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James E. K. Hildreth

James E. K. Hildreth

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Immunology

D-Index
50
Citations
11653
World Ranking
4210
National Ranking
1921

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

James E. K. Hildreth is affiliated with Meharry Medical College in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, health, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to viral infections, immunology, and public health.

The main topics addressed by their research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Minority Populations in the US: Implications for Herd Immunity (2021, Vaccines)
  • Advancing genomics to improve health equity (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • Endogenous Retroviral Envelope Syncytin Induces HIV-1 Spreading and Establishes HIV Reservoirs in Placenta (2020, Cell Reports)
  • Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-BCD) inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication and virus-induced inflammatory cytokines (2022, Antiviral Research)
  • Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections in the US: Implications for Prolonging the Pandemic (2022, Vaccines)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

  • Donald J. Alcendor
  • Paul D. Juárez
  • Patricia Matthews-Juarez
  • Mohammad Tabatabai
  • Derek Wilus

Their body of work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Vaccines
  • Pathogens
  • Nature Genetics
  • Cell Reports
  • Antiviral Research

James E. K. Hildreth has received the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2011 and became a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Budding of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Selectively from Glycolipid-Enriched Membrane Lipid Rafts

    Dzung H. Nguyen;James E. K. Hildreth

  • The Trojan exosome hypothesis.

    Stephen J. Gould;Amy M. Booth;James E. K. Hildreth

  • Exosomes and HIV Gag bud from endosome-like domains of the T cell plasma membrane

    Amy M. Booth;Yi Fang;Jonathan K. Fallon;Jr-Ming Yang

  • Lipid rafts and HIV pathogenesis: host membrane cholesterol is required for infection by HIV type 1.

    Zhaohao Liao;Lisa M. Cimakasky;Richard Hampton;Dzung H. Nguyen

  • A human lymphocyte‐associated antigen involved in cell‐mediated lympholysis

    James E. K. Hildreth;Frances M. Gotch;Phyllis D. K. Hildreth;Andrew J. McMichael

  • Evidence that HIV budding in primary macrophages occurs through the exosome release pathway.

    Deborah Greene Nguyen;Amy Booth;Stephen J. Gould;James E.K. Hildreth

  • Involvement of a leukocyte adhesion receptor (LFA-1) in HIV-induced syncytium formation.

    James E. K. Hildreth;Rimas J. Orentas

  • Involvement of macrophage mannose receptor in the binding and transmission of HIV by macrophages.

    Deborah Greene Nguyen;James E K Hildreth

  • Actin-Dependent Receptor Colocalization Required for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Entry into Host Cells

    Sujatha Iyengar;James E. K. Hildreth;David H. Schwartz

  • Cholesterol Depletion of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus with β-Cyclodextrin Inactivates and Permeabilizes the Virions: Evidence for Virion-Associated Lipid Rafts

    David R. M. Graham;Elena Chertova;Joanne M. Hilburn;Larry O. Arthur

  • N-D-Gluco-N-methylalkanamide compounds, a new class of non-ionic detergents for membrane biochemistry.

    James E. K. Hildreth

  • The primary structure of the beta-subunit of the cell surface adhesion glycoproteins LFA-1, CR3 and p150,95 and its relationship to the fibronectin receptor.

    S. K. A. Law;J. Gagnon;J. E. K. Hildreth;C. E. Wells

  • Association of host cell surface adhesion receptors and other membrane proteins with HIV and SIV

    Rimas J. Orentas;James E. K. Hildreth

  • Lipid rafts and HIV pathogenesis: virion-associated cholesterol is required for fusion and infection of susceptible cells.

    Zhaohao Liao;David R. Graham;James E.K. Hildreth

  • Purification and characterization of human lysosomal membrane glycoproteins.

    Shrikant M. Mane;Louis Marzella;Dorothy F. Bainton;Valerie K. Holt

  • The human lymphocyte function-associated (HLFA) antigen and a related macrophage differentiation antigen (HMac-1): functional effects of subunit-specific monoclonal antibodies.

    J. E. K. Hildreth;J. T. August

  • Synergistic Reactivation of Latent HIV Expression by Ingenol-3-Angelate, PEP005, Targeted NF-kB Signaling in Combination with JQ1 Induced p-TEFb Activation.

    Guochun Jiang;Erica A. Mendes;Philipp Kaiser;Philipp Kaiser;Daniel P. Wong;Daniel P. Wong

  • Monoclonal antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus-induced, transformation-associated cell surface antigens: binding patterns and effect upon virus-specific T-cell cytotoxicity.

    M. Rowe;J. E K Hildreth;A. B. Rickinson;M. A. Epstein

  • Induction of CD4+ human cytolytic T cells specific for HIV-infected cells by a gp160 subunit vaccine

    Rimas J. Orentas;James E K Hildreth;Eugene Obah;Michael J Polydefkis

  • Exosomes packaging APOBEC3G confer human immunodeficiency virus resistance to recipient cells

    Atanu K. Khatua;Harry E. Taylor;James E. K. Hildreth;Waldemar Popik

  • Vaginal transmission of cell-associated HIV-1 in the mouse is blocked by a topical, membrane-modifying agent

    Kristen V. Khanna;Kevin J. Whaley;Larry Zeitlin;Thomas R. Moench

  • Sustained antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) in SIV-infected macaques correlates with delayed progression to AIDS.

    Nia D. Banks;Nicole Kinsey;Janice Clements;James E. K. Hildreth

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford
Janice E. Clements
Janice E. Clements Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rimas J. Orentas
Rimas J. Orentas University of Washington
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Susan Zolla-Pazner Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mary Lou Clements
Mary Lou Clements Johns Hopkins University
Ronald L. Schnaar
Ronald L. Schnaar Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Charles Flexner
Charles Flexner Johns Hopkins University
Xiao Fang Yu
Xiao Fang Yu Zhejiang University
David W. Haas
David W. Haas Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kam W. Leong
Kam W. Leong Columbia University

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