Duane R. Wesemann

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Duane R. Wesemann is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Duane R. Wesemann has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Immunology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Duane R. Wesemann's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (19 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (14 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers). Duane R. Wesemann is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (19 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (14 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers). Duane R. Wesemann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and Malaysia. Duane R. Wesemann's co-authors include Frederick W. Alt, Etty Benveniste, Cathryn R. Nagler, Pei Tong, Cristian Boboilă, Vince T. Nguyen, Neha Chaudhary, André Nussenzweig, Michel C. Nussenzweig and Catherine T. Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Duane R. Wesemann

49 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Membrane fusion and immune evasion by the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

2021 190 citations Jun Zhang, Tianshu Xiao et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Duane R. Wesemann United States	27	1.6k	990	657	530	227	52	2.9k
Tamás Oravecz United States	28	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	301 0.5×	665 1.3×	177 0.8×	47	3.0k
Zoe Waibler Germany	27	855 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	362 0.6×	473 0.9×	164 0.7×	65	3.2k
Bruce D. Freedman United States	36	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	423 0.6×	428 0.8×	131 0.6×	71	3.4k
Agustı́n Valenzuela-Fernández Spain	26	1.2k 0.7×	704 0.7×	467 0.7×	680 1.3×	79 0.3×	51	2.7k
Maria Gabriella Torcia Italy	27	1.2k 0.8×	926 0.9×	283 0.4×	442 0.8×	159 0.7×	58	3.1k
You‐Me Kim South Korea	32	1.7k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	271 0.4×	298 0.6×	257 1.1×	75	4.1k
Ludger Ständker Germany	30	1.3k 0.8×	469 0.5×	248 0.4×	329 0.6×	138 0.6×	94	2.6k
Francesco Ria Italy	29	681 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	338 0.5×	278 0.5×	179 0.8×	84	2.6k
Zbigniew Mikulski United States	24	950 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	219 0.3×	319 0.6×	163 0.7×	53	2.3k
Eiji Umemoto Japan	23	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	296 0.5×	254 0.5×	261 1.1×	47	2.4k

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Zuo, Teng, Avneesh Gautam, Gaspar A. Pacheco, et al.. (2025). Somatic hypermutation generates antibody specificities beyond the primary repertoire. Immunity. 58(6). 1396–1410.e7.

Deep, Deeksha, Herman Gudjonson, Chrysothemis C. Brown, et al.. (2024). Precursor central memory versus effector cell fate and naïve CD4+ T cell heterogeneity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(10). 3 indexed citations

Huang, Yu‐Hwa, Charles H. Yoon, Amit Gandhi, et al.. (2024). High-dimensional mapping of human CEACAM1 expression on immune cells and association with melanoma drug resistance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 128–128. 6 indexed citations

Rahman, Rifat & Duane R. Wesemann. (2024). Whence and wherefore IgE?. Immunological Reviews. 326(1). 48–65. 3 indexed citations

Leyva-Castillo, Juan Manuel, Mrinmoy Das, Christy Kam, et al.. (2024). IL-4 acts on skin-derived dendritic cells to promote the TH2 response to cutaneous sensitization and the development of allergic skin inflammation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 154(6). 1462–1471.e3. 10 indexed citations

Wu, Shang‐Chuen, Connie M. Arthur, Wilfredo F. García-Beltrán, et al.. (2023). Blood group A enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection. Blood. 142(8). 742–747. 22 indexed citations

Shrock, Ellen, Richard T. Timms, Tomasz Kula, et al.. (2023). Germline-encoded amino acid–binding motifs drive immunodominant public antibody responses. Science. 380(6640). eadc9498–eadc9498. 45 indexed citations

Lavine, Christy L., Weichun Tang, Shaowei Wang, et al.. (2023). Antibody‐mediated SARS‐CoV ‐2 entry in cultured cells. EMBO Reports. 24(12). e57724–e57724. 6 indexed citations

Rahman, Rifat & Duane R. Wesemann. (2022). Immunology of allergen immunotherapy. PubMed. 2(1). ltac022–ltac022. 3 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ryan, Yuezhou Chen, Olivia Venezia, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 epitope–specific CD4 ⁺ memory T cell responses across COVID-19 disease severity and antibody durability. Science Immunology. 7(73). eabl9464–eabl9464. 34 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuezhou, Pei Tong, Ali Sanjari Moghaddam, et al.. (2022). Immune recall improves antibody durability and breadth to SARS-CoV-2 variants. Science Immunology. 7(78). eabp8328–eabp8328. 34 indexed citations

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Windsor, Ian W., Pei Tong, Ali Sanjari Moghaddam, et al.. (2022). Antibodies induced by an ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain that cross-neutralize variants from Alpha to Omicron BA.1. Science Immunology. 7(74). eabo3425–eabo3425. 24 indexed citations

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Cai, Yongfei, Jun Zhang, Tianshu Xiao, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for enhanced infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Science. 373(6555). 642–648. 154 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jun, Tianshu Xiao, Yongfei Cai, et al.. (2021). Membrane fusion and immune evasion by the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. Science. 374(6573). 1353–1360. 190 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zuo, Teng, Avneesh Gautam, & Duane R. Wesemann. (2019). Affinity war: forging immunoglobulin repertoires. Current Opinion in Immunology. 57. 32–39. 9 indexed citations

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Tong, Pei, Alessandra Granato, Teng Zuo, et al.. (2017). IgH isotype-specific B cell receptor expression influences B cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(40). E8411–E8420. 17 indexed citations

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Zuo, Teng, et al.. (2017). Stochasticity enables BCR-independent germinal center initiation and antibody affinity maturation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(1). 77–90. 26 indexed citations

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Wesemann, Duane R., Andrew J. Portuguese, Jennifer M. Magee, et al.. (2012). Reprogramming IgH isotype-switched B cells to functional-grade induced pluripotent stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(34). 13745–13750. 14 indexed citations

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Wesemann, Duane R., Jennifer M. Magee, Cristian Boboilă, et al.. (2011). Immature B cells preferentially switch to IgE with increased direct Sμ to Sε recombination. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(13). 2733–2746. 84 indexed citations

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Boboilă, Cristian, Mila Janković, Catherine T. Yan, et al.. (2010). Alternative end-joining catalyzes robust IgH locus deletions and translocations in the combined absence of ligase 4 and Ku70. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(7). 3034–3039. 144 indexed citations

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