Andres Merits

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Andres Merits is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andres Merits has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 115 papers in Infectious Diseases and 44 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Andres Merits's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (142 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (88 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (44 papers). Andres Merits is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (142 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (88 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (44 papers). Andres Merits collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, United Kingdom and Finland. Andres Merits's co-authors include Aleksei Lulla, Tero Ahola, Leevi Kääriäinen, Age Utt, Margus Varjak, Alain Kohl, Valeria Lulla, Lidia Vasiljeva, Lisa F. P. Ng and Märt Saarma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Andres Merits

203 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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Chikungunya virus: an update on the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	SARS-CoV-2 N protein recruits G3BP to double membrane vesicles to promote translation of viral mRNAs 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Siwen Long, (unknown), Laura Perez Vidakovics, Xiao Han, Renhua Sun, (unknown), Marc D. Panas, Egon Urgard, Jonathan M. Coquet, Andres Merits, Adnane Achour, Gerald M. McInerney	4
2	The Dimeric Peptide (KKYRYHLKPF)2K Shows Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity by Inhibiting Different Steps of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Infection 2023 ·Viruses ·(unknown), (unknown), Paulo Ricardo da Silva Sanches, Igor Andrade Santos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vivaldo Gomes da Costa, Cíntia Bittar, Andres Merits, Norival A. Santos‐Filho, Eduardo Maffud Cilli, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, Marília Freitas Calmon, Paula Rahal	5
3	The Synthetic Peptide GA-Hecate and Its Analogs Inhibit Multiple Steps of the Chikungunya Virus Infection Cycle In Vitro 2023 ·Pharmaceuticals ·(unknown), Paulo Ricardo da Silva Sanches, (unknown), Igor Andrade Santos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cíntia Bittar, Andres Merits, Eduardo Maffud Cilli, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, Paula Rahal, Marília Freitas Calmon	6
4	Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniella Lefteri, Steven R. Bryden, Marieke Pingen, Sandra Terry, (unknown), (unknown), G. Georgiev, (unknown), (unknown), Paola Campagnolo, Robert M. Waterhouse, Margus Varjak, Andres Merits, Rennos Fragkoudis, Stephen Griffin, Kave Shams, Emilie Pondeville, Clive S. McKimmie	29
5	Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects of Ag, Cu and Zn Metals, Respective Nanoparticles and Filter Materials Thereof against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus 2022 ·Pharmaceutics ·Anna‐Liisa Kubo, Kai Rausalu, Natalja Savest, Eva Žusinaite, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andres Krumme, Andres Merits, Olesja Bondarenko	23
6	Crystal structures of alphavirus nonstructural protein 4 (nsP4) reveal an intrinsically dynamic RNA-dependent RNA polymerase fold 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Yaw Bia Tan, Laura Sandra Lello, Xin Liu, Yee-Song Law, CongBao Kang, Julien Lescar, Jie Zheng, Andres Merits, Dahai Luo	29
7	Posaconazole inhibits multiple steps of the alphavirus replication cycle 2021 ·Antiviral Research ·Finny S. Varghese, (unknown), (unknown), Sofie Jacobs, Carolien De Keyzer, (unknown), Esther van Woudenbergh, Gijs J. Overheul, (unknown), Jolanda M. Smit, Leen Delang, Andres Merits, Ronald P. van Rij	9
8	Tomatidine reduces Chikungunya virus progeny release by controlling viral protein expression 2021 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·(unknown), Martijn J. van Hemert, (unknown), Heidi van der Ende-Metselaar, Andres Merits, Malte Borggrewe, Izabela A. Rodenhuis‐Zybert, Jolanda M. Smit	12
