Steven G. Deeks

82.6k total citations · 19 hit papers
567 papers, 45.1k citations indexed

About

Steven G. Deeks is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven G. Deeks has authored 567 papers receiving a total of 45.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 423 papers in Virology, 308 papers in Infectious Diseases and 179 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Steven G. Deeks's work include HIV Research and Treatment (423 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (231 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (184 papers). Steven G. Deeks is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (423 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (231 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (184 papers). Steven G. Deeks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Steven G. Deeks's co-authors include Jeffrey N. Martin, Peter W. Hunt, Joseph M. McCune, Daniel C. Douek, Sharon R. Lewin, Rebecca Hoh, Frederick Hecht, Elizabeth Sinclair, Diane V. Havlir and Priscilla Y. Hsue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Steven G. Deeks

560 papers receiving 44.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Microbial translocation is a cause of systemic immune activation in chronic HIV infection
    2006 2.7k citations Jason M. Brenchley, Timothy W. Schacker et al. profile →
  2. The end of AIDS: HIV infection as a chronic disease
    2013 1.4k citations Steven G. Deeks, Diane V. Havlir et al. profile →
  3. HIV Infection, Inflammation, Immunosenescence, and Aging
    2010 973 citations Steven G. Deeks profile →
  4. Plasma Levels of Soluble CD14 Independently Predict Mortality in HIV Infection
    2011 856 citations Jason M. Brenchley, Steven G. Deeks et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  5. T Cell Activation Is Associated with Lower CD4+T Cell Gains in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Patients with Sustained Viral Suppression during Antiretroviral Therapy
    2003 676 citations Peter W. Hunt, Jeffrey N. Martin et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  6. Immune activation set point during early HIV infection predicts subsequent CD4+ T-cell changes independent of viral load
    2004 605 citations Steven G. Deeks, Peter W. Hunt et al. Blood profile →
  7. Systemic Effects of Inflammation on Health during Chronic HIV Infection
    2013 588 citations Steven G. Deeks, Daniel C. Douek et al. profile →
  8. Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiota Is Associated with HIV Disease Progression and Tryptophan Catabolism
    2013 534 citations Michael M. Lederman, Yong Huang et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  9. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Controllers: Mechanisms of Durable Virus Control in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy
    2007 524 citations Steven G. Deeks, Bruce D. Walker profile →
  10. Virologic and Immunologic Consequences of Discontinuing Combination Antiretroviral-Drug Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients with Detectable Viremia
    2001 519 citations Steven G. Deeks, Teri Liegler et al. profile →
  11. Defective proviruses rapidly accumulate during acute HIV-1 infection
    2016 515 citations Rebecca Hoh, Steven G. Deeks et al. profile →
  12. Relationship between T Cell Activation and CD4 + T Cell Count in HIV‐Seropositive Individuals with Undetectable Plasma HIV RNA Levels in the Absence of Therapy
    2007 506 citations Peter W. Hunt, Jason M. Brenchley et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  13. Decade-Long Safety and Function of Retroviral-Modified Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells
    2012 502 citations Steven G. Deeks et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  14. Plasma Levels of Bacterial DNA Correlate with Immune Activation and the Magnitude of Immune Restoration in Persons with Antiretroviral‐Treated HIV Infection
    2009 463 citations Michael M. Lederman, Peter W. Hunt et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  15. Towards an HIV cure: a global scientific strategy
    2012 418 citations Steven G. Deeks profile →
  16. Soluble Markers of Inflammation and Coagulation but Not T-Cell Activation Predict Non–AIDS-Defining Morbid Events During Suppressive Antiretroviral Treatment
    2014 409 citations Ronald J. Bosch, Benigno Rodríguez et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  17. HIV infection
    2015 405 citations Steven G. Deeks et al. profile →
  18. Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Evaluate Long COVID-19 Symptoms in Adults
    2022 103 citations Michael J. Peluso, Steven G. Deeks et al. profile →
  19. Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics
    2024 78 citations Steven G. Deeks et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Steven G. Deeks 27.4k 22.4k 12.6k 11.4k 10.0k 567 45.1k
Douglas D. Richman 39.2k 1.4× 37.2k 1.7× 10.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.4× 13.0k 1.3× 509 55.6k
Daniel C. Douek 19.1k 0.7× 11.1k 0.5× 26.6k 2.1× 4.4k 0.4× 9.5k 1.0× 338 44.9k
Alan Landay 12.7k 0.5× 9.1k 0.4× 10.0k 0.8× 5.1k 0.4× 6.6k 0.7× 525 27.3k
Michael M. Lederman 13.1k 0.5× 9.8k 0.4× 8.4k 0.7× 5.0k 0.4× 6.4k 0.6× 381 24.7k
Jason M. Brenchley 13.8k 0.5× 7.7k 0.3× 14.8k 1.2× 3.5k 0.3× 6.0k 0.6× 184 26.6k
Michael S. Saag 15.5k 0.6× 19.4k 0.9× 3.7k 0.3× 4.7k 0.4× 9.5k 0.9× 328 28.8k
Jeffrey N. Martin 11.6k 0.4× 11.7k 0.5× 5.7k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 6.7k 0.7× 340 23.5k
Bonaventura Clotet 15.3k 0.6× 16.4k 0.7× 3.4k 0.3× 3.6k 0.3× 5.1k 0.5× 716 24.8k
Joseph B. Margolick 12.9k 0.5× 10.2k 0.5× 4.8k 0.4× 3.7k 0.3× 4.1k 0.4× 257 19.7k
