Luis A. Brito

5.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
24 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Luis A. Brito is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis A. Brito has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Luis A. Brito's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (5 papers). Luis A. Brito is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (13 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (5 papers). Luis A. Brito collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Sweden. Luis A. Brito's co-authors include Derek T. O’Hagan, Kimberly J. Hassett, Manmohan Singh, Giuseppe Ciaramella, Olga Yuzhakov, Örn Almarsson, Andrew J. Geall, Jeffrey B. Ulmer, Kapil Bahl and Ruchi R. Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Luis A. Brito

24 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles for Intramuscular Administration of mRNA Vaccines

2019 601 citations Kimberly J. Hassett, Kerry E. Benenato et al. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids profile →
Nonviral delivery of self-amplifying RNA vaccines

2012 525 citations Andrew J. Geall, Gillis R. Otten et al. profile →
Preclinical and Clinical Demonstration of Immunogenicity by mRNA Vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 Influenza Viruses

2017 493 citations Kapil Bahl, Olga Yuzhakov et al. Molecular Therapy profile →
Impact of lipid nanoparticle size on mRNA vaccine immunogenicity

2021 256 citations Kimberly J. Hassett, Jaclyn S. Higgins et al. Journal of Controlled Release profile →
Novel approaches for vaccine development

2021 220 citations Makda S. Gebre, Luis A. Brito et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luis A. Brito United States	21	2.3k	1.3k	1.2k	505	416	24	3.6k
Giuseppe Ciaramella United States	23	2.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	711 1.4×	602 1.4×	35	4.5k
Frederick Porter United States	7	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	282 0.6×	403 1.0×	8	3.4k
Paul F. McKay United Kingdom	30	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	756 0.6×	348 0.7×	309 0.7×	81	3.0k
Andrew J. Geall United States	26	1.9k 0.8×	878 0.7×	807 0.6×	292 0.6×	414 1.0×	34	2.7k
Ralf Wagner Germany	42	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 2.2×	651 1.6×	160	5.2k
Qinxue Hu China	34	984 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	764 1.5×	279 0.7×	101	3.5k
Kimberly J. Hassett United States	12	1.5k 0.7×	742 0.6×	827 0.7×	306 0.6×	247 0.6×	14	2.2k
Ramesh Akkina United States	39	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	909 1.8×	1.1k 2.8×	102	4.7k
Shixia Wang United States	37	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 2.1×	372 0.9×	138	4.2k
Suezanne E. Parker United States	24	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	952 2.3×	40	4.8k

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Hassett, Kimberly J., Jaclyn S. Higgins, Angela Woods, et al.. (2021). Impact of lipid nanoparticle size on mRNA vaccine immunogenicity. Journal of Controlled Release. 335. 237–246. 256 indexed citations breakdown →

Gebre, Makda S., Luis A. Brito, Lisa H. Tostanoski, et al.. (2021). Novel approaches for vaccine development. Cell. 184(6). 1589–1603. 220 indexed citations breakdown →

Shah, Ruchi R., Marianna Taccone, Elisabetta Monaci, et al.. (2019). The droplet size of emulsion adjuvants has significant impact on their potency, due to differences in immune cell-recruitment and -activation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11520–11520. 33 indexed citations

Hassett, Kimberly J., Kerry E. Benenato, Eric Jacquinet, et al.. (2019). Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles for Intramuscular Administration of mRNA Vaccines. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 15. 1–11. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

Brito, Luis A., Tom Wu, Andrew T. Miller, et al.. (2018). Stable Nanoemulsions for the Delivery of Small Molecule Immune Potentiators. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 107(9). 2310–2314. 9 indexed citations

Bahl, Kapil, Olga Yuzhakov, Alex Bulychev, et al.. (2017). Preclinical and Clinical Demonstration of Immunogenicity by mRNA Vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 Influenza Viruses. Molecular Therapy. 25(6). 1316–1327. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

Lindgren, Gustaf, Sebastian Ols, Frank Liang, et al.. (2017). Induction of Robust B Cell Responses after Influenza mRNA Vaccination Is Accompanied by Circulating Hemagglutinin-Specific ICOS+ PD-1+ CXCR3+ T Follicular Helper Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1539–1539. 102 indexed citations

Liang, Frank, Gustaf Lindgren, Ang Lin, et al.. (2017). Efficient Targeting and Activation of Antigen-Presenting Cells In Vivo after Modified mRNA Vaccine Administration in Rhesus Macaques. Molecular Therapy. 25(12). 2635–2647. 274 indexed citations

Shah, Ruchi R., Kimberly J. Hassett, & Luis A. Brito. (2016). Overview of Vaccine Adjuvants: Introduction, History, and Current Status. Methods in molecular biology. 1494. 1–13. 93 indexed citations

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Shah, Ruchi R., Stephanie Dodd, Mary Schaefer, et al.. (2015). The Development of Self-Emulsifying Oil-in-Water Emulsion Adjuvant and an Evaluation of the Impact of Droplet Size on Performance. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 104(4). 1352–1361. 39 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A., Sushma Kommareddy, Domenico Maione, et al.. (2014). Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccines. Advances in genetics. 89. 179–233. 142 indexed citations

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Deering, Raquel P., Sushma Kommareddy, Jeffrey B. Ulmer, Luis A. Brito, & Andrew J. Geall. (2014). Nucleic acid vaccines: prospects for non-viral delivery of mRNA vaccines. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 11(6). 885–899. 132 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A. & Derek T. O’Hagan. (2014). Designing and building the next generation of improved vaccine adjuvants. Journal of Controlled Release. 190. 563–579. 116 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A., Padma Malyala, & Derek T. O’Hagan. (2013). Vaccine adjuvant formulations: A pharmaceutical perspective. Seminars in Immunology. 25(2). 130–145. 126 indexed citations

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Chandramouli, Sumana, Angelica Medina-Selby, Doris Coit, et al.. (2013). Generation of a parvovirus B19 vaccine candidate. Vaccine. 31(37). 3872–3878. 55 indexed citations

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Loomis, Rebecca J., Anders Lilja, James E. Monroe, et al.. (2012). Vectored co-delivery of human cytomegalovirus gH and gL proteins elicits potent complement-independent neutralizing antibodies. Vaccine. 31(6). 919–926. 35 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A., Barbara C. Baudner, Simona Gallorini, et al.. (2011). An alternative renewable source of squalene for use in emulsion adjuvants. Vaccine. 29(37). 6262–6268. 29 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A., et al.. (2010). Non-viral eNOS gene delivery and transfection with stents for the treatment of restenosis. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 9(1). 56–56. 33 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A. & Manmohan Singh. (2010). COMMENTARY: Acceptable Levels of Endotoxin in Vaccine Formulations During Preclinical Research. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 100(1). 34–37. 160 indexed citations

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Brito, Luis A., et al.. (2009). In vitro and In vivo studies of local arterial gene delivery and transfection using lipopolyplexes‐embedded stents. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 93A(1). 325–336. 20 indexed citations

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