Rama Rao Amara

Also affiliated with Emory University, Emory and Henry College, Emory Eye Center

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine

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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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An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 1 indexed paper attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

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Papers

Driven by 54 papers. Top paper: “Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection”.

Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection

Nature(2022)10.1038/s41586-022-04690-5

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4.9DataRank · unranked

185 citations

Elodie Ghedin, Matthew B. Frieman, Florian Krammer, Alba Grifoni, Arghavan Alisoltani +95 more

SARS-CoV-2 RBD trimer protein adjuvanted with Alum-3M-052 protects from SARS-CoV-2 infection and immune pathology in the lung

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-23942-y

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0.688DataRank · unranked

97 citations

Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Venkata S. Bollimpelli, Sailaja Gangadhara, Venkata Viswanadh Edara, Lilin Lai +20 more

DNA/MVA HIV-1/AIDS vaccine elicits long-lived vaccinia virus-specific immunity and confers protection against a lethal monkeypox challenge

Virology(2007)10.1016/j.virol.2007.04.010

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0.617DataRank · unranked

60 citations

Patricia L. Earl, Jeffrey L. Americo, Sunita Sharma, Linda S. Wyatt, Yvette Edghill-Spano +6 more

PD-1 blockade and vaccination provide therapeutic benefit against SIV by inducing broad and functional CD8 + T cells in lymphoid tissue

Science Immunology(2021)10.1126/sciimmunol.abh3034

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0.561DataRank · unranked

41 citations

Bhrugu Yagnik, Alexander P. R. Bally, Kristen N. Morrow, Shelly Wang, Thomas H. Vanderford +4 more

The C3/465 glycan hole cluster in BG505 HIV-1 envelope is the major neutralizing target involved in preventing mucosal SHIV infection

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009257

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0.546DataRank · unranked

37 citations

Samantha L. Burton, Prabhu S. Arunachalam, Christopher A. Cottrell, Leigh M. Sewall, Venkata S. Bollimpelli +10 more

Clinical and whole genome characterization of SARS-CoV-2 in India

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0246173

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0.442DataRank · unranked

18 citations

K. Nagamani, Thrilok Chander Bingi, Raja Rao M., Kalyani Putty, Pankaj Singh Dholaniya +10 more

Primate resident memory T cells activate humoral and stromal immunity

Immunity(2025)10.1016/j.immuni.2025.09.009

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0.441DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Benjamin N. Bimber, Clare F. Quarnstrom, Venkata S. Bollimpelli, Jason M. Schenkel, Kathryn Fraser +26 more

Structure-guided changes at the V2 apex of HIV-1 clade C trimer enhance elicitation of autologous neutralizing and broad V1V2-scaffold antibodies

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110436

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0.387DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Edgar A. Hodge, Celia C. LaBranche, Tiffany M. Styles, Xiaoying Shen, Narayanaiah Cheedarla +10 more

HIV, asymptomatic STI, and the rectal mucosal immune environment among young men who have sex with men

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011219

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0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

S. Abigail Smith, Yi‐Juan Hu, Gregory K. Tharp, Steven E. Bosinger, Cassie Grimsley Ackerley +7 more

Tailoring Tfh profiles enhances antibody persistence to a clade C HIV-1 vaccine in rhesus macaques

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.89395

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0.322DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Chase E Hawes, Sonny R. Elizaldi, Justin C. Smith, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Gabriel Kristian Pedersen +7 more

Short Communication:Transgender Women on Feminizing Hormone Therapy Demonstrate a Distinct Rectal Mucosal Transcriptome from Cisgender Men

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2020)10.1089/aid.2020.0061

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0.312DataRank · unranked

7 citations

James M. Billingsley, Gregory K. Tharp, Praveen K. Amancha, Vin Tangpricha, S. Abigail Smith +4 more

A novel HIV triple broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) combination-based passive immunization of infant rhesus macaques achieves durable protective plasma neutralization levels and mediates anti-viral effector functions

PLoS ONE(2024)10.1371/journal.pone.0312411

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0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Christina Kosman, Maria Dennis, Elena Giorgi, Kenneth Vuong, Ioanna Pahountis +21 more

Integrated analysis of rectal mucosal microbiome and transcriptome reveals a distinct microenvironment among young MSM