Amalio Telenti 8.7k 0.3× 15.3k 0.7× 3.0k 0.2× 2.7k 0.2× 9.3k 0.9× 355 27.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valieris, Renan, Israel Tojal da Silva, Steven G. Deeks, et al.. (2025). Antiviral Monocytes Increase Prior to Detectable HIV-1 Rebound Viremia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(5). 1061–1066.
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Riddler, Sharon A., Constance A. Benson, Steven G. Deeks, et al.. (2024). A Pooled Analysis of Eight Clinical Studies Suggests a Link Between Influenza-Like Symptoms and Pharmacodynamics of the Toll-Like Receptor-7 Agonist Vesatolimod. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 13(11). 2285–2299. 1 indexed citations
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Henrich, Timothy J., Ronald J. Bosch, Catherine Godfrey, et al.. (2024). Sirolimus reduces T cell cycling, immune checkpoint marker expression, and HIV-1 DNA in people with HIV. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(10). 101745–101745. 5 indexed citations
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Tsao, Tasha, Amanda M. Buck, Emily A. Fehrman, et al.. (2024). Long COVID is associated with lower percentages of mature, cytotoxic NK cell phenotypes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(4). 1 indexed citations
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Landovitz, Raphael J., Hyman Scott, & Steven G. Deeks. (2023). Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(10). 657–670. 64 indexed citations
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Horsburgh, Bethany A., Bonnie Hiener, Eunok Lee, et al.. (2021). Cellular Activation, Differentiation, and Proliferation Influence the Dynamics of Genetically Intact Proviruses Over Time. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(7). 1168–1178. 12 indexed citations
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Lian, Xiaodong, Ce Gao, Xiaoming Sun, et al.. (2021). Signatures of immune selection in intact and defective proviruses distinguish HIV-1 elite controllers. Science Translational Medicine. 13(624). eabl4097–eabl4097. 49 indexed citations
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Horsburgh, Bethany A., Eunok Lee, Bonnie Hiener, et al.. (2020). High levels of genetically intact HIV in HLA-DR+ memory T cells indicates their value for reservoir studies. AIDS. 34(5). 659–668. 30 indexed citations
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Appa, Ayesha, Saki Takahashi, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, et al.. (2020). Universal Polymerase Chain Reaction and Antibody Testing Demonstrate Little to No Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in a Rural Community. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(1). ofaa531–ofaa531. 6 indexed citations
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Kwon, Kyungyoon J., Andrew E. Timmons, Srona Sengupta, et al.. (2020). Different human resting memory CD4 + T cell subsets show similar low inducibility of latent HIV-1 proviruses. Science Translational Medicine. 12(528). 69 indexed citations
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Gonzalo-Gil, Elena, Sameet Mehta, J. Zachary Porterfield, et al.. (2019). Transcriptional down-regulation of ccr5 in a subset of HIV+ controllers and their family members. eLife. 8. 19 indexed citations
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Hunt, Peter W., Nancy S. Shulman, Timothy L. Hayes, et al.. (2013). The immunologic effects of maraviroc intensification in treated HIV-infected individuals with incomplete CD4+ T-cell recovery: a randomized trial. Blood. 121(23). 4635–4646. 107 indexed citations
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Leeansyah, Edwin, Máire F. Quigley, Anders Sönnerborg, et al.. (2012). Activation, exhaustion, and persistent decline of the antimicrobial MR1-restricted MAIT-cell population in chronic HIV-1 infection. Blood. 121(7). 1124–1135. 283 indexed citations
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Eriksson, Emily M., Jeffrey M. Milush, Emily Ho, et al.. (2011). Expansion of CD8+ T cells lacking Sema4D/CD100 during HIV-1 infection identifies a subset of T cells with decreased functional capacity. Blood. 119(3). 745–755. 30 indexed citations
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Hersperger, Adam R., Jeffrey N. Martin, Lucy Y. Shin, et al.. (2011). Increased HIV-specific CD8+ T-cell cytotoxic potential in HIV elite controllers is associated with T-bet expression. Blood. 117(14). 3799–3808. 136 indexed citations
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Favre, David, Jeff E. Mold, Peter W. Hunt, et al.. (2010). Tryptophan Catabolism by Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 Alters the Balance of T H 17 to Regulatory T Cells in HIV Disease. Science Translational Medicine. 2(32). 32ra36–32ra36. 423 indexed citations
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Ferre, April L., Peter W. Hunt, Megan M. Morris, et al.. (2010). Immunodominant HIV-Specific CD8 + T-Cell Responses Are Common to Blood and Gastrointestinal Mucosa, and Gag-Specific Responses Dominate in Rectal Mucosa of HIV Controllers. Journal of Virology. 84(19). 10354–10365. 49 indexed citations
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Choi, Andy I., Yongmei Li, Steven G. Deeks, et al.. (2010). Association Between Kidney Function and Albuminuria With Cardiovascular Events in HIV-Infected Persons. Circulation. 121(5). 651–658. 140 indexed citations
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Emu, Brinda, Elizabeth Sinclair, Hiroyu Hatano, et al.. (2008). HLA Class I-Restricted T-Cell Responses May Contribute to the Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, but Such Responses Are Not Always Necessary for Long-Term Virus Control. Journal of Virology. 82(11). 5398–5407. 174 indexed citations

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