Rama Rao Amara

9.8k citations

134 papers · 5.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 42

Co-authors: Harriet L. Robinson Lakshmi Chennareddi Vijayakumar Velu Sunil Kannanganat Chris Ibegbu Gordon J. Freeman Guido Silvestri Bernard Moss
Topics: HIV Research and Treatment (91 papers)Immune Cell Function and Interaction (54 papers)Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers)
Cited by: Virology Immunology Infectious Diseases
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States India France

In The Last Decade

Rama Rao Amara

128 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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Control of a Mucosal Challenge and Prevention of AIDS by a Multiprotein DNA/MVA Vaccine

2001 931 citations Rama Rao Amara profile →
Enhancing SIV-specific immunity in vivo by PD-1 blockade

2008 604 citations Vijayakumar Velu, Thomas H. Vanderford et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structure-guided changes at the V2 apex of HIV-1 clade C trimer enhance elicitation of autologous neutralizing and broad V1V2-scaffold antibodies 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Anusmita Sahoo,Edgar A. Hodge,Celia C. LaBranche,Tiffany M. Styles,Xiaoying Shen,Narayanaiah Cheedarla,(unknown),Gabriel Ozorowski,Wen-Hsin Lee,Andrew B. Ward,Georgia D. Tomaras,David C. Montefiori,Darrell J. Irvine,Kelly K. Lee,Rama Rao Amara	4
2	Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection 2022 ·JCI Insight ·Sheikh Abdul Rahman,James M. Billingsley,Ashish Sharma,Tiffany M. Styles,(unknown),Uma Shanmugasundaram,(unknown),Susan Pereira Ribeiro,Syed Azmal Ali,Gregory K. Tharp,Chris Ibegbu,Stephen N. Waggoner,R. Paul Johnson,Rafick‐Pierre Sékaly,François Villinger,Steve Bosinger,Rama Rao Amara,Vijayakumar Velu	15
3	The C3/465 glycan hole cluster in BG505 HIV-1 envelope is the major neutralizing target involved in preventing mucosal SHIV infection 2021 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Tysheena P. Charles,Samantha L. Burton,Prabhu S. Arunachalam,Christopher A. Cottrell,Leigh M. Sewall,Venkata S. Bollimpelli,Sailaja Gangadhara,Antu Dey,Andrew B. Ward,George M. Shaw,Eric Hunter,Rama Rao Amara,Bali Pulendran,Marit J. van Gils,Cynthia A. Derdeyn	17
4	PD-1 blockade and vaccination provide therapeutic benefit against SIV by inducing broad and functional CD8 ⁺ T cells in lymphoid tissue 2021 ·Science Immunology ·Sheikh Abdul Rahman,(unknown),Alexander P. R. Bally,(unknown),Shelly Wang,Thomas H. Vanderford,Gordon J. Freeman,Rafi Ahmed,Rama Rao Amara	21
5	Compromised SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody response in cord blood versus mothers 2021 ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nanda Kishore Routhu,Venkata S. Bollimpelli,Chris Ibegbu,Andrew S. Neish,D. C. Montefiori,Rama Rao Amara,(unknown),Vijayakumar Velu	1
6	Short Communication:Transgender Women on Feminizing Hormone Therapy Demonstrate a Distinct Rectal Mucosal Transcriptome from Cisgender Men 2020 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·(unknown),James M. Billingsley,Gregory K. Tharp,Praveen K. Amancha,Vin Tangpricha,S. Abigail Smith,Rama Rao Amara,Steven E. Bosinger,Colleen F. Kelley	3
7	Intragastric Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum and 2,2′-Dithiodipyridine-Inactivated Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Does Not Protect Indian Rhesus Macaques from Intrarectal SIV Challenge or Reduce Virus Replication after Transmission 2018 ·Journal of Virology ·Diane G. Carnathan,(unknown),(unknown),Chiamaka A. Enemuo,Etse H. Gebru,(unknown),Sailaja Gangadhara,Sakeenah L. Hicks,Thomas H. Vanderford,Rama Rao Amara,José Esparza,Wei Lu,Jean‐Marie Andrieu,Guido Silvestri	4
8	Oral Coadministration of an Intramuscular DNA/Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine for Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated with Better Control of Infection in Orally Exposed Infant Macaques 2018 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Alan D. Curtis,(unknown),Rafiq Nabi,Kara Jensen,(unknown),Justin Pollara,Guido Ferrari,Koen K. A. Van Rompay,Rama Rao Amara,Pamela A. Kozlowski,Kristina De Paris	8
9	Oral microbiome in HIV-associated periodontitis 2017 ·Medicine ·Marc Noguera-Julián,Yolanda Guillén,(unknown),David Reznik,(unknown),Sandeep J. Joseph,Javier Rivera,Sunil Kannanganat,Rama Rao Amara,Minh Ly Nguyen,Simon Mutembo,Roger Paredes,Timothy D. Read,Vincent C. Marconi	41
10	High Doses of GM-CSF Inhibit Antibody Responses in Rectal Secretions and Diminish Modified Vaccinia Ankara/Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine Protection in TRIM5α-Restrictive Macaques 2016 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Sunil Kannanganat,Linda S. Wyatt,Sailaja Gangadhara,(unknown),(unknown),Pamela A. Kozlowski,Celia C. LaBranche,Lakshmi Chennareddi,Benton Lawson,Pradeep B. J. Reddy,Tiffany M. Styles,Thomas H. Vanderford,David C. Montefiori,Bernard Moss,Harriet L. Robinson,Rama Rao Amara	12
