Lee Ratner

22.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
300 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Lee Ratner is a scholar working on Immunology, Virology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee Ratner has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Immunology, 111 papers in Virology and 105 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Lee Ratner's work include T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (134 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (111 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (105 papers). Lee Ratner is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (134 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (111 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (105 papers). Lee Ratner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Lee Ratner's co-authors include Flossie Wong‐Staal, Robert C. Gallo, Martin L. Bryant, Nancy Vander Heyden, Steven F. Josephs, Paul Spearman, Amanda G. Fisher, Howard E. Gendelman, Michael D. Lairmore and Peter Westervelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lee Ratner

295 papers receiving 17.0k 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.

Complete nucleotide sequence of the AIDS virus, HTLV-III

1985 2.0k citations Lee Ratner, Robert C. Gallo et al. profile →
The Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 influences nuclear localization of viral nucleic acids in nondividing host cells.

1994 705 citations Lee Ratner et al. profile →
Sensitivity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to the Fusion Inhibitor T-20 Is Modulated by Coreceptor Specificity Defined by the V3 Loop of gp120

2000 643 citations Lee Ratner et al. Journal of Virology profile →
Myristoylation-dependent replication and assembly of human immunodeficiency virus 1.

1990 533 citations Lee Ratner et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lee Ratner	8.6k	7.1k	5.4k	4.9k	3.2k	300	17.5k
Genoveffa Franchini	5.1k 0.6×	9.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	4.5k 1.4×	263	14.1k
Marjorie Robert-Guroff	5.1k 0.6×	7.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	195	11.4k
Mikuláš Popovič	7.8k 0.9×	6.7k 0.9×	4.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	51	13.0k
Yoshio Koyanagi	6.4k 0.7×	6.0k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	222	12.8k
Flossie Wong‐Staal	14.6k 1.7×	12.3k 1.7×	8.5k 1.6×	11.7k 2.4×	5.1k 1.6×	354	34.6k
M. G. Sarngadharan	5.1k 0.6×	5.9k 0.8×	3.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	3.3k 1.0×	74	10.9k
Scott Koenig	6.1k 0.7×	5.9k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	901 0.3×	102	13.6k
Paul R. Clapham	10.2k 1.2×	7.8k 1.1×	4.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	127	14.4k
Mark B. Feinberg	7.3k 0.8×	6.4k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	107	12.2k
Barbara K. Felber	4.8k 0.6×	4.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.4×	5.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	197	12.0k

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Grierson, Patrick, Rama Suresh, Andrea Wang‐Gillam, et al.. (2025). Neoadjuvant BMS-813160, Nivolumab, Gemcitabine, and Nab-Paclitaxel for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(17). 3644–3651.

Panfil, Amanda R., Ancy Joseph, Daniel A. Rauch, et al.. (2024). HTLV‐1 infected T cells cause bone loss via small extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(10). e12516–e12516. 1 indexed citations

Haigentz, Missak, Jeannette Y. Lee, Elizabeth Y. Chiao, et al.. (2023). Phase I Trial of the Multi-kinase Inhibitor Cabozantinib, a CYP3A4 Substrate, plus CYP3A4-Interacting Antiretroviral Therapy in People Living with HIV and Cancer (AMC-087). Clinical Cancer Research. 29(24). 5038–5046. 3 indexed citations

Rajdev, Lakshmi, Himanshu Joshi, Shelly Lensing, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the safety of nivolumab in people living with HIV with advanced cancer on antiretroviral therapy: the AIDS Malignancy Consortium 095 Study. Cancer. 130(6). 985–994. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Xiaogang, Ancy Joseph, Alice Chen-Liaw, et al.. (2021). Epigenomic regulation of human T-cell leukemia virus by chromatin-insulator CTCF. PLoS Pathogens. 17(5). e1009577–e1009577. 12 indexed citations

Ramos, Juan Carlos, Joseph A. Sparano, Amy Chadburn, et al.. (2020). Impact of Myc in HIV-associated non-Hodgkin lymphomas treated with EPOCH and outcomes with vorinostat (AMC-075 trial). Blood. 136(11). 1284–1297. 36 indexed citations

Martinez, Michael P., Xiaogang Cheng, Ancy Joseph, et al.. (2019). HTLV-1 CTCF-binding site is dispensable for in vitro immortalization and persistent infection in vivo. Retrovirology. 16(1). 44–44. 18 indexed citations

Dirksen, Wessel P., Michael P. Martinez, Nikoloz Shkriabai, et al.. (2019). HTLV-1 Tax-1 interacts with SNX27 to regulate cellular localization of the HTLV-1 receptor molecule, GLUT1. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0214059–e0214059. 22 indexed citations

Ko, Bookyung, Janice Kim, Jeffrey He, et al.. (2015). Acetylation of the c-MYC oncoprotein is required for cooperation with the HTLV-1 p30 II accessory protein and the induction of oncogenic cellular transformation by p30 II /c-MYC. Virology. 476. 271–288. 15 indexed citations

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Harmon, Brooke & Lee Ratner. (2008). Induction of the Gα _q Signaling Cascade by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Is Required for Virus Entry. Journal of Virology. 82(18). 9191–9205. 70 indexed citations

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Wielgosz, Matthew M., Daniel A. Rauch, Kathryn S. Jones, Frank W. Ruscetti, & Lee Ratner. (2005). Cholesterol Dependence of HTLV-I Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(1). 43–50. 25 indexed citations

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Tsukahara, Tomonori & Lee Ratner. (2004). Substitution of HIV Type 1 Nef with HTLV-1 p12. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(9). 938–943. 8 indexed citations

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Ratner, Lee & Nancy Vander Heyden. (1993). Mechanism of Action of N -Butyl Deoxynojirimycin in Inhibiting HIV-1 Infection and Activity in Combination with Nucleoside Analogs. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(4). 291–297. 24 indexed citations

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Miller, J. Philip, et al.. (1993). Alterations in Spliced and Unspliced HIV-1-Specific RNA Detection in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Individuals with Varying CD4-Positive Lymphocyte Counts. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(12). 1257–1263. 14 indexed citations

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Westervelt, Peter, et al.. (1993). Role of HIV-1 Envelope V3 Loop Cleavage in Cell Tropism. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(10). 1007–1015. 23 indexed citations

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Ratner, Lee. (1992). Glucosidase Inhibitors for Treatment of HIV-1 Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(2). 165–173. 57 indexed citations

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Ratner, Lee, et al.. (1991). Formation of Noninfectious HIV-1 Virus Particles Lacking a Full-Length Envelope Protein. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(3). 287–294. 8 indexed citations

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Ratner, Lee, et al.. (1991). Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Isolates of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 of Diverse Geographical Origins. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(11). 923–941. 96 indexed citations

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Dedera, Douglas A., Nancy Vander Heyden, & Lee Ratner. (1990). Attenuation of HIV-1 Infectivity by an Inhibitor of Oligosaccharide Processing. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 6(6). 785–794. 37 indexed citations

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Ratner, Lee, Amanda G. Fisher, Linda L. Jagodzinski, et al.. (1987). Complete Nucleotide Sequences of Functional Clones of the AIDS Virus. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 3(1). 57–69. 314 indexed citations

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