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Kevin O. Saunders

Kevin O. Saunders

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Immunology

D-Index
51
Citations
10257
World Ranking
4140
National Ranking
1890

Overview

Kevin O. Saunders is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The primary research themes in Saunders' work include HIV Research and Treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Animal Virus Infections Studies, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Saunders are:

  • Barton F. Haynes
  • Kevin Wiehe
  • David C. Montefiori
  • Robert J. Edwards
  • Priyamvada Acharya

Common publication venues for Saunders' work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell

Recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Saunders are as follows:

  • Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses, 2021, Nature
  • Effect of natural mutations of SARS-CoV-2 on spike structure, conformation, and antigenicity, 2021, Science
  • A Single Immunization with Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Vaccines Elicits Strong Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses against SARS-CoV-2 in Mice, 2020, Immunity
  • In vitro and in vivo functions of SARS-CoV-2 infection-enhancing and neutralizing antibodies, 2021, Cell
  • Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies, 2022, Nature reviews. Immunology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Enhanced neonatal Fc receptor function improves protection against primate SHIV infection

    Sung Youl Ko;Amarendra Pegu;Rebecca S. Rudicell;Zhi Yong Yang

  • Effect of natural mutations of SARS-CoV-2 on spike structure, conformation, and antigenicity.

    Sophie M.-C. Gobeil;Katarzyna Janowska;Shana McDowell;Katayoun Mansouri

  • Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies

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  • A Single Immunization with Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Vaccines Elicits Strong Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses against SARS-CoV-2 in Mice.

    Dorottya Laczkó;Michael J. Hogan;Sushila A. Toulmin;Philip Hicks

  • Conceptual Approaches to Modulating Antibody Effector Functions and Circulation Half-Life.

    Kevin O. Saunders

  • Structural diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike

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  • 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

  • In vitro and in vivo functions of SARS-CoV-2 infection-enhancing and neutralizing antibodies.

    Dapeng Li;Robert J. Edwards;Kartik Manne;David R. Martinez

  • Maturation and Diversity of the VRC01-Antibody Lineage over 15 Years of Chronic HIV-1 Infection.

    Xueling Wu;Xueling Wu;Zhenhai Zhang;Chaim A. Schramm;M. Gordon Joyce

  • Staged induction of HIV-1 glycan–dependent broadly neutralizing antibodies

    Mattia Bonsignori;Mattia Bonsignori;Edward F. Kreider;Daniela Fera;R. Ryan Meyerhoff;R. Ryan Meyerhoff

  • Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.

    Kevin O. Saunders;Esther Lee;Robert Parks;David R. Martinez

  • Importance of Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Multiple Antigenic Sites on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein To Avoid Neutralization Escape.

    Lingshu Wang;Wei Shi;James D. Chappell;M. Gordon Joyce

  • Chimeric spike mRNA vaccines protect against Sarbecovirus challenge in mice.

    David R. Martinez;Alexandra Schäfer;Sarah R. Leist;Gabriela De la Cruz

  • Cryo-EM structures of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 spike

    Unknown

  • Targeted selection of HIV-specific antibody mutations by engineering B cell maturation.

    Kevin O. Saunders;Kevin Wiehe;Ming Tian;Priyamvada Acharya

  • Potent and broad HIV-neutralizing antibodies in memory B cells and plasma.

    La Tonya D. Williams;Gilad Ofek;Sebastian Schätzle;Jonathan R. McDaniel

  • Phenotypic and Functional Profile of HIV-Inhibitory CD8 T Cells Elicited by Natural Infection and Heterologous Prime/Boost Vaccination

    Freel Sa;Lamoreaux L;Chattopadhyay Pk;Saunders K

  • Pentavalent HIV-1 vaccine protects against simian-human immunodeficiency virus challenge

    Todd Bradley;Justin Pollara;Sampa Santra;Nathan Vandergrift

  • SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies for COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment.

    Dapeng Li;Gregory D Sempowski;Kevin O Saunders;Priyamvada Acharya

  • Broadly Neutralizing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Antibody Gene Transfer Protects Nonhuman Primates from Mucosal Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Kevin O. Saunders;Lingshu Wang;M. Gordon Joyce;Zhi Yong Yang

  • Functional Relevance of Improbable Antibody Mutations for HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Development

    Kevin Wiehe;Todd Bradley;R. Ryan Meyerhoff;Connor Hart

  • SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 is Susceptible to Neutralizing Antibodies Elicited by Ancestral Spike Vaccines

    Xiaoying Shen;Haili Tang;Charlene McDanal;Kshitij Wagh

Frequent Co-Authors

Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Robert Parks
Robert Parks Duke University
S. Munir Alam
S. Munir Alam Duke University
M. Anthony Moody
M. Anthony Moody Duke University
Mattia Bonsignori
Mattia Bonsignori Duke University
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
John R. Mascola
John R. Mascola ModeX Therapeutics
Priyamvada Acharya
Priyamvada Acharya Duke University
Peter D. Kwong
Peter D. Kwong Columbia University Medical Center

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