Kenneth C. Williams

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Kenneth C. Williams is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth C. Williams has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Virology, 41 papers in Immunology and 36 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth C. Williams's work include HIV Research and Treatment (82 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (36 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (34 papers). Kenneth C. Williams is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (82 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (36 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (34 papers). Kenneth C. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. Kenneth C. Williams's co-authors include Tricia H. Burdo, Andrew A. Lackner, Xavier Álvarez, Jack P. Antel, Elling Ulvestad, William F. Hickey, Susan V. Westmoreland, Steven Grinspoon, Patrick Autissier and Caroline Soulas and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth C. Williams

115 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Arterial Inflammation in Patients With HIV 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Arterial Inflammation in Patients With HIV
    2012 352 citations Tricia H. Burdo, Markella V. Zanni et al. profile →

Peers

Kenneth C. Williams
Joseph L. Mankowski United States
Leroy R. Sharer United States
Leon G. Epstein United States
Petronela Ancuța Canada
Michael Bukrinsky United States
Joan W. Berman United States
Serena Spudich United States
Jeanne E. Bell United Kingdom
Tricia H. Burdo United States
Hans S.L.M. Nottet Netherlands
Joseph L. Mankowski United States
Kenneth C. Williams
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth C. Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenneth C. Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenneth C. Williams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kenneth C. Williams. Kenneth C. Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Midkiff, Cecily C., et al.. (2025). Novel Perineural Pathways and the Dynamics of SIV-Infected Macrophage Trafficking Out of the Central Nervous System. American Journal Of Pathology. 195(11). 2233–2246.
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Williams, Kenneth C., et al.. (2022). Monocytes in HIV and SIV Infection and Aging: Implications for Inflamm-Aging and Accelerated Aging. Viruses. 14(2). 409–409. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, Kenneth C., et al.. (2018). An SIV macaque model of SIV and HAND: the need for adjunctive therapies in HIV that target activated monocytes and macrophages. Journal of NeuroVirology. 24(2). 213–219. 14 indexed citations
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Fourman, Lindsay T., Sofia D. Shaikh, Takara L. Stanley, et al.. (2018). Insulin-like growth factor 1 inversely relates to monocyte/macrophage activation markers in HIV. AIDS. 32(7). 927–932. 8 indexed citations
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Lakritz, Jessica R., Derek Thibault, Jake A. Robinson, et al.. (2016). α4-Integrin Antibody Treatment Blocks Monocyte/Macrophage Traffic to, Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in, and Pathology of the Dorsal Root Ganglia in an SIV Macaque Model of HIV-Peripheral Neuropathy. American Journal Of Pathology. 186(7). 1754–1761. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, Kenneth C., et al.. (2016). Non-human primate models of SIV infection and CNS neuropathology. Current Opinion in Virology. 19. 92–98. 25 indexed citations
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Walker, Joshua, et al.. (2014). Elevated Numbers of CD163 + Macrophages in Hearts of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Monkeys Correlate with Cardiac Pathology and Fibrosis. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(7). 685–694. 35 indexed citations
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Strickland, Samantha L., Rebecca Gray, Susanna L. Lamers, et al.. (2011). Significant Genetic Heterogeneity of the SIVmac251 Viral Swarm Derived from Different Sources. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(12). 1327–1332. 19 indexed citations
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Zanni, Markella V., Tricia H. Burdo, Hideo Makimura, Kenneth C. Williams, & Steven Grinspoon. (2011). Relationship between monocyte/macrophage activation marker soluble CD163 and insulin resistance in obese and normal‐weight subjects. Clinical Endocrinology. 77(3). 385–390. 72 indexed citations
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Ratai, Eva‐Maria, Lakshmanan Annamalai, Tricia H. Burdo, et al.. (2011). Brain creatine elevation and N‐acetylaspartate reduction indicates neuronal dysfunction in the setting of enhanced glial energy metabolism in a macaque model of NeuroAIDS. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 66(3). 625–634. 47 indexed citations
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Burdo, Tricia H., Caroline Soulas, Anitha Krishnan, et al.. (2010). Increased Monocyte Turnover from Bone Marrow Correlates with Severity of SIV Encephalitis and CD163 Levels in Plasma. PLoS Pathogens. 6(4). e1000842–e1000842. 163 indexed citations
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Annamalai, Lakshmanan, Douglas R. Pauley, Heather Knight, et al.. (2010). Impact of Short-Term Combined Antiretroviral Therapy on Brain Virus Burden in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected and CD8+ Lymphocyte-Depleted Rhesus Macaques. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(2). 777–791. 19 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Atsuhiko, Binhua Ling, Juan T. Borda, et al.. (2009). The level of monocyte turnover predicts disease progression in the macaque model of AIDS. Blood. 114(14). 2917–2925. 113 indexed citations
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Veazey, Ronald S., Susanne H.C. Baumeister, Melisa D. Rett, et al.. (2008). Increased Loss of CCR5 + CD45RA − CD4 + T Cells in CD8 + Lymphocyte-Depleted Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Virology. 82(11). 5618–5630. 30 indexed citations
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Ratto‐Kim, Silvia, Thippawan Chuenchitra, Lynn Pulliam, et al.. (2008). Expression of monocyte markers in HIV-1 infected individuals with or without HIV associated dementia and normal controls in Bangkok Thailand. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 195(1-2). 100–107. 6 indexed citations
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Veazey, Ronald S., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Jörn E. Schmitz, et al.. (2003). Dynamics of Simian immunodeficiency virus‐specific cytotoxic T‐cell responses in tissues. Journal of Medical Primatology. 32(4-5). 194–200. 24 indexed citations
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Williams, Kenneth C., Annette Schwartz, Sarah Corey, et al.. (2002). Proliferating Cellular Nuclear Antigen Expression as a Marker of Perivascular Macrophages in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Encephalitis. American Journal Of Pathology. 161(2). 575–585. 62 indexed citations
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MacLean, Andrew G., Marlene S. Orandle, J J MacKey, et al.. (2002). Characterization of an in vitro rhesus macaque blood–brain barrier. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 131(1-2). 98–103. 17 indexed citations
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