11	Induction of Th1-Biased T Follicular Helper (Tfh) Cells in Lymphoid Tissues during Chronic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Defines Functionally Distinct Germinal Center Tfh Cells 2016 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Vijayakumar Velu,Geetha Mylvaganam,Sailaja Gangadhara,Jung Joo Hong,Smita S. Iyer,Sanjeev Gumber,Chris Ibegbu,François Villinger,Rama Rao Amara	88
12	Anti-viral CD8 T-cells with B-cell Follicle Homing Potential Contribute to Vaccine-mediated Enhanced Control of Pathogenic SIV Infection 2014 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Geetha Mylvaganam,Daniel Ríos,Ifor R. Williams,Vijayakumar Velu,Rama Rao Amara	1
13	SIVsmE660 Envelope Variants from Breakthrough Infections Following DNA/MVA Vaccination of Rhesus Macaques Are Susceptible to Neutralization 2014 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·(unknown),Samantha L. Burton,(unknown),(unknown),Eric Hunter,Harriet L. Robinson,Rama Rao Amara,Cynthia A. Derdeyn	1
14	Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are recruited to the colorectum and contribute to immune activation during pathogenic SIV infection in rhesus macaques 2011 ·Blood ·Suefen Kwa,Sunil Kannanganat,Pragati Nigam,Mariam Siddiqui,(unknown),Wendy S. Armstrong,Aftab A. Ansari,Steven E. Bosinger,Guido Silvestri,Rama Rao Amara	79
15	Neutralization-Sensitive R5-Tropic Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus SHIV-2873Nip, Which Carries env Isolated from an Infant with a Recent HIV Clade C Infection 2008 ·Journal of Virology ·Nagadenahalli B. Siddappa,Ruijiang Song,Victor G. Kramer,Agnès-Laurence Chenine,Vijayakumar Velu,Helena Ong,Robert A. Rasmussen,Ricky D. Grisson,Charles Wood,Hong Zhang,(unknown),Rama Rao Amara,James G. Else,Francis J. Novembre,David C. Montefiori,Ruth M. Ruprecht	32
16	DNA/MVA HIV-1/AIDS vaccine elicits long-lived vaccinia virus-specific immunity and confers protection against a lethal monkeypox challenge 2007 ·Virology ·Pragati Nigam,Patricia L. Earl,Jeffrey L. Americo,Sunita Sharma,Linda S. Wyatt,(unknown),Lakshmi Chennareddi,Peter Silvera,Bernard Moss,Harriet L. Robinson,Rama Rao Amara	37
17	Short Communication : Studies in Macaques on Cross-Clade T Cell Responses Elicited by a DNA/MVA AIDS Vaccine, Better Conservation of CD8 Than CD4 T Cell Responses 2005 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·James M. Smith,Rama Rao Amara,Linda S. Wyatt,Dennis Ellenberger,Bin Li,James G. Herndon,(unknown),Sunita Sharma,Lakshmi Chennareddi,Sal Butera,Janet M. McNicholl,Harold M. McClure,Bernard Moss,Harriet L. Robinson	8
18	DNA/MVA Vaccine for HIV Type 1: Effects of Codon-Optimization and the Expression of Aggregates or Virus-Like Particles on the Immunogenicity of the DNA Prime 2004 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·James M. Smith,Rama Rao Amara,(unknown),Yan Xu,(unknown),Sunita Sharma,Salvatore T. Butera,Dennis Ellenberger,Hong Yi,Lakshmi Chennareddi,James G. Herndon,Linda S. Wyatt,David C. Montefiori,Bernard Moss,Harold M. McClure,Harriet L. Robinson	52
19	Multiprotein HIV Type 1 Clade B DNA/MVA Vaccine: Construction, Safety, and Immunogenicity in Macaques 2004 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·James M. Smith,Rama Rao Amara,Harold M. McClure,(unknown),Sunita Sharma,Hong Yi,Lakshmi Chennareddi,James G. Herndon,Salvatore T. Butera,Walid Heneine,Dennis Ellenberger,Bharat Parekh,Patricia L. Earl,Linda S. Wyatt,Bernard Moss,Harriet L. Robinson	48
20	Gp120-Alum Boosting of a Gag-Pol-Env DNA/MVA AIDS Vaccine: Poorer Control of a Pathogenic Viral Challenge 2003 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·(unknown),Hak‐Ling Ma,Rama Rao Amara,Linda S. Wyatt,Patricia L. Earl,François Villinger,David C. Montefiori,Silvija I. Staprans,Yan Xu,(unknown),Shawn P. O’Neil,James G. Herndon,Elizabeth Hill,Bernard Moss,Harriet L. Robinson,Janet M. McNicholl	28

About Rama Rao Amara

Rama Rao Amara is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, having authored 134 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV Research and Treatment (91 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (54 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (3.3k citations), Immunology (3.7k citations) and Infectious Diseases (1.3k citations). Rama Rao Amara has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and France. Frequent co-authors include Harriet L. Robinson, Lakshmi Chennareddi, Vijayakumar Velu, Sunil Kannanganat, Chris Ibegbu, Gordon J. Freeman, Guido Silvestri, Bernard Moss, Rafi Ahmed and François Villinger. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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