JCI Insight(2024)10.1172/jci.insight.181720

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

S. Abigail Smith, Phillip M. Murray, Praveen K. Amancha, Vanessa Van Doren, Gregory K. Tharp +5 more

A modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine expressing spike and nucleocapsid protects rhesus macaques against SARS-CoV-2 Delta infection

Science Immunology(2022)10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0226

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51 citations

Sailaja Gangadhara, Lilin Lai, Meredith E. Davis-Gardner, Katharine Floyd, Ayalnesh Shiferaw +19 more

Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.155601

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32 citations

James M. Billingsley, Ashish Sharma, Tiffany M. Styles, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Uma Shanmugasundaram +13 more

PD-1 blockade following ART interruption enhances control of pathogenic SIV in rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2202148119

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26 citations

Kehmia Titanji, Hasan Ahmed, Ravi Dyavar Shetty, Lakshmi Chennareddi, Gordon J. Freeman +3 more

Challenges and Opportunities of Therapies Targeting Early Life Immunity for Pediatric HIV Cure

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.885272

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18 citations

Ashley N. Nelson, Bhrugu Yagnik, Ria Goswami, Tiffany M. Styles, Margaret Neja +9 more

A neutralizing antibody target in early HIV-1 infection was recapitulated in rhesus macaques immunized with the transmitted/founder envelope sequence

PLoS Pathogens(2022)10.1371/journal.ppat.1010488

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6 citations

Srirupa Chakraborty, Jie Yang, Anne Gleinich, Sailaja Gangadhara, Salar N. Khan +27 more

A clade C HIV-1 vaccine protects against heterologous SHIV infection by modulating IgG glycosylation and T helper response in macaques

Science Immunology(2022)10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4102

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10 citations

Andrew Jones, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Sailaja Gangadhara, Vicky Roy, Tiffany M. Styles +19 more

V2 hotspot optimized MVA vaccine expressing stabilized HIV-1 Clade C envelope Gp140 delays acquisition of heterologous Clade C Tier 2 challenges in Mamu-A*01 negative Rhesus Macaques

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.914969

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8 citations

Sailaja Gangadhara, Pradeep B. J. Reddy, Anusmita Sahoo, Ayalensh Shiferaw, Sarah Welbourn +5 more

T-cell activation and B-cell interaction signatures in rectal tissues are associated with HIV replication in ex-vivo model of infection

AIDS(2022)10.1097/qad.0000000000003356

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Phillip M. Murray, Praveen K. Amancha, Cassie Grimsley Ackerley, Gregory K. Tharp, Steven E. Bosinger +3 more

Efficacy of mRNA-1273 and Novavax ancestral or BA.1 spike booster vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 infection in nonhuman primates

Science Immunology(2023)10.1126/sciimmunol.adg7015

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30 citations

Samuel D. Stampfer, Lilin Lai, Akil Akhtar, Xin Tong, Dansu Yuan +23 more

Intradermal but not intramuscular modified vaccinia Ankara immunizations protect against intravaginal tier2 simian-human immunodeficiency virus challenges in female macaques

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40430-7

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17 citations

Pradeep B. J. Reddy, Sailaja Gangadhara, Tysheena P. Charles, Samantha L. Burton, Gregory K. Tharp +21 more

TREM2+ and interstitial-like macrophages orchestrate airway inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-37425-9

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39 citations

Elise G. Viox, Timothy N. Hoang, Arun K. Boddapati, María Pino, Michelle Y. Lee +23 more

Antibody response, neutralizing potency, and transplacental antibody transfer following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection versus mRNA‐1273, BNT162b2 COVID‐19 vaccination in pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics(2023)10.1002/ijgo.14648

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10 citations

Naima T. Joseph, Alexandra D. Forrest, Hans Verkerke, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Sakthivel Govindaraj +11 more

Tailoring T fh Profiles Enhances Antibody Persistence to a Clade C HIV-1 Vaccine in Rhesus Macaques

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.18.549515

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2 citations

Chase E Hawes, Sonny R. Elizaldi, Justin C. Smith, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Gabriel Kristian Pedersen +7 more

A novel HIV triple broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) combination-based passive immunization of infant rhesus macaques achieves durable protective plasma neutralization levels and mediates anti-viral effector functions

