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Xueyong Zhu is a researcher affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on infectious diseases within the broader field of medicine. Research by Zhu encompasses a variety of subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to viral infections and immune responses. These topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Zhu has contributed to a number of scientific publications with a significant emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and other viral pathogens. Recent papers include:

  • "A highly conserved cryptic epitope in the receptor binding domains of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV," 2020, Science
  • "Structural basis of a shared antibody response to SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Science
  • "Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape," 2021, Science
  • "Structural and functional ramifications of antigenic drift in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants," 2021, Science
  • "A Therapeutic Non-self-reactive SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Protects from Lung Pathology in a COVID-19 Hamster Model," 2020, Cell

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhu include:

  • Ian A. Wilson
  • Meng Yuan
  • Nicholas C. Wu
  • Chang-Chun D. Lee
  • Hejun Liu

Their work has been published predominantly in several key scientific venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science
  • Immunity
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • New world bats harbor diverse influenza A viruses.

    Suxiang Tong;Xueyong Zhu;Yan Li;Mang Shi

  • A highly conserved cryptic epitope in the receptor binding domains of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV.

    Meng Yuan;Nicholas C. Wu;Xueyong Zhu;Chang Chun D. Lee

  • A stable trimeric influenza hemagglutinin stem as a broadly protective immunogen.

    Antonietta Impagliazzo;Fin Milder;Harmjan Kuipers;Michelle V. Wagner

  • Structural basis of a shared antibody response to SARS-CoV-2.

    Meng Yuan;Hejun Liu;Nicholas C. Wu;Chang Chun D. Lee

  • Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape.

    Paul-Albert Koenig;Hrishikesh Das;Hejun Liu;Beate M. Kümmerer

  • Structural and functional ramifications of antigenic drift in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Meng Yuan;Deli Huang;Chang Chun D. Lee;Nicholas C. Wu

  • Antibody catalysis of the oxidation of water

    Paul Wentworth;Lyn H. Jones;Anita D. Wentworth;Xueyong Zhu

  • A Therapeutic Non-self-reactive SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Protects from Lung Pathology in a COVID-19 Hamster Model.

    Jakob Kreye;S. Momsen Reincke;Hans Christian Kornau;Hans Christian Kornau;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin;Elisa Sánchez-Sendin

  • Structural characterization of the 1918 influenza virus H1N1 neuraminidase

    Xiaojin Xu;Xueyong Zhu;Raymond A. Dwek;James Stevens

  • Broadly protective human antibodies that target the active site of influenza virus neuraminidase

    Daniel Stadlbauer;Daniel Stadlbauer;Xueyong Zhu;Meagan McMahon;Jackson S. Turner

  • A Site of Vulnerability on the Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Head Domain Trimer Interface

    Sandhya Bangaru;Shanshan Lang;Michael Schotsaert;Hillary A. Vanderven

  • Universal protection against influenza infection by a multidomain antibody to influenza hemagglutinin.

    N.S. Laursen;R.H.E. Friesen;X. Zhu;M. Jongeneelen

  • Cross-Neutralization of a SARS-CoV-2 Antibody to a Functionally Conserved Site Is Mediated by Avidity.

    Hejun Liu;Nicholas C. Wu;Meng Yuan;Sandhya Bangaru

  • Functional Balance of the Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Activities Accompanies the Emergence of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

    Rui Xu;Xueyong Zhu;Ryan McBride;Corwin M. Nycholat

  • Targeting CASP8 and FADD-like apoptosis regulator ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice and nonhuman primates

    Pi-Xiao Wang;Yan-Xiao Ji;Xiao-Jing Zhang;Ling-Ping Zhao

  • Hemagglutinin homologue from H17N10 bat influenza virus exhibits divergent receptor-binding and pH-dependent fusion activities

    Xueyong Zhu;Wenli Yu;Ryan McBride;Yan Li

  • An ALOX12–12-HETE–GPR31 signaling axis is a key mediator of hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury

    Xiao-Jing Zhang;Xu Cheng;Zhen-Zhen Yan;Jing Fang

  • An Alternative Binding Mode of IGHV3-53 Antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain.

    Nicholas C. Wu;Meng Yuan;Hejun Liu;Chang Chun D. Lee

  • Evidence for the production of trioxygen species during antibody-catalyzed chemical modification of antigens.

    Paul Wentworth;Anita D. Wentworth;Xueyong Zhu;Ian A. Wilson

  • Preferential recognition of avian-like receptors in human influenza A H7N9 viruses.

    Rui Xu;Robert P. de Vries;Xueyong Zhu;Corwin M. Nycholat

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Wilson
Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute
Hongliang Li
Hongliang Li Wuhan University
Nicholas C. Wu
Nicholas C. Wu Scripps Research Institute
Andrew B. Ward
Andrew B. Ward Scripps Research Institute
Rogier W. Sanders
Rogier W. Sanders University of Amsterdam
James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute
Richard A. Lerner
Richard A. Lerner Scripps Research Institute
Dennis R. Burton
Dennis R. Burton Scripps Research Institute
David Nemazee
David Nemazee Scripps Research Institute
Hannah L. Turner
Hannah L. Turner Scripps Research Institute

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