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D-Index
84
Citations
22957
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941
National Ranking
434

Laimonis A. Laimins publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laimonis A. Laimins sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 163 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Laimonis A. Laimins D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laimonis A. Laimins sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laimonis A. Laimins is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Laimins has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • mBio
  • Viruses
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Virology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Laimins include:

  • "Regulation of the Human Papillomavirus Life Cycle by DNA Damage Repair Pathways and Epigenetic Factors," 2020, Viruses
  • "Human papillomaviruses sensitize cells to DNA damage induced apoptosis by targeting the innate immune sensor cGAS," 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • "p53-dependent R-loop formation and HPV pathogenesis," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Human Papillomaviruses Target the DNA Damage Repair and Innate Immune Response Pathways to Allow for Persistent Infection," 2021, Viruses
  • "Pathogenesis of Human Papillomaviruses Requires the ATR/p62 Autophagy-Related Pathway," 2020, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laimins include:

  • Takeyuki Kono
  • Lawrence Banks
  • Elona Gusho
  • Shiyuan Hong
  • Paul Kaminski

Best Publications

  • Human papillomavirus oncoproteins: pathways to transformation

    Cary A. Moody;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Pathogenesis of Human Papillomaviruses in Differentiating Epithelia

    Michelle S. Longworth;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Biosynthesis of human papillomavirus from a continuous cell line upon epithelial differentiation

    Craig Meyers;Mark G. Frattini;John B. Hudson;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human papillomaviruses: basic mechanisms of pathogenesis and oncogenicity

    Christy M. Hebner;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Specific repression of TATA-mediated but not initiator-mediated transcription by wild-type p53

    David H. Mack;Jai Vartikar;James M. Pipas;Laimonis A. Laimins;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human papillomaviruses: targeting differentiating epithelial cells for malignant transformation.

    Frauke Fehrmann;Laimonis A Laimins

  • Osmotic control of kdp operon expression in Escherichia coli.

    L A Laimins;D B Rhoads;W Epstein

  • Human papillomaviruses activate the ATM DNA damage pathway for viral genome amplification upon differentiation.

    Cary Allen Moody;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Persistence of human papillomavirus infection: keys to malignant progression

    Jason Bodily;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Microarray analysis identifies interferon-inducible genes and Stat-1 as major transcriptional targets of human papillomavirus type 31

    Yijan E. Chang;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human papillomavirus life cycle: active and latent phases.

    Frank Stubenrauch;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Telomerase Activation by Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 Protein: Induction of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Expression through Myc and GC-Rich Sp1 Binding Sites

    Stephen T. Oh;Saturo Kyo;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Transforming activity of an oncoprotein-encoding circular RNA from human papillomavirus

    Jiawei Zhao;Eunice E. Lee;Jiwoong Kim;Rong Yang

  • In vitro synthesis of oncogenic human papillomaviruses requires episomal genomes for differentiation-dependent late expression.

    Mark G. Frattini;Hock B. Lim;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human Papillomavirus Type 31 E5 Protein Supports Cell Cycle Progression and Activates Late Viral Functions upon Epithelial Differentiation

    Frauke Fehrmann;David J. Klumpp;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human Papillomaviruses Modulate Expression of MicroRNA 203 upon Epithelial Differentiation to Control Levels of p63 Proteins

    Marta Melar-New;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human papillomaviruses recruit cellular DNA repair and homologous recombination factors to viral replication centers.

    Kenric A. Gillespie;Kavi P. Mehta;Laimonis A. Laimins;Cary A. Moody

  • The Binding of Histone Deacetylases and the Integrity of Zinc Finger-Like Motifs of the E7 Protein Are Essential for the Life Cycle of Human Papillomavirus Type 31

    Michelle S. Longworth;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Human Papillomavirus Oncoproteins E6 and E7 Independently Abrogate the Mitotic Spindle Checkpoint

    Jennifer T. Thomas;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS E7 ENHANCES HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTION BY INHIBITING BINDING OF HISTONE DEACETYLASES

    Jason M. Bodily;Kavi P.M. Mehta;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS E7 ONCOPROTEINS BIND A SINGLE FORM OF CYCLIN E IN A COMPLEX WITH CDK2 AND P107

    Maritza C. Mcintyre;Margaret N. Ruesch;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Binding of the human papillomavirus E1 origin-recognition protein is regulated through complex formation with the E2 enhancer-binding protein.

    Mark G. Frattini;Laimonis A. Laimins

  • Role of the PDZ domain-binding motif of the oncoprotein E6 in the pathogenesis of human papillomavirus type 31.

    Choongho Lee;Laimonis A. Laimins

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy G. Poirier
Guy G. Poirier Université Laval
Denise A. Galloway
Denise A. Galloway Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Paul F. Lambert
Paul F. Lambert University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yang Xie
Yang Xie The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Anindya Dutta
Anindya Dutta University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cheng Ming Chiang
Cheng Ming Chiang The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Craig Meyers
Craig Meyers Pennsylvania State University
David P. Witte
David P. Witte Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Bryan R. Cullen
Bryan R. Cullen Duke University
Maura L. Gillison
Maura L. Gillison The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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