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.09.561559

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Christina Kosman, Maria Dennis, Elena Giorgi, Kenneth Vuong, Ioanna Pahountis +20 more

Tailoring Tfh Profiles Enhances Antibody Persistence to a Clade C HIV-1 Vaccine in Rhesus Macaques

(2023)10.7554/elife.89395.1

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Chase E Hawes, Sonny R. Elizaldi, Justin C. Smith, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Gabriel Kristian Pedersen +7 more

Vaccination induces broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to HIV gp41

Nature Immunology(2024)10.1038/s41590-024-01833-w

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0DataRank · unranked

53 citations

Ivy Phung, Rashmi Ray, A. Irimia, Ming Tian, Olivia Swanson +70 more

Exploring synergies between B- and T-cell vaccine approaches to optimize immune responses against HIV—workshop report

npj Vaccines(2024)10.1038/s41541-024-00818-y

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14 citations

Rama Rao Amara, Katharine J. Bar, Shane Crotty, Steven G. Deeks, Christopher Duplessis +9 more

Induction of Tier 2 HIV-Neutralizing IgA Antibodies in Rhesus Macaques Vaccinated with BG505.664 SOSIP

Vaccines(2024)10.3390/vaccines12121386

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3 citations

Prabhu S. Arunachalam, Traci Legere, Lisa A. Cavacini, Eric Hunter, Bali Pulendran +3 more

IL-15/IL-15Ra Synergies with IL-12 to Induce Functional CD8 T Cells and NK Cells During Chronic SHIV Infection

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2024)10.1089/aid.2024.0043

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2 citations

Chris Ibegbu, Syed Abid Ali, Hemalatha Babu, Uma Shanmugasundaram, François Villinger +3 more

Tailoring Tfh profiles enhances antibody persistence to a clade C HIV-1 vaccine in rhesus macaques

eLife(2024)10.7554/elife.89395.3

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Chase E Hawes, Sonny R. Elizaldi, Justin C. Smith, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Gabriel Kristian Pedersen +7 more

Identifying correlates of viral rebound timing and viral control in SHIV-infected infant macaques after ART interruption

Science Translational Medicine(2025)10.1126/scitranslmed.adq1965

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2 citations

Achal Awasthi, Richard Barfield, Stella J. Berendam, Bhrugu Yagnik, Tiffany M. Styles +21 more

Mpox-specific cellular and humoral immunity in mpox survivors living with HIV

Cell Reports(2025)10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116501

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2 citations

Lalita Priyamvada, Shainy Sambyal, Sailaja Gangadhara, Margaret Moriarty, Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar +6 more

T cell-inducing vaccine durably prevents mucosal SHIV infection even with lower neutralizing antibody titers

Nature Medicine(2020)10.1038/s41591-020-0858-8

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0DataRank · unranked

170 citations

Tysheena P. Charles, Vineet Joag, Venkata S. Bollimpelli, Madeleine Scott, Florian Wimmers +29 more

Influenza vaccine based on AS03-adjuvanted chimeric HA induces long-lived stalk-specific plasma cells in bone marrow and lymph nodes of nonhuman primates

Nature Immunology(2025)10.1038/s41590-025-02309-1

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1 citations

Tiffany M. Styles, Chunyang Gu, André Nicolás León, Gregory K. Tharp, Kasey Stokdyk +19 more

A thymus-independent artificial organoid system supports complete thymopoiesis from Rhesus macaque-derived hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.29.673172

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1 citations

Saleem Anwar, Yu-Tim Yau, Sunil Badve, Yesim Gokmen Polar, John D. Roback +4 more

A Thymus-Independent Artificial Organoid System Supports Complete Thymopoiesis from Rhesus Macaque-Derived Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

Biomedicines(2025)10.3390/biomedicines13112692

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Saleem Anwar, Yu-Tim Yau, Sunil Badve, Yesim Gökmen‐Polar, John D. Roback +4 more

Defining resident memory T cell differentiation and function in non-human primates 4479

The Journal of Immunology(2025)10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.2157

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Vineet Joag, Andrew G. Soerens, Stephen D. O’Flanagan, Kishor Jakkala, Joseph K. Guter +10 more

Non-human primate LIBRA-Seq accelerates neutralizing antibody discovery in RM vaccinated against HIV-1

