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Amir Yousif

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1996Rising activity

Publications

33

Citations

158

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
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Amir Yousif studies how immune cells called CD8+ T cells (a type of white blood cell that kills infected or cancerous cells) become dysfunctional or 'exhausted' during chronic infections and cancer, and how this process can be reversed to improve cancer immunotherapy. The work focuses on the molecular switches (such as proteins BLIMP1, KLF3, and KDM5A/B, and epigenetic changes—chemical modifications that control which genes are turned on or off) that control T cell memory and dysfunction, with applications to improving treatments like PD-1 blockade therapy.

CD8+ T cell exhaustion and memoryCancer immunotherapy (PD-1 blockade)Epigenetic regulation of immune cellsInterferon signaling in T cell dysfunctionOral squamous cell carcinoma immunology

Publication output was minimal or absent from 2017-2020, then increased modestly from 2021-2024, followed by a sharp surge in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.8/year recently
171819202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 22 publications22252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Immunology×8
  • Nature Immunology×3
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • Nature×1
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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