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Vicente Planelles

Vicente Planelles

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
68
Citations
13638
World Ranking
2198
National Ranking
916

Vicente Planelles 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 Vicente Planelles sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 213 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vicente Planelles 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 Vicente Planelles sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vicente Planelles is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, immunology, virology, molecular biology, and neurology. Their work spans various interconnected fields related to viral infections and immune system responses.

The scientist has published extensively in the areas of HIV research and treatment, immune cell function and interaction, and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment. They have also contributed to studies on COVID-19 clinical research and the long-term effects of COVID-19, with an additional focus on RNA research and splicing.

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Vicente Planelles has been involved with research published in prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed clinical trials," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Persistent Overactive Cytotoxic Immune Response in a Spanish Cohort of Individuals With Long-COVID: Identification of Diagnostic Biomarkers," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Neutralization assay with SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudotyped murine leukemia virions," 2021, Virology Journal
  • "Pharmacological Activation of Non-canonical NF-κB Signaling Activates Latent HIV-1 Reservoirs In Vivo," 2020, Cell Reports Medicine
  • "Evaluation of a Surrogate Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay-Based Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cPass Neutralization Antibody Detection Assay and Correlation With Immunoglobulin G Commercial Serology Assays," 2021, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Adam M. Spivak (23 collaborations)
  • Mayte Coiras (16 collaborations)
  • Laura Martins (11 collaborations)
  • Elena Mateos (10 collaborations)
  • Sara Rodríguez-Mora (10 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vpr gene arrests infected T cells in the G2 + M phase of the cell cycle

    J. B. M. Jowett;V. Planelles;B. Poon;N. P. Shah

  • An in-depth comparison of latent HIV-1 reactivation in multiple cell model systems and resting CD4+ T cells from aviremic patients.

    Celsa A. Spina;Celsa A. Spina;Jenny Anderson;Nancie M. Archin;Alberto Bosque

  • Epigenetic Regulation of HIV-1 Latency by Cytosine Methylation

    Steven E. Kauder;Alberto Bosque;Annica Lindqvist;Vicente Planelles

  • High-efficiency gene transfer into CD34+ cells with a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-based retroviral vector pseudotyped with vesicular stomatitis virus envelope glycoprotein G.

    Ramesh K. Akkina;Raquel M. Walton;Meng Liang Chen;Qi Xiang Li

  • Induction of HIV-1 latency and reactivation in primary memory CD4+ T cells

    Alberto Bosque;Vicente Planelles

  • Macrophage Tropism of HIV-1 Depends on Efficient Cellular dNTP Utilization by Reverse Transcriptase

    Tracy L. Diamond;Mikhail Roshal;Varuni K. Jamburuthugoda;Holly M. Reynolds

  • Activation of the ATR-mediated DNA damage response by the HIV-1 viral protein R.

    Mikhail Roshal;Baek Kim;Yonghong Zhu;Paul Nghiem

  • BET bromodomain-targeting compounds reactivate HIV from latency via a Tat-independent mechanism

    Daniela Boehm;Daniela Boehm;Vincenzo Calvanese;Vincenzo Calvanese;Roy D. Dar;Sifei Xing

  • Requirement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nef for in vivo replication and pathogenicity.

    Beth D. Jamieson;Grace M. Aldrovandi;Vicente Planelles;Jeremy B M Jowett

  • Vpr-induced cell cycle arrest is conserved among primate lentiviruses.

    Vicente Planelles;Jeremy B M Jowett;Qi Xiang Li;Yiming Xie

  • Degranulation of natural killer cells following interaction with HIV-1-infected cells is hindered by downmodulation of NTB-A by Vpu.

    Ankur H. Shah;Bharatwaj Sowrirajan;Zachary B. Davis;Jeffrey P. Ward

  • Lentivirus Vectors Using Human and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Elements

    Sarah M. White;Matthew Renda;Na Yon Nam;Ekaterina Klimatcheva

  • Homeostatic proliferation fails to efficiently reactivate HIV-1 latently infected central memory CD4+ T cells.

    Alberto Bosque;Marylinda Famiglietti;Marylinda Famiglietti;Andrew S. Weyrich;Claudia Goulston

  • An HIV-encoded antisense long noncoding RNA epigenetically regulates viral transcription.

    Sheena Saayman;Amanda Ackley;Anne Marie W Turner;Marylinda Famiglietti

  • Host factors influencing susceptibility to HIV infection and AIDS progression

    Juan Lama;Vicente Planelles

  • HIV-1 Vpr activates the G2 checkpoint through manipulation of the ubiquitin proteasome system

    Jason L DeHart;Erik S Zimmerman;Orly Ardon;Carlos M R Monteiro-Filho

  • Genetic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase and the U3 att site: unusual phenotype of mutants in the zinc finger-like domain.

    T. Masuda;V. Planelles;P. Krogstad;I. S. Y. Chen

  • Apoptosis in AIDS

    M. Roshal;Y. Zhu;V. Planelles

  • Novel Latency Reversal Agents for HIV-1 Cure.

    Adam M. Spivak;Vicente Planelles

  • Akt inhibitors as an HIV-1 infected macrophage-specific anti-viral therapy.

    Pauline Chugh;Birgit Bradel-Tretheway;Carlos M R Monteiro-Filho;Vicente Planelles

  • Endostatin Gene Transfer Inhibits Joint Angiogenesis and Pannus Formation in Inflammatory Arthritis

    Guoyong Yin;Weimin Liu;Ping An;Ping Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph D. Rosenblatt
Joseph D. Rosenblatt University of Miami
Edward D. Barker
Edward D. Barker King's College London
Eric Verdin
Eric Verdin Buck Institute for Research on Aging
José Alcamí
José Alcamí Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Robert F. Siliciano
Robert F. Siliciano Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert A. Bambara
Robert A. Bambara University of Rochester
David M. Margolis
David M. Margolis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Irvin S. Y. Chen
Irvin S. Y. Chen University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Dewhurst
Stephen Dewhurst University of Rochester
Kevin V. Morris
Kevin V. Morris City of Hope

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