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.64898/2025.12.19.695353

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Aaron D. Silva Trenkle, Anusmita Sahoo, Kendra Cruickshank, Stacey A. Lapp, Nagarajan Raju +16 more

Monocyte-eosinophil signaling axis promotes vaccine-mediated protection against SARS-CoV-2

PLoS Pathogens(2025)10.1371/journal.ppat.1013752

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Stephanie L. Foster, Meenakshi Kar, Katharine Floyd, Elizabeth J. Elrod, M. Williams +14 more

Functional MAIT Cells Are Associated With Reduced Simian–Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Frontiers in Immunology(2020)10.3389/fimmu.2019.03053

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0DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Chris Ibegbu, Tiffany M. Styles, Andrew Jones, Uma Shanmugasundaram, Pradeep B. J. Reddy +7 more

Transcriptomic approach predicts a major role for transforming growth factor beta type 1 pathway in L‐Dopa‐induced dyskinesia in parkinsonian rats

Genes Brain & Behavior(2020)10.1111/gbb.12690

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12 citations

Lisa F. Potts, Goichi Beck, Bhagya Laxmi Dyavar Shetty, Benton Lawson, Anthony T. Podany +4 more

Systematic Assessment of Antiviral Potency, Breadth, and Synergy of Triple Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Combinations against Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Viruses

Journal of Virology(2020)10.1128/jvi.01667-20

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11 citations

Tiffany M. Styles, Papa K. Morgan-Asiedu, DeAnna Tenney, Amit Kumar, Veronica Obregon-Perko +10 more

Ex vivo rectal explant model reveals potential opposing roles of Natural Killer cells and Marginal Zone-like B cells in HIV-1 infection

Scientific Reports(2020)10.1038/s41598-020-76976-5

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5 citations

Phillip M. Murray, Praveen K. Amancha, Cassie Grimsley Ackerley, Yi‐Juan Hu, Rama Rao Amara +2 more

Modified Vaccinia Ankara Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Expressing Full-Length Spike Induces Strong Neutralizing Antibody Response

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.06.27.175166

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9 citations

Sailaja Gangadhara, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Ayalnesh Shiferaw, Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Anusmita Sahoo +9 more

A modified vaccinia Ankara vector-based vaccine protects macaques from SARS-CoV-2 infection, immune pathology, and dysfunction in the lungs

Immunity(2021)10.1016/j.immuni.2021.02.001

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91 citations

Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Sailaja Gangadhara, Venkata S. Bollimpelli, Arun K. Boddapati, Ayalnesh Shiferaw +27 more

Cutting Edge: Mouse SARS-CoV-2 Epitope Reveals Infection and Vaccine-Elicited CD8 T Cell Responses

The Journal of Immunology(2021)10.4049/jimmunol.2001400

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48 citations

Sathi Wijeyesinghe, J. Michael Stolley, Clare F. Quarnstrom, Thamotharampillai Dileepan, Andrew G. Soerens +21 more

Improving rigor and reproducibility in nonhuman primate research

American Journal of Primatology(2021)10.1002/ajp.23331

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21 citations

Rama Rao Amara, Elizabeth A. Buffalo, Ricki J. Colman, Monica E. Embers, John H. Morrison +4 more

Circulating integrin α4β7+ CD4 T cells are enriched for proliferative transcriptional programs in HIV infection

FEBS Letters(2021)10.1002/1873-3468.14163

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4 citations

Jamin W. Roh, Niharika N. Rane, Ashok Reddy Dinasarapu, Daphne D. Tran, Vijayakumar Velu +7 more

Oral Vaccination Approaches for Anti-SHIV Immunity

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.702705

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2 citations

Lingyun Wang, Deepanwita Bose, Sailaja Gangadhara, Robert L. Wilson, Rama Rao Amara +3 more

TREM2+ and interstitial macrophages orchestrate airway inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.10.05.463212

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8 citations

Timothy N. Hoang, María Pino, Arun K. Boddapati, Elise G. Viox, Michelle Y. Lee +22 more

Changes at V2 apex of HIV-1 Clade C trimer enhance elicitation of autologous neutralizing and broad V1V2-scaffold antibodies

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.06.15.447100

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0 citations

Edgar A. Hodge, Celia C. LaBranche, Tiffany Turner Styles, Xiaoying Shen, Narayanaiah Cheedarla +10 more