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Immunology
Australia
2023

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Immunology

D-Index
110
Citations
53468
World Ranking
491
National Ranking
13

Medicine

D-Index
110
Citations
53469
World Ranking
5479
National Ranking
150

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Australia Leader Award

Overview

William R. Heath is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with a significant focus on immunology within these disciplines.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Immune Cells in Cancer
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Their scholarly output demonstrates activity in several subfields such as Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, and Epidemiology.

Frequent publication venues for William R. Heath include:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Immunology
  • Cell Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Immunity

Some of their recent research papers are:

  • Discrete tissue microenvironments instruct diversity in resident memory T cell function and plasticity, 2021, Nature Immunology
  • The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Adrenergic regulation of the vasculature impairs leukocyte interstitial migration and suppresses immune responses, 2021, Immunity
  • Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 5 (S1PR5) regulates the peripheral retention of tissue-resident lymphocytes, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Marginal zone B cells acquire dendritic cell functions by trogocytosis, 2022, Science

William R. Heath has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Daniel Fernandez-Ruiz
  • Lauren E. Holz
  • Lynette Beattie
  • Irina Caminschi
  • Mireille H. Lahoud

Best Publications

  • T Cell Receptor Antagonist Peptides Induce Positive Selection

    Kristin A Hogquist;Stephen C Jameson;William R Heath;Jane L Howard

  • Help for cytotoxic-T-cell responses is mediated by CD40 signalling

    Sally R. M. Bennett;Sally R. M. Bennett;Francis R. Carbone;Freda Karamalis;Freda Karamalis;Richard A. Flavell

  • Defective TCR expression in transgenic mice constructed using cDNA-based alpha- and beta-chain genes under the control of heterologous regulatory elements

    Megan J Barnden;Jan Allison;William R Heath;Francis R Carbone

  • The developmental pathway for CD103(+)CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells of skin.

    Laura K Mackay;Azad Rahimpour;Joel Z Ma;Nicholas Collins

  • Memory T cells in nonlymphoid tissue that provide enhanced local immunity during infection with herpes simplex virus

    Thomas Gebhardt;Linda M Wakim;Liv Eidsmo;Patrick C Reading

  • Cross-presentation, dendritic cells, tolerance and immunity.

    William R. Heath;Francis R. Carbone

  • Cross-presentation, dendritic cell subsets, and the generation of immunity to cellular antigens

    William R. Heath;Gabrielle T. Belz;Georg M. N. Behrens;Christopher M. Smith

  • Induction of a CD8( ) cytotoxic T lymphocyte response by cross-priming requires cognate CD4( ) T cell help

    Sally R.M. Bennett;Francis R. Carbone;Freda Karamalis;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

  • Memory T Cell Subsets, Migration Patterns, and Tissue Residence

    Scott N Mueller;Thomas Gebhardt;Francis R Carbone;William R Heath

  • Class I–restricted Cross-Presentation of Exogenous Self-Antigens Leads to Deletion of Autoreactive CD8+ T Cells

    Christian Kurts;Hiroshi Kosaka;Francis R. Carbone;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

  • Migratory dendritic cells transfer antigen to a lymph node-resident dendritic cell population for efficient CTL priming.

    Rhys S. Allan;Jason Waithman;Sammy Bedoui;Claerwen M. Jones

  • Cross-presentation of viral and self antigens by skin-derived CD103 + dendritic cells

    Sammy Bedoui;Paul G Whitney;Jason Waithman;Jason Waithman;Liv Eidsmo

  • Constitutive class I-restricted exogenous presentation of self antigens in vivo.

    C. Kurts;W. R. Heath;F. R. Carbone;J. Allison

  • Long-lived epithelial immunity by tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells in the absence of persisting local antigen presentation

    Laura K. Mackay;Angus T. Stock;Joel Z. Ma;Claerwen M. Jones

  • Cutting Edge: Intravenous Soluble Antigen Is Presented to CD4 T Cells by CD8− Dendritic Cells, but Cross-Presented to CD8 T Cells by CD8+ Dendritic Cells

    Joanne L. Pooley;William R. Heath;Ken Shortman

  • Epidermal Viral Immunity Induced by CD8α+ Dendritic Cells But Not by Langerhans Cells

    Rhys S. Allan;Chris M. Smith;Gabrielle T. Belz;Allison L. van Lint

  • The CD8+ dendritic cell subset

    Ken Shortman;William R Heath

  • Cross-presentation in viral immunity and self-tolerance.

    William R. Heath;Francis R. Carbone

  • Dendritic cell-induced memory T cell activation in nonlymphoid tissues.

    Linda M. Wakim;Jason Waithman;Jason Waithman;Jason Waithman;Nico van Rooijen;Nico van Rooijen;Nico van Rooijen;William R. Heath;William R. Heath;William R. Heath

  • The CD8α+ Dendritic Cell Is Responsible for Inducing Peripheral Self-Tolerance to Tissue-associated Antigens

    Gabrielle T. Belz;Georg M.N. Behrens;Chris M. Smith;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis R. Carbone
Francis R. Carbone University of Melbourne
Scott N. Mueller
Scott N. Mueller University of Melbourne
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland
Ken Shortman
Ken Shortman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Irina Caminschi
Irina Caminschi Monash University
Jose A. Villadangos
Jose A. Villadangos University of Melbourne
Christian Kurts
Christian Kurts University of Bonn
Jacques F. A. P. Miller
Jacques F. A. P. Miller Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Brendan S. Crabb
Brendan S. Crabb Monash University
Thomas Gebhardt
Thomas Gebhardt University of Melbourne

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