9	Structural and Functional Studies of Chikungunya Virus nsP2 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yee-Song Law, Yaw Bia Tan, Orion Shih, Age Utt, Jie Zheng, Sainan Wang, Ming Wei Chen, Patrick R. Griffin, U‐Ser Jeng, Andres Merits, Dahai Luo	1
10	cis -Acting Sequences and Secondary Structures in Untranslated Regions of Duck Tembusu Virus RNA Are Important for Cap-Independent Translation and Viral Proliferation 2020 ·Journal of Virology ·Tao Wang, Andres Merits, (unknown), Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Mafeng Liu, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Yunya Liu, Ling Zhang, Yanling Yu, Leichang Pan, Shun Chen, Anchun Cheng	11
11	Cross-utilisation of template RNAs by alphavirus replicases 2020 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Laura Sandra Lello, Age Utt, Koen Bartholomeeusen, Sainan Wang, Kai Rausalu, (unknown), Sandra Coppens, Rennos Fragkoudis, Andrew Tuplin, Luke Alphey, Kevin K. Ariën, Andres Merits	22
12	Binding of the Duck Tembusu Virus Protease to STING Is Mediated by NS2B and Is Crucial for STING Cleavage and for Impaired Induction of IFN-β 2019 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Zhen Wu, Wei Zhang, (unknown), Tao Wang, Shaoxiong Wu, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Mafeng Liu, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Yunya Liu, Ling Zhang, Yanling Yu, Leichang Pan, Andres Merits, Shun Chen, Anchun Cheng	39
13	ADP-ribosyl–binding and hydrolase activities of the alphavirus nsP3 macrodomain are critical for initiation of virus replication 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rachy Abraham, Debra Hauer, Robert Lyle McPherson, Age Utt, Ilsa T. Kirby, Michael S. Cohen, Andres Merits, Anthony K. L. Leung, Diane E. Griffin	97
14	Persistent Replication of a Chikungunya Virus Replicon in Human Cells Is Associated with Presence of Stable Cytoplasmic Granules Containing Nonstructural Protein 3 2018 ·Journal of Virology ·Roland Remenyi, Yanni Gao, Ruth Hughes, Alistair Curd, Carsten Zothner, Michelle Peckham, Andres Merits, Mark Harris	35
15	The Host DHX9 DExH-Box Helicase Is Recruited to Chikungunya Virus Replication Complexes for Optimal Genomic RNA Translation 2018 ·Journal of Virology ·(unknown), Éric Bernard, (unknown), Patrick Eldin, Nathalie Chazal, (unknown), Andres Merits, Jean‐Marie Péloponèse, Laurence Briant	52
16	Characterization of β- d - N ⁴ -Hydroxycytidine as a Novel Inhibitor of Chikungunya Virus 2017 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Maryam Ehteshami, Sijia Tao, Keivan Zandi, Hui‐Mien Hsiao, Yong Jiang, (unknown), Franck Amblard, Olivia Ollinger Russell, Andres Merits, Raymond F. Schinazi	62
17	Safe and Effective Treatment of Experimental Neuroblastoma and Glioblastoma Using Systemically Delivered Triple MicroRNA-Detargeted Oncolytic Semliki Forest Virus 2016 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Mohanraj Ramachandran, Di Yu, Matheus Dyczynski, Sathishkumar Baskaran, Lei Zhang, Aleksei Lulla, Valeria Lulla, Sirle Saul, Sven Nelander, Anna Dimberg, Andres Merits, (unknown), Magnus Essand	44
18	Differential Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase-Akt-mTOR Activation by Semliki Forest and Chikungunya Viruses Is Dependent on nsP3 and Connected to Replication Complex Internalization 2015 ·Journal of Virology ·Bastian Thaa, (unknown), Kai Er Eng, Maarit Neuvonen, Benjamin Götte, (unknown), Margit Mutso, Age Utt, Finny S. Varghese, Giuseppe Balistreri, Andres Merits, Tero Ahola, Gerald M. McInerney	81
19	Kinetic and Phenotypic Analysis of CD8 ⁺ T Cell Responses after Priming with Alphavirus Replicons and Homologous or Heterologous Booster Immunizations 2014 ·Journal of Virology ·(unknown), Karl Ljungberg, Maria Kakoulidou, (unknown), David Hallengärd, Juan García‐Arriaza, Andres Merits, Mariano Estéban, Peter Liljeström	29
20	[Chemical-enzymatic synthesis and cloning of the full-length genome of a DNA-containing plant virus]. 1992 ·PubMed ·B. K. Chernov, Andres Merits, (unknown), (unknown)	2

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