Benhur Lee

21.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
202 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Benhur Lee is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benhur Lee has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Immunology, 87 papers in Epidemiology and 86 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Benhur Lee's work include HIV Research and Treatment (80 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (76 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers). Benhur Lee is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (80 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (76 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers). Benhur Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Benhur Lee's co-authors include Robert W. Doms, Hector C. Aguilar, Matthew Sharron, Luis J. Montaner, Ernest L. Levroney, Alexander N. Freiberg, Oscar Negrete, Benjamin J. Doranz, Linda G. Baum and Drew Weissman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Benhur Lee

197 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Interferon-Inducible Cholesterol-25-Hydroxylase Broadly Inhibits Viral Entry by Production of 25-Hydroxycholesterol

2012 516 citations Jennifer K. Smith, Olivier Pernet et al. profile →
Quantification of CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 levels on lymphocyte subsets, dendritic cells, and differentially conditioned monocyte-derived macrophages

1999 488 citations Benhur Lee et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Paramyxoviridae

2019 208 citations W. Paul Duprex, Benhur Lee et al. profile →
The Impact of Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Mutations and Variants on COVID-19 Vaccines

2022 133 citations Benhur Lee et al. mBio profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Benhur Lee	5.3k	4.4k	4.3k	4.1k	3.3k	202	13.1k
Persephone Borrow	9.7k 1.8×	3.6k 0.8×	5.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	159	15.3k
Christopher C. Broder	4.1k 0.8×	6.2k 1.4×	5.7k 1.3×	5.7k 1.4×	2.6k 0.8×	198	13.0k
Gerd Sutter	4.4k 0.8×	3.9k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	211	10.0k
Paul A. Luciw	4.0k 0.8×	4.4k 1.0×	8.1k 1.9×	4.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.3×	200	14.3k
Frank Kirchhoff	5.8k 1.1×	3.6k 0.8×	8.8k 2.1×	5.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	296	14.0k
M. Juliana McElrath	7.5k 1.4×	3.4k 0.8×	8.2k 1.9×	4.4k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	261	15.1k
Tetsutaro Sata	2.8k 0.5×	4.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.4×	3.7k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	328	12.0k
Miles P. Davenport	4.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	256	10.8k
Yoshio Koyanagi	6.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	6.4k 1.5×	3.7k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	222	12.8k
Jeremy Luban	4.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	7.2k 1.7×	3.6k 0.9×	7.5k 2.3×	155	14.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Beaulaurier, John, J. Andrew Duty, Christian S. Stevens, et al.. (2025). De novo antibody identification in human blood from full-length single B cell transcriptomics and matching haplotype-resolved germline assemblies. Genome Research. 35(4). 929–941. 2 indexed citations

Glaria, Idoia, Ignacio de Blas, Delia Lacasta, et al.. (2025). Characterization of a recombinant Sendai virus vector encoding the small ruminant lentivirus gag-P25: antiviral properties in vitro and transgene expression in sheep. Veterinary Research. 56(1). 51–51. 1 indexed citations

Acklin, Joshua A., Shu Horiuchi, Satoshi Ikegame, et al.. (2024). Immunological landscape of human lymphoid explants during measles virus infection. JCI Insight. 9(17). 1 indexed citations

Slamanig, Stefan, Mitali Mishra, Benhur Lee, et al.. (2024). A single immunization with intranasal Newcastle disease virus (NDV)-based XBB.1.5 variant vaccine reduces disease and transmission in animals against matched-variant challenge. Vaccine. 45. 126586–126586. 1 indexed citations

Schmitz, Katharina S., Lisa Bauer, Griffin D. Haas, et al.. (2024). Functional properties of measles virus proteins derived from a subacute sclerosing panencephalitis patient who received repeated remdesivir treatments. Journal of Virology. 98(3). e0187423–e0187423. 6 indexed citations

