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Immunology
China
2025

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Immunology

D-Index
86
Citations
27002
World Ranking
1266
National Ranking
662

Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
27131
World Ranking
13667
National Ranking
6941

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in China Leader Award

Overview

Hua-Xin Liao is affiliated with Jinan University in China and has contributed extensively to research in immunology, microbiology, medicine, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including immunology, virology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology. The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects such as HIV research and treatment, immune cell function and interaction, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Liao's recent publications reflect these interests and include:

  • Tumor-associated antigen-based personalized dendritic cell vaccine in solid tumor patients, 2020, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
  • A SARS-CoV-2 antibody curbs viral nucleocapsid protein-induced complement hyperactivation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Aberrant B cell repertoire selection associated with HIV neutralizing antibody breadth, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Genome-wide identification of key regulatory lncRNAs in esophageal cancer metastasis, 2021, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Direct Targeting of CREB1 with Imperatorin Inhibits TGFβ2-ERK Signaling to Suppress Esophageal Cancer Metastasis, 2020, Advanced Science

Frequent collaboration has been a notable aspect of Liao's research career. The scientist has coauthored with several researchers multiple times, including Xiaohui Yuan, Barton F. Haynes, M. Anthony Moody, Changwen Wu, and David C. Montefiori.

Liao's publications have appeared repeatedly in various scientific venues, with a particular concentration in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Advanced Science
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Cell Reports

The scientist's body of work largely engages with immune system dynamics, infectious agents, and molecular pathways relevant to disease mechanisms and treatments. Through investigation of adaptive immune responses, antibody repertoires, and viral pathogens like HIV and SARS-CoV-2, Liao contributes to fields intersecting clinical and molecular immunology.

Best Publications

  • Immune-Correlates Analysis of an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Barton F. Haynes;Peter B. Gilbert;M. Juliana McElrath;Susan Zolla-Pazner

  • Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus

    Hua-Xin Liao;Rebecca Lynch;Tongqing Zhou;Feng Gao;Feng Gao

  • Cardiolipin Polyspecific Autoreactivity in Two Broadly Neutralizing HIV-1 Antibodies

    Barton F. Haynes;Judith Fleming;E. William St. Clair;Herman Katinger

  • Initial B-Cell Responses to Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: Virion-Binding Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies Followed by Plasma Anti-gp41 Antibodies with Ineffective Control of Initial Viremia

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Nicole L. Yates;Pinghuang Liu;Li Qin

  • A broadly neutralizing human antibody that recognizes the receptor-binding pocket of influenza hemagglutinin

    James Whittle;Stephen C. Harrison;Barton F. Haynes;Hua-Xin Liao

  • Analysis of a Clonal Lineage of HIV-1 Envelope V2/V3 Conformational Epitope-Specific Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies and Their Inferred Unmutated Common Ancestors

    Mattia Bonsignori;Kwan Ki Hwang;Xi Chen;Chun Yen Tsao

  • Vaccine-induced Env V1-V2 IgG3 correlates with lower HIV-1 infection risk and declines soon after vaccination

    Nicole L. Yates;Nicole L. Yates;Hua Xin Liao;Hua Xin Liao;Youyi Fong;Allan DeCamp

  • Nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines induce potent T follicular helper and germinal center B cell responses.

    Norbert Pardi;Michael J. Hogan;Martin S. Naradikian;Kaela Parkhouse

  • Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-Mediating Antibodies from an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial Target Multiple Epitopes and Preferentially Use the VH1 Gene Family

    Mattia Bonsignori;Justin Pollara;M. Anthony Moody;Michael D. Alpert

  • Vaccine-induced plasma IgA specific for the C1 region of the HIV-1 envelope blocks binding and effector function of IgG

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Guido Ferrari;Xiaoying Shen;S. Munir Alam

  • Vaccine Induction of Antibodies against a Structurally Heterogeneous Site of Immune Pressure within HIV-1 Envelope Protein Variable Regions 1 and 2

    Hua Xin Liao;Mattia Bonsignori;S. Munir Alam;Jason S. McLellan

  • Heterogeneous neutralizing antibody and antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity responses in HIV-1 elite controllers.

    Olivier Lambotte;Guido Ferrari;Christiane Moog;Nicole L Yates

  • Maturation Pathway from Germline to Broad HIV-1 Neutralizer of a CD4-Mimic Antibody

    Mattia Bonsignori;Tongqing Zhou;Zizhang Sheng;Lei Chen

  • Cooperation of B Cell Lineages in Induction of HIV-1-Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies

    Feng Gao;Mattia Bonsignori;Hua Xin Liao;Amit Kumar

  • A group M consensus envelope glycoprotein induces antibodies that neutralize subsets of subtype B and C HIV-1 primary viruses.

    Hua Xin Liao;Laura L. Sutherland;Shi Mao Xia;Mary E. Brock

  • The transmembrane hyaluronate receptor (CD44) : multiple functions, multiple forms

    B. F. Haynes;Hua-Xin Liao;K. L. Patton

  • Role of HIV membrane in neutralization by two broadly neutralizing antibodies

    S. Munir Alam;Marco Morelli;S. Moses Dennison;Hua-Xin Liao

  • High-throughput isolation of immunoglobulin genes from single human B cells and expression as monoclonal antibodies.

    Hua-Xin Liao;Marc C. Levesque;Ashleigh Nagel;Ashlyn Dixon

  • Vaccine-induced IgG antibodies to V1V2 regions of multiple HIV-1 subtypes correlate with decreased risk of HIV-1 infection

    Susan Zolla-Pazner;Allan DeCamp;Peter B. Gilbert;Constance Williams

  • A human monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection by targeting a new site of vulnerability on the parasite

    Neville K. Kisalu;Azza H. Idris;Connor Weidle;Yevel Flores-Garcia

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
S. Munir Alam
S. Munir Alam Duke University
M. Anthony Moody
M. Anthony Moody Duke University
Thomas B. Kepler
Thomas B. Kepler Boston University
Mattia Bonsignori
Mattia Bonsignori Duke University
Robert Parks
Robert Parks Duke University
Richard M. Scearce
Richard M. Scearce Duke University
Guido Ferrari
Guido Ferrari Duke University

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