Bassel Akache

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bassel Akache is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Bassel Akache has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Bassel Akache's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (16 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Bassel Akache is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (16 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Bassel Akache collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Bassel Akache's co-authors include Mark A. Kay, Dirk Grimm, Stephen R. Yant, Bernard Turcotte, Theresa A. Storm, Tushar Desai, Joyce Lee, Hui Xu, Kusum Pandey and Sarah MacPherson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Bassel Akache

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

In Vitro and In Vivo Gene Therapy Vector Evolution via Multispecies Interbreeding and Retargeting of Adeno-Associated Viruses

2008 537 citations Dirk Grimm, Joyce Lee et al. Journal of Virology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bassel Akache Canada	19	1.2k	785	427	305	240	42	1.9k
Andreas S. Puschnik United States	18	1.2k 0.9×	565 0.7×	573 1.3×	349 1.1×	372 1.6×	27	2.1k
Atze T. Das Netherlands	30	2.8k 2.3×	627 0.8×	765 1.8×	405 1.3×	405 1.7×	113	3.8k
Christian Oker‐Blom Finland	30	1.5k 1.2×	510 0.6×	248 0.6×	391 1.3×	180 0.8×	88	2.3k
Jayme Salsman Canada	20	1.1k 0.9×	349 0.4×	191 0.4×	216 0.7×	197 0.8×	36	1.6k
Felix H. Salazar United States	19	1.9k 1.5×	534 0.7×	455 1.1×	828 2.7×	264 1.1×	22	3.0k
Michael J. DeVit United States	11	1.8k 1.5×	424 0.5×	283 0.7×	314 1.0×	784 3.3×	19	2.8k
Julian A. Guttman Canada	28	1.5k 1.3×	529 0.7×	439 1.0×	193 0.6×	392 1.6×	70	3.3k
Robert C. Orchard United States	22	2.7k 2.2×	703 0.9×	661 1.5×	453 1.5×	502 2.1×	45	4.1k
Roberto Montes‐de‐Oca‐Luna Mexico	21	840 0.7×	458 0.6×	192 0.4×	260 0.9×	292 1.2×	98	2.5k
Yuji Hidaka Japan	26	1.1k 0.9×	300 0.4×	147 0.3×	311 1.0×	223 0.9×	79	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bassel Akache

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akache, Bassel, et al.. (2024). In Silico Prophage Analysis of Halobacterium salinarum ATCC 33170. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 607–619. 1 indexed citations

Azizi, Hiva, Tyler M. Renner, Renu Dudani, et al.. (2024). Self-amplifying RNAs generated with the modified nucleotides 5-methylcytidine and 5-methyluridine mediate strong expression and immunogenicity in vivo. PubMed. 1(2). ugae004–ugae004. 7 indexed citations

Renner, Tyler M., Matthew Stuible, Brian Cass, et al.. (2024). Reduced cross-protective potential of Omicron compared to ancestral SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccines against potentially zoonotic coronaviruses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 58–58.

Stuible, Matthew, Bassel Akache, Tyler M. Renner, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 spike-based virus-like particles incorporate influenza H1/N1 antigens and induce dual immunity in mice. Vaccine. 42(26). 126463–126463. 2 indexed citations

Akache, Bassel & Michael J. McCluskie. (2024). Sulfated lactosyl archaeol (SLA) archaeosomes as a vaccine adjuvant. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 20(1). 2395081–2395081. 1 indexed citations

Renner, Tyler M., Bassel Akache, Matthew Stuible, et al.. (2023). Tuning the immune response: sulfated archaeal glycolipid archaeosomes as an effective vaccine adjuvant for induction of humoral and cell-mediated immunity towards the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1182556–1182556. 6 indexed citations

Akache, Bassel, Andrew J. Read, Renu Dudani, et al.. (2023). Sulfated Lactosyl Archaeol Archaeosome-Adjuvanted Vaccine Formulations Targeting Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Are Immunogenic and Efficacious. Vaccines. 11(6). 1043–1043. 5 indexed citations

Hewitt, Melissa, Jegarubee Bavananthasivam, Jagdeep K. Sandhu, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of VSV vectored SARS-CoV-2 spike when administered through intranasal, intramuscular or a combination of both. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21390–21390. 6 indexed citations

Hrapovic, Sabahudin, Nasha Nassoury, Nathalie Coulombe, et al.. (2023). Production, purification and immunogenicity of Gag virus-like particles carrying SARS-CoV-2 components. Vaccine. 42(1). 40–52. 9 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel, Tyler M. Renner, Matthew Stuible, et al.. (2022). Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 spike antigens derived from Beta & Delta variants of concern. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 118–118. 15 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel, et al.. (2021). Adjuvants: Engineering Protective Immune Responses in Human and Veterinary Vaccines. Methods in molecular biology. 2412. 179–231. 14 indexed citations

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Jia, Yimei, Bassel Akache, Lise Deschatelets, et al.. (2019). A comparison of the immune responses induced by antigens in three different archaeosome-based vaccine formulations. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 561. 187–196. 33 indexed citations

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McComb, Scott, Aude Thiriot, Bassel Akache, Lakshmi Krishnan, & Felicity C. Stark. (2019). Introduction to the Immune System. Methods in molecular biology. 1–24. 84 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel, Felicity C. Stark, Yimei Jia, et al.. (2018). Sulfated archaeol glycolipids: Comparison with other immunological adjuvants in mice. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208067–e0208067. 30 indexed citations

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Grimm, Dirk, Joyce Lee, Tushar Desai, et al.. (2008). In Vitro and In Vivo Gene Therapy Vector Evolution via Multispecies Interbreeding and Retargeting of Adeno-Associated Viruses. Journal of Virology. 82(12). 5887–5911. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akache, Bassel, Dirk Grimm, Xuan Shen, et al.. (2007). A Two-hybrid Screen Identifies Cathepsins B and L as Uncoating Factors for Adeno-associated Virus 2 and 8. Molecular Therapy. 15(2). 330–339. 72 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel, et al.. (2004). Complex Interplay Among Regulators of Drug Resistance Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(27). 27855–27860. 62 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel, et al.. (2002). Zinc Cluster Protein Rdr1p Is a Transcriptional Repressor of the PDR5 Gene Encoding a Multidrug Transporter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(20). 17671–17676. 45 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel & Bernard Turcotte. (2002). New Regulators of Drug Sensitivity in the Family of Yeast Zinc Cluster Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(24). 21254–21260. 63 indexed citations

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Akache, Bassel. (2001). Phenotypic analysis of genes encoding yeast zinc cluster proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(10). 2181–2190. 83 indexed citations

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