2026 Sebastian Amigorena: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	111	462	427	13	13	292	71483

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Sebastian Amigorena is affiliated with the Institute Curie in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily addresses immunology and microbiology, with a particular focus on immune cell function and interaction, immunotherapy and immune responses, and CAR-T cell therapy research. Additional research interests include T-cell and B-cell immunology, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Amigorena's scholarly output includes numerous publications in prominent scientific venues. Their frequent publication venues are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Science Immunology
Cell Reports
Cancer Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several notable coauthors, including:

Christel Goudot (17 collaborations)
Olivier Lantz (15 collaborations)
Joshua J. Waterfall (14 collaborations)
Pierre-Emmanuel Bonté (13 collaborations)
Sandrine Heurtebise-Chrétien (9 collaborations)

Recent publications by Amigorena cover a range of topics related to cancer immunology and immune system regulation. Selected works include:

Lipid-Associated Macrophages Are Induced by Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Mediate Immune Suppression in Breast Cancer, 2022, Cancer Research
Tumor invasion in draining lymph nodes is associated with Treg accumulation in breast cancer patients, 2020, Nature Communications
The receptor DNGR-1 signals for phagosomal rupture to promote cross-presentation of dead-cell-associated antigens, 2020, Nature Immunology
Contribution of resident and circulating precursors to tumor-infiltrating CD8 ⁺ T cell populations in lung cancer, 2021, Science Immunology
Repeated peripheral infusions of anti-EGFRvIII CAR T cells in combination with pembrolizumab show no efficacy in glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial, 2024, Nature Cancer

Amigorena's body of work is recognized within the scientific community, including membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

Isolation and Characterization of Exosomes from Cell Culture Supernatants and Biological Fluids

Clotilde Théry;Sebastian Amigorena;Graça Raposo;Aled Clayton

6341
Citations
Exosomes: composition, biogenesis and function

Clotilde Théry;Laurence Zitvogel;Sebastian Amigorena

6079
Citations
Toll-like receptor 4-dependent contribution of the immune system to anticancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Lionel Apetoh;François Ghiringhelli;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Michel Obeid;Michel Obeid;Michel Obeid

3428
Citations
Rab27a and Rab27b control different steps of the exosome secretion pathway

Matias Ostrowski;Nuno B. Carmo;Sophie Krumeich;Sophie Krumeich;Isabelle Fanget

2901
Citations
Eradication of established murine tumors using a novel cell-free vaccine: dendritic cell-derived exosomes

Laurence Zitvogel;Armelle Regnault;Anne Lozier;Joseph Wolfers

2736
Citations
Antigen Presentation and T Cell Stimulation by Dendritic Cells

Pierre Guermonprez;Jenny Valladeau;Laurence Zitvogel;Clotilde Théry

2684
Citations
Cross-presentation by dendritic cells.

Olivier P. Joffre;Elodie Segura;Elodie Segura;Ariel Savina;Ariel Savina;Sebastian Amigorena;Sebastian Amigorena

1978
Citations
Tumor-derived exosomes are a source of shared tumor rejection antigens for CTL cross-priming.

Joseph Wolfers;Anne Lozier;Graça Raposo;Armelle Regnault

1945
Citations
Proteomic Analysis of Dendritic Cell-Derived Exosomes: A Secreted Subcellular Compartment Distinct from Apoptotic Vesicles

Clotilde Théry;Muriel Boussac;Philippe Véron;Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli

1920
Citations
Vaccination of metastatic melanoma patients with autologous dendritic cell (DC) derived-exosomes: results of thefirst phase I clinical trial

Bernard Escudier;Thierry Dorval;Nathalie Chaput;Fabrice André

1462
Citations
Molecular characterization of dendritic cell-derived exosomes. Selective accumulation of the heat shock protein hsc73.

Clotilde Théry;Armelle Regnault;Jérôme Garin;Joseph Wolfers

1321
Citations
Dissecting the Tumor Myeloid Compartment Reveals Rare Activating Antigen-Presenting Cells Critical for T Cell Immunity

Miranda L. Broz;Mikhail Binnewies;Bijan Boldajipour;Amanda E. Nelson

1236
Citations
Malignant effusions and immunogenic tumour-derived exosomes

Fabrice Andre;Noel E C Schartz;Mojgan Movassagh;Caroline Flament

1177
Citations
Fcγ Receptor–mediated Induction of Dendritic Cell Maturation and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I–restricted Antigen Presentation after Immune Complex Internalization

Armelle Regnault;Danielle Lankar;Valérie Lacabanne;Ana Rodriguez

1160
Citations
Indirect activation of naïve CD4 + T cells by dendritic cell–derived exosomes

Clotilde Théry;Livine Duban;Elodie Segura;Philippe Véron

1159
Citations
Cold Tumors: A Therapeutic Challenge for Immunotherapy.

Paola Bonaventura;Tala Shekarian;Vincent Alcazer;Jenny Valladeau-Guilemond

1069
Citations
NOX2 Controls Phagosomal pH to Regulate Antigen Processing during Crosspresentation by Dendritic Cells

Ariel Savina;Carolina Jancic;Stephanie Hugues;Pierre Guermonprez

1040
Citations
ER–phagosome fusion defines an MHC class I cross-presentation compartment in dendritic cells

Pierre Guermonprez;Loredana Saveanu;Monique Kleijmeer;Jean Davoust

997
Citations
Human Inflammatory Dendritic Cells Induce Th17 Cell Differentiation

Elodie Segura;Maxime Touzot;Maxime Touzot;Armelle Bohineust;Armelle Bohineust;Antonio Cappuccio;Antonio Cappuccio

748
Citations
ICAM-1 on exosomes from mature dendritic cells is critical for efficient naive T-cell priming

Elodie Segura;Carole Nicco;Carole Nicco;Bérangère Lombard;Bérangère Lombard;Philippe Véron;Philippe Véron

741
Citations
Selective transport of internalized antigens to the cytosol for MHC class I presentation in dendritic cells.

Ana Rodriguez;Armelle Regnault;Monique Kleijmeer;Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli

736
Citations
Phagocytosis and antigen presentation in dendritic cells.

Ariel Savina;Sebastian Amigorena

683
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Clotilde Théry PSL University

Graça Raposo Institut Curie

Wolf H. Fridman Université Paris Cité

Laurence Zitvogel University of Paris-Saclay

Fabrice Andre Institut Gustave Roussy

Olivier Lantz Institute Curie

Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli Toscana Life Sciences Foundation

Ira Mellman Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Jean-Luc Teillaud Grenoble Alpes University

Franck Perez PSL University

External Links

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