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D-Index
51
Citations
10758
World Ranking
4135
National Ranking
1887

William J. Burlingham 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 William J. Burlingham sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 259 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William J. Burlingham 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 William J. Burlingham sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William J. Burlingham is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research work encompasses a variety of subfields, including Immunology, Transplantation, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Viral-associated Cancers and Disorders, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Organ Donation and Transplantation, and Reproductive System and Pregnancy.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Regulatory cell therapy in kidney transplantation (The ONE Study): a harmonised design and analysis of seven non-randomised, single-arm, phase 1/2A trials, 2020, The Lancet
  • Treg-Cell-Derived IL-35-Coated Extracellular Vesicles Promote Infectious Tolerance, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Targeted donor complement blockade after brain death prevents delayed graft function in a nonhuman primate model of kidney transplantation, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Identification of PD1-mediated regulation of antitumor antigen response in patients with NSCLC using the trans vivo DTH assay, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Interleukin-10 and Transforming Growth Factor-β Cytokines Decrease Immune Activation During Normothermic Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion of the Rat Liver, 2021, Liver Transplantation

Their frequent co-authors include Ewa Jankowska−Gan, Jeremy A. Sullivan, Diego Lema, Weixiong Zhong, and Seungpyo Hong.

William J. Burlingham has published multiple papers in journals such as Transplantation Direct, UNC Libraries, American Journal of Transplantation, The Lancet, and Cell Reports.

Best Publications

  • An Interaction between Kynurenine and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Can Generate Regulatory T Cells

    Joshua D. Mezrich;John H. Fechner;Xiaoji Zhang;Brian P. Johnson

  • Identification of a B cell signature associated with renal transplant tolerance in humans

    Kenneth A. Newell;Adam Asare;Allan D. Kirk;Trang D. Gisler

  • IL-17–dependent cellular immunity to collagen type V predisposes to obliterative bronchiolitis in human lung transplants

    William J. Burlingham;Robert B. Love;Robert B. Love;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Lynn D. Haynes

  • Regulatory cell therapy in kidney transplantation (The ONE Study): a harmonised design and analysis of seven non-randomised, single-arm, phase 1/2A trials.

    Birgit Sawitzki;Paul N Harden;Petra Reinke;Aurélie Moreau

  • The Effect of Tolerance to Noninherited Maternal HLA Antigens on the Survival of Renal Transplants from Sibling Donors

    W.J. Burlingham;A.P. Grailer;D.M. Heisey;F.H.J. Claas

  • Human allograft acceptance is associated with immune regulation

    A.M. VanBuskirk;W.J. Burlingham;E. Jankowska-Gan;T. Chin

  • A New Model of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Reveals an Important Role for Early Lytic Viral Protein Expression in the Development of Lymphomas

    Shi Dong Ma;Subramanya Hegde;Ken H. Young;Ruth Sullivan

  • Extracellular matrix scaffold and hydrogel derived from decellularized and delipidized human pancreas

    Sara Dutton Sackett;Daniel M Tremmel;Fengfei Ma;Austin K Feeney

  • Microchimerism Linked To Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Functional Unresponsiveness (clonal Anergy) In A Tolerant Renal Transplant Recipient

    William J. Burlingham;Alan P. Grailer;John H. Fechner;Satoshi Kusaka

  • Interleukin 35: a key mediator of suppression and the propagation of infectious tolerance.

    Brian M. Olson;Jeremy A. Sullivan;William J. Burlingham

  • Neutralizing IL-17 prevents obliterative bronchiolitis in murine orthotopic lung transplantation.

    L. Fan;H. L. Benson;R. Vittal;E. A. Mickler

  • Minor H antigen HA-1-specific regulator and effector CD8+ T cells, and HA-1 microchimerism, in allograft tolerance

    Junchao Cai;Junglim Lee;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Richard Derks

  • Treg-Cell-Derived IL-35-Coated Extracellular Vesicles Promote Infectious Tolerance

    Jeremy A. Sullivan;Yusuke Tomita;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Diego A. Lema

  • Tolerance to Noninherited Maternal MHC Antigens in Mice

    Joachim Andrassy;Satoshi Kusaka;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Jose R. Torrealba

  • Human Prostate Tumor Antigen–Specific CD8+ Regulatory T Cells Are Inhibited by CTLA-4 or IL-35 Blockade

    Brian M. Olson;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Jordan T. Becker;Dario A. A. Vignali

  • Anti-type V collagen humoral immunity in lung transplant primary graft dysfunction.

    Takekazu Iwata;Alexander Philipovskiy;Amanda J. Fisher;Robert G. Presson

  • An Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Mutant with Enhanced BZLF1 Expression Causes Lymphomas with Abortive Lytic EBV Infection in a Humanized Mouse Model

    Shi Dong Ma;Xianming Yu;Janet E. Mertz;Jenny E. Gumperz

  • Microchimerism is strongly correlated with tolerance to noninherited maternal antigens in mice

    Partha Dutta;Melanie Molitor-Dart;Joseph L. Bobadilla;Drew A. Roenneburg

  • Th-17, Monokines, Collagen Type V, and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation

    Joseph L. Bobadilla;Robert B. Love;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Qingyong Xu

  • Naturally acquired tolerance and sensitization to minor histocompatibility antigens in healthy family members

    Astrid G. S. van Halteren;Ewa Jankowska-Gan;Antoinette Joosten;Els Blokland

  • Immunomodulation by soluble HLA class I.

    Roland Buelow;William J. Burlingham;Carol Clayberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans W. Sollinger
Hans W. Sollinger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stuart J. Knechtle
Stuart J. Knechtle Duke University
John D. Pirsch
John D. Pirsch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles G. Orosz
Charles G. Orosz The Ohio State University
Els Goulmy
Els Goulmy Leiden University Medical Center
Jenny E. Gumperz
Jenny E. Gumperz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel S. Greenspan
Daniel S. Greenspan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Laurence A. Turka
Laurence A. Turka Harvard University
Frans H.J. Claas
Frans H.J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Paul M. Sondel
Paul M. Sondel University of Wisconsin–Madison

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