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Juan F. Hernandez-Franco

Immunology and Microbiology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2020
interferon and immune responsesInfluenza Virus Research StudiesImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmune Response and Inflammationvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Publications

21

Citations

114

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
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Juan F. Hernandez-Franco studies how vaccine adjuvants (substances that boost immune responses) work at the cellular and molecular level, with a focus on aluminum-based adjuvants, nanoparticle adjuvants, and STING agonists. His work spans basic immune mechanisms, such as how dendritic cells and inflammasomes respond to these compounds, as well as applied vaccine development for infectious diseases and cancer, tested in animal models including pigs.

Vaccine adjuvant mechanismsInnate immune activation (dendritic cells, inflammasomes)Nanoparticle-based vaccine deliverySTING agonist immunotherapyAnimal model vaccine testing (pig, dairy calf)

Publication output was minimal or absent before 2020, then rose sharply with a notable burst in 2022, followed by a steadier but continued output of a few papers per year through 2025-2026.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication20212022: 10 publications10222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Immunology×4
  • Frontiers in Immunology×3
  • Vaccines×3
  • Journal of Nanobiotechnology×2
  • Figshare×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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