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Sergio Abrignani

Sergio Abrignani

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
84
Citations
24230
World Ranking
1384
National Ranking
53

Sergio Abrignani publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergio Abrignani sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 288 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Sergio Abrignani D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergio Abrignani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sergio Abrignani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed to research primarily in Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their publications span several subfields including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of immunological and infectious disease areas, with a focus on:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Their recent significant papers include:

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition), 2021, European Journal of Immunology
  • High-dose vitamin C enhances cancer immunotherapy, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Integrated longitudinal immunophenotypic, transcriptional, and repertoire analyses delineate immune responses in patients with COVID-19, 2021, Science Immunology
  • LINE1 are spliced in non-canonical transcript variants to regulate T cell quiescence and exhaustion, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Exosomes Recovered From the Plasma of COVID-19 Patients Expose SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Derived Fragments and Contribute to the Adaptive Immune Response, 2022, Frontiers in Immunology

Sergio Abrignani frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Renata Grifantini (32 coauthored works)
  • Mauro Bombaci (22 coauthored works)
  • Jens Geginat (20 coauthored works)
  • Alessandra Bandera (19 coauthored works)
  • Elisa Pesce (19 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Binding of Hepatitis C Virus to CD81

    Piero Pileri;Yasushi Uematsu;Susanna Campagnoli;Giuliano Galli

  • Transcriptional Landscape of Human Tissue Lymphocytes Unveils Uniqueness of Tumor-Infiltrating T Regulatory Cells

    Marco De Simone;Alberto Arrigoni;Grazisa Rossetti;Paola Gruarin

  • SARS — beginning to understand a new virus

    Konrad Stadler;Vega Masignani;Markus Eickmann;Stephan Becker

  • Inhibition of Natural Killer Cells through Engagement of CD81 by the Major Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Protein

    Stefania Crotta;Annalisa Stilla;Andreas Wack;Annalisa D'Andrea

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition)

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  • A quantitative test to estimate neutralizing antibodies to the hepatitis C virus: cytofluorimetric assessment of envelope glycoprotein 2 binding to target cells.

    Domenico Rosa;Susanna Campagnoli;Carlo Moretto;Eric Guenzi

  • Antigen-independent activation of naive and memory resting T cells by a cytokine combination.

    Derya Unutmaz;Piero Pileri;Sergio Abrignani

  • Prospects for a vaccine against the hepatitis C virus

    Michael Houghton;Sergio Abrignani

  • Hepatic expansion of a virus-specific regulatory CD8+ T cell population in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

    Daniele Accapezzato;Vittorio Francavilla;Marino Paroli;Marco Casciaro

  • Human CD1c+ dendritic cells secrete high levels of IL-12 and potently prime cytotoxic T-cell responses.

    Giulia Nizzoli;Jana Krietsch;Anja Weick;Svenja Steinfelder

  • Plasticity of human CD4 T cell subsets.

    Jens Geginat;Moira Paroni;Stefano Maglie;Johanna Sophie Alfen

  • CD81 extracellular domain 3D structure: insight into the tetraspanin superfamily structural motifs

    Kengo Kitadokoro;Domenico Bordo;Giuliano Galli;Roberto Petracca

  • T cells can present antigens such as HIV gp120 targeted to their own surface molecules

    Antonio Lanzavecchia;Eddy Roosnek;Tim Gregory;Phillip Berman

  • The long intergenic noncoding RNA landscape of human lymphocytes highlights the regulation of T cell differentiation by linc-MAF-4

    Valeria Ranzani;Grazisa Rossetti;Ilaria Panzeri;Alberto Arrigoni

  • Activation of naïve B lymphocytes via CD81, a pathogenetic mechanism for hepatitis C virus-associated B lymphocyte disorders

    Domenico Rosa;Giulietta Saletti;Ennio De Gregorio;Francesca Zorat

  • Distinct microRNA signatures in human lymphocyte subsets and enforcement of the naive state in CD4 + T cells by the microRNA miR-125b

    Riccardo L Rossi;Grazisa Rossetti;Lynn Wenandy;Serena Curti

  • Structure-Function Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Envelope-CD81 Binding

    Roberto Petracca;Fabiana Falugi;Giuliano Galli;Nathalie Norais

  • CD1d-restricted help to B cells by human invariant natural killer T lymphocytes.

    Grazia Galli;Sandra Nuti;Simona Tavarini;Luisa Galli-Stampino

  • Normalization of circulating microRNA expression data obtained by quantitative real-time RT-PCR.

    Francesco Marabita;Paola de Candia;Anna Torri;Jesper Tegnér

  • Invariant NKT cells sustain specific B cell responses and memory

    Grazia Galli;Paola Pittoni;Elena Tonti;Carmine Malzone

  • Compartmentalization of T lymphocytes to the site of disease: intrahepatic CD4+ T cells specific for the protein NS4 of hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

    M A Minutello;P Pileri;D Unutmaz;S Censini

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimiliano Pagani
Massimiliano Pagani University of Milan
Jens Geginat
Jens Geginat University of Milan
Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton University of Alberta
Guido Grandi
Guido Grandi University of Trento
Raffaele De Francesco
Raffaele De Francesco University of Milan
Paolo Dellabona
Paolo Dellabona Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giulia Casorati
Giulia Casorati Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Nicola Gagliani
Nicola Gagliani Universität Hamburg
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Vincenzo Barnaba
Vincenzo Barnaba Sapienza University of Rome

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