🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Weiping Zhang

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ORCID: 0000-0002-3723-2257

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicine

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This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 19 papers. Top paper: “Behavioral and neural network abnormalities in human APP transgenic mice resemble those of App knock-in mice and are modulated by familial Alzheimer’s disease mutations but not by inhibition of BACE1”.

Behavioral and neural network abnormalities in human APP transgenic mice resemble those of App knock-in mice and are modulated by familial Alzheimer’s disease mutations but not by inhibition of BACE1

Molecular Neurodegeneration(2020)10.1186/s13024-020-00393-5

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76 citations

Kaitlyn Ho, Gui-Qiu Yu, Melanie Das, Pascal E. Sanchez, Biljana Djukic +8 more

The Intriguing Interaction of Escherichia coli with the Host Environment and Innovative Strategies To Interfere with Colonization: a Summary of the 2019 E. coli and the Mucosal Immune System Meeting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2020)10.1128/aem.02085-20

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11 citations

Meryem Aloulou, James M. Fleckenstein, Christina Schäffer, Åsa Sjöling, Stephanie Schüller +6 more

Vaccines against gastroenteritis, current progress and challenges

Gut Microbes(2020)10.1080/19490976.2020.1770666

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45 citations

Qiangde Duan, Weiping Zhang, Hyesuk Seo

Preclinical Characterization of Immunogenicity and Efficacy against Diarrhea from MecVax, a Multivalent Enterotoxigenic E. coli Vaccine Candidate

Infection and Immunity(2021)10.1128/iai.00106-21

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34 citations

Carolina Garcia, Xiaosai Ruan, Qiangde Duan, David A. Sack, Weiping Zhang +1 more

Multiepitope Fusion Antigen: MEFA, an Epitope- and Structure-Based Vaccinology Platform for Multivalent Vaccine Development

Methods in molecular biology(2021)10.1007/978-1-0716-1900-1_10

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21 citations

Kuo Hao Lee, Weiping Zhang, Siqi Li

A multi-epitope fusion antigen candidate vaccine for Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is protective against strain B7A colonization in a rabbit model

PLoS neglected tropical diseases(2022)10.1371/journal.pntd.0010177

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20 citations

Hyesuk Seo, Weiping Zhang, David A. Sack, R. Mark Jones

Intramuscularly Administered Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Vaccine Candidate MecVax Prevented H10407 Intestinal Colonization in an Adult Rabbit Colonization Model

Microbiology Spectrum(2022)10.1128/spectrum.01473-22

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19 citations

Kathryn L. Lauder, Siqi Li, Galen Ptacek, Weiping Zhang, Ipshita Upadhyay

Characterization of Functional B-Cell Epitopes at the Amino Terminus of Shigella Invasion Plasmid Antigen B (IpaB)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2022)10.1128/aem.00384-22

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13 citations

Xinfeng Han, Ipshita Upadhyay, Weiping Zhang, Siqi Li

A broadly immunogenic polyvalent Shigella multiepitope fusion antigen protein protects against Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri lethal pulmonary challenges in mice

Infection and Immunity(2023)10.1128/iai.00316-23

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15 citations

Shaghayegh Anvari, Galen Ptacek, Ipshita Upadhyay, Robert W. Kaminski, David A. Sack +2 more

Protein-based vaccine candidate MecVax broadly protects against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli intestinal colonization in a rabbit model

Infection and Immunity(2023)10.1128/iai.00272-23

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12 citations

Shafiullah M. D. Parvej, Yiyang Shen, Siqi Li, Kathryn L. Lauder, Chongyang Zhang +2 more

Polyvalent Protein Adhesin MEFA-II Induces Functional Antibodies against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Adhesins CS7, CS12, CS14, CS17, and CS21 and Heat-Stable Toxin (STa)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2023)10.1128/aem.00683-23

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10 citations

Shafiullah M. D. Parvej, Siqi Li, Kathryn L. Lauder, Yiyang Shen, Weiping Zhang +1 more

A Polyvalent Adhesin–Toxoid Multiepitope-Fusion-Antigen-Induced Functional Antibodies against Five Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Adhesins (CS7, CS12, CS14, CS17, and CS21) but Not Enterotoxins (LT and STa)

Microorganisms(2023)10.3390/microorganisms11102473

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7 citations

Hyesuk Seo, Ipshita Upadhyay, Weiping Zhang, Siqi Li

MecVax supplemented with CFA MEFA-II induces functional antibodies against 12 adhesins (CFA/I, CS1–CS7, CS12, CS14, CS17, and CS21) and 2 toxins (STa, LT) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Microbiology Spectrum(2024)10.1128/spectrum.04153-23

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7 citations

Siqi Li, Ipshita Upadhyay, Kathyrn L. Lauder, David A. Sack, Weiping Zhang +1 more

Mapping the functional B-cell epitopes of Shigella invasion plasmid antigen D (IpaD)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2024)10.1128/aem.00988-24

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6 citations

Weiping Zhang, Siqi Li

Characterization of Shigella virulence factor intracellular spread A (IcsA, or VirG) functional epitopes against S. flexneri 2a and S. sonnei invasion and adherence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2025)10.1128/aem.01175-25

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3 citations

Sai Simha Reddy Vakamalla, Siqi Li, Weiping Zhang, Aashwina Madhwal

Recent progress in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli vaccine research and development

Infection and Immunity(2025)10.1128/iai.00368-25

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3 citations

David A. Sack, Weiping Zhang

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Vaccine Candidate MecVax With Protein Antigens Prepared From Animal‐Free Media Is Equally Immunogenic and Protective Against Adhesins CFA/I, CS1–CS6 and Toxins LT and STa

Microbiology and Immunology(2025)10.1111/1348-0421.70008

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1 citations

Bedaso Mammo Edao, Weiping Zhang, Ipshita Upadhyay

Effect of 5 % lactose and 0.1 % polysorbate 80 buffer on protein-based multivalent ETEC vaccine candidate MecVax stabilization and immunogenicity

Vaccine(2025)10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127634

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Ipshita Upadhyay, Weiping Zhang, Bedaso Mammo Edao

MecVax, an Epitope- and Structure-Based Broadly Protective Subunit Vaccine Against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Microorganisms(2025)10.3390/microorganisms13122866

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Weiping Zhang