2026 Stephanie S. Watowich: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	65	8959	8262	3978	3569	174	24348

Overview

Stephanie S. Watowich is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans medicine and immunology and microbiology, with focused subfields including immunology, oncology, molecular biology, genetics, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to cancer and immune system interactions. Key themes include:

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Gut microbiota and health
Immune cells in cancer
Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Immune Response and Inflammation

Among their recent published papers are:

"Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response," 2021, Science
"Gut microbiota signatures are associated with toxicity to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade," 2021, Nature Medicine
"Targeting PD-L2-RGMb overcomes microbiome-related immunotherapy resistance," 2023, Nature
"Microbiome alteration via fecal microbiota transplantation is effective for refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
"Vaccine efficacy against primary and metastatic cancer with in vitro-generated CD103⁺ conventional dendritic cells," 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in the field. Notable coauthors include:

Yifan Zhou
Rachel L. Babcock
Bhakti Patel
Laura M. Kahn
Taylor T. Chrisikos

Stephanie S. Watowich's publications often appear in the following venues:

The Journal of Immunology
Cancer Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts

Best Publications

T Helper 17 Lineage Differentiation Is Programmed by Orphan Nuclear Receptors RORα and RORγ

Xuexian O. Yang;Bhanu P. Pappu;Roza Nurieva;Askar Akimzhanov

2183
Citations
Essential autocrine regulation by IL-21 in the generation of inflammatory T cells

Roza Nurieva;Xuexian O. Yang;Gustavo Martinez;Yongliang Zhang

1961
Citations
STAT3 REGULATES CYTOKINE-MEDIATED GENERATION OF INFLAMMATORY HELPER T CELLS

Xuexian O. Yang;Athanasia D. Panopoulos;Roza Nurieva;Seon Hee Chang

1895
Citations
Critical Regulation of Early Th17 Cell Differentiation by Interleukin-1 Signaling

Yeonseok Chung;Seon Hee Chang;Gustavo J. Martinez;Xuexian O. Yang

1488
Citations
Generation of T Follicular Helper Cells Is Mediated by Interleukin-21 but Independent of T Helper 1, 2, or 17 Cell Lineages

Roza I. Nurieva;Yeonseok Chung;Daehee Hwang;Xuexian O. Yang

1462
Citations
Molecular Antagonism and Plasticity of Regulatory and Inflammatory T Cell Programs

Xuexian O. Yang;Roza Nurieva;Gustavo J. Martinez;Hong Soon Kang

1400
Citations
CCR6 regulates the migration of inflammatory and regulatory T cells.

Tomohide Yamazaki;Xuexian O. Yang;Yeonseok Chung;Atsushi Fukunaga

689
Citations
STAT3 signaling in immunity.

Emily J. Hillmer;Huiyuan Zhang;Haiyan S. Li;Stephanie S. Watowich;Stephanie S. Watowich

600
Citations
HIF-1α, STAT3, CBP/p300 and Ref-1/APE are components of a transcriptional complex that regulates Src-dependent hypoxia-induced expression of VEGF in pancreatic and prostate carcinomas

Michael J Gray;Jing Zhang;Jing Zhang;Lee M Ellis;Gregg L Semenza

531
Citations
The transcriptional regulators Id2 and Id3 control the formation of distinct memory CD8+ T cell subsets.

Cliff Y Yang;J Adam Best;Jamie Knell;Edward Yang

479
Citations
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: Molecular mechanisms of action during steady state and ‘emergency’ hematopoiesis

Athanasia D. Panopoulos;Stephanie S. Watowich

447
Citations
BRAF inhibition increases tumor infiltration by T cells and enhances the antitumor activity of adoptive immunotherapy in mice.

Chengwen Liu;Weiyi Peng;Chunyu Xu;Yanyan Lou

419
Citations
Homodimerization and constitutive activation of the erythropoietin receptor.

Stephanie S. Watowich;Akihiko Yoshimura;Gregory D. Longmore;Gregory D. Longmore;Douglas J. Hilton

411
Citations
Gut microbiota signatures are associated with toxicity to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade.

Miles C. Andrews;Miles C. Andrews;Miles C. Andrews;Connie P.M. Duong;Connie P.M. Duong;Connie P.M. Duong;Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan;Valerio Iebba;Valerio Iebba

384
Citations
Complex regulation of heat shock- and glucose-responsive genes in human cells.

S S Watowich;R I Morimoto

299
Citations
Enhancer-Mediated Control of Macrophage-Specific Arginase I Expression

Anne Laure Pauleau;Robert Rutschman;Roland Lang;Alessandra Pernis

291
Citations
General nature of the STAT3-activated anti-inflammatory response

Karim C. El Kasmi;Jeff Holst;Maryaline Coffre;Lisa Mielke

268
Citations
STAT5 Protein Negatively Regulates T Follicular Helper (Tfh) Cell Generation and Function

Roza I. Nurieva;Andrew Podd;Andrew Podd;Yuhong Chen;Andrei M. Alekseev

266
Citations
CYTOKINE RECEPTOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND THE CONTROL OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELL DEVELOPMENT

Stephanie S. Watowich;Hong Wu;Merav Socolovsky;Ursula Klingmuller

261
Citations
Generation of T Follicular Helper Cells Is Mediated by Interleukin-21 but Independent of T Helper 1, 2, or 17 Cell Lineages (DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.05.009)

Roza I. Nurieva;Yeonseok Chung;Daehee Hwang;Xuexian O. Yang

12
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