Maja A. Sommerfelt

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Maja A. Sommerfelt is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Maja A. Sommerfelt has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Virology, 19 papers in Immunology and 17 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Maja A. Sommerfelt's work include HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (15 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Maja A. Sommerfelt is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (15 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Maja A. Sommerfelt collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Maja A. Sommerfelt's co-authors include Mark Marsh, Robin A. Weiss, Myra O. McClure, Eric Hunter, Birger Sørensen, Kim Krogsgaard, Martin Tolstrup, Lars Østergaard, Sara Konstantin Nissen and Rikke Olesen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maja A. Sommerfelt

43 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

The Depsipeptide Romidepsin Reverses HIV-1 Latency In Vivo

2015 379 citations Ole S. Søgaard, Steffen Leth et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maja A. Sommerfelt Norway	17	983	622	548	403	396	43	1.6k
Elizabeth S. Parks United States	11	1.2k 1.2×	545 0.9×	758 1.4×	333 0.8×	402 1.0×	14	1.7k
Masuyo Nakai Japan	20	863 0.9×	527 0.8×	532 1.0×	477 1.2×	237 0.6×	55	1.4k
T D Copeland United States	13	847 0.9×	358 0.6×	466 0.9×	305 0.8×	365 0.9×	16	1.2k
Salvatore J. Arrigo United States	16	1.7k 1.8×	874 1.4×	928 1.7×	429 1.1×	747 1.9×	27	2.4k
Dale A. McPhee Australia	22	1.1k 1.1×	530 0.9×	728 1.3×	328 0.8×	335 0.8×	46	1.6k
Clotilde Thiriart Belgium	18	1.2k 1.2×	660 1.1×	567 1.0×	556 1.4×	645 1.6×	23	2.0k
J W Dubay United States	13	1.1k 1.1×	334 0.5×	629 1.1×	467 1.2×	615 1.6×	18	1.7k
D. A. McPhee Australia	14	1.3k 1.3×	579 0.9×	828 1.5×	360 0.9×	279 0.7×	31	1.7k
Lucinda A. Ivanoff United States	7	1.9k 2.0×	809 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	526 1.3×	828 2.1×	7	2.6k
Dirk Gheysen Belgium	21	593 0.6×	360 0.6×	499 0.9×	408 1.0×	711 1.8×	27	1.8k

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Rockstroh, Jürgen K., David M. Asmuth, Giuseppe Pantaleo, et al.. (2019). Re-boost immunizations with the peptide-based therapeutic HIV vaccine, Vacc-4x, restores geometric mean viral load set-point during treatment interruption. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210965–e0210965. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Yunda, et al.. (2018). Postvaccination C-Reactive Protein and C5/gp41 ^732–744 Antibody Level Fold-Changes Over Baseline Are Independent Predictors of Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Effect in a Phase 2 Clinical Study of Vacc-4x. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 34(3). 307–313. 4 indexed citations

Sørensen, Birger, Maja A. Sommerfelt, Peter L. Smith, et al.. (2017). Correlation of Antibody Responses to a Peptide Antigen gp120-C5 ^501–512 /gp41 ^732–744 with HIV Disease Progression. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(6). 558–566. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Yunda, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Gonzalo Tapia, et al.. (2017). Cell-Mediated Immune Predictors of Vaccine Effect on Viral Load and CD4 Count in a Phase 2 Therapeutic HIV-1 Vaccine Clinical Trial. EBioMedicine. 24. 195–204. 8 indexed citations

Tapia, Gonzalo, Jesper Falkesgaard Højen, Mats Ökvist, et al.. (2017). Sequential Vacc-4x and romidepsin during combination antiretroviral therapy (cART): Immune responses to Vacc-4x regions on p24 and changes in HIV reservoirs. Journal of Infection. 75(6). 555–571. 26 indexed citations

Meijerhof, Tjarko, Hubert G.M. Niesters, Arnt‐Ove Hovden, et al.. (2017). A novel peptide-based vaccine candidate with protective efficacy against influenza A in a mouse model. Virology. 515. 21–28. 34 indexed citations

Smith, Peter L., et al.. (2016). Effect of the Modification of p24 Peptide Antigen on Dendritic Cell Uptake and T Cell Activation. Current HIV Research. 15(1). 3–14. 2 indexed citations

Lind, Andreas, Carol Holm‐Hansen, Inger Lise Haugen, et al.. (2014). Intranasal Administration of a Therapeutic HIV Vaccine (Vacc-4x) Induces Dose-Dependent Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses in a Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112556–e112556. 23 indexed citations

Kran, Anne‐Marte Bakken, et al.. (2010). Low frequency of amino acid alterations following therapeutic immunization with HIV-1 Gag p24-like peptides. AIDS. 24(17). 2609–2618. 7 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A.. (2009). Circular CCR5 peptide conjugates and uses thereof (WO2008074895). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 19(9). 1323–1328. 5 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A. & Birger Sørensen. (2008). Prospects for HIV-1 therapeutic immunisation and vaccination: the potential contribution of peptide immunogens. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 8(6). 745–757. 7 indexed citations

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Kvale, Dag, Anne‐Marte Bakken Kran, Maja A. Sommerfelt, et al.. (2005). Divergent in vitro and in vivo correlates of HIV-specific T-cell responses during onset of HIV viraemia. AIDS. 19(6). 563–567. 14 indexed citations

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Kran, Anne‐Marte Bakken, Birger Sørensen, Maja A. Sommerfelt, et al.. (2004). HLA- and dose-dependent immunogenicity of a peptide-based HIV-1 immunotherapy candidate (Vacc-4x). AIDS. 18(14). 1875–1883. 38 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A., et al.. (2003). A simple semi-rapid HIV-1&2 confirmatory immunoassay using magnetic particles. Journal of Virological Methods. 115(2). 191–198. 11 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A., et al.. (2003). The endogenous langur type D retrovirus PO-1-Lu and its exogenous counterparts in macaque and langur monkeys. Virology. 315(2). 275–282. 9 indexed citations

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Kiwelu, Ireen, et al.. (2000). Evidence of Subtype B-Like Sequences in the V3 Loop Region of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 16(12). 1191–1195. 8 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A., et al.. (1995). Intercellular adhesion molecule 3, a candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 co-receptor on lymphoid and monocytoid cells. Journal of General Virology. 76(6). 1345–1352. 14 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A., et al.. (1993). Expression of Simian Type D Retroviral (Mason-Pfizer Monkey Virus) Capsids in Insect Cells Using Recombinant Baculovirus. Virology. 192(1). 298–306. 15 indexed citations

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McClure, Myra O., Maja A. Sommerfelt, Mark Marsh, & Robin A. Weiss. (1990). The pH independence of mammalian retrovirus infection. Journal of General Virology. 71(4). 767–773. 177 indexed citations

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Sommerfelt, Maja A. & Mark Marsh. (1989). Binding and entry of animal viruses. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 4(1). 1–26. 22 indexed citations

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