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Shixia Wang is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to medicine. Within these larger fields, they have worked notably in infectious diseases, immunology, materials chemistry, molecular biology, and virology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • HIV research and treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell immunology

Shixia Wang has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Notable recent papers by Shixia Wang include:

  • "A novel RBD-protein/peptide vaccine elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies and protects mice and macaques against SARS-CoV-2," 2022, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Mathematic modeling of COVID-19 in the United States," 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "A novel DNA and protein combination COVID-19 vaccine formulation provides full protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques," 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "High Neutralizing Antibody Levels Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 After UB-612 Vaccine Booster," 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Non-neutralizing antibodies targeting the immunogenic regions of HIV-1 envelope reduce mucosal infection and virus burden in humanized mice," 2022, PLoS Pathogens

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Shan Lu, Guangnan Hu, Alexander Rumyantsev, Thomas P. Monath, and Brett A. Thibodeaux. These coauthors have been involved in multiple projects alongside Wang, indicating sustained collaborative efforts.

Best Publications

  • The Ability of an Oligomeric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Envelope Antigen To Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies against Primary HIV-1 Isolates Is Improved following Partial Deletion of the Second Hypervariable Region

    S. W. Barnett;S. Lu;I. Srivastava;S. Cherpelis

  • Effect of vaccine administration modality on immunogenicity and efficacy.

    Lu Zhang;Wei Wang;Shixia Wang

  • Cross-subtype antibody and cellular immune responses induced by a polyvalent DNA prime–protein boost HIV-1 vaccine in healthy human volunteers

    Shixia Wang;Jeffrey S. Kennedy;Kim West;David C. Montefiori

  • Identification of QS-21 as an Inflammasome-activating Molecular Component of Saponin Adjuvants

    Robyn Marty-Roix;Gregory I. Vladimer;Kimberly Pouliot;Dan Weng

  • The wide utility of rabbits as models of human diseases

    Pedro J. Esteves;Joana Abrantes;Hanna Mari Baldauf;Lbachir BenMohamed

  • Polyvalent HIV-1 Env vaccine formulations delivered by the DNA priming plus protein boosting approach are effective in generating neutralizing antibodies against primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates from subtypes A, B, C, D and E

    Shixia Wang;Ranajit Pal;John R. Mascola;Te-Hui W. Chou

  • Current progress of DNA vaccine studies in humans.

    Shan Lu;Shixia Wang;Jill M Grimes-Serrano

  • EV71: An emerging infectious disease vaccine target in the Far East?

    Juan Xu;Yuan Qian;Shixia Wang;Shixia Wang;Jill M. Grimes Serrano

  • Follicular regulatory T cells repress cytokine production by follicular helper T cells and optimize IgG responses in mice.

    Hao Wu;Yuxin Chen;Hong Liu;Lin Lin Xu

  • Hemagglutinin (HA) Proteins from H1 and H3 Serotypes of Influenza A Viruses Require Different Antigen Designs for the Induction of Optimal Protective Antibody Responses as Studied by Codon-Optimized HA DNA Vaccines

    Shixia Wang;Jessica Taaffe;Christopher S. Parker;Alicia Solorzano

  • Protection Against Rotavirus Infections By DNA Vaccination

    John E. Herrmann;Shing C. Chen;Ellen F. Fynan;Joseph C. Santoro

  • Enhanced Immunogenicity of gp120 Protein When Combined with Recombinant DNA Priming To Generate Antibodies That Neutralize the JR-FL Primary Isolate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Shixia Wang;James Arthos;John M. Lawrence;Donald I. Van Ryk

  • Improved Induction of Antibodies against Key Neutralizing Epitopes by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120 DNA Prime-Protein Boost Vaccination Compared to gp120 Protein-Only Vaccination

    Michael Vaine;Shixia Wang;Emma T. Crooks;Pengfei Jiang

  • Immunization of rhesus macaques with a polyvalent DNA prime/protein boost human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine elicits protective antibody response against simian human immunodeficiency virus of R5 phenotype

    Ranajit Pal;Shixia Wang;V.S. Kalyanaraman;B.C. Nair

  • Relative contributions of codon usage, promoter efficiency and leader sequence to the antigen expression and immunogenicity of HIV-1 Env DNA vaccine.

    Shixia Wang;Diego J. Farfan-Arribas;Siyuan Shen;Te-hui W. Chou

  • The relative immunogenicity of DNA vaccines delivered by the intramuscular needle injection, electroporation and gene gun methods

    Shixia Wang;Chunghua Zhang;Lu Zhang;Jun Li

  • Antibody responses elicited through homologous or heterologous prime-boost DNA and protein vaccinations differ in functional activity and avidity.

    Michael Vaine;Shixia Wang;Anthony Hackett;James Arthos

  • Heterologous HA DNA vaccine prime - inactivated influenza vaccine boost is more effective than using DNA or inactivated vaccine alone in eliciting antibody responses against H1 or H3 serotype influenza viruses

    Shixia Wang;Chris Parker;Jessica Taaffe;Alicia Solórzano

  • Increased Immunogenicity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus gp120 Engineered To Express Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R Epitopes

    Ussama M. Abdel-Motal;Shixia Wang;Shan Lu;Kim Wigglesworth

  • Immunogenicity of DNA vaccines expressing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein with and without deletions in the V1/2 and V3 regions.

    Shan Lu;Richard T. Wyatt;Joan F. L. Richmond;Farah Mustafa

Frequent Co-Authors

Shan Lu
Shan Lu University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Susan Zolla-Pazner Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Miroslaw K. Gorny
Miroslaw K. Gorny New York University
Phillip D. Markham
Phillip D. Markham Northrop Grumman (United States)
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman
Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman North Shore University Hospital
James Arthos
James Arthos National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Egil Lien
Egil Lien University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ranajit Pal
Ranajit Pal Advanced Bioscience Laboratories (United States)
Paul R. Clapham
Paul R. Clapham University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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