Rafal Kaminski

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rafal Kaminski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafal Kaminski has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Virology and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rafal Kaminski's work include HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (9 papers). Rafal Kaminski is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (16 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (9 papers). Rafal Kaminski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Rafal Kaminski's co-authors include Kamel Khalili, Wenhui Hu, Yonggang Zhang, Jonathan Karn, L.Mark Cosentino, Martyn K. White, Fan Yang, Yoelvis García‐Mesa, David Alvarez-Carbonell and Xianming Mo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rafal Kaminski

35 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

RNA-directed gene editing specifically eradicates latent and prevents new HIV-1 infection

2014 411 citations Wenhui Hu, Rafal Kaminski et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafal Kaminski United States	18	1.2k	497	318	252	240	36	1.6k
Shuliang Chen China	19	1.0k 0.9×	263 0.5×	217 0.7×	217 0.9×	206 0.9×	33	1.4k
John Marlett United States	11	689 0.6×	216 0.4×	93 0.3×	243 1.0×	94 0.4×	13	869
Andreas S. Puschnik United States	18	1.2k 1.0×	158 0.3×	427 1.3×	565 2.2×	349 1.5×	27	2.1k
Kristine E. Yoder United States	18	899 0.8×	379 0.8×	52 0.2×	179 0.7×	227 0.9×	40	1.4k
Elena Herrera-Carrillo Netherlands	18	754 0.7×	186 0.4×	80 0.3×	126 0.5×	84 0.3×	48	936
Bep Klaver Netherlands	24	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 2.6×	76 0.2×	254 1.0×	321 1.3×	46	2.0k
Vanessa Taupin United States	12	597 0.5×	216 0.4×	49 0.2×	216 0.9×	65 0.3×	15	1.0k
Gianluigi Lichinchi United States	8	1.0k 0.9×	75 0.2×	429 1.3×	51 0.2×	215 0.9×	8	1.6k
Jagadish Beloor United States	14	778 0.7×	125 0.3×	26 0.1×	202 0.8×	95 0.4×	29	1.1k
Olivier ter Brake Netherlands	22	1.4k 1.2×	381 0.8×	37 0.1×	592 2.3×	94 0.4×	31	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaminski, Rafal, et al.. (2025). HOXA1 Contributes to Bronchial Epithelial Cell Cycle Progression by Regulating p21/CDKN1A. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(5). 2332–2332.

Kaminski, Rafal, et al.. (2025). Neural tube defects induce abnormal astrocyte development by activation and epigenetic permissiveness of STAT3. Experimental Neurology. 389. 115231–115231. 2 indexed citations

Socała, Katarzyna, Michał Abram, Jakub Mlost, et al.. (2024). TRPV1 channel in the pathophysiology of epilepsy and its potential as a molecular target for the development of new antiseizure drug candidates. Progress in Neurobiology. 240. 102634–102634. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Hong, Chen Chen, Shuren Liao, et al.. (2023). Strategic self-limiting production of infectious HIV particles by CRISPR in permissive cells. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 32. 1010–1025. 6 indexed citations

Bella, Ramona, Rafal Kaminski, Pietro Mancuso, et al.. (2018). Removal of HIV DNA by CRISPR from Patient Blood Engrafts in Humanized Mice. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 12. 275–282. 64 indexed citations

Gupta, Manish, Rafal Kaminski, Brian Mullen, et al.. (2017). HIV-1 Nef-induced cardiotoxicity through dysregulation of autophagy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8572–8572. 34 indexed citations

Datta, Prasun K., Rafal Kaminski, Wenhui Hu, et al.. (2016). HIV-1 Latency and Eradication: Past, Present and Future. Current HIV Research. 14(5). 431–441. 30 indexed citations

Kaminski, Rafal, Yilan Chen, Tracy Fischer, et al.. (2016). Elimination of HIV-1 Genomes from Human T-lymphoid Cells by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22555–22555. 229 indexed citations

Kaminski, Rafal, Chaoran Yin, Jessica Otte, et al.. (2016). Excision of HIV-1 DNA by gene editing: a proof-of-concept in vivo study. Gene Therapy. 23(8-9). 690–695. 156 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yonggang, Chaoran Yin, Ting Zhang, et al.. (2015). CRISPR/gRNA-directed synergistic activation mediator (SAM) induces specific, persistent and robust reactivation of the HIV-1 latent reservoirs. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16277–16277. 129 indexed citations

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Khalili, Kamel, Rafal Kaminski, Jennifer Gordon, L.Mark Cosentino, & Wenhui Hu. (2015). Genome editing strategies: potential tools for eradicating HIV-1/AIDS. Journal of NeuroVirology. 21(3). 310–321. 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Wenhui, Rafal Kaminski, Fan Yang, et al.. (2014). RNA-directed gene editing specifically eradicates latent and prevents new HIV-1 infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(31). 11461–11466. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaminski, Rafal, Hassen S. Wollebo, Prasun K. Datta, et al.. (2014). Interplay of Rad51 with NF-κB Pathway Stimulates Expression of HIV-1. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e98304–e98304. 9 indexed citations

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Darbinyan, Armine, Rafal Kaminski, Martyn K. White, Nune Darbinian, & Kamel Khalili. (2013). Isolation and Propagation of Primary Human and Rodent Embryonic Neural Progenitor Cells and Cortical Neurons. Methods in molecular biology. 1078. 45–54. 26 indexed citations

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Aragonès, Gerard, Nune Darbinian, Mikael Elias, et al.. (2012). The Level of DING Proteins Is Increased in HIV-Infected Patients: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33062–e33062. 7 indexed citations

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Darbinyan, Armine, et al.. (2012). Polyomavirus JC infection inhibits differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 91(1). 116–127. 25 indexed citations

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Merabova, Nana, Rafal Kaminski, Barbara Krynska, et al.. (2011). JCV agnoprotein‐induced reduction in CXCL5/LIX secretion by oligodendrocytes is associated with activation of apoptotic signaling in neurons. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 227(8). 3119–3127. 25 indexed citations

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Kaminski, Rafal, Armine Darbinyan, Nana Merabova, et al.. (2008). Protective role of Purα to cisplatin. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 7(12). 1926–1935. 12 indexed citations

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Merabova, Nana, Rafal Kaminski, Satish L. Deshmane, et al.. (2007). JC Virus Agnoprotein Inhibits In Vitro Differentiation of Oligodendrocytes and Promotes Apoptosis. Journal of Virology. 82(3). 1558–1569. 29 indexed citations

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Kaminski, Rafal, Shohreh Amini, R. Sujatha, et al.. (2006). Cross-Interaction between JC Virus Agnoprotein and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Tat Modulates Transcription of the HIV-1 Long Terminal Repeat in Glial Cells. Journal of Virology. 80(18). 9288–9299. 21 indexed citations

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