Gerardo R. Vasta

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

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Gerardo R. Vasta is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerardo R. Vasta has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Immunology, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gerardo R. Vasta's work include Galectins and Cancer Biology (63 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (61 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (40 papers). Gerardo R. Vasta is often cited by papers focused on Galectins and Cancer Biology (63 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (61 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (40 papers). Gerardo R. Vasta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Germany. Gerardo R. Vasta's co-authors include Hafiz Ahmed, John J. Marchalonis, Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Eric W. Odom, Julie D. Gauthier, José A. Fernández Robledo, Satoshi Tasumi, Mario A. Bianchet, Kiho Kim and JoAnn M. Burkholder and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerardo R. Vasta

161 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerardo R. Vasta United States	49	5.5k	3.3k	2.0k	1.2k	677	162	8.8k
Lingling Wang China	52	6.3k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	509 0.8×	442	11.1k
Beatriz Novoa Spain	59	5.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	513 0.8×	277	10.2k
Michael L. Kent United States	51	4.1k 0.8×	940 0.3×	4.1k 2.0×	1.9k 1.6×	937 1.4×	238	10.1k
Kimberly S. Reece United States	41	1.1k 0.2×	2.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	618 0.9×	143	6.5k
Hong Liu China	48	2.4k 0.4×	4.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	345 0.3×	197 0.3×	233	12.8k
Alberto Pallavicini Italy	43	1.4k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	165 0.2×	199	5.8k
Andrew C. Barnes Australia	38	2.5k 0.5×	807 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	507 0.4×	207 0.3×	178	5.1k
Gregory W. Warr United States	45	5.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	553 0.3×	324 0.3×	165 0.2×	174	7.2k
Christopher J. Bayne United States	45	2.7k 0.5×	653 0.2×	2.9k 1.4×	787 0.7×	2.1k 3.1×	131	6.3k
Patrick M. Gaffney United States	46	3.4k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	68 0.1×	158	8.4k

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Vasta, Gerardo R. & Gabriel A. Rabinovich. (2025). An evolutionary perspective of the roles of galectins in pathogen recognition and immunity. Seminars in Immunology. 79. 101974–101974. 1 indexed citations

Karki, Pratap, Kamoltip Promnares, Saini Setua, et al.. (2024). Aberrant GPA expression and regulatory function of red blood cells in sickle cell disease. Blood Advances. 8(7). 1687–1697. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Chiguang, et al.. (2024). Galectin-3 disrupts tight junctions of airway epithelial cell monolayers by inducing expression and release of matrix metalloproteinases upon influenza A infection. Glycobiology. 35(1). 3 indexed citations

Vasta, Gerardo R.. (2020). Galectins in Host–Pathogen Interactions: Structural, Functional and Evolutionary Aspects. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1204. 169–196. 24 indexed citations

Niţă‐Lazăr, Mihai, Chiguang Feng, Núria González‐Montalbán, et al.. (2015). The zebrafish galectins Drgal1-L2 and Drgal3-L1 bind in vitro to the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) glycoprotein and reduce viral adhesion to fish epithelial cells. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 55. 241–252. 45 indexed citations

Shi, Xiu-Zhen, Lei Wang, Sen Xu, et al.. (2014). A Galectin from the Kuruma Shrimp (Marsupenaeus japonicus) Functions as an Opsonin and Promotes Bacterial Clearance from Hemolymph. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91794–e91794. 75 indexed citations

Vasta, Gerardo R., Mihai Niţă‐Lazăr, Barbara Giomarelli, et al.. (2011). Structural and functional diversity of the lectin repertoire in teleost fish: Relevance to innate and adaptive immunity. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 35(12). 1388–1399. 137 indexed citations

Poisa-Beiro, Laura, S. Dios, Hafiz Ahmed, et al.. (2009). Nodavirus Infection of Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Induces Up-Regulation of Galectin-1 Expression with Potential Anti-Inflammatory Activity. The Journal of Immunology. 183(10). 6600–6611. 60 indexed citations

Tasumi, Satoshi & Gerardo R. Vasta. (2007). A Galectin of Unique Domain Organization from Hemocytes of the Eastern Oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) Is a Receptor for the Protistan Parasite Perkinsus marinus. The Journal of Immunology. 179(5). 3086–3098. 191 indexed citations

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Asojo, Oluwatoyin A., Eric J. Schott, Gerardo R. Vasta, & Abelardo M. Silva. (2006). Structures of PmSOD1 and PmSOD2, two superoxide dismutases from the protozoan parasitePerkinsus marinus. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(11). 1072–1075. 13 indexed citations

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Odom, Eric W. & Gerardo R. Vasta. (2005). Characterization of a Binary Tandem Domain F-type Lectin from Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(3). 1698–1713. 64 indexed citations

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Robledo, José A. Fernández, et al.. (2004). Identification of a Second rRNA Gene Unit in the Perkinsus andrewsi Genome. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51(2). 234–245. 14 indexed citations

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Schott, Eric J., et al.. (2003). Assessment of the epizootiology of Perkinsus spp on the Atlantic Coast of USA using genus-, species-, and strain-specific molecular probes. Journal of Shellfish Research. 22(1). 348–349. 2 indexed citations

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Vasta, Gerardo R., Michael S. Quesenberry, Hafiz Ahmed, & Nuala A. O’Leary. (2001). Lectins From Tunicates: Structure-Function Relationships in Innate Immunity. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 484. 275–287. 12 indexed citations

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Bianchet, Mario A., Hafiz Ahmed, Gerardo R. Vasta, & L. Mario Amzel. (2000). Soluble ?-galactosyl-binding lectin (galectin) from toad ovary: Crystallographic studies of two protein-sugar complexes. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 40(3). 378–388. 75 indexed citations

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Robledo, José A. Fernández, Julie D. Gauthier, Cathleen A. Coss, Anita C. Wright, & Gerardo R. Vasta. (1998). Species-Specificity and Sensitivity of a PCR-Based Assay for Perkinsus marinus in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica: A Comparison with the Fluid Thioglycollate Assay. Journal of Parasitology. 84(6). 1237–1237. 58 indexed citations

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Vasta, Gerardo R., Hafiz Ahmed, L. Mario Amzel, & Mario A. Bianchet. (1997). Galectins from Amphibian Species: Carbohydrate Specificity, Molecular Structure, and Evolution.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 9(45). 131–144. 12 indexed citations

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Gauthier, Julie D. & Gerardo R. Vasta. (1993). Continuous in Vitro Culture of the Eastern Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 62(3). 321–323. 75 indexed citations

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Vasta, Gerardo R., John J. Marchalonis, & Hans Köhler. (1984). Invertebrate recognition protein cross-reacts with an immunoglobulin idiotype.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 159(4). 1270–1276. 33 indexed citations

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Marchalonis, John J., Gerardo R. Vasta, Jeffrey C. Hunt, An-Chuan Wang, & Jun Minowada. (1983). Some T-cell leukemia lines express surface markers related to a restricted set of human VH determinants. Cellular Immunology. 77(1). 161–175. 7 indexed citations

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