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57
Citations
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3551
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Akio Adachi publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akio Adachi sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 266 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Akio Adachi D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akio Adachi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akio Adachi is affiliated with Kansai Medical University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research fields including Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on Infectious Diseases, Virology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Akio Adachi has published several recent papers, including:

  • "Grand Challenge in Human/Animal Virology: Unseen, Smallest Replicative Entities Shape the Whole Globe," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Commentary: Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Masako Nomaguchi
  • Takaaki Koma
  • Naoya Doi
  • Tomoyuki Kondo
  • Shun Adachi

Akio Adachi's work has been published notably in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Virology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Viruses
  • Journal of Virology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Production of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated retrovirus in human and nonhuman cells transfected with an infectious molecular clone.

    Akio Adachi;Howard E. Gendelman;Scott Koenig;Thomas Folks

  • Trans-activation of the human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat sequence by DNA viruses.

    Howard E. Gendelman;William Phelps;Lionel Feigenbaum;Jeffrey M. Ostrove

  • Generation of a chimeric human and simian immunodeficiency virus infectious to monkey peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

    R Shibata;M Kawamura;H Sakai;M Hayami

  • Productive, persistent infection of human colorectal cell lines with human immunodeficiency virus.

    Akio Adachi;Scott Koenig;Howard Gendelman;Daryl Daugherty

  • Cell-dependent requirement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vif protein for maturation of virus particles.

    H. Sakai;R. Shibata;J.-I. Sakuragi;S. Sakuragi

  • Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus vpr open reading frame.

    K Ogawa;R Shibata;T Kiyomasu;I Higuchi

  • Integration is essential for efficient gene expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    H. Sakai;M. Kawamura;J.-I. Sakuragi;S. Sakuragi

  • The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Accessory Protein Vpu Induces Apoptosis by Suppressing the Nuclear Factor κB–dependent Expression of Antiapoptotic Factors

    Hirofumi Akari;Stephan Bour;Sandra Kao;Akio Adachi

  • Soluble Nef antigen of HIV-1 is cytotoxic for human CD4+ T cells

    Yoichi Fujii;Kaori Otake;Masato Tashiro;Akio Adachi

  • Physiological significance of apoptosis in animal virus infection

    A.Hajime Koyama;Tomoharu Fukumori;Mikako Fujita;Hiroshi Irie

  • Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) genome in relation to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus SIV (AGM).

    R Shibata;T Miura;M Hayami;K Ogawa

  • Early replication block of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in monkey cells

    Riri Shibata;Hiroyuki Sakai;Meiko Kawamura;Kenzo Tokunaga

  • Generation of HIV-1 derivatives that productively infect macaque monkey lymphoid cells.

    Kazuya Kamada;Tatsuhiko Igarashi;Malcolm A. Martin;Boonruang Khamsri

  • Nef-induced major histocompatibility complex class I down-regulation is functionally dissociated from its virion incorporation, enhancement of viral infectivity, and CD4 down-regulation.

    Hirofumi Akari;Stefan Arold;Tomoharu Fukumori;Toshiyuki Okazaki

  • Cell-dependent requirement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp41 cytoplasmic tail for Env incorporation into virions.

    Hirofumi Akari;Tomoharu Fukumori;Akio Adachi

  • Generation and characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mutants.

    A Adachi;N Ono;H Sakai;K Ogawa

  • Different effects of Nef-mediated HLA class I down-regulation on human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific CD8(+) T-cell cytolytic activity and cytokine production.

    Hiroko Tomiyama;Hirofumi Akari;Hirofumi Akari;Akio Adachi;Masafumi Takiguchi

  • Paramyxovirus Sendai virus-like particle formation by expression of multiple viral proteins and acceleration of its release by C protein.

    Fumihiro Sugahara;Tsuneo Uchiyama;Hitoshi Watanabe;Yukie Shimazu

  • Induction of apoptosis by herpes simplex virus type 1

    A H Koyama;A Adachi

  • Infection of macaque monkeys with a chimeric human and simian immunodeficiency virus.

    Sayuri Sakuragi;Riri Shibata;Ryozaburo Mukai;Toshihiko Komatsu

  • Vpx Is Critical for Reverse Transcription of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Genome in Macrophages

    Mikako Fujita;Masami Otsuka;Masami Miyoshi;Boonruang Khamsri

Frequent Co-Authors

Masanori Hayami
Masanori Hayami Kyoto University
Tatsuo Shioda
Tatsuo Shioda Osaka University
Kazuyoshi Ikuta
Kazuyoshi Ikuta Osaka University
Osamu Yoshie
Osamu Yoshie Kindai University
Howard E. Gendelman
Howard E. Gendelman University of Nebraska Medical Center
Takeshi Mikami
Takeshi Mikami University of Tokyo
Malcolm A. Martin
Malcolm A. Martin National Institutes of Health
Akihide Ryo
Akihide Ryo Yokohama City University
Michiyuki Maeda
Michiyuki Maeda Kyoto University
Klaus Strebel
Klaus Strebel National Institutes of Health

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