2026 David Rekosh: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	54	3910	3605	1791	1638	133	8889

Overview

David Rekosh is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research focuses on several areas within medicine and the biological sciences, particularly emphasizing HIV research, molecular biology, and virology. The body of work includes contributions to infectious diseases, RNA mechanisms, and immunology.

Rekosh's research encompasses the following main fields of study:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology

Their work extends into notable subfields such as:

Infectious Diseases
Molecular Biology
Virology
Epidemiology
Plant Science

Among their primary topics of investigation are:

HIV Research and Treatment
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer

Several recent papers showcase the scope of Rekosh's scholarly output. These include:

"Intron retention and its impact on gene expression and protein diversity: A review and a practical guide," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA
"Upregulation of human endogenous retrovirus-K (HML-2) mRNAs in hepatoblastoma: Identification of potential new immunotherapeutic targets and biomarkers," 2020, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
"HIV-1 Rev-RRE functional activity in primary isolates is highly dependent on minimal context-dependent changes in Rev," 2022, Scientific Reports
"Sequence and Functional Variation in the HIV-1 Rev Regulatory Axis," 2020, Current HIV Research
"Development of a pseudovirus assay and evaluation to screen natural products for inhibition of HIV-1 subtype C reverse transcriptase," 2020, Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Rekosh often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld
Patrick Jackson
Godfrey Dzhivhuho
David F. Grabski
Jordan Holsey

Their research has been published repeatedly in venues that include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA
Scientific Reports
Current HIV Research
Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Best Publications

Identification of a protein linked to the ends of adenovirus DNA

D.M.K. Rekosh;W.C. Russell;A.J.D. Bellet;A.J. Robinson

631
Citations
A small element from the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus genome makes human immunodeficiency virus type 1 expression and replication Rev-independent.

Molly Bray;Susan Prasad;John W. Dubay;Eric Hunter

556
Citations
Regulation of human immunodeficiency virus env expression by the rev gene product.

M L Hammarskjöld;J Heimer;B Hammarskjöld;I Sangwan

440
Citations
The constitutive transport element (CTE) of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) accesses a cellular mRNA export pathway.

Amy E. Pasquinelli;Robert K. Ernst;Elsebet Lund;Christian Grimm

305
Citations
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Pr55gag and Pr160gag-pol expressed from a simian virus 40 late replacement vector are efficiently processed and assembled into viruslike particles.

A J Smith;M I Cho;M L Hammarskjöld;D Rekosh

273
Citations
Role of Pr160gag-pol in mediating the selective incorporation of tRNA(Lys) into human immunodeficiency virus type 1 particles.

Johnson Mak;Min Jiang;Mark A. Wainberg;Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld

245
Citations
A structured retroviral RNA element that mediates nucleocytoplasmic export of intron-containing RNA.

Robert K. Ernst;Molly Bray;David Rekosh;Marie Louise Hammarskjöld

213
Citations
Requirements for incorporation of Pr160gag-pol from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 into virus-like particles.

A. J. Smith;Narasimhachar Srinivasakumar;M.-L. Hammarskjöld;D. Rekosh

202
Citations
U1 small nuclear RNA plays a direct role in the formation of a rev-regulated human immunodeficiency virus env mRNA that remains unspliced.

Xiaobin Lu;Jessica Heimer;David Rekosh;Marie-Louise Hammarskjold

200
Citations
An intron with a constitutive transport element is retained in a Tap messenger RNA

Ying Li;Yeou-Cherng Bor;Yukiko Misawa;Yuming Xue

165
Citations
The effect of viral regulatory protein expression on gene delivery by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vectors produced in stable packaging cell lines.

Narasimhachar Srinivasakumar;Nathalie Chazal;C. Helga-Maria;Susan Prasad

160
Citations
Characterization of deletion mutations in the capsid region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 that affect particle formation and Gag-Pol precursor incorporation.

Narasimhachar Srinivasakumar;M.-L. Hammarskjold;D. Rekosh

152
Citations
Chondrocyte transplantation into articular cartilage defects with use of calcium alginate: the fate of the cells.

Cay M. Mierisch;Heather A. Wilson;Maria A. Turner;Todd A. Milbrandt

147
Citations
Effect of pactamycin on synthesis of poliovirus proteins: a method for genetic mapping.

Robert Taber;David Rekosh;David Baltimore

145
Citations
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Particles Pseudotyped with Envelope Proteins That Fuse at Low pH No Longer Require Nef for Optimal Infectivity

Nathalie Chazal;Gregory Singer;Christopher Aiken;Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld

145
Citations
NXT1 (p15) is a crucial cellular cofactor in TAP-dependent export of intron-containing RNA in mammalian cells.

Brian W. Guzik;Lyne Levesque;Susan Prasad;Yeou-Cherng Bor

143
Citations
Identification of a cis-acting element in human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) that is responsive to the HIV-1 rev and human T-cell leukemia virus types I and II rex proteins.

N Lewis;J Williams;D Rekosh;M L Hammarskjöld

138
Citations
Sam68 enhances the cytoplasmic utilization of intron-containing RNA and is functionally regulated by the nuclear kinase Sik/BRK.

John H. Coyle;Brian W. Guzik;Yeou-Cherng Bor;Li Jin

133
Citations
Tap and NXT promote translation of unspliced mRNA

Li Jin;Brian W. Guzik;Yeou-cherng Bor;David Rekosh

125
Citations
Probing the HIV-1 genomic RNA trafficking pathway and dimerization by genetic recombination and single virion analyses.

Michael D. Moore;Olga A. Nikolaitchik;Jianbo Chen;Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld

125
Citations
The Wilms’ tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron

Yeou-cherng Bor;Jennifer Swartz;Avril Morrison;David Rekosh

121
Citations