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Sorachai Nitayaphan is affiliated with the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science in Thailand. The scientist's research spans key fields such as Immunology and Microbiology, with focused subfields including Virology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics addressed in their work include HIV Research and Treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and Virology and Viral Diseases.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Sorachai Nitayaphan include:

  • "Global variability of the human IgG glycome," 2020, Aging
  • "Dynamic MAIT cell response with progressively enhanced innateness during acute HIV-1 infection," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Late boosting of the RV144 regimen with AIDSVAX B/E and ALVAC-HIV in HIV-uninfected Thai volunteers: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial," 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • "Molecular dating and viral load growth rates suggested that the eclipse phase lasted about a week in HIV-1 infected adults in East Africa and Thailand," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "RV144 HIV-1 vaccination impacts post-infection antibody responses," 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Frequent publication venues for Sorachai Nitayaphan include PLoS Pathogens, JCI Insight, Frontiers in Immunology, UNC Libraries, and PLoS ONE.

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably Merlin L. Robb, Sandhya Vasan, Nelson L. Michael, Punnee Pitisuttithum, and Robert J. O'Connell.

Best Publications

  • Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand

    Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Punnee Pitisuttithum;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Jaranit Kaewkungwal

  • Immune-Correlates Analysis of an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Barton F. Haynes;Peter B. Gilbert;M. Juliana McElrath;Susan Zolla-Pazner

  • Increased HIV-1 vaccine efficacy against viruses with genetic signatures in Env V2

    Morgane Rolland;Paul T. Edlefsen;Brendan B. Larsen;Sodsai Tovanabutra

  • Vaccine-induced Env V1-V2 IgG3 correlates with lower HIV-1 infection risk and declines soon after vaccination

    Nicole L. Yates;Nicole L. Yates;Hua Xin Liao;Hua Xin Liao;Youyi Fong;Allan DeCamp

  • Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-Mediating Antibodies from an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial Target Multiple Epitopes and Preferentially Use the VH1 Gene Family

    Mattia Bonsignori;Justin Pollara;M. Anthony Moody;Michael D. Alpert

  • Vaccine-induced plasma IgA specific for the C1 region of the HIV-1 envelope blocks binding and effector function of IgG

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Guido Ferrari;Xiaoying Shen;S. Munir Alam

  • Polyfunctional Fc-Effector Profiles Mediated by IgG Subclass Selection Distinguish RV144 and VAX003 Vaccines

    Amy W. Chung;Musie Ghebremichael;Hannah Robinson;Eric Brown

  • Vaccine Induction of Antibodies against a Structurally Heterogeneous Site of Immune Pressure within HIV-1 Envelope Protein Variable Regions 1 and 2

    Hua Xin Liao;Mattia Bonsignori;S. Munir Alam;Jason S. McLellan

  • Magnitude and Breadth of the Neutralizing Antibody Response in the RV144 and Vax003 HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials

    David C. Montefiori;Chitraporn Karnasuta;Ying Huang;Hasan Ahmed

  • Prospective Study of Acute HIV-1 Infection in Adults in East Africa and Thailand

    Merlin L Robb;Leigh A Eller;Hannah Kibuuka;Kathleen Rono

  • Vaccine-induced IgG antibodies to V1V2 regions of multiple HIV-1 subtypes correlate with decreased risk of HIV-1 infection

    Susan Zolla-Pazner;Allan DeCamp;Peter B. Gilbert;Constance Williams

  • COMPASS identifies T-cell subsets correlated with clinical outcomes

    Lin Lin;Greg Finak;Kevin Ushey;Chetan Seshadri

  • Risk behaviour and time as covariates for efficacy of the HIV vaccine regimen ALVAC-HIV (vCP1521) and AIDSVAX B/E: a post-hoc analysis of the Thai phase 3 efficacy trial RV 144.

    Merlin L Robb;Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Punnee Pitisuttithum

  • Plasma IgG to Linear Epitopes in the V2 and V3 Regions of HIV-1 gp120 Correlate with a Reduced Risk of Infection in the RV144 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Raphael Gottardo;Robert T. Bailer;Bette T. Korber;S. Gnanakaran

  • The Thai Phase III HIV Type 1 Vaccine Trial (RV144) Regimen Induces Antibodies That Target Conserved Regions Within the V2 Loop of gp120

    Nicos Karasavvas;Erik Billings;Mangala Rao;Constance Williams

  • HIV-1 vaccine-induced C1 and V2 Env-specific antibodies synergize for increased antiviral activities.

    Justin Pollara;Mattia Bonsignori;M. Anthony Moody;Pinghuang Liu

  • The Thai Phase III Trial (RV144) Vaccine Regimen Induces T Cell Responses That Preferentially Target Epitopes within the V2 Region of HIV-1 Envelope

    Mark S. de Souza;Mark S. de Souza;Silvia Ratto-Kim;Weerawan Chuenarom;Alexandra Schuetz;Alexandra Schuetz

  • Safety and immunogenicity of an HIV subtype B and E prime-boost vaccine combination in HIV-negative Thai adults

    Sorachai Nitayaphan;Punnee Pitisuttithum;Chitraporn Karnasuta;Chirapa Eamsila

  • Analysis of V2 antibody responses induced in vaccinees in the ALVAC/AIDSVAX HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trial.

    Susan Zolla-Pazner;Susan Zolla-Pazner;Allan C. deCamp;Timothy Cardozo;Nicos Karasavvas

  • Dual Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 of Distinct Envelope Subtypes in Humans

    Andrew W. Artenstein;Thomas C. VanCott;John R. Mascola;Jean K. Carr

  • CD8 and CD4 epitope predictions in RV144: no strong evidence of a T-cell driven sieve effect in HIV-1 breakthrough sequences from trial participants.

    Kalpana Dommaraju;Gustavo Kijak;Jonathan M. Carlson;Brendan B. Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Merlin L. Robb
Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Nelson L. Michael
Nelson L. Michael Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Punnee Pitisuttithum
Punnee Pitisuttithum Mahidol University
Jerome H. Kim
Jerome H. Kim Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Peter B. Gilbert
Peter B. Gilbert Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Georgia D. Tomaras
Georgia D. Tomaras Duke University
Morgane Rolland
Morgane Rolland Henry M. Jackson Foundation
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Deborah L. Birx
Deborah L. Birx Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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