Otto O. Yang

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Otto O. Yang is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto O. Yang has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Virology, 103 papers in Immunology and 42 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Otto O. Yang's work include HIV Research and Treatment (114 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (88 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (48 papers). Otto O. Yang is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (114 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (88 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (48 papers). Otto O. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Otto O. Yang's co-authors include Bruce D. Walker, Theodoros Kelesidis, Spyros A. Kalams, Hwee L. Ng, Ayub Ali, Andrew D. Luster, Judith S. Currier, Jerome A. Zack, Alicja Trocha and Beth D. Jamieson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Otto O. Yang

179 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Hydrodynamic stretching of single cells for large population mechanical phenotyping

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Otto O. Yang United States	42	3.2k	3.2k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	182	6.6k
Mario Ostrowski Canada	51	3.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	134	7.3k
François Villinger United States	50	4.8k 1.5×	3.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.9×	2.1k 1.9×	275	9.1k
Bruce K. Patterson United States	44	1.8k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	126	7.1k
Douglas S. Kwon United States	33	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	82	6.3k
Roger Le Grand France	46	2.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	2.8k 2.2×	1.6k 1.5×	283	7.7k
Luis J. Montaner United States	46	3.7k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	190	6.9k
Tao Dong United Kingdom	52	6.5k 2.0×	3.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	3.4k 2.6×	3.3k 3.1×	245	11.6k
Brenna J. Hill United States	33	6.5k 2.0×	4.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.8×	2.3k 2.1×	54	10.0k
David R. Ambrozak United States	30	4.1k 1.3×	2.9k 0.9×	896 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	65	6.0k
Spyros A. Kalams United States	48	6.9k 2.2×	7.1k 2.2×	1.8k 1.2×	2.6k 2.1×	2.4k 2.2×	135	10.6k

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Yang, Otto O.. (2025). The immunopathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Overview of lessons learned in the first 5 years. The Journal of Immunology. 214(6). 1095–1104. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Otto O., et al.. (2025). Case Report: Multiple immune related adverse events in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1677544–1677544.

Gathe, Joseph, Moti Ramgopal, Charlotte-Paige Rolle, et al.. (2025). Leronlimab Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant HIV-1 (OPTIMIZE): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 99(2). 185–194. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Madeline J., Trisha R. Barnard, Nicole H. Tobin, et al.. (2024). NK Cell–Monocyte Cross-talk Underlies NK Cell Activation in Severe COVID-19. The Journal of Immunology. 212(11). 1693–1705. 5 indexed citations

Wooley, Dawn P., Karen B. Byers, Otto O. Yang, et al.. (2024). Update on Managing the Risks of Exposure to Lentiviral and Retroviral Vectors. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 66(10). 818–825. 1 indexed citations

Mu, Wenli, Valerie Rezek, Heather Martin, et al.. (2022). Autophagy inducer rapamycin treatment reduces IFN-I–mediated Inflammation and improves anti–HIV-1 T cell response in vivo. JCI Insight. 7(22). 16 indexed citations

Hultin, Lance E., Patricia M. Hultin, Otto O. Yang, et al.. (2017). Human immune compartment comparisons: Optimization of proliferative assays for blood and gut T lymphocytes. Journal of Immunological Methods. 445. 77–87. 9 indexed citations

Ramirez, Christina M., Lance E. Hultin, Mary Ann Hausner, et al.. (2017). Distinct aging profiles of CD8+ T cells in blood versus gastrointestinal mucosal compartments. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182498–e0182498. 26 indexed citations

Schlimgen, Ryan, John Howard, Dawn P. Wooley, et al.. (2016). Risks Associated With Lentiviral Vector Exposures and Prevention Strategies. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(12). 1159–1166. 113 indexed citations

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Al‐Mawsawi, Laith Q., Nicholas C. Wu, Ting-Ting Wu, et al.. (2014). Short Communication: HIV-1 Gag Genetic Variation in a Single Acutely Infected Participant Defined by High-Resolution Deep Sequencing. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(8). 806–811. 2 indexed citations

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Preza, Gloria C., et al.. (2013). Antigen-Presenting Cell Candidates for HIV-1 Transmission in Human Distal Colonic Mucosa Defined by CD207 Dendritic Cells and CD209 Macrophages. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(3). 241–249. 43 indexed citations

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Yang, Otto O.. (2012). Guide to effective grant writing : how to write an effective NIH grant application. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Otto O., Eric S. Daar, Hwee L. Ng, Roger Shih, & Beth D. Jamieson. (2010). Increasing CTL Targeting of Conserved Sequences During Early HIV-1 Infection Is Correlated to Decreasing Viremia. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(4). 391–398. 22 indexed citations

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LeBreton, Matthew, Otto O. Yang, Ubald Tamoufé, et al.. (2007). Exposure to Wild Primates among HIV-infected Persons. Emerging infectious diseases. 13(10). 1579–1582. 1 indexed citations

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Kan‐Mitchell, June, David A. Price, Jason M. Brenchley, et al.. (2006). Degeneracy and Repertoire of the Human HIV-1 Gag p1777–85 CTL Response. The Journal of Immunology. 176(11). 6690–6701. 25 indexed citations

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Jamieson, Beth D., Otto O. Yang, Lance E. Hultin, et al.. (2003). Epitope Escape Mutation and Decay of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Specific CTL Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 171(10). 5372–5379. 58 indexed citations

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Ali, Ayub, Satish K. Pillai, Hwee L. Ng, et al.. (2003). Broadly Increased Sensitivity to Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Resulting from Nef Epitope Escape Mutations. The Journal of Immunology. 171(8). 3999–4005. 20 indexed citations

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Cole, Alexander M., Teresa Hong, Lee Ming Boo, et al.. (2002). Retrocyclin: A primate peptide that protects cells from infection by T- and M-tropic strains of HIV-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(4). 1813–1818. 238 indexed citations

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Yang, Otto O., W. John Boscardin, Jose L. Matud, et al.. (2002). Immunologic Profile of Highly Exposed Yet HIV Type 1-Seronegative Men. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 18(14). 1051–1065. 33 indexed citations

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Gurney, Kevin B., Otto O. Yang, S. Brian Wilson, & Christel H. Uíttenbogaart. (2002). TCRγδ+ and CD161+ Thymocytes Express HIV-1 in the SCID-hu Mouse, Potentially Contributing to Immune Dysfunction in HIV Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 169(9). 5338–5346. 12 indexed citations

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