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56
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8230
World Ranking
3765
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1723

Gabriel Virella publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 198 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Gabriel Virella D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gabriel Virella is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with additional work in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization include:

  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics

Virella's work covers several key topics, such as:

  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Their recent papers include:

  • Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins (2020), published in Medical Immunology
  • The Humoral Immune Response and Its Induction by Active Immunization (2020), published in Medical Immunology
  • Persistent Epsilon-Like Wave After Right Atrial Myxoma Resection: A Case Report (2025), published in Cureus

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gabriel Virella include:

  • Maria F. Lopes-Virella
  • A C Wang
  • A Naoun
  • M. Dela Cruz
  • Lynn K. Reyes

Virella's publications primarily appear in the following venues:

  • Medical Immunology
  • Cureus

Best Publications

  • Low density lipoprotein metabolism by human macrophages activated with low density lipoprotein immune complexes. A possible mechanism of foam cell formation.

    R L Griffith;G T Virella;H C Stevenson;M F Lopes-Virella

  • Antibodies to oxidized LDL and LDL-containing immune complexes as risk factors for coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;G. Virella;Trevor J. Orchard;Sinikka Koskinen

  • Anti-oxidized low-density lipoprotein antibodies in patients with coronary heart disease and normal healthy volunteers.

    Gabriel Virella;Isabel Virella;Isabel Virella;Robert B. Leman;Robert B. Leman;Michael B. Pryor;Michael B. Pryor

  • The uptake of LDL-IC by human macrophages : Predominant involvement of the FcγRI receptor

    Maria F Lopes-Virella;Maria F Lopes-Virella;Nafees Binzafar;Nafees Binzafar;Sarah Rackley;Sarah Rackley;Akira Takei;Akira Takei

  • OxLDL immune complexes activate complement and induce cytokine production by MonoMac 6 cells and human macrophages

    Antonio F. Saad;Antonio F. Saad;Gabriel Virella;Charlyne Chassereau;Charlyne Chassereau;Robert J. Boackle

  • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES AND IMMUNE RESPONSES TO HÆMOPHILUS INFLUENZÆ AND MENINGOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDES

    J.P. Pandey;G. Virella;C.B. Loadholt;H.H. Fudenberg

  • Isolation and Characterization of Human Antioxidized LDL Autoantibodies

    Marina Mironova;G. Virella;Maria F. Lopes-Virella

  • Anti-modified LDL antibodies, LDL-containing immune complexes, and susceptibility of LDL to in vitro oxidation in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Marina A. Mironova;Richard L. Klein;Gabriel T. Virella;Maria F. Lopes-Virella

  • Autoimmune response to advanced glycosylation end-products of human LDL.

    Gabriel Virella;Suzanne R. Thorpe;Nathan L. Alderson;Elias M. Stephan

  • Levels of Oxidized LDL and Advanced Glycation End Products–Modified LDL in Circulating Immune Complexes Are Strongly Associated With Increased Levels of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Its Progression in Type 1 Diabetes

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;Kelly J. Hunt;Nathaniel L. Baker;John Lachin

  • Proatherogenic and proinflammatory properties of immune complexes prepared with purified human oxLDL antibodies and human oxLDL.

    G. Virella;D. Atchley;Sinikka Koskinen;D. Zheng

  • Antibodies to oxidized LDL predict coronary artery disease in type 1 diabetes: a nested case-control study from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.

    T. J. Orchard;G. Virella;K. Y.-Z. Forrest;R. W. Evans

  • Isolation of soluble immune complexes by affinity chromatography using staphylococcal protein A--Sepharose as substrate

    F. Chenais;G. Virella;C.C. Patrick;H. Hugh Fudenberg

  • Immune Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes Mellitus

    Maria F Lopes-Virella;Gabriel Virella

  • Atherosclerosis and Autoimmunity

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;G. Virella

  • Immunosuppressive effects of fish oil in normal human volunteers: Correlation with the in vitro effects of eicosapentanoic acid on human lymphocytes

    Gabriel Virella;Kimberly Fourspring;Barbara Hyman;Rebecca Haskill-Stroud

  • Clinical significance of the humoral immune response to modified LDL

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;Gabriel Virella

  • Immune complexes containing modified lipoproteins are related to the progression of internal carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 1 diabetes

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;Maria F. Lopes-Virella;Michael Brent McHenry;Stuart Lipsitz;Eunsil Yim

  • Activation of human monocyte-derived macrophages by immune complexes containing low-density lipoprotein.

    Gabriel Virella;José F. Muñoz;Gillian M.P. Galbraith;Christoph Gissinger

  • Risk Factors Related to Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in the DCCT/EDIC Cohort and Their Relationship With Nephropathy and Macrovascular Complications

    Maria F. Lopes-Virella;Rickey E. Carter;Gregory E. Gilbert;Richard L. Klein

  • Manual of clinical immunology: Edited by Noel R. Rose and Herman Friedman. American Society for Microbiology, 1976. 932 pp

    Gabriel Virella;H.Hugh Fudenberg

  • Methods in immunology and immunochemistry

    Gabriel Virella;H.Hugh Fudenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria F. Lopes-Virella
Maria F. Lopes-Virella Medical University of South Carolina
Alicia J. Jenkins
Alicia J. Jenkins University of Sydney
John M. Lachin
John M. Lachin George Washington University
H. Hugh Fudenberg
H. Hugh Fudenberg University of California, San Francisco
Rickey E. Carter
Rickey E. Carter Mayo Clinic
Trevor J. Orchard
Trevor J. Orchard University of Pittsburgh
David M. Nathan
David M. Nathan Harvard University
Suzanne R. Thorpe
Suzanne R. Thorpe University of South Carolina
Eva L. Feldman
Eva L. Feldman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew D. Paterson
Andrew D. Paterson University of Toronto

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