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D-Index
53
Citations
15947
World Ranking
3935
National Ranking
1802

Marcelo J. Kuroda publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcelo J. Kuroda sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 147 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Marcelo J. Kuroda D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marcelo J. Kuroda sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marcelo J. Kuroda is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. The focus of their research lies predominantly within Immunology and Microbiology, with 27 publications in this main field. Additionally, they have contributed to Medicine with 16 publications.

Their research spans several subfields including Immunology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Emergency Medicine. The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Marcelo J. Kuroda has published several recent papers, including:

  • "Tuberculosis-associated IFN-I induces Siglec-1 on tunneling nanotubes and favors HIV-1 spread in macrophages" (2020) in eLife
  • "A subtype of cerebrovascular pericytes is associated with blood-brain barrier disruption that develops during normal aging and simian immunodeficiency virus infection" (2020) in Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Comparison of predictors for terminal disease progression in simian immunodeficiency virus/simian-HIV-infected rhesus macaques" (2021) in AIDS
  • "Clinical and Immunological Metrics During Pediatric Rhesus Macaque Development" (2020) in Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • "Declining neutrophil production despite increasing G-CSF levels is associated with chronic inflammation in elderly rhesus macaques" (2021) in Journal of Leukocyte Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Neurobiology of Aging, AIDS, and Brain. Their work often involves collaboration with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Elizabeth S. Didier
  • Amir Ardeshir
  • Laurent Zablocki-Thomas
  • Woong-Ki Kim
  • Naofumi Takahashi

Best Publications

  • Control of Viremia in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection by CD8+ Lymphocytes

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Vito G. Sasseville

  • Replication-incompetent adenoviral vaccine vector elicits effective anti-immunodeficiency-virus immunity.

    John W. Shiver;Tong-Ming Fu;Ling Chen;Danilo R. Casimiro

  • Structure of a glycerol-conducting channel and the basis for its selectivity.

    Daxiong Fu;Andrew Libson;Larry J. W. Miercke;Cindy Weitzman

  • Control of Viremia and Prevention of Clinical AIDS in Rhesus Monkeys by Cytokine-Augmented DNA Vaccination

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Analysis of Gag-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus monkeys by cell staining with a tetrameric major histocompatibility complex class I-peptide complex.

    Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz;Dan H. Barouch;Abie Craiu

  • T Cell Receptor Recognition Motifs Govern Immune Escape Patterns in Acute SIV Infection

    David A. Price;Sadie M. West;Michael R. Betts;Laura E. Ruff

  • Augmentation of immune responses to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccines by IL-2/Ig plasmid administration in rhesus monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Abie Craiu;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Reduction of simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P viremia in rhesus monkeys by recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccination.

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Viral Escape from Dominant Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Epitope-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in DNA-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Jennifer Glowczwskie;Kevin J. Kunstman

  • A prospective study demonstrates an association between JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the early control of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

    Renaud A. Du Pasquier;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Yue Zheng;Jims Jean-Jacques

  • In Vivo Characterization of Alveolar and Interstitial Lung Macrophages in Rhesus Macaques: Implications for Understanding Lung Disease in Humans

    Yanhui Cai;Chie Sugimoto;Mariluz Arainga;Xavier Alvarez

  • Increased monocyte turnover from bone marrow correlates with severity of SIV encephalitis and CD163 levels in plasma.

    Tricia H. Burdo;Caroline Soulas;Krystyna Orzechowski;Jessica Button

  • Potent CD4+ T cell responses elicited by a bicistronic HIV-1 DNA vaccine expressing gp120 and GM-CSF.

    Dan H. Barouch;Sampa Santra;Klara Tenner-Racz;Paul Racz

  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) gag DNA-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys Develop Secondary Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Responses and Control Viral Replication after Pathogenic SIV Infection

    Michael A. Egan;William A. Charini;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • Immunization with a modified vaccinia virus expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag-Pol primes for an anamnestic Gag-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response and is associated with reduction of viremia after SIV challenge.

    Aruna Seth;Ilnour Ourmanov;Jorn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda

  • Effect of Humoral Immune Responses on Controlling Viremia during Primary Infection of Rhesus Monkeys with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

    Jörn E. Schmitz;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Sampa Santra;Meredith A. Simon

  • The level of monocyte turnover predicts disease progression in the macaque model of AIDS.

    Atsuhiko Hasegawa;Huining Liu;Binhua Ling;Juan T. Borda

  • Melanoma inhibitor of apoptosis protein (ML-IAP) is a target for immune-mediated tumor destruction.

    Jan C. Schmollinger;Robert H. Vonderheide;Kara M. Hoar;Britta Maecker

  • Effect of CD8+ Lymphocyte Depletion on Virus Containment after Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac251 Challenge of Live Attenuated SIVmac239Δ3-Vaccinated Rhesus Macaques

    Jörn E. Schmitz;R. Paul Johnson;Harold M. McClure;Kelledy H. Manson

  • Interplay of Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses against BK Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Polyomavirus Nephropathy

    Yiping Chen;Jennifer Trofe;Jennifer Gordon;Renaud A. Du Pasquier

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth S. Didier
Elizabeth S. Didier Tulane University
Xavier Alvarez
Xavier Alvarez Tulane University
Norman L. Letvin
Norman L. Letvin Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Andrew A. Lackner
Andrew A. Lackner Tulane University
Jörn E. Schmitz
Jörn E. Schmitz Harvard Medical School
Ronald S. Veazey
Ronald S. Veazey Tulane University
Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini
Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Olivier Neyrolles
Olivier Neyrolles Paul Sabatier University
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Deepak Kaushal
Deepak Kaushal Texas Biomedical Research Institute

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