Rafi Ahmed

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center US

0000-0002-9591-2621

763

Publications

108,417

Citations

163

H-Index

473

i10-Index

4.28

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Most Cited Works

Restoring function in exhausted CD8 T cells during chronic viral infection

Daniel L. Barber, E. John Wherry, David Masopust, Baogong Zhu, James P. Allison +3 more

Nature 2005

3,933

PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression

Cheryl L. Day, Daniel E. Kaufmann, Photini Kiepiela, Julia A. Brown, Eshia Moodley +17 more

Nature 2006

2,631

Molecular Signature of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion during Chronic Viral Infection

E. John Wherry, Sang‐Jun Ha, Susan M. Kaech, W. Nicholas Haining, Surojit Sarkar +5 more

Immunity 2007

2,100

Defining CD8+ T cells that provide the proliferative burst after PD-1 therapy OA

Se Jin Im, Masao Hashimoto, Michael Y. Gerner, Junghwa Lee, Haydn Kissick +11 more

Nature 2016

2,014

Counting Antigen-Specific CD8 T Cells: A Reevaluation of Bystander Activation during Viral Infection OA

Kaja Murali‐Krishna, John D. Altman, M. Suresh, David Sourdive, Allan Zajac +3 more

Immunity 1998

1,953

Publications

763 total

Defining CD8+ T cells that provide the proliferative burst after PD-1 therapy PDF

Se Jin Im, Masao Hashimoto, Michael Y. Gerner, Junghwa Lee, Haydn Kissick et al. - Nature, 2016

Cited by 2,014 OpenAlex

mTOR regulates memory CD8 T-cell differentiation PDF

Koichi Araki, Alexandra P. Turner, Virginia Shaffer, Shivaprakash Gangappa, Susanne A. Keller et al. - Nature, 2009

Cited by 1,556 OpenAlex

Molecular Signature of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion during Chronic Viral Infection

E. John Wherry, Sang‐Jun Ha, Susan M. Kaech, W. Nicholas Haining, Surojit Sarkar et al. - Immunity, 2007

Cited by 2,100 OpenAlex

The function of programmed cell death 1 and its ligands in regulating autoimmunity and infection

Arlene H. Sharpe, E. John Wherry, Rafi Ahmed, Gordon J. Freeman - Nature Immunology, 2007

Cited by 1,502 OpenAlex

Molecular Signature of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion during Chronic Viral Infection PDF

E. John Wherry, Sang‐Jun Ha, Susan M. Kaech, W. Nicholas Haining, Surojit Sarkar et al. - Immunity, 2007

Cited by 1,376 OpenAlex

PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression

Cheryl L. Day, Daniel E. Kaufmann, Photini Kiepiela, Julia A. Brown, Eshia Moodley et al. - Nature, 2006

Cited by 2,631 OpenAlex

Restoring function in exhausted CD8 T cells during chronic viral infection

Daniel L. Barber, E. John Wherry, David Masopust, Baogong Zhu, James P. Allison et al. - Nature, 2005

Cited by 3,933 OpenAlex

Lineage relationship and protective immunity of memory CD8 T cell subsets PDF

E. John Wherry, Volker Teichgräber, Todd C. Becker, David Masopust, Susan M. Kaech et al. - Nature Immunology, 2003

Cited by 1,838 OpenAlex

Selective expression of the interleukin 7 receptor identifies effector CD8 T cells that give rise to long-lived memory cells

Susan M. Kaech, Joyce T. Tan, E. John Wherry, Bogumila T. Konieczny, Charles D. Surh et al. - Nature Immunology, 2003

Cited by 1,809 OpenAlex

Viral Persistence Alters CD8 T-Cell Immunodominance and Tissue Distribution and Results in Distinct Stages of Functional Impairment

E. John Wherry, Joseph N. Blattman, Kaja Murali‐Krishna, Robbert van der Most, Rafi Ahmed - Journal of Virology, 2003

Cited by 1,570 OpenAlex

Research Topics

Immune Cell Function and Interaction (329) T-cell and B-cell Immunology (253) Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (246) Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (89) SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (88)

Frequent Co-Authors

E. John Wherry

9 joint publications

Susan M. Kaech

6 joint publications

Gordon J. Freeman

4 joint publications

Joseph N. Blattman

4 joint publications

Daniel L. Barber

3 joint publications

Arlene H. Sharpe

3 joint publications

Affiliations

The Wistar Institute

US 2006 - 2006

Scripps Research Institute

US 2013 - 1985

Western University

CA 1984 - 1984

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

US 2025 - 2025

University of Sydney

AU 2014 - 2014

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