marrow Plasma Cells

Brian P. O'Connor;Vanitha S. Raman;Loren D. Erickson;W. James Cook

1285
Citations
A 39-kDa protein on activated helper T cells binds CD40 and transduces the signal for cognate activation of B cells

Randolph J. Noelle;Meenakshi Roy;David M. Shepherd;Ivan Stamenkovic

1243
Citations
Mice deficient for the CD40 ligand.

Jianchao Xu;Teresa M. Foy;Jon D. Laman;Eileen A. Elliott

1091
Citations
Dendritic cells permit immune invasion of the CNS in an animal model of multiple sclerosis.

Melanie Greter;Frank L Heppner;Maria P Lemos;Bernhard M Odermatt

1055
Citations
All-trans retinoic acid mediates enhanced T reg cell growth, differentiation, and gut homing in the face of high levels of co-stimulation

Micah J. Benson;Karina Pino-Lagos;Mario Rosemblatt;Randolph J. Noelle

1050
Citations
Visualization of Specific B and T Lymphocyte Interactions in the Lymph Node

Paul Garside;Elizabeth Ingulli;Rebecca R. Merica;Julia G. Johnson

1020
Citations
The CD40 ligand, gp39, is defective in activated T cells from patients with X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome

Alejandro Aruffo;Alejandro Aruffo;Mary Farrington;Diane Hollenbaugh;Xu Li

1008
Citations
Mast cells are essential intermediaries in regulatory T-cell tolerance.

Li Fan Lu;Evan F. Lind;David C. Gondek;Kathy A. Bennett

904
Citations
CD40/CD154 interactions at the interface of tolerance and immunity

Sergio A. Quezada;Lamis Z. Jarvinen;Evan F. Lind;Randolph J. Noelle

875
Citations
VISTA, a novel mouse Ig superfamily ligand that negatively regulates T cell responses

Li-Li Wang;Rotem Rubinstein;Janet L. Lines;Anna Wasiuk

808
Citations
IMMUNE REGULATION BY CD40 AND ITS LIGAND GP39

Teresa M. Foy;Alejandro Aruffo;Jürgen Bajorath;Janet E. Buhlmann

802
Citations
Prevention of collagen-induced arthritis with an antibody to gp39, the ligand for CD40

Fiona H. Durie;Roy A. Fava;Teresa M. Foy;Alejandro Aruffo

789
Citations
CD40-CD40 ligand interactions in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

Koen Gerritse;Jon D. Laman;Randolph J. Noelle;Alejandro Aruffo

753
Citations
Cd4+Cd25+ Immune Regulatory Cells Are Required for Induction of Tolerance to Alloantigen via Costimulatory Blockade

Patricia A. Taylor;Randolph J. Noelle;Bruce R. Blazar

717
Citations
gp39-CD40 interactions are essential for germinal center formation and the development of B cell memory.

Teresa M. Foy;Jon D. Laman;Jeffrey A. Ledbetter;Alejandro Aruffo

664
Citations
Increased expression of Ia antigens on resting B cells: an additional role for B-cell growth factor.

Randolph Noelle;Peter H. Krammer;Junichi Ohara;Jonathan W. Uhr

635
Citations
Experimental autoimmune encephalitis and inflammation in the absence of interleukin-12.

Burkhard Becher;Brigit G. Durell;Randolph J. Noelle

607
Citations
VISTA Regulates the Development of Protective Antitumor Immunity.

Isabelle Le Mercier;Wenna Chen;Janet L Lines;Maria Day

599
Citations
In vivo CD40-gp39 interactions are essential for thymus-dependent humoral immunity. II. Prolonged suppression of the humoral immune response by an antibody to the ligand for CD40, gp39.

Teresa M. Foy;David M. Shepherd;Fiona H. Durie;Alejandro Aruffo

577
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Aruffo Syngenta (United States)

Bruce R. Blazar University of Minnesota

Jeffrey A. Ledbetter University of Washington

Christian Weber Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Sergio A. Quezada University College London

Dale L. Greiner University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Patricia A. Taylor University of Minnesota

John P. Mordes University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari University of Minnesota

Graham M. Lord University of Manchester

External Links

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