Marcus Altfeld

31.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
280 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Marcus Altfeld is a scholar working on Immunology, Virology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Altfeld has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Immunology, 187 papers in Virology and 52 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Marcus Altfeld's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (197 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (187 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (114 papers). Marcus Altfeld is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (197 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (187 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (114 papers). Marcus Altfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Marcus Altfeld's co-authors include Galit Alter, Bruce D. Walker, Eric Rosenberg, Marylyn M. Addo, Jessica Malenfant, Todd M. Allen, Philip Goulder, Stéphanie Jost, Christian Brander and Xu G. Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Altfeld

273 papers receiving 17.8k 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.

CD107a as a functional marker for the identification of natural killer cell activity

2004 1.1k citations Galit Alter, Marcus Altfeld et al. profile →
Immune control of HIV-1 after early treatment of acute infection

2000 791 citations Eric Rosenberg, Marcus Altfeld et al. profile →
Comprehensive Epitope Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-Specific T-Cell Responses Directed against the Entire Expressed HIV-1 Genome Demonstrate Broadly Directed Responses, but No Correlation to Viral Load

2003 532 citations Marylyn M. Addo, Xu G. Yu et al. Journal of Virology profile →
Antiretroviral-Free HIV-1 Remission and Viral Rebound After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

2014 286 citations Marcus Altfeld et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcus Altfeld United States	74	12.3k	10.5k	4.7k	3.3k	2.4k	280	18.0k
Philip Goulder United Kingdom	61	10.9k 0.9×	10.7k 1.0×	4.9k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	208	16.8k
Rafick‐Pierre Sékaly United States	70	12.1k 1.0×	8.8k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	3.4k 1.4×	310	19.1k
Giuseppe Pantaleo Switzerland	71	11.2k 0.9×	10.6k 1.0×	6.5k 1.4×	4.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	288	19.9k
Douglas F. Nixon United States	62	11.0k 0.9×	7.5k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	300	17.1k
Françoise Barré‐Sinoussi France	63	7.5k 0.6×	11.9k 1.1×	7.0k 1.5×	4.5k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	216	17.5k
Sarah Rowland‐Jones United Kingdom	67	11.9k 1.0×	9.4k 0.9×	5.7k 1.2×	5.6k 1.7×	2.4k 1.0×	309	19.8k
Persephone Borrow United Kingdom	58	9.7k 0.8×	5.8k 0.5×	4.0k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	159	15.3k
Brigitte Autran France	65	7.2k 0.6×	8.5k 0.8×	5.8k 1.2×	4.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	307	15.8k
Guido Silvestri United States	57	7.7k 0.6×	9.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	219	14.1k
Christian Brander United States	63	7.7k 0.6×	7.6k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	242	13.5k

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Altfeld, Marcus, et al.. (2024). DARTS: an open-source Python pipeline for Ca2+ microdomain analysis in live cell imaging data. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1299435–1299435. 2 indexed citations

San, James Emmanuel, Aubin Nanfack, Christelle Butel, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic evidence of extensive spatial mixing of diverse HIV-1 group M lineages within Cameroon but not between its neighbours. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae070–veae070.

Altfeld, Marcus. (2023). Sex differences in HIV-1 disease. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 159. 104023–104023. 1 indexed citations

Jost, Stéphanie, Esther Lee, Sho K. Sugawara, et al.. (2023). Antigen-specific memory NK cell responses against HIV and influenza use the NKG2/HLA-E axis. Science Immunology. 8(90). eadi3974–eadi3974. 34 indexed citations

Martrus, Glòria, Sebastian Lunemann, Laura Richert, et al.. (2017). Proliferative capacity exhibited by human liver-resident CD49a+CD25+ NK cells. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182532–e0182532. 20 indexed citations

Corleis, Björn, Antonella Lisanti, Christian Körner, et al.. (2017). Early type I Interferon response induces upregulation of human β-defensin 1 during acute HIV-1 infection. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173161–e0173161. 11 indexed citations

