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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary J. Nabel is a researcher affiliated with ModeX Therapeutics in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable focus areas including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Oncology, and Virology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • Next-generation influenza vaccines: opportunities and challenges, 2020, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Local delivery of mRNA-encoded cytokines promotes antitumor immunity and tumor eradication across multiple preclinical tumor models, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • A trispecific antibody targeting HER2 and T cells inhibits breast cancer growth via CD4 cells, 2022, Nature
  • A respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein nanoparticle vaccine focuses antibody responses to a conserved neutralization domain, 2020, Science Immunology
  • A bivalent Epstein-Barr virus vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies that block infection and confer immunity in humanized mice, 2022, Science Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Gary J. Nabel include:

  • John R. Mascola
  • Ronnie R. Wei
  • Chih-Jen Wei
  • Zhiyong Yang
  • Ercole Rao

Key publication venues in which this scientist has published multiple works include:

  • Science Translational Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Nature

Throughout their career, Gary J. Nabel has been recognized with fellowships that highlight contributions to science, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • An inducible transcription factor activates expression of human immunodeficiency virus in T cells

    Gary Nabel;David Baltimore

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 1 stimulate the human immunodeficiency virus enhancer by activation of the nuclear factor kappa B

    Laurelee Osborn;Steven Kunkel;Gary J. Nabel

  • Rational Design of Envelope Identifies Broadly Neutralizing Human Monoclonal Antibodies to HIV-1

    Xueling Wu;Zhi Yong Yang;Yuxing Li;Carl Magnus Hogerkorp

  • Structural basis for broad and potent neutralization of HIV-1 by antibody VRC01.

    Tongqing Zhou;Ivelin Georgiev;Xueling Wu;Zhi Yong Yang

  • Direct gene transfer with DNA-liposome complexes in melanoma: expression, biologic activity, and lack of toxicity in humans

    Gary J. Nabel;Elizabeth G. Nabel;Zhi Yong Yang;Bernard A. Fox

  • HIV vaccine design and the neutralizing antibody problem

    Dennis R Burton;Ronald C Desrosiers;Robert W Doms;Wayne C Koff

  • Structure of HIV-1 gp120 V1/V2 domain with broadly neutralizing antibody PG9

    Jason S. McLellan;Marie Pancera;Chris Carrico;Jason Gorman

  • Focused evolution of hiv-1 neutralizing antibodies revealed by crystal structures and deep sequencing

    John R. Mascola;Gary Nabel;Barton F. Haynes;Xueling Wu

  • Structural definition of a conserved neutralization epitope on HIV-1 gp120.

    Tongqing Zhou;Ling Xu;Barna Dey;Ann J. Hessell

  • Site-specific gene expression in vivo by direct gene transfer into the arterial wall.

    Elizabeth G. Nabel;Gregory Plautz;Gary J. Nabel

  • A DNA vaccine induces SARS coronavirus neutralization and protective immunity in mice

    Zhi Yong Yang;Wing Pui Kong;Yue Huang;Anjeanette Roberts

  • Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons: Medical and Public Health Management

    Luciana Borio;Thomas Inglesby;C. J. Peters;Alan L. Schmaljohn

  • Regulation of NF-κB by Cyclin-Dependent Kinases Associated with the p300 Coactivator

    Neil D. Perkins;Lisa K. Felzien;Jonathan C. Betts;Kwanyee Leung

  • Self-assembling influenza nanoparticle vaccines elicit broadly neutralizing H1N1 antibodies

    Masaru Kanekiyo;Chih Jen Wei;Hadi M. Yassine;Patrick M. McTamney;Patrick M. McTamney

  • Treatment of diseases by site-specific instillation of cells or site-specific transformation of cells and kits therefor

    Elizabeth G. Nabel;Gary J. Nabel

  • p53 inhibition by the LANA protein of KSHV protects against cell death.

    Jacques Friborg;Wing-pui Kong;Michael O. Hottiger;Michael O. Hottiger;Gary J. Nabel

  • Development of a preventive vaccine for Ebola virus infection in primates

    Nancy J. Sullivan;Anthony Sanchez;Pierre E. Rollin;Zhi Yong Yang

  • Activation of HIV gene expression during monocyte differentiation by induction of NF-kB

    George E. Griffin;Kwanyee Leung;Thomas M. Folks;Steven Kunkel

  • HTLV-1 transactivator induces interleukin-2 receptor expression through an NF-κB-like factor

    Kwanyee Leung;Gary J. Nabel

  • Heme oxygenase-1 protects against vascular constriction and proliferation.

    Henricus J. Duckers;Manfred Boehm;Andrea L. True;Shaw Fang Yet

  • Cytostatic gene therapy for vascular proliferative disorders with a constitutively active form of the retinoblastoma gene product

    Mark W. Chang;Eliav Barr;Jonathan Seltzer;Yue Qin Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Mascola
John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics
Elizabeth G. Nabel
Elizabeth G. Nabel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Zhi-Yong Yang
Zhi-Yong Yang Sanofi (United States)
Zhi-Yong Yang
Zhi-Yong Yang ModeX Therapeutics LLC
Norman L. Letvin
Norman L. Letvin Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Peter D. Kwong
Peter D. Kwong Columbia University Medical Center
Richard A. Koup
Richard A. Koup National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Srinivas S. Rao
Srinivas S. Rao National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Barney S. Graham
Barney S. Graham Morehouse School of Medicine
Robert T. Bailer
Robert T. Bailer National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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