2026 Todd A. Fehniger: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	67	2635	2426	1255	1145	299	28628

Overview

Todd A. Fehniger is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with extensive work in Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Hematology. The main topics of their research include Immune Cell Function and Interaction, CAR-T cell therapy research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune cells in cancer, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Fehniger has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with recent notable papers including:

CAR-modified memory-like NK cells exhibit potent responses to NK-resistant lymphomas, 2020, Blood
Allogeneic natural killer cell therapy, 2022, Blood
Donor memory-like NK cells persist and induce remissions in pediatric patients with relapsed AML after transplant, 2021, Blood
Combining AFM13, a Bispecific CD30/CD16 Antibody, with Cytokine-Activated Blood and Cord Blood-Derived NK Cells Facilitates CAR-like Responses Against CD30+ Malignancies, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
Multidimensional Analyses of Donor Memory-Like NK Cells Reveal New Associations with Response after Adoptive Immunotherapy for Leukemia, 2020, Cancer Discovery

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Fehniger include:

Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott
Amanda F. Cashen
David A. Russler-Germain
Michelle Becker-Hapak
Pamela Wong

Fehniger's research contributions have often appeared in leading publication venues. These include Blood, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, European Journal of Immunology, and Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. The majority of their published work can be found in Blood, with 28 contributions.

Best Publications

The biology of human natural killer-cell subsets.

Megan A Cooper;Todd A Fehniger;Michael A Caligiuri

3894
Citations
Human natural killer cells: a unique innate immunoregulatory role for the CD56bright subset

Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Sarah C. Turner;Kenneth S. Chen

1901
Citations
Granzyme B and Perforin Are Important for Regulatory T Cell-Mediated Suppression of Tumor Clearance

Xuefang Cao;Sheng F. Cai;Todd A. Fehniger;Jiling Song

1301
Citations
Interleukin 15: biology and relevance to human disease

Todd A. Fehniger;Michael A. Caligiuri

1294
Citations
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

1078
Citations
CD56bright natural killer cells are present in human lymph nodes and are activated by T cell–derived IL-2: a potential new link between adaptive and innate immunity

Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Gerard J Nuovo;Marina Cella

1064
Citations
Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Gene Expression by Human NK Cells Following Activation with IL-18 or IL-15 in Combination with IL-12: Implications for the Innate Immune Response

Todd A. Fehniger;Manisha H. Shah;Matthew J. Turner;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

953
Citations
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia

Rizwan Romee;Maximillian Rosario;Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott;Julia A. Wagner

924
Citations
Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

914
Citations
TP53 and Decitabine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes

John S. Welch;Allegra A. Petti;Christopher A. Miller;Catrina C. Fronick

870
Citations
Natural killer cell receptors: new biology and insights into the graft-versus-leukemia effect.

Sherif S. Farag;Todd A. Fehniger;Todd A. Fehniger;Loredana Ruggeri;Loredana Ruggeri;Andrea Velardi;Andrea Velardi

726
Citations
Cytokine activation induces human memory-like NK cells.

Rizwan Romee;Stephanie E. Schneider;Jeffrey W. Leong;Julie M. Chase

716
Citations
NK cell and DC interactions.

Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Anja Fuchs;Marco Colonna

602
Citations
In vivo evidence for a dependence on interleukin 15 for survival of natural killer cells.

Megan A. Cooper;Jennifer E. Bush;Todd A. Fehniger;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

561
Citations
Acquisition of murine NK cell cytotoxicity requires the translation of a pre-existing pool of granzyme B and perforin mRNAs.

Todd A. Fehniger;Sheng F. Cai;Xuefang Cao;Andrew J. Bredemeyer

517
Citations
A potential role for interleukin-15 in the regulation of human natural killer cell survival.

W E Carson;T A Fehniger;S Haldar;K Eckhert

514
Citations
Fatal Leukemia in Interleukin 15 Transgenic Mice Follows Early Expansions in Natural Killer and Memory Phenotype Cd8+ T Cells

Todd A. Fehniger;Kazuhiro Suzuki;Anand Ponnappan;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

481
Citations
First-in-human phase 1 clinical study of the IL-15 superagonist complex ALT-803 to treat relapse after transplantation

Rizwan Romee;Sarah Cooley;Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott;Peter Westervelt

411
Citations
Interleukin-2 and interleukin-15: immunotherapy for cancer.

Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Michael A Caligiuri

380
Citations
Differential expression and function of L-selectin on CD56bright and CD56dim natural killer cell subsets.

Margaret Frey;Nalini B. Packianathan;Todd A. Fehniger;Mary E. Ross

354
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. DiPersio Washington University in St. Louis

Michael A. Caligiuri City Of Hope National Medical Center

Nancy L. Bartlett Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Westervelt Brown University

Ravi Vij Washington University in St. Louis

Megan A. Cooper Washington University in St. Louis

Timothy J. Ley Washington University in St. Louis

Obi L. Griffith Washington University in St. Louis

Malachi Griffith Washington University in St. Louis

Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University

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