Mncube, Zenele, Manjeetha Jaggernath, Philip Goulder, et al.. (2017). Reduced Expression of Siglec-7, NKG2A, and CD57 on Terminally Differentiated CD56 ⁻ CD16 ⁺ Natural Killer Cell Subset Is Associated with Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction in Chronic HIV-1 Clade C Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(12). 1205–1213. 24 indexed citations

Teijlingen, Nienke H. van, Angelique Hölzemer, Christian Körner, et al.. (2014). Sequence variations in HIV-1 p24 Gag-derived epitopes can alter binding of KIR2DL2 to HLA-C*03. AIDS. 28(10). 1399–1408. 34 indexed citations

Prince, Jessica, Daniel T. Claiborne, Luca Micci, et al.. (2014). HIV Replicative Capacity of Transmitted Viruses Is Associated with Early Immune Activation, Exhaustion and Establishment of the Viral Reservoir. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A56–A57. 1 indexed citations

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Reeves, R. Keith, Haiying Li, Eryn Blass, et al.. (2014). SIV- and Vaccine-elicited NK Cell Memory in Rhesus Macaques. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A14–A14. 1 indexed citations

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Thobakgale, Christina, Hendrik Streeck, Nompumelelo P. Mkhwanazi, et al.. (2011). Short Communication: CD8 ⁺ T Cell Polyfunctionality Profiles in Progressive and Nonprogressive Pediatric HIV Type 1 Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(9). 1005–1012. 18 indexed citations

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Chang, Jinhong, et al.. (2010). Exposure to HIV-1-encoded Toll-like receptor 8 ligands enhances monocyte response to microbial encoded Toll-like receptor 2/4 ligands. AIDS. 24(12). 1841–1848. 27 indexed citations

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Wong, Ambrose H., Katie Williams, Sharon Reddy, et al.. (2010). Alterations in Natural Killer Cell Receptor Profiles During HIV Type 1 Disease Progression Among Chronically Infected South African Adults. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 26(4). 459–469. 23 indexed citations

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Mureithi, Marianne, Kristen W. Cohen, Danielle N. Poole, et al.. (2010). Impairment of CD1d-Restricted Natural Killer T Cells in Chronic HIV Type 1 Clade C Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(5). 501–509. 19 indexed citations

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Meier, Angela, Galit Alter, Nicole Frahm, et al.. (2007). MyD88-Dependent Immune Activation Mediated by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Encoded Toll-Like Receptor Ligands. Journal of Virology. 81(15). 8180–8191. 197 indexed citations

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Lichterfeld, Mathias, Daniel G. Kavanagh, Katie Williams, et al.. (2007). A viral CTL escape mutation leading to immunoglobulin-like transcript 4–mediated functional inhibition of myelomonocytic cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(12). 2813–2824. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Adrianne D. Gladden, Marcus Altfeld, et al.. (2006). Rapid Reversion of Sequence Polymorphisms Dominates Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Evolution. Journal of Virology. 81(1). 193–201. 117 indexed citations

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Wang, Shaoyang, Yan Zhuang, Xinhong Li, et al.. (2006). Association between HIV Type 1-Specific T Cell Responses and CD4 ⁺ T Cell Counts or CD4 ⁺ :CD8 ⁺ T Cell Ratios in HIV Type 1 Subtype B Infection in China. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 22(8). 780–787. 4 indexed citations

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Addo, Marylyn M., Xu G. Yu, Eric Rosenberg, Bruce D. Walker, & Marcus Altfeld. (2002). Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte (CTL) Responses Directed against Regulatory and Accessory Proteins in HIV-1 Infection. DNA and Cell Biology. 21(9). 671–678. 47 indexed citations

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Altfeld, Marcus, Karl Anton Kreuzer, Sally P. Stabler, et al.. (2000). Parallel Decrease in Neurotoxin Quinolinic Acid and Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor p75 in Serum during Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV Type 1 Disease. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 16(13). 1215–1221. 25 indexed citations

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