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Microbiology
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2025

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Microbiology

D-Index
122
Citations
57666
World Ranking
133
National Ranking
13

Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
57663
World Ranking
3462
National Ranking
344

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Pei-Yong Shi is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Immunology.

The scientist's research contributions include significant involvement in studies related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, encompassing clinical research studies, virus detection and testing, as well as investigations into animal virus infections and viral gastroenteritis epidemiology. Their publication record indicates an engagement with topics such as mosquito-borne diseases and control, and viral infections and vectors, contributing to multiple aspects of infectious and viral disease research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Xuping Xie, Jing Zou, Hongjie Xia, Vineet D. Menachery, and Scott C. Weaver, highlighting a network of researchers working in related scientific areas.

Common venues for publication include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Antiviral Research
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

Noteworthy papers authored or co-authored by Pei-Yong Shi are as follows:

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 elicits human antibody and TH1 T cell responses, 2020, Nature
  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness, 2020, Nature
  • Phase I/II study of COVID-19 RNA vaccine BNT162b1 in adults, 2020, Nature
  • Evasion of Type I Interferon by SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates.

    Edward E. Walsh;Robert W. Frenck;Ann R. Falsey;Ann R. Falsey;Nicholas Kitchin

  • COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 elicits human antibody and T H 1 T cell responses.

    Ugur Sahin;Alexander Muik;Evelyna Derhovanessian;Isabel Vogler

  • Brain-Region-Specific Organoids Using Mini-bioreactors for Modeling ZIKV Exposure

    Xuyu Qian;Ha Nam Nguyen;Mingxi M. Song;Christopher Hadiono

  • Phase I/II study of COVID-19 RNA vaccine BNT162b1 in adults.

    Mark J. Mulligan;Kirsten E. Lyke;Nicholas Kitchin;Judith Absalon

  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness.

    Jessica A. Plante;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Hongjie Xia

  • 2′-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host restriction by IFIT family members

    Stephane Daffis;Kristy J. Szretter;Jill Schriewer;Jianqing Li

  • Evasion of Type I Interferon by SARS-CoV-2.

    Hongjie Xia;Zengguo Cao;Xuping Xie;Xianwen Zhang

  • Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by monoclonal and serum-derived polyclonal antibodies.

    Rita E. Chen;Xianwen Zhang;James Brett Case;Emma S. Winkler

  • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce persistent human germinal centre responses.

    Jackson S. Turner;Jane A. O’Halloran;Elizaveta Kalaidina;Wooseob Kim

  • Zika virus: History, emergence, biology, and prospects for control.

    Scott C. Weaver;Federico Costa;Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco;Albert I. Ko

  • BNT162b2 vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies and poly-specific T cells in humans.

    Ugur Sahin;Alexander Muik;Isabel Vogler;Evelyna Derhovanessian

  • An infectious cDNA clone of SARS-CoV-2

    Xuping Xie;Antonio Muruato;Kumari G. Lokugamage;Krishna Narayanan

  • Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis.

    Bryan A. Johnson;Xuping Xie;Adam L. Bailey;Birte Kalveram

  • BNT162b vaccines protect rhesus macaques from SARS-CoV-2.

    Annette B. Vogel;Isis Kanevsky;Ye Che;Kena A. Swanson

  • Neutralizing Activity of BNT162b2-Elicited Serum.

    Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Hongjie Xia;Xianwen Zhang

  • Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 spike 69/70 deletion, E484K and N501Y variants by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera.

    Xuping Xie;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Xianwen Zhang

  • NS5 of dengue virus mediates STAT2 binding and degradation.

    Joseph Ashour;Maudry Laurent-Rolle;Pei Yong Shi;Adolfo García-Sastre

  • A Highly Structured, Nuclease-Resistant, Noncoding RNA Produced by Flaviviruses Is Required for Pathogenicity

    Gorben P. Pijlman;Anneke Funk;Natasha Kondratieva;Jason Leung

  • A single mutation in the prM protein of Zika virus contributes to fetal microcephaly

    Ling Yuan;Xing Yao Huang;Zhong Yu Liu;Feng Zhang

  • The N501Y spike substitution enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission.

    Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Kenneth S. Plante;Jessica A. Plante

  • Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness and neutralization susceptibility.

    Jessica A Plante;Yang Liu;Jianying Liu;Hongjie Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuping Xie
Xuping Xie The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jing Zou
Jing Zou The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Vineet D. Menachery
Vineet D. Menachery The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Siew Pheng Lim
Siew Pheng Lim A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Julien Lescar
Julien Lescar Nanyang Technological University
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
Cheng-Feng Qin
Cheng-Feng Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael S. Diamond
Michael S. Diamond Washington University in St. Louis
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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