Immunology taught by Darwin

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

1953 • 12,496 citations

On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life /

1859 • 7,255 citations

On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

1859 • 4,595 citations

Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection

1995 • 4,310 citations

Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system

1974 • 2,058 citations

Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus

2001 • 1,761 citations

The epitopes of influenza nucleoprotein recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes can be defined with short synthetic peptides

1986 • 1,723 citations

The Concept of Immunological Surveillance

2015 • 1,586 citations

Human immunodeficiency virus genetic variation that can escape cytotoxic T cell recognition

1991 • 1,025 citations

Association of class I major histocompatibility heavy and light chains induced by viral peptides

1989 • 995 citations

Biological and biomedical implications of the co-evolution of pathogens and their hosts

2002 • 822 citations

Diversity Considerations in HIV-1 Vaccine Selection

2002 • 798 citations

Evidence of HIV-1 Adaptation to HLA-Restricted Immune Responses at a Population Level

2002 • 754 citations

Positive selection of HIV-1 cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape variants during primary infection

1997 • 696 citations

Tat-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes select for SIV escape variants during resolution of primary viraemia

2000 • 693 citations

Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

2002 • 670 citations

Genes Lost and Genes Found: Evolution of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Symbiosis

2001 • 561 citations

Evolution of Cell Recognition by Viruses

2001 • 269 citations

On immunosurveillance in human cancer.

1982 • 211 citations

Muller's ratchet decreases fitness of a DNA-based microbe.

1996 • 181 citations

Fit genotypes and escape variants of subgroup III Neisseria meningitidis during three pandemics of epidemic meningitis

2001 • 145 citations

A Link Between Virulence and Ecological Abundance in Natural Populations ofStaphylococcus aureus

2001 • 111 citations

Effect of sequence variation in meningococcal PorA outer membrane protein on the effectiveness of a hexavalent PorA outer membrane vesicle vaccine

2000 • 68 citations

Changes in the Dutch Bordetella pertussis population in the first 20 years after the introduction of whole-cell vaccines

2002 • 60 citations

Are RNA Viruses Adapting or Merely Changing?

2000 • 45 citations