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Dendritic cells and myeloid immunity

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Sebastián Amigorena

Sebastian Amigorena is a French immunologist, a CNRS research director at Institut Curie in Paris, known for work on dendritic cell antigen presentation and cancer immunotherapy.

Seymour J. Klebanoff

Seymour J. Klebanoff (1927–2016) was an American immunologist and physician at the University of Washington who discovered the myeloperoxidase antimicrobial system used by neutrophils to kill bacteria.

Siamon Gordon

Siamon Gordon, born 1938, is a South African-born immunologist and Emeritus Glaxo Wellcome Professor at Oxford, known for decades of macrophage research and the F4/80 antibody marker.

Stephen J. Galli

Stephen J. Galli is an immunologist and the Mary Hewitt Loveless Professor at Stanford School of Medicine, known for research on mast cells, basophils, and IgE antibodies in allergy.

Steven J. Bensinger

Steven J. Bensinger is an American immunologist known for work on lipid metabolism in immune cells, and chair of Immunology and Immune Therapeutics at USC since 2025.

Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek

Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, known as Theo Geijtenbeek, is a Dutch immunologist born in 1969 who discovered the dendritic cell receptor DC-SIGN and is a professor at Amsterdam UMC.

Toru Miyazaki

Toru Miyazaki (宮崎 徹) is a Japanese immunologist known for discovering AIM, a blood protein he developed into a therapy for kidney disease in cats.

William R. Heath

William R. Heath, also known as Bill Heath, is an Australian cellular immunologist and University of Melbourne professor who studies CD8 killer T cells, dendritic cells, and self-tolerance.

Yong-Jun Liu

Yong-Jun Liu is an immunologist known for identifying human plasmacytoid dendritic cells and defining TSLP's role in allergic inflammation and thymic tolerance, with leadership roles at MD Anderson, Baylor, and Sanofi.