Oguntuyo, Kasopefoluwa Y., Griffin D. Haas, Kristopher D. Azarm, et al.. (2024). Structure-guided mutagenesis of Henipavirus receptor-binding proteins reveals molecular determinants of receptor usage and antibody-binding epitopes. Journal of Virology. 98(3). e0183823–e0183823. 3 indexed citations

Stevens, Christian S., Ruth Watkinson, Arnold Park, et al.. (2024). A temperature-sensitive and less immunogenic Sendai virus for efficient gene editing. Journal of Virology. 98(12). e0083224–e0083224. 1 indexed citations

Oguntuyo, Kasopefoluwa Y., et al.. (2023). Crystal structure and solution state of the C-terminal head region of the narmovirus receptor binding protein. mBio. 14(5). e0139123–e0139123. 2 indexed citations

Stevens, Christian S., Terry L. Juelich, Colm Atkins, et al.. (2023). Nipah Virus Bangladesh Infection Elicits Organ-Specific Innate and Inflammatory Responses in the Marmoset Model. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(5). 604–614. 5 indexed citations

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Hage, Adam, Preeti Bharaj, Sarah van Tol, et al.. (2022). The RNA helicase DHX16 recognizes specific viral RNA to trigger RIG-I-dependent innate antiviral immunity. Cell Reports. 38(10). 110434–110434. 29 indexed citations

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Norris, Michael, William B. Kiosses, Jieyun Yin, et al.. (2022). Measles and Nipah virus assembly: Specific lipid binding drives matrix polymerization. Science Advances. 8(29). eabn1440–eabn1440. 22 indexed citations

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Ikegame, Satoshi, Takao Hashiguchi, Chuan-Tien Hung, et al.. (2021). Fitness selection of hyperfusogenic measles virus F proteins associated with neuropathogenic phenotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 15 indexed citations

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Nilsson-Payant, Benjamin E., Daniel Blanco-Melo, Skyler Uhl, et al.. (2021). Reduced Nucleoprotein Availability Impairs Negative-Sense RNA Virus Replication and Promotes Host Recognition. Journal of Virology. 95(9). 27 indexed citations

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Genoyer, Emmanuelle, Katarzyna Kulej, Chuan-Tien Hung, et al.. (2020). The Viral Polymerase Complex Mediates the Interaction of Viral Ribonucleoprotein Complexes with Recycling Endosomes during Sendai Virus Assembly. mBio. 11(4). 13 indexed citations

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Pryce, Rhys, Kristopher D. Azarm, Ilona Rissanen, et al.. (2019). A key region of molecular specificity orchestrates unique ephrin-B1 utilization by Cedar virus. Life Science Alliance. 3(1). e201900578–e201900578. 28 indexed citations

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Flynn, Jacqueline K., Paula Ellenberg, Renee C. Duncan, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Clinical HIV-1 Strains with Resistance to Maraviroc Reveals Strain-Specific Resistance Mutations, Variable Degrees of Resistance, and Minimal Cross-Resistance to Other CCR5 Antagonists. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(12). 1220–1235. 6 indexed citations

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Beaty, Shannon M. & Benhur Lee. (2016). Constraints on the Genetic and Antigenic Variability of Measles Virus. Viruses. 8(4). 109–109. 33 indexed citations

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Lee, Benhur & Paul A. Rota. (2012). Henipavirus : ecology, molecular virology and pathogenesis. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 12 indexed citations

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Wolf, Mike C., Yao Wang, Alexander N. Freiberg, et al.. (2009). A catalytically and genetically optimized β-lactamase-matrix based assay for sensitive, specific, and higher throughput analysis of native henipavirus entry characteristics. Virology Journal. 6(1). 119–119. 27 indexed citations

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Aguilar, Hector C., Zeynep Akyol Ataman, Matthew J. Stroud, et al.. (2008). A Novel Receptor-induced Activation Site in the Nipah Virus Attachment Glycoprotein (G) Involved in Triggering the Fusion Glycoprotein (F). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(3). 1628–1635. 80 indexed citations

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