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George N. Pavlakis

George N. Pavlakis

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Immunology

D-Index
95
Citations
30597
World Ranking
904
National Ranking
502

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

George N. Pavlakis is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular focus on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Virology, and Neurology as subfields.

The scientist's work addresses various topics including Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, HIV Research and Treatment, CAR-T cell therapy research, and the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Insights to SARS-CoV-2 life cycle, pathophysiology, and rationalized treatments that target COVID-19 clinical complications," 2021, Journal of Biomedical Science
  • "Systemic IL-15, IFN-γ, and IP-10/CXCL10 signature associated with effective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine recipients," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Heterodimeric IL-15 delays tumor growth and promotes intratumoral CTL and dendritic cell accumulation by a cytokine network involving XCL1, IFN-γ, CXCL9 and CXCL10," 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • "SARS-CoV-2 antibody kinetics eight months from COVID-19 onset: Persistence of spike antibodies but loss of neutralizing antibodies in 24% of convalescent plasma donors," 2021, European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • "Co-immunization of DNA and Protein in the Same Anatomical Sites Induces Superior Protective Immune Responses against SHIV Challenge," 2020, Cell Reports

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Barbara K. Felber
  • Margherita Rosati
  • Jenifer Bear
  • Dimitris Stellas
  • Sevasti Karaliota

George N. Pavlakis has regularly published in several journals, such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Cell Reports

Regarding professional recognition, they were named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016 and are a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Automatic and Quantitative Measurement of Protein-Protein Colocalization in Live Cells

    Sylvain V. Costes;Dirk Daelemans;Edward H. Cho;Zachary Dobbin

  • Human retroviruses and AIDS, 1991. [CONTAINS GLOSSARY]

    G. Myers;B. Korber;J.A. Berzofsky;G.N. Pavlakis

  • Improved DNA: liposome complexes for increased systemic delivery and gene expression.

    Nancy Smyth Templeton;Danilo D. Lasic;Peter M. Frederik;Helmut H. Strey

  • Human retroviruses and AIDS 1996. A compilation and analysis of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences

    G. Myers;B. Foley;B. Korber

  • rev protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 affects the stability and transport of the viral mRNA.

    Barbara K. Felber;Margarita Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;Christos Cladaras;Terry Copeland

  • The pX protein of HTLV-I is a transcriptional activator of its long terminal repeats

    Barbara K. Felber;Harry Paskalis;Carol Kleinman-Ewing;Flossie Wong-Staal

  • Cloning and functional analysis of multiply spliced mRNA species of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;D M Benko;E M Fenyö

  • The rev (trs/art) protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 affects viral mRNA and protein expression via a cis-acting sequence in the env region.

    M Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;B K Felber;C Cladaras;A Athanassopoulos

  • Human retroviruses and AIDS 1994

    G. Myers;B. Korber;S. Wain-Hobson;Kuan-Teh Jeang

  • Efficient production and enhanced tumor delivery of engineered extracellular vesicles.

    Dionysios C. Watson;Defne Bayik;Avinash Srivatsan;Cristina Bergamaschi

  • Labeling Extracellular Vesicles for Nanoscale Flow Cytometry

    Aizea Morales-Kastresana;Bill Telford;Thomas A. Musich;Katherine McKinnon

  • Mutational inactivation of an inhibitory sequence in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 results in Rev-independent gag expression.

    S Schwartz;M Campbell;G Nasioulas;J Harrison

  • Inactivation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 inhibitory elements allows Rev-independent expression of Gag and Gag/protease and particle formation.

    R Schneider;M Campbell;G Nasioulas;B K Felber

  • Env and Vpu proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are produced from multiple bicistronic mRNAs.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;E M Fenyö;G N Pavlakis

  • Distinct RNA sequences in the gag region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 decrease RNA stability and inhibit expression in the absence of Rev protein.

    S Schwartz;B K Felber;G N Pavlakis

  • The structural basis for spectral variations in green fluorescent protein.

    Gottfried J. Palm;Alexander Zdanov;George A. Gaitanaris;Roland Stauber

  • Expression and characterization of the trans-activator of HTLV-III/LAV virus

    Connie M. Wright;Barbara K. Felber;Harry Paskalis;George N. Pavlakis

  • Co-localization of HIV-1 Nef with the AP-2 adaptor protein complex correlates with Nef-induced CD4 down-regulation

    Michael E. Greenberg;Scott Bronson;Martin Lock;Markus Neumann

  • High-Content Screening: A New Approach to Easing Key Bottlenecks in the Drug Discovery Process

    Kenneth A. Giuliano;Robbin L. DeBiasio;R. Terry Dunlay;Albert Gough

  • A quantitative bioassay for HIV-1 based on trans-activation.

    Barbara K. Felber;George N. Pavlakis

  • Mosaic vaccines elicit CD8+ T lymphocyte responses that confer enhanced immune coverage of diverse HIV strains in monkeys.

    Sampa Santra;Hua-Xin Liao;Ruijin Zhang;Mark Muldoon

  • The Rev protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 promotes polysomal association and translation of gag/pol and vpu/env mRNAs.

    D M D'Agostino;B K Felber;J E Harrison;G N Pavlakis

  • Continuous propagation of RRE(-) and Rev(-)RRE(-) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 molecular clones containing a cis-acting element of simian retrovirus type 1 in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

    A S Zolotukhin;A Valentin;G N Pavlakis;B K Felber

  • Human Retroviruses and AIDS. A compilation and analysis of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences: I--II; III--V

    G. Myers;B. Korber;S. Wain-Hobson;R.F. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara K. Felber
Barbara K. Felber National Institutes of Health
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Niranjan Y. Sardesai
Niranjan Y. Sardesai University of Pennsylvania
David Venzon
David Venzon National Institutes of Health
David B. Weiner
David B. Weiner The Wistar Institute
Genoveffa Franchini
Genoveffa Franchini National Institutes of Health
Marjorie Robert-Guroff
Marjorie Robert-Guroff National Institutes of Health
Celia C. LaBranche
Celia C. LaBranche Duke University
Jean D. Boyer
Jean D. Boyer Inovio Pharmaceuticals (United States)
James I. Mullins
James I. Mullins